Chapter 206: Li Chen

As the saying goes, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; Li Xueying's status in Holy Shancheng could be considered to have undergone a huge change.

In the past, she could only hide and be submissive.

If it weren't for her daughter's protection, other women might have bullied her in various ways.

But now, as long as Li Chen was not around, she was the mistress of this city.

Even if Li Chen returned, her status was only below Li Chen's.

This was also personally recognized by Li Chen, and others saw it in their eyes.

Even though Li Xueying had great power, she did not interfere in military affairs.

She focused all her energy on helping Li Chen select women, then training these women, telling them the rules, and telling them how to serve Li Chen.

You didn't listen to me before? Even looked down on me?

Now, if you are even slightly wrong, it will be skin and flesh torn, and if you dare to talk back, you will be dragged out and beheaded!

Hearing that Li Chen had returned victorious, Li Xueying naturally went to welcome him in person.

At the current stage, Li Chen's food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all taken care of by his own aunt.

It had to be a real aunt who was familiar with Li Chen's preferences.

Li Chen also rested for a few days before starting the next stage of work.

At this time, the various group armies in the west of the May Tian Ce Dynasty had already begun to deal with the offensive of the Sassanid Dynasty.

However, Li Chen was not in a hurry to go back; the cities in the west were not so easily captured.

Besides, the Sassanid Dynasty had just started sending troops and was fighting with the vanguard army in the west; they hadn't even reached the city gates, so what was the big deal.

What Li Chen needed to do now was naturally to fulfill his promise.

Holy Shancheng had already been captured, and various cultivation techniques and divine arts of the Snow Eagle tribe had been seized, including the "Streamer Disintegration Great Art," so Li Chen only needed to find the holy blood of the Snow Leopard God to be able to learn this technique.

Even if he didn't use it, he could keep it as a backup; it was never wrong to keep more trump cards.

Li Chen now had 5 Sage Realm experts under his command; He Lan Xuan was going to attack Tuoba Zhen, so he was not among them.

These 5 Sage Realm experts were not a small combat force, and they were also very eager for holy blood and this kind of special technique.

To make subordinates work for their lives, one must let them have lives to live.

Li Chen and Master Wanfeng studied the "Streamer Disintegration Great Art" for a while; Master Wanfeng even wanted to research how to crack it.

Because in his view, Tuoba Zhen using this move was being a rogue; if a way to restrain it could be found, perhaps Tuoba Zhen could be exterminated in the Great Snow Mountain.

Hearing him say this, Li Chen explained that Tuoba Zhen was still useful, but a way to crack it could indeed be researched.

Master Wanfeng didn't understand; what use was Tuoba Zhen still? Shouldn't he be eliminated as soon as possible?

Li Chen explained: "The tradition of the May Tian Ce Dynasty has always been to have a just cause for an expedition, to walk the kingly way. If Tuoba Zhen is defeated again in the Great Snow Mountain, where do you guess he will run?"

Master Wanfeng suddenly realized and said: "He will definitely flee to the further north to the Tianluo Dynasty and defect to the Tianluo Dynasty. Then we will have a reason to continue fighting up there. Is that what Your Majesty means?"

Li Chen nodded; Tuoba Zhen was not worth worrying about. He had used the Disintegration Great Art so many times that his strength was not what it used to be, and at the current stage, he might not even be able to beat He Lan Xuan.

To make He Lan Xuan more secure, Li Chen even gave him some treasures specifically for dealing with Tuoba Zhen and also told him this point, telling him to just defeat Tuoba Zhen, let Tuoba Zhen run north, and even drive him and some of his defeated troops to the north.

At that time, He Lan Xuan understood.

To kill Tuoba Zhen, there were many ways.

The first was the "Streamer Disintegration Great Art"; this spell must be used under the premise of the Sage Realm, because the body and soul of the Sage Realm are very strong, so they can achieve preservation and fusion.

Just like Xiao Ming's master, who was a Sage remnant soul; only those in the Sage Realm could achieve life and death without the soul being extinguished.

Of course, this premise is that there happens to be a prop nearby that can accommodate the remnant soul, and the remnant soul cannot stay outside for too long.

If these special conditions are not met, basically it is death and disappearance.

Nor had he heard of anyone getting a Heavenly Abyss remnant soul.

If Tuoba Zhen uses it too many times and his realm falls to the Heavenly Abyss Realm, killing him one more time will kill him.

The second is the "Soul-Extinguishing Dharma Curse" just mentioned by Master Wanfeng; before the opponent uses the "Streamer Disintegration Great Art," scatter his soul first, then he will not be able to resurrect.

However, there is soul turbulence before using this move, and the opponent will notice it in advance.

And the "Soul-Extinguishing Dharma Curse" is very dangerous to use; if the strength of the soul is not higher than the opponent's, it is easy to be counter-killed.

On the continent, this kind of technique belongs to the forbidden arts.

Actually, in Li Chen's view, this should be a divine art.

Because the upper limit of this world is locked, the cultivators of this world have not developed the cultivation of the soul.

Or perhaps, this kind of spell has already been deleted by the Immortal Clan.

It is said that the great powers of the ancient era, even if their physical bodies were scattered, their souls would not be extinguished.

In order to wear down the soul, the soul was even divided into dozens of parts and suppressed in various places.

But all this must wait for Li Chen to unify the plane first and vigorously develop it.

Otherwise, after the entire plane ascends, if the human race does not grow rapidly in a short time, once the Myriad Tribes of the heavens discover the coordinates of the human race, they will definitely attack again.

Unifying the entire Northern Wang Ting is just a small step in Li Chen's unification of the plane, and this small step still has the obstruction of the Great Snow Mountain.

Moreover, the interior of the May Tian Ce Dynasty is not stable, and many places are waiting for Li Chen to deal with them.

If it weren't for Li Chen being young, he wouldn't have time to complete so many plans.

Having studied the "Streamer Disintegration Great Art" enough, Li Chen took the 5 Sage Realm experts to the Great Snow Mountain to start looking for the traces of the Snow Leopard God.

According to the records of the Snow Eagle tribe, there are several so-called forbidden areas in the Great Snow Mountain; just find these forbidden areas, and the Snow Leopard God should be inside.

The Snow Leopard God is not a secret among the high-level of the Snow Eagle tribe; they all know about the Snow Leopard God and Tuoba Zhen.

The ordinary soldiers of the May Tian Ce Dynasty cannot withstand the cold of the Great Snow Mountain, but the Sage Realm experts can.

Immortal Bi Chen Tianzun and Immortal Biyou can also act as guides; they live in the Great Snow Mountain.

Just as the six of them set off for the Great Snow Mountain, Xu Zifeng, who had been 'missing' for a long time, finally encountered a crisis.

Xu Zifeng and Ma Hei, after obtaining the saliva of the Snow Leopard God, divided the things; he and Ma Hei divided one-half, and the rest was naturally given to the soldiers, with everyone present getting a share.

Food was plentiful in the forbidden area, so they practiced and absorbed it there.

As a result, good times didn't last long; after just one day of absorption, a team of experts from the Snow Eagle tribe discovered them.

That is, Tuoba Zhen led a team back, but he himself could not return, so he dispatched a unit to the forbidden area to check.

This unit had an expert at the peak of the Heavenly Abyss Realm sitting in command, and soon they engaged in a firefight with the vanguard army where Xu Zifeng was.

If it weren't for the fact that the people in the vanguard army had eaten special fruits and gained resistance to the icy and snowy environment, this unit could have trapped them to death here.

However, Ma Hei was also at the peak of the Heavenly Abyss Realm; his strength was discounted in this place, but after absorbing part of the Snow Leopard God's saliva, he was also enhanced.

The vanguard army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, with a larger number of people, temporarily repelled this unit of the Snow Eagle tribe.

Xu Zifeng still said proudly: "Everyone says the Snow Eagle tribe is invincible in the Great Snow Mountain, but I think they are just so-so."

Being able to say this was indeed because his luck was too good, and he had obtained many heavenly treasures along the way.

Moreover, the leader of the Snow Eagle tribe, Tuoba Zhen, had temporarily returned to deal with Li Chen, which was why he could survive.

If even one thing had been missing, he would have died in the forbidden area of the Snow Eagle tribe this time.

Arrogant as he was, Xu Zifeng still had a knack for leading troops in battle.

He judged that the number of troops from the Snow Eagle tribe this time was small and they were just here to probe.

It looked like they would definitely go back to gather people and come over again; when the main army arrived, it would be hard for them to survive.

So he planned to lead his troops to leave the forbidden area.

At this time, Xu Zifeng was thinking about whether he could trick the Snow Leopard God away.

After all, the Snow Leopard God could understand human speech, and its temperament was relatively gentle. Even if it couldn't contribute to striking the Snow Eagle Wang Ting, even if it was just tricked away and kept by his side.

It would be of some benefit to Xu Zifeng.

At that time, Ma Hei felt that this was purely nonsense; how could the Snow Leopard God follow you?

But the more Ma Hei thought this way, the more he admired Xu Zifeng's luck.

Xu Zifeng and Ma Hei entered the cave, and Xu Zifeng expressed that he was willing to find a better place for the Snow Leopard God to rest to repay the Snow Leopard God's grace.

After the Snow Leopard God heard Xu Zifeng's words, it expressed approval, turned into the size of a kitten, lay on Xu Zifeng's shoulder, and followed Xu Zifeng as he left.

This left Ma Hei dumbfounded; since when was a holy beast like the Snow Leopard God so easy to talk to?

Actually, this had to do with the Snow Leopard God's habits; it had stayed in one place for a long time and indeed liked to change places.

Tuoba Zhen had invited it from other places to the forbidden area of the Snow Eagle tribe, which was enough to prove that as long as the approach was right, the Snow Leopard God could leave.

It just wanted to change places to sleep; it didn't mean it recognized anyone.

Its only master was that great power who had gone to the Immortal Realm and hadn't returned.

Tuoba Zhen and Xu Zifeng and these people, in its view, were just 'servants'.

!

The Snow Leopard God gave them a little grace, and they served the Snow Leopard God in various ways; if this isn't a servant, what is?

At this time, Xu Zifeng was cut off from news and didn't know the situation outside, so he kept looking for a way out in the Great Snow Mountain.

After a few days, Tuoba Zhen, who had been defeated and fled twice, returned and learned of this news.

It was truly being robbed at home again, and by the army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty at that.

When Tuoba Zhen led the remnants back to the forbidden area, he found that the resources and food in the forbidden area had been eaten up, and even if they were moved away, even the Snow Leopard God had gone missing?

He had originally thought about finding the Snow Leopard God to ask for some grace to help his injuries recover faster, but there was nothing in the cave.

He was so angry that he chased Xu Zifeng's whereabouts everywhere, swearing to chop Xu Zifeng into eight pieces.

But the Great Snow Mountain was a massive mountain range, and there were many places Tuoba Zhen had never been to.

In the past, even if the army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty fought here by force, they couldn't catch up with the northern tribes.

It was because the snow was falling heavily, and it wouldn't take long for footprints to be cleared, making it basically impossible to find people.

But now, this had also become the key to Xu Zifeng's survival.

His luck was truly heaven-defying; staying in this place for so long, he could be considered the first person in the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

After traveling for a few days, Ma Hei asked: "Your Highness, where are we going?"

Xu Zifeng replied: "If my judgment is not wrong, the main army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty should be in a stalemate with the army of the Northern Wang Ting, so the Northern Wang Ting will constantly let various tribes send more people. We can now find a way to leave the Great Snow Mountain and attack some tribes on the grassland, preferably those with small cities that we can directly occupy and develop."

The Snow Leopard God was already in hand, and the opportunity had been obtained; Xu Zifeng felt there was no need to continue staying here.

In his view, he just wanted to occupy a place to develop, not sincerely help the May Tian Ce Dynasty fight; attacking the garrison in the Great Snow Mountain had no meaning.

Moreover, the army in the Great Snow Mountain was looking for him now, and he couldn't afford a war of attrition.

He only told Ma Hei this idea, and the other soldiers didn't know he thought this way.

At least at the current stage, he hadn't exposed his intention to rebel; these were all the Northern Army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, and he didn't dare to directly defy the imperial court.

Only by finding a place to develop and having his wings fully grown would the ambitions of these soldiers increase; then it would be a case of the general being away and not accepting the orders of the army.

This point was recognized by Ma Hei, and the two led the troops to leave the Great Snow Mountain.

But not long after they left, they saw an incredible person, and that was Li Chen.

Li Chen was also puzzled; I was planning to enter the Great Snow Mountain to find the Snow Leopard God, and I haven't found the Snow Leopard God yet, so how did I find Xu Zifeng?

Even more puzzled was Tuoba Zhen; not only did he not find Xu Zifeng and the Snow Leopard God, but he was also found by his old enemy, He Lan Xuan.

At this very moment, outside the Great Snow Mountain, Li Chen appeared with 5 Sage Realm experts before this vanguard army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty that had been missing for a long time.

When they came, they were still discussing where the Snow Leopard God was and what dangers were in the Great Snow Mountain.

Immortal Bi Chen Tianzun and Immortal Biyou were still guaranteeing that the Great Snow Mountain was their home and that with them there, there would be no accidents.

They even prepared various foods, cold-proof equipment, magic treasures, etc.

As a result, before they even went in, the goal had already been achieved.

Don't look at Xu Zifeng as being disrespectful; he had called Li Chen a dog emperor countless times in his heart, and even this time he came out, it was to prepare for rebellion.

But after seeing Li Chen, his heart rate accelerated suddenly, and his face was greatly shocked.

That feeling was as if he were planning to cheat and was being stared at by the invigilator, with panic and anxiety appearing in his heart.

Ma Hei saw Li Chen's appearance, and there were also 5 guys with Sage Realm auras next to him, and he was so scared he was dumbfounded.

There were a total of six Sage Realm experts in front of him, and he was just one Heavenly Abyss Realm expert; what kind of disparity in combat power was this?

At this moment, both sides were guessing why the other party appeared here.

Ma Hei glanced at Xu Zifeng, seemingly asking Xu Zifeng what to do, or telling Xu Zifeng not to mess around.

Xu Zifeng was stunned for a full half a minute before he reacted and immediately knelt and said: "Your humble servant Xu Zifeng, pays respects to Your Majesty!"

The soldiers of the vanguard army behind him were seeing the Emperor for the first time, and hearing their leader call out like that, they knelt down one by one, and the sound of paying respects to His Majesty resounded through the clouds.

At this time, Li Chen remembered the entrustment of the Princess of Zhennan.

To tell the truth, if he hadn't seen Xu Zifeng in person, he would have almost forgotten Xu Zifeng; he didn't even remember there was such a person.

Let alone him, even the Commander-in-Chief of the three armies, Guo Poyun, had almost forgotten Xu Zifeng.

"Get up, all of you. What happened to you?" Li Chen immediately began to ask about the experience of this vanguard army.

Ma Hei was too honest, so Xu Zifeng could only respectfully walk to Li Chen's side and start making things up.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant led the vanguard army to kill through the blockade of the Northern Wang Ting and forge ahead, but after arriving in the hinterland of the Wang Ting, we were surrounded and intercepted, and had no choice but to hide in the Great Snow Mountain."

According to his statement, the vanguard army had experienced a narrow escape from death and obtained various opportunities to survive.

Not only that, they didn't forget their original intention, worked hard to contribute to the May Tian Ce Dynasty, and with a determination to die, ran to the forbidden area of the Snow Eagle tribe and destroyed their various resources.

Thanks to Your Majesty's great fortune, they were able to live until now.

Xu Zifeng was also silver-tongued; anyway, he just said things for the better and said everything was for the effort of the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

Because he knew that even if he didn't say it, the soldiers behind him would say it, so it was better for him to say some good things.

The soldiers behind didn't know Xu Zifeng's real plan, and he hadn't done anything to rebel for the time being, so what he said was reasonable.

"Not bad, your performance is a great contribution. When we return to the Imperial Capital, I will definitely reward you." Li Chen said the standard lines; anyway, after returning, he would just reward based on merit.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your servant will go through fire and water for Your Majesty, and will not refuse." Xu Zifeng also said the standard lines, but didn't want to work for Li Chen at all in his heart.

He was curious about one thing: why Li Chen appeared here.

But at this time, when curiosity appeared, he was thinking about how to find an opportunity to leave Li Chen, and then use this army and the Snow Leopard God to start his own great cause of rebellion.

Xu Zifeng said a lot, but never mentioned the Snow Leopard God.

Actually, Li Chen didn't want to manage him; what he promised the Princess of Zhennan was just that Xu Zifeng didn't die, and he was busy looking for the Snow Leopard God to get the Snow Leopard God's holy blood.

Li Chen was looking for an excuse to enter the Great Snow Mountain, and Xu Zifeng was also thinking of reasons to leave.

But at this time, Immortal Bi Chen Tianzun suddenly walked over, pointed at the 'kitten' on Xu Zifeng's shoulder, and said: "Your Majesty, this seems to be the Snow Leopard God."

Immortal Bi Chen Tianzun and Immortal Biyou hadn't seen the Snow Leopard God with their own eyes, but they were experts living in the Star-Moon Cave of the Great Snow Mountain, and they had seen the portraits left by their predecessors, and they remembered the legends of the Snow Leopard God.

Just now Bi Chen Tianzun, the Snow Leopard God could be big or small, and the only thing that could distinguish it was the fur.

It is said that its fur is like the purest first snow in winter, shining with a faint silver glow, and every hair seems to contain the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

According to this statement, Immortal Bi Chen Tianzun felt that this was the Snow Leopard God; ordinary snow leopards didn't have this temperament.

Xu Zifeng was terrified in his heart, but said calmly: "What Snow Leopard God?"

Feeling that Xu Zifeng's cultivation was not high and he was a soldier of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, Immortal Bi Chen Tianzun felt it was normal for him not to know what the Snow Leopard God was, so he explained: "Little friend, you are lucky. The Snow Leopard God looks harmless now, but once it wakes up, it is extremely fierce. While it hasn't woken up yet, hurry up and hand it over to me."

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