Chapter 394: Prince of Pingliang

Three days after the Northern Liang Prince Xu Xiao was killed,

the three hundred thousand Northern Liang troops were completely disintegrated.

During this time,

Nangong Pushe would read extensively in the Listening Tide Pavilion every day.

At night,

she would fulfill her bet.

This made Ye Yu very satisfied.

After all, when it comes to being a person, integrity comes first.

But what Ye Yu didn't expect was

that today he would actually receive an Imperial Edict.

The person who came to the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion to issue the edict was an old acquaintance,

the wine-loving Gu Jiantang.

Today, Gu Jiantang had changed from his plainness of the past few days,

putting on a suit of mighty armor,

and bringing over a hundred personal guards to line up outside the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion.

He had wanted to find someone to call Ye Yu out to receive the edict at the gate,

but later thought better of it.

Talking about imperial rules with someone like Ye Yu

was equivalent to lighting a lantern in a latrine—

looking for trouble.

Helplessly, Gu Jiantang could only hold the edict high

and enter the Prince's Mansion

to find Ye Yu and announce Zhao Mian's decree.

The content of the edict was bitter and difficult to understand, and extremely tedious,

making Ye Yu a bit sleepy.

He immediately waved his hand and said, "Say it in plain language; I don't understand this."

Gu Jiantang put away the edict

and then said seriously, "Hero Ye, although in Northern Liang,

you didn't form an alliance with us,

Northern Liang was able to fall so quickly because of your indispensable contribution.

My Liyang Emperor is not a petty person;

merit must be rewarded.

You are specially conferred the title of Prince of Pingliang.

Of course, it is just an idle prince title, without any fiefdom or military power.

However, the Emperor has bestowed this Prince's Mansion upon you,

including Mount Qingliang and the Listening Tide Pavilion.

How about it, Hero Ye, this favor is quite good, isn't it?"

Ye Yu looked at Gu Jiantang with disdain,

and the latter's smiling face stiffened instantly.

Ye Yu said in a deep voice, "Don't make it sound like I've taken some great advantage.

I have no interest in any Prince of Pingliang.

As for this Prince's Mansion, I conquered it myself.

If Zhao Mian wants it, he can come and try to take it away.

Do you believe that as long as I don't leave for one day, Zhao Mian won't send anyone to occupy this place for one day?"

Upon hearing this,

the smile on Gu Jiantang's face disappeared completely.

It was undeniable

that what Ye Yu said was the truth.

In the battle at the Prince's Mansion three days ago,

Ye Yu had completely proven the power of martial artists to the whole world.

If this martial power could kill Xu Xiao,

did that mean it could also kill the Son of Heaven?

This made Zhao Mian, sitting on the throne, very unhappy.

But even if he was unhappy, there was no good way to deal with it for now.

Who could guarantee that even if Gu Jiantang's army were to surround and kill Ye Yu, it would definitely succeed?

If a Heavenly Man Realm expert truly wanted to leave,

how many people in the world could stop them?

Therefore, Zhao Mian had thought it through:

to deal with Ye Yu, one must adopt a gentle approach,

but one couldn't be too good to him either.

After all, with Xu Xiao as a precedent,

Zhao Mian didn't want to raise an even more formidable opponent.

Thus, he only bestowed the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion upon Ye Yu.

Originally, Gu Jiantang had also thought that even if Ye Yu wasn't grateful, at the very least he would be moved, right?

But who could have imagined

that this guy not only didn't appreciate it, but his words were aggressive.

Before Gu Jiantang could speak,

Ye Yu continued, "As for Mount Qingliang and the Listening Tide Pavilion,

it's not that you want to give them to me,

but that you have no choice but to give them to me.

Back then, Xu Xiao trampled the martial arts world and gathered all the world's cultivation techniques in the Listening Tide Pavilion.

Every year, thousands of experts

come to the Listening Tide Pavilion wanting to snatch the techniques.

If your Liyang Dynasty obtains them,

martial arts sects will certainly come to you to demand them.

Will you give them or not?

If you give them, you'll be unhappy.

If you don't, you'll fear they will use martial arts to violate the law.

Such a dilemma is something Zhao Mian can only feel at ease with by dumping it on me."

Gu Jiantang's face turned ugly to the extreme.

He said in a deep voice, "So according to what you say,

you accept the Prince's Mansion, the Listening Tide Pavilion, and Mount Qingliang as a matter of course,

and not only do we have no credit,

but we even have to thank you?"

Ye Yu smiled, "You can think of it that way."

Gu Jiantang was silent for a long time,

then stood up abruptly and walked outside. ### CHAPTER 395