"You are so vicious!"
His face pale, Li Yao lost his cool. Pointing at Long Yangjun's nose, he cursed aloud, "Since the first time we met, I knew that you were a ruthless, insane scoundrel. You have been using me to approach the center of the cosmos from the beginning to the end! "Earlier, you only came to fight side by side with me because you saw that the Xing Yao Federation's thigh was thick enough and wanted to get enough resources from us to repair the Nuwa warship for you. Now that you have discovered His Majesty's thigh, which is made of pure gold, you naturally kicked me and the Federation away and are now using His Majesty to achieve your own purpose.
"Your Majesty, don't believe her. She's lying to you. She's acting. It's true, Your Majesty. I swear to God that she's acting. Don't believe a single word she says. Just kill her and everything will be fine, Your Majesty!"
"You know very well which of us is acting!"
Gloomy fire was spreading out of Long Yangjun's body as she chuckled miserably. "Li Yao, it was you who insisted on being so ruthless. It's too late for regrets now! I know so many secrets of the primeval era, the coordinates of so many relics, the maneuvering methods of the Nuwa warship, the upgrade models of the Colossi, and countless marvelous arts of the primeval era. As long as I have enough time and resources, I can restore them and offer them to His Majesty. My value to His Majesty is definitely much higher than that of a scoundrel like you and your pathetic Federation!
"Just like you said, the only reason I can survive in the sea of stars by myself is to find a thigh that is thick enough to cling to. Before, for the sake of our friendship, I would've tolerated it if I had to cling to the thigh of the federation. Now that you are so heartless, and His Majesty is the only supreme being in the universe who is on par with the 'Supreme Emperor', why wouldn't I cling to such a thick thigh? I would be an idiot if I didn't!
"I assume that you are in such a hurry to kill me because you are worried that I will leak the secrets of the Xing Yao Federation to His Majesty, not only because you are scared of my revenge, but also because you are worried that I will leak the secrets of the Xing Yao Federation to His Majesty. That is why you want to kill me, right? Hehe. You are reluctant to tell His Majesty the coordinates of the Federation, and you claim that you are loyal to His Majesty? That is absurd! "
"Well — Well —"
As if his secret had been seen through, Li Yao was infuriated. Brutality as intense as fire popped up on his pale face. Rolling his eyes quickly, he considered how to break Wuying Qi's force field and kill Long Yangjun.
"Your Majesty, did you see the sneaky look in his eyes? This despicable man can't be trusted!"
"He was best known for his superb acting skills, his bottomless tactics, and his shamelessness back in his hometown. Whoever believed half of what he said would certainly be tricked into a pulp. I can swear to the heavens that he was definitely acting. Chances are that he was not brainwashed by His Majesty at all, at least not so seriously. He once told us in person that he had received special soul polishing, and his brain was different from that of normal trainers. He was immune to most mental attacks.
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"Your Majesty. Your Majesty. We had a deal!"
Li Yao was so anxious that his forehead was covered in sweat. "You promised that the independence of the Cultivators could be partly preserved. You even allowed me to join the 'Enlightenment Committee'. You wouldn't … Well. You wouldn't …"
"The independence of the Cultivators? How hilarious. Is the tiny Xing Yao Federation qualified to bargain with His Majesty's Imperium of True Human Beings? "
Long Yangjun smiled in disdain. "It's much simpler for me. In fact, I only want to unravel the mysteries of my origins and figure out what the primeval war hundreds of thousands of years ago was about. I believe that His Majesty must have countless primeval treasures in his hands but cannot crack their secrets, and I can crack the secrets without those treasures. Therefore, His Majesty and I are much more complementary than you are!"
"Your Majesty, kill her!"
Li Yao was rendered speechless. He demanded.
"Your Majesty, kill him!"
Long Yangjun was full of hatred and killing intent.
"Enough. What do you think I am? An executioner at your mercy?"
Wuying Qi had been watching the two of them fighting each other coldly, but there was a casual smile on his face. It was not until this moment that he finally became solemn and bellowed to calm the two of them down when he saw that the two of them were truly at each other's throats.
"Li Yao, as the saying goes, a monarch does not joke. Now that I have promised that you and most of the Cultivators will be pardoned as long as you correct your mistakes, why would I go on an expedition and start another national war? I can even pardon most of the 'false Immortal Cultivators' of the four Kurfürst families who hate my guts. There is absolutely no reason for me to attack the Cultivators at the edge of the cosmos whom I do not know at all. As long as you do not ask to be killed but accept my 'enlightenment' dutifully, you will be able to keep your lives. Rest assured about that. "
Wuying Qi eased his tone and comforted Li Yao with a few words. Then, he looked at Long Yangjun and said, "Long … My dear subject, there is no need to be too concerned about your identity. Although your background is somewhat special, I have always been a meritocratic person.
"In my opinion, the thirteen carbon-based lives of the Pangu civilizations in the past extracted the essence of their genes and injected it into the body of the carefully selected ancient apes on a blue planet, producing the most perfect carbon-based life in the universe, or human beings.
"Therefore, there is no clear boundary between Pangu and human beings at all. We are just different evolutionary phases of the same life. We are all 'human beings' in a broad sense, and we are the dominators of this universe.
"It is needless to say that you were a human being hundreds of thousands of years ago, except that you received certain special genetic modifications and soul training. I don't feel that you are any different from other people at all. Or rather, because of my fortuitous encounters in the past, I feel rather close to you!"
"Really?"
Long Yangjun was overjoyed.
"Of course. We are the same kind of people. I, Long Yangjun, and Li Yao are all people standing at the peak of evolution."
Wuying Qi waved his hands and declared resolutely, "Our backgrounds and our past are not important. What matters is the future. As long as we are united, we will certainly create a new generation of real human beings in the near future!
"Since the two of you are old friends who are fighting for the same purpose, why do you have to fight each other for a moment of anger? I believe everything you said, but I don't know … what will you do next? "
"What will we do next?"
Li Yao and Long Yangjun looked at each other.
Both of their eyes were filled with saber light and sword shadows.
"Your Majesty, I have a confession to make!"
Long Yangjun suddenly said, "Do you know that Li Yao set up a great trap on Li Jialing with ill intentions? As a matter of fact, we brought Li Jialing to the underground of the capital planet largely for the purpose of delivering the trap, hoping that Your Majesty would step into it!"
"Oh?"
Wuying Qi asked with great interest, "What kind of trap?"
"Before we set off, Li Yao performed a minimally invasive surgery on Li Jialing. A tiny Cosmos Ring was implanted at the back of his neck. Inside the Cosmos Ring, on the other hand, was a piece of barrier magical equipment that Li Yao refined on his own and claimed to be able to suppress deities. He named it 'Deity Tying Rope'."
Long Yangjun glanced at Li Yao gloatingly and continued, "He knew that Your Majesty was determined to get Li Jialing's body, but he intentionally treated Li Jialing's body as a trap. In such a case, should Your Majesty be careless and inject your soul into Li Jialing's body, you would be caught by the 'Deity Tying Rope'!
"With Your Majesty's strength in the Divinity Branching Stage, the 'Deity Tying Rope' naturally couldn't trap Your Majesty. However, as long as Your Majesty is somewhat affected, it will be more convenient for his subsequent attacks.
"The Cosmos Ring can be remotely controlled by Li Yao's telepathic thoughts or manually controlled by Li Jialing himself. All he needs to do is to press the back of his head softly. He couldn't have told His Majesty about such a vicious trap, could he?"
Hardly had she concluded her sentence when Li Yao chuckled. "Long Yangjun, you couldn't have been more wrong this time. I sincerely joined His Majesty. Of course, I told him about it as soon as possible. Otherwise, why do you think His Majesty has been grabbing the back of Li Jialing's neck?"
"What!"
Long Yangjun found it hard to believe.
Observing the subtle reactions of the two of them, Wuying Qi sucked the Cosmos Ring from Li Jialing's neck with his fingers.
Li Jialing had been watching their performance in a daze in the first place. Now that the flesh on the back of his neck was torn apart brutally, he couldn't help but scream and almost pass out. There was no telling whether it was because of fury or pain.
Wuying Qi played with the Cosmos Ring the size of a fingernail in his hand for a moment before he threw it to Li Yao.
Li Yao made a gesture with his hands and opened them abruptly. A shackle that looked like a golden scorpion was immediately ejected from the Cosmos Ring. It also looked like a giant mouth that would bite anyone at any moment.
Seeing that the hundreds of coldly glittering teeth were biting each other, it was not hard to imagine what would happen if they were biting a human being.
It was needless to mention the hollow needles that could pierce into the bones and the lethal venom inside the needles.
However powerful Wuying Qi's soul was, he would always be in the most feeble state the moment he was possessed. There would be dire consequences if he was suddenly trapped by the "Immortal Tying Chains".
"What a piece of delicate confinement magical equipment. Only Li Jialing's hands could've crafted such a marvelous toy."
Wuying Qi said with a smile, "That's what I said. You two experts have entered a dangerous place, and yet you brought Li Jialing to the trap. It is truly illogical. I wouldn't have touched his body recklessly in the first place, but since you are so frank, it saves me the trouble of a full examination."
Li Yao grinned and bared his sharp teeth at Long Yangjun.
Long Yangjun couldn't hold herself back any longer. She went on, "Alright. Even if Li Yao has explained the whole thing to Your Majesty, did he tell Your Majesty that he has a piece of portable magical equipment named 'Neltharion' that he crafted with his own blood, which boasts an indestructible drill of mystic rays and countless Cosmos Rings that are loaded with crystal bombs to blow up the most inconspicuous parts of the target?"
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