"We didn't hold the special envoy hostage! He came here on his own!" The fifth brother Chu Xuanyang roared, his voice as loud as thunder.
"How dare you quibble!" Luo Shunli's face flushed with anger. He turned and looked at Han Fangchuan, the commander of the Imperial Guard. "Commander Han, find a way to rescue His Majesty's special envoy! I'll go ask Prime Minister Li to send the five War Kings for support!"
"Lord Luo, these six Danxiao elders are not easy to deal with!" Han Fangchuan pulled him back with a worried look on his face. "I just took a close look. Each of them has the strength of a peak Heavenly Venerate. I might be able to handle them one-on-one, but if they join forces, I will..."
"No need to go, I'm already here!" A steady and powerful voice came, like spring thunder exploding in everyone's ears. Li Dong's figure flashed and appeared on the warship. Everyone bowed and saluted: "Greetings, Prime Minister!"
"Everyone, get up!" Li Dong raised his hand, signaling everyone to stand. His sharp eyes swept across the crowd. He quickly noticed the difference between Yu Kai and Xuan'er; they were both powerful Great Emperors.
"Prime Minister, I, Zhong Xitian, am here to help you!" Zhong Xitian's voice came from a distance, and he came like a meteor.
"Great! Elder Lingyun is here too!" Luo Shunli's face was filled with joy. "Now the Danxiao Sect's thieves have nowhere to hide!" He turned and looked at the Danxiao Sect's leader, Xie Tuan, below him, and shouted, "Xie Tuan, now that the Prime Minister and Senior Zhong are here, why don't you release His Majesty's special envoy?"
Xie Tuan was terrified, his face pale as ash. The Danxiao Sect elders beside him were also in a state of panic. He hurried to Lu Jiuxiao and whispered, "Grand Elder, what should we do? Should we hand over the special envoy and surrender? Li Dong is an Emperor Realm expert, we can't afford to offend him!"
However, the several great elders were too lazy to pay attention to him. Xuan'er was stifling laughter, but she tried hard to appear calm, which made her look particularly funny.
Luo Shunli wanted to continue scolding, but was stopped by Li Dong: "Lord Luo!" Li Dong looked at Zhong Xitian and Han Fangchuan again, "Let's go, let's go pay our respects to His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, is Your Majesty here?" Luo Shunli looked around anxiously. He had been an official for a hundred years, but had never seen Emperor Yingtian. At this moment, he was both expectant and nervous.
"Yes, follow me!" Li Dong flew down first, followed closely by Zhong Xitian and the others. Once they entered the Danxiao Sect's mountain gate, no one dared to stop them, and they all made way for them. Yu Kai and Xuan'er, the six veteran Danxiao generals, moved to the center, seemingly to clarify their stance.
"Brother Yu Kai, why are you here too?" Zhong Xitian saw Yu Kai, his eyes full of confusion. After the war, he had searched everywhere for news of Yu Kai, but there was no news.
Li Dong was about to salute Yu Kai, but was stopped by Yu Kai: "My name is Yu Kai, this is Miss Xuan'er, now she is the Holy Maiden of the Danxiao Sect! Let's go in and talk in detail!"
"Alright, we'll follow Master Yu's instructions!" Li Dong glanced at Xuan'er again and nodded in agreement. Luo Shunli and the others speculated whether this Yu Kai was the emperor they were looking for.
"Please!" Lu Jiuxiao motioned everyone to come forward.
The Danxiao Sect was vast and imposing, its fragrance permeating the air, intoxicating. After passing through several gates, they finally arrived at the main hall. Yu Kai was invited to the main seat, and Xuan'er sat beside him, making her feel a little uneasy. The six elders of the Danxiao Sect waved everyone away and stood respectfully behind them.
Li Dong stepped forward and kowtowed respectfully: "Prime Minister Li Dong, I pay my respects to Your Majesty! I pay my respects to Your Majesty the Demon Emperor!"
Luo Shunli and Han Fangchuan exchanged a glance and knelt. Zhong Xitian was even more shocked. He had never imagined that the young man in the Falling Demon Mountains would be the current emperor, and the girl he was protecting would be the Demon Emperor. But now that things had come to this, he dared not neglect them and quickly knelt as well: "Greetings, Your Majesty! Greetings, Your Majesty the Demon Emperor!"
"Everyone, get up. In fact, Li Dong knows our situation best. We are neither Emperor Yingtian nor the Green Bamboo Demon Emperor. Everyone, get up!" Yu Kai gestured for everyone to get up, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.
Everyone looked at each other and then at Li Dong.
Li Dong remained kneeling, his expression respectful as he spoke, "You have received the opportunity and inheritance left by His Majesty, and have become his successors. You slew the Great Emperor Zhenbei at Tiexue Pass, forced back the Three Emperors, and saved our Shengying Dynasty. You are worthy of our kowtow."
After saying this, Li Dong kowtowed again, his tone firm and sincere: "The five war kings and I have long regarded you as our majesties. We will swear allegiance to you and jointly protect the Shengying Dynasty! The Shengying Dynasty cannot do without you!"
"I don't belong here in the first place. I'll be leaving soon," Yu Kai sighed, a hint of helplessness in his tone. He gently held Xuan'er's hand and said softly, "You must assist Xuan'er well in the future. She will assume the triple identities of Pill Emperor, Demon Emperor, and Yingtian Emperor."
"What about you?" Li Dong looked confused.
"I come from the future and came here accidentally. I must go back." Yu Kai was in a heavy mood. What he was most worried about was Xuan'er.
"But..." Li Dong's face was full of worry.
"Don't worry, before I leave, I will go and give those three emperors a good beating." Yu Kai seemed to see Li Dong's concerns.
"No, I'm not worried about the three emperors. I'm worried about the ancient descendants! Next year is the day when they will come to collect the spirit crystals, and I'm afraid I can't hide it." Li Dong's face became solemn.
"What's going on?" Yu Kai asked with a frown.
"Every five hundred years, the ancient descendants will send people to collect spirit crystals, and the deadline will come next year. The previous two times, one of the central emperors was missing, and the other four emperors fooled us. This time, two emperors are missing, and I'm afraid they will notice." Li Dong explained.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look worried.
"Are there many people coming every time? How strong are they?" Yu Kai asked again.
"We have secretly observed that every time they come, they are all masters of the Holy Emperor, and are called divine messengers by the three emperors. Only one person comes each time. They are different from the ancient descendants recorded in ancient books. Although they are human, they can summon the Dharma images of the ancient descendants." Li Dong said.
Yu Kai smiled faintly and immediately activated his pseudo-god power, condensing a Dharma image of the ancient descendants above his head. Aside from Xuan'er, Li Dong and the others were startled and retreated, some even drawing their weapons and pointing them at him.
Yu Kai looked at everyone's reactions. Only Xuan'er remained calm. She smiled slightly and asked, "Is that so?"
"Are you a descendant of the ancient times?" Li Dong also began to doubt. The Dharma image above the head was exactly the same as the one they saw back then, even the powerful aura was exactly the same.
"I have a secret method that can simulate various Dharma images that I have seen. I have also seen the Dharma image of this ancient descendant, so I can simulate it." Yu Kai retracted the Dharma image and signaled everyone not to be nervous.
"How about this, I will go to the Three Emperors in a few days, imitating the messenger of the ancient descendants, and rob them of the spirit crystals they have collected in the past five hundred years, and use them to make up for the damage that the Danxiao Sect has done to the dragon veins over the years." Yu Kai looked at the six elders of Danxiao with a hint of blame in his eyes.
The six people lowered their heads in shame, speechless.
"But what if the ancient descendants really come?" Li Dong still looked worried.
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