Chapter 79 - Under the Dujie Sword!

“It is true that one will always have a great shock in life!”

Li Muyang felt fortunate that he had saved the gold coins hidden in his crotch. If he was frugal and helped with some chores in school, he might not need to ask his parents for money every day for a whole year. It was difficult to explain to his parents and would make them puzzled. If they went to the ship trading shop and found out what he had suffered along the way, they might not be able to sleep well at night.

Li Muyang always blamed himself for not being able to do anything for his parents, so he tried not to create any problems for his parents.

He did not expect someone to accuse him of colluding with the enemy now. This was not a joke. According to the law of the Xifeng Empire, if anyone was caught collaborating with the enemy, he would be killed on the spot, if it was true.

That was to say, if these men in black were dissatisfied with him, they could cut him into pieces and throw him into Cock-Crow Lake to feed the big fishes.

As for whether it was confirmed would depend on them.

“Do you have any proof?” Li Muyang felt resentful. He had an impulse to hit this guy dozens of times, but he tried to keep calm. The angrier he was, the more likely they would think he was guilty.

The most important thing now was that his enemy was stronger than him. If he really irritated them, he would be at a disadvantage and be at the losing end.

Li Muyang had seen it with his own eyes earlier. They could jump in the air as if they were on flat ground and the roof of the ship was destroyed with one strike. Cui Zhaoren reminded Li Muyang of Crow and he thought that even if Crow met him, Crow would not have any advantage.

It was better for him to be cautious. If he really could not defend himself against them, he would bring up Cui Xiaoxin’s name, saying that he was the son-in-law of the Cui Family in Capital Heaven. Li Sinian vaguely told Li Muyang about Cui Xiaoxin’s family background. Li Muyang was very surprised and annoyed after hearing that, but he could only sigh at his fate. This time, he would make use of the Cui Family and scare this dumb man in black with a deadpan face.

“Proof?” Cui Zhaoren pointed to the students around Li Muyang and said, “What they just said is the proof.”

“Just basing on their one-sided statement, you suspect that I am colluding with the enemy?”

“There are so many people on this ship, why did he only speak up for you?” Cui Zhaoren said with a cold smile on his face, and his eyes looked at Li Muyang thoughtfully, thinking about the possibility of Li Muyang colluding with the enemy. He said, “Our Department of Supervision has escorted important criminals all the way and our whereabouts is extremely confidential, so it is almost impossible for others to know. But you heard the words of the enemies just now. They had been tricked to come here to commit robbery.”

“What’s more, your money were stolen last night and then you took a group of people to try and search our rooms. Were you not trying to create chaos among those people to attract our attention? So many people saw it with their own eyes, I did not wrong you, did I?”

“I am not the one who asked for the search,” Li Muyang hastily explained. He pointed to Zhang Linpu beside him and said, “He was the one who initiated the search and it was he who led us to the third floor. Didn’t you all see this with your own eyes? If that’s the case, should they not be even more of a suspect than I am? Because the chaos at that time was created by them first. I just followed quietly behind.”

“Li Muyang…” Zhang Linpu was scared. He pointed at Li Muyang in anger and swore, “You despicable man, don’t drag me into this. I had a fierce quarrel with that fat man at that time, and almost got into a fight. It is you… he put in a few good words about you. You even called us frogs in the well who know nothing about the vast Starry Sky. Did you not know each other for a long time already?”

“Look, doesn’t this prove that he and I have nothing to do with each other? If you want to collude with someone to rob, shouldn’t you pretend that you don’t know each other, or try to create some intense conflicts so that you can rid yourself of the relationship, as if you quarreled with him afterward? If we knew each other before, would he need to speak for me in front of everyone? If we were really united, why would I still stay on the ship since he already got what he wanted?”

Li Muyang looked gloomy and said sadly, “I won first place in the imperial Liberal-arts Exam and was rewarded by the emperor. And because Yan Bolai, the governor of Jiangnan City, is my uncle and Yan Xiangma, the son of the governor, is my best brother, they rejected me and attacked me violently. I know the reason why the wind is sure to destroy the trees that are beautiful in the forest. I also know that the strong wind is always blowing those towering and dense trees. However, I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to be the top one and I don’t want my uncle to be the governor of Jiangnan City, but I can’t choose my background.”

“…” Cui Zhaoren had the impulse to cut him into two pieces. “Do you think it is possible for the Cui Family of Capital Heaven to have a relationship with an ignorant kid like you?”

“I can swear on the reputation of my Uncle Yan, the lord of Jiangnan City, that I have never robbed anyone and helped the enemy. If I break the oath, my uncle will suffer a bad end. If you think I am guilty, why should I be speechless? I really can’t afford to commit a crime of colluding with the enemy.”

“…” Cui Zhaoren’s hand, which was holding the sword, kept shaking. He felt that he could no longer control the noble righteousness in his body. He had to hit something before he could get rid of it.

“Whether you colluded with the enemy or not, it is not dependent on you. It is not dependent on me, either.” Cui Zhaoren’s eyes were full of killing intent. He stared at Li Muyang coldly and said, “If you go to the Department of Supervision with us, the truth will be revealed naturally.”

The Department of Supervision was known as the Empire’s Iron Prison. They heard that anyone who went there was better off dead. Even if an Immortal were to enter it, a layer of their gold clothes would be peeled off, and their faith energy would be reduced by a few levels.

Li Muyang, of course, would not go.

He could not go either.

He did not have such a tough personality that he would rather die than surrender, nor was he so noble that he was willing to sacrifice himself in the name of justice. He would not let himself suffer all kinds of cruel torture and wait for rebirth….. His mouth was not very tight and his bones were not very hard. Moreover, he had just become a little whiter and his body had also become a little more handsome. He did not want to be thrown into prison and become a useless person, like a ghost.

“I can’t go,” Li Muyang said. “I have been accepted by the Starry-Sky Academy. My senior rode a crane to Jiangnan City to deliver the news and repeatedly told me not to miss the enrollment date.”

“Starry Sky Academy?” Cui Zhaoren’s eyes were bright and glowing and he looked at Li Muyang who was standing in front of him in disbelief.

“Exactly,” Li Muyang said proudly. Thanks to God, he finally met a tough backer. As for the Jiangnan City Governor, Yan Bolai, and the son of the City Governor, Yan Xiangma, he did not care about them at all. It seemed that Uncle Yan’s power and influence were nothing more than this.

Cui Zhaoren’s eyes flickered, and once again he looked at Li Muyang from head to toe seriously.

The situation became complicated.

It was an unexpected turn that this guy had been accepted by the Starry-Sky Academy.

“You said you were accepted by the Starry Sky Academy?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“You came in first in the literary Liberal-arts Exam of the empire?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Ha ha,” Cui Zhaoren sneered.

The empire had a first place in the Liberal-arts Exam every year. As long as there was a test, there would be someone in the first place every year.

However, not everyone who came in first in the Liberal-arts Exam could be accepted by the Starry Sky Academy.

Moreover, apart from Li Muyang, only Li Qiubai, the poetry talent a thousand years ago, had been accepted by the Starry-Sky Academy when he came in first in the Liberal-arts Exam.

If Li Muyang was not lying.

He hoped that he was lying, because it was very easy to find out whether he was the first in the Liberal-arts Exam or had been accepted by the Starry-Sky Academy.

However, if he was not lying, then there must be someone behind him who was supporting him.

Cui Zhaoren suddenly began to believe that Li Muyang was in alliance with the enemy.

Cui Zhaoren walked toward Li Muyang step by step and said with a smile, “It seems that you still have to go with us. Don’t worry, you won’t miss the enrollment date.”

As he spoke, Cui Zhaoren suddenly pulled out his sword and slashed at Li Muyang’s head.

He tried to kill him on the spot!

“Whether you are first in the Liberal-arts Exam of the empire or the freshman of the Starry Sky Academy, since you are on this ship and is involved in this mess, you can’t escape unscathed.”

If he died, so what if he was the first in the Liberal-arts Exam? So what if he was from the Starry Sky Academy?

As long as he was convicted of collaborating with the enemy, even if Starry-Sky Academy was not satisfied, they had to pay attention to the empire’s interest. The Department of Supervision was working for the emperor. Would they retaliate against them for a student who had not entered the school yet?

And furthermore, this student was dead.

As for those who were pushing Li Muyang, Cui Zhaoren did not care about them.

Since he could not confirm Li Muyang’s origin, then it proved that Li Muyang was not one of his people. At this critical moment, he was either one of them or an enemy.

It did not matter if he killed him. What could they do to him?

He was the cold-faced Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva protected the country and killed people without displaying any emotion.

It happened so suddenly that no one expected Cui Zhaoren to suddenly pull out his sword to kill Li Muyang.

The sword stroke was like a clap of thunder and it was like a meteor streaking across the sky.

It happened in the blink of an eye and no one could react at all.

Even for the top masters of the empire, when they encountered the cold-faced Bodhisattva Cui Zhaoren’s Dujie Sword, they also thought it was sharp and unpredictable.

It was a well-known fact in the Xifeng Empire that it was difficult to survive the attack of the Dujie Sword. It praised the power of the Cui Family’s Dujie Sword and the “Infinite Sword Skill” which matched it.

As for Li Muyang?

Cui Zhaoren had already thought of him as a dead man the moment he drew his long sword out of its sheath.