Xu Mu stood in the distance, leaning against a large tree, listening quietly. In truth, he could already guess some of what was happening in his heart.
"Fu Jinyu, heaven destroys those who don't look out for themselves. What's more, I'm not doing this for myself, but for our entire tribe."
Kong Xiang shook his head gently. "Let me ask you, why should our tribe serve a race weaker than us?"
Although Fu Jinyu had already guessed it, having the other party say it so bluntly still made her feel a loss of face.
"When your father was still alive, I never thought of breaking away from the Heavenly Demon Tribe. Why? Because he was strong. We served the Heavenly Demon Tribe with peace of mind because he could protect us."
Kong Xiang raised his hand, and a red flame appeared in his palm. "But now, I have also entered the mid-Transcendent stage. I can protect our tribe myself, so why should we still rely on you?"
"Don't you think this is too ungrateful? When your tribe was almost wiped out in the past, who saved you? Your ancestors personally established a blood seal with our Heavenly Demon Tribe. Now that your strength has grown, you want to push us away?"
As Fu Jinyu spoke, she took out the blood seal she carried.
Kong Xiang sighed. "Fu Jinyu, people's ways of thinking are always progressing. Do you think that in modern society, just like in ancient times, you can command thousands of troops and horses simply by holding a tiger tally or a token?"
Fu Jinyu injected her Qi into the blood seal, and a powerful pressure instantly swept over everyone present.
This was a racial suppression, and the source of the suppression was aimed squarely at their Gu Diao Tribe.
Many people felt this power, their legs going weak as they collapsed to the ground.
Only a few experts could barely withstand this aura.
Kong Xiang waved his hand. "Fu Jinyu, I watched you grow up. Why make the relationship between us so rigid? The blood seal can indeed affect us, but can it affect us for a lifetime?"
"I think this senior is right. The thing in your hand cannot affect them for a lifetime, much less affect their hearts."
Xu Mu walked over from behind and said with a smile, "Even if you suppress them again, they still won't do any tasks you assign them in the future."
"Looking at your eyes, you are not from the Heavenly Demon Tribe, but what you said is absolutely right."
Kong Xiang said as he glanced at Xu Mu.
"What nonsense are you talking about? The foundation of the Heavenly Demon Tribe was personally handed over to me by my father. How could I possibly let it be ruined in my hands?"
Fu Jinyu did not agree with Xu Mu's words.
"Then what do you plan to do?"
Xu Mu looked at Fu Jinyu. "Kill this old man and support a newcomer? You have to understand one thing: when the number of people isn't large, it's very easy for them to reach a consensus."
Hearing this, Fu Jinyu could not help but clench her fists.
Of course she knew what Xu Mu meant. The Gu Diao Tribe was not like those massive alien races with several internal factions.
Their population was merely a thousand people.
From their cheers just now, it was obvious that they all wanted to break away from the control of the Heavenly Demon Tribe.
"As long as your strength is great enough, you have every opportunity to make the Heavenly Demon Tribe great again, perhaps even surpassing your father."
Xu Mu said from the side, "When that time comes, you will have even more followers by your side."
Fu Jinyu took a deep breath. Perhaps Xu Mu was right. Instead of forcing it, it would be better to let go.
As long as she became strong enough, she wouldn't even care about a tribe like the Gu Diao anyway.
"Hahaha! You're not bad, kid. I watched Fu Jinyu grow up, and I really don't want to fight her."
Kong Xiang laughed from the side.
Actually, he knew very well in his heart that as an old man who had just entered the mid-Transcendent stage, he was no match for Fu Jinyu at all.
"Senior, if I'm not mistaken, it was Fu Cheng who asked you to capture these people from the Heavenly Demon Tribe, right?"
Xu Mu asked, pointing to the heavily injured and tied-up Heavenly Demon Tribe members nearby.
"Since things have come to this, I have nothing to hide. It was indeed Fu Cheng! He told me that as long as I listened to him, the first thing he would do after becoming the King of the Heavenly Demon Tribe would be to terminate the contract with us. From then on, we would have absolutely nothing to do with the Heavenly Demon Tribe."
Kong Xiang nodded slightly.
"Senior, you really are foolish. You don't even know you're being used. You actually choose to believe someone like Fu Cheng."
Xu Mu revealed a faint smile. "Now that Fu Cheng has been beaten and chased away by Sister Empress, I will take over what he was going to do next."
"What do you mean?"
Kong Xiang frowned.
"Nothing much."
Xu Mu turned his head to look at Fu Jinyu. "Does this tribe still have anything to do with you now?"
"No! I announce right now that from this moment on, the Heavenly Demon Tribe and the Gu Diao Tribe are completely severing ties. There will be no relationship between us anymore."
Fu Jinyu said to Kong Xiang in front of her, "Isn't it time for you to let the people go?"
"Hahaha! Of course I'll let them go!"
Kong Xiang burst into laughter and immediately shouted, "Release them!"
The surrounding tribesmen also cheered with joy, releasing the dozen or so Heavenly Demon Tribe members they had tied up.
These people were very weak, but they still came before Fu Jinyu and knelt down respectfully.
"Thank you, Empress!"
"Get up, let's go."
Looking at the joy on the faces of the Gu Diao Tribe members, Fu Jinyu's expression was as cold as ice.
She turned around and led these tribesmen, preparing to leave.
After walking a certain distance, she suddenly looked back and found that Xu Mu in the distance hadn't moved.
Thus, her delicate brows furrowed. "Xu Mu, why aren't you leaving?"
"Sister Empress, let me ask one more time. Does this Gu Diao Tribe really have absolutely nothing to do with you anymore?"
Xu Mu turned his head and asked with a smile.
"Of course, didn't I just say so?" Fu Jinyu replied.
"That's good."
Xu Mu looked at Kong Xiang in front of him. "Senior, hand over all the natural treasures of your tribe. Otherwise, I will wipe you all out!"
Hearing this, everyone present was absolutely shocked.
Fu Jinyu widened her eyes, thinking she had misheard. The things this Xu Mu did...
She liked them so much!
[Affection +10]
Kong Xiang was also startled, and then he sneered, "Kid, is this what you meant earlier by what Fu Cheng was preparing to do?"
"Exactly. Fu Cheng is an insidious and cunning person. He said that after the matter was done, you would have nothing to do with him. Since you have no ties, then you can certainly be killed."
Xu Mu smiled and spread his hands. "Now that he's been chased away, I'll naturally take his place."
"Hahaha! You're a very interesting kid. Just you? You want to snatch our treasures?"
Kong Xiang threw his head back and laughed loudly, his face full of disdain.
"Kong Xiang! I have absolutely nothing to do with you, but I have a very good relationship with Xu Mu. If you dare to let him get hurt, I'll take your life."
Fu Jinyu stared at Kong Xiang and said.
Hearing this, Kong Xiang's expression suddenly changed.
"Sister Empress, don't frighten them. This matter has nothing to do with you; I can solve it myself."
Xu Mu's expression was as calm as water.
The plot had stated that the Gu Diao Tribe liked to eat humans and belonged to an absolutely evil alien race.
The fact that such a race could survive until now was perhaps entirely due to the protection of the Heavenly Demon Tribe.
Since he happened to run into them this time, he was definitely going to wipe them out along the way.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
