The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 102 A Friend from Afar

Chapter 102 A Friend from Afar

Li Ye’s elbow swept heavily at Li Keyong’s face. Li Keyong uttered a muffled shout and his features were distorted by the attack. Half of his face was completely rubbed together. He spat out a mouthful of bloody teeth and almost fell to the ground.

“Bastard!” Li Keyong let out a roar like a wolf. All his hair seemed to bristle and his eyes were bloodshot. He glared at Li Ye malevolently, feeling extremely humiliated and furious. He abruptly waved his right hand and swung his fist at Li Ye’s face fiercely.

Li Ye’s gaze was sharp and his mind was calm, but his attack was getting fiercer and fiercer. He used his left hand to block Li Keyong’s fist. Meanwhile, he held the other side’s head, pressed it down suddenly, and his right knee moved rapidly like lightning. With a dull sound, his knee hit Li Keyong’s nose heavily, causing Li Keyong’s nosebleed splash immediately.

“I’m going to kill you!” Li Keyong pushed Li Ye’s lower abdomen hard with his both hands and stepped backward. He wiped his nosebleed and stared at Li Ye, bending over. He breathed as heavily as a cow. After a roar, he took a step forward and swung his fist constantly. His countless fists attacked Li Ye desperately.

“It’s useless to talk with no action.” Li Ye’s voice was indifferent.

“You bastard!”

Li Keyong punched desperately and had no reservation. He wanted to hit Li Ye and knock him down. He blushed as if he was going to bleed. He howled angrily and went all out to punch.

There had never been a moment when he was so eager to knock down a person, and there had never been a person like Li Ye who made him so confounded! He felt so humiliated that he was very furious!

However, no matter how he punched, all of them were blocked by Li Ye, not to mention he wanted to knock down Li Ye!

His fighting skills had been played to perfection. Even the most battle-hardened general of the Zhenwu Army would praise him for his fighting skills! If his opponents on the battlefield had seen him fighting, they would have been horrified!

But such superior fighting skills and such desperate attacks did no harm to Li Ye!

Li Keyong had never felt so powerless and so useless since he couldn’t defeat his peer. He was the most famous valiant general on the northern border! Who dared not to dodge him on the battlefield?!

“Li Ye! If you have the courage, you won’t dodge. Take my punch!” Li Keyong shouted crazily.

“Idiot.”

Li Ye seized the opportunity to block Li Keyong’s fist with his left palm, and meanwhile, his right hand grabbed the other side’s arm. He sank his waist, twisted his hip, and his back hit Li Keyong’s right rib. He threw Li Keyong like a sandbag with his shoulder from his back to fall on the ground heavily!

The ground shook, causing mud and dust everywhere. Li Keyong hit the ground with his back and fell flat on his back! He felt dizzy and couldn’t see things clearly. His face was black and blue and full of blood. How confounded he looked!

Li Keyong turned around and leaped from the ground quickly. He opened his arms and pounced on Li Ye like a fierce tiger. His mouth was full of blood, but he opened his mouth and he was ready to bite at Li Ye!

He had lost himself, and only one thought that he had to defeat Li Ye remained in his mind! Even if they would perish together and even if Li Ye punched on his body like rain, he had to bite off Li Ye’s neck!

But Li Ye wouldn’t give him that chance.

When Li Keyong was still on his way to pounce, Li Ye had already rushed forward and jumped up. He bent his right knee in front of his body, and then he hit Li Keyong’s chest with his right knee directly and fiercely in the air!

Li Keyong spurted out a large mouthful of blood in the air with an unprecedented muffled sound. He flew backward like a rubber ball and smashed against the wall of the house! The wall collapsed and Li Keyong was buried in the dust. His body couldn’t be seen, and only his feeble curses could be heard.

Li Ye rushed into the ruins and drew out Li Keyong. He grabbed Li Keyong by the collar and jumped up three meters. Suddenly, he dropped and put Li Keyong’s head downward to hit the ground ruthlessly. “Bang.” A deep hole appeared on the ground!

Li Keyong was totally upside-down and his head was buried in the soil. A violent spasm came over his limbs and he looked particularly painful, but immediately he stopped twitching. Li Ye’s heavy strike was enough to make Li Keyong, who had already been in a difficult situation, pass out directly!

The two people fought for a long time. They had shown all their fighting skills from magic treasures to cultivation methods and from cultivation methods to close combat!

Li Ye won the fight without any suspense. Any cultivator, who saw the fight, wouldn’t have any doubt about the result!

The most talented person in Tang Empire?

Li Ye had never said that it was himself.

But from now on, only Li Ye was entitled to this title!

Did it matter that he had no cultivation for twenty years? In the future, when cultivators all over the world thought of the talented young men in Tang Empire, they would think of Li Ye first!

But Li Ye didn’t care about it.

A sigh sounded near Li Ye’s ear. Li Keyong, who was buried in the soil, flew by himself suddenly.

Li Ye looked up and saw that Li Keyong had already arrived at Huiming’s underarm.

Huiming took a deep look at Li Ye and said something that made Li Ye confused, “You’re not a mortal.”

Finishing talking, he turned into a golden light and went away quickly with Li Keyong who was unconscious.

Song Jiao followed to chase them immediately.

Li Ye didn’t move. For the monk’s and Song Jiao’s cultivation, he was unable to catch up with them.

As the monk went away, the Huge Buddha and the Flower-and-leaf Enchantment dissipated and all people recovered their mobility.

“Vice magistrate, are you all right? I’m incompetent and I can’t protect you. Please punish me!” Wang Li was the first to run to Li Ye and bowed before him, looking ashamed and angry. He was full of remorse and had tears in his eyes as if he would have committed suicide as long as Li Ye had blamed him.

After following Li Ye, this inferior official, who had been frustrated in his life, suddenly realized the essence of flattery and made rapid progress in it.

Li Ye waved his hand to mean that he was all right. After the fierce fight just now, Li Keyong was beaten beyond recognition, while he had not many injuries. At this moment, he stood with his hands behind his back, still in a graceful bearing.

“Vice magistrate, you’re really like an immortal. You not only have the magical power to destroy techniques but also you can use close combat to break the strict defense. In a blink of an eye, you effortlessly have beaten the former most talented person in Tang Empire so hard that he couldn’t get up! Your heroic deeds must be spread as good stories in the future, attracting countless young men and women to worship you! From now on, you’re the most talented person in Tang Empire!”

Wang Li thumbed up and flattered Li Ye in a solemn look. He looked very serious and there were even holy feelings in his eyes as if he was worshipping Buddha. No one would doubt his sincerity in the slightest, even if his words were explicit.

After seeing Wang Li’s behavior and hearing his words, the yamen runners of the Chang’an Office, who admired Li Ye’s actual strength very much, were enlightened as if awakening from a dream. They gathered around Li Ye who was a rising star of the Chang’an Office and offered their sincerest praise.

“Vice magistrate, you’re wise and brave. You have unparalleled power. You’ll have a promising future, a promising future!”

“Your Highness, you’re awesome. You will be able to surpass the old Prince An, make great achievements, and have the greatest power in the future!”

“Humph! It is ridiculous for Li Keyong to think of himself very powerful. But he doesn’t realize that there’re masters who are powerful than him. He could only admit defeat as he came across our vice magistrate!”

“My admiration for you like a rolling river will not end. I’d like to serve you and follow you in the future. I hope you will agree to my request!”

Their words were getting more and more outrageous. Although Li Ye was brazen-faced, he couldn’t bear it anymore and stopped everyone.

Shangguan Qingcheng originally wanted to congratulate him, but she was stunned as she heard their explicit words. She felt that her words were not good enough to speak out, so she didn’t come forward and stared at Li Ye with her bright eyes. She thought, “When the old Prince An was young, everyone said that he had an unparalleled demeanor. It must be like this?”

Shangguan Qingcheng looked gloomy and she blamed her dereliction of duty in her heart as she thought of that she was unable to move and protect Li Ye just now. But instead of feeling ashamed, she clenched her fists in silence and vowed that when she returned, she would cultivate harder in order to share worries for Li Ye as soon as possible.

The fights had stopped, except for the fight between Liu Dazheng and Master Mo who were outside the courtyard.

Their Spiritual Qi had almost exhausted, so they only had to fight with their physical strength. Now they leaned down and grabbed each other’s shoulders, gnashing their teeth in a fierce look. They tried their best to throw each other down, but they turned a few circles in place and didn’t succeed.

Seeing the yamen runners of the Chang’an Office closing in, Master Mo knew that he had no chance to win, so he withdrew his hands and jumped away. He opened his hands and said naturally, “Surrender.”

On the other side, General Zhao, who was seriously injured by Liu Dazheng and couldn’t get up for quite a while, was moving over in difficulty with one hand covering his chest and one hand helping the wall. When he looked up, he heard the word, surrender, coming out from Master Mo. He stood stunned and looked puzzled, not knowing what had happened.

Li Ye, in the crowd of people, walked to the gate of the courtyard slowly. He was thinking about how to deal with Master Mo and General Zhao. It was impossible to kill them. It wasn’t that he couldn’t kill them, but he was unwilling to kill them, because they were masters and treasures.

Master Mo was an outstanding master with the cultivation of Level 8 Qi-refining... How many masters with the cultivation of Level 8 Qi-refining in the entire Chang’an City? There were less than ten people including the followers of the powerful ministers, the hidden masters inside the Imperial Palace, and the Lieutenant of the Regal Guards!

Although General Zhao was a little worse than Liu Dazheng, he was an outstanding fighting force in the army, even in the Regal Guards! Moreover, he wasn’t suitable for fighting in Jianghu, but he was good at leading troops on the battlefield!

In a word, Master Mo and General Zhao were invaluable!

The Zhenwu Army had been expanding in power these years and had many masters, but Master Mo and General Zhao were absolutely at the top of them. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be sent to protect Li Keyong.

When Li Ye was deep in thought, Master Mo surrendered, which was good news.

At this time, Song Jiao, who went to chase Monk Huiming, was back. She looked down and unhappy. “They have run away.” Then, she snorted and said angrily, “The men of Buddhism has nothing but many ways to escape. They ran really fast!”

It was subjective for the second half of her words. Perhaps Song Jiao wasn’t good at chasing—the person who was good at chasing must be good at running away. For Song Jiao’s temperament, she wouldn’t cultivate that kind of thing.

“It doesn’t matter.” Li Ye didn’t mind Li Keyong’s running away. This guy had the Luck of suppressing the Huang Chao Uprising, dominating the Jin areas and the northern places, as well as being the Emperor of Jin Dynasty and the second feudal prince of the world—his son established the Post Tang Dynasty. Li Ye would have thought it abnormal if Li Keyong had been captured so easily this time.

So he didn’t mind Li Keyong’s running away, on the contrary, he was very satisfied and there was a smile on his face.

He had run away, so his marriage with Duchess of Li would fail and the alliance between the Zhenwu Army and Wei Baoheng would be ruined, which was good news.

Allying with the Zhenwu Army was the biggest reliance for Wei Baoheng to break the deadlock. Without this reliance, Wei Baoheng was nothing to fear and easy to deal with—Li Ye now had the evidence of Wei Baoheng’s crimes in hand.

In addition, Li Keyong had run away, so Master Mo and General Zhao, who were two treasures, were “abandoned”, which was exactly what Li Ye was most satisfied with at present.

Li Ye looked at Master Mo with a smile, and then he looked at General Zhao who was helping the wall blankly. He said gently, “I guess you both know who I am. Now that you can’t go back to the Zhenwu Army, are you willing to work for me?”