jdhmnovel Chapter 164 Looking for trouble
Chapter 164 Looking for trouble
Wen Fuyue did not expect that the imperial edict would ask Mu Yunjian to go with him.
Wen Fuyue hurriedly said, "My second disciple has only just taken human form and is currently in the period of recuperation and consolidation of his cultivation. How can he possibly fight against the Demon Lord?"
The emperor laughed and said, "The growth of demon cultivators is different from that of human cultivators. I was not blind to the Nine-Headed Serpent that appeared out of nowhere that day."
“If you truly care about your disciples, you shouldn’t be protecting them under your wings.”
"What do you say?"
The emperor's last words seemed to be addressed to Wen Fuyue, but his gaze was fixed on Mu Yunjian.
As if he had received a challenge, Mu Yunjian immediately replied, "Alright, I'll go with you."
Things happened so fast that Wen Fuyue didn't have time to stop them.
The emperor rarely showed any appreciation for Mu Yunjian. He said to Wen Fuyue, "Your disciple's final destination will definitely not be in the human realm."
"Instead of letting him waste his life with you, let him come with me."
"For the sake of my affinity with your sect, I will not sign a contract with him, but he must swear allegiance to me."
"In return, I can do him a favor."
Yun Yici was shocked, never expecting that the emperor would have the idea of winning over Mu Yunjian.
To her surprise, Mu Yunjian responded even faster than before: "Then can you be my little brother instead?"
Imperial edict: "???"
Everyone: "???"
Seeing the Emperor's reaction, Mu Yunjian knew it was impossible: "Then forget it, I won't go tomorrow, you go by yourself."
"I want to become the Great Demon King, and no one can be above me, not just some bird's lackey."
The emperor was born into unparalleled nobility and had never been contradicted like this in his entire life. He was so speechless that he couldn't utter a single word.
After a long pause, the emperor finally managed to utter, "Lackey? You dare to call yourself a lackey? You're more like a rabbit."
In this scene of a petty squabble, Li Shaoling and the others on the right were forced to sign a contract with the imperial edict, lowering their heads and not daring to utter a word.
Wen Fuyue on the left looked embarrassed. She wanted to mediate, but she was caught in the middle by the two people who were arguing so enthusiastically and didn't know what to do.
Yun Yici reached out and grabbed Mu Yunjian, but she couldn't shut him up at all.
The system exclaimed, "Now I'm starting to understand why Mu Yunjian and Li Shao teamed up in the story."
"Li Shao is a subordinate of the Emperor's edict. In a sense, they will naturally cooperate two hundred years later."
"It turns out that even though we seemed to have changed the plot and gone around in circles, what was bound to happen still happened."
The emperor's olive branch was extended ahead of time, but unfortunately, Mu Yunjian did not accept it and instead slapped it in the face.
Just as the emperor was about to order Li Shao and Ling Wan to help him curse Mu Yunjian, outside the pearl, Ling Wan, who had originally gone to look for the warm stone, tumbled in.
Her delicate and beautiful face was covered with tears, making her look pale and fragile.
With a sob in her voice, she said to Ling Wan, "The Scaleless Demon Lord is here! He has injured many elders and clansmen along the way, and he is on his way here!"
"Chief, what should we do?!"
Ling Wan's expression immediately changed, and she decisively said, "I understand. You should go and seek refuge quickly."
"When they encountered other tribesmen on the road, they were told to flee quickly."
The emperor and Mu Yunjian had already kept quiet. Ling Wan said to them, "In urgent situations, we must act expediently. There is no time left to discuss this further."
“If you are not confident, then you should stay away for a while. I will deal with Wu Lin and buy you some time.”
The emperor was already furious because of Mu Yunjian's provocation, and he couldn't have been happier to encounter Wu Lin, who was eager to die.
He said, "No need."
The emperor rose from the seat of honor, but before he could leave his seat, a man flashed in through the open beaded curtain, carrying a blood-soaked tomb maiden in his hand.
This person was dressed in a dark yellow robe, with a somewhat feminine appearance, but he had a mustache that no woman would have, and he had a strong and well-proportioned physique.
With a formidable enemy at their side, Yun Yici and his five disciples no longer cared about being exposed and drew their swords, ready for battle.
The emperor stood at the head of the table, and was the first to meet Wu Lin's ill-intentioned gaze.
Wu Lin chuckled and said, "I wonder which fellow Daoist has come to visit the Ling Clan? Why don't you come and pay your respects to me?"
He appeared amiable, but none of Yun Yici and the others let their guard down.
The demon that was still dripping blood from Wu Lin's hand was none other than the Ling Nu, whom Ling Wan had just instructed to escape.
As she ran out, she bumped into Wulin, tearing off her beautiful tail fin. Blood splattered in the seawater, but continued to gush out.
Ling Wan gritted her teeth, forcing a smile, and said, "Since the Demon Lord was coming, why didn't you give me a heads-up?"
Wu Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at Yun Yici and his three disciples wielding swords, saying, "We gave them advance notice, but we won't be able to see so many demon cultivators who can wield swords."
Seeing Wen Fuyue's impressive presence, he concluded that Wen Fuyue was the leader of this group.
He said, "I have no intention of investigating your origins or what you are here for. I am here for the matter of the Demon Tomb."
"The Lingyao clan has not had any offspring for fifty years. I am heartbroken to see this and have decided to send people to take over this place and help them reproduce."
“The demon Ling submitted to me a hundred years ago. If you don’t want to cause trouble, leave quickly.”
A pleading look immediately flashed in Ling Wan's eyes, fearing that Wen Fuyue or the Emperor's decree would back down out of fear of offending Wu Lin.
The claim that they were helping them reproduce was just a ruse because the scaleless creatures hadn't had any offspring yet, so they decided to keep them in captivity and force them to give birth.
Yun Yici and the others also realized this, and they were all furious.
The emperor decreed: "What if I refuse? What will you do then? From this day forward, she and her people will acknowledge me as their master. What are you then?"
Wu Lin said, "I am Wu Lin Demon Lord. May I ask your name, friend?"
With a flick of his mustache, the white clam pearl where everyone was located was shattered into dust. The enormous impact created waves from the outside in, and hundreds of strangely shaped sea monsters attacked from the outside.
Wen Fuyue quickly shielded her disciples behind her and engaged in a fierce battle with the sea beasts.
In the chaotic battlefield, besides the master and his disciples, there were also surviving members of the Lingyao clan, including Li Shaoling, Wan Xuelian, and a few others.
At this moment, the Emperor could not care about them. He confronted Wu Lin directly, his body engulfed in flames, and a dark red fire lotus appeared in his hand.
Wu Lin sensed the power of the fire, and his nonchalant expression tightened. He said, "Which family's junior are you? I might recognize your elders."
"If we are provoked by the Ling Clan and a fight breaks out like this, it might damage the harmony between us."
The emperor's reply was to directly unleash the fiery lotus from his palm, the flames transforming into a fiery whip that shot straight towards the scaleless creature.
He had never seen his parents since he was born. If his parents had any connection with this man with the mustache, then such a connection would make him feel utterly ashamed.
"A dying man like yourself dares to cling to my father's and mother's families?!"