Chapter 137 Female Corpse and White Fox

Anyone?

Zhao Mu frowned slightly, turned around, and rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.

The strong smell of blood permeated the surroundings, and the mottled shadows made the woods look very eerie.

Zhao Mu's figure flashed over and he saw a woman's body lying under a thick tree.

The corpse was covered with wounds, and bright red blood was still flowing out. The miserable appearance made people suspect that she had been attacked by some kind of wild beast.

"What a ruthless method!"

Zhao Mu walked to the body and thought in his mind: "Who did this woman offend and was tortured to death? Where is the murderer now?"

He looked around and saw nothing suspicious.

"It seems I'm still too late, the other party has already run away."

Zhao Mu sighed, shook his head and said: "Ashes will return to dust. Since you are dead, how can you just expose your body to the wilderness like this? I'd better bury you."

He made a seal with his hands and shouted softly: "The five elements rotate, the earth spirit listens to the call, open!"

Boom!

The ground below the female corpse suddenly shook violently, and a deep pit about ten feet long opened, and the female corpse fell directly into the pit.

Zhao Mu controlled the earth element's spiritual energy, closed the pit again, and prepared to leave.

But suddenly, he stopped and turned to look at the woods to the right.

He saw a snow-white fox standing there in the grass more than ten feet away, looking at him with dark eyes.

Those eyes were full of spirituality, and they seemed to be no ordinary fox.

Suddenly, the white fox man stood up, and his two front paws imitated the appearance of a human, bowing and saluting at him.

"interesting."

Zhao Mu smiled and said, "That corpse is your owner. Are you thanking me for burying her?"

The white fox shook his head, then nodded again, looking very interested.

Zhao Mu asked again: "Then do you know who killed her?"

The white fox thought for a while after hearing this, but seemed to have no intention of answering. He just bowed and saluted again, then turned around and ran into the forest.

"I didn't expect to meet a fox that became a spirit here."

"But this fox doesn't seem to have a high level of cultivation. It doesn't seem to be able to transform into a human being. What a pity!"

Zhao Mu shook his head and chuckled, then left the woods and continued towards Dajin Dynasty.

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The capital, the palace, the imperial study.

Emperor Yongchang was reviewing the memorial, and his personal eunuch Qian Delu came in.

"See Your Majesty."

"Well, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the outer deacon of Ziwei Dao Sect has arrived."

"So fast?"

Emperor Yongchang smiled in surprise and said: "Hurry, hurry, hurry up and invite people in. No, no, I will go and greet you personally."

He was very excited, got up and walked outside.

Outside the Imperial Study Room, Zhao Mu was wearing a Taoist robe, holding a dust in his hand, looking like an expert with an immortal air.

Seeing Emperor Yongchang coming out, he shook off the dust and bowed his hands in salute: "Poverty Taoist Xuan Chengzi, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty."

"Taoist Master, you are polite. Please come in quickly, Delu, and serve tea."

Emperor Yongchang gave an order and excitedly pulled Zhao Mu inside: "Taoist Master, I have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time. You must have a good chat with me today."

"Haha, Your Majesty is welcome."

The two of them walked into the imperial study and sat down respectively. Qian Delu served tea.

Zhao Mu took a sip of tea and said: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered by my master to come to the Great Jin Dynasty to garrison. I also ask your Majesty to order someone to send clues about the suspected demons that have appeared in recent years, so that I can Get started."

"That matter is not urgent. I will have people sort it out and send it all to the Taoist Priest's house. I have also arranged a residence for the Taoist Priest."

"In addition, I am also preparing to issue an edict to confer the Taoist Priest as the national advisor of our Great Jin Dynasty. This will make it much easier for the Taoist Priest to act in the future."

"In addition, I have personally selected two hundred maids and have arranged them in the Taoist Priest's mansion. From now on, they will serve in the Taoist Priest's daily life."

"Also, I..."

Emperor Yongchang looked very excited, as if he wanted to give all the rewards to Zhao Mu at once.

Zhao Mu shook his head secretly, thinking that Emperor Yongchang was completely different from the heroic figure when he first ascended the throne.

Yes, I know this Yongchang Emperor Zhao Mu.

Because this person was the successor selected from the royal Sima family after Zhou Yuniang abdicated.

Although Zhao Mu did not attend the enthronement ceremony, he did catch a glimpse of Emperor Yongchang from a distance.

I remember that Emperor Yongchang at that time was very handsome and had the style of an emperor.

Zhou Yuniang also said that this person is a rare hero in the world, and he will definitely become a wise master after he ascends the throne.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Zhao Mu had already inquired about it on his way to the capital.

In the decades after Emperor Yongchang ascended the throne, he worked hard to eliminate officials and make the Jin Dynasty flourish.

It's just that no one is static.

At least when we met today, the Yongchang Emperor gave Zhao Mu the feeling that he no longer had the ambition of the past, but instead seemed to have the feeling of a late hero.

He shook his head and interrupted Emperor Yongchang's words: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to accept the position of National Preceptor and those rewards."

"Pindao came to the Jin Dynasty this time under the orders of the sect to slay demons. As for trivial matters in the world of mortals, Pindao doesn't want to pay attention to them. Please forgive me."

"If your Majesty has any instructions, please tell me directly. If I can do it, I will never refuse."

That’s right, he didn’t think that the Emperor Yongchang gave rewards one after another just to get closer to him, the outer gate steward of Ziwei Daomen.

As the saying goes, when you show courtesy to others, you must have something to ask for. This emperor obviously has something to ask for.

Sure enough, Emperor Yongchang pondered for a moment and said, “The Taoist priest is indeed a master. He saw through my thoughts at a glance. Well, I will speak directly if I have something to say.”

“Your Majesty, please speak.”

“It’s like this. I’ve been getting older these years, and I often feel powerless when doing things.”

“Sometimes, I think of the time when the previous emperor abdicated and followed Changkong Zhenren to Ziwei Daomen to cultivate immortals, and I am also very envious.”

“So I want to ask Taoist priest Xuanchengzi, do I have a chance to become an immortal?”

“Your Majesty, why do you ask me?”

Zhao Mu shook his head: “Your Majesty should know that people who cultivate immortals must have spiritual roots, believe Over the years, Your Majesty must have asked someone to check your body. Your Majesty should have known whether you have the fate of immortality. "

"Alas, of course I know that I don't have spiritual roots. I really envy the late emperor for being able to condense acquired spiritual roots with national destiny. Unfortunately, such an opportunity is almost impossible for future emperors to encounter."

Emperor Yongchang sighed and said, "But I really can't accept it, so I want to ask the Taoist priest, is there really no other way to change fate in the world besides national destiny? "

Well, this Majesty is obviously tired of being an emperor, and now he wants to live forever. No wonder people think that the hero is old.

But think about it, the emperors in history seem to have enjoyed all the wealth in the world and then coveted immortality.

This has almost become a common problem for every emperor, and it is impossible to avoid it.