The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 263 The Son of God and Demon Fei

Chapter 263 The Son of God and Demon Fei

The two people sat down behind the small tables again. Su Emei changed some cakes, but she just put the hot ones with the same styles on the tables. Most of it was still osmanthus cakes.

While Li Ye and Chu Nanhuai were talking, Su Emei didn’t interrupt. At this time, after Li Ye sat down, Su Emei pushed the cakes near her toward him. She still didn’t interrupt, staying quiet. But she stared at Li Ye with her clear eyes. Her meaning was obvious—Li Ye had not yet tasted the cakes.

Li Ye picked up an osmanthus cake and ate half of it. He was surprised to find it very delicious. It was soft but not sticky with moderate sweetness and a touch of acidity, perfect with wine.

Li Ye didn’t know he thought the cake delicious, whether or not because his mood changed after listening to Chu Nanhuai’s words. He soon finished one, and he picked up the second one without hesitation. Su Emei stopped gazing and kept her head down meekly. When she saw Li Ye’s movements, she smiled slightly.

Chu Nanhuai said while drinking wine, “Pangu created the world, Nuwa created human beings, and Taiyi governed the world, and then, humans became prosperous. The Taoist sect controlled the cultivators in heaven and earth. The witch clan and the demon clan had retired for many years and became the fringe forces. The Taoist sect regarded them as scattered cultivators. The descendants of these two clans couldn’t become immortals. It was a custom for a thousand years that they couldn’t go to the Immortal Court no matter how high their cultivation was. Although the witch clan and the demon clan were dissatisfied, they didn’t have the chip to bargain with the Immortal Court.”

“Time had changed, and the foreign nations rose. The gods of Xiongnu and Tujue fought with the Taoist sect and the Immortal Court. The Immortal Court suffered the greatest setback when five northern barbarian tribes invaded the country. Many immortals died in that battle, and the orthodox nearly didn’t exist.”

“Now, the border trouble arose in the Tang Empire again. Nanzhao, Tubo, Uighur, and Qidan developed, but the Western Regions fell. Although Hexi was recaptured once by Zhang Yichao, it fell again in the Huang Chao Uprising. The main force and energy of the Immortal Court focus on various God Troops. At this time, it’s natural that the Immortal Court let the demon clan deal with you. What’s more, if the demon clan will subject to the Immortal Court through this matter, it will enhance the strength of the Taoist sect and the Immortal Court.”

Li Ye nodded. Heaven and earth were one. He had expected these things, but it was not his main concern at the moment. “What realm have the cultivators of the demon clan reached?”

Chu Nanhuai glanced at Li Ye and slowly said, “The demon clan has few people, but their cultivation is richly endowed by nature, and they have many masters. But the ancient big demons have fallen. Now in the demon clan, ‘Seven Sages’ have the highest cultivation and are the most famous. Oh, it should be ‘Six Sages’. That monkey is no longer a demon now.”

Li Ye nodded. Of course, it didn’t mean that the so-called “Seven Sages” had the cultivation of sages. There were only six sages in heaven and earth, including Nuwa, Lord Lao Zi, and the other four people. When the monkey made trouble and claimed to be the Great Sage, the six kings of the demon clan, who were his sworn brothers, also called themselves the Great Sages. From then on, they became the so-called “Seven Sages” of the demon clan.

But Li Ye’s current cultivation was far behind that monkey’s. If the “Six Sages” took the lead to make trouble in Pinglu, Li Ye couldn’t fight them.

Seeing Li Ye’s look, Chu Nanhuai smiled and said, “Your Highness, don’t worry. The Six Sages won’t fight personally. Their cultivation is too high. If they appear, the world will be in chaos, so the Immortal Court won’t allow them to do that. Besides, not all of them are willing to listen to the Immortal Court.”

Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He was not even an earth immortal now. When that monkey caused trouble, he was in the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm. Later it was said that he reached the Pre-sage Realm, so Li Ye couldn’t compare to him.

Li Ye suddenly remembered something, so he asked again, “Have you ever heard of the book ‘Lao Zi Civilizing Barbarians’?”

Chu Nanhuai asked curiously, “What is ‘Lao Zi Civilizing Barbarians’?”

Li Ye smiled and didn’t explain.

In the Taoist statement on the earth, Lao Zi rode a cow to the west out of the Hangu border to the northern barbarian tribes and civilized the barbarians. Buddhism was the sect left by Lao Zi after he civilized the barbarians. Therefore, Buddhism was also in the immortal system of Taoism, and many immortals cultivated both Buddhism and Taoism. Even Vairocana was also Luya Taoist.

But in this world, things were markedly different. Like the gods of Uighur and Tubo, Buddhism was a foreign force and had nothing to do with the Taoist sect. Their only purpose to go to the east was to compete for Shenzhou, this earthly paradise.

After proving this point from Chu Nanhuai, Li Ye was relieved. Since there were so many different places between the two worlds, it was no wonder that the cultivators here didn’t know the cultivation method “Purple Clouds from the East”. Maybe in this world, Lao Zi didn’t travel far west at all.

The sun will rise soon.

All of them left the small tables and came to the edge of the cliff, quietly looking ahead. For cultivators, this scenery should not be missed.

A dark blue line gradually appeared in the dark eastern sky, and it continued to expand. Then the horizon became flushed and the morning star faded. The sky was slowly turning bright. The scale-like clouds took shape. The mountains and rivers were covered with a light golden color. Finally, under the red line, the golden and red sun as big as an egg slowly rose, and the sky gradually lightened.

The mountains and rivers were surrounded by clouds and mist, hazy and mysterious under the light of the morning sun. Purple clouds came from the east.

Li Ye frowned slightly. Waves appeared in his Ocean of Qi for no reason, as if under the calm sea, something powerful was coming to the surface.

The floating green lotuses were swaying slowly like in a spring breeze as if corresponding with the existence in the Ocean of Qi. Only the Dragon Qi remained motionless. It finished absorbing the cyan and white bead left by Yuan Tiangang. Scales emerged on the surface of its solid body, as if it had reached the breakthrough point.

However, the anomaly disappeared in a second, and the calm of the Ocean of Qi was soon restored.

Li Ye thought in his heart, “I’m just one step away from being promoted to the Yin Spiritual Master.”

Chu Nanhuai asked, “Your Highness, are you going back to Qing Prefecture?”

Li Ye shook his head. “There is the most serious scourge of demons in Qi Prefecture, and it is also the birthplace of the scourge of demons. If I’m right, it should be the headquarters of the demon clan. I will go directly to Qi Prefecture.”

After the Huang Chao Uprising, the general trend of the world was clear, and it was inevitable to enter the turbulent times when feudal princes contended for hegemony. But it had nothing to do with Li Ye for the time being. The first battle of the key battles of ruling the Central Plains would begin among Li Ye, Li Keyong in the north, and Zhu Wen in the Central Plains. But it wouldn’t happen in the next two years, so Li Ye had time to deal with the chaos of the demon clan.

Chu Nanhuai sighed. “I will go back to Boji Mountain. Xiaozhuang will also go back with me, and Emei will follow you.”

Li Ye nodded, “When Nangong Diyi comes back in the future, I will let Emei go back to Quanzhen Temple.”

Li Ye couldn’t go to Qi Prefecture alone. The Senior and Junior Priestesses’ cultivation was not high enough, so they were cultivating in seclusion. Wei Xiaozhuang had to manage the Quanzhen Temple. Moreover, Li Ye always felt that Chu Nanhuai was planning something. Su Emei’s cultivation had reached the Spiritual Master Realm, so she was perfect to go with Li Ye.

Before leaving, Chu Nanhuai suddenly said, “You have ruled Pinglu in perfect order and won the praise of ordinary people, who say that you’re benevolent. But you should know that it is not character, virtue, good deeds, or bad deeds, but the strength that makes a person rich and successful in this world.”

Li Ye frowned.

Huafuzhu Mountain, Qi Prefecture.

In the fourth year of Qianfu, Li Ye’s first stop in Pinglu was Huafuzhu Mountain in Qi Prefecture. From then on, the Taoist temple in Huafuzhu Mountain became the force of the Black Office. At this time, however, there were no swordsmen in black or Taoists in the Taoist temple.

Starting from the mountainside, the peak was hidden in thick fog. There was white fog at the bottom, making it too thick to see beyond five steps. The color of the fog deepened as the height increased. A billow of black fog surrounded the summit. If common people stayed here, they wouldn’t have been able to see anything.

However, the black fog was just floating in the air like a belt. On the contrary, it was clear and bright in the Taoist temple. The main hall, which had been destroyed by Li Ye’s fist, was rebuilt. But now, there was no statue of Buddha in the main hall. It was empty and had nothing in it. At the end of the wide hall, there was a king-sized seat with tiger skin on the nine-step high platform.

A black-robed young man was sitting on the seat.

He had a beautiful appearance, a pale and bloodless face, red-black lips, and a pair of eyes as deep as hell. He was enchanting but scary. His thick curls fell over his shoulders casually. His black robe was trimmed with golden lines, full of scales and jewels. The shoulder armor cocked layer by layer like peacock feathers. It was gorgeous and dazzling.

He tilted his leg and reclined on his throne, his chin resting on his hand. His eyes focused on nothing, as if he was deep in thought. Wisps of black Qi were circling around him like clouds.

The door of the main hall was open. A dark green cloud of smoke swept in from afar quickly. In the hall, the dark green cloud of smoke suddenly swelled and dissipated, revealing a huge beast. It had the body of an ox, a white head, the tail of a snake, and one eye, with dark green Qi emanating from its body.

The beast roared, and a man rose to his feet. It quickly changed into a 3-meter tall man. His muscles were bulging and his look was fierce. He made one shudder.

“The son of God!” The tall man bowed to the young man on the throne with cupped fists.

The black-robed young man did not respond, remaining motionless in his previous position, as if he didn’t hear the tall man’s words and didn’t notice his arrival. He didn’t speak, but the tall man didn’t dare to move, standing and waiting in the hall.

After a long time, the black-robed young man finally brought back his mind from his deep thought. He glanced at the tall man in the hall, and his expression didn’t change. He was neither surprised nor excited. He looked at the tall man as if the other side had been standing in the hall all the time. He said in a flat tone, “Demon Fei, do you know why we’re here?”

“In response to the order of the Immortal Court to arrest the sinner of the Immortal Court,” Demon Fei said in a low voice. This was not a difficult question because they were told so before they came.

The black-robed young man didn’t comment. He ordered lightly, “Go ahead and do it.”

“Yes, Son of God!” Demon Fei answered, cupping his fist. He stepped back to the entrance of the hall and turned back into an ox. A cloud of dark green smoke rose at his feet and dragged him into the air.

The hall was empty again.

Actually, even though Demon Fei stood there, the hall still looked empty. At the end of the hall, tens of meters long and tens of meters wide, there was no sunlight. The black-robed young man on the throne was lost in thought again after Demon Fei left.

Maybe, he was not lost in thought but was in a daze. When he had endless time and nothing urgent to do, there was no difference between being lost in thought and being in a daze.