The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 274 Saved from Under the Sword

“If the Great Sage was really not interested in anything, why did you save her from the Immortal Court?”

The Son of God said regretted as soon as those words popped out. He instinctively felt wrong; he was too impulsive.

The monkey stood up.

As a monkey, his noumenon was not very tall, at least much shorter than the Son of God. However, when he turned around, the Son of God felt that there seemed to be a great mountain rising up from the ground before him. It seemed to have covered the vast forest ground, and also the overarching sky. All he could feel was the majestic mountain in front of him. In contrast, the Son of God himself felt as small as an ant.

The Son of God turned pale and could not help taking a step back. Of course, he knew that a big mountain did not really appear before him. It was just that the monkey’s stature was too frightening and the pressure was too great. It had reached the point of covering up the sky and the earth. The power gap between them really was like ants and mountains.

The monkey was expressionless and glanced coldly at the Son of God. “Since when is it up to you to question what I should do?”

Like being struck by lightning, the Son of God’s face became pale instantly. He almost felt the world was crashing down on him when the monkey looked at him. The Spiritual Qi in his body was no longer under his control. He felt like ten thousand wild horses bumping around in his meridians. He was almost unstable to stand, and his chest was stuffy. He almost coughed out a mouthful of blood.

He didn’t, because the monkey had retracted his Qi.

The Son of God did not get angry, but felt lucky. He knew very well that if the monkey wanted to kill him, it would like squashing an ant with the monkey’s cultivation.

On the stone platform in the cave, Wu You, who was floating in the light pillar, naturally noticed this scene. And she was puzzled when she heard the words of the Son of God.

Wu You had been here for a long time, and the state of her Yin Spirit was gradually stabilizing. She was no longer so sleepy every day. But the monkey still didn’t come in and talk to her. Most of the time he just squatted on the bluestone and stared blankly. He would disappear from time to time. Wu You tried to call out to him, but he did not respond, as if her voice could not come out of the cave.

Wu You could not understand what the Son of God meant at all. Because she did not know who he was. The demon clan had not been out for thousands of years. The descriptions of them in the mortal world were only treated as legends. No demons had ever appeared in Tang Empire. Perhaps there were, but few people knew about it and it had not been spread.

“Pardon my lack of respect. I beg for your forgiveness Great Sage!” The Son of God apologized with his fist clasped in the other hand.

He added with a wry smile, “Great Sage, you and I are Nvwa’s people. We should live and die together. When the demons were at war with the witches, Nvwa stood idly by, causing heavy losses to our demon clan. We were forced to give up the Immortal Court and live in seclusion in a remote place. Only then did the Taoist sect get the Immortal Court. You were born in Eastlands and reached the cultivation of the Daluo Golden Immortal. You were the hope of my demon clan. My father and the Six Sages also came to help and sworn their allegiance to you before you took on the Immortal Court.”

“Later, the Great Sage was unfortunately suppressed by Buddha, and the demon clan was forced to return. A hundred years ago, you defended the monk, Xuanzang, on his way west to Tianzhu. After his success, Xuanzang became famous all over the world, but the Great Sage could only return to this Huaguo Mountain to live in seclusion. The Great Sage was given the title of Battle Buddha and your cultivation was promoted to the realm of quasi-saint. But you were still not welcomed by the Immortal Court. It is right and proper that today my demon clan is seeking to come out into the world and retake the Immortal Court. The Great Sage has achieved great cultivation but refused to help. I really can’t comprehend.”

The monkey sneered. “Did you comprehend Nvwa not making any moves during the battle between demons and witches for the legitimacy of heaven and earth?”

The Son of God replied bitterly, “No, I couldn’t comprehend that either.”

The monkey looked away with his hands clasped behind his back and added lightly, “I was born from the stones that Nvwa used to mend the heaven. The heaven is my father and earth my mother. I just want to live forever and be with heaven and earth. However, as soon as I left Huaguo Mountain, I fell into the Buddhism’s trap and got involved in the dispute of Buddhism and Taoism. For thousands of years, every move I made was just to be free. But my every step was under the calculation of others. Now I have nowhere to go, do you think I can comprehend that?”

The Son of God’s face changed and he hurriedly added, “It is right and proper for the Great Sage to be confused. But all this was caused by the Immortal Court and Buddhism. Don’t you want to command an explanation?”

The monkey sat down again and looked at the mountains and forests without any movements. “Everything has cause and effect. I would not exist if Nvwa hadn’t refined an extra stone to mend the sky. If I didn’t want to live freely forever, I wouldn’t have been involved in disputes. It’s karma or effect that I suffered pain and bitterness in the mortal world. What else can I not see through? Go home. As for the girl, she has her own cause and effect, none of which is your business.”

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After cultivating for three days and nights, Li Ye had mastered the usage of the horns of the Demon Fei and Blue Ice Crystal Sword. Vanishing territory and dragon rolling and rain beating could all be used to the extent that he had seen before.

The reason for this was that the inheritance that Yuan Tiangang had left had a major effect. This inheritance had been thoroughly integrated into the Dragon Qi. With his continuous efforts, the Dragon Qi had finally broken all the barriers and enabled Li Ye to skillfully use the two techniques.

Having mastered these two techniques, Li Ye would be handier in dealing with the demon clan. In the process of enlightenment, he also had a deeper understanding of the techniques of the demon clan. This was still a new world for him, and now he had just entered the gate of this new world.

After the completion of the cultivation, Li Ye and Su Emei rushed to Huafuzhu Mountain.

In the Taoist temple at Huafuzhu Mountain, the nine-tail Demon Fox was anxious and ran circles around the hall. She would glance at the sky outside the hall from time to time. Since she came back, the Son of God had not been here, and she did not know where he had gone. There was nothing she could do now but worry.

She knew very well that she could not beat Li Ye. If Li Ye came for her, she would probably be done. Once Li Ye breached Huafuzhu Mountain, the demon clan had no stronghold in Pinglu. Those demon clans who occupied various mountains would eventually be cut off by the cultivators under Li Ye’s command.

By then, they would not be able to complete the demon clan’s task. The task was directly related to the great event of the demon clan returning to the Immortal Court.

The nine-tail Demon Fox waited anxiously for three days. On this day, she suddenly sensed a powerful cultivator was approaching. She was immediately overjoyed and thought it was the Son of God ‘s returning. She rushed out of the door and saw two streaks of white light flying under the sky. This made the nine-tail Demon Fox fall into instant shock.

The Son of God’s light was always black when he was rushing, how could it become white? And how could there be two?

The nine-tail Demon Fox suddenly realized that it was not good. What should she do if those two were Li Ye and his helper?

What she feared most had come. Just as the nine-tail Demon Fox was praying that Li Ye would not come for her, two streaks of white light had stopped in the mid-air of Huafuzhu Mountain. The figures were indeed Li Ye and Su Emei.

“Your Majesty, there’s bad news. Top masters are rushing up the mountain!” A little demon came running and bowed before the nine-tail Demon Fox.

“I am not blind; I can see them! I don’t need your reminder!” The nine-tail Demon Fox was furious as she kicked the little demon over.

She gritted her teeth and looked at Li Ye. She could’ve run away when she first sensed something wrong, but she hesitated for a moment and didn’t choose to do so. She snapped, “This is Huafuzhu Mountain, and this is the site of the Son of God. Now the Son of God is not here, and we will defend it to the death!”

Those were the nine-tail Demon Fox’s real thoughts and the reason why she did not escape.

The demon clan could not lose their head-quarters no matter what. Although she knew that she was no match for Li Ye, there was no retreat. She especially did not want to cause the Son of God’s dissatisfaction. She never concealed her affection towards the Son of God, and often made eyes at him. It was not just a casual flirt, and she was serious. Now she would fight for her serious affection.

At the behest of the nine-tail Demon Fox, five or six Spiritual Masters of the Spiritual Pool rose to the sky and attacked Li Ye and Su Emei from different directions. She came to the roof of the main hall and was ready to strike at any time. She was still a Yang Spiritual Master. Therefore even if her strength was not as powerful as Li Ye, with the help of the Huafuzhu Mountain demons, she might stand a chance.

The nine-tail Demon Fox was just about to turn into her fox body and project out her territory to battle Li Ye, but suddenly, she just froze on the spot.

Faced with six pouncing Spiritual Pool Spiritual Masters, Li Ye took out the Luke Sword and made three strikes. Those strikes had become somewhat of a signature move. Li Ye had always been adept at taking the essence of different styles. These three sword strikes had come from Nangong Diyi, called the Three Buyue swords. The impact and track record had been marvelous.

Three streams of blue light cut them off in the middle. The three Spiritual Pool masters felt the crisis and hurriedly expanded their territory and put up their magic tools. Dark clouds rolled in the sky, the momentum of which was so extraordinary that it covered all the sunlight. However, when three streaks of Sword Qi landed and entered the dark cloud, it cut through the dark clouds as if it was cutting tofu.

When the Sword Qi hit the three Spiritual Pool Masters of the demon clan successively. Their bodies erupted, and their blood formed clusters of red fog. They fell from mid-air with loud streaks. Their bodies landed on the Taoist temple walls and broke it. They then fell into the dust and never got up again.

Su Emei had also elevated to the Yin Spiritual Master. When she projected her territory, she was surrounded by osmanthus flowers and took the head straight off a Spiritual Pool Master. After Li Ye’s three attacks, she also took down her opponent.

Four of the six Spiritual Pool Masters were killed or injured instantly. The nine-tail Demon Fox was devastated.

But she still did not flinch and rushed towards Li Ye with a scream. Her nine tails were waving like streamers behind her and she was surrounded by red clouds. As she galloped, flaming foxes rushed out one by one and jumped toward Li Ye.

Li Ye thought of something and immediately put away his Luke Sword. He then took out the Demon Fei’s horns. As the Dragon Qi went deep into the horns he made a chant and the Demon Fei’s territory was suddenly projected forward with technique. It then spread forward. “Annihilate all vitality!”

When the nine-tail Demon Fox saw the rolling dark green air flow and green flames, her tiger fans were exposed from fright. She growled and hurriedly stopped the forward momentum. After the charging fiery foxes met the Demon Fei territory, they made the noise of being eroded. Then they all dissipated before reaching Li Ye.

“How is that possible, how can you display the territory of the Demon Fei?” The nine-tail Demon Fox screamed from disbelief.

Li Ye smiled faintly and replied, “Nothing is impossible.”

When the nine-tail Demon Fox was opening her territory and directing a hundred foxes to attack, he suddenly had an idea. The territory of the Demon Fei was just the right thing to restrain those fire foxes that were full of spirituality. So he tried it. The fire fox was formed from the nine-tail Demon Fox’s essence, and each fox contained vitality. The territory of the Demon Fei was especially designed to dissipate vitality, which naturally could stop the fire foxes.

The nine-tail Demon Fox had intended to fight Li Ye to the death. Having seen what just happened, she knew that if she attacked again, she was going to die. She did not linger anymore and turned to leave at once after letting out a shrilling roar.

“Last time I let you run away; you think I’m gonna let you leave again?” With a chuckle, Li Ye put away the Demon Fei’s horns and took out the Blue Ice Crystal Sword. He pointed the sword forward and shouted in a low voice, “Water Attack!”

In front of the spot where the nine-tail Demon Fox flew away, a water column suddenly rose, rushing up to wrap her in it just as she was flying over!

The nine-tail Demon Fox didn’t expect Li Ye to have this move. And when the water attack was launched, she didn’t feel its lethality. So she didn’t launch the means to save her life. When She realized that the move might be the Dragon Lady’s water attack, it was too late to react. She was frozen by the water column. Her entire demon body could not move, and only her eyeballs could still move restlessly from side to side.

Li Ye was impressed and thought the Dragon Lady’s technique was really good.

He flew in and arrived before the nine-tail Demon Fox in an instant. He was extremely resolute and was about to behead the nine-tail Demon Fox.

At that moment, a wisp of black gas from somewhere burst into the icicles without any obstruction and spread rapidly. And it protected the nine-tail Demon Fox in it. At the same time, there was a loud cry in mid-air, “Stop, keep her alive!”