The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 419 Must Be Killed No Matter the Distance

Chapter 419 Must Be Killed No Matter the Distance

The Black Office had been established for a long time, now with the support of Li Ye, its tentacles had spread throughout the divine land.

So of course they had the latest information on the events in Youzhou. In fact if they wanted to, they could find out what the Huainan commissioner, Gao Pian, had for lunch, or which concubine the Xi Chuan commissioner, Wang Jian, had slept with last night.

As the two of them walked side by side on the official road, Li Ye said with a frown, “Although the Lulong Army is wild and arrogant, they have defended the borders for many years. And every year, many soldiers would lose their lives, so they at least deserve credit for their hard work. But now colluding with the Qidan tribe, Liu Shouguang has disgraced his ancestors.”

Song Jiao sighed. “In the face of ambition, morality is nothing.”

In the afternoon, Li Ye arrived at the Youzhou City Gate.

He looked down at the two vigorous and simple official scripts on the wall with his hands clasped behind his back. His expression was somewhat complicated, which was definitely not joyful.

Youzhou was under martial law. The gates of the city were confined, and there were many guards patrolling the wall. And not a single pedestrian was in sight.

Li Ye and Song Jiao stood at the front of the empty city gate, and they were particularly noticeable.

They were both tall and handsome, full of vigor, and full of the spirit of monarchs. After just a glance, you would not forget them. Even if they did not emanate their oppressive energy from their cultivation, the guards on the wall could sense that these two were extraordinary.

They were just standing in front of the city gate, but the guards garrisoning the wall did not dare to make a sound. The guards did not even have the courage to ask them their identity. After a while, a young soldier came before the tower and worked up the courage to ask Li Ye’s identity, “Who is at the city gate?”

Li Ye replied calmly, “Li Ye.”

“What? Prince, Prince An, Your Highness?” The young soldier’s expression turned so suddenly that he couldn’t even speak clearly. Even if they hadn’t seen Li Ye before, they had heard that Li Ye could even kill Immortal Realm cultivators. So how could they still be able to stand up straight?”

“Hurry, inform the commissioner and General Huang!” The young soldier turned around and shouted, and he was already sweating.

Li Ye said indifferently, “No need to report, who does Liu Shouguang think he is making me, the solitary king, wait at the gates?”

After those words, he stroked his sleeves lightly, and the tall and heavy city gate suddenly shook, and then it fell inwards. The gate slammed on the ground with a loud bang, as dust and smoke flared up.

Li Ye stepped into the barbican entrance and the city tower was already in a mess. When he arrived at the inner city gate, it also collapsed and the main street of Youzhou appeared before his eyes.

As the city gates collapsed one after another, the city walls shook twice. The magnitude of the shock was not large, but many of the guards had fallen to the ground and could not get up for a long time.

They were pale and trembling, and their eyes were full of terror, as if they were seeing a calamity.

Even the Qi-refining cultivators could only barely see that the two figures, Li Ye and Song Jiao flashed a few times on the main street and then disappeared from view. Before they could brighten their eyes, sounds of earth-shaking movement came from the direction of the commissioner’s manor. It sounded as though the gate of the manor was collapsing.

The cultivators looked at each other in astonishment. None of them could mouth a word, but felt their hands and feet turn cold.

They had heard that the Prince An was powerful, but they didn’t know to what extent. After witnessing first hand, they finally understood the saying, ‘how could the light from a firefly compare to that of the moon and sun?’.

Li Ye flattened the Youzhou commissioner’s manor’s door with just one step. His magnificent figure then fluttered into the main courtyard, attracting roars of anger. Immediately, dozens of cultivators came at Li Ye from all directions.

The highest cultivation of these cultivators was only of the Qi-refining Level 9, which were like flies to Li Ye. With just a wave of his sleeves, these cultivators vomited blood and flew backwards, crashing into the walls. They were then buried under the ruins of the collapsed house, unable to stand again.

When the guards, cultivators, servants and maids of the manor saw this scene, they held all their breath in horror. They didn’t even dare to move their hands and feet, much less think about fleeing. Everyone was stiff, but no one even dared to pant.

But what surprised Li Ye was that neither Liu Shouguang nor Huang Xingqin was in the house.

He asked the secretary and found out that when Liu Shouguang and Huang Xingqin heard Li Ye was already in Dingzhou, and enjoyed the hospitality of the Yiwu commissioner, they were extremely frightened. So they secretly left Youzhou for the Great Wall overnight.

“They seem to have gone to the Qidan tribe to beg for reinforcements. I just don’t know how far away the Qidan reinforcements are,” Song Jiao said.

“It’s the same no matter where they are. They still have to obediently go back to the grasslands.” Li Ye laughed. He then waved his sleeve again and flew north.

On this day, the Youzhou soldiers and civilians saw an unprecedented scene. After Li Ye left the city and headed north, about a hundred demon clan cultivators of the Spiritual Master Realm flew over the city like clouds and rushed to the Great Wall border.

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After a day and night, Liu Shouguang and Huang Xingqin arrived in Gubeikou at the border. Their hair was already very messy from the rush.

Along the way, they encountered many green-robed cultivators, who were all strong and stocky. When the cultivators saw them, they pulled their weapons without any words. The cultivators they brought along from Youzhou died one after another fighting the cultivators. Even Huang Xingqin incurred some serious wounds, and they almost couldn’t make it to the border.

The official gazette of Liu Shouguang as the succeeding commissioner had not yet reached the border. so the garrison soldiers did not know him. Fortunately, Huang Xingqin had battled at the border before, so he knew the chief guard, otherwise they’d already been tied.

When asked by the guard why they were in such a messy state, Liu Shouguang and Huang Xingqin were speechless. It was too embarrassing to tell him that they were running away from Li Ye without even seeing him.

And if they told the guards that Li Ye had already arrived in Youzhou and that they were alone, they could even be subdued by the guards. After all, for the garrison guards of the border, they admired Li Ye, who had a brilliant record and outstanding military achievements.

“The Childe is on a training expedition, and he ran into some plundering Qidan cultivators. So this is the result of a fight.” Huang Xingqin made up a lie, but he did not dare to say that Liu Shouguang had succeeded as the commissioner.

As soon as the guards heard the story, they were immediately ashamed. After all, it was on them that the Qidan cultivators had leaked past the border. But then again, if the leaked Qidan cultivators could hurt top masters like Liu Shouguang and Huang Xingqin, they would not have been able to stop them from sneaking past anyway.

The chief guard said sternly, “These barbaric Qidans have become increasingly arrogant these years. Not only do their soldiers offend the borders, the cultivators often cross the wall in groups. Since it’s hard to stop them, they’ve brought much trouble to us guards and the people here!”

Huang Xingqin coughed a couple of times and spoke with a despicable tone, “These Qidan barbarians are unforgivable, sooner or later, they will be killed!”

The chief guard nodded his head, and he was just about to say something when he suddenly heard a playful voice, “If general Huang is so anxious to destroy the Qidan tribe, I don’t know if we should still meet. This is not the way to treat friends.”

“Who is there?” The chief guard looked around with his blade at the ready.

“No need to look around. I’m behind you,” Yelv Abaoji said with a smile.

The guard trembled, he quickly turned around and chopped. His blade had already sliced the opponent’s neck, cutting off the opponent’s head!

“Enemy attack!” The guards next to the chief guard were furious when they saw what was happening. So they drew their swords and rushed towards Yelv Abaoji.

However, at this time, there were already a hundred or so black shadows flying in the sky, attacking the garrison guards. All of them had strong cultivation, even the lowest of which was of the Spiritual Master Realm. So there was no way the guards could resist, thus they were killed in no time.

Yelv Abaoji lightly waved his palm a few times, and he blasted the guards in front of him. In fact, the guards all had their bones shattered and blood splattered. Then, Yelv Abaoji smiled and looked at Huang Xingqin and Liu Shouguang. “I thought you would welcome us with a grand ceremony and present us with magic treasures to express your sincerity. I didn’t expect to hear that you want to destroy our tribe, which is really... uhm, hurtful.”

Huang Xingqin recognized Yelv Abaoji. He ignored the awkwardness and saluted, “General Yelv, you are finally here. That Li Ye has already arrived in Youzhou, if you came any later, our future would be gone!”

Liu Shouguang’s gaze fell on the body of a guard, and he was speechless.

The guard was just expressing their common hatred for the Qidans. Now, he was killed by them. Yet, he and Huang Xingqin were saluting the Qidans.

“Oh, so that’s why. I was wondering why general Huang looked like a bereavement dog after arriving at the border. I thought that even if you came out to greet us, you should be well-dressed. Don’t you Chinese pay much attention to etiquette?”

After Yelv Abaoji joked around with Huang Xingqin, he looked at Liu Shouguang, and there was a little contempt in his smile. “So you’re the son who committed adultery with your father’s concubine and was beaten by your father Liu Rengong?”

Liu Shouguang was angry, his face instantly darkened. But he didn’t dare to say anything, so he looked angrily at Huang Xingqin, blaming him why he had told the opposition about his adultery. But Huang Xingqin was also dumbfounded, for he too was unaware of how this had leaked out.

“You can stop looking at each other. God’s servants are all over the world, of course we know what you did.” Yelv Abaoji revealed the culture of the Qidan, and then asked with interest, “Where is Li Ye now?”

“He’s almost at Youzhou!!” Huang Xingqin replied quickly. After looking behind Yelv Abaoji, there were only about a hundred cultivators of the religion of God, which made him uneasy. So he couldn’t help asking, “General Yelv, are you sure you’ve brought enough men? That Li Ye is not easy to deal with...”

“So you fled without even seeing Li Ye? Although I don’t want to be so direct, still, you are pretty useless!” Yelv Abaoji sneered. “As for me, I know more about my opponent than you. Since I dare to come, it means I have the confidence to defeat him. Now, let’s go to Youzhou.”

Huang Xingqin and Liu Shouguang looked at each other and did not dare to say anything. They had originally planned to negotiate with the Qidans that even after they allied, they were going to ask to keep their positions. But it was clear now that they had lost their bargaining chips with the Qidans.

Just as Yelv Abaoji finished his words and was about to stand up, there was a burst of sounds in the night sky. A majestic and overbearing voice like a thunderstorm sounded in their ears, “Foreigners, anyone who breaches the border of the land of Tang Empire must die!”

Everyone’s expressions changed. They quickly turned towards the sky and saw a flash of lightning looming, revealing a figure of a man in black robes.

Sensing the opponent’s overbearing cultivation, the cultivators of the religion of God were all focused and waiting anxiously, holding their breaths and no longer calm like when they killed the border guards.

Yelv Abaoji was still smiling brightly. “Prince An, Your Highness, my friend, it’s been a long time, hope you are well!”

Li Ye looked down at the crowd, his eyes finally fell on Yelv Abaoji and sneered. “Don’t you think it’s funny that you’re copying others’ words like a parrot?”

Yelv Abaoji was offended, but he didn’t show it. “Your Highness, why so hostile? The saints have said that when friends have come from afar...”

“Must be killed no matter the distance!” Li Ye waved his sleeves, and the sound was like rolling thunder.