Chapter 305 - You Had to Fight for Your Rights (2/2)
When Li Ye finished speaking, he cast his eyes at the Holy Child. His meaning was obvious. If the Holy Child had any problem, he had to mention it quickly. If there was no problem, he should go to the military camp with those demons as soon as possible.
The Holy Child clenched his Long-flames Sharp Spear, and it seemed that his red battle-armor was going to burn. “I am the Holy-child King and the greatest offspring of the demon clan. I am also a master in the Immortal Realm. So what makes you think that I will listen to you? Even worse, you even want to reorganize my troops. Why don’t you just let me lead your horse and hold the stirrups for you?!”
Li Ye lifted his brows. “Lead my horse and hold the stirrups for me? Are you interested in doing that job?”
The Holy Child fixed his eyes on Li Ye, and the murderous light flashed sharply in his eyes.
But steadfastly, Li Ye stood there with his indifferent look.
For the moment, the scene quieted down.
The demons held their breath because they knew that the moment that could decide their fate arrived. The mortal in front of them had been repeatedly humiliated their grumpy Holy-child King. Finally, he could not bear the humiliation and was going to burst into anger.
You Daxiao and the nine-tail Demon Fox stood gazing at each other. Their blood became ice-cold. Now that both of them were ready to go out and fight with Li Ye at any time.
After a long while, the Holy Child who kept staring at Li Ye took a deep breath and asked word by word. “Where is our camp?”
Li Ye reached out and snapped his fingers. “You Daxiao, take Holy Child to the camp!”
You Daxiao’s burly body shivered a little, and his eyes were blinking really fast. It seemed that he had not understood the situation yet. “Did the Holy Child just accept all the conditions? Didn’t he want to put up a life-and-death battle with Li Ye?”
Not only You Daxiao and the nine-tail Demon Fox, but most of the other demons felt incredible. With those anxious eyes, they desperately looked at the Holy Child, wanting him not to obey Li Ye’s order. However, an extremely unpleasant face was all that they saw. The look on the Holy Child’s face showed that he would not go against Li Ye’s command.
Soon, You Daxiao took the Holy Child and others to the Pinglu Army’s campsite. Then, he carved out the spheres of their camps and arranged various chores. As for those specific affairs in the army, there were generals and officers to handle. You Daxiao just needed to show his face there.
When the Holy Child and others left and went to the camp, Li Ye continued to sit cross-legged in the clouds. Looking at Qinzhou City, he lost in thought.
Of course, there was no movement in Qinzhou City, but the calm situation was only limited to the defending army of the city. Monks from Land Buddhism continuously entered into the Qinzhou City. Now many masters in the Immortal Realm had already gathered there. The force of those masters could almost contend with the force that the Holy Child brought.
Su Emei came to Li Ye’s side and sat down with her arms clasped around knees. Holding her face with both hands, she stared at Qinzhou, lost in thought.
When Li Ye was absorbed in meditation, he didn’t like others to bother him. Su Emei certainly knew his habit of him, so she sat quietly aside. The grass was bearing its seeds. The breeze gently shook the leaves of trees while the clouds were watching their shadows on the water surface. We sat together in silence. What a beautiful scene! It was probably the real portrayal of Su Emei’s inner heart at the moment.
Not knowing how much time went by, Li Ye finally took back his wandering thoughts and separated himself from his meditation. When he saw Su Emei sitting next to him, he smiled gently with ease.
Su Emei took this opportunity and asked, “You made stern demands to the Holy Child with a tough attitude, but why was he willing to obey your orders?”
In her last life, Su Emei was Guanghan Fairy, Chang’e. She had a wide range of experience, so she certainly knew that the demons were usually arrogant and unyielding. That was why she felt strange because she worried that it was the Holy Child’s trick.
Looking at the Qinzhou City, Li Ye said with a slow but powerful voice. “As one falls, another rises, and vice versa—there is always a leader and a follower. It is the essential relationship between people, no matter it is between friends or couples. When you are in a high place, the other has to stay in a low place. But when the other gets a little higher, you will get to a little lower place than before. For the same reason, if you are soft, the other will get tough with you; but when you push hard, the other will yield. This time, the demon clan came here to help us and brought many masters. Moreover, our strength is much less than the strength of the demon clan. Thus, the demon clan should have a higher status than us. But just because of this, I have to be tough and demanding.”
“If I hadn’t fought for us, then we would have become the demon clan’s dependency. Only when I stood out to strive for the power could I change the status quo. Even if the Holy Child’s strength was far greater than mine, and I could never defeat him, I must strive for my power with great confidence. We are the master here. Without the Pinglu Army and me, the demon clan would have no foothold, just like the rootless duckweed. That was why I could show my tough attitude! Besides, I behaved tough enough in the beginning, so they will be very grateful to me when I give them rewards in the future.”
Speaking of this, Li Ye looked at the Qinzhou City with his much deeper and more profound eyes.
Li Keyong was the lord of Hedong, and he was cooperating with the Land Buddhism. However, according to the information that Li Ye got, there was an ocean of differences between Li Keyong’s situation and his. At this period, Li Keyong was living in an extremely oppressed life.
Above the Qinzhou City, Li Keyong stared at the outside of the city without saying anything.
On his side stood the Dragon-subduing Arhat, who also watched his nose only and was thinking of something.
They had no communication at all and had no plan to communicate with each other because neither of them could convince the other. Whoever began to talk would become unhappy. Dragon-subduing Arhat certainly despised Li Keyong, who was a mortal. Li Keyong also didn’t like Dragon-subduing Arhat, for he thought that he was deliberately making a superior gesture.
It appeared that the Hedong Army and the Land Buddhism were cooperating, but in fact, they were going in their own ways.
The eighteen arhats and monks from the Land Buddhism had come to various locations to attend to the garrison duty. But they only went to the place that they like at first glance. None of them knew which location was the key point of the battlefield, and they had never intended to take care of these critical points.
After casting a glance at the Dragon-subduing Arhat, Li Keyong snorted coldly and turned around. He was ready to go back. Today, Li Ye’s army would not attack the city, so he did not have to stay here.
Just when he turned around, his eyelids jumped. On the wall not far away, a long-haired woman in white reclined there. She was gulping down the Daughter in Red from her wine pot as if there was no one around watching.
After a little hesitation, Li Keyong went over to her. Fighting to be patient with her, he said, “Greetings, Feihong Bodhisattva.”
But Feihong Bodhisattva ignored him.
Sudhana, who stood beside the wall piers, said lightly, “The Holy-child King should arrive today. Have you ever seen that, Prince?”
Li Keyong’s eyes fell. He was very unpleasant because she let a child talk to him. It showed that in the eyes of Feihong Bodhisattva, his status was almost the same as that of the child Sudhana, and he was far from qualified to have an equal dialogue with her.
Li Keyong made great efforts to contain his anger and said in a harsh voice, “Just now some people in the demon clan came to meet Li Keyong in mid-air, and all of us have seen the scene. A large number of them can provide great strength, plus they have lots of masters. The demon clan is a match for your army!”
When Li Keyong said his last sentence, he could barely repress his anger.
Feihong Bodhisattva faintly answered, “The Holy-child King and Li Ye met. Have they ever fought?”
Li Keyong replied in a deep voice, “Yes, they did.”
A smile emerged on Feihong Bodhisattva’s face. It was evident that she was quite happy. “Since the Holy Child launched his attack, I guess that Li Ye must have suffered a big loss. Am I right? Did they fall out with each other?”
Li Keyong was stunned a little because he did not know why Feihong Bodhisattva would think in this way. But he still answered her coldly, “Li Ye did not suffer any loss. Instead, he won! What’s more, the Holy-child stated on the spot that the demon clan is completely under Li Ye’s command from then on!”
“What?!” Feihong Bodhisattva froze immediately, and her wine pot fell to the ground from her hand with a bang.