Li Mu was not at all troubled by Tian Qing's collusion with the northern barbarians. All under heaven belonged to the king. He was the boss of the fairy world and controlled all the worlds. In his view, all living beings in the Pangu universe were his subjects, and there was no distinction between insiders and outsiders.
However, Li Mu felt that there was something strange about what Jia Jiyan said about the northern barbarians, so he motioned for Jia Jiyan to continue.
Jia Jiyan continued, "After the two forces formed in Lufan City, since no one lacked food and one was located on a farm and the other was located in a city, they didn't have much overlapping interests, so they lived in peace. Except for a few fights between the two superpowers for the death crystals when they were hunting the Slayers outside, there was no major conflict for a long time."
"This peace lasted for about two months. Suddenly, a group of uninvited guests broke into the north. They spoke fluent Bear Country language and claimed that they were God's messengers, and that they were sent by God to educate the new humans, uh... that is, superpowers like us."
"Where did the barbarians come from who are so arrogant? Who else in this world, except for the saints, dares to teach the world?" Chen Xian sneered, but then looked at Li Mu and said quickly: "Of course, my eldest brother is an exception. He is an existence that can teach the saints."
Jia Jiyan smiled bitterly, thinking that Chen Xian was just joking, and continued, "We were naturally not polite to the arrogance of those barbarians. How could our great Celestial Empire allow these barbarians to run rampant? However, those barbarians were quite powerful, so our farm forces put aside their past grievances with the people of Lufan City, and the two sides joined hands to fight against the evil bandits."
"However, we still underestimated their strength. I had just broken through to the 4th level not long ago, and so did Tian Qing, the strongest person in Lufan City. However, Andre, the leader of the barbarians, had already broken through to the middle stage of the 4th level! The rest of them were also at the 4th level, and there were a total of 5 people. The result is naturally predictable. We were defeated miserably and lost a lot of manpower."
"It's only 5 to 2 at level 4. You have more people, so you shouldn't be beaten so badly, right?" Chen Xian looked doubtful.
Jia Jiyan looked bitter and said, "We are just ordinary people after all. We panicked and fled in all directions when we were hit by the other side. It is difficult for us to form sufficient fighting power."
"So what happened next?" Xu Ling asked.
At this time, Guo Yong said angrily: "Later? Later, Tian Qing got the news from somewhere that this group of barbarians was only a small part, and their large group of people had conquered most of the territory of Northern Xinjiang, so he surrendered directly to those grandsons. We were unaware of it and were planning to discuss the counterattack with Lu Fancheng, but who knew that we almost fell into Tian Qing's trap. If we hadn't run fast, I'm afraid our base would have fallen! In my opinion, Tian Qing and his group of bastards are more hateful than those barbarians!"
"Yes, since then, we have been completely hostile to Lu Fancheng. Whenever the two sides meet outside, they will fight to the death, while Andre and others just stand by and watch." Jia Jiyan added.
"Are those people in Lu Fancheng stupid? Isn't this just letting you two sides suffer losses?" Chen Xian complained.
"Of course they are not stupid, but even so, they would rather become vassals of the barbarians. It is impossible to ask them to fight against those barbarians. But what difference does it make? Even if they join forces with us, those barbarians will still mobilize manpower from other places to wipe us out. Without help from the outside world, the situation in the northern border will be difficult to change." Jia Jiyan shook his head.
"You keep saying you want to resist the barbarians, but I'm afraid you haven't put in your best efforts?" Li Mu looked at Liu Lan meaningfully and said lightly.
Seeing this, Guo Jiyan's face changed slightly. Level 5 Liu Lan was their trump card. Even in their base, few people knew Liu Lan's strength. He didn't know if Li Mu had noticed it, but he quickly regained his composure and said, "The premise of protecting the northern border is naturally to protect our own safety."
Jia Jiyan did not point out Liu Lan's matter, but just answered ambiguously.
Li Mu agreed with what Jia Jiyan said. Just like when he fought against the alien invasion of Pangu Universe, he had to ensure the safety of his family. If the situation with the aliens was completely irreversible, he would abandon Pangu Universe without hesitation and lead his family away.
Li Mu did not point out Liu Lan's 5th level. After all, even the people in Lufan City did not know about Liu Lan, which meant that this matter was a secret of this base. Although he had done a favor to Xu Ling and the other two, the people in this base were not familiar with him after all, so they would naturally not reveal their cards to him.
In the following time, the people in the base talked about Xu Ling and the other two. After all, what Guo Jiyan said was all things they knew, and it was too heavy, so everyone was not very interested. But hearing about Xu Ling and the others' experience along the way, everyone was amazed.
Finally, the dinner ended with laughter and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
No words were spoken that night.
Because they were deep underground and there was no distinction between day and night, when Chen Xian woke up it was already past ten in the morning. Li Mu had already finished his breakfast and had talked for a long time with Xu Ling and the other two, and they were ready to leave.
Chen Xian walked out of the room and rubbed his sleepy eyes. Just as he was about to say hello to everyone, he heard Xu Ling scream, "Ah~?"
At the same time, he pointed at Chen Xian's arm with a trembling finger: "Where did the wound on your arm come from?"
Chen Xian was puzzled, and looked at the exposed skin on his arm, then said nonchalantly: "Ahem ~ It's just a few minor injuries. Yesterday, those two slaughterers, General Wude, attacked me by surprise, and the wound is almost scabby."
In fact, Chen Xian was quite depressed. If it was in the past when he had maintained his cultivation level, he could recover from this minor injury with a small spell. But now he could only heal slowly like an ordinary mortal.
"What?" When everyone heard that Chen Xian's wound was caused by the Slaughterer, they were immediately shocked and quickly distanced themselves from Chen Xian.
When the other people in the base heard Chen Xian's words, they all stopped what they were doing, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Mr. Li, please leave Mr. Chen immediately. He has been infected and may mutate into a killer at any time!" Jia Jiyan shouted.
Jia Yong had already picked up a long sword and rushed over, ready to chop off Chen Xian's head at any time. The infection of the Slaughterer was no trivial matter. Although Chen Xian would only be a lowest-level, Stage 1 Slaughterer even if he mutated immediately, there were still many ordinary people in their base. If they were accidentally infected by Chen Xian, the consequences would be disastrous!
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