Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

But the Luo Yingyun in front of him must be a person with both strength and intelligence.

However, his limit is probably limited to the manifestation realm, and he cannot advance any further.

Chapter 38: Painful Price

The demon race has considerable advantages over humans in all aspects, except for the upper limit, where the demon race has always been at an absolute disadvantage.

This Master Luo is probably the most powerful one in his tribe.

However, the Manifestation Realm is not a limit at all for those gifted people. For example, the three people sitting with him will reach a higher realm in the future.

"Haha, I prefer to hang out with humans."

Luo Yingyun took a sip of the tea he had brewed himself, and for a moment, his eyes, which were no different from those of a human, suddenly flashed with the ferocity and lust unique to the demon race, but it disappeared in a flash and turned into a pure dark blue again.

Only then did Lu Mu realize that this demon clan's national teacher still had a ferocious and brutal nature that made people fear him, but he suppressed it very well.

Those who anger him may be eligible to enjoy the most simple nature of the demon race.

However, it is quite painful to enjoy it.

"I have been in the Izumo Empire for nine hundred years. I have seen a lot of things in this huge country."

Luo Yingyun lowered his eyelids to hide the turbulent undercurrents in his eyes. His words made the three people's minds move subtly.

When the Imperial Master raised his eyes again, the coldness hidden in his eyes had disappeared.

"What brings you three to visit me?"

Luo Yingyun stroked the teacup gently and smiled faintly. He didn't want to talk much about his past and his days as the Imperial Master, so he went straight to the point.

"Emperor Izumo."

Lu Mu looked directly at him. When he thought of the Emperor, Luo Yingyun's eyes showed subtle helplessness, which made Lu Mu guess that perhaps this foreign national teacher must be willing to solve the dilemma of the Izumo Dynasty. However, although he has wisdom that ordinary monsters do not have, he is probably at his wit's end when it comes to matters related to hard power.

Emperor Ziye has two backers behind him.

The first is the most senior royal priest, and the second is the foreign national master.

If Crown Prince Ziye decides to invite the Evil Heart Sect into his home and use their "evil magic" to revive old Emperor Chuyun, then Ziye will definitely have to ask for the opinions of these two people, otherwise this matter will never succeed.

The reason why Lu Mu came here was to find out what Luo Yingyun was thinking.

His views on the death of the old emperor and the Evil Heart Sect... If their paths were contradictory, then Lu Mu would probably have to add him to the list of enemies.

It’s a pity. As a demon, Luo Yingyun’s tea tastes very good.

Luo Yingyun sighed and looked towards Wanyun City: "What did you find?"

"The old emperor died a long time ago, right?"

"…We have tried our best to conceal the news."

Luo Yingyun's brows were tightly knitted together, filled with worry. Over the past two years, in order to conceal the news of the old emperor's death, this imperial master had put in a lot of effort and tried every possible means. From Lu Mu's point of view, it should be said that Luo Yingyun had done a very good job.

But for the Izumo Dynasty, this was far from enough.

It's not even a drop in the bucket.

"Now, most people in the outside world only know that the emperor's holy body is in trouble and his life span is coming to an end. If he is 'alive', he will pose a huge threat."

"But even if we are 'alive', some people have already begun to encroach on the Izumo Empire."

Lu Mu crossed his ten fingers and pressed them against his chin. His voice was like a breeze blowing through the clouds, but Luo Yingyun's eyes immediately became fierce again.

The Imperial Master is a very smart guy, how could he not understand the implication of Lu Mu's words?

The "alive" but weak old emperor has already attracted a pack of wolves outside, and the "dead" old emperor will probably cause the Chuyun Dynasty to fall apart and be difficult to heal!

"Young Master Lu, please do not spread this matter, otherwise it will only add fuel to the chaos in the Central Region. Then..."

"Don't worry, Imperial Master."

Lu Mu raised his hand and stopped Luo Yingyun from speaking. "I, Lu Mu, am not the kind of person who likes to watch the world burn in flames and then stand on the ashes to dominate."

Luo Yingyun's brows relaxed, but he didn't completely relax.

"Young Master Lu found me. What do you want me to do?"

Although he had left the Imperial Palace and lived in seclusion here, the Imperial Master's faction still had a huge influence in the Imperial Palace. So as for Lu Mu's arrival, Luo Yingyun would have known that the young master was coming before he even stepped into the banquet hall.

As soon as he left the Imperial Palace, Lu Mu found him.

He must be asking for something.

"The Emperor of Ziye was desperate and tried all means to find a cure, so he invited the Evil Heart Sect to come in."

Lu Mu said straightforwardly, in a steady tone, "Do you know about this matter, Imperial Master?"

"of course."

Luo Yingyun nodded, "Although His Highness Ziye is still young, he is neither arrogant nor impatient, and he often asks for my advice. Of course, I don't agree with asking the Xiexin Sect to do things, but I can't stop it."

Lu Mu frowned: "Why?"

Luo Yingyun smiled bitterly.

"Because, if we don't do this, I'm afraid the Izumo Dynasty won't be able to hold on for much longer."

Luo Yingyun let out a long breath. It seemed that for the first time, he expressed his truest thoughts to an outsider.

As the imperial teacher, he naturally has to be careful with his words. Otherwise, even he himself will lose confidence in it, and his subordinates will probably also become disloyal.

But in this situation, Shen Yan is just a kind of pressure that even he can hardly bear.

"Since you know that the Emperor is dead, I will tell you that you can still feel the Emperor's breath now. This is a secret method passed down from ancient times by the Izumo royal family. It can maintain the illusion that the Emperor is still alive."

Luo Yingyun revealed a secret that should not be known to outsiders.

"We know this."

Lu Mu nodded.

"But what you don't know is that in order to maintain this secret method, for two whole years, it is necessary to ensure that the emperor's body does not decay and is full of blood and energy as before his death. In this way, the emperor's corpse must be continuously fed with pure blood, and it must be the blood of relatives..."

Luo Yingyun's eyes became particularly gloomy and terrifying at this moment.

The atmosphere in this small courtyard suddenly became cold, so cold that it penetrated into one's internal organs and bones.

Lu Mu did not speak again, but Luo Shuangning, who had realized some horrible fact, silently put down her hands that had nowhere to put.

"In order to maintain the secret method for two years, are you using all the secrets of the Izumo royal family..."

Her words were interrupted by Luo Yingyun's gaze.

After a while, the Imperial Master could no longer hide his exhaustion that he had been hiding for a long time, and said slowly: "There are only about 20 or 30 members of the Izumo royal family still alive."

This number surprised the three of them speechless.

Twenty or thirty.

For the royal family of a huge dynasty, this number of offspring is astonishingly small.

As far as Lu Mu knows, there are definitely thousands of royal family members in the Xianhuang Empire, including the main branch and side branches. However, there are distinctions between the highest and the lowest. An illegitimate daughter like Huang Yanyao, after returning to the clan, is also considered a member of the main branch, which is considered a great honor.

But, out of the entire Izumo royal family, there are only twenty or thirty people left alive?

So how many members of the tribe drained their own blood in order to maintain the blood and energy of the emperor's corpse?

Chapter 39: No Choice

Now, Lu Mu finally understood the slight sense of relief in the confident eyes of Crown Prince Midnight at the event.

What made him feel relieved was perhaps not just that the old emperor had come back to life, which could ease civil strife and annihilate foreign enemies, but more importantly, the Izumo royal family no longer had to continue to offer blood to the emperor's corpse.

Twenty to thirty people...

He could hardly imagine who were left of the Izumo royal family now.

I'm afraid the old ones had already been exploited, and the less important branches had probably been dealt with in the same way, but they had been pretending to be in this horrible appearance for two years.

I'm afraid most of the direct descendants have died.

Such a huge royal family has actually reached the point of self-destructing its future in order to maintain the fragile status quo that cannot withstand the slightest shaken. Only by paying such a price can the Izumo Empire be barely kept from falling apart. However, such a price is obviously no longer affordable for the Izumo royal family.

The pain is hard to describe.

"Master Lu, it is not my intention to sit back and watch the royal family bleed to death."

Luo Yingyun's fatigue made his face look desolate.

"If we don't do this, the empire will collapse. If such a huge thing falls, there will be no peace in the Central Region."

If you don't want to, so what?

Reality always forces people to bow their heads.

I'm afraid that not everyone in the Izumo royal family is willing to sacrifice their lives to maintain this vast territory. To them, the downgrading of the Izumo Empire to the Izumo Dynasty doesn't seem to make much difference. At most, it means less territory and less influence.

But Luo Yingyun, Ziye, and Lu Mu could actually see it clearly.

If one of the four great dynasties in the Central Region falls, the undercurrent that has been suppressed for so many years will erupt overnight and sweep across the entire Central Region.

The first to bear the brunt of the attack were the Izumo royal family.

Even if it is downgraded to the Izumo Dynasty, I am afraid it will have no chance of existing.

A mere imperial dynasty has no right to guard the legacy of the imperial dynasty.

In order to strangle the only remaining Izumo Dynasty, they will soon be facing not just a coalition force of 17 dynasties, but perhaps even double the number.

There is no doubt that Ziye, as the de facto "new emperor", has seen through the crisis of destruction behind it, and so has Luo Yingyun, the national teacher of the demon clan.

Therefore, the Izumo royal family must bleed to death in order to turn things around.

If you don't shed tears now, you will be passively drained away by others when everything is irreversible.

Lu Mu took a deep breath, and finally exhaled slowly, his eyes becoming much calmer.

"It seems that Your Highness Midnight has no way out."

He knew that Ziye was looking for a way to break the impasse and wanted to use the power of the Evil Heart Sect just because he was confident enough. But now Lu Mu knew that Ziye was not confident, he had no choice.

If the Xiexin Sect had found Ziye with their "method" two years ago, or even a year ago, they would have only gotten a military response from Ziye.

The Evil Heart Sect chose this time just right.

Then he offered Ziye a "method" that he could no longer refuse.

"The Evil Heart Sect has ulterior motives and bad intentions. Your Highness and I both know this very well, but the Chuyun Empire is now in a difficult situation and can hardly protect itself. If they can bring the Emperor back to life... then there is nothing we can do."

Luo Yingyun closed his eyes, exhausted: "I know you came here tonight for the Evil Heart Sect, but I hope Young Master Lu will not interfere."

His words were a clear rejection. Since Lu Mu came here tonight, he naturally knew what the young master of the Lu family was doing.

After all, there are all kinds of grudges between Xiexin Sect and Lu Mu.

Lu Mu's reputation rose rapidly, and most of his achievements were gained by defeating the Evil Heart Sect. He was once the number one evil in the world and everyone turned pale at the mention of him, but now he was treated as an experience treasure by the genius of the clan.

The Xiexin Sect is losing more and more face.

Although Luo Yingyun did not have a good face towards the Xiexin Sect, but at today's event, old Emperor Chuyun really came back to life!

In this way, the Crown Prince Midnight and every member of the Izumo royal family will regard the Xiexin Sect as a life-saving straw that cannot be given up and hold on to it tightly, even if this life-saving straw contains a fatal poison.

"Do you think that even if the Evil Heart Sect really resurrected Emperor Chuyun, would he still be the same person as before?"

Lu Mu asked back.

Luo Yingyun opened his eyes and stared at Lu Mu: "What do you mean?"

Lu Mu smiled, "To bring a Saint Realm expert back to life is too against the will of Heaven, and even unacceptable to Heaven. You should know this, Imperial Master... The Evil Heart Sect has great ambitions. They dare to risk violating Heaven's will and have used some means to revive the dead. They will definitely not be satisfied with this."

Luo Yingyun's eyelids twitched suddenly.

He was speechless, and the hidden meaning behind Lu Mu's words was not difficult to understand.

The Evil Heart Sect has other intentions.

"Tell me, did the Evil Heart Sect ask for any reward for helping you resurrect Emperor Chuyun?"