novelhk Chapter 166 Urgent Urgency
Chapter 166 Urgent Urgency
The sea above them was a sea of fire, and the flames burning in the sea resembled the fiery clouds in the evening sky.
However, the fire from the imperial edict was so intense that even staring at it could cause blindness.
Mu Yunjian wanted to go up, but Wen Fuyue stopped him: "The Emperor will be fine. The fire is too big. If you go, he will be more constrained."
The Emperor's Decree is a phoenix that has received the essence of heaven and earth, the favor of the heavens, and has been tempered in the demon realm for a hundred years.
If we were to be defeated by a mere demon lord, it would be a laughing stock.
Having just witnessed bloodshed, Mu Yunjian, not yet satisfied, turned his gaze to Xiangzhan and the two demons, Shuilan.
Unexpectedly, in the next moment, a red-clad youth, seemingly a celestial being, burst out of the sea of fire above everyone's heads, his appearance completely unrecognizable.
The emperor's face was both extremely cold and extremely beautiful at this moment.
He tossed the demon core in his hand to Li Shao like trash and sternly ordered, "Clean up all his men! I need to take a bath now!!"
Li Shao, who had just received the demon core, was completely unaware of what had happened above. Seeing that the imperial edict was entirely different from usual, he hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, we are currently at sea..."
In other words, in a sense, the imperial edict has already been whitewashed.
Even though Li Shao was clever enough to handle many of the emperor's unreasonable demands, for a moment his mind was also in a daze, filled with thoughts of how to get the emperor to take a hot bath in the sea.
Wen Fuyue said, "Fellow Daoist Dizhao, what exactly happened to you? We humans have a technique called the Purification of Dust, perhaps it can help?"
Before the emperor could reply, Li Shao said, "It's no use. Your Majesty must bathe and change clothes in the warm pool."
The phoenix is an auspicious beast that loves cleanliness. One reason why the emperor despised demonic cultivators was because they came from impure backgrounds.
The three demon clan leaders, Ling Wan, Xiang Zhan, and Shui Lan, stood to the side, completely dumbfounded.
When Xiang Zhan and Shui Lan saw Di Zhao emerge from the fire, they concluded that this might be the great demon who would replace Wu Lin and take over their lives.
They were just about to surrender when this guy... he seemed a little dim-witted.
That's what they thought, but facing their king who had just killed Wu Lin and held the power of life and death, Xiang Zhan and Shui Lan dared not show any contempt.
Shui Lan was the first to flatter, saying, "As for a warm pool, my clan's territory does have a pool of condensed, exotic water. If Your Excellency were to add..."
Shui Lan originally wanted to suggest that the Emperor should heat it up himself, but then she suddenly remembered the strange fire above their heads.
She began to suspect that if the imperial edict were heated, her entire clan might turn into seafood, so she quickly stopped eating.
Ling Wan then said, "My clan has warm stones that can heat the water."
Xiang Zhan said, "I will lead men to besiege the cave of Wulin to rescue Lingwan's son."
In an instant, the three clan leaders went back to fetch the exotic water, sent people to find the warm stones, and went to rescue people; their actions were even faster than when they arrived.
Once the matter was settled, the emperor secretly went ahead to find a secluded and deserted place.
Yun Yici was dumbfounded. She never expected that this battle would begin with Xun Nuanshi eating at a banquet and end with Xun Nuanshi giving Emperor Zhao a bath.
Li Shao was unsurprised. He opened his hand, revealing a golden demon core in his palm, about the size of a child's fist.
The sight of the snow-white and black silk ribbons is enough to make your mouth water.
Wen Fuyue asked, "Is this a scaleless demon core?"
Li Shao said, "Yes, we will decide what to do after consulting His Excellency."
He looked at Xue Lian and Hei Lian, who were drooling with envy, and said, "His Majesty has always been generous to his subordinates. He will give them anything he doesn't need. Don't worry."
Of all the people the Emperor has brought with him, he values Li Shao the most, but Li Shao is a human cultivator and cannot use a demon core.
Ling Wan had previously tried to manipulate the emperor's decree, which disgusted him, so Li Shao believed that the demon core was very likely to be given to Xue Lian and the others.
Ling Wan selected a few of the less seriously injured clansmen to search for warm stones, and ordered the other clansmen to clean up the battlefield. She then led Wen Fuyue and her group to settle in other places.
During the fight, there was no time to think about anything else. Most of the Ling clan's dwellings were destroyed, so Ling Wan had no choice but to settle everyone in a relatively spacious clan dwelling.
Ling Wan said, "You all stand with our clan through thick and thin. Our Ling clan will never forget your kindness today."
"Please rest here for now. Once I have finished dealing with my external affairs, I will definitely treat you all well."
The Ling Clan suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and countless sea monster corpses also perished in the sea. These are urgent problems that need to be addressed immediately.
Wen Fuyue and Li Shao, among others, naturally let Ling Wan take care of the tasks.
After Ling Wan left, Wen Fuyue said worriedly, "I wonder what kind of injury Fellow Daoist Di Zhao suffered, that he was in such a hurry to take a bath. Could it be that he suffered some kind of corrosive injury?"
Yun Yici thought it didn't seem so. She said, "When I saw Senior Di Zhao come out, he was completely unharmed, just like before."
Li Shao said, "No need to worry, Senior Di Zhao has indeed not bathed for a long time since he came out of the Demon Realm."
The emperor decreed that the demon lords and demon kings plunder resources from other demon lords and demon kings in the demon realm, and then ordered the weapon cultivators among the cultivators to build him a luxurious palace for him to live in.
Inside the palace was a warm pavilion where fresh spring water was changed daily and heated for his bathing.
The emperor had been holding back for a long time, but today he finally lost his temper after being vomited on by that sticky net.
He's dirty!
The emperor's decree was washed away for three days without anyone being seen. Yun Yici even suspected that the emperor was going to wash away his skin.
The group had enjoyed good food and lodging for the past three days, and Ling Wan's current attitude was almost one of flattery.
Even the food delivered was hot, but the seafood dishes didn't have many seasonings; apart from the saltiness of the seafood itself, they had almost no flavor.
Fortunately, the group didn't need food to survive, so they just tried it out and then told Ling Wan not to send any more food to avoid waste.
During this time, Yun Yici and Ning Tinglan, along with their fellow disciples, went out for a stroll around the Ling Clan.
Ling Wan acted swiftly, clearing away all the sea monster corpses that had been floating there that day, and the entire Ling clan had begun its reconstruction.
Most notably, Ling Wan's original residence has been transformed into the shape of a bird's nest.
After observing for a long time, Yun Yici finally realized that the bird's nest was made up of stacked seashell edges, and the cave was a large pearl in the center.
The demon cultivators' mindset is similar to how their aquatic tribes like to sleep on seashell-shaped beds. Since the Emperor's original form was a bird, he would probably also like bird nests.
Seeing this, Mu Yunjian said dismissively, "Such a sycophant, he really treats the imperial edict like a bird. If he sees it, he'll definitely make sure the mausoleum is rebuilt."
Mu Yunjian and the Emperor are at odds, but the one who understands you best will always be your rival.
After bathing for three days, the emperor was in high spirits. Upon returning to the territory of the Ling tribe, he saw the completed bird's nest and smiled, saying, "Tear it down and build a palace like the one for humans."
"If you don't understand, ask Li Shao."
In his mind, he would be in charge of the Mausoleum Clan for many more years, and he would not allow such a thing to be in his way.