Chapter 217: If you could let me come, then your head would definitely fall off

Empress Pei Pei Wanyu had just finished the morning court and looked somewhat distressed.

The domestic situation was truly one wave after another.

The crisis of the ministers' rebellion in the Imperial Capital and the vassal kings' rebellion had temporarily been passed with difficulty.

But the Sea Clan had started attacking the coastal areas again, which made Pei Pei Wanyu somewhat headache-inducing.

The Sea Clan was very powerful, and the former Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty died at the hands of a Sea Clan powerhouse.

Moreover, the most elite troops of the Tianwu Dynasty were also folded in the eastern region.

The Sea Clan attacked again, and Pei Pei Wanyu didn't know what to do for a while.

After all, she didn't have many troops she could mobilize; she couldn't always let the May Tian Ce Dynasty's grand army garrison in the country.

One must know that even if the May Tian Ce Dynasty's grand army was invited over through the relationship with Li Chen, the military expenses and the like had to be paid by the Tianwu Dynasty, and paid in multiples.

This was the rule.

And this army of the May Tian Ce Dynasty was only responsible for defeating the vassal kings' coalition and wouldn't obey Pei Pei Wanyu's dispatch.

If Pei Pei Wanyu mobilized the army to the eastern coastal area, then the safety of the Imperial Capital could only rely on this May Tian Ce Dynasty army to maintain.

In the long run, how would the people and ministers view her?

The Emperor was the pillar of the people; if she were at a loss, the people would also lose confidence.

During this period, Pei Pei Wanyu finally knew that being an Emperor was too difficult.

"If it really doesn't work, you can go ask Li Chen's Majesty."

Pei Pei Wanyu's mother, after learning about these government affairs, began to give her ideas.

During the first period, Pei Pei Wanyu's mother still needed to listen to politics from behind the curtain.

It wasn't that she wanted to hollow out her daughter's power, but because if she weren't there, the ministers wouldn't care about Pei Pei Wanyu, this newly appointed Empress, at all.

Pei Pei Wanyu's talent was high, but her strength was average; she didn't have many followers in the court and didn't have much say.

Her mother had no choice but to appear in the court every day, relying on her prestige to deter the ministers.

The reason she hadn't listened to politics from behind the curtain these past few days wasn't just because her daughter gradually started to have prestige and could make most ministers listen,

but the main reason was that she had an important task, which was to accompany Li Chen.

Through these days of in-depth communication with Li Chen, she finally understood Li Chen's power in all aspects.

Actually, at the very beginning, the thing Pei Pei Wanyu's mother worried about most was Li Chen interfering in the government affairs of the Tianwu Dynasty.

Then, with Li Chen's status and strength, her daughter would be a puppet Empress.

By chance, she obtained the opportunity to have close contact with Li Chen.

So in every contact with Li Chen, she was probing Li Chen's thoughts from the side.

It was by currying favor with Li Chen that she obtained some intelligence; this was the important task.

Of course, she was also happy in it, making Mu Mu Qingrou feel whether she really had a great demand.

But these past few days, Tang Tang Mengyou discovered that Li Chen didn't care about the government affairs of the Tianwu Dynasty at all, nor did he inquire about them.

She finally understood that Li Chen came here this time sincerely wanting to help Pei Pei Wanyu, without any other ulterior motives.

Such a good man could indeed be relied upon.

Actually, she thought too much; Li Chen didn't even want to manage the government affairs of his own country, so how could he interfere in the government affairs of the Tianwu Dynasty? In his view, this wasn't being full and having nothing to do.

"But, Li Chen's Majesty is quite busy; the May Tian Ce Dynasty is at war with the Sassanid Dynasty, and he still has to go to the May Tian Ce Dynasty's western theater."

Pei Pei Wanyu hesitated; she didn't know when she returned to the country to be Empress that the May Tian Ce Dynasty and the Sassanid Dynasty had already started a war.

Li Chen's coming here this time was also to take Mu Mu Qingrou away; she heard he was going to the west of the May Tian Ce Dynasty.

"Rest assured, the May Tian Ce Dynasty is a super powerful country; when the two major military commanders were fighting internally, Li Chen's Majesty was still able to conduct northern expeditions and western conquests, so it won't delay anything."

Tang Tang Mengyou was from the May Tian Ce Dynasty and had some understanding of these.

Hearing her mother say this, Pei Pei Wanyu immediately went to find Li Chen.

At this time, Li Chen was with Mu Mu Qingrou and was planning to leave.

Mu Mu Qingrou was the Mansion Master of the Ziyun Immortal Mansion and couldn't stay here to help Pei Pei Wanyu all the time.

She could come this time, all because of Tang Tang Mengyou and Li Chen's face.

The thinking of Sage Realm powerhouses was different from most people; in their eyes, it was basically based on their own forces.

Pei Pei Wanyu was still in the appearance of an Empress in the court, but once she came to Li Chen's side, she immediately became a little woman and started complaining aggrievedly.

"What is the situation with this Sea Clan? The water navy of

Li Chen did not know much about the Sea Clan; he had only read about similar situations in memorials submitted by others.

Pei Pei Wanyu's father had died of his wounds while campaigning against the Sea Clan, so she was actually very knowledgeable about them.

The oceanic regions of this world are vast, and within the oceans exist powerful species known as the Sea Clan.

The Sea Clan is different from sea beasts.

The relationship between the Sea Clan and sea beasts is much like the relationship between the human race and demon beasts.

The Sea Clan are amphibious beings, much like humans; humans can also go into the sea, but their combat effectiveness decreases once they do.

After the Sea Clan comes ashore, their combat effectiveness also drops.

Therefore, for the past few hundred years, there has been no major friction between the Sea Clan and the human race.

There were quite a lot of conflicts in the past, even triggering relatively large wars, but the final result was always the same: human experts would clamor for the Sea Clan not to hide like turtles in the sea, but to come up and fight to the death properly.

The Sea Clan's experts would clamor back, telling the humans that if they had the guts, they should come into the sea, where they would be left without even a corpse to bury.

In any case, neither side wanted to go to the other's territory to seek death, so they could only retreat back to their own domains.

Although small-scale friction occurs from time to time, it has not yet escalated into large-scale war.

This attack on the Tianwu Dynasty can be considered a relatively large-scale battle between the two.

The Sea Clan has scales, which provide extremely strong defense, and they also have a certain resistance to Meridian Art impacts.

They are just like a heavy-armored legion, extremely dangerous.

Furthermore, this vanguard force of the Sea Clan has a powerful Sage Realm expert.

The old Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty was not as steady as Guo Guo Poyun and always charged at the very front, which led to him being heavily wounded and dying.

It could be said that he underestimated the opponent's strength; after all, neither side understood the other very well.

The old Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty had thought it was just an ordinary Sea Clan raid that his elite force could easily resolve.

After listening to Pei Pei Wanyu for a while, Li Chen finally understood what had happened.

Speaking of facing the Sea Clan, the May Tian Ce Dynasty also has a very vast coastline.

However, the May Tian Ce Dynasty has numerous sects within its borders, and the eastern coast is home to the Ethereal Immortal Alliance.

Because the sea is rich in resources and abundant in produce, there are also many coastal sects.

There are even some powerful hidden forces concealed on islands in the sea.

Coupled with a large naval fleet and garrison troops—even though the Third Imperial Prince Li Yu took away quite a few, Li Chen had transferred some more over.

According to the memorials Li Chen had seen, the naval fleet had certainly fought the Sea Clan, but since the Sea Clan had not managed to land, Li Chen had not bothered with it.

After all, the May Tian Ce Dynasty is so large and filled with capable people that Li Chen does not need to handle everything personally.

As a nation that also relies on the sea, the pressure on the Tianwu Dynasty side is very great.

It is well known that most Sage Realm experts are produced by sects; such sects that possess Sage Realm experts are all above the secular world, and under normal circumstances, the Imperial Clan is simply unable to mobilize them.

Even if there were some Sage Realm experts in the Tianwu Dynasty, Pei Pei Wanyu simply could not reach them.

Being able to invite Mu Mu Qingrou to step in was already her good fortune.

It still comes back to the same point: Mu Mu Qingrou was only protecting her out of consideration for their shared sect, and she had no authority to command Mu Mu Qingrou.

As for why Mu Mu Qingrou listens to Li Chen, the problem is that she does not dare not to.

Before Li Chen rose to power, the situation within the May Tian Ce Dynasty could be said to have been even more chaotic.

Sage Realm experts like Mu Mu Qingrou, Lord Lord Dingtian, and True Person Chiyuan all had similar attitudes—they were all stubborn and arrogant.

Before they had ever crossed hands, they all felt they were invincible under heaven.

After crossing hands, even if they lost, they would feel, "I wasn't in good condition today," or "I'm not familiar with the terrain here," or "I didn't bring my magic treasure when I left home," and "If you change the place and fight me again, you might not necessarily win."

"Everyone is in the Sage Realm, how much worse could I be than you? At worst, I'll just go into seclusion and cultivate for a few years!"

It was only after Li Chen appeared and gave them a good thrashing that these Sage Realm experts became humble and started cultivating earnestly.

If one thinks Master Master Wanfeng has a good temper, that would be a huge mistake.

He only has a good temper in front of Li Chen; if it were anyone else, he wouldn't even glance at them. Even if he spoke, it would only be with a haughty, high-and-mighty tone, as if he were above all living beings.

Since Pei Pei Wanyu is Li Chen's woman, she can certainly come to ask Li Chen for help.

"I know everything now. I will make a trip to the coast and see just how strong this Sea Clan Sage Realm expert is."

Li Chen's goal is to unify the plane, so the Sea Clan is certainly within his plans; he just didn't expect the Sea Clan to come so quickly.

If the May Tian Ce Dynasty's Naval Commander knew Li Chen said this, he would certainly complain: "Fine, fine, Your Majesty, you don't even come to your own country's waters, but you go to help other countries, right!"

Li Chen would also say: "If you needed me to handle such a small matter, your head would certainly fall off!"

Hearing these words from Li Chen, Pei Pei Wanyu cheered and threw herself into his arms.

In truth, Pei Pei Wanyu felt very guilty; it was rare for Li Chen to come here from the May Tian Ce Dynasty, and she had been busy with state affairs during the day and hadn't properly accompanied Li Chen, failing to fulfill her responsibilities.

Li Chen indicated it was fine and told her not to worry and to handle state affairs well.

After all, even if she didn't accompany him well, there were others who did, so it wasn't a big problem.

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Since he was going to the eastern sea region, Li Chen summoned that army stationed in the Tianwu Dynasty.

Pei Pei Wanyu did not have the qualifications to command them, but for Li Chen, it was just a matter of a single word.

This army came from the May Tian Ce Dynasty's Fourth Army Group and belonged to the same group as the army led by the Third Imperial Prince.

After the Third Imperial Prince left the Second Army Group, he came to the Fourth Army Group to develop.

His goal was to control this army group, so he performed great military feats and constantly cultivated his own people to enter the Fourth Army Group.

After a long period of development, most of the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Group listened to Li Yu.

The only part of the army the Ministry of War could mobilize was this portion.

But even just this portion was enough to display might in other countries!

The commander of this army was the Deputy Commander of the Fourth Army Group, Han Wu.

Han Wu's identity was very special; he was a trusted aide of the late Emperor, and his sister was an Imperial Consort.

Therefore, even if the Third Imperial Prince Li Yu wanted to control the Fourth Army Group, he had to give Han Wu some face.

Han Wu was someone who could report directly to the late Emperor; he was a loyalist to the Emperor, listening to whoever was the Emperor.

This approach was very wise: "If you, Third Imperial Prince, are impressive, you go become the Emperor, and I will listen to you."

"Before you become the Emperor, I will only listen to the current Emperor; this way I am considered a loyal subject, nothing will go wrong, and my reputation will not be damaged."

Recently, Han Wu had won battle after battle in the Tianwu Dynasty and had not become arrogant because of it.

In his view, the vassal armies of the Tianwu Dynasty were just a rabble; as long as their vanguard suffered some losses, they would immediately flee in defeat.

Han Wu was a relatively steady person, and he had been waiting here for the Ministry of War's deployment orders.

But at this moment, upon hearing Li Chen's order, he immediately led his army to the vicinity of the Tianwu Dynasty's Imperial Capital.

Here, he finally saw the Emperor of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, Li Chen.

Li Chen was actually easy to recognize; Han Wu had followed the late Emperor before and could recognize the bearing of an Imperial descendant and the demeanor of an Emperor.

Furthermore, Li Chen slightly exuded an aura, with a purple divine dragon shadow appearing, full of imperial majesty.

At the first glance of Li Chen, Han Wu understood that the Second Imperial Prince truly couldn't win, and the Third Imperial Prince couldn't beat him either.

Sure enough, being loyal only to the Emperor was definitely correct.

After all, only the strongest Imperial Prince could become the Emperor.

"Your humble subject Han Wu, pays respects to Your Majesty!"

Han Wu knelt respectfully before Li Chen, and the soldiers beside him also knelt in a sea, their voices shaking the heavens and the earth!

This made many of the Tianwu Dynasty's soldiers and ministers nearby feel shocked.

When the army led by Han Wu passed through here last time, it was the newly appointed Empress Pei Pei Wanyu and the ministers who had personally welcomed them.

Facing Pei Pei Wanyu, the Empress of the Tianwu Dynasty, Han Wu had a cold face, let alone kneeling; he had just greeted her and left.

As the Empress of the Tianwu Dynasty, Pei Pei Wanyu indeed did not have the qualifications to make the May Tian Ce Dynasty's army kneel.

This was a case of Pei Pei Wanyu not understanding the situation; if she didn't use the identity of the Empress of the Tianwu Dynasty, but rather the identity of the consort of the May Tian Ce Dynasty's Emperor, then Han Wu would certainly have knelt.

If he didn't kneel, that would be disrespect to Li Chen, and he would certainly be impeached by someone.

"General Han, you have worked hard. Accompany me on a trip to the eastern coastal region."

Li Chen also kindly helped Han Wu up, which made Han Wu feel somewhat flattered.

He had previously heard that this Emperor was exceptionally fierce, killing court officials at every turn in the imperial court, and slaughtering in all directions in the north.

But seeing him today, His Majesty was not as exaggerated as the rumors suggested.

"Your humble subject is honored beyond measure!"

Hearing that Li Chen was going to the eastern coastal region, that must be to deal with the Sea Clan.

As the Deputy Commander of the Fourth Army Group, he had been stationed in the eastern coastal region of the May Tian Ce Dynasty for years.

He still had some understanding of the Sea Clan, because this was his homework.

Pei Pei Wanyu had originally intended to accompany him, but she still had to preside over state affairs, and the ministers also advised her to learn from the old Emperor's lesson, so Pei Pei Wanyu had no choice but to stay in the Imperial Capital and wait for Li Chen's return.

However, the Tianwu Dynasty still dispatched an army that had previously fought the Sea Clan to follow Li Chen.

The commander of this army was named Sun Cheng, a relatively famous general of the Tianwu Dynasty, equivalent to the May Tian Ce Dynasty's Guo Guo Poyun.

He was a trusted aide of the old Emperor and also supported Pei Pei Wanyu's ascension.

Sun Cheng had a certain prestige in the Tianwu Dynasty; even if Pei Pei Wanyu saw him, she had to give him some face.

But in front of Li Chen, Sun Cheng showed extreme caution and was very respectful to Li Chen.

"Your Majesty, this Sea Clan legion is very strange. The Sea Clan in the front row has sturdy scales, and the back row can spray poison. When our soldiers and horses are touched by this poison, they immediately become swollen and weak; if not treated in time, it also triggers various diseases."

Sun Cheng indicated that the elite army led by the old Emperor was actually not weak; it was just caught off guard by this sudden poison, which led to heavy casualties.

But the Tianwu Dynasty was not a group of fools either; there were many capable people within it.

Since the opponent used poison, there would be institutions specifically responsible for researching poison to study how to resolve it.

Even if it wasn't as professional and large-scale as the May Tian Ce Dynasty, after researching for a period of time, they still researched medicine with resistance.

Sun Cheng had brought quite a lot this time, just in case.

This medicine could not completely cure it, but it could significantly alleviate the toxicity, preventing huge casualties after being poisoned.

Sun Cheng also kept introducing the characteristics of the Sea Clan.

The Sea Clan is all-encompassing, with all types, among which the most powerful is the Flood Dragon Sea Clan.

People of the Flood Dragon Sea Clan have dragon horns, and the experts in the clan can drive thunder and lightning, and summon wind and rain; their strength cannot be underestimated.

Seeing that Li Chen seemed interested in the Sea Clan, Sun Cheng continued to introduce the situation of the Sea Clan to him, his tone carrying a bit of seriousness: "Your Majesty, the Sea Clan has numerous species. Besides the Flood Dragon Clan, as far as I know, those that have appeared during this period also include the Sea Shark Clan, the Sea Ox Clan, the Sea Snake Clan, etc., each with its own characteristics, and their combat effectiveness is extremely fierce."

"The Sea Shark Clan is tall in stature, with skin like iron and teeth as sharp as knives, skilled in close-quarters combat. Their warriors usually hold huge bone blades, and when charging, they are like fierce beasts in the sea, unstoppable. The experts of the Sea Shark Clan can also control water currents, forming whirlpools or water blades, with an extremely wide attack range."

"The Sea Ox Clan is huge in size, with astonishing strength, and skin as thick as armor; ordinary weapons can hardly injure them in the slightest. Their combat style is mainly based on crushing; when charging, it is like a landslide or ground-splitting, and they can easily break through enemy formations. The experts of the Sea Ox Clan can also summon sea waves, forming giant waves to strike the enemy."

"The Sea Snake Clan is flexible in stature, swift in action, and skilled in sneak attacks and poison arts. Their warriors usually hold poison spears or poison arrows, and their attacks carry deadly poison, which can quickly weaken the enemy's combat effectiveness. The experts of the Sea Snake Clan can also control poison mist, forming a large-scale poison gas domain, which is impossible to guard against."

After listening to Sun Cheng's introduction, Li Chen nodded slightly, a flash of appreciation in his eyes: "General Sun is indeed a great talent, understanding the Sea Clan so thoroughly; no wonder you have repeatedly performed military feats in the Tianwu Dynasty."

Hearing Li Chen's praise, Sun Cheng felt an indescribable excitement surge in his heart.

He was just a general of an ordinary country; to be praised like this by the Emperor of a great nation like the May Tian Ce Dynasty was simply a supreme honor.

It was a feeling he hadn't even had when he was praised by the old Emperor of the Tianwu Dynasty in the past.

He hurriedly bowed and saluted, his voice trembling slightly: "Your Majesty overpraises; your humble subject is just doing his duty and does not deserve such praise."

Han Wu, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a bit jealous upon seeing this.

Although he was also a general of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, he had just come into contact with Li Chen, this Emperor, and had never received Li Chen's praise.

In fact, he also knew what Sun Cheng said, but he hadn't had time to report it to Li Chen, and this guy had snatched the lead.

He secretly made up his mind that he must perform even more outstandingly in this campaign and strive to obtain His Majesty's recognition.

A few days later, Li Chen led the army to arrive at the eastern coastal region.

The scene before them was shocking; corpses littered the coastline, fresh blood dyed the seawater red, and the air was filled with a heavy, bloody stench.

The Sea Clan warriors were wantonly destroying the surrounding villages and slaughtering the nearby living beings, and the Tianwu Dynasty's defense line was already in precarious danger.

(End of chapter)