Completely entrusting one's life and death to others is something that the Thousand-Faced Woman is naturally unwilling to do.
But dying on the spot is even more unacceptable to her.
And if the object of her allegiance was someone with little potential like Tang Wei, she would naturally need to consider carefully.
However, Li Mugui is different.
At the age of twenty, he has already reached the mid-stage of the third realm.
His talent is terrifying.
Only the direct descendants of the major families can compare to him.
That's not all.
What is even more frightening is his swordsmanship talent.
This can be glimpsed from the sword intent emanating from him.
As someone from the holy land of swordsmanship, the Thousand-Faced Woman's senses in this aspect are naturally keen.
Among all the so-called swordsmanship geniuses she has seen in Xichuan, none of them possess such pure sword intent as Li Mugui.
Perhaps only the top geniuses of the Xichuan Sword Sect can be mentioned in the same breath as him.
Therefore, submitting to such an unparalleled genius makes the Thousand-Faced Woman feel slightly better.
Li Mugui stares at the two gu worms in the Thousand-Faced Woman's hand and is pondering.
If he can acquire a true third-realm martial artist as a subordinate, not only will his safety be greatly guaranteed in the future, but he will also not need to personally handle many things.
Besides, the Thousand-Faced Woman also comes with so many resources.
Now, Li Mugui is seriously considering whether to accept the Thousand-Faced Woman.
The only problem is whether the Absolute Loyalty Gu is real or fake.
If it's fake, and the Thousand-Faced Woman has malevolent intentions, he will have to consume one precious trial opportunity of the real special effect.
Li Mugui ponders silently.
This makes the Thousand-Faced Woman feel uneasy.
She has already lowered her stance enough, surely Li Mugui won't remain unmoved?
Surely not!
Heaven can see how pitiful she is, she sincerely wants to surrender.
After all, she doesn't know that Li Mugui's realm and strength are disguised by special effects.
In her view, with Li Mugui's demonstrated strength, killing her would be a trivial matter.
The Absolute Loyalty Gu is just a means to show sincerity.
After a moment of silence, Li Mugui sighs.
He begins to regret killing the Shadowless Guest so easily earlier.
It doesn't matter if he accepts one or two subordinates.
Having more people can create a balance of power.
Seeing this, the Thousand-Faced Woman mistakes it as Li Mugui rejecting her and falls into despair.
Is she really going to die!?
Her heart sinks to the bottom, and she closes her eyes in resignation.
Having witnessed the gap between the two of them, she can't even muster the thought of resisting.
However, Li Mugui's next words pull her back from despair:
"Since you are so sincere and haven't caused any losses to the City Lord's Mansion, I agree."
At the moment his words fall.
The Thousand-Faced Woman feels her heartbeat slow down.
After a moment of stunned silence, she realizes, "I survived?"
Then a wave of euphoria washes over her, and her eyes are almost overcome with tears.
It can't be helped, Li Mugui's demeanor is too intimidating!
"Thousand-Faced Woman, thank you, my lord, for your mercy!"
As she speaks, she swallows the Absolute Loyalty Gu in one gulp.
Soon, her face turns ashen, and her whole body trembles uncontrollably.
After about half a minute, she regains her composure.
The Absolute Loyalty Gu has already taken up residence in her heart.
Then, the Thousand-Faced Woman respectfully offers the porcelain bottle containing the female gu with both hands.
"Please, my lord, accept the female gu!"
Li Mugui naturally accepts the porcelain bottle without hesitation and imprints it with his own qi, as it concerns his own safety.
Locked by this qi, from now on, only he can open this porcelain bottle, unless someone with a realm one level higher than his current state with the "Illusion" special effect activated tries to unlock it by force.
That is, only a fourth-realm martial artist can unlock it by force!
"Next, you will accompany me to the Liu family," Li Mugui says calmly to the Thousand-Faced Woman after storing the porcelain bottle in his sleeve.
Now that he has activated the real special effect, he naturally wants to resolve all the pending issues.
There is still half an incense stick's worth of time left, which cannot be wasted.
"I obey your orders, my lord!" The Thousand-Faced Woman nods eagerly.
...
Liu Family.
The originally lively banquet is now silent.
Liu Yu, Chen Guang, and the other aristocrats who had gathered here to celebrate are now silent, not daring to make a sound.
The seat that was originally occupied by Liu Yu is now taken by another person.
"Good wine," Li Mugui praises, draining the wine in his cup in one gulp.
Seeing this, the Thousand-Faced Woman hurriedly refills his cup and says, "My lord, this wine is not much, but I have seven or eight better vintages in my cellar. I can fetch them for you whenever you need them."
"Hmm," Li Mugui nods with a smile and then turns his gaze to the crowd at the banquet.
"Everyone is having a jolly good time, but I wonder why I wasn't invited," he says with a smile that sends chills through the crowd.
He hasn't activated any special effects now.
But the news of his instant kill of the Shadowless Guest has already reached here.
An indescribable fear engulfs everyone present.
Originally, they had planned to flee as soon as they heard the news, but before they could even run, they bumped into Li Mugui and the Thousand-Faced Woman.
"City Lord, I have a report! Liu Yu of the Liu family had ill intentions towards you!" a aristocrat suddenly steps forward and says indignantly.
This immediately prompts everyone else to echo his words.
"That's right, I saw the Shadowless Guest here before!"
"I knew the Liu family was up to no good a long time ago, I only came to this banquet to gather information for the City Lord!"
"..."
Li Mugui looks at this scene and can't help but feel amused.
Everyone here has seen the Shadowless Guest before and knows what Liu Yu had planned.
Yet they still dared to come to the banquet, what were they thinking?
Did they think that by distancing themselves from the Liu family now, he would let them off the hook?
Meanwhile, Liu Yu, who is being pointed out by everyone, doesn't bother to argue.
He has already realized that all the people present, and their families, are doomed.
He stares silently at the commotion within the banquet hall and suddenly feels a sense of unreality.
How could this be?
How could this happen!?
Just a month ago, Li Mugui was only in the early stage of the second realm, but now he has not only broken through to the Illusionary Realm but also advanced to the mid-stage!
Even the two experts sent by the governor of Liang'an Prefecture didn't last half an incense stick's worth of time against him.
One died, and the other surrendered!
Why?
Why!?
Liu Yu's heart is burning with rage.
"Li Mugui! Don't think that by eliminating us, you can sit securely as the City Lord of Feiying City!" he shouts like a mad dog.
"Do you know who is behind us?"
"It's the governor of Liang'an Prefecture, Tang Wei!"
"By killing me, you will completely offend the governor!"
Li Mugui looks calmly at Liu Yu's furious ranting and, with a thought, overwhelming sword intent instantly fills the entire banquet hall.
Above the Liu family's estate, countless frost crystals begin to slowly form.
Everyone, including Liu Yu, is instantly overwhelmed by this sword intent and collapses onto the ground.
"I don't care," Li Mugui says calmly.