The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 254 Sadness and Anger

After dealing with Wang Sanxian, Li Ye came before Bai Jingxue.

This master of Shushan gave up her resistance in despair when Li Ye suddenly appeared in front of her. In terms of strength, she was similar to Xu Pingjing and the others. Li Ye could kill them with only one strike, so if he wanted to kill her, she would naturally have no room for resistance. She closed her eyes and waited for Li Ye’s strike, craning her neck.

Li Ye didn’t kill her at once but looked at her indifferently.

Bai Jingxue closed her eyes and waited for a moment, but she didn’t feel pain. When she opened her eyes in surprise, she found that she had no injuries. A thousand thoughts immediately came to her mind. She couldn’t help thinking, “Does this young Prince An have a tender heart for her because she is a woman?”

“Your Highness, Your Highness Prince An.” Bai Jingxue tightened her small lips unconsciously and looked at Li Ye piteously with tears in her eyes.

As one of the masters of the five major Taoist sects, she was high and mighty in daily life and even didn’t take the emperor seriously, but now, she had to make a weak and pathetic appearance, hoping that Li Ye could give her a way out. As for whether or not to become Prince An’s exclusive domain after the event, it was acceptable as long as she wouldn’t die and Shushan wouldn’t fade away.

Li Ye faintly asked, “Is Shushan willing to listen to the command of the Black Office and manage the Taoist sects all over the world for me?”

Upon hearing this, Bai Jingxue was overjoyed.

Originally, Shushan was going to fall out of the five major Taoist sects, and she would die without a doubt as well, but now, not only could she escape with her life, but it was also possible that Shushan would become more powerful, so she almost cried with joy on the spot.

“With Li Ye’s current strength, Taoist sects can no longer threaten his personal safety. With the way he suppressed Penglai in Pinglu, it’s even harder for Taoist sects to stir up trouble. At present, it’s a good choice to turn to Li Ye.”

“But the Immortal Court...”

“Anyway, it’s the most important thing to keep my life at this moment. No matter what the situation will be in the future, I can’t let Li Ye kill me now. If my soul and spirit are destroyed, what does the future situation have to do with me?”

Bai Jingxue didn’t put on airs because she was afraid that Li Ye would regret it. Li Ye was a person who killed people without batting an eye. He killed the guardian warriors and the arhats without any hesitation, and he killed Xu Pingjing and the others with only one strike. Bai Jingxue knew that she wasn’t entitled to ask Li Ye for preferential treatment, at least not now, so she hurriedly bowed. “Shushan is willing to follow Your Highness and obey Your Highness’ orders from now on!”

Li Ye patted on Bai Jingxue’s forehead and planted a prohibition in her body. Then, he withdrew his territory, turned around and left. “Shushan only has one opportunity. If you waste it, I guarantee that I will kill all the people in Shushan.”

Until Li Ye disappeared in her sight, Bai Jingxue still stood in situ for a long time, motionless.

Now, she was safe, but the matter was far from over because no one knew what the Immortal Court would react. After all, the Taoist sects in the human world were unable to fight Li Ye, so if the Immortal Court wanted to deal with Li Ye, they had to do it in person. Once the Immortal Court started a fight, Shushan, which had turned to Li Ye, would be the first to be got rid of.

Bai Jingxue’s mind was full of thoughts. Before long, she felt weak and could hardly stand, as if the end had come.

Li Ye had his own consideration, so he kept Shushan safe. There were many Taoist temples and countless Taoists in the world, so Li Ye couldn’t kill them all. Although Li Ye didn’t fear, his troops would still suffer many losses when conquering the world if the Taoists started an uprising and joined the enemy’s troops.

If Shushan could come forward to pacify the Taoist temples in the world, it, to a large extent, could constrain the struggle of Taoist sects within the Taoist sects. After all, Shushan was controlled by the Black Office, so Li Ye didn’t worry that they would make any trouble.

When Li Ye went back to Li Xian and the others, all of them were ready to set off again. Li Xian got the Dan Pills from Nangong Diyi, so his injuries were almost stable.

Although Buddhism and the Taoist sects were already got rid of, Li Changyan’s Fengxiang Army was besieging the Regal Guards and wanted to hijack Li Yan to Fengxiang. There was no turning back. Therefore, at present, whether Li Changyan got Buddhism’s support or not, he had to continue to do it.

Li Ye and the others had to rush to Chencang immediately and calm down the chaos of Fengxiang before Li Changyan controlled Li Yan. If Li Yan was captured and held hostage by Li Changyan, Li Ye and the others would hesitate to take action for fear of injuring Li Yan.

Without stopping any longer, they set off immediately for Chencang.

When Wu You opened her eyes again, she found herself floating cross-legged above a stone table.

The stone table had a common style, and its only characteristic was ancient. There was a formation with dense runes on it, which Wu You didn’t know. A black bead was placed in the center of the formation, and wisps of colorful air were released from the bead, covering her whole body.

This was a wide stone cave, surrounded by vines. A purling stream flowed through the cave, forming a pool in the middle. After turning a circle, it flew out. The entrance to the cave was quite large, occupying almost one side of the cave. Hills, forests, the blue sky, and white clouds outside were clearly visible.

Wu You looked around. She was confused because she didn’t know where it was.

Soon she remembered what had happened on Qi Mountain. At that time, after her body was destroyed, she was carried away by a powerful force. Now, it seemed that she was carried away here.

Not far away from the stone cave, there was an isolated peak, as small as a giant tree. There was a bluestone protruding from the summit of the isolated peak, and a person was sitting on the edge of the stone... No, that was not a person, but a monkey in clothes.

Even though she only looked at it from a distance, Wu You could also feel the other side’s powerful cultivation, which was beyond her cognition. The world was big and full of wonders, but Wu You had never heard of a monkey with such high cultivation.

At this moment, the monkey was sitting cross-legged, with its chin resting on its hands and its tail curling by its side, looking quietly into the distance.

This was a paradise, surrounded by Spiritual Qi like mist. This was also the top of mountains, so the mountains and forests in the distance were at its feet. The view should be good from here.

Wu You just looked at it several times, and then she felt very sleepy, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Wu You didn’t know how long had passed, maybe half a day. When she opened her eyes again, it was already full of stars, the moon was hung in the night sky, the mountains were bathed in light, and the forests were green and quiet. The monkey was still sitting beside the bluestone on the isolated peak, in the same posture as last time. It never seemed to move.

But this time, Wu You found something different. The figure of the monkey made her feel lonely and sad. Wu You felt very strange. It was beautiful here, but it was also remote. She didn’t see any animals, to say nothing of human beings. The monkey seemed to be solitary without any companion.

“Why does that monkey end up here? Does it cultivate in seclusion?”

When Wu You woke up for the third time, it was raining heavily outside. There was no thunder or lightning, but the rain covered everything. The rain was hitting the leaves, and the crackling sound of rain was clear and loud.

Only the monkey on the isolated peak was still sitting there cross-legged. It seemed tireless, and it seemed to have nowhere to go. Or, in its opinion, it was the same everywhere, so it didn’t need to go anywhere.

Wu You couldn’t bear to make a sound and disturb it. In the heavy rain, the monkey was sitting alone on the isolated peak, like a grass. She suddenly had a strange thought that maybe it was not a monkey, but a lifelike monkey-shaped stone.

A very sad monkey. Wu You thought, “Why is it so sad?”

Wu You’s Yin Spirit was very weak. She didn’t dissipate because of the power of the formation and the bead, so she always felt sleepy. Sometimes, when she woke up, there was nothing outside the stone cave, and the monkey was nowhere to be seen as well. But most of the time, the monkey was sitting there alone.

Except for this monkey, Wu You had not seen anyone else, nor any other monkeys.

Gradually, Wu You was accustomed to the monkey and no longer thought who it was. Now, she only worried about the situation in Fengxiang.

“Did Elder Brother Ye succeed in taking Brother Yan back to the capital?” Wu You’s small face was full of concern.

In Chencang, the fierce fight was going on.

Taking the courier station as the center and the surrounding of the official road as the main battlefield, the Fengxiang Army was attacking the Regal Guards fiercely from all directions. The battle had been going on for two hours, and the Fengxiang Army was gradually getting tired and kept retreating. It seemed that they could no longer withstand for a long time and they would be in danger of a rout.

Standing on a tall building, Li Yan looked at the battle situation on all sides. He was so angry that his face got red and that the veins on his forehead and neck were bulging. He swore, “Li Changyan, this son of a b*tch, really dared to rebel and even dared to fight my guarding army. What else does he not dare to do? When I return to Chang’an, I have to kill the nine generations of his relatives, no, the ten generations of his relatives!”

Bending over, Tian Lingzi was standing behind Li Yan with a sad face. He didn’t think that Li Yan could return to Chang’an. The Fengxiang Army was besieging them, and all the roads were heavily armed, so the Regal Guards had no chance to escort Li Yan to break out of the encirclement.

Li Yan suddenly turned around and grabbed Tian Lingzi’s collar. He shouted, “What are you doing here?! You are the Lieutenant of the Regal Guards. Now that the rebels are fighting in front of me, you should charge forward! Lead the army and kill the rebels for me!”

Tian Lingzi’s face was pale. Although he was now eager to kill Li Changyan, it was impossible for him to charge forward, because even though he was at Level 9 of Qi-refining, he would also have the risk of dying among the rebels.

Even if he could protect himself, he couldn’t leave Li Yan at this time, because Shangguan Qingcheng was still nearby. If Li Yan was taken away by Shangguan Qingcheng when he was out, what should he do? The Regal Guards couldn’t escort Li Yan to break out of the encirclement, but the Wolf-tooth Troop could.

The 3,000 cavalrymen were the true elites after bloody battles. Tian Lingzi was afraid of them even when he just glanced at them. Compared with them, the Regal Guards were like the children who were facing the strong men in armor. If Li Yan was taken away by the others, Tian Lingzi knew that his position would be at stake after the event.

“Your Majesty, please don’t be angry. Your Majesty, please don’t be angry...” Tian Lingzi quickly bowed on the ground. “The rebels can’t come in. I will guard Your Majesty to the death!”

“A good-for-nothing!” Li Yan kicked Tian Lingzi on his shoulder.

His cultivation was low, so he felt that he was kicking on an iron plate. His toes hurt. His whole body was falling backward and about to fall to the ground. When seeing this scene, Tian Lingzi was so scared that he quickly supported Li Yan with a little Spiritual Qi. At the same time, he pretended that he couldn’t withstand Li Yan’s attack, and he rolled backward, straight down the building.

Holding his foot, Li Yan jumped for a while. He was so angry that his face turned pale. Seeing Tian Lingzi climbing up the tall building on all fours, Li Yan gnashed his teeth and wished to kill Tian Lingzi. “A good-for-nothing! You even couldn’t deal with the Fengxiang Army. Compared with Brother Ye, you’re a good-for-nothing! When I return to Chang’an, I will definitely punish you hard!”

Tian Lingzi’s gaze changed immediately.