vstars Chapter 168 Apology
Chapter 168 Apology
The story begins after the chaos of the great war.
After the emperor ordered him to bathe for three days and return, Li Shao had already directed the other clan leaders to thoroughly plunder the Wulin's lair.
Although the scaleless lair was still quite luxurious, it was obvious that the emperor would not live in a mudfish's nest, which led to the large-scale construction project undertaken by Ling Wan.
The battle to rescue Lingwan's child ended in failure, leaving Lingwan with only a skeleton devoid of flesh and a demon eel that had not yet taken human form.
Lingwan's child died after fifty years of relentless torture involving the extraction of flesh.
Because there was no more meat to be obtained, the Scaleless tribe decided to besiege the Tomb Clan and force them to give birth to new cubs.
Ironically, the cubs that Wulin stole were not for Lingwan and the others to eat, as they suspected, but rather to replenish the demonic power of this inhuman eel.
That's why they specifically chose a relatively weak Ling clan member, a cub about to transform, and with abundant demonic power.
The Scaleless Clan is a sea creature that can change gender. Scaleless are originally female, but after laying eggs, they become male to incubate the young and raise them to adulthood.
This eel that cannot transform into human form is a scaleless juvenile.
It's laughable that Wu Lin, despite having a loving heart for his own child, treats other people's children as pigs to be eaten.
Before the emperor could issue a decree, Ling Wan, upon learning the truth, went berserk, laughing wildly as she tore the demon eel that had devoured her son's flesh and blood for fifty years to pieces.
When the emperor learned of this, he felt sorry for her because she had lost her son and that her momentary loss of composure was understandable. In addition, he was too lazy to argue with her over such a trivial matter, so he gave her a reprimand and let her off the hook.
In truth, even if Ling Wan hadn't been killed, the emperor's decree wouldn't have spared the demon eel's life.
He's not sick. He killed someone's father and then fed and cared for him. You should know that if you don't cut the weeds at the root, they will grow back in the spring.
After that came the subjugation of the other five clans whose chiefs had not witnessed the battle between the Emperor's decree and the Scaleless.
Once the emperor had completely swallowed up the territory of Wulin, the matter of paying homage to the mountain stronghold was put on the agenda.
However, the matter of visiting the neighboring demon king was put on hold for a whole month due to the emperor's lack of cooperation.
The clan leaders were anxious, but dared not urge the emperor to issue the decree, so they could only urge Li Shao every day.
Li Shao had signed a master-servant contract with the emperor, and the emperor could easily destroy him if he was unhappy.
Therefore, Li Shao dared not urge the emperor to issue the edict.
And so it remained frozen in place.
After hearing about what had happened these past few days, Yun Yici sighed deeply. Seeing the anxious looks on the faces of the sea clan leaders, she asked, "Is the demon king next door very powerful?"
Of the clan leaders here, the only one Yun Yici recognized was Shui Lan.
Shui Lan smiled gently, "She governs one of the fourteen cities in the demon realm. How could she not be powerful?"
"It's just that our place is too remote, and the Snake Mother doesn't like it. Otherwise, how could Wulin have the right to take care of us?"
"Well, calling it a visit is really just to let the Snake Mother get acquainted with you."
"You are acquainted with His Majesty the Emperor, I wonder if it is possible to...?"
Mu Yunjian's face turned cold. He shielded Yun Yici behind him and looked at the jellyfish spirit with ill intentions, saying, "No, the matter of the imperial edict has nothing to do with us."
Where is Ling Wanren?
Li Shao said, "They've gone to the clan's territory."
"Come with me, His Majesty will likely be willing to see you."
Li Shao roughly guessed why the five masters and disciples had come, so he quickly made an excuse to leave the clan leaders behind and led them to find the imperial edict.
The emperor has already moved into the palace designed by Rong Xuan. Although it is not luxurious, it is very elegant, combining beauty and practicality, and is no different from palaces in the human world.
There is also a specially planned heated pavilion inside, which is filled with heated stones.
The emperor expressed his great satisfaction with this.
The master and his disciples followed Li Shao inside and saw Emperor Zhao leaning lazily against a chair adorned with dragons and phoenixes, looking as if he had no bones.
Upon seeing the master and his disciples, the emperor raised an eyebrow and asked, "Didn't you go to cultivate? How's your cultivation going?"
Wen Fuyue returned the greeting and said, "It's alright. I brought my disciples here to ask how long it will take for the Ling Clan's secret treasure to repair the teleportation array?"
The Emperor decreed, "Ling Wan went to see it a few days ago. It is said that it will take at least another month. These past few days, she and her elders have been channeling demonic energy into the magic array."
"However, once we go back, the territory I worked so hard to claim will be given to someone else."
"Aren't you really going to consider giving your apprentice a discount?"
Wen Fuyue was surprised that the imperial edict would suddenly reveal this matter, and Mu Yunjian and the others were also astonished.
Wen Fuyue quickly realized what was happening and said, "My second disciple is still young and has only just taken human form."
“I’m worried about leaving him here alone. Once he’s able to support himself, I will never stop him from going wherever he wants.”
Sure enough, no matter how fierce or biting a rabbit may be outside, it is always a well-behaved and adorable little white rabbit in the eyes of its elders.
The emperor looked at Mu Yunjian, thinking that Mu Yunjian would speak up because he was unwilling to accept that his ambitions had not been fulfilled.
Unfortunately, the imperial decree was destined to be disappointed. Compared to the cold and desolate seabed, far from his master and fellow disciples, Mu Yunjian would rather stay by Wen Fuyue's side.
Seeing that his plans had completely failed, the emperor had no choice but to start calculating which of the remaining eight clan leaders could succeed him.
Of course, you can't accept the offer for free; you must make a contract with him.
While the emperor was pondering, Wen Fuyue said, "When we came in just now, several sea clan leaders were surrounding Fellow Daoist Li, discussing the matter of paying respects to the Serpent Mother City Lord."
Upon hearing this, the emperor was immediately agitated.
He said, "That snake demon is said to have cultivated for over a thousand years and has many powerful and strange subordinates. Let's delay for another month, and then we'll go back."
"Let the next demon lord worry about this matter of paying homage to the mountain."
He was truly unwilling to lower himself to pay respects to a snake demon, but taking her place was something he couldn't do for the time being.
The emperor was not afraid of fighting alone, but experience and strength were undeniable.
He's not stupid. He's only cultivated for a hundred years. How could he charge in alone against a city occupied by a thousand-year-old snake demon and a demon cultivator?
Just as he had to keep a low profile and conceal his identity when he traveled in the human realm, he did the same in the demon realm.
It is best to proceed slowly and steadily, and to achieve big results with small steps.
The imperial edict predicted that if planned properly, the neighboring demon city could be brought under control in fifty or a hundred years.
Wen Fuyue hadn't expected the imperial edict to be so straightforward.
However, a month later, another demon lord appeared, and the reason why he hadn't visited the Snake Mother for so long was barely plausible.
The master and his disciples did not come here empty-handed.
At least they now know that they can return to the human world in another month.
After bidding farewell to the imperial edict and leaving the palace, Mu Yunjian belatedly realized, "What did the imperial edict mean by 'when we go back'?"
"Isn't he going back to his old home in the Demon Realm?"
Wen Fuyue said with a headache, "Originally, I was just thanking him for agreeing to give him two treasures, and I politely said that if he didn't like any of them, I could go back to the sect and get them for him."
"He seemed to think that I was going to take him back to the sect to make selections, so he intended to return to the Nanhua Sect with us."
Twilight Clouds: !!!