Under the support of the crowd, Yan Hua was only barely prevented from fainting out of fright.
Not long after, he overheard the conversation between Mu Jinyu and Xiao Wudao.
Instantly, in his eyes filled with despair, an endless brilliant light burst forth, fully expressing his desire and greed for life.
If he could survive, of course he wanted to live.
After all, he had just become the King of Yan a few days ago and hadn't yet enjoyed enough of the riches and glory, why would he be willing to just die like that?
And now he realized Mu Jinyu intended to keep Yan Kingdom from turmoil, having spared Yan Chengyun and his uncle, so as the King of Yan, he naturally wouldn't hold him accountable for alerting Yan Chengyun and Xiao Wudao, right?
Yan Hua was a bit uncertain but still tried to comfort himself joyously.
At this moment, he saw Mu Jinyu's cold eyes looking towards him!
Mu Jinyu's eyes were extremely cold, containing no hint of murderous aura, yet they appeared extraordinarily indifferent and icy.
Like how humans treat ants, or how divine spirits overlook mortals, there was no emotion involved, nor any concern for others' life or death.
This indifference and ruthlessness from above caused Yan Hua to feel a chill in his heart!
"Was it you, who incited Yan Chengyun and Xiao Wudao to challenge me?"
Mu Jinyu spoke softly, his tone extremely cold.
"I..." Yan Hua wanted to explain something, but facing the cold gaze of Mu Jinyu, his mind went blank, unable to utter any excuse.
"It was you, then be at ease on your journey!"
Mu Jinyu, unwilling to waste words with Yan Hua, didn't even move his finger, and immediately, Yan Hua's pupils lost focus, soul scattered, falling straight backward!
"Your Majesty? Your Majesty! Your Majesty..."
Immediately, the scene was chaotic, many guards were either calling for the imperial physician or preparing for Yan Hua's posthumous affairs...
Seeing this scene, Yan Ran too felt a deep chill in his heart.
Up to this point, the situation was indeed developing as he had expected, Yan Hua suddenly dying at the hands of Mu Jinyu.
But in his heart, there was no relief or excitement, instead, a profound fear and unease.
No matter how powerful you are, in the face of absolute strength, you have no ability to resist at all. Even if he could ascend as the new king, how could he feel secure?
However, what he felt grateful for was that he remained on good terms with Mu Jinyu and did not, like Yan Hua, become complacent, disregarding Mu Jinyu, and even plotting against him, leading to today's catastrophe!
As long as he avoided provoking the strong ones on the National Guard List, there should be no such danger in the days to come!
'Strength, I must have strength myself... otherwise, nothing can be relied upon...'
For the first time, in Yan Ran's heart, there was no ambition or longing for the throne, but rather a yearning and desire for the strength like that of Mu Jinyu!
Mu Jinyu was unaware of Yan Ran's change in thoughts, nor did he care to, after easily killing Yan Hua, and seeing the strong ones on the National Guard List present dared not utter a word, he then turned his gaze to scan the heavenly prides of other countries below.
These heavenly prides from other countries originally did not take Mu Jinyu, who was in the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm, seriously. Although they feared Mu Jinyu a bit for killing several in the Fourth Layer of the Fanxu Realm, they still believed that Mu Jinyu would surely die at Yan Chengyun's hands, so they were full of disdain and contempt for him.
But now, after seeing Yan Chengyun defeated, followed by Zhao Daoji and Yueya of the same level dying at Mu Jinyu's hands, and Xiao Wudao bowing down to confess, Yan Hua dying at his hands, they were completely terrified!
Mu Jinyu's kind of strength was something these sect heirs from small sects could not compare to!
To have realized multiple layers of domains at the Third Layer of the Fanxu Realm, and still have special types of domains, such talent and insight could not even be compared to the Saint Heirs and Saintesses of ancient clans or the Kunlun Holy Land!
If their purpose of participating in the Hidden Dragon Conference was merely to grab some Dragon Qi to allow their sects to develop better!
Then Mu Jinyu's goal was obviously to aim for the first and to become the True Dragon emerging from the depth!
How could they have the eligibility to compare with him? They truly don't even have the qualification to hold his shoes!
They were completely terrified!
Mu Jinyu's gaze swept over, seeing these heavenly prides from other countries all lowering their heads, no longer daring to be as arrogant and domineering as they were when they came, he chuckled contemptuously but couldn't be bothered dealing with them. Instead, he flew over to stand beside Yan Ran.
In this top tower, Yan Hua had just inexplicably died suddenly, everyone knew it was Mu Jinyu's handiwork, and seeing Mu Jinyu suddenly come over now, everyone was terribly afraid.
But they didn't dare to overtly show their fear, nor did they dare to avoid Mu Jinyu like a viper, so they all stood there frozen, like terracotta warriors.
Mu Jinyu ignored them and said to Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou, who both had slightly frowning brows: "Now that things are over, let's leave."
"Hmm." The two women softly agreed.
Mu Jinyu turned to look at Yan Ran, who had a complicated expression, and smiled: "Brother Yan, we will leave first, thank you for your hospitality these past few days!"
"No... no need to thank me..." Yan Ran, hearing this, felt a bit flattered and quickly replied.
He wanted to say that Mu Jinyu could visit whenever he wanted, but considering Mu Jinyu's current status was no longer the third on the National Guard List after defeating the Blood Sword Sect, he indeed could take the first on the National Guard List!
These words then got stuck in his mouth!
In the end, he could only wish Mu Jinyu safety.
The three of them soon left the Yan Kingdom Royal City.
Upon seeing this, Yan Chengyun and Xiao Wudao, along with Yeqing City and Suxiao, all breathed a long sigh of relief.
Yan Chengyun and Xiao Wudao were relieved that their lives were completely saved. As for Yeqing City and Suxiao, they were glad they didn't have to worry about being taken by Mu Jinyu to set off fireworks because they were beautiful!
Afterwards, since Yan Ran got along well with Mu Jinyu, without any surprises, after Yan Hua abdicated the throne in just three days, it was Yan Ran's turn to ascend as King!
...
On the way away from the Royal City, Wen Rou couldn't help but ask: "Little Mu, why did you spare Yan Chengyun and not the King of Yan?"
Wen Rou vaguely guessed that Mu Jinyu spared Yan Chengyun because he knew that Yan Chengyun was the core of Yan Kingdom, and if he died, it might lead to chaos, eventually resulting in the invasion of a great enemy like the Zhao Kingdom, with no one able to resist.
Therefore, to allow the Heavenly Sword Faction to develop steadily within Yan Kingdom, he chose to let Yan Chengyun live.
But when it came to killing Yan Hua, was he not afraid of causing any problems?
And it seemed like he didn't do anything wrong, after all, wasn't it normal for him to cry to Xiao Wudao after his sister died?
Hearing Wen Rou's question, Mu Jinyu smiled and explained, "I spared Yan Chengyun and saved his life for one, because I admired his integrity, and secondly, I learned a lot of domain moves from Yan Chengyun, which greatly inspired me. Thirdly, the Heavenly Sword Faction is ultimately based within Yan Kingdom, if I killed all the guardian gods of Yan Kingdom, who would protect Yan Kingdom after I left?"
"You guys should have guessed it, I didn't want chaos in Yan Kingdom, so I chose to spare them. Otherwise, if it were someone else, like Zhao Daoji of Zhao Kingdom, daring to invite me to a life-and-death battle, it would be generous of me to leave them a corpse, let alone make peace with them?"
"As for killing Yan Hua, naturally, he deserved it, Yan Xuefei was merely Xiao Wudao's niece, how could he risk his life against me for her death? Naturally, it was his doing behind the scenes!"
"Moreover, regarding the old King of Yan's death, I recall Yan Ran mentioning that although the old King was not in good health, he should have been able to last for another half a year, yet he suddenly died, which clearly was Yan Hua taking the opportunity to do mischief!"
"If such a person were left alive, I fear that after I leave Yan Kingdom, although he might initially be honest due to the deaths of Zhao Daoji and others, as time goes by, he might again dare to make moves against the Heavenly Sword Faction!"
"With so many reasons, I have no reason to spare him!"