Chapter 559

The appearance of various strange phenomena over the capital made people feel inconceivable.

Two arrows pierced the long sky, illuminating the dark night and stirring the energy of heaven and earth. The power was so strong that almost all the cultivators in the capital sensed it. No one could have imagined that the Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun would be exploded by two arrows, his body blown apart, without any power to fight back, and without even the courage to gather incense again, intending to flee in all directions.

They had thought this battle would end there.

What was even more shocking was a sky-filling fire that shrouded a hundred miles, burning Wang Wang Qijun clean in one breath.

Even now, the sky was still crimson, and the scorching heat spread out, changing the climate. The entire capital suddenly entered the height of summer, making people sweat profusely.

In the imperial palace, inside the Yongchang Hall.

The Emperor, who was lecturing his son, also sensed the change in the energy of heaven and earth outside. He immediately stopped speaking, his expression flickered, and he walked out of the palace with a dragon-like stride. With a pair of golden vertical pupils, he investigated the energy of heaven and earth, his expression unable to help but flicker.

"Roar!"

Behind him, a black tiger stirred up a gust of wind and also rushed out of the palace. Its hair stood on end, and it crouched on the ground, growling low, with a strong sense of anxiety and unease.

"The Northern Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun is dead?" A trace of surprise could not help but appear on the Emperor's originally expressionless face.

He knew that incense gods were the hardest to kill.

Especially the Nation-Protecting Divine General, who had gone through twelve dynasties and guarded the capital for hundreds of years. The prosperity of his incense and the depth of his foundation were unimaginable. It could be said that near the capital, he was second only to the Yin Emperor. To destroy such a god, he would have to first set a crime, strip him of his divine position, and then execute him, otherwise, it would be difficult to cut the weeds and eliminate the roots.

Because as long as there were still statues of him in the world, people worshipping him, and a trace of soul power, the Nation-Protecting Divine General could quickly recover.

Although he wanted to move against these few Nation-Protecting Divine Generals, the general trend had not yet been achieved, and he still needed to use these few Nation-Protecting Divine Generals to destroy monsters and conquer the disobedient.

"Has the wind of cultivation on Earth already flourished to this extent? Such magic spells are not something an ordinary person can cast; it is like a master from some cultivation world." The Emperor sensed the change in the energy of heaven and earth and couldn't help but marvel at the Calling the Wind Great Technique. The more he savored it, the more he felt that this magic spell was exquisite.

If one mastered such magic spells, one could completely defeat the strong with the weak, defeat many with few, and kill enemies across realms.

"Father, Father Emperor, that is Daoist Tai Yi casting a spell. Your son has seen his magic spells: whale-swallowing the energy of heaven and earth, spitting out a mouthful of fierce fire, covering a city in an instant, allowing the dark night to turn into daylight, and letting the cold winter enter the height of summer..." At this time, Prince Xin hurriedly followed out, and when he saw the sky-filling fire covering the firmament in the distance, he hurriedly spoke.

This Daoist Tai Yi was truly arrogant; even in the important territory of the capital, he dared to cast spells.

"Your Majesty, Commander Lu Bin of the Embroidered Uniform Guard reports."

Suddenly, at this moment, an Embroidered Uniform Guard rushed over. He was soaked through and injured, but even so, he did not dare to delay in the slightest, going straight into the imperial palace, but he was stopped by the Golden-Eyed Guards on the side.

"Let him come over." The Emperor waved his hand and said.

Commander Lu Bin of the Embroidered Uniform Guard walked a few quick steps, then knelt on one knee and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Daoist Tai Yi refuses to enter the imperial palace to meet the Sage. Afterward, the Northern Nation-Protecting Divine General Wang Wang Qijun suddenly appeared at Xiang Lake and fought fiercely with Daoist Tai Yi over the incense struggle. Your subordinate is incompetent and unable to stop it. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

The Emperor did not speak, just continued to look into the distance. Suddenly, he gave a dumbfounded laugh: "It looks like he wants me to go over and see him. The imperial palace is strict, and the dragon and tiger aura is the heaviest, which has the greatest impact on Daoist practitioners. If I were to go in person rashly and encounter danger, I fear it would be difficult to escape... Not bad, he is indeed cautious. No wonder he can cross dimensions to seek life."

"Lu Bin, you go down and recuperate. This matter is not your fault. In this kind of battle between immortals and gods, with your cultivation, getting involved in it is no different from seeking death."

He waved his hand, signaling Commander Lu Bin to withdraw.

"Rui'er, you stay in Yongchang Hall. If anyone comes to see me, you can send the Black Mountain Lord to drive them out. Except for the Golden-Eyed Guards and Consort De, do not let anyone enter or leave my sleeping palace." After finishing, he slowly floated into the air, and the whole person actually flew into the clouds, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"How could..."

Prince Xin, who had just wanted to accept the order, widened his eyes at this moment.

He could not imagine when his father had already possessed such cultivation.

Throughout the dynasties, emperors who bore the national destiny were all unable to cultivate immortality and ask about the Dao, right? Only after death could they enjoy incense offerings and become the Yin Emperor.

"Prince Xin, the imperial palace is strict, you must not shout." Wang Ning, a Golden-Eyed Guard on the side, reminded him out of the blue.

The Emperor's successful cultivation of the Dao was something the high-level officials of the Golden-Eyed Guards and Embroidered Uniform Guards knew.

So until now, this news was still a secret, hidden very tightly, which was why after the Emperor ascended the throne, he spent more and more time in his sleeping palace, living in seclusion.

Prince Xin hurriedly shut his mouth, fearing that if his voice were too loud, he would leak some secret matter.

"This Prince will return to Yongchang Hall." He did not dare to delay and immediately turned and entered Yongchang Hall.

He understood in his heart.

Tonight, his duty was to pretend to be his father, letting others know that the Emperor was still in the palace and had not left. And the Black Mountain Lord and the Golden-Eyed Guards were the reliance his father had left for him.

And in the capital.

After the battle was settled quickly, Li Yi scanned the four directions, and wherever he looked, all things were silent. Those gazes that were spying on him now all shrank back one by one. The other few Divine Generals who had been prepared to show themselves also left quickly at this time, not getting involved in this dispute. The other monsters and demons avoided him even more.

A Nation-Protecting Divine General had been beaten into nothingness; who would dare to provoke this Immortal Tai Yi who had just arrived in the capital?

"Just as I imagined, only a quick battle and a quick decision can deter the enemy." Li Yi breathed a slight sigh of relief at this moment. He seemed to have won easily, but in reality, he had used all his means.

Without the divine bow and divine arrow in his hand, he could never have taken down that Nation-Protecting Divine General.

After all, two arrows had not shot him to death. If he had dragged it out, his momentum would have been gone, and variables would have inevitably arisen.

Moreover, Li Yi did not intend to leave this area.

Here, his casting of Daoist techniques had very little impact, but in other places, it would not be the same.

Looking at the devastation, with houses collapsed and roofs fallen.

Li Yi did not say much, directly pointed his finger, and cast the House-Building Technique.

In an instant, stone houses rose from the ground one after another. Although they could not be considered exquisite, they were sturdy and durable, and could stand for a hundred years without collapsing.

Accompanied by the river water flowing backward, he grabbed a painted boat that had run aground on the street from the air, threw it into the lake, and then descended from the sky, landing in the painted boat, sitting with his eyes closed, and absorbing the energy of heaven and earth to recover the magic power he had consumed before.

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The Embroidered Uniform Guards nearby, who had been washed into drowned rats by the lake water, only then walked out from various places, still shaken. They looked at the painted boat in the center of the lake that was still lit, their expressions exceptionally solemn.

"Transfer the people here as quickly as possible. No one is allowed to approach within three miles of this place." A thousand-household official of the Embroidered Uniform Guard observed for a moment and immediately gave the order.

This kind of fierce and prestigious Daoist must absolutely not be provoked. What's more, the Emperor had previously ordered this Daoist to enter the palace. Now that this Daoist had refused the imperial decree, no one knew what would happen next. All he could do was ensure the information blockade here, lest rumors spread and shake people's hearts.

However, Li Yi inside the painted boat felt quite surprised at this moment.

Because at this time, he felt an increasingly massive power of incense faith gathering toward him.

Clearly, this power of incense faith was because of the battle just now.

He manifested his Daoist technique and defeated the Nation-Protecting Divine General. As the news spread, the reputation of him as Immortal Tai Yi would likely not be able to be shaken off. And once faith arose, even without burning incense and worshipping, he could gather the faith of ten thousand people.

"With so much incense faith power, opening twenty-four meridian points will be no problem at all." Li Yi was somewhat happy; this could be considered an unexpected harvest.

But just as he was about to use this incense power to cultivate.

Suddenly, his expression flickered, and he looked in one direction.

A powerful aura was rapidly approaching this side.

That aura fit heaven and earth, like a dragon and a tiger. The incense was prosperous, rising like a great sun in the dark night. Besides this, Li Yi also sensed a robust and vigorous life force of blood and energy, which indicated that the opponent was not an incense god, but an expert who had stepped into cultivation, with very strong strength.

"Who could it be?"

Li Yi immediately became vigilant. He did not expect that this incense-god-becoming world actually hid such a person.

Soon.

That person flickered and landed on the bow of the boat.

This was a middle-aged man of about thirty, handsome and majestic, with a pair of golden vertical pupils shining brightly. Moreover, he wore black-gold imperial robes, and an aura of the Son of Heaven shot into the sky. He did not look like a cultivator, but rather like an emperor.

However, Li Yi did not recognize this person.

But while Li Yi was scrutinizing the other party, this middle-aged man was also scrutinizing Li Yi.

Seeing Li Yi wearing the Red-Jade Purple-Gold Armor, holding a divine bow, heroic and spirited, handsome and extraordinary, like a god descending to the world, the Emperor who had come out of the imperial palace revealed a bit of amazement in his eyes. He looked at that somewhat strange yet familiar face, which unknowingly overlapped with the child in his memory.

"Who are you?" Li Yi asked calmly, ready to make a move at any time.

As long as the other party had a trace of killing intent, he would immediately use the Black Gold Divine Arrow inside his Five Elements Bracelet.

"I am the current Emperor, and also your father. Xiao Yi, long time no see. I really didn't expect that one day, I would actually see you here." This man spoke, his emotions somewhat agitated.

But Li Yi's vigilance did not decrease: "I am your father too. You want to recognize a relative with one sentence? Tell me, what is your name?"

This man couldn't help but feel a bit awkward: "My name is Li Li Jiye. This is my name when I was on Earth, which you know. But I have another name in this world called Zhao Chengqian."

(End of chapter)