Chapter 854: Golem (2/2)
After hearing this, the golem staggered backward. His shocked expression made it seem as if he was looking at a ghost.
“Master.” Mei Aonan was startled to see her master’s appearance. Keep in mind that her master wouldn’t even care when facing a G.o.dking.
Li Qiye told the golem: “Let’s have a little conversation.”
The golem stared at Li Qiye in astonishment for a while before telling Mei Aonan: “Child, leave us for a bit. I have some personal matters to attend to.”
Mei Aonan looked at Li Qiye for a bit before taking her leave.
“Is, is it really you?” The golem was still astounded and hesitated for a while before asking.
“Who else do you think knows about how you tried to trick Immortal Emperor Tun Ri in his youth? Who else knows that if it wasn’t for Immortal Emperor Tun Ri pleading for you, I would have thrown you back into the swamp? Who else could have this item besides me after destroying the Divine Beast Realm?” Li Qiye smiled and took out the bronze rod.
The golem saw the bronze rod in Li Qiye’s hand and took several steps back again. His expression quickly changed as he murmured: “I knew it, I knew it. I should have understood the moment the Bi’an Beastworld came out this time! I had always been holding onto this optimistic mentality!”
The golem muttered to himself for a moment before sitting down. He couldn’t help but scratch his head. Despite not having any hair, he still performed the motion of ripping them out in agony: “You, you, no, Your Excellency Dark Crow, you, you actually came into being in this generation. How am I going to live? I tried so hard and finally groomed a successor that could become an Immortal Emperor!”
“You should be grateful to me for remembering past sentiments. If not, I would be too lazy to even talk to you; I would have just directly taken you back to the swamp.” Li Qiye stated.
The golem helplessly said: “Your Excellency, you can’t treat me like that. I, I have reached an understanding with Bi’an. Right now, I am no longer a sinner.”
Li Qiye glanced at him and asked: “Are you trying to train an Immortal Emperor, or are you trying to find a master for the Bi’an Beastworld?”
The golem quickly answered: “Your Excellency, I know that you are unmatched. With you here, my disciple has no hopes of becoming an Immortal Emperor, but you shouldn’t try to win the Bi’an Beastworld from her too!”
“Do you really think that she can do it?” Li Qiye smiled and shook his head.
The golem replied: “Your Excellency, there should be no problems. My disciple has the purest and most primal bloodline of the golem race — of Immortal Emperor Yu Long. She can definitely succeed. Your Excellency should know the origin of the emperor. I trust that she can definitely inherit the beastworld.”
“Ohh stone, this is called exhausting all options in the face of despair!” Li Qiye shook his head: “If it was so easy, then the Divine Beast Realm would have controlled and woken up the beastworld long ago; it wouldn’t be your turn to try right now. Even if your disciple could reach atavism, she still wouldn’t be able to succeed! This has nothing to do with the golem race and more to do with the fundamental qualities of your beastworld!”
“Not, not necessarily.” The golem hesitated for a bit before replying: “My disciple can definitely return to the origin, and with that, she can absolutely reawaken it again.”
“How do you think she compares to Immortal Emperor Bi s.h.i.+?” Li Qiye dismissively said: “You should know the origin of this emperor very well. Let alone the golem race, even he still couldn’t do it! You have been tricked by the Divine Beast Realm in the past, yet you are still choosing to believe this nonsense?”
“This…” The golem laughed awkwardly after this scandal was brought up again: “That year, because I obtained the approval of Immortal Emperor Bi s.h.i.+, I tried a different method. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have worked with the beast realm. This was my mistake, and I have been expelled from the beastworld as punishment. However, everything I did was for the sake of the beastworld.”
“In times of a medical emergency, one would attempt to look everywhere for a doctor.” Li Qiye shook his head: “Did being imprisoned in the swamp not wake you up? If you took one wrong step back then, what do you think the consequences would have been? How many people followed you in the past, and what has become of them?”
The golem was dejected after the past was brought up. He softly sighed in response: “I know, I shouldn’t have listened to the beast realm’s persuasion, but at that time, I still wanted to try!”
“I have decided to take the beastworld.” Li Qiye insipidly said: “I came this time to talk about this matter.”
“Your Excellency, you are…?” The golem was unwilling and stated: “Even you would not be able to wake the beastworld. I’m afraid you won’t be able to treat it as your own possession. Plus, my disciple can try as well. I was a sinner in the past, but you saved me from the swamp. I went back to Bi’an City later on and willingly accepted my punishment. After that, I was able to convince the city that if I found a suitable candidate, they would let me try!”