But it's too late to say anything now.
Little Green Tea once tore Shen Ling apart with five horses, and Shen Ling once sacrificed Little Green Tea to the sheepskin scroll. Now, they are sworn enemies.
Gu Mu didn't care about Xiao Lvcha's feelings; he just wanted to know the truth.
"Where did the token come from?" Gu Mu asked, his tone devoid of any extraneous emotion.
"Your Majesty, won't you find out on the night of the full moon?" The little green tea smiled and tried to evade Gu Mu's question.
Gu Mu drew his sword and pointed it at the little green tea's neck: "What if I said I couldn't wait that long?"
Little Green Tea suddenly burst into laughter.
She's different now. Before, she valued her life a lot, and if she encountered this situation, she would be terrified and would tremble physically.
But now, she's laughing ironically, looking completely fearless of life and death.
"Your Majesty, if you kill me, you'll never know this secret," the little green tea said nonchalantly after laughing.
Even with the sword already piercing her skin, dripping blood, she still had the mind to tidy the stray hairs on her shoulder. She raised her eyes and glanced sideways at Gu Mu: "Your Majesty probably doesn't know that I won't live much longer. It was Your Majesty who personally sacrificed me to the parchment scroll. I tried many methods, but... I still won't live much longer."
The little green tea looked at Gu Mu with a mixture of hatred and other indescribable emotions: "So, Your Majesty, do you think threatening a dying person with death will work?"
Looking at Xiao Lvcha's expression, Gu Mu saw weariness, longing for this world, and a desperate madness in her eyes.
There were even more expressions on his face that Gu Mu couldn't decipher.
This was the first time he had ever seen a girl with such a depraved soul.
Gu Mu was starting to believe it; what the little green tea said was true, and she wouldn't live much longer.
Moreover, this matter seems to be related to the parchment scroll.
He felt he needed to check with the parchment to see if the little green tea was playing tricks.
He projected his consciousness into the hidden city, summoned the parchment scroll, and inquired about the consequences of the sacrifice.
The parchment scroll hesitated for a long time before finally revealing the truth—
Those sacrificed to the parchment scrolls would first have their flesh and blood devoured. Of course, this flesh and blood was not the most important thing, since the composition of human flesh and blood was roughly the same. The parchment scrolls could be traded with everyone, so there was no need to be picky.
The reason the parchment scroll allowed those people to continue living after consuming their flesh and blood was that what it truly desired was the world power those people brought it. It would only die when those people it devoured could no longer bring that world power.
The power of the world, or destiny, is the protection of this world. People who are not related to the plot of this world do not possess the power of the world. Therefore, the scrolls selected people who are important to the main plot of this world.
The reason why the little green tea said she was about to die was because she was gradually drifting away from the plot. She was unable to kill Shen Ling and take her place, nor could she win Gu Mu's favor. In fact, their strength was still superior to hers. If she continued to act recklessly in front of them, she might be killed by Gu Mu and Shen Ling before the power of the world disappeared.
But the little green tea was not willing to give up. She used the token to find Gu Mu. In fact, she was gambling that the power of the world would return to her and that she would still have value and would not be killed by Gu Mu and Shen Ling.
Even if she hadn't taken the gamble, the little green tea girl was already doomed.
Gu Mu looked up at Xiao Lvcha. She was still smiling. She probably never imagined that she, who had tried so hard to live and wanted to live a better life, would be told that she was about to face death in the prime of her life.
Gu Mu finally put down his sword; after all, life-or-death threats were no match for the little green tea.
“Your Majesty, that’s more like it. I will tell you everything on the night of the full moon. Why be in such a hurry for just one or two days?”
There was still a lot of blood seeping from Xiao Lvcha's neck.
These bloodstains wouldn't endanger a person's life, but they were still shocking on Xiao Lvcha's fair skin.
But the little green tea seemed to feel no pain. She looked at Gu Mu and Shen Ling with a crazy expression and then smiled.
Back in the room arranged by the Western Frontier people, Shen Ling asked the question that had been nagging her all the way: "Your Majesty, do you think the Western Frontier people are really prepared to sue for peace? Judging from their ethnic characteristics, they don't seem like they would easily bow down."
Shen Ling could even sense that beneath the respectful expressions of the monarchs of the Western Frontier today lay deeply hidden ambitions.
"What does it matter whether it looks like her or not?" Gu Mu patted Chen Ling's head, comforting her.
"Even if they don't sincerely seek peace, how could they possibly defeat the elite troops of the Southern Kingdom with their national strength and military power?"
Gu Mu laughed confidently and arrogantly.
During this period of development, Gu Mu took out several more secret manuals, some of which were given to martial arts practitioners for a fee, while others were given to soldiers in the Southern Kingdom.
With good secret manuals, the fighting ability of the soldiers in the South was greatly improved. In the era of cold weapons, the victory of war depended on the fighting ability of the soldiers and the strength of the horses.
Unfortunately, the southern countries are the least short of money, and their horses are often of better quality than those of other countries.
Moreover, the Southern Kingdom was the first country in the world to possess firearms.
Faced with such overwhelming strength, he was not afraid of any underhanded tactics from the Western Frontier.
As for whether the people of Western Xinjiang would take action against Gu Mu on their own territory—
Gu Mu just wanted to say that if they dared to do that, they were simply overthinking it.
He could take Shen Ling and quickly enter the Hidden City.
Moreover, Gu Mu's own combat strength was already quite formidable.
Because of his development during this period, Gu Mu has gained a lot of points that can be exchanged for political achievements.
In addition to the points he had previously earned on the battlefield.
He refined the dragon scales several more times, greatly increasing his body's protective capabilities.
After returning to the Southern Kingdom's palace, he also exchanged the Chaos Yuan that he had never used.
The effects of this Chaos Essence are even more wondrous than those of the Primordial Spirit Pill.
He felt that what was inside his body was no longer internal force—but more like a kind of true energy.
This true energy could quickly heal his wounds, and as a result, he felt that his own energy was much more abundant.
The subtle differences brought about by true qi directly elevated Gu Mu's physical fitness to a new level.
As Gu Mu refined more Chaos Essence, the changes within his body became increasingly apparent.
If Gu Mu had previously worried about the risk of death in battle...
Now Gu Mu is absolutely certain that there is no one in the world who can kill him.
He took out a token from his pocket and rubbed it in his palm.
Look at those two words above.
Sure enough, a hint of jealousy appeared on Shen Ling's face.
Gu Mu smiled gently: "Anyway, Ling'er will know in two days, so I should tell Ling'er the whole truth now."
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