Chapter 1400: Borrowing Flowers to Present to Buddha (Second update, requesting all)

To welcome Luo Yuanjun, the Stronger of the Tianling Empire Imperial Capital, led by Zhao Yuanqing, could be said to have turned out in full force, and there were also a large crowd of lesser-ranked Stronger waiting from afar, craning their necks in anticipation.

The various welcoming ceremonies were so dazzling that the treatment was almost on par with an Emperor Rank's inspection tour.

Luo Yuanjun was also dazzled, a smile constantly hanging on his face as he chatted with a bunch of Kings and Double-Character Kings; as for those who didn't reach the rank of King, they could only stand in the back, wishing they could take their places.

As for Li Zhangsheng, he had long since left, voluntarily ceding the main stage to Luo Yuanjun, and he had also long ago instructed his subordinates to make the scene lively so that Luo Yuanjun would feel valued—it was best if it became known to everyone, otherwise how could Luo Yuanjun be so popular?

Besides this, the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings was the main focus of the publicity.

Within the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings, the news was being actively spread by the confidant Kings arranged by Li Zhangsheng.

At this moment, the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings was very lively; Luo Yuanjun, as the only Top-tier Double-Character King under the Human Emperor, had actually defected to Li Zhangsheng, and even for the high and mighty Emperors, this was a matter that could not be ignored.

In their view, whether it was crushing the East Sea Dragon Clan or Luo Yuanjun abandoning the Human Emperor to defect to Li Zhangsheng, these were all counterattacks specifically directed at the Human Emperor by Li Zhangsheng's side.

Under these circumstances, many people present cast their gazes toward the Human Emperor's throne.

The Human Emperor had certainly received the news, but he did not let his consciousness enter the Hall of Ten Thousand Kings, because in his view, that was no different from looking for trouble, and besides, he had important matters to attend to, which was to stabilize his remaining subordinates.

As an old immortal who had lived for nearly ten thousand years, the Human Emperor knew very well that this was Li Zhangsheng's open scheme; if he did not respond, his subordinate forces would inevitably suffer a serious blow—not to mention the drop in morale, he feared that many would defect to others, especially Li Zhangsheng.

Only a very small number had truly sworn an oath to the Heavenly Dao to be loyal to the Human Emperor, basically all of them Double-Character Kings; many Kings remained relatively free, especially those recruited by Luo Yuanjun in recent years while the Human Emperor was in long-term seclusion.

While responding, the Human Emperor was also constantly thinking about a counterattack; having been thwarted by Li Zhangsheng time and time again, if this continued, he feared his subordinates' morale would collapse.

Although in the Human Emperor's eyes these subordinates could be crushed with a flick of his finger, if they were gone, then who would guard the Abyss Gate in the Central Region? Who would suppress the forbidden areas within the territory? And who would be sent on diplomatic missions? He couldn't possibly do it all himself, and crucially, many places required manpower.

Therefore, the Human Emperor had to stop the massive loss of his elite subordinates, and for this, he would not hesitate even if it meant paying a huge amount of resources.

Not to mention what kind of turmoil the news of Luo Yuanjun's defection to Li Zhangsheng would cause, at nightfall, Li Zhangsheng was listening to Zhao Yuanqing's report.

"As long as His Majesty Qingmu King is satisfied!" Li Zhangsheng took a sip of spirit tea, paused, and said, "Right, there is one more thing I need you to handle; it would be best if you could make it known to everyone in a short period of time."

"This subordinate will certainly do his utmost!"

"It's very simple: collect as many wild Spirit Beasts with the Nine Infants Bloodline as possible!"

Li Zhangsheng was naturally not shooting without a target; the reason he did this was because the Wei Huangji Demon Pet owned by Wudi possessed exactly the Nine Infants Bloodline.

Nine Infants were difficult to breed, and their numbers were even scarcer than many Top-tier Divine Beasts; even Li Zhangsheng rarely encountered Spirit Beasts with the Nine Infants Bloodline.

Nine Infants: Born with nine heads and nine lives, skilled at controlling Water Attribute and Fire Element, their cries sound like a baby wailing, hence the name Nine Infants. Due to their innate ability to control water and command fire, the water and fire clash, making their temperaments volatile and capricious, and they take pleasure in eating humans.

It was not just the Nine Infants; the bloodlines left behind by the Ten Great Demon Marshals were also very rare.

The term "Ten Great Demon Marshals" came from the Ancient Heavenly Court; it is rumored that they were originally masters of various major forces, equivalent to the Emperor Rank Red Smoke Colt of the Monopoly Mountain Range.

In order to unify the Heavenly Realm and the human world, the Ancient Heavenly Emperor did not hesitate to descend to the lower realm to personally win them over, convincing them with virtue (physically), and they were eventually moved by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's sincerity, finally being titled the Ten Great Demon Marshals, under the direct command of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.

Like the Demon Master Kunpeng, the Ten Great Demon Marshals were all Emperor Rank, but because their races were inferior to Kunpeng's, they could only rank below him.

By the late stage of the Heaven and Earth Hegemony, the Ten Great Demon Marshals had basically all fallen, but their descendants had mostly remained in the Heavenly Realm, and once the Heavenly Emperor sealed the Heavenly Realm, they naturally could not get out.

It was for this reason that Spirit Beasts with the bloodlines of the Ten Great Demon Marshals were extremely rare on the continent.

As for why it needed to be known to everyone, in short, this was an attitude, showing that Li Zhangsheng took this very seriously; when Li Zhangsheng sent enough Nine Infants Spirit Essence to Wudi, he believed Wudi would surely be extremely grateful.

"This subordinate will go do it now!"

Soon, Zhao Yuanqing left Qinzheng Hall.

Li Zhangsheng had no intention of lingering here, nor did he go to the Secret Realm; he directly activated the Teleportation Array in the Imperial Palace and arrived at the shores of the West Sea.

Not long ago, Li Zhangsheng had used the North Sea Dragon King to make contact with the West Sea Dragon King.

He had come this time mainly for the East Sea Dragon Queen.

The East Sea Dragon Queen never expected that the other three Dragon Kings were all Li Zhangsheng's accomplices and were eyeing the wealthy East Sea, all wanting to bite off a large chunk of fat from the East Sea to expand their territories.

Thus, the East Sea Dragon Queen's fate could be imagined.

In the eyes of the West Sea Dragon King, the East Sea Dragon Queen was a rare commodity to be hoarded, and if handled well, it could completely allow the Western Sea Dragon Clan to obtain greater benefits.

Faced with huge benefits, the West Sea Dragon King disregarded past friendships and directly tore off the mask, placing the East Sea Dragon Queen under house arrest while waiting for Li Zhangsheng to initiate contact.

On an island on the shores of the West Sea, a group of West Sea Dragon Clan members with dragon heads and human bodies were waiting; the leading dragon, wearing a five-clawed golden dragon yellow robe and a purple-gold dragon crown, with a majestic face, was none other than the West Sea Dragon King.

Not far away was a five-clawed golden dragon tied up with a Dragon Binding Rope; she was the East Sea Dragon Queen, and at this moment, she had given up struggling, her eyes filled with despair.

To welcome Li Zhangsheng, the West Sea Dragon King had personally arrived early, voluntarily lowering his posture.

Not long after, a golden rainbow flew in from the horizon, crossing a thousand miles in the blink of an eye, and landed instantly on the island; it went without saying that it was Li Zhangsheng.

"Your Majesty Wansheng Wang gracing the West Sea truly makes this little dragon feel honored!"

The West Sea Dragon King had lived for tens of thousands of years, and his face was not ordinarily thick; such flattery was completely unthinking.

"Your Majesty West Sea Dragon King, happy cooperation!"

The deal between the two had already been reached when they were in contact, so there was no need to continue with small talk.

The West Sea Dragon King would use the East Sea Dragon Queen as the price to obtain a large area of sea where the East Sea and West Sea bordered, which happened to include the resource point for Dragon Blood Profound Yellow Jade.

Li Zhangsheng was completely borrowing flowers to present to Buddha, actually trading the East Sea Dragon Queen with East Sea resources.

As for the West Sea Dragon King's act of selling out the East Sea Dragon Queen, as an old fellow who had lived for tens of thousands of years, he believed he had already prepared for it in advance.

(End of chapter)