The Emperor Reigns Them All - Chapter 499
Chapter 499 The Final Battle
Then White Wolf pondered for a moment and said, “But we had better not bring the beasts together with his. Once they encounter cultivators from the Immortal court, I will lose control of them. I am afraid that they might snap at us in the end… We can bring the wolf pack, though.”
Li Ye contemplated on it and found it reasonable. Though White Wolf could control the beasts, the Immortals were better than him. “Well, it is unnecessary to bring the wolves then.”
There were only about 5 hundred wolves and only a few of them were very helpful on the battlefield. Many of them died when the beasts were attacking them. Li Ye believed they would not be of much help.
Seeing Li Ye busy deploying his forces, Zhao Batian waved his hands and a demon cultivator of Taiyi Real Immortal Realm approached.
“How far is the beasts’ den from here?” Zhao Batian asked.
“We can be there within four days if we are fast enough.” This Taiyi Real Immortal was called Zhao Dengke, the general of the Zhao Family in Zhenjiang City. He had the face of a horse, but actually he was a buffalo demon.
Zhao Batian nodded. Zhao Dengke had told him about it before. The den was on a mountain, which could be regarded as the main peak of Blackstone Ridge. It was guarded by cultivators of Taiyi Real Immortal Realm.
Li Ye did not ask any more since they might not be able to answer his questions. At least You Daxiao and the panther demon could help him in the dark. Besides, with the help of the Shield of heaven, he could at least run from danger, especially when there were so many cultivators.
Under Zhao Dengke’s lead, the cultivators went straight to the Blackstone ridge without talking too much.
Although Zhao Batian was a petulant man, he was not stupid. He sent several cultivators of Immortal Realm to act as scouts, while other Great Cultivators were asked to march through the woods. Li Ye was impressed by Zhao Batian’s decision.
“Four day’s march? That will be boring!” The sparrow sighed on Li Ye’s shoulder. He looked upset and its head was down.
Li Ye took out Zhao Batian’s storage bags, retrieved some Dan Pills and gave them to the sparrow.
The sparrow’s eyes brightened when he saw the pills. He flapped his wings to collect the pills. One second later he began eating the pills, its head moving up and down like a sewing machine.
Li Ye asked a question that had long been in his heart, “You take these pills to strengthen your cultivation?”
It was extremely interested in Dan Pills. The first time Li Ye met him, he had been captured by the tiger demon in Star Pavilion because he was found eating pills without the tiger demon’s permission. Although Li Ye often “abused” this creature, he only did it when the sparrow made a mistake. Actually, Li Ye had been nice to him.
Li Yan allowed this creature to stand on his shoulder, which was a firm proof that he bore no ill intent toward the sparrow. And Li Ye had been giving the sparrow pills. He even doubted that the sparrow might fly away to look for more pills one day, given the fact that the sparrow was so obsessed with Dan Pills.
The sparrow did not answer instantly. After he finished all the pills, he eased himself back onto Li Ye’s shoulder and said with satisfaction, “Of course. It is much faster, like I am on a rocket… a flying sword. It took me to another level in the blink of an eye.”
“On a rocket?” Li Ye frowned, he heard the words clearly.
“Rocket? What is that?” The sparrow looked away, pretending that he did not know the word.
“You don’t know what the word you just said was?”
“I said flying sword! Flying sword! Your Highness, you must have misheard!” The sparrow sounded very serious as if he really did not say that word.
Li Ye pondered for a moment and decided to stop asking. He was not so sure if the sparrow had said the word “rocket”.
Because of the poem “You woke up, my little fish”, he highly doubted that the Duchess was also a transmigrant. But if the sparrow was also one, would there be more transmigrants?
Transmigrate to be a sparrow? Li Ye found it rather ridiculous.
If the creature was also a transmigrant, it meant that it could not even talk before it underwent a long cultivation. And he had to protect himself from other demons. Li Ye could not imagine the hardship.
“By the way, I remembered that I asked you why you still have not taken on your human form. You said that you will not do that before that thing is done. What is that thing?” Li Ye kept chatting with the creature. It would be boring if they did not do anything during the march.
The Duchess, proprietress and all the other cultivators looked at them, seemingly ready to listen to the answer. They were so bored that they did not mind listening to some gossip.
The sparrow sighed. There was retrospect in his eyes and somehow it made the cultivators feel sad. “Once upon a time, I was in a true relationship, but I never treated it seriously. No matter what she had done, I never cared until I lost it. It was not that I did not care about it. It was a lie I told myself. But it was too late then…”
Li Ye laughed, “A female sparrow?”
“That sounds like discrimination?” The sparrow complained.
“Never.” Li Ye held back his laughter and said, “So what is that thing?”
“I swore to kill all of those who murdered her! Before that, I will never take on my human form!” The sparrow said with resentment.
“Who killed her?”
“A very powerful man. I can’t defeat him now. But I will find him when I am powerful enough to beat him!”
Li Ye nodded his head to show his support. Then he took out several bottles of Dan Pills and threw them to the sparrow. The sparrow took them. His eyes reddened. “I will follow you to the immortal world after this!”
“I appreciate that.” Li Ye smiled.
When Li Ye was speaking with the sparrow, Qi Potian and the cultivators from Liuxi Town sneaked into Zhao Batian’s group. He had helped some cultivators who were not very good at taking a long trip, which earned him a good reputation.Read More chapter at Novel Time Z
Every time he received praises, he would say proudly while patting his chest, “I, a butcher from Blackstone Ridge, and an Elder of Killing hands, must tell you that helping each other is a good quality of our Big Master and a behavior standard we all should follow. It is only natural for me to give you a helping hand.”
He sounded modest, but his face was full of complacency.
As he expected, the cultivators he helped paid him compliments.
Qi Potian felt the joy of being respected. Then he began telling them the story about how Li Ye stopped the beasts pack to save the cultivators of Liuxi Town. He was badly injured because of it.
Soon, exclamations of praises and applause resounded from the crowd.
“Really? Childe Li is such a selfless person?” A rogue cultivator asked in disbelief.
“Of course!” All the cultivators from Liuxi Town, from the level of Qi-refining Stage to Sky Immortal Realm, tried to prove it when they heard the doubt in his voice.
Now there were over a thousand cultivators who witnessed Li Ye’s heroic deed, so the cultivators under Zhao Batian’s command had to believe it.
Within three days, all of the cultivators were talking about Li Ye’s supreme morality and his reputation among these cultivators became better and better.
When they compared Zhao Batian with Li Ye, they found that the cultivators of Liuxi Town seemed to be living in heaven, while they were living in hell. It seemed that Li Ye had become a very respectable person in their hearts.
It was something not hard to notice. Zhao Dengke approached Zhao Batian and said with a gloomy face, “Li Congyan does not seem to harbor any good intention by promoting Li Ye’s heroic deeds! I worry that if he keeps doing it, all the cultivators will choose to follow Li Congjing.”
What surprised Zhao Dengke was that Zhao Batian did not seem to care about this. He said absently, “Li Congjing is only a cultivator of Ground Immortal Realm and he has no powerful background. Will they follow a man like him? Besides, when we reach the Blackstone mountain, I will extinguish the beast tide to show them my might. By then they will know who is strong enough to protect them!”Read More chapter at Novel Time Z
Zhao Batian continued with imposing confidence, “No trick will work in front of absolute power. Time will prove that I am the one who is worthy of their loyalty!”
He felt it was inappropriate to say anything more after Zhao Batian said it.
When they decided to end this conversation, they suddenly focused on something else. The jade pendants hanging at their waists were shimmering–It was a voice-sending magic tool.
A moment later, Zhao Batian looked normal again. He asked in confusion while rubbing his jaw, “How come father knows about Li Congjing and asked us to kill him?”
Zhao Deng said instantly, “It is the City Lord’s order. My lord…”
Zhao Batian waved his hands, suggesting Zhao Dengke to shut his mouth.
Zhao Bofu’s order was simple. He did not give any reason because it was hard for him to say it. He could never say that it was the Macaque King’s order.
Zhao Batian said, “The beast tide is still raging in this land. If we kill him now, there would be chaos among the cultivators since he is respected by them all. It will not be good for the situation. You can kill him after we are done with the beast tide.”
Zhao Dengke agreed.
Four days’ journey was neither too short nor too long for them. In the dawn of another day, Li Ye and the other cultivators finally reached the woods around Blackstone Mountain.
As the leader of a thousand cultivators, Li Ye was summoned by Zhao Batian to discuss the plan. When Zhao Batian saw Li Ye, the curiosity in his eyes was obvious. He still could not figure out why Sun Bofu gave the order to kill a cultivator of Ground Immortal Realm.
When Li Ye approached, Zhao Batian set aside his curiosity and cleared his throat, “According to the distribution range of the beasts, we have delimited a core area. According to our investigation, the target is on Blackstone Mountain. Our scout has been watching the area and found that there are many powerful demons living there. So we all believe that Blackstone Mountain is where the demons and beasts are gathered.
After he heard this, Li Ye cast a glance at Zhao Batian.
It seemed that Zhao Batian still did not know that these demons were actually the Immortals from the Immortal Court. But it was reasonable since the Immortals could use magical techniques to make others think they were demons.
Even Li Ye could not tell the difference when he first entered that campsite. If it were not for the fact that White Wolf had sneaked into their camp and fought with Xu Beiwang, who then beat White Wolf with a Demon-subduing Invocation, Li Ye would never have known the truth.
But Li Ye decided not to tell it to this man.
They were not allies who shared a solid friendship. Besides, there had been a conflict between them before.
Although Zhao Batian seemed to be eager to have Li Ye under his command, Li Ye knew what he should do. This man was the son of Sun Bofu, who was the trusted subordinate of Macaque King, which meant that there would be a fight between them someday.
Facing a situation like this, it was reasonable for Li Ye to consider maximizing his interest.
Li Ye had never thought about extinguishing the present beast tides. His goal was to coax the cultivators into following him. Killing the beasts was only a way to achieve that goal.
Hence, he demanded the cultivators of Liuxi Town stay silent about it in case Zhao Batian would flinch or Zhao Bofu would turn up. If they knew about his plan, not only would he get nothing from this, but his life would also be in danger.
“Brother Li, you should lead your men to the left side of the mountain and attack from there.” Zhao Batian pointed at one place, “You have an hour to prepare. We will strike at dawn!”
Li Ye agreed on it. The location he was assigned to attack was not bad. It was suitable for an attack. The only question was that he would be surrounded by two groups under the command of two Taiyi Real Immortals.
Li Ye did not believe that Zhao Batian was not on to something.
But he did not really care.
Two hours later, Blackstone Mountain was surrounded by cultivators from the demon clan.
Floating in midair, Zhao Batian pointed at the peak with his spear. He bellowed with mounting momentum, “I, Zhao Batian of Zhenjiang City, command you to strike now!”
His eyes were filled with enthusiasm as if he saw the scene where he triumphed amid the people’s rejoicing.
Then groups of Great Cultivators flew up and packs of Qi-refining cultivators dashed out from the woods in the direction of Blackstone Mountain.
