When Hu Le met Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, both of them felt a sense of emotion.
Hu Le didn't intend to beat around the bush with Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, and instead asked, "Fellow Daoist, what brings Di Jun here?"
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, sighed inwardly: You're just asking a question you already know the answer to...
However, now that he had come to ask for help, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, my king sent me here naturally to ask about the Demon Saint Ji Meng."
"I hope Your Majesty will forgive Ji Meng's mistake out of consideration for the friendship between our two families, and allow me to take him back so that my Demon Emperor can personally punish him."
"Oh, so the two families are on friendly terms? Then why did you send people to attack the Heavenly Court? Is this all the friendship you've got?" Taibai Jinxing said with a sneer.
Immortal Yuanfu also gave Bai Ze the Demon Saint a cold glance, but out of consideration for the power of the demon race, he did not say anything too harsh.
“Fellow Daoist Bai Ze, you know very well what crime Ji Meng committed. My Emperor did not kill him, but only hung him up as a warning. That is already considered leniency.”
Bai Ze's heart clenched upon hearing this. "Hang him up and display him to the public"? That's easy for you to say. You might as well just kill him; that would make things much simpler...
Hu Le, seated on the throne, was also quite displeased. This Di Jun had a clever plan; did he really think he could take the person back just by coming to their door with empty words?
Want to get beauty!
He simply refused to believe that Di Jun would actually dare to send a large army to attack the Heavenly Court.
If he really had that guts, Hu Le would go all out, and at worst, he would gather the strength of the Heavenly Court and the human race to fight him to the death.
If we still can't defeat them after this, then we should just call out our two senior commanders. At that point, we'll definitely wipe out this demon race...
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, looked up and saw that Hu Le had slowly closed his eyes, seemingly unwilling to talk to him anymore. He could only turn his gaze away and focus his attention on Taibai Jinxing and Yuanfu Immortal.
He chuckled dryly twice: "Hehe... Fellow Daoists, you are mistaken. We certainly won't let you release people without reason. We will give your Heavenly Court an explanation later."
"Oh? What kind of explanation do you want to give us?" Venus asked with great interest.
"This... is naturally a certain amount of compensation. My Demon Emperor Palace governs hundreds of millions of demons. What kind of treasures don't we have? We will definitely give you all a satisfactory answer at that time."
"Is that so? Since your demon race is so wealthy, do you have any innate treasures? If you can really send me a treasure, I can make a decision for my Emperor. Not only can Ji Meng be returned to you, but the matter of the demon race attacking the Heavenly Court can also be wiped clean." Taibai Jinxing asked with a mischievous smile.
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, originally wanted to praise the strength of the demon race in front of the three, hoping that they would treat him with caution. However, after Taibai Jinxing asked him this question, he was immediately speechless and extremely annoyed.
Does Venus (the planet Venus) ever speak like that?
"A primordial treasure! How can he even open his mouth?"
Do you really think innate treasures are like clods of dirt on the roadside that you can pick up anywhere?
If they were innate spiritual treasures, the demon race could grit their teeth and produce a few.
However, as far as he knew, there were only four such innate treasures in the entire primordial world.
The Chaos Bell is in the hands of the Heavenly Court, while the Taiji Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and the Creation Jade Disc belong to the Xuanmen.
As for whether there are any other innate treasures, he didn't know, nor had he ever heard of them.
Let alone innate treasures, even top-tier innate spiritual treasures are only found in two among the demon race.
One of them is the Hetu Luoshu of the Demon Emperor Jun, and the other is the Shanhe Sheji Tu of the Nuwa Palace.
"Fellow Daoist, you've gone too far. A Primordial Treasure? That's quite an arrogant statement. It seems I've only come here to humiliate myself. There's no need for further communication. Please allow me to take my leave, Your Majesty."
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, immediately bowed slightly to Hu Le, as if about to leave.
Immortal Yuanfu stepped forward, grabbed Bai Ze's sleeve, and laughed, "Fellow Daoist! Fellow Daoist, calm down, calm down. Taibai was just joking with you. How could we not know that your demon race simply cannot produce a supreme innate treasure..."
The more Bai Ze the Demon Saint listened, the more uneasy he felt. This Yuan Fu Immortal Elder seemed to be acting as a peacemaker, but the meaning behind his words sounded uncomfortable no matter how you listened to it.
What do you mean by saying that my demon race simply cannot produce any innate supreme treasures?
Is this mockery? Or is it mockery?
What's wrong with your Heavenly Court? Why do you keep talking about innate treasures, showing off that you have the innate treasure, the Chaos Bell?
If you're so capable, go and say those words to the Xuanmen!
Let's see if they don't smear your faces with innate treasures...
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, felt frustrated, but he still stopped following Yuan Fu Immortal's lead. "Fellow Daoist Yuan Fu, please speak frankly. What exactly do you want in order for me to take Ji Meng back?"
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, was well aware that since the other party was willing to talk to him for so long, it meant that the other party was willing to negotiate with their demon race and hand over the people.
Otherwise, if the other party wasn't planning to return Ji Meng to them, they wouldn't have talked to him so much.
However, the key question is, what kind of conditions is the Heavenly Court going to offer? How big is their appetite? He needs to find out clearly before he can go back and report to Emperor Jun. As for whether Emperor Jun will agree or not, that will depend on Emperor Jun's own decision.
Even if he were Di Jun's most trusted confidant, he couldn't make this decision.
Upon hearing Bai Ze's question, Immortal Yuanfu straightened his expression slightly and said, "It's not that we want anything, but rather that we want to see how sincere your demon race is."
"You can't expect my Heavenly Court to simply hand the person over to you and wipe the slate clean just because you, fellow Daoist, said a few kind words, can you?"
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, felt a little ashamed upon hearing this. When he came, Di Jun hadn't really given him any instructions, which seemed to be his intention.
Of course, that's not how it should be said. He sighed and said, "Fellow Daoist, you have humiliated Ji Meng so much, causing my demon race to lose face as well. Now, my demon race is indignant and wants to send troops to demand justice."
It was only because His Majesty Emperor Jun, out of consideration for our past relationship, suppressed the dissent within the clan and intended to resolve the matter peacefully that he ordered me to come and take the person back.
So, what other price are you planning to make us pay?
It must be understood that even His Majesty can only suppress those dissenting opinions temporarily.
Please allow me to take the person back first, so that the resentment in my clan can be quelled and my emperor can give an explanation to the entire clan.
"Of course, we will not let your Heavenly Court suffer any losses, and we will certainly give you an explanation in the future."
After speaking, he looked at Hu Le, knowing that this was the only one in the hall who could truly make decisions.
However, Hu Le kept his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought, as if he hadn't heard a word he said.
Upon seeing this, Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, felt a strange sense of humiliation.
He was, after all, the number one Great Sage of the demon race, second only to Di Jun. How dare this other party ignore him like this? It was simply outrageous...
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