Zhu Yanyi walked over and looked at the weasel spirit. "No one is here to save you this time. Do you think you can still escape?"
The weasel spirit ignored her completely. It dropped to the ground, transformed into a small yellow weasel, and tried to slip away.
"You escaped last time. Do you really think you can do it again?" Zhu Yanyi asked calmly.
The weasel was bounced back the moment it reached the door. It froze in shock. "There is a barrier here."
"Smart. But no reward," Zhu Yanyi clapped her hands. "Don't worry. Your fur is decent. I don't like it, but others might. They can make gloves from it. It will be useful."
"Don't you know that killing a spirit with intelligence brings bad karma?" the weasel spirit shouted angrily.
Zhu Yanyi nodded. "I know. But it doesn't apply to spirits who defy heaven. You and your group stole people's luck and the nation's fortune. That is defying heaven. Killing you just corrects the path. So don't worry about me."
She put on a grateful expression. "Thank you for worrying about my karma. But to give someone a pair of gloves, I don't mind the karma."
Zhu Yanyi smiled brightly.
"I will fight you to the death!" The weasel spirit suddenly swelled up, its body expanding rapidly.
"You want to self-destruct? In my barrier? You don't deserve to," Yan Aohan said. He pressed his hand down. The weasel’s swollen body was instantly flattened. The spirit lay on the ground, gasping for air. It was clearly dying, but its eyes held a strange, eerie look, as if it had unfinished business.
Zhu Yanyi clicked her tongue. A dagger appeared in her hand. She didn't care about the weasel's thoughts. She began to peel its skin again. She had no taboo about the fact that this weasel had once been human.
"You are really ruthless," Yu Hua said with a bitter smile.
"Your Majesty, did you forget? When I cleared out the traitors, I killed dozens of people in just a few days. Killing a demon spirit now feels even less significant. You didn't think I was ruthless then. Why do you think so now?" Zhu Yanyi didn't care about her words. Being ruthless was fine. This weasel had fallen into her hands. Letting go of such good medicinal materials would be wrong.
Yu Hua sighed helplessly. "Maybe because I never saw you kill those dozens of people. I only heard about it, so I couldn't imagine it. But now, I see it directly. That is why I feel this way." In front of Zhu Yanyi and her group, Yu Hua, even as an emperor, did not dare to lie.
"You are an emperor. If you are afraid like this, how can you lead thousands?" The Ruthless Gentleman appeared before them. "As an emperor, you must be ruthless when necessary, especially against enemies. If you are soft on them, you will suffer in the end."
"My teacher is right. I will change," Yu Hua said. In front of the Ruthless Gentleman and his group, Yu Hua showed no imperial arrogance. Instead, he showed great respect.
The Ruthless Gentleman looked at Yu Hua. "You are the emperor. We cannot interfere too much in some matters. It is not because we are cultivators, but because our positions are different from yours. We see things from different angles. So you must think for yourself. An emperor's ruthlessness is more about staying clear-headed. Although an emperor is just one person, he carries the responsibility of thousands. A clear mind is absolutely necessary."
Hearing this, Zhu Yanyi whispered to Yan Aohan. "The Ruthless Gentleman is so sentimental today. I couldn't say words like that."
Yan Aohan smiled slightly. "He cultivates Daoist comprehension, which is different from ours. But this is good today. It shows he has new insights into emotions."
Zhu Yanyi nodded in understanding. Indeed, because their Daoist paths were different, there were things Zhu Yanyi understood that the Ruthless Gentleman did not, and vice versa.
At this moment, Yan Aohan raised his eyebrows. Ignoring the situation below, he pulled Zhu Yanyi out the door and looked up.
Countless insects were flying rapidly toward them.
"I wondered why the weasel looked so strange when it died. So this was its trick," Zhu Yanyi said, raising her eyebrows.
A locust disaster was the bane of crops. Wherever locusts passed, nothing edible remained.
"Not only that. Look at the ground," Yan Aohan said, pulling her onto the roof to look at the ground outside the capital.
Countless rats were running toward them. Wherever the rats passed, not a blade of grass remained.
"Locusts and rats. This country is heading toward extinction," Zhu Yanyi said without any panic. "Fortunately, I prepared long ago."
Zhu Yanyi waved her hand and threw a spirit stone into the air. A beam of light flashed from the palace, and an invisible light shield covered the entire Dayu Empire.
As for the locusts and rats inside the shield…
Zhu Yanyi rode on Yan Aohan’s cloud vehicle and began to sprinkle medicine.
This medicine was harmless to humans and plants, but it was a disaster for locusts and rats.
Zhu Yanyi was Zhu Yanyi. Her medicines were unique. No one could analyze their ingredients unless she provided the recipe. It was impossible to know how to make them otherwise.
The most amazing part was that once the powder touched the locusts and rats, they turned into dust. Not a single crumb remained. Forget about locust and rat disasters. In just half an hour, it was hard to find any locusts or rats in the Dayu Empire.
"I think my Insect and Rat Extermination Powder is really good. We don't need to clean up. It purifies the whole environment," Zhu Yanyi said. Watching the locusts and rats disappear one by one, a satisfied smile appeared on her face.
As for the situation at the border, it was not Zhu Yanyi's concern.
Yuan Yanqiu, Jian Feiyan, and Che Wuzhe were all very battle-loving. The demon spirits that arrived were not simple either. They were all heavyweight demon spirits. There were rhinos and leopards with explosive combat power, followed by a group of wild boars.
When Zhu Yanyi and her group arrived, they saw that Yuan Yanqiu and the other two had already killed more than a hundred wild boar demons.
"Senior Brother and Senior Sister, I gave you the powder for nothing. Against such attacking enemies, you should just use the powder. Fighting a group with only three people is really boring," Zhu Yanyi said, standing in the air with a look of disdain.
"We are looking for a chance to break through. It is not easy to find such opponents normally."