As she watched the two bodies fall to the ground, utterly devoid of life.
Huo Yutong's body shuddered violently for an instant. She staggered a step backward, then fell onto her backside.
Staring at the corpses, she only fully came to her senses then.
The girl's hands began trembling uncontrollably, and an overwhelming wave of nausea surged up.
Unable to hold it back, she rose and stumbled to one side, bending over as she began retching violently.
Watching Huo Yutong like this, Li Mu merely shook his head gently.
Although Huo Yutong had experienced much hatred and could be considered well-informed.
Ultimately, she had always lived in this world, and her ability to withstand the depths to which this world could sink was actually limited.
She might never have personally experienced killing, but she had heard of it, so she only felt somewhat nauseated now.
When he had first escaped back then, however, he had vomited his guts out and nearly died of a fever.
This was also what Li Mu could do least about: his previous life had been far too comfortable and prosperous.
Although he had been an orphan in his previous life as well, honestly speaking, he had grown up safe and sound.
There had been some setbacks along the way, but he had never actually witnessed so much bloodshed.
Now that he had come to a world like this, the depths he had to face had suddenly sunk completely.
The only reason he had not gone mad was that he had become sufficiently heaven-defying after awakening his Martial Soul.
If he had merely been a good-for-nothing, he would either have died or perhaps gone mad.
At this thought, Li Mu shook his head. As he raised his hand, terrifying freezing power descended.
The two bodies instantly turned into ice, then shattered with a thunderous crash.
Li Mu silently leaped into the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. Under his terrifying mental probing, his spiritual power rapidly spread through the surroundings.
Strands of Blue Silver Grass slowly coiled around his right hand, then his arm transformed into the Golden Dragon Claw, terrifying fist force surging wildly within it.
He blasted out a punch, smashing open the hidden compartment beneath the main hall, then leaped inside.
This underground compartment had been built directly beneath the main hall.
Normally, hidden compartments should have been built elsewhere.
For instance, in the bedrooms at the rear, to facilitate escape, or with secret passages left inside.
Building it here was actually another indication of Dai Hao's arrogance.
He had never imagined that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion would one day be overrun, so he might not have left a secret passage.
If he had left a secret passage, however, whatever else might have happened this time.
The first madam could not have escaped, but some of the sons of those other concubines might have gotten away.
Of course, Li Mu did not know whether there actually was one. After all, he could not turn the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion upside down.
With the enormous ice-crystal phenomenon appearing over the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, it would not be long before someone discovered it.
He also did not know whether everyone throughout the White Tiger Duke's Mansion had been cleared out, but he would definitely finish things off at the end.
As Li Mu swiftly leaped inside, he moved extremely quickly.
Leaping into the hidden compartment below and reaching the very bottom, he found a concealed passage.
Following the passage inward, he came upon a huge storeroom.
The entire storeroom had been assembled from stone. It was not particularly spacious and seemed exceptionally tightly constructed.
There were many things stored inside, and a stack of intact secret letters sat at the far side.
Li Mu did not know what these letters contained, but each was sealed very neatly, with dates recorded on them.
These should have been secret letters concerning military provisions, along with some evidence potentially involving corruption and the like.
Li Mu, however, had no interest in these things.
Had this been the dynastic era of his previous life, he might have used these secrets to do something.
But in this era, even if he exposed all these secrets concerning Dai Hao's corruption.
At most, it would shake military morale a little. It would accomplish nothing else.
The current emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei, was also a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse.
He was powerful and had several consecrated powerhouses under his command, yet the strongest person at his disposal was still Dai Hao.
As the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao's own lofty status was one thing.
More importantly, the Dai Family had left behind extensive connections and deep roots within the Star Luo Empire.
After all, back then, the Star Crown Sect had entered the Star Luo Empire, and the Dai Family had yielded the throne.
But after yielding the throne, the Dai Family had still retained the vast majority of its strength.
Thus, the so-called White Tiger Duke was now equivalent to a second petty emperor. This was no joke.
So even if all these things were handed to the current emperor.
He could not do anything to Dai Hao-or rather, he would not dare do anything to Dai Hao.
Precisely because of this, Li Mu did not spare these supposedly precious secret letters so much as a glance.
His gaze swept around, taking in wooden boxes, each completely sealed shut.
Li Mu stepped forward and casually opened one of the wooden boxes. Inside were spirit herbs and medicines, along with some precious ores.
The quantity of ore here actually far exceeded that of the spirit herbs and medicines. After all, ore was the hard currency of this world.
Many precious ores used for forging ten thousand years later were already highly valuable items in this era.
Their status was equivalent to that of gold in Li Mu's previous life: absolute hard currency, even linked to the currencies of various nations to a certain extent.
And once unrest or a major war truly broke out, what would retain its value.
Would not be the coins of those few nations, but rather ores like these.
As Li Mu casually swept up large quantities of ore and precious spirit herbs, the entire secret chamber was plundered clean in an instant.
Only those so-called secret letters remained where they lay.
After one last glance around the secret chamber to confirm that no one was there, Li Mu leaped out and returned outside the city.
Huo Yutong was already standing there in silence. She had briefly washed the blood off herself, making herself look somewhat better.
Her face was still deathly pale, but Li Mu paid no mind to her condition.
He looked toward the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion and pointed a finger toward the sky.
Ice of unparalleled terror condensed in an instant.
Then an enormous glacier, vast as a mountain, continually condensed and spread from Li Mu's fingertip, appearing above the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
Just as when he had cleared out the city lord's mansion last time, he had no intention of leaving survivors.
If anyone truly was hiding underground, escaping would mean they were lucky. If they did not escape, the final result would still be death.
After all, when a glacier like this came crashing down, it would crush through any secret chamber, no matter how deep.
The possibility of escaping by relying on a secret chamber was zero.
"This counts as a lesson learned in this world: cut the weeds and pull out the roots."
"Come, then. From this moment on, the White Tiger Duke's Mansion will be utterly destroyed."
As he spoke, Li Mu gave a rare smile. With a gentle downward motion of his finger, the enormous glacier bore down from the sky.
The terrifying glacier crashed down like a small continent. Below, some surviving maids and servants watched the sight in terror.
Then, in the next second, immense pressure descended.
And the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion, along with the whole surrounding area, became a land of deathly silence in an instant.