Chapter 235
A loud crash echoed through the air, and the leading officer of the Xuan Dan realm, Wu Zhang, let out a muffled grunt as the gathered energy was shattered by a single punch.
The flow of energy was interconnected, and the impact naturally affected them all.
At that moment, Li Mo, who had broken through the military formation, stepped forward, shattering the ground beneath him, and stood before the officer.
"You, you, you... ugh."
Li Mo kicked the officer in the abdomen, sending his barking threats back down his throat.
A certain fighting king once said, if you can throw a punch, don’t waste your breath.
Looking back now, there was indeed some truth to that.
"You... do you know who guards this place... %￥@##%"
The officer knelt on the ground, having been pummeled, but still tried to threaten with his accustomed arrogance.
However, he didn’t even finish his sentence.
His greasy face was smashed in, and teeth scattered across the ground.
Li Mo had given him a chance to reason, but unfortunately, that opportunity was wasted.
The officer lay on the ground, too afraid to speak.
Yet Li Mo didn’t leave; he plopped down on a nearby nanmu bench and waited quietly.
Moments later, a more elite garrison arrived, all clad in armor, exuding a fierce aura.
A powerful presence locked onto them from afar.
It was the middle-aged general at the forefront.
With hair streaked with black and white and a thick mustache, his piercing gaze seemed to see right through the young man not far away.
"Who are you, and do you know the crime of offending the Zhen Nan army?"
He had intended to take the young man down directly.
However, seeing the boy's age, he realized he was far too young.
At such a tender age, to have effortlessly shattered a military formation capable of capturing a godly observer, he must have some significant background.
"What is the duty of the border troops?"
"Is it to trample on lives and bully children?"
A flicker of obscurity passed through Li Mo's eyes as he spoke with a blank expression.
"I was asking you a question, yet you dare to question me?"
General Qi, the garrison commander, was taken aback, his face darkening.
Seeing his support arrive, the officer scrambled over, but Li Mo couldn’t be bothered, allowing the officer to bluster:
"That case was clearly a setup; the facts are indisputable."
"Commander, this person is definitely related to the demon clan; I suspect he’s in cahoots with that great demon who transformed into a woman!"
General Qi was about to issue an order.
However, in the next moment, he swallowed his words and delivered another heavy blow to the officer's nose.
The officer was left dazed.
Turning back, he saw the young man holding a waist token.
The dark black token prominently bore the character 'Zhong'.
It was the token given to Li Mo by Zhong Zhenyue when he saved him, allowing free passage through all the border troops in the southern region.
However, Li Mo was in a hurry and didn’t have time to meet Zhong Zhenyue.
"Any more questions?"
"I believe this case must have some hidden intricacies."
Cold sweat broke out on General Qi’s forehead as he quickly complied.
This was clearly Zhong Zhenyue's waist token; even if he had a hundred guts, he wouldn’t dare to say that the young lord's guest had any connection to the demon clan.
Even if there were, he would have to pretend he didn’t see it.
"And what about that little girl?"
"She has absolutely no connection to the demon clan!"
This wrongful case suddenly unraveled, with remarkable efficiency.
Murong Xiao looked on in confusion, while Huang Donglai wore a bitter smile.
After the officer was dragged away, General Qi even warmly invited Li Mo and his companions to a meal, completely forgetting about the incident at the trial.
The laws and principles of Dayu were no match for the power of that waist token.
Li Mo found it somewhat absurd.
Not wanting to linger, he walked into the crowd.
Li Mo wiped the dirt off Lu Fuying's little face:
"Little sister, when did you see that fairy sister?"
"You’re Brother Mooncake?!"
The little girl’s response left Li Mo momentarily stunned.
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Chapter 252: The True Mooncake Thief, the Peace Charm
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【Peace Charm】: "An ordinary peace charm, carrying ordinary hopes."
Brother Mooncake? What on earth?
It seemed there was no custom of eating mooncakes in the southern region...
Just as Li Mo was about to ask, a woman’s sobbing voice came from nearby. The frail woman rushed to Fuying, tightly holding the little girl in her arms.
She had witnessed the young man save her daughter.
But she also saw him shatter the military formation.
"Esteemed sirs, I can’t repay your great kindness..."
"Just take care of your daily meals," Li Mo replied with a warm smile.
The woman fell silent for a few seconds, then nodded, pulling her daughter closer.
Li Mo glanced at Murong Xiao and Huang Donglai, and the three followed him.
As they entered the town, they walked along the narrow paths between bamboo houses. Fuying’s family lived in a remote area, requiring them to cross rivers and climb mountains.
This was probably what parents referred to as the road to school.
"Li, how did this case suddenly unravel? It was clear from the start that it was a wrongful accusation!"
Murong Xiao was filled with indignation but didn’t know how to express it.
In his youthful fervor, he couldn’t stand such injustices.
Though Li Mo had memories from before his birth, he too found the situation absurd.
He agreed with Murong Xiao’s sentiment.
Huang Donglai fell silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "Yeah, those who wronged you know better than anyone how wronged you are."
"Who knows, once we leave, that little girl’s family might face retribution..."
"With soldiers who are actually thieves, we might as well rid the people of their troubles!" Murong Xiao clenched his fists.
Li Mo pondered, "If that’s the case, we should act in secret, mixing laxatives into the herbicide; that should work wonders."
Huang Donglai: "..."
Mixing laxatives into herbicide?
He had never concocted anything so outrageous.
After a moment of silence, he sighed, "What if the garrison leaves and disaster beasts attack the town?"
Li Mo asked, "Then... should we clear out the beasts around the town?"
"Beasts and strange creatures each have their territories. If the lord of this area dies, new ones will naturally take their place," Huang Donglai shook his head.
Murong Xiao fell silent.
Scratching his bald head, his CPU was almost smoking.
Li Mo looked ahead at the frail mother and daughter, and the dilapidated bamboo house they were approaching.
Among his peers across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he could be considered a rare talent.
Yet his strength couldn’t even change a small town.
Because this was the 'great trend' of the southern region, a torrent that human power could hardly resist.
If one day, the Qingyuan Sect were also swept up in this trend,
how different would he be from this mother and daughter yearning for peace and joy?
Little Li Mo fiddled with the red cloth peace charm, lost in thought.
The group entered the bamboo house, where there wasn’t even a bench to sit on, so Li Mo and the others sat on the ground.
"Brother Mooncake, here."
Fuying brought over three half-filled bowls, containing a kind of not very sticky paste.
"Thanks for the hospitality."
Li Mo took a bite; it was likely made from a starchy plant root ground into powder, and the taste was certainly nothing to write home about.
"Why do you call me Brother Mooncake?"
"Because Brother Mooncake is just Brother Mooncake!"
Fuying tilted her head, then ran over to carefully open a box nearby.
Inside was half a mooncake, decorated with a cartoonish big-headed doll.
"The missing lotus seed mooncake?"
Li Mo was momentarily dazed.
A scene suddenly flashed in his mind.
On a moonless night, a certain ice block, seeing no one around, stealthily snuck into the kitchen, using the moonlight to take out all the lotus seed mooncakes drawn with his likeness, stuffing them into the big-headed doll, a hint of delight flickering in its eyes...
Little Li Mo was lost in thought.
He couldn’t even imagine that the mooncake thief was actually that ice block!
The one who was regarded as a celestial being when wielding the Hengyun Sword, cold as the moon, and at the age of twenty-eight, already ranked high on the Qianlong List...
Why did she take all the lotus seed mooncakes?
It couldn’t possibly be because she loved eating lotus seed...
"Brother Mooncake?"
Fuying waved her little hand.
Brother Mooncake’s expression was somewhat similar to that of the fairy sister.
Li Mo snapped back to reality and took out an ice skin red bean mooncake from his system space:
"Nothing much, if you like mooncakes, then this is for you."
"Wow, it’s the fairy sister!"
Fuying exclaimed in surprise, then ran over to show the mooncake to her mother.
Seeing Li Mo and his two big boy companions squatting on the ground, casually eating the paste, the woman’s wary expression finally relaxed a bit.
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