Chapter 825

One must understand that the Great Yuan is not the same as the Great Ming, Great Song, Great Han, and so on.

It is a genuine top-tier power, one of the three great imperial dynasties!

Although the gap with the Qinglong Society is enormous, compared to dynasties like the Great Ming, it is a world of difference!

How could it simply become a vassal just because of a single word from Zhang Sanfeng?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Tie Muzhen flatly refused,

"Even if your Qinglong Society slaughters every man and woman of my Great Yuan, my Great Yuan will absolutely never surrender to your Qinglong Society!"

"Fine! Then you shall be the first to die!"

Zhang Sanfeng's beard and hair stirred, then his figure moved in rapid succession, shifting through several positions, drifting and elusive, as he charged toward Tie Muzhen to kill.

"Amitabha!"

Seeing Zhang Sanfeng strike without hesitation, the Living Buddha Lianhua naturally would not sit idly by.

His crimson robe lightly trembled; with a casual sweep through the void, he actually forced the elusive Zhang Sanfeng to reveal his form.

"Zhang Zhenren is being far too overbearing. Your conditions are indeed difficult to obey—please change to another condition!"

Although the Living Buddha Lianhua had not ascended the Heavenly Dao Golden List, everyone in the world knew that this Living Buddha's strength far surpassed that of the three reincarnated ones like Long Xiang Seng!

Therefore, with this strike of his, even though Zhang Sanfeng was the Seventh Longshou and had comprehended the Dao of Yin and Yang,

he still found it difficult to contend with him!

"Roar!"

Just as the Living Buddha Lianhua blocked Zhang Sanfeng's attack, a dragon's cry suddenly rang out.

It shook the entire council hall of the Great Yuan, making it rustle and tremble.

The next moment, the Fourth Longshou Senior Xiaoyaozi was seen riding that world-famous Black Dragon, slowly entering through the great hall's entrance.

628 What kind of miraculous train of thought is this!

In the Nine Provinces, the dragon has always been a symbol of the supreme imperial authority.

The Black Dragon's fierce and fearsome appearance made it all the more daunting to behold.

Moreover, seated atop the Black Dragon was the famously renowned Fourth Longshou of the Qinglong Society.

Although on the Heavenly Dao Golden List's ranking, the Fourth Longshou Senior Xiaoyaozi was not high—

merely the thirty-first place!

On the surface, his cultivation was only at the peak of the Heaven-Human realm.

But from his entering the War God Hall to his return to the Nine Provinces,

his various brilliant performances let the world know that this Longshou of the Qinglong Society was no simple matter.

As soon as Senior Xiaoyaozi appeared, he sat high atop the Black Dragon's head, looking down from above, overlooking the rulers and ministers of the Great Yuan in the entire hall, and slowly spoke,

"When the Qinglong Society acts, it never asks whether it is right or wrong, nor whether it is easy or hard.

Since the Seventh Longshou Zhang Sanfeng joined the Qinglong Society, Wu Dangpai has been under the Qinglong Society's protection.

Yet your Yuan Kingdom acted wantonly, slaughtering Wu Dangpai down to only seven survivors—a sin that cannot be pardoned.

If today the Yuan Kingdom dares to quibble again, its collapse and destruction are at hand!"

Senior Xiaoyaozi's words were even more overbearing than Zhang Sanfeng's by several degrees.

Unprecedentedly calling the Great Yuan "Yuan Kingdom," his contempt and disdain were plain for all to see.

The Qinglong Society's assassins, hearing this, all released their killing intent, and for a moment killing aura filled the sky.

At the same time, suddenly behind the Black Dragon, dozens of figures appeared.

Yan Shisan, Shamu Yinqi, Li Xunhuan, Ye Gucheng, Yi Tianxing, Qiao Feng, Guichen…

These and other figures were all martial world heroes with tremendous fame in the Nine Provinces!

Each one had a legend of their own.

Moreover, standing proudly before these figures, lined up beside Senior Xiaoyaozi, were four figures.

Wu Wudi, Di Shitian, Xiao Jingtian, Xiao Aoshi!

The four great Guest Ministers of the Qinglong Society!

Each one was enough to be the trump-card strongest expert of a peerless power!

This was almost all the experts on the surface of the Qinglong Society, apart from the several Longshou and the Great Longshou Ximen Wudi—they had nearly all come!

Apart from the four Wu Wudi, the other experts all released their respective auras.

Together with the Qinglong Society assassins' killing intent, they merged into one, pressing down upon the ministers of the Great Yuan with an aura that blotted out the sky.

For a moment, even though the Great Yuan ministers had experts like the Living Buddha Lianhua and Si Hanfei protecting them, they still felt a tightness in their chests and trembling all over.

Those with weak mental fortitude and ordinary cultivation had already collapsed to the ground at this point.

"Surrender, or die!"

Once the auras merged into one, Senior Xiaoyaozi slowly uttered these words.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Three cries of "kill" pushed the Qinglong Society's momentum to its peak.

Under the pressure of this aura, the Living Buddha Lianhua could not help but break out in cold sweat, no longer his former composure and calm.

"Fourth Longshou, Seventh Longshou, my Great Yuan is willing to express submission to the Qinglong Society, and has no intention of being an enemy of the Qinglong Society."

Seeing such a situation, Tie Muzhen knew that if today's answer was not handled well, the Great Yuan would likely be reduced to ashes in an instant.

After all, he had never imagined that it was merely because of the matter of Wu Dangpai.

The Qinglong Society has actually deployed such a luxurious lineup!

Yet if they truly agreed to all of the Qinglong Society's demands, it would be no different from the destruction of their nation and people.

This left Tie Muzhen wondering how he could answer to the successive former rulers of the Great Yuan. For now, he could only brace himself and speak again,

"But submitting to the Qinglong Society and becoming a vassal is a matter of great consequence and will require time.

Please allow me to discuss with my ministers and the noble clansmen of the Great Yuan. May we give our reply after some days?"

"If you do not give an answer today, it will be the moment your petty little nation is destroyed.

I will give you the time of one incense stick to consider!"

Senior Xiaoyaozi showed no courtesy whatsoever, giving only the span of a single incense stick.

Most of the Great Yuan's ruler and ministers were deathly pale. Were it not for their long tenure at the central government and the bearing and composure it had given them, some among them would surely have surrendered on the spot under such crushing pressure.

Hearing that there was only the time of one incense stick, most had already begun scheming, considering their own escape routes.

Only Tie Muzhen's face was ugly. He pulled the Lotus Living Buddha aside and said softly,

"Living Buddha, the situation is critical now. It seems there is no time left…"

"Yes! There is no time left!"

The Lotus Living Buddha sighed softly, pressed his palms together, his expression one of utter misery.

"Then…"

"It can only be so!"

"Very well! I hope that after today, our Great Yuan can still stand firm in this world!"

Tie Muzhen also knew there was no retreat. He could only force a bitter smile and say one line.

"Living Buddha, I leave it to you…"

As he spoke, this mighty ruler of the Great Yuan suddenly sat cross-legged, uttered a Buddhist invocation aloud, and began chanting Buddhist scriptures before everyone.

"The Great Khan is magnificent!"

The Lotus Living Buddha was also rarely moved. He praised him once, then drew a razor from his robes.

Gently removing the crown from Tie Muzhen's head, he began to tonsure Tie Muzhen before the assembly.

With every stroke, a lock of black hair was shaved away, while Buddhist gathas streamed from his lips in continuous chant.

"Great Khan…"

Si Hanfei, as a Prince of the Blood of the Great Yuan and a noble clansman of the court, had clearly long known of such a contingency. He let out a wailing cry and prostrated himself on the ground.

"We respectfully welcome the Great Khan into our Buddha's path of Ultimate Bliss!"

Because Fomen was the state religion of the Great Yuan, four Gao Seng from Wang Si had always attended Tie Muzhen at his side.

At this moment they too sat at the four directions around Tie Muzhen. After uttering such a line, they began to chant Buddhist scriptures.