Chapter 402 - The Original Sin (1/2)
After dawn, Feihong Bodhisattva left under the morning glow.
Before leaving, she turned her face in front of the red sun that had just emerged on the horizon and asked Li Ye, “Do you have a crush on someone?”
Li Ye was surprised and nodded.
Whether Duchess of Li, Wu You, who was on Huaguo Mountain, or the Senior and Junior Priestesses, who fought side by side with him, they were the answer to the question.
When finished speaking, Li Ye saw Feihong Bodhisattva’s shoulders stiff for a while. Then, she said some words and flew away from the cornice. Turning into a long rainbow, she disappeared in the vast sky where the red sun and the morning glow met.
She said, “Please forgive me for my ignorance. I don’t know you have someone in your heart.”
Li Ye was speechless.
He saw her off and stood there for a long time.
Until he no longer saw Feihong Bodhisattva’s figure.
He suddenly felt a sense of loss, and an inexplicable sense of worry lingered in his heart.
He felt as if he had missed something.
A long time later, he whispered in his heart, “Mountains and rivers will not change. We’ll meet again someday.”
After the cultivators of the immortal territory went down the human world through the Kunlun Channel, they were very likely unable to go back. As one of the four great Bodhisattvas in Land Buddhism, Feihong Bodhisattva had very powerful cultivation and high status, so Land Buddhism couldn’t afford to lose her. Since Saint Buddha dared to let her down the human world, he naturally had a way to take her back.
The only difference was how much Land Buddhism needed to pay.
With this in mind, Li Ye suddenly thought of a question. If the Immortal Court was willing to pay such a price and send an immortal official whose strength was almost the same as that of Feihong Bodhisattva, wouldn’t he have no choice but to be killed?
The Immortal Court sent Chen Jizhen, Zhang Ji, and He Jingcheng in succession, but they didn’t send such a Great Power, because they looked down on Li Ye and thought that Li Ye was not worthy of such a price. But after He Jingcheng’s defeat, would they make such a choice?
The immortal territory was at war now, and the Great Powers were busy fighting. Moreover, at this time, the cost of letting a Great Power down and taking him back might be too great to be borne easily by the Immortal Court. But it was still possible.
And with the development of the situation, this possibility would become bigger and bigger.
After all, to fix the external problems, the internal problems had to be dealt with first.
Li Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although Taoist Dust, who was behind the White Deer Sect, had been imprisoned in the Dongfu Palace for more than a thousand years, he still had many forces in the Immortal Court. Moreover, after a thousand years of keeping a low profile, his forces should develop. Maybe they could affect the arrangement of the Immortal Court on this matter.
But Li Ye didn’t want to put his hope on others.
He withdrew his eyes, returned to his room, and began to make necessary plans.
In addition, Li Ye didn’t dare to take the battle of Daibei lightly.
There was only one reason.
Li Cunxiao was still there.
As a senior general of Militarism, he was invincible on the battlefield. In the case that Li Xian had gone west, no one on Li Ye’s side could resist him, nor could he.
With only several thousand elite soldiers, Li Cunxiao could decide the outcome of the battlefield by himself and thus affected the overall situation of the battle.
Li Ye wanted to kill Li Keyong directly and solved the problem fundamentally. But what if Li Keyong hid in the military camp and stayed with Li Cunxiao? As long as Li Cunxiao carried out the military formation of Militarism, it was difficult for Li Ye to do anything to him.
The battle would not be easy.
Of course, this was the worst-case scenario.
But anyway, Li Ye decided to leave. He had to try.
…
In the Daizhou Inspector General’s office.
The atmosphere in the meeting hall was particularly dull. Sitting on the main seat, Li Keyong looked down at the advisors and generals. He no longer had the imposing manner of the past, even though he still looked and sat like he used to and he tried to regain his majesty.
However, majesty was never something that could be faked.
How many people could have true majesty without power?
Although Li Keyong didn’t have his past majesty, the pressure of his cultivation didn’t weaken. Therefore, whether Fu Cunshen and the other generals who retreated to Daizhou with him or the local officials in Daizhou, they could only duck their heads and didn’t dare to breathe.
Li Keyong was very angry.
He could tell that they were just afraid of his powerful cultivation and that they didn’t respect him from the bottom of their hearts like the past.
Some things, after all, were gone forever.
People’s heart was like a mirror in which anyone could see his situation clearly.
The Daizhou Inspector General said in a trembling voice, “The Imperial Army… After the rebel army captured Taiyuan, the nearby prefectures surrendered. Shizhou, Lanzhou, and Xinzhou sent messengers to Taiyuan and to visit Li Ye, the leader of the rebels. According to the report, Li Ye reorganized the troops in Taiyuan, and the vanguard of his troops headed for Daizhou. Li Ye also sent people to spread the denunciation widely and berate your crimes. People in Daizhou are in panic… Fortunately, Daizhou, Shuozhou, Yunzhou, and Weizhou are still loyal to you…”
Li Keyong’s anger grew, and even his breathing became heavy.
Because he found that when the Daizhou Inspector General reported the military intelligence, he obviously showed a strong sense of awe.
Of course, he wasn’t awed by him but by the Imperial Army and Li Ye!
He was sitting in front of the Daizhou Inspector General, but Li Ye was still more than 50 kilometers away. When the Daizhou Inspector General talked about Li Ye, he was more awed by Li Ye than him.
How could Li Keyong not be angry?
Li Keyong took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. He couldn’t do anything to the other side yet.