Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 864: Chapter 686: Little Wood Shows His Might

“There is no right or wrong, future generations have their own destinies; we have our own judgments!” Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head, “Since my descendants of this generation are not as good as you, it is destined that one or two generations must humble themselves to survive!”

As Empress Dowager Xiao spoke, she looked at Gu Changsheng and smiled, her expression full of malice, “Southern Emperor Changsheng is an extraordinary talent, but ultimately, he is too young and impetuous, lacking in experience. Thus, since I have surrendered Xian Country, I also count as one of your household servants, Southern Emperor.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng had an ominous foreboding, taking two cautious steps back, looking at Empress Dowager Xiao warily, and spoke in a stammer, “You! What do you intend to do?”

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled again, her golden phoenix sleeves fluttering, and spoke boldly, “Since I am a household servant, it is only natural for me to stay by the Southern Emperor’s side!”

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, his mouth forming an “O” shape, and it took a long while before he spoke with a crestfallen expression, “Are you sure you’re not just waiting for me to do something against Liaodong one day so you can hit me over the head?”

After all, this Empress Dowager is the greatest trump card of Liaodong, the fiercest tiger!

Moreover, Gu Changsheng had already personally experienced that Empress Dowager Xiao is used to hitting people over the head. If he hadn’t been prepared to escape quickly beforehand, he would surely have been hit accurately!

“Haha…” Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiao laughed immediately, her laughter carrying a grandeur from long years in power, “I won’t deny I have such intentions!”

Gu Changsheng: “…”

Damn, you could have just said that’s what you were thinking, wouldn’t that have been better?

Staying by her side makes it much easier to strike at any time!

Empress Dowager Xiao, on the surface, looks like a kind old lady, but her heart is truly pitch black!

Shameless!

With a gloomy face, Gu Changsheng walked toward Zhou Mu, who was atop a tall horse, and upon reaching the front of the horse, he raised a woeful little face and spoke helplessly, “Evildoer, you need to protect me; I can’t beat her.”

Such a painful realization, such an internally wounding fact, Gu Changsheng is convinced that, in a one-on-one fight, he’s absolutely no match for this fake kindly Empress Dowager!

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu curved his lips into a smile, a flash of brilliance on his body as a slender Soft Sword appeared in his hand, which he swung toward where Empress Dowager Xiao stood.

This strike, seemingly as light as a feather and very slow, yet as if containing the power to split mountains and seas, although devoid of any flashy moves, like chopping vegetables, it was nothing to be taken lightly.

“Ah!” Borjigin Nian reacted the fastest, immediately turning his horse to the side to give way.

Everyone else dared not slack off, and in an instant, the Dark Night Army around them ran off one after another, leaving a large open space around.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Xiao’s old face changed color and she was shocked.

“Empress Xiao, scaring my beloved and forcefully buying and selling is one thing; my beloved is young and not as skilled! But to think you would even dare to calculate against my descendant, did you seek my opinion?” As the blade slowly descended, Zhou Mu’s cold and aloof voice resonated around.

At this moment, no one doubted Zhou Mu’s capability.

Empress Dowager Xiao’s old face was heavy, and upon hearing this, she remained silent. Though the sword had not yet struck, it already alarmed her, but it was not enough to move her because she did not sense any intent to kill from it!

Hiss!

The sword was still in Zhou Mu’s hand, but the Sword Qi seemed to tear through the void, instantly making the surroundings of Empress Dowager Xiao distort.

In just a blink of an eye, several of the vague Spirit Bodies around Empress Dowager Xiao, as if being rejected by heaven and earth, became even more indistinct, and under the sweep of the Sword Qi, turned to dust and instantly merged back into Empress Dowager Xiao’s body!

The transformation came too suddenly, everyone was startled, hearts racing like thunder.

At that moment, those close enough could almost feel an overwhelming Sword Qi wanting to overturn the universe and slaughter everything, making their hearts tremble with fear!

As strong as Empress Dowager Xiao was, her Spirit Bodies too fell into silence in an instant.

Zhou Mu!

Everyone’s eyes involuntarily turned to the purple-gold figure atop the horse’s head. How powerful was this person? A master capable of contending with someone in the Spiritual Transformation Realm?

“Good! Good! Good!” Empress Dowager Xiao remained still, her old eyes suddenly widened with a flicker of brilliance, “What an extraordinary Zhou family child. No wonder people say you are heaven’s gifted, divine warrior. Just in your early twenties, you possess such skills, unmatched by anyone in your generation. It is wise for my descendants to retreat in the face of your formidable presence!”

Although on Vast Mountain’s summit, when she consulted Mr. Di, abandoning literature for martial arts, that era’s elder Mr. Di, besides offering her a maxim, also informed her that his disciple Zhou Mu was peerless. Her surrender brought no loss!

Back then, Empress Dowager Xiao didn’t take it seriously, but now it seemed she was careless!

A person just in his twenties, possessing such cultivation, Empress Dowager Xiao introspected, if she were at the same age as Zhou Mu in her past, she should have been overpowered in one move!

This young man makes her wary!

“Empress Xiao, you are already old, qi and blood are waning, with barely over a decade of lifespan currency; even if the Spirit Body remains undestroyed and finds another host, it will take decades to reach the peak again.” Zhou Mu sheathed the Soft Sword on his waist, unaware of the astonishing feat he just accomplished.

He bent down, holding the dumbfounded Gu Changsheng in front of him, and smiled, “My love, revive your spirit. Having such a powerful household servant, even if just for a dozen years, is a blessing.”

Hearing someone bluntly say her lifespan currency was about to run out, Dowager Empress Xiao’s face darkened a bit.

Held in Zhou Mu’s arms, Gu Changsheng was still wooden, not yet recovering from Zhou Mu’s intimidating move as if chopping vegetables.

Damn, she had seen the evildoer wield a sword to chop Gu insects and make a scene in the Southern Border, no doubt, but those were Gu insects, right? This was Dowager Empress Xiao in front of them! An invincible presence! Even she could only flee in a panic!

Did the evildoer just casually chop and dispel several of Dowager Empress Xiao’s spirit bodies with a single move?

This is…

“Changsheng?” Zhou Mu raised a hand, gently smoothing Gu Changsheng’s face, smiled at Dowager Empress Xiao, and spoke again, “Don’t worry. With me here, even if you make a mistake, Empress Xiao won’t be able to hit you with a club.”

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately snapped back to reality, her eyes glittered, “Really?”

“I swear on my life, as weighty as Mount Tai, if Empress Xiao isn’t afraid of losing all her spirit bodies and wants a life-and-death battle with me, she can come ahead!” Zhou Mu smiled, and his aura shifted. Boundless inner strength surged, and the surrounding space seemed to twist and dissolve from just his words.

“You!” Dowager Empress Xiao was taken aback, stumbling a step backward, looking at him incredulously, “You actually used a secret technique, restraining yourself instead of taking that step?”

How powerful is this young junior? To restrain himself without crossing that step, how much confidence and arrogance does that require?

“Sickly in childhood, residual toxins remain, I dare not take that step.” Zhou Mu was forthright, his sharp gaze scanning Dowager Empress Xiao quickly, with a slight smirk at his lips, “But even so, Empress Xiao, do you dare to fight me?”

Dowager Empress Xiao heard these words, her face turned gray, refrained from taking up this topic.

The people around saw this, and little drums began to sound in their hearts, this… isn’t this too domineering?

Is it really okay to confront someone like Dowager Empress Xiao in such a way? Yet Dowager Empress Xiao really seemed hesitant. This… isn’t this too defiant?

“Forget it, although Dowager Empress Xiao is somewhat lacking in integrity, her vision is far-reaching, beyond our reach. Don’t always confront people,” the situation was tense, Gu Changsheng regained her senses, tugging Zhou Mu’s sleeve, embarrassed.

“Humph!” Zhou Mu snorted coldly, looking down at the little woman in his arms, completely ignoring the stares around them, and declared loudly, “I only resent that she’s old and disrespectful. It’s one thing to plot against you and me, but she actually involved the younger generation. If, because of this, you refuse to bear sons and daughters with me, would she compensate?”

Gu Changsheng: “…”

A head full of black lines instantly appeared.

The onlookers dropped their jaws, this… what a ludicrous reason?

For this, Zhou Mu would even risk confronting a high figure like Dowager Empress Xiao, even challenge her? Everyone was in disarray!

Dowager Empress Xiao, too, was full of black lines, her old face twitching. If it were really about fighting a life-and-death battle, that might be another matter, nothing but one life meeting its end. But for such a ridiculous reason, meeting one’s end is too unworthy!

Fearing the younger generation would be hindered and insisting not to bear sons and daughters, the Southern Emperor, this woman, really dared to do this!

Dowager Empress Xiao was frustrated; indeed, she couldn’t afford to compensate!

“Damn, am I really that unreasonable and negligible?” Realizing the situation, Gu Changsheng became furious, raising her hand to slap that beautiful face of Zhou Mu.

Damn it, childbearing is such a far-off thing. This shameless evildoer dared to speak of it in broad daylight!

Besides, is she that cowardly? Just because of the rearing of a potential problem, plotted by Dowager Empress Xiao against future generations, is it worth being so scared that she doesn’t want children, doesn’t want to leave descendants?

Damn it, this is simply intolerable!

Zhou Mu raised his hand, effortlessly catching the paw of the furious little woman, speaking most seriously, “I am merely taking precautions before the event!”

“Bah! Shameless!” Gu Changsheng gave him no face at all, pinching the evildoer in front of everyone.

Against shameless people, one cannot be vain, and must retaliate against them with their own tactics!

Zhou Mu frowned, glancing at Yuan Bao lurking in the distance, and said cheerfully, “People with scruples can’t get a good wife.”

Everyone: “…”

In an instant, any image of his brave and heroic might disappeared. Where’s the peerless promise, the coldness beyond reach? Is this what a peerless person should say?

Everyone was in chaos.

But Zhou Mu wasn’t done, pointing at Yuan Bao, smiling at the furious little woman in his arms, “Yuan Bao taught this to me!”