Li Muge's expression suddenly changed as Yun Qi abruptly grabbed her neck.

Yun Qi's gentle face turned ruthless and sinister: "Don't you understand the principle that the more Li Muge knows, the faster he will die?"

Li Muge was being choked so badly that she could barely breathe.

At this moment, Yun Qi seemed like a demon.

No, even demons from hell might not be as terrifying as him.

But Li Muge was never one to be controlled by anyone.

"Yun, Yun Qi, you dare to threaten this protector? Don't even dream about it, you won't get the chance in your next life."

With a thought, Li Muge summoned his true spirit, let out a phoenix cry, and angrily spewed Netherworld Fire at Yun Qi.

This forced Yun Qi to release her neck.

"Cough cough cough, Demon Lord, so what if you have no heart? What's so great about that? You have no heart, no liver, and no eyes. I've seen plenty of people like you."

“However…” Li Muge covered her neck; she almost felt that Yun Qi wanted to snap her neck.

"Demon Lord, just how many people have you placed around me? You even know more about the cure for the Heart Gu than I do."

Li Muge teased, but her eyes betrayed her displeasure, which only made Yun Qi feel more pleased.

Yun Qi: "Li Muge, you always say that you admire me to death. I will definitely take your affairs to heart."

Li Muge gave a forced smile.

"Is that so? Then thank you very much, Demon Lord."

Li Muge felt that her relationship with Yun Qi was basically peaceful, and it was fortunate that Yun Qi still needed to use her, otherwise they would have killed each other long ago.

"But do you think You Zhengqing really cares about Yan Yue? Even the most sincere feelings will eventually fade." Li Muge felt that she was a senior in this regard.

You Zhengqing is greedy and lustful; he'll do anything for power. Status should be the most important thing to him.

Yun Qi remained silent, clearly still angry.

Li Muge smiled and said, "Demon Lord, don't be angry. If you're not angry, then I'll give you a special gift. I'm sure you'll like it."

"What gift?" Yun Qi suddenly recalled the last time Li Muge gave him a gift, which caused him to lose his most trusted and capable soldiers.

Li Muge smiled slyly and winked at Yun Qi: "You'll find out when the time comes, Demon Lord."

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Yan Yue was unwilling to give up. Looking at the tiger getting closer and closer to her, she opened her mouth to call for help.

She was unwilling to die like this.

None of the wicked people died.

Why should she die first?

The tiger seemed to hesitate, wondering if its seemingly doomed prey still posed a threat.

But its rumbling stomach made it pounce directly on Yan Yue.

Yan Yue felt certain that she was going to die.

Fear made her instinctively close her eyes.

Despite anticipating the pain of being torn apart by a tiger, You Zhengqing endured his injuries.

He pounced on the tiger without hesitation, picked up a large rock from the ground, and hurled it at the tiger.

Blood from the tiger's head splattered onto You Zhengqing's face.

Yan Yue felt dazed; fate was truly laughable, especially when she was so close to death.

It was the person she hated most who saved her.

After killing the tiger, You Zhengqing stumbled and fell beside Yan Yue, noticing her injured left hand.

He felt a pang of regret.

It was all his fault. He thought he could manipulate people's hearts, but how could he gamble with Yan Yue's life?

"I'm sorry." You Zhengqing raised his hand and slapped himself hard, then knelt down beside Yan Yue: "I'm sorry, Yan Yue, I was wrong, I was bad, I didn't protect you well."

Yan Yue raised her hand to touch You Zhengqing, but stopped when she touched the scar on You Zhengqing's face.

You Zhengqing thought that Yan Yue disliked the ugly scars on his face, and he was already thinking about finding a famous doctor to remove the scars on his face no matter what.

But perhaps You Zhengqing would never have imagined this.

While he was trying to get closer to Yan Yue, he and Yan Yue had made a mistake from the very beginning.

Such is the nature of a tragic fate.

Perhaps meeting was a mistake from the start.

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Wuchen's neck injury has healed, but he is still blind. In the past few days, the Empress has come to visit him frequently.

Their words were filled with complaints about the Heavenly Emperor's newly acquired concubine.

Wuchen felt only irritation.

Lately, he has taken to playing the zither alone. No matter how he tries to escape, as soon as his hands touch the strings, he will involuntarily play that love song.

This made him feel lost.

He was quite certain that he had never had any feelings for Li Muge, but was deeply in love with Su Qing.

But why did his heart seem to ache as well when Li Muge was heartbroken and desperate?

Su Qing hid in the shadows, her face contorted with rage, wishing she could tear the handkerchief to shreds.

Why is it that no matter what she does, she can't completely erase Li Muge's existence from the Emperor's heart?

Su Qing felt it was time to put her plan into action; as long as she was around, Li Muge would never have a good life.

Li Muge should be like a rat in a gutter, never to see the light of day.

In order to frame Li Muge, she found a demonic cultivator to cruelly murder a pregnant Qilin woman who was about to give birth.

A pregnant woman undergoes a live cesarean section. The baby is removed from her womb and left outside. The pregnant woman looks at her child and tries to reach out to touch it.

The demonic cultivator simply chopped off her arm.

When the woman's husband returned and saw the horrific scene, he fainted.

As for why Su Qing killed the pregnant woman, Su Qing felt no remorse whatsoever.

The pregnant woman was the only woman from another tribe who had married into the clan. Killing her would not only incite the Phoenix Clan's hatred towards Li Muge, but also cause the Qilin Clan to be displeased with Li Muge.

The demonic cultivator was captured.

He insisted that Li Muge had ordered him to do it out of revenge.

"Phoenix King, you must avenge me!" The man, who had lost his wife and children overnight, cried out with bloodshot eyes, "Phoenix King, this time you must kill that witch Li Muge."

"My poor wife has no grudge against Li Muge at all. And my poor child, my wife and child, it's all my fault for not protecting you well."

The man knelt on the ground, repeatedly pounding his head in remorse.

He regretted going out in the first place and not spending time with his wife.

There, he was no match for the demonic cultivator.

We could die together.

Other members of the tribe gathered around, and one by one they were moved, shedding tears, for no matter what, the child was innocent.

How could Li Muge lay a hand on an innocent child?

Such utter depravity.

"Phoenix King, quickly give the order to kill Li Muge."

It's unclear who started it, but everyone else knelt down and echoed the sentiment.

"Please, Phoenix King, give the order to kill Li Muge and avenge my people."

“Yes, Li Muge should have died hundreds of years ago.”

"We shouldn't have allowed her to hide in the Demon Realm back then."

The Phoenix Clan members were filled with resentment, each voicing their anger as if they had already sentenced Li Muge to death, without even bothering to investigate whether there was any injustice behind the incident.