Chapter 93

Chapter Ninety-Two: Prime Minister Li

Li Bai completed his advancement, and his entire temperament changed greatly. The originally slightly decadent scholar temperament became piercing. Standing there, one could see a faint phantom of a long sword. A silver dot flickered in and out at his brow. That was the sword pill.

An aura of a powerhouse appeared on Li Bai. Li Bai could not help but look up to the sky and roar. Feeling powerful, Li Bai glanced at Meng Su.

"What is it? Eating the meal and then hitting the cook? You've grown capable? Want to break the agreement? Make a move on me?"

Just a moment ago, Li Bai indeed had such thoughts. But seeing Meng Su's noncommittal smile, his heart suddenly trembled. The Meng Su before him, although only at the mid-stage of the Demon God realm, had eyes like deep pools, unfathomable. Making a move now, he had no certainty, not to mention that his sister was a bona fide Demon Saint.

"Brother, you flatter me. Although I am a demon cultivator, I have at least read a few years of books by sages. I still understand the principle that a real man must keep his word." After speaking, Li Bai bowed to Meng Su.

Meng Su smiled: "That's good. A year will pass quickly. At that time, I will return your freedom. My name is Meng Su, and my sister is named Shi Xiaoxiao. Our destination is Xuanwu Island."

Li Bai was startled. He was not familiar with Meng Su; he had only debuted in the last two years and had always been very low-key. But Shi Xiaoxiao was famous. The Danmo Sect was a hot commodity in the Demon Capital; everyone wanted to win them over.

Li Bai immediately bowed to Shi Xiaoxiao: "Sect Master Shi, this humble one pays his respects."

Shi Xiaoxiao returned the salute: "I have troubled you, Brother Li."

Meng Su and Shi Xiaoxiao left the Danmo Sect. This had not yet spread in the Demon Capital, not to mention that it was an extraordinary period; the four major sects and four major families of the Demon Capital were scheming against each other, and no one had the energy to care about the descendants of an outdated Pill Saint.

Regarding Meng Su, Li Bai was still grateful. He had helped him complete what he most wanted to do. Li Bai had abundant resources in the Li family; logically, he should have advanced to the Demon Saint realm long ago, but he had suppressed it and delayed advancing. The advancement from Demon God to Demon Venerable was quite special. The Demon God was equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage in the cultivation world, and the Demon Saint was equivalent to the Spirit Severing stage in the cultivation world.

Since it was Spirit Severing, what kind of spirit one severed was very particular.

The vast majority of Demon Saints' Nascent Souls directly turned into Primordial Spirits, completing the advancement to Demon Saint. But some demon cultivators with great ambitions were not satisfied with ordinary Primordial Spirit demon cultivation; they wanted to advance to become special Primordial Spirits.

The most common of these special Primordial Spirits was the Artifact God. This Artifact God involved finding a treasure, hiding it in the Qi Sea to nurture it, and then fusing this treasure into the Primordial Spirit to advance. For example, Mu Yi in the Five Elements Demon Sect fused the Void Lotus into her own Primordial Spirit to advance, so she was stronger than ordinary Demon Saints.

There was also the Intent God. This kind of Demon Saint was quite rare because the comprehension of Demon Intent required the demon cultivator's aptitude and opportunity. One must comprehend Demon Intent at the Demon God stage and then fuse the Demon Intent into the Primordial Spirit to advance. Shi Xiaoxiao was an Intent God; her Demon Saint realm came from a trace of Pill Intent left to her by Shi Buli. Shi Xiaoxiao had extremely high aptitude and nurtured this trace of Pill Intent until it was powerful, then advanced through this Pill Intent, so her Demon Saint realm was clearly a large margin stronger than other Demon Saints.

Through years of cultivation, Li Bai loved the sword like his life and only then comprehended traces of sword intent. After nurturing it, he ultimately wanted to become a god through sword intent and advance to Demon Saint.

If it weren't for Meng Su's accidental success, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to advance to the Sword Intent Demon Saint he wanted for decades or even a hundred years. Perhaps he would never be able to advance to an Intent God in his life. In the end, he could only sadly advance to an ordinary Primordial Spirit and advance to Demon Saint through the Primordial Spirit, just to stay in the world for a few more years of life.

Li Bai suddenly completed the advancement he had dreamed of, and his entire body and mind were joyful. He could not help but recite a poem:

The dangerous building is a hundred feet high,

One can pluck the stars with one's hand.

I dare not speak in a loud voice,

For fear of startling the people in heaven.

Meng Su let out a sound in his heart: "Damn, this Li Bai wouldn't be the Li Bai from my own world, would he? Li Bai is a demon cultivator?"

Shi Xiaoxiao was a cultivator born in the Demon Realm. She did not know Li Bai as a person. Hearing this Li Bai recite poetry, she felt that this person really had some literary talent and could not help but look at Li Bai carefully.

Li Bai finished reciting the poem. He did not expect Shi Xiaoxiao to look at him with admiration and felt secretly pleased in his heart: "This Sect Master Shi wouldn't be interested in me, would she?" He immediately struck the pose he thought was the most dashing and good-looking, shouldered the sword sheath in his hand, took a gulp of wine, and pretended to be down-and-out and decadent.

Seeing Li Bai showing off there, Shi Xiaoxiao did not know why Li Bai suddenly became like this.

Seeing Li Bai's sour look, Meng Su, who was a master's graduate in his original world, was clear-headed and saw at a glance what Li Bai was thinking. He felt it was funny. Listening to Shi Xiaoxiao's tone, her fiancé Yuan Qi seemed to be a hero as well. This damn guy's thoughts were used on a girl who already had someone in her heart; in the end, it could only be empty.

After this contest, it was already approaching dawn.

Li Bai cupped his hands to Meng Su: "Brother Meng, I need to go back to the Imperial City to handle some things first. Tomorrow at noon, I will come to 'Bie Lai Wu Yang' to meet up with you."

Meng Su and Shi Xiaoxiao also descended from the air to the roof, the two smiled at each other, and each returned to their rooms to rest.

The next morning, just after Meng Su finished washing up, the boss had already arranged for a waiter to deliver breakfast to Meng Su's room. The breakfast was very sumptuous, with seven or eight kinds of snacks, as well as sweet wine and fruit juice. It seemed that the jade token Luo Xiaowu gave him was quite useful.

Just after finishing breakfast, a group of guards entered the hotel. The leader of these guards was a True Demon cultivator. The others were all martial cultivators.

The leading demon cultivator walked into the hotel and shouted to the crowd: "Who is Meng Su?"

Meng Su walked out of the crowd and glanced at the guard: "I am. What's the matter?"

The leader glanced at Meng Su: "Our Prime Minister invites you. Please come with us, Master Meng."

After speaking, the leader handed Meng Su a sword sheath.

Meng Su took a look; this was Li Bai's sword sheath. This Li Bai was actually a Prime Minister in the Tang Principality?

Meng Su and Shi Xiaoxiao followed the guards to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Li Bai was already waiting for him there.

Seeing Meng Su, Li Bai hurriedly welcomed him in, talking to Meng Su while still glancing at Shi Xiaoxiao.

At this moment, Shi Xiaoxiao was gentle and quiet, her temperament elegant and beautiful. She was holding Meng Su's arm.

Meng Su also saw Li Mo in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Seeing Meng Su, Li Mo hated him to the bone, but he still had to pretend to be very magnanimous and bowed to Meng Su. The helper he invited hadn't beaten the other party, so he had to bow his head. Li Bai was the strongest expert the Li family had left in the Tang Principality.

Unlike the helplessness he felt when seeing Meng Su, upon seeing Shi Xiaoxiao, Li Mo seemed to suddenly forget the previous humiliation. He hurriedly welcomed Shi Xiaoxiao, pulled out a chair for her, wiped it, took the tea delivered by the servants, and personally served it to Shi Xiaoxiao.

Seeing Li Mo's cheap-looking appearance, Meng Su could not help but shake his head.

Seeing Li Mo being overly enthusiastic, Li Bai could not help but cough lightly.

Feeling his brother's jealousy, Li Mo stood to the side sheepishly, but his eyes were still fixed on Shi Xiaoxiao.