Upon hearing Hu Le mention the Demon-Summoning Banner, before anyone else could react, Di Jun's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
When Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, saw Hu Le recruiting him in front of all the gods, he not only felt no honor, but his face turned ugly instead.
He knew perfectly well that Hu Le wasn't genuinely trying to recruit him, but was merely using him to attack Di Jun.
However, what frightened him was that he had actually been tempted just now, and if this recruitment were really true...
no……
He shook his head inwardly, immediately extinguishing that unreliable idea...
"Your Majesty, please don't say that. This humble subject is not fortunate enough to serve under Your Majesty..."
Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, glanced at Di Jun and, seeing his displeased expression, gave an awkward smile, made a perfunctory remark, and withdrew.
As for the matter of the demon-summoning banner, he was unwilling to discuss it with Hu Le in public.
After all, the more they say, the greater the blow to Di Jun.
Because what Di Jun did was indeed dishonorable; only someone from the demonic path would use their subordinates' lives as leverage to ensure their loyalty.
It's no wonder that people put the words "demon" and "monster" together.
As the saying goes, "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too," and the demon race's bad reputation also started with Di Jun...
Seeing that Bai Ze, the Demon Saint, had sat back down, Hu Le laughed and turned to look around the arena.
"Everyone, you should think this through. If this person becomes the Emperor, he might forge a Divine Summoning Banner tomorrow and forcibly bind your primordial spirits to the banner. At that time, you will all have to obediently kneel at his feet and obey his orders."
Upon hearing this, the gods naturally knew that Hu Le was exaggerating. With so many powerful beings and even Grand Luo cultivators present, even if Di Jun became the Heavenly Emperor, he could not possibly control everything.
How could he possibly expect the gods to hand over their primordial spirits and be at his mercy?
However, some people who were at odds with Dijun immediately seized the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.
"Hehe... Fellow Daoist Xuanxiang is right. Di Jun is not qualified to be the Emperor at all. We should choose another worthy person..."
“We are not like those cowardly demons who actually allowed someone like that to become the Demon Emperor.”
"Di Jun is immoral and his cultivation is mediocre. How can he be the emperor of my divine race?"
"Hmph! We only acknowledge the late Emperor Taiyi. As for Dijun, he should just stay a demon emperor. He dares not lay his hands on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor..."
"..."
With Hu Le's arrival, the dissenting voices that had just been suppressed by Di Jun and his group rose up again.
Immediately, people began to refute and belittle Di Jun.
This caused Di Jun's face to darken, his eyes filled with hatred. He swept his gaze across the faces of those who spoke, as if he wanted to memorize their identities and appearances, to teach them a lesson later...
"Enough!" Zhulong couldn't stand it any longer and immediately stepped forward to shout.
The gods, to his credit, immediately fell silent, and the hall returned to quiet.
Finally, Zhulong looked coldly at Hu Le and asked, "Since you believe that Dijun is not qualified to be the Heavenly Emperor, then tell me yourself, who else is more suitable than him?"
"Do you perhaps also have some designs on the throne of the Emperor?"
Hu Le sat upright on the futon, his face calm, and said with a smile: "There are many fellow Daoists who are qualified to become the Heavenly Emperor. I think you are quite good, and Nuwa and Fuxi are also very suitable."
As for myself, hehe... I am already the Human Emperor, why would I still covet the throne of the Heavenly Emperor?
My opposition to Dijun stems solely from my unwillingness to entrust the prestigious position left by my master to the wrong person.
Upon hearing this, Zhulong felt a chill run down his spine. This kid was just like he was when they talked in the Heavenly Court; he was planning to use magic on him to make him the Heavenly Emperor.
When Fuxi heard Hu Le mention him, he looked rather embarrassed. Heaven help him, he had never dared to dream of becoming that damned emperor!
After hearing this, Nuwa, who was sitting to his right, had a hint of a smile in the corner of her eyes.
As for Zhen Yuanzi, he laughed openly.
He hadn't forgotten how Dijun and his group had dealt with his friend Hongyun, nor had he forgotten how they had besieged Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain.
If it weren't for the intervention of the Primordial Daoist, he might have ended up like Hongyun.
Therefore, when Di Jun wanted to become the emperor, he was one of the most vehement opponents.
However, there were more people supporting Di Jun, and he couldn't argue with them at the time, so he had to give up.
Now that Hu Le has arrived and ruined Di Jun's plans without saying a word, he is naturally very happy.
Meanwhile, one of the two Westerners had his eyes slightly closed, as if he were resting.
The other's gaze shifted, sometimes looking at Hu Le with great interest, and sometimes smilingly at Di Jun and Zhulong...
"Xuanxiang! That's enough! We've just decided on the Emperor's position, and you come here to cause trouble. What are you really up to?"
Seeing that Zhulong seemed to be losing, Dijun turned to look at Kunpeng Ancestor and gave him a wink.
Kunpeng Ancestor cursed inwardly, for he understood perfectly well that Dijun was asking him to step forward.
To be honest, even though they were both demons, he secretly hoped that Di Jun would suffer.
Unfortunately, one of his primordial spirits had already been trapped on the Demon-Summoning Banner, and his life and death were now in the hands of Di Jun.
If he dares to disobey, Dijun has plenty of ways to deal with him.
So, having received Di Jun's signal, he reluctantly stepped forward...
Hu Le completely ignored the Kunpeng Ancestor, stood up from the cloud platform, and smiled indifferently at the gods: "I really don't know what you all think. Is the Emperor really that important to my god race?"
I don't think so.
"Since my master passed away, the divine race has been without an emperor all these years. Aren't you all doing quite well?"
The gods were taken aback at first, but then they understood what Hu Le meant.
Upon closer reflection, I realized that doing it this way isn't bad at all!
We are all born as divine beings, so who would want an extra emperor to appear above them?
However, upon hearing this, Zhulong's expression immediately darkened.
Di Jun's face turned ashen, and he wished he could rush up and kill Hu Le with a single sword stroke.
The smile in Nuwa's eyes froze at that moment...
Hu Le is about to overturn the table and directly want to depose the Emperor.
Wouldn't that mean nobody would have anything to play...?
Hu Le, however, disregarded all that and continued, "Today, in front of all of you, I propose that the Emperor's title be abolished. What do you all think?"
Hu Le revealed his true intentions directly, and the hall fell silent for a moment.
A moment later, someone clapped their hands and laughed, "Emperor Dongxuan's words are very reasonable, this humble Taoist agrees!"
Everyone looked over and saw that it was Zhen Yuanzi who spoke up in agreement.
"We brothers agree!"
Ziwei Gouchen and others also stood up to express their support for Hu Le.
"I agree!"
Guan Kong, Yuan Huang, and others, as Hu Le's disciples, also stepped forward...
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