Chapter 214

Mu Qingrou was a Sage Realm sword master and could be considered a very powerful existence in the Sage Realm.

With her clearing the way, those who wanted to obstruct Pei Wanyu from returning to her country at the border between the two countries died miserably one after another.

After Pei Wanyu returned, she finally understood what had happened.

Pei Wanyu's father, the Emperor, was also a powerful cultivator in the past; before becoming Emperor, he traveled all over the world and also fought his way out of various mystical realms.

After inheriting the throne, he also led troops to fight on the battlefield, pacifying the dangers around him.

Because he did everything himself, it was easy for injuries and illnesses to appear on his body; perhaps he couldn't detect them when he was young, but when he got old, they started to backfire.

Originally, as long as her father lived a plain life in the palace to recuperate, he could have lived for more than ten years, or even decades, enough to wait for Pei Wanyu to develop.

With her father's prestige, the domestic situation of the Tianwu Dynasty was still considered very stable.

But Pei Wanyu's father was also a person who couldn't bear loneliness; it happened that the eastern sea area suffered an attack from the Sea Clan, and the Sea Clan hadn't appeared in this area for hundreds of years, so Pei Wanyu's father chose to lead the expedition personally.

As a result, he suffered an attack from a Sea Clan powerhouse, leading to serious injury and falling into a coma.

It is said that this Sea Clan powerhouse had the strength of the Sage Realm.

Originally, he had many old illnesses, and coupled with this serious injury, he was directly unable to recover.

After he returned to the imperial palace, the Empress Dowager and the ministers said his life was not in danger, but those ambitious vassal kings didn't believe it, thinking this was an opportunity; after all, the Emperor had suffered heavy losses in the eastern battlefield and was seriously injured himself, perhaps he had already passed away.

The vassal kings were unwilling to be ruled by Pei Wanyu, a young girl, and raised armies to rebel one after another.

After Pei Wanyu returned to the imperial palace, she discovered that her father had already passed away from illness.

Being hit by a Sage Realm powerhouse, he was indeed only hanging by a thread.

Pei Wanyu, under the support of her mother and the ministers, inherited the throne.

But the vassal kings didn't acknowledge it at all, and the situation within the Tianwu Dynasty escalated again.

Even if the new Empress Pei Wanyu had the help of a powerhouse at Mu Qingrou's level and quite a few experts from the Purple Cloud Immortal Mansion, how could the power of an army be shaken by a single Sage Realm powerhouse?

Shi Yingying and the two female elders' injuries were caused on the way to the May Tian Ce Dynasty to seek help after fighting their way out.

The Tianwu Dynasty and the May Tian Ce Dynasty were originally neighboring countries, and their relationship was quite good.

Pei Wanyu was also Li Chen's woman, so naturally, she came to seek Li Chen's help.

The three women implored Li Chen to send troops to save them quickly; otherwise, the rebel army would sooner or later reach the Imperial Capital of the Tianwu Dynasty, and at that time, Pei Wanyu would be in danger.

Li Chen was actually waiting for this opportunity; anyway, for the unification of the plane, it definitely had to expand from all directions.

"Rest assured, I have already made arrangements."

Some time ago, in order to defend against the Sea Clan, the army in the central part of the May Tian Ce Dynasty had already headed to the east, and the war in the north had already ended, so there were enough soldiers and generals to use.

There had actually been an army waiting for Li Chen's dispatch at the border for a long time; as long as Li Chen gave an order, they would majestically head to the Tianwu Dynasty.

Hearing Li Chen's reply, Shi Yingying finally felt relieved and prepared to return overnight to help.

In her view, leaving Pei Wanyu and Mu Qingrou in the Imperial Capital of the Tianwu Dynasty was a very dangerous thing.

Li Chen, however, smiled and put his arm around her waist, saying: "You also know the power of the army; there's no need for us to worry at all. You are injured, let's rest well for a few days, and then I will accompany you there."

Li Chen didn't believe that the Tianwu Dynasty still had a Sage Realm powerhouse at Tuoba Zhen's level.

The Tianwu Dynasty was just a medium-sized country, and its combat power was average.

Not to mention that it was also divided and contending within, not dominated by one family.

How mighty the May Tian Ce Dynasty's army was; Li Chen had already arranged it. If it weren't for Pei Wanyu, Li Chen would be too lazy to go to this kind of small dungeon.

As Li Chen's woman, Shi Yingying naturally knew what resting for a few days meant.

The other two female elders also began to understand the relationship between the two of them and intended to take their leave.

Li Chen used the excuse of the long and tiring journey to invite them to have a meal in the palace before leaving.

They thought that the Mansion Master of their mansion was Li Chen's imperial consort, and Shi Yingying seemed to be one too, so they didn't feel there was any danger here and agreed.

Shi Yingying, as one of Li Chen's professional wingmen, had received benefits from Li Chen and naturally knew what Li Chen meant.

Without the two elders noticing, Shi Yingying also quietly said in Li Chen's ear: "Your Majesty, they are the two most popular female cultivators in our Purple Cloud Immortal Mansion besides the Mansion Master."

"Oh? And what about you?" Li Chen teased.

Hearing this, Shi Yingying smiled charmingly and replied: "Of course, still a bit worse than me!"

A woman's competitive spirit in this regard is no worse than a man's.

Under Shi Yingying's introduction, the woman with a bulging chest and a deep cleavage at the neckline was named Xu Qingning.

She had many pursuers in the cultivation world of the central May Tian Ce Dynasty, among whom the Fengtian Daoist, who was known as the most hopeful person to break through to the Sage Realm in the current stage of the Nine Abyss Holy Domain, was her pursuer.

The Fengtian Daoist had an agreement with her that as long as the Fengtian Daoist reached the Sage Realm, she would marry the Fengtian Daoist as a cultivation partner.

The Fengtian Daoist had pursued Xu Qingning for a full ten years and had also stood out from many sycophants, just one last step away.

Other pursuers saw that the Fengtian Daoist was so strong and had already given up the idea.

Who dared to offend a future Sage Realm powerhouse?

The other one was named Wen Ting; she was dressed very strictly, even wrapping her neck, but it still couldn't hide that plump and alluring figure.

The more it was like this, the more curious people were about what kind of scenery was inside.

Speaking of this one, Shi Yingying kept giggling; she said don't look at Wen Ting as being so conservative, but she was very repressed, and once even teased the Mansion Master Mu Qingrou, saying "You don't want to be an imperial consort, otherwise just give it to me."

At that time, it was indeed a joke, but she felt that Wen Ting was indeed a bit interested in Li Chen.

As a woman, Shi Yingying knew very well that if she didn't like Li Chen, it was impossible to say such things, even if it was a joke.

The degree of Wen Ting's popularity in the Nine Abyss Holy Domain was even better than Xu Qingning's.

Wen Ting was recognized as one of the Ten Beauties of the Nine Abyss Holy Domain.

As long as Wen Ting gave an order, there were plenty of powerhouses willing to die for her.

Li Chen was somewhat curious, who were the Ten Beauties of the Nine Abyss Holy Domain back then?

Shi Yingying said: "Basically, you know them all."

Li Chen understood, that was Lady Youlan and Lady Yuehua and the like.

Since she knew Li Chen was interested in them, at the dinner, Shi Yingying kept pouring wine for them.

The four of them chatted very congenially; Xu Qingning and Wen Ting's complexions began to turn rosy, and their eyes also became blurred.

Li Chen said that there was a cat in his room that could do somersaults; Xu Qingning and Wen Ting were curious for that instant and followed Li Chen to his sleeping quarters.

As a result, they couldn't come out at night.

Xu Qingning was still relatively reserved, but Li Chen was very active; Wen Ting was pretending to be asleep, and Li Chen didn't let her off either.

Coupled with Shi Yingying's pushing, both women forgot their vows and didn't remember which men had pursued them; now their eyes were full of Li Chen.

If the powerhouses of the Nine Abyss Holy Domain saw this, they would probably be heartbroken to the point of bleeding.

Li Chen didn't lie either; the next day, he let the northern Saint Beast, the famous Snow Leopard God, perform somersaults in public!

The Snow Leopard God had never suffered such humiliation in its life!

"I, a dignified Saint Beast, am acting as a cat for you to flirt with girls?"

"You woke me up early in the morning just for this crappy thing?"

If the Saint Tiger knew, it would definitely say: "Buddy, this is nothing; my usual job is this."

Wen Ting, who was in Li Chen's arms, also asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, why doesn't this cat meow?"

The Snow Leopard God was so angry it wanted to beat her to death; "I've already done somersaults, and you're still complaining it's not enough?"

But seeing Li Chen's gaze, the dignified Snow Leopard God actually started to learn to meow to please these women, and even learned to groom its fur like a cat.

It seems it was really afraid of being dealt with by Li Chen.

At this time, Lady Youlan, who was looking for the cat, walked over.

The moment she met Wen Ting, Wen Ting instinctively ran out of Li Chen's arms.

But the next second, Wen Ting felt something was wrong; "Even if I have pursuers, I am single, and it is my willingness to serve the Emperor in bed, but you, Lady Youlan, don't you have a cultivation partner!"

This was the awkwardness of meeting an acquaintance; every time someone from the Nine Abyss Holy Domain came in, Lady Youlan had to face strange looks; she was almost getting used to it!

Lady Youlan didn't explain anything, just asked if they still wanted the cat; if not, she would take it away. Saying this, she was about to leave, but Li Chen knew that Lady Youlan was just pretending to be calm; actually, she was very panicked inside; she was a very reserved woman.

As long as there was an acquaintance nearby, she was very nervous, so nervous that Li Chen felt it was stimulating.

So Lady Youlan was naturally pulled into Li Chen's room, and Wen Ting naturally couldn't escape, not to mention Shi Yingying and Xu Qingning who were still resting inside.

The Snow Leopard God outside the door was somewhat dumbfounded; "Why did they all leave? Then what should I do? Continue to do somersaults here, or learn to meow to add to your fun?"

In the few days Li Chen was resting, the western expedition army had already assembled, and quite a few troops had come down from the northern front.

In order to grab credit, He Lan Xuan, with Li Chen's permission, brought an army to assist in the battle.

Huyan Lan also wanted to come, but he was now the manager of the north; in order to avoid letting Huyan Yu rebel, he was still catching Huyan Yu and patrolling various tribes to increase his prestige, so he couldn't come.

This point received Li Chen's affirmation, because Huyan Lan's job wasn't to lead troops to fight wars; he just needed to help Li Chen manage the north well.

"I let you be the King of the North, and you're still running around everywhere?"

In Li Chen's view, that was an incompetent dog.

Regarding the rule of the north, Li Chen also decentralized power, just following the management methods of the major cities of the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

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Huyan Lan, this Khan, was equivalent to a City Lord, had prestige locally, and was recognized by Li Chen, having a certain amount of authority.

However, the commander of the army and the public security between the tribes had to be handled by official people of the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

Li Chen wouldn't care about Huyan Lan's opinion; if he dared to oppose, he would die.

The two Sage Realm powerhouses in the north, that is, the Bi Chen Biyou Tianzun and Bi You Biyou Tianzun who submitted to Li Chen, had also returned to the Star Moon Cave of the Great Snowy Mountain.

The Star Moon Cave had three Sage Realm powerhouses, the strongest of whom was still the Bi Luo Tianzun Biyou Tianzun.

The two of them meant that after their senior brother Bi Luo Tianzun Biyou Tianzun came out of seclusion, they would bring their senior brother to visit Li Chen together.

Their senior brother would definitely be very unhappy about their betrayal, but the general trend in the north was gone, and many reclusive Sage Realm powerhouses didn't like this kind of secular struggle.

But Li Chen could defeat Tuoba Zhen and also had the Snow Leopard God, so the two of them felt that their senior brother Bi Luo Tianzun Biyou Tianzun would definitely come.

At that time, Li Chen would just give him a beating.

Li Chen had no opinion on this point, and even felt they were thoughtful.

They might feel that their reliance on Li Chen would cause discord within the sect, but if they brought their senior brother to rely on him together, then they would still be the original fellow disciples.

There were actually many northern tribes asking to fight, all wanting to work for Li Chen; who didn't want to replace Huyan Lan as Khan?

Huyan Lan was just acting as a dog for Li Chen and mixed his way to Khan without doing anything.

They thought to themselves: "I don't know how to act as a dog, but I might not be worse at sycophancy than Huyan Lan."

Huyan Lan wanted to laugh when he learned of these thoughts of theirs: "You sycophants after the fact, and me sycophant before the fact, can they be of the same nature?"

"I was betting with my life and family; this is all what I deserve!"

For the warlike northern tribal leaders, Li Chen let He Lan Xuan handle it; he could let him consider how many people his troops could accept, but he didn't allow the northern tribes to participate in the war without authorization.

He Lan Xuan had surrendered last, had a certain amount of face, and was very strong, with high prestige.

Letting these leaders listen to him, the leaders were still willing.

This looked like Li Chen was cultivating someone to check and balance Huyan Lan.

But Li Chen drew a big pie for Huyan Lan, telling him not to stare at the Sassanid Dynasty, but to reorganize the army well; the Tieluo Dynasty further north was his true goal.

Huyan Lan was full of confidence after eating this pie and began to work hard to exert his abilities.

Grand General Guo Poyun, as the Deputy Commander of the western expedition, had also left the Imperial Capital to go to the front line to command the army.

Li Chen intended to show his face in the Tianwu Dynasty before heading to the western theater.

But at this time, Li Chen received a secret letter from the He He Zongzhu of the Chensha Dao Sect, Chi Yuan True Person; he found out that the Taihua Sword Sect seemed to be helping the Sassanid Dynasty.

Chi Yuan True Person was a rigorous person; people in his sect only saw the elders and disciples of the Taihua Sword Sect helping the Sassanid Dynasty, and didn't see the figure of the Taihua Sword He He Zongzhu, Youhen Venerable.

Li Chen had been in contact with Youhen Venerable and knew that this guy valued benefits highly; since he took the benefits of the Sassanid Dynasty, it wouldn't be right not to help.

But he was afraid of offending Li Chen if he helped, so he let his subordinates, elders, and disciples help, which could be considered helping; if something went wrong, he could still shift the blame to his subordinates, thus getting the benefits and offending neither side.

"Truly a good calculation, but you don't need to exist in this world either."

Li Chen hated this kind of fickle person the most; he had already given him a chance, yet he still didn't cherish it.

The last one who did this had already killed himself.

If it were that kind of fence-sitter, Li Chen could understand; after all, fence-sitters didn't have the right to dominate their own destiny; they could only survive by relying on the strong.

Whether Youhen Venerable knew or not, this was no longer important to Li Chen; the meeting in the Great Hall of the Zixiao Heavenly Palace last time had already made it very clear.

Li Chen was now thinking that after he went to the Tianwu Dynasty to pick up Mu Qingrou, the three Sage Realm powerhouses of the Star Moon Cave of the northern Great Snowy Mountain would probably also arrive at the Imperial Capital by then.

One Sage Realm powerhouse might not be able to dominate the war situation, but what about ten?

Such a large-scale gathering of Sage Realm powerhouses was probably the first time since the founding of the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

Because besides the founding Emperor, no one else could gather so many Sage Realm powerhouses.

Sage Realm powerhouses were all powerhouses of a generation; who was willing to listen to others' dispatch?

But Li Chen was strong and created this prosperous age.

These were all the Sage Realm powerhouses currently known within the May Tian Ce Dynasty; the future ones were not yet known.

Like Xiao Ming, Xu Zifeng, and other Sons of Destiny, they were all people qualified to impact the Sage Realm, and their upper limits were very high.

On the other side, there were also people with powerful bloodlines who were working hard with the goal of ascending above the Sage Realm; their talent made people feel terrified.

As the longest-standing Piaomiao Immortal Alliance in the May Tian Ce Dynasty, it was also full of powerhouses.

Li Xian mixed into the Piaomiao Immortal Alliance and successfully contacted those mysterious young powerhouses through a woman from a reclusive sect.

As a cultivator in the Observing Heaven Realm, Li Xian befriended Lin Xun, a disciple of an ancient sect who was also in the Observing Heaven Realm, and Yi Yu, a disciple of the ancient royal family.

The reason Lin Xun and Yi Yu befriended Li Xian wasn't because of Li Xian's royal status; this Second Imperial Prince was a rat crossing the street, and these reclusive forces looked down on the forces of the current world.

The two of them mistakenly thought Li Xian was from a reclusive sect, and coupled with Li Xian's decent strength, the few of them became acquainted during an "accidental" opportunity.

Li Xian's goal was very clear; he felt he couldn't move that supreme powerhouse of the reclusive sect and had no qualifications to negotiate with others.

Then he could contact these future supreme powerhouses of the reclusive sect and get along well with them; wouldn't it be easy to let them deal with Li Chen when the time came?

In Li Xian's view, Lin Xun obtained the supreme inheritance of the sect, had top-tier talent in the current world; what was the Sage Realm? His goal was ascension!

Yi Yu, as a person with the bloodline of the ancient royal family, possessed even more powerful strength that transcended this world; the eruption made Li Xian feel surprised.

Once these two entered the Sage Realm, it would be terrifying to the point of being unimaginable.

Li Xian definitely had to curry favor with them and wait for them to take him to fly in the future.

Li Xian had already fantasized about the miserable appearance of Li Chen being defeated by them in the future world.

Whether this fantasy of his could be realized, no one knew, but Lin Xun and Yi Yu being slapped by Li Chen had already happened.

Just as Li Xian was trying hard to mix in the hidden forces, he saw someone who surprised him, and that was the Prince of Jing'an's son, Li Yang.

When the two of them met, they were both very surprised.

Li Xian's encounter was attempted rebellion, which everyone knew.

But Li Xian heard about Li Yang's encounter and said: "Are you crazy?"

Li Yang didn't know how to answer and couldn't explain either.

Li Xian didn't agree to cooperate with Li Yang either; Li Yang even betrayed the Crown Prince; this kind of person couldn't be trusted.

To tell the truth, Li Xian's relationship with the Crown Prince was very bad, but both wanted to kill Li Yang to maintain the dignity of the royal family!

Li Xian had fallen to this point and had never thought about colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty; how could he look down on Li Yang?

Even if Li Yang had unspeakable hardships, Li Xian just indicated: "From now on, let's pretend we don't know each other and each go our own way."

Saying this, Li Xian intended to leave, but a sentence from Li Yang made Li Xian stop his footsteps.

"If I say I can resurrect the emperors of the previous dynasty, can we consider cooperating?"

(End of chapter)