Chapter 142: The Last Chance
The atmosphere in Zixiao Palace was very serious. The immortal officials in two classes bowed their heads and lowered their eyebrows, stared at their toes and did not dare to breathe. Even their breath was restrained. They were afraid that any hair would tremble, which would cause the Immortal Emperor to be furious and suffer unintentional disasters.
A small group of people with high status stared at Yang Jian standing alone in the center of the temple, such as the King of Tota. The evil intentions in their eyes seemed to have a grudge against each other to kill their father, and the spitting expression contained in their eyes seemed to be full of evil and did things that were so difficult to write about, and the heavens were angry and people were resentful.
Faced with the depressed atmosphere in the hall and the hatred eyes of everyone, Yang Jian looked as usual. He did not have the bitterness of shame and anger, nor did he pretend to be calm and arrogant, and he faced the upcoming storm calmly.
Behind the pearl curtain on the ninth-level jade stairs, red clouds surging around the Immortal Emperor's body, like a ball of violently burning flames. A powerful force that made people unable to resist the trembling force, pressing against everyone's shoulders like mountains. All the immortal officials with slightly lower cultivation were pale and needed to grit their teeth to prevent them from kneeling down on the spot.
After a while of silence that made people feel uncomfortable, the ruthless voice of the Immortal Emperor rumbling, "My Immortal Court has put all my heart into the demon clan, and countless immortals have sneaked into the demon clan one after another. The results of thousands of years of hard work have been destroyed overnight!"
"Our Taoist Immortal Court has suppressed the demon clan for ten thousand years! They have always had only seven Daluo Golden Immortals, less than one million cultivators! And from now on, this suppression will no longer exist! The demon clan can return to the track of normal development and growth. Not only that, even the seals of the Zhoutian Star Dou Da Array Banner and the Chaos Bell have been lifted this time!"
"What does this mean to the demon clan and to the Immortal Court? Do I still need to tell you?! Yang Jian, as the head of the demon clan, you have caused the Taoist Immortal Court to perish in the evil clan's plan in an instant, causing another strong enemy to be out of thin air. Is it that there is no guilty thought?!"
Yang Jian clasped his fists: "I know the crime."
There are only these simple three words.
Compared to the long-term anger of the Immortal Emperor, his three words are simply unacceptable.
The Immortal Emperor Rudian stared at Yang Jian, "The sin is so serious, do you know what will happen?"
Yang Jian said: "I know."
The Immortal Emperor sneered, "So, are you ready to be punished?"
Yang Jian said, "I am willing to receive the punishment."
From beginning to end, he did not make a statement, but just accepted the consequences of failure calmly.
In fact, he did not have no excuse for himself. The failure of the Immortal Court in the Demon Clan has little to do with him, nor is it because he has the ability to turn the tide. He can say that the defeat in this battle is not the crime of war.
After all, because Li Ye rushed to the demon clan, the immortals' full-scale war against the demon clan was forced to go ahead in advance, and the ferocious beasts had not grown to the point where they could steadily defeat the demon clan - they could only have a complete disaster.
Perhaps in a few thousand years, this accumulation will come. But it really doesn't work now.
When the pace of ferocious beasts and immortals was hindered by Zhenjiangcheng for more than 20 days, they even lost their qualifications to contact Qisheng Mountain.
As for the Zhoutian Star Dou Array Flag Banner and Chaos Bell Seal, Yang Jian was even more unable to do anything. What does it have to do with the means set by the Immortal Emperor himself? Moreover, the seal lasted for ten thousand years, its spiritual energy was too weak, and its power was greatly reduced. The Immortal Emperor himself could not strengthen it either?
Of course, if you insist on Yang Jian’s guilt, that is, as the immortal with the strongest combat power of the demon clan, he failed to turn the tide when the plan was alive. For example, killing several demon kings and capturing him out and killing him before Li Ye lifted the seal.
However, with monkeys in the demon clan, Yang Jian was destined to be unable to do this.
Yang Jian did not intend to explain these things.
There is no need to explain.
The Immortal Emperor is not a fool, so he certainly understands this. But now the Immortal Court's actions in the Demon Clan have failed, and the Immortal Emperor needs one person to be responsible. With Yang Jian taking the blame, the defeat of the Demon Clan is Yang Jian's responsibility, not his Immortal Emperor.
The Immortal Emperor snorted coldly and said in a majestic and supreme voice: "Yang Jian's war is unfavorable, which has caused the destruction of the demon clan's plan. Countless immortals have fallen because of it, and their crimes are unforgivable. The imperial order deprives Yang Jian of all his positions in immortal officials. From today on, the Abyss of Heavenly Exercise will be closed and will not be allowed to leave without orders!"
When all the immortal officials heard the four words "Abyss of Heaven and Punishment", their faces changed drastically. Even the King of Tota and others had a look of fear clearly flashed through their eyes.
The Abyss of Tianxing is the most terrifying place in the entire Taoist Immortal Court. There are more than 1,800 extremely cruel punishments that are constantly changing day and night. The immortals in it have no "cumbersome" at all, and they are just to endure the constant torture of punishment.
Even the immortals in the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm have very little chance of coming out alive when they reach the Abyss of Heavenly Strike.
Compared with this, the so-called eighteen levels of hell is not worth mentioning at all.
Yang Jian clasped his fists and bowed down to salute, his eyebrows and eyes calmly, and his tone was as usual: "I thank the Holy One."
Then he retreated, went to the palace gate, turned around and walked out. Seeing his calm and peaceful appearance, it seemed that he was not rushing to the execution ground, but going home to sleep.
As soon as Yang Jian left, the depressed atmosphere in the hall suddenly improved a lot. The pressure of the Immortal Emperor was not so heavy, and many immortals were relieved. Since someone had already taken the blame for the Demon Clan, the possibility of their anger was reduced a lot, which was a good thing for everyone.
As long as their own interests are not damaged, the immortal officials will naturally not worry about what kind of torture Yang Jian will suffer.
Some of the vivacious officials, based on the strength of the Immortal Emperor's punishment of Yang Jian, thought about the meaning of the Immortal Emperor, and began to speak out one after another. From the perspective of righteousness, they condemned Yang Jian indignantly and demanded that he be given more severe punishment, such as confiscating his property.
This proposal was immediately echoed by many people.
The immortal's property is naturally a magic weapon and pill. With Yang Jian's status, his property is of course very rich. If he could earn an errand to confiscate Yang Jian's property, he might even take the opportunity to make a fortune.
But the Immortal Emperor didn't say anything anymore.
As the immortal officials spoke more and more intensely, he snorted coldly, stood up straight into the Buddha's sleeves and left them directly in the hall, leaving these people without even discussing the aftermath of the demon clan.
Now the immortals began to be confused again and did not understand the meaning of the Immortal Emperor for a while.
The King of Tota glanced at the immortal officials who were rushing to speak with disdain in their eyes, and walked out of the hall first. Li Changgeng's eyes changed for a while, and he quickly left, catching up with the King of Tota outside.
"Looking at the expression of the Heavenly King just now, it seems that he is feeling angry for the True Lord?" Li Changgeng and the Heavenly King Tota asked with a smile.
The King of Tota said coldly: "What's there to be resentment? If you don't do your job well, you will naturally be punished. I just can't stand the behavior of those villains. I think that the True Lord was punished to go to the Abyss of Heavenly Strike, but I completely lost my heart. They could take the opportunity to go up and step on a few steps? A group of idiots don't think about the identity of the True Lord!"
Li Changgeng nodded: "These villains are doing the walls and everyone pushing them. They thought they had figured out the intention of the Immortal Emperor. This time they were flattering and slapped the horse's butt. Some of them, such as the vigilance of the wisdom and coveting the family property of the True Lord, wanting to take the opportunity to make profits... Now the Immortal Emperor is furious, and they will feel better in the future!"
After all, Yang Jian is the nephew of the Immortal Emperor and is also highly valued on weekdays. This can be seen from the fact that the Immortal Emperor sent him to the demon clan to take charge.
The immortal officials were busy stepping on Yang Jian, and their words were very fierce, and they demoted the other party to no value. Where did the Immortal Emperor's face be put? Yang Jian is his own family, and his face is lost even if he didn't do anything. Moreover, the other party was chosen by the Immortal Emperor to go to the demon clan, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this time the Immortal Emperor punished him just to take the blame.
The immortal officials belittle Yang Jian too much. In the eyes of the immortal emperor, there is a suspicion of criticizing the mulberry and scolding the gods, and of course they will not be happy.
In a word, for the Immortal Emperor, he can do whatever he wants to scold his own family, but outsiders cannot interrupt. Outsiders fan the flames, which is to allude to the Immortal Emperor.
The King of Tota responded with a urn, without saying much. He was the backbone of the army. Now the battle in the fairyland is enough to make him feel overwhelmed. He really didn't bother to pay attention to these dark thoughts.
After a while, he said: "The demon clan defeated the Beast Tide War. Although the loss was quite large, it was still there, especially the Zhoutian Star Dou Array and Chaos Bell, and the overall combat power has been improved by more than one level. Now that Li Ye has their help, is there any control in the mortal world?"
The mortal world is an important foundation for the existence of the Immortal Court. Once the Taoist sect completely loses the incense offerings of the mortal world, the entire Immortal Court will quickly decline. Not to mention anything else, all immortal tribes will soon attack the Zixiao Treasure Hall.
This is a fundamental problem. No immortal official can stay out of the matter, especially the existence of a very high status like the King of Tota, so he has to worry even more.
Li Changgeng sighed: "No one would have thought that the situation would suddenly become so critical. Li Ye emerged from nowhere and rose too quickly, and the Immortal Emperor was caught off guard. What he didn't expect was that he could really remove the seal of the Zhoutian Star Dou Array and the Chaos Bell this time, so that the cultivators of the entire demon clan allied with him. The situation in the mortal world... is indeed very difficult."
Both of them are sensible, so there is no need to say anything high-sounding. Now, Li Changgeng feels very difficult.
Tota said: "The Immortal Emperor didn't tell you anything? Even if Li Ye has already become a powerful force, the Immortal Emperor will never be able to do anything to him."
Li Changgeng smiled bitterly: "You have seen the situation in the hall just now. The Immortal Emperor was furious and had just dealt with Erlang Zhenjun and left without saying anything."
At this moment, an eunuch in the Immortal Palace came over from the side of the hall and saluted Li Changgeng and said, "Mr. Li, Your Majesty is summoned."
Tota looked at Li Changgeng with such a look. He didn't ask much, but then left first. Li Changgeng tidied up his clothes and went to see the Immortal Emperor with the eunuch. He couldn't help but think about the Immortal Emperor's plan along the way.
This time I saw the Immortal Emperor in Chiyuan, and the other party was still feeding the fish. He looked at it with satisfaction and his aura was no different from usual. He didn't look like he was furious and left the scene just now.
Li Changgeng was a little surprised. As the confidant of the Immortal Emperor, he could still feel whether the other party was really angry. The Immortal Emperor seemed not very angry at the moment.
Countless immortals in the demon clan died in battle, and four of the Daluo Jinxian lost. Not only did they lose the evil clan's plan, but Li Ye's power was also a powerful leader and he became an anti-army leader who could fight against the fairy court. In the eyes of the fairy court, the demon clan was a rebel rebel, and the loss was extremely heavy.
If Li Ye was just an ordinary person before, even if he achieved the Immortal Realm, his strength was very limited. In the eyes of the Immortal Court, he could at most be considered a small thief in the mountains and fields. Even if the local army (the mortal army) could not pacify him, the Central Imperial Army (the Taoist soldiers) would definitely be able to destroy the other party in the past, and he would not be able to make many waves.
But now, after Li Ye obtained the wings of the demon clan, he transformed from a leader of the mountain bandit and became the leader of the rebel army, and his nature was very different.
The thieves in the mountains and fields could not subvert the rule of the court, but the rebels had a chance.
The situation is like this, and the Immortal Emperor hasn't really gotten angry yet?
Li Changgeng didn't know whether to be grateful or afraid.
After Li Changgeng saw the ceremony, the Immortal Emperor pointed at the cushion in Tingshui Xiaoxie, and said without saying: "Sit down and wait until I finish feeding the fish."
Li Changgeng didn't dare to say much, and sat down seriously on Xiao Xie's cushion.
After a while, the Immortal Emperor finally finished his meal. He came to Xiao Xiezhong and Li Changgeng and sat opposite him and ordered the fairy to come over to make tea. Seeing Li Changgeng's solemn expression, the Immortal Emperor smiled relaxedly: "Your dear, don't be so tense. You can enjoy the leisure time in the Immortal Court. It's better to cherish it and take the opportunity to relax more."
When Li Changgeng heard the Immortal Emperor's words, he was extremely surprised: "Your Majesty wants to send his ministers to the world?"
"This is not." The Immortal Emperor was far away. "Your dear, you have to go to the western border and preside over the war there. Recently, the Ming Cult's Immortal Soldiers and the Moon God Army have been fierce in offensives, and we have suffered a lot of losses."
Li Changgeng was silent. The Ming Cult's immortal soldiers were the Uighur gods, and the moon god was the god of Tubo. It seemed that the situation in Hexi was indeed very critical.
"I accept the order!" Li Changgeng naturally could not refuse. He thought for a while and said, "That thing is in the mortal world?"
The Immortal Emperor glanced at him and said meaningfully: "In the mortal world? Li Ye is about to die. Once Li Ye dies, no one can coordinate with the demon clan. A group of monsters cannot accomplish a big deal."
Li Changgeng was surprised: "But Li Ye has the secret of heaven to protect his body, how can he kill him?"
"Ordinary people cannot kill, but people who also get the secret of heaven can kill them."
Li Changgeng suddenly thought of something and said in surprise: "Did Zhu Wen come out of the secret realm of Heavenly Dao?"
"He Jingcheng reported that Zhu Wen has already obtained the secret of heaven."
Li Changgeng stood up and left his seat, bowed excitedly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty! As long as Zhu Wen has the ability to kill Li Ye, He Jingcheng and the others will be able to create conditions for him to succeed! Now Li Ye is on his way back, and the demon kings have not yet made it. There is no Daluo Golden Immortal by his side. This is our best opportunity!
He finally understood why the Immortal Emperor was not angry just now.
The Immortal Emperor is confident and can reverse the overall situation in the mortal world.
Although He Jingcheng's combat power is not necessarily stronger than Li Ye, since the Immortal Emperor sent He Jingcheng to do this, he would definitely be fully prepared, such as giving him powerful tools.
Chapter completed!