The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 278 Joint Forces

Li Ye looked at him with suspicion.

There was a reason for that, of course. Great Tao showed, and the Luck of heaven scattered. Since everyone could contend for it, how would the demon clan, which reappeared in the world, just sit idly by? The monkey just said that everyone could pursue Great Tao, whether Buddhism or the Taoist sect, the demon clan or the witch clan.

Putting his hands in his sleeves, the monkey closed his eyes for a while. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said to Li Ye and the Son of God, “That wisp of Luck of heaven has fallen in Taiyuan, Hedong, but it still needs some time to show. It will also take some time for the immortals to descend to the human world. However, when the time comes, it is inevitable that everyone will fight for it. Before that, whoever controls Taiyuan will have a great advantage.”

Li Ye determined to get the Luck of heaven and the Luck of the empire which was also the Luck of the emperor.

But Taiyuan was the capital state of Hedong. It had the same status as Qing Prefecture of Pinglu and was also the place where Li Keyong had the strictest defense. If Li Ye wanted to capture Taiyuan, he had to eliminate Li Keyong. Between Pinglu and Hedong, there were two vassal states, Weibo and Zhaoyi. And there were Chengde, Henghai, and Youzhou on the side.

The matter of sending troops naturally needed to be discussed again in Qing Prefecture, so Li Ye didn’t need to think too deeply now.

After this, the monkey found a place to sleep. Li Ye intended to talk about the scourge of demons in Pinglu with the Son of God.

Before Li Ye spoke, the Son of God took the initiative to pull him aside. He rubbed his hands and giggled. Then, he said with a little embarrassment, “As you can see, I didn’t come to Pinglu to beat you to the death. Everything I’ve done is to fob the Immortal Court off. I think that we can turn hostility into friendship. After all, we have the same opponent.”

Li Ye looked at the Son of God. Actually, Li Ye always knew that the demon clan sought to become famous in heaven and earth. Maybe, in many senior demons’ view, the current Immortal Court couldn’t stabilize the general trend of the world or defeat various gods. The Immortal Court was weak now, so it was a good opportunity for the demon clan to regain their glory and recapture the Immortal Court.

The Immortal Court asked the demon clan to go to Pinglu and kill Li Ye. At the same time, it wanted to enhance its power by controlling the demon clan. But the demon clan was unwilling to be the running dog of the Immortal Court and they wanted to be their own masters, which coincided with Li Ye who needed to confront the Immortal Court.

But there was an obvious problem.

Li Ye gazed at the Son of God and said, “The Immortal Court has suppressed the demon clan for thousands of years, so how could the demon clan be famous so easily? When the first emperor of Qin unified the world, the Immortal Court was at its weakest. If the demon clan really can be famous, they would succeed at that time.”

Li Ye didn’t think that the demon clan had the strength to become famous. In his opinion, the demon clan was even inferior to Buddhism at present. At least, Buddhism had the support of many Buddhist countries and many gods in the Buddha realm. What did the demon clan have?

The Son of God became serious. “That year, when the first emperor of Qin unified the world, Great Sage Equalling Heaven also caused great chaos in the Immortal Court. Although he failed in the end, it wasn’t his fault just because Buddhism interfered. Otherwise, the Immortal Court would be ours as the demon clan cooperated with the first emperor of Qin! Anyway, the demon clan performed very well in that battle and proved our strength. Now that Tao of Heaven has shown and the Luck of heaven has scattered, we can succeed as long as we can seize the Luck of heaven.”

Li Ye slightly frowned. He didn’t know that when the monkey caused great chaos in the Immortal Court, the demon clan also got involved in it. It was different from the memory before his transmigration, so he quickly asked the Son of God to verify it.

In the statement of the Son of God, although the monkey was the troublemaker, the other six sages also made contributions and sent many masters to join the monkey, when the monkey caused great chaos in the Immortal Court. Otherwise, only the monkey couldn’t cause such great chaos because there were many powerful immortals in the Immortal Court.

However, the demon clan was a little ignorant at that time. They fought just because of the brotherhood. They couldn’t comprehend Great Tao thoroughly and didn’t know to cooperate with the great forces in the human world. Finally, the Qin Empire fell, and the monkey was defeated, so they went back. After the monkey was suppressed, the six sages finally realized that they had missed the golden opportunity, so they were very sad and regretful.

From then on, the demon clan tried their best to do something and recapture the Immortal Court.

Now, it was their good opportunity.

At this point, Li Ye was deep in thought. He gradually understood why the Son of God was so close to him from the beginning.

Since Li Ye understood, the Son of God was beaming. He went toward Li Ye with a wink and said warmly, “Well, our demon clan and the first emperor of Qin fought side by side thousands of years ago. Who was the first emperor of Qin? He was your father. We are on good terms! This is the destiny of several generations. How rare! It was just that we fought side by side at that time, but subjectively, we did not join forces, nor did we protect you well so that the Immortal Court supported Hu Hai to eliminate you. Eventually, it led to the fall of the Qin Empire. Don’t you hate the Immortal Court? Don’t you want to rebuild the Qin Empire? Don’t you want to restore the glory of the period when the Qin Empire unified the world?”

The more the Son of God spoke, the more excited he became, as if his saliva would flow out. And he smiled like an old man who kidnaped a child.

Li Ye felt helpless as he heard these old issues. The Son of God’s look especially made him feel uncomfortable. He felt that if he agreed to the Son of God, he would have an illusion of being lured. “Did I have such hatred with the Immortal Court? It was a matter of my last life. Oh, no. It was a matter of my last two lives.”

The Son of God opened his eyes wide and shouted, “You’re wrong!” “It’s the same in this life! Look, what have you done to all the Taoist sects in the human world? In Pinglu, Penglai, which has existed for thousands of years, is dying. In the world, except Bai Jingxue, the other masters of the five major Taoist sects have been killed by you. What is the difference between what you did and what your father, the first emperor of Qin, did when he burned books, buried the literati in pits, and suppressed Taoism? It is clear that it’s the same! You think carefully before you deny it. Is it the same? This is destiny! It’s the unfinished ambition of your last life, the destiny of this life, and the future that Great Tao gives to you! You’d better think about it...”

The Son of God was getting more and more excited. He spoke unceasingly, sputtering everywhere. Waving his arms and stamping his feet, he felt eager. He almost wanted to shake Li Ye’s shoulders and wake him up.

Seeing the Son of God’s look, the nine-tail Demon Fox twitched her mouth slightly and couldn’t stand it. She secretly turned her head and no longer looked at him.

She and the Son of God grew up together and had a good relationship, so she knew him very well.

In the eyes of others, the Son of God was always deep in thought and enigmatic. He liked to be in a daze on his throne. Only she knew that he was not thinking about problems at all. He remained silent because he was kind of out of the ordinary. He often struggled with many strange questions. For example, why was a demon called a demon instead of a stone? Why was a witch called a witch instead of a tree?

Otherwise, she would not dare to climb on his body to “seduce” him.

The nine-tail Demon Fox felt embarrassed that the Son of God behaved improperly in front of Li Ye, this unfamiliar “outsider”, but she couldn’t persuade him, so she could only turn her head and twitch her mouth silently. Her two tiger teeth almost pierced her delicate chin.

Li Ye patted the Son of God’s shoulder and sighed. “Even if you are right, please tell me what you are going to do next.”

The Son of God was in high spirits as Li Ye said this. He rubbed his hands with excitement again. “Well, many demons have arrived at Pinglu. Although their cultivation is not very high, the one, who has the lowest cultivation, is at the Qi-refining stage and many of them are in the Spiritual Master Realm. If these people join your army, they will be absolutely invincible! Moreover...”

At this point, the Son of God approached Li Ye again and put his hand around Li Ye’s shoulders unceremoniously, like they were good brothers. “My demon clan made trouble in Pinglu and caused you a lot of trouble, but after today, I will let them all gather in Qing Prefecture to kneel and surrender to you as long as you call on them when you return to Pinglu. You see, at that time, even demons will submit to you, so who else in Pinglu won’t submit to you? You will get many people’s supports. Especially when a big battle is about to begin, the people’s supports are the fighting abilities! “The demon clan has made trouble in Pinglu first, and then, they surrender. You have suppressed them first, and then, you can use them. Are you convinced by me? Are you very thankful to me now? Haha...”

Li Ye was a little stunned. He didn’t expect that the Son of God would have such an arrangement. Li Ye couldn’t help touching his forehead as he looked at the Son of God beside him who smiled as if he had drunk five kilograms of fake wine. He thought, “This guy is a weirdo.”

After thinking, Li Ye thought that he could borrow the power of the demon clan.

However, what the demon clan sought was to recapture the Immortal Court. This alliance presupposed a common enemy, so it was hard to tell what would happen in the future. But this was not the focus of Li Ye’s immediate concern. They should go through the current difficulties first, and then, they would solve future problems in the future.

The alliance with the demon clan would inevitably lead to the attack of the Immortal Court. However, Li Ye was already the great enemy of the Immortal Court, so he had nothing to fear that he would have one more debt.

After Li Ye preliminary finalized this matter with the Son of God, the Son of God was in a good mood and began to talk to Li Ye with sincerity, “Since our relationship is different now, it’s time to tell you my real name. I don’t usually tell anyone. It’s also a secret in our demon clan. You listen up...”

The Son of God thought it was Li Ye’s honor to know his real name. After he coughed twice, he said solemnly, “My name is You Daniao! How it is? It’s a very powerful and shocking name, isn’t it? Hahahaha...”

Looking at the Son of God laughing with arms akimbo, Li Ye nodded and said perfunctorily, “Good name...”

A noise was suddenly heard on the side. Li Ye turned his head and saw the nine-tail Demon Fox slipping away, but she accidentally crushed the stones under her feet. Maybe, because she could imagine everyone’s expression, the nine-tail Demon Fox, who turned her back against everyone, stiffened.

Li Ye was confused and didn’t understand why the nine-tail Demon Fox had to slip away. Suddenly, his expression changed and he understood why few people in the demon clan knew the Son of God’s real name. If he had such a name, he would hide it as well. “You Daniao... You Daniao (have a big bird)... Your name is really out of the ordinary...”

Li Ye glanced at the Son of God’s crotch. He felt a sudden chill and could not help shivering. “This guy is the son of the Great Sage Roc. No matter how big a roc is, it’s still a bird. It means that he doesn’t have a big bird under his crotch, but he himself is a big bird... I have to say that his name is very realistic.”

After talking with the Son of God, You Daniao, Li Ye came to the door of the stone cave and wanted to see Wu You. As expected, there was enchantment at the door. The monkey was lying on the treetops with his hands behind his head, cross-legged. As he waved his hand without looking over there, the enchantment was opened. Li Ye went in successfully.

“Elder Brother Ye!” Wu You stood up in the light column, and her obsidian-like eyes were full of joy. She wanted to rush to Li Ye but realized that she was in the enchantment and couldn’t come out. After she was stunned for a second, her bright eyes dimmed. But she immediately smiled at Li Ye again, motionless.

Li Ye’s heart beat fast when he heard the familiar sound. It was like a small dike of the surging Yellow River, full of deep feelings that could not be expressed in words.

“How are you feeling?” Li Ye restored his mood and smiled warmly as usual. He came to the stone table and wanted to touch her head as usual. In the halfway, he brought back his mind, so he took back his hand embarrassedly.

“I don’t feel anything,” Wu You tilted her head and said. Then, she asked a series of questions, “Elder Brother Ye, have you already eliminated the rebels? Elder Brother Ye, you’re supposed to be the Prime Minister now, right? Elder Brother Ye, do you still take office in Pinglu? What is the world like now? Is Tang Empire at peace? How are my parents? Elder Brother Ye...”

The little girl never seemed to grow up. She would blush with excitement while she was talking, like a ripe red apple. She would add “Elder Brother Ye” before every two sentences, as if it were the best words in the world. No matter how many times she repeated it, she would never get tired of it. Instead, she felt it cordial. And it was as if every time she repeated it, she would have a new feeling.

Li Ye looked at her, and time seemed to have returned to the past. He built a city in the setting sun with mud on his hands, and she squatted beside him looking at it quietly with expectation. Time would never get old. After everything in the past was gone, the initial heart was still there.

Li Ye sat down cross-legged, floating to the same height as Wu You’s. He answered her questions one by one in a soft tone.

Unconsciously, time flew. It was already dark outside the stone cave, the sea of stars hung high, and moonlight splashed everywhere.

Li Ye didn’t realize that one night had passed until the morning light of the next day spread into the stone cave and fell on Wu You’s shoulders. Wu You was still in high spirits and kept talking to him.

At a moment of distraction, Li Ye had an illusion that time inside the cave was eternal, even though a great change had happened outside the cave.

Li Ye didn’t want to get up, but he knew that the world was not at peace and that heaven and earth were not calm, so he had many things to do and couldn’t stay here for a long time.

“I will come to see you often. I will help you recreate your body and let you return to Chang’an one day.” Li Ye stretched out his hand, hanging in front of the light column, as if he had already touched Wu You’s head.

Before Li Ye’s palm, Wu You closed her eyes and recalled the past.

A while later, she opened her eyes and looked at Li Ye with unwillingness. Her big watery eyes were already full of tears. She asked softly, “Elder Brother Ye, you haven’t finished building that city yet, have you?”

Li Ye was a little stunned. He remained silent for a moment. “When the world is at peace, I will send you a Chang’an city.”

Wu You was happy and nodded firmly.

Li Ye walked out of the stone cave and took a deep breath in the morning light. Looking at the rising sun, he clearly felt the passage of time. Time jumped among golden leaves, marking time for all living creatures.

As the Son of God and the others watched, Li Ye remained silent for a while. He couldn’t help murmuring, “If Heaven has feelings, Heaven will also become aged. The vicissitudes of life are the right way of the world.”

The monkey finally didn’t sit on the bluestone in a daze. He was lying on the treetops now, leisurely and comfortable. He seemed to be very free and easy.

Li Ye came under the tree and looked up at the monkey under the mottled morning light. He asked, “Great Sage, may you recreate Duchess of Li’s body?”

Shaking his legs, the monkey was still looking at the sky. He lazily said, “It’s easy if it’s just an ordinary body. But if you want a body like Nezha’s, it isn’t easy.”

Li Ye was shocked. “A body like Nezha’s?”

The monkey said lightly, “If he doesn’t have an exquisite body, how can he go to the Immortal Court and hell, travel between heaven and earth with great ease, and live forever?”

Even though Li Ye was in a good state of mind, his expression couldn’t help but change. What the monkey meant was that even if he couldn’t be accepted by the Immortal Court or achieve Great Tao, he was similar to the immortal, with that kind of body. To some extent, he wouldn’t die, and he would be free and unfettered.

It was no wonder that the monkey, who had high cultivation, didn’t immediately recreate Wu You’s body when he took Wu You here. It turned out that he had such a plan. Naturally, he couldn’t recreate that kind of body at any time. Not only did he need to have high cultivation, but he also had to have spiritual materials. Nezha’s body wasn’t made up of ordinary lotus roots.

Realizing this, Li Ye couldn’t help but feel lucky for Wu You. If it succeeded, Wu You would get good out of misfortune. He bowed deeply to the monkey, “Thank you!”

The monkey waved his hand. “You don’t need to thank me so early. It has not succeeded yet. “Well, you should leave now. As you’re all here, it’s so noisy that I can’t be quiet.”

The last sentence was said to everyone.

The Son of God didn’t feel it improper. He put his hand around Li Ye’s shoulders and pulled him away.

Before leaving, the Son of God suddenly thought of something, so he ran back to the tree brazenly. He looked up at the monkey and said with flattery, “Great Sage, please give me a flying Magic Treasure. My shield is too small to hold all of us.”

The monkey directly said, “No!”

The Son of God didn’t give up. Wearing a brighter smile, he said gently, giving everyone gooseflesh, “Great Sage...”

“No!”

Twisting his waist and turning his hand around the back of his head, the Son of God began to play the coquette. “Great Sage...”

“No!”

The Son of God winked. “Great Sage...”

“B*stard. If you were not the son of that big bird, I would slap you to the death! Take it!”

The monkey, who was about to collapse, yanked a hair from his forehead and threw it to the Son of God.

The Son of God took the heavy monkey hair and thanked the monkey with a big smile. He ran toward Li Ye and the others happily. He didn’t feel embarrassed at all but felt so proud that he kept his chin up and his chest out, like winning a battle. He raised his eyebrows toward Li Ye. “Do you think I’m great?”

Li Ye decisively said, “No!”

The Son of God snorted proudly.

The monkey gave him a boat. It was so spacious that the four of them could sit down. But it was a one-time Magic Treasure. Once it was used, it was useless. The Son of God was content and satisfied as long as they could return to Pinglu successfully.

They flew in the clouds by boat, crossing mountains and seas, and soon came to Qing Prefecture.

The Son of God was controlling the boat to enter the city. At this time, a cultivator with a sword on his back looked up and saw the boat outside the city. His expression changed, and he immediately took out his sword. 30-meter Sword Qi rushed toward the Son of God. “Go to hell!”