The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 273 The Great Sage and the Big Bird

Of course, the nine-tail Demon Fox had a lot of pride, but it depended on situation. If she lost her life for the sake of her pride, then both her pride and life would be lost. The intelligent and shrewd Green Hill Fox tribe would never do make such a dumb trade.

The nine-tailed Demon fox was ordered to deal with Li Ye. When she left Huafuzhu Mountain, she felt that with her cultivation of the Yang Spiritual Master, it would be effortless to go up against a mortal Spiritual Master of the Spiritual Pool level. But before she even landed to put Li Ye back in his place, she sensed that Li Ye’s cultivation had already reached the realm of Yin Spiritual Master.

The nine-tail Demon Fox’s intelligence was unrivaled, so she immediately hesitated. Her nine tails were telling her that things were unusual. She decisively concealed her body shape which was the unique secret of the nine-tailed Demon Fox. She intended to see what would happen first before she made a move.

Immediately, there was a huge shock from courier station. Li Ye suddenly flew up a thousand feet high, and that had shocked the nine-tailed Demon Fox. Indeed a cultivator of the Spiritual Master Realm was not the same as that of an Immortal Realm’s. A thousand feet was the maximum height that a Spiritual Master Realm cultivator could reach. Just based on Li Ye’s ability to fly up to a thousand feet meant that his strength was on par with her.

What shocked the nine-tailed Demon Fox even more was when she accidentally lowered her head, she saw a big bottomless pit at the spot where Li Ye flew up! This had stunned her, and all of her nine tails trembled.

What level of cultivation and strength could leave a big hole on the ground that was at least hundreds of feet deep when he flew upwards?

To be fair, the nine-tail Demon Fox thought she couldn’t do it. And if it weren’t for the fact that Li Ye had smashed the whole roof when he flew up, she could not otherwise have seen the deep hole. The wise Demon Fox folded up her nine tails and converged her breath; she decided to keep a safe distance with Li Ye.

But Li Ye had detected the anomaly of the fluctuation of the Spiritual Qi as soon as she moved. So Li Ye made a punch strike directly at her direction. The punch strike seemed typical but when she actually faced it, the nine-tail Demon Fox was horrified. And even her spirit was screaming! If previously she had predicted that Li Ye’s cultivation was extraordinary based on all the gathered evidence, now, she actually felt the terror of Li Ye’s cultivation!

Demon Fox used all her nine tails to block Li Ye’s punch, which she just barely managed. But at the same time she was also hurt. Half of her nine tails were injured, which forced her to cover one tail with another to avoid being seen by Li Ye when she revealed her demon body. She then quickly turned into human form.

From that point on, the nine-tail Demon Fox had clearly realized that she was no match for Li Ye.

Fortunately, her clothes and hair were all red, which covered up the blood and Li Ye wasn’t able to see through her.

The nine-tail Demon Fox was putting on an act when she was being harsh to Li Ye. Her only purpose was to frighten Li Ye and make him retreat. This way she could save some face. But Li Ye didn’t fall for this kind of trick at all. When she saw that Li Ye was not easily frightened and he was losing patience, the nine-tail Demon Fox did not dare linger. She immediately displayed her movement technique and ran away.

It was fortunate that she was a Demon Fox, and her nine tails were not for show. When she exerted full strength, her nine tails were like nine people propelling her. She ran with extraordinary speed and only then was she able to get rid of Li Ye.

After leaving the vicinity of Qi Prefecture, the nine-tail Demon Fox flew straight back to Huafuzhu Mountain.

She was low-spirited and full of hatred on her face. But only shame showed in her eyes. After all, she had lived for a thousand years, and Li Ye basically “frightened” her away. The nine-tail Demon Fox felt so ashamed that she wanted to kill herself. She felt that her pride had taken a huge blow.

“D*mn, if I meet him next time...” The nine-tail Demon Fox ground her teeth and wanted to say that the next time she would kick his ass if she saw him. But she couldn’t even convince herself, so she had to sneer coldly and hastily end it.

When the nine-tail Demon Fox returned to Huafuzhu Mountain, she found that the Son of God was no longer here.

Li Ye fell landed from mid-air and comforted the officials and passengers at the courier station. He then gave some money to compensate for the loss of the courier station. Only then did he leave with Su Emei.

“Why did the Demon Fox leave?” Su Emei asked curiously, she only saw the confrontation between Li Ye and the nine-tail Demon Fox. And then she saw that the nine-tail Demon Fox running away in a rush.

Li Ye was still a little confused himself. Clearly the nine-tail Demon Fox was looking for trouble, but then she just left without delay. He couldn’t wrap his head around it. “Probably, she thinks she can’t beat me? Or did she sense your presence and felt that she couldn’t deal with both of us?”

Su Emei also couldn’t think of a better reason, so they had to stop this topic.

“What shall we do next?”

“Go to Huafuzhu Mountain.” Li Ye added, but upon second thought he added, “But before that, I have to cultivate for another half a day.”

Li Ye just had only had time to test the power of Dragon Qi, and he had already made a big noise and destroyed the courier station. So he had to leave. Now he wanted to continue adapting to his cultivation of Spiritual Master Realm of Yin Spirit. His intuition told him that the inheritance of Yuan Tiangang was definitely not as simple as enhancing the power of Dragon Qi.

Such a rough and direct elevation of power obviously did not conform to Yuan Tiangang’s inscrutable style.

This time Li Ye and Su Emei found a mountain forest. He began meditating and cultivating on a rock. That way they could stay away from the people and he could avoid making any big noises. He had to spend a long time explaining to the Head of Courier Station that he was not a demon. The Head of Courier Station didn’t buy it and finally Li Ye was forced to reveal his identity as the commissioner .

Su Emei, who had already broken through the next level of cultivation, stood on the treetop. she was standing on a leaf and swaying with the breeze. This position was not only convenient to see the scenery, but she could also protect Li Ye. But Li Ye was not in the mood to appreciate such a beauty. He was already immersed in cultivation.

The first attempt Li Ye did was to take out the Demon Fei’s horns and draw on Dragon Qi to enter it, trying to establish contact. The Dragon Qi was dormant before, so its power was limited. Besides he hadn’t reached the realm of Yin Spiritual Master yet. Now the situation was different. He must try to see whether he could make a breakthrough.

As soon as the Dragon Qi entered the horns of the Demon Fei, it sensed the diaphragm. However, unlike pure Spiritual Qi, which could not break through the diaphragm, Dragon Qi actually made the diaphragm shake when it touched it. It was as if it had become thinner. Li Ye was joyous; he continued to circulate the Dragon Qi and did different tests.

After two hours, the diaphragm finally disappeared. Li Ye then drew on Spiritual Qi to enter, and as expected, it entered without any obstruction. He hurriedly tried to drive the horns, projecting out the territory of Demon Fei.

A large cloud of smoke erupted from the horns, covering the surrounding area of about thirty feet. The vegetation died as soon as it touched the smoke. The vegetation just turned into dust and dissipated. However, the smoke could not be sustained and soon disappeared. Li Ye was not discouraged and continued to work hard.

After half a day, he was finally able to control the stability of the smoke. The territory could now cover about 100 feet of the surrounding area. And the smoke no longer dissipated as soon as it appeared. He could maintain if for a short time.

But this was no way near enough.

Because all the vegetation was dead within 100 feet of Li Ye, Su Emei had to drift away and landed on a big tree 100 feet away. She continued to walk on the leaves, swaying in the wind.

After testing out the Demon Fei’s horns, he began to try the Blue Ice Crystal Sword of Dragon Lady. Although the Dragon Lady’s territory did not seem as horrific as the Demon Fei’s, it was simple and direct, and not to be underestimated. Moreover, the technique of “dragon rolling and rain beating” was definitely a sharp weapon. It was great for group attack and very beneficial when fighting on water. It could make up for Li Ye’s shortages in this respect.

Just when Li Ye was cultivating the technique in high spirits and wanted to integrate the fortes of all the different sects, the Son of God had already left Huafuzhu Mountain. He had gone thousands of kilometers to an unknown mountain with the help of the magic weapon.

There was a waterfall on the mountainside, which went straight down for three thousand feet. Not far from the top right of the waterfall, was a cave. In front of the cave there was a big projecting rock. A monkey in a linen shirt resembling a woodcutter was sitting on the big rock and looking at the sea of clouds in the mountains.

The Son of God landed the big rock, changed his casual attitude and saluted respectfully, “At your service, the Great Sage.”

The monkey turned around, gave the Son of God a plain look, then he turned back and added in a lazy voice, “How is that big bird?”

The Son of God’s mouth twitched, the big bird he was referring to was one of the seven saints of the demon clan, the great sage Peng. Few people in the world dared to call him big bird. “My father is well, but he does miss the Great Sage.”

The monkey sneered. “I have nothing for him to miss; I’m but a monkey with nowhere to go.”

Even with the Son of God’s mysterious temperament, he found it hard to reply at the moment. But what the monkey said was not without reason. Since that incident, the monkey’s identity had been very embarrassing. Although his title had become more famous, both sides were not pleased. His saying that he had no place to go was not without cause.

Fortunately, the monkey didn’t mean to embarrass the Son of God intentionally, he then added, “Go ahead, what’s the matter this time?”

Speaking about business, the Son of God had come to his senses and his manners were no longer so formal. He added seriously, “This time the world is in chaos. The Immortal Court is attacked by the gods of the various clans. The mortal feudal princes rise in succession. And the Taoist sect has taken a hard hit. The foundation of the Immortal Court is unstable, and unable to cope with the difficulties. This is a good opportunity for the demon clan to emerge. This time father asked me to come here to invite the Great Sage back to cooperate on this great purpose.”

The monkey sniffed. “I have nothing to do with the chaos in the world and the great purpose. Now I am only a monkey living in seclusion in the mountains. My six roots of sensations are pure and clean, and I don’t want to do anything. Go home and give my regards to that big bird for me.”

The Son of God didn’t expect the monkey would refuse bluntly. He thought that the monkey should’ve taken a big hit after the incident of that year. And that he would be extremely enraged at the Immortal Court and think of making a comeback as long as there was a chance, and kill the Immortal Court again.

The Son of God hesitated for a moment, for he could not just give up on this matter.

When the Seven Saints of the Demon Clan were sworn in, the monkey’s cultivation was not the highest of them. At least not as good as the Bull Demon King. But after that, it was rumored that he had reached the realm of the Pre-sage Realm. That was the top battle force of the Demon Clan. Without his help, it was not very practical for the demon clan to go out into the world and fight against the Immortal Court.

The Son of God urged, “The Great Sage has great skills, and the heavens and earth were afraid you. The Great Sage’s pure heart also suffered unfair treatment. Why are you willing to be mediocre now? The cultivators of my generation are crying out against injustice, if we could not fight for ourselves, then we’ve taken our cultivation for granted. My father has already made contact with several other great kings. As long as the Great Sage is willing to step forward, he will lead the people out and smash the Immortal Court!”

The monkey glanced back at the Son of God and uttered two words, “Not interested.”

The Son of God instantly turned red from shock. The demon clan was not a good-tempered race, and they were all hot-blooded. Seeing the monkey’s cold and resolute attitude, the Son of God angrily pointed at the cave and said, “If the Great Sage is really not interested in anything, why did you save her from the Immortal Court?”