I Persuade People With Reason

As the emperor and his party continued to move forward, the crowds on the surrounding streets gradually dwindled, and some noises could be heard faintly in front of them. It seemed that many people were dispersed by the soldiers to clear the way for the emperor and the others.

The emperor looked calm, with a confident bearing.

Kings are not to take personal risk.

As an emperor, how could he go out of the palace with three or five guards at will, knowing that he was going to meet a monster who had a **** feud with him and whose cultivation base was unknown?

From the beginning of the story, to the time when the underling guards found the trace of the other party, in just a few days, it is difficult to guarantee that this was not a clue that the other party deliberately leaked.

In this case, clearing the scene in advance to eliminate possible ambush and other dangers is a normal behavior.

The hustle and bustle in front of him gradually dissipated, and the entire street was secretly blocked. The little demon who dared to use a message to lead him to attack has no way out.

By this time, the long street was empty.

A quaint Taoist temple appeared at the end of the line of sight.

The sky light seeped through the clouds, crossing the top of the Taoist temple, a gray bird parked on the eaves, combing its feathers.

Quiet, natural, out of the dust.

Li Mo followed the emperor, looking around, his face was full of curiosity, but the depths of his eyes gradually became more strange. He looked ahead.

Such a strong demon!

This breath was well hidden before, but with the arrival of the emperor and his party, it seems that the other party no longer hides it, so that the Taoist temple in front of him has changed in Li Mo's eyes at this time, and the demon is full of air. , but also mixed with blood, and no longer feel clean and out of the dust.

...Here? There is a big monster hidden!

When Li Mo was in his prime, he didn't put the other party in his eyes, but now, although he was a little bit afraid, the first reaction in his heart was ecstasy. If he can devour the demon's spirit, at least half of his broken spirit can be recovered.

Unfortunately, now he is not the opponent's opponent. Who devours who is still a matter of debate.

...As far as the current situation is concerned, this demon and the emperor are enemies rather than friends. Then, we need to borrow from the emperor?

He stopped for a while, and looked at the emperor in confusion and curiosity: "Father, in the Taoist temple in front of you? Is that the person you want to see? I, I feel a little dangerous."

It's sharp! The emperor unexpectedly glanced at the girl with a tangled expression, and said solemnly: "Yes. This place is indeed dangerous." He raised his finger to the Taoist Temple, and his tone was a bit heavy, "This is the hiding place of a big demon. This monster is extremely vicious and wanted to kill me many years ago, Princess Shurou and her concubine died because of it, and now they have sneaked into the land of Jingzi and brutally slaughtered the four Daozhenguan people.

Li Mo: "???"

Princess Shurou's consort was Li Sanyuan back then. When Li Mo came to the capital to cooperate with the emperor, the couple had been dead for many years. He had never paid attention to the relevant news, so he didn't know whether what the emperor said was true or not.

But no one knows the truth of the death of several avatars of Daozhen Temple better than Li Mo. At this time, seeing the emperor open his mouth and put the black pot on the unknown monster, he was also secretly surprised, and a question mark appeared.

If it was the real Princess Yuhua, she would have believed his nonsense. So, Li Mo opened his mouth slightly at the right time, revealing twelve points of shock and fear.

"Demon, demon? Father, is there really a demon in this world? Or is it such a vicious demon?"

Just then, there were a few explosions in front of him. A gray shadow jumped out from the encirclement of the open road and cleared the field, overflowing with demonic energy, coming in this direction.

A blade of light followed behind the shadow and flew out, and at the moment when it broke through the air, the cold blade of the blade penetrated the gray shadow with a "pop" in mid-air!

A shrill cry that did not resemble a human voice sounded at the same time, and the gray shadow fell to the ground accompanied by the spray of blood.

Looking closely, it was a mouse the size of a dog. After death, the rat demon quickly became smaller and returned to its original shape.

"...It's just a little demon hiding here to practice, so it's unlucky!"

The person in charge of investigating the danger was an army that Princess Yuhua had never seen before, called the "Forbidden Demon Guard". The commander walked over to put away the knife, and then instructed his subordinates to continue. It seemed that he was no stranger to monsters and had skilled coping skills.

After a while, following the sweep, several more unlucky little demons were caught and killed one after another. Discomfort.

"Really, there are demons!"

"Princess Yuhua"'s little face became even paler, just staring blankly at this scene, it seemed that she finally reacted, she took a few steps back in fright, then looked at the emperor, and said in a trembling voice: "Father, Let's go back to the palace. For things like extermination of demons, we should invite those talented people to come, how can we let the father and emperor take risks?"

The emperor shook his head imperceptibly, and his expression became more serious: "This monster is cruel, cunning, and despicable. He left a message on Daozhenguan, and threatened the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital. If you don't personally? When he comes out, he will kill again and commit more **** crimes in the capital. I am the emperor, how can I live in the palace and watch the people die?"

He was eloquent and full of grandeur.

"Princess Yuhua" immediately sucked in a breath of cold air, and seemed to be terrified by the ferocity and viciousness of the big demon, and the look in the emperor's eyes was full of admiration, admiration, and worry.

Li Mo, who was wearing this skin, was indifferent, but he knew that the emperor's acting in front of Princess Yuhua was definitely not to say unnecessary nonsense, but to use her. Sweet:

"The honor of the father, the emperor, and the son of the emperor is willing to take risks for the people. As a princess of the royal family, my daughter should do my best. It's a pity... I don't know anything, and I don't know how to help the father. "

The emperor smiled kindly, shook his head and said: "Where? I need you? Go into battle. My Heavenly Dragon Qi can suppress all evil spirits. Yuhua you? Good luck. As for the others, I am the Son of Heaven, how can I tolerate the madness of monsters!" Having said this, he has stepped forward, and his tone has turned sharp.

Sure enough, it was to deceive Princess Yuhua's luck blessing... Li Mo nodded again and again without any surprise.

The real Princess Yuhua in the depths of her body was slightly startled. For some reason, she suddenly remembered what Li Mo said last time, although later Li Mo claimed that she was talking nonsense under the madness, and it stayed in her heart after all. traces.

She has great luck...

Some kind of weird conjecture was stirring in the depths of her heart, almost breaking out of the shell, but it was shrouded in a fog-like film, making her unable to see clearly.

At this moment, on the long silent street, a few crisp applause was suddenly heard, and a figure suddenly came out from the quaint Taoist temple at the end of the line of sight.

"What a person who turns black and white, speaks freely, and has such superb acting skills, Da Tianzi, you? This emperor is a subservient person. I heard that the human race has a troupe that performs for people's amusement, and that's where you belong. A good place to go!" This person walked out of the Taoist temple indifferently, some moon-white scholar robes with fluttering sleeves, and a smile.

With such an appearance, who could it be if it wasn't Yuan Liu?

He seemed to be free and easy, but there was a flame of icy hatred hidden in the eyes of the emperor, and a trace of murderous intent boiled up like a fog, gradually filling the entire long street.

"...Fortunately, you? This emperor is still a bit daring, and today I will settle an old account for fourteen years!"

"Chong-"

"Bold—!"

The sound of the long knife being unsheathed was so neat that it overlapped with the sound of shouting. The so-called master humiliated his minister to death, the insult in his words made the guards present split their eyes, and with a cold shout, they all drew their swords to meet him.

The emperor's face also darkened.

He knew that the more he defended, the more guilty he would appear, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the evil spirits. He just waved his hand with a sullen face.

"The mere evil, dare to be so presumptuous in Beijing, kill!"

Suddenly, more people hiding in the dark rushed up.

Halfway through rushing out, waves of demonic energy surged within these people, bursting out around their bodies.

Their bodies gradually swelled, their fingernails gradually became longer, and their fragile human palms gradually became like the claws of beasts. When he got a faint green, in a flash, an ordinary person just now turned into a half-human, half-demon form.

After the demonization, the people seemed to be slightly less rational, and their pupils were all dyed with madness. They only followed the last thought before the demonization and rushed towards Yuan Liu.

In the mid-air, the demonic energy and the spiritual energy were violently tumbling, and it was faintly visible that all kinds of demonic beasts rose up from the crowd, turned into fierce tigers and wolves that chose people and devoured them, and savagely attacked Yuan Liu and bit down, aggressively!

The ground shattered in the violent force, the stones splashed, like a sudden tornado swirls the dust, the center of the battle has become a terrifying vortex, pulling the surrounding air. And a hand suddenly stretched out from this vortex, and the clear phalanx tapped lightly on the top of the first half-demon who was about to hit him.

As if hitting a huge wall head-on, or being suddenly hit by a turbulent tsunami, the half-demon was just thrown away, no more difficult than bouncing a piece of biscuit. He seemed to be thrown out of a centrifuge, slammed into the other half-demon who had also thrown out next to him, and then flew out together.

And that hand didn't stop moving, I don't know when it has been smoothed by a knife, a faint chill spread from the blade edge, he stretched out his hand, waved the knife, and the light of the knife crossed an arc.

Before and after? No more than a stick of incense, the swarming group of half demons fell to the ground like dumplings. Some people were in good condition, some corpses were separated, and most of the rest were blocked by a thick layer of ice. , the fierce, fearful look froze at the last moment.

With a heavy muffled sound, all the corpses fell to the ground, and the shattered ice **** scattered all over the ground, like pieces of glass, glistening in the sky.

Until a pair of boots step on it.

The moon-white robe was smoothed out by the wind. Yuan Liu, who was still dressed as a scribe, looked light and windy, but his face was too pale. His hands that were hanging by his side trembled indistinctly. Is the end of the crossbow.

At this moment, he suddenly turned sideways, a huge squirrel phantom flashed across his body, and the big fluffy tail suddenly swept away!

The sound of broken ribs sounded, and the gushing blood suddenly spread out in the air around his body, as if an invisible enemy hidden beside him suffered heavy damage.

"call……"

Yuan Liu's face turned even paler, pale and pale.

He shook his body slightly, and took a step, two steps forward... He slowly walked towards the emperor's place.

At this time, the people brought by the emperor were all dead. Only "Princess Yuhua" and the last guard remained by his side, looking alert.

"Is there any other way? Come out...cough...cough...just try. I said, I'm here to settle old accounts!"

Yuan Liu was only three steps away from the emperor. With his physique and speed as a big demon, even if he had only one breath left, he could pounce on him and deal with it.

The emperor frowned and said nothing.

Yuan Liu laughed happily. The hatred and resentment that had been suppressed for so many years poured out from his eyes unreservedly, making people no doubt that the reason why he didn't kill immediately was the enemy who wanted to torture himself.

And immersed in the thrill of revenge and intense hatred, he seems to have overlooked something because of this...

The emperor's eyes passed silently over him.

Behind him, the surface of the corpse that fell on the ground flickered with lines, and drop after drop of pitch-black blood floated out. .

The monster suddenly opened its mouth and let out a roar.

Li Mo, who had been severely injured by the monster, was dizzy for a while, as if countless sharp knives were cutting his soul, Yuan Liugeng's face changed suddenly, he was shocked and stunned in place, holding his head showing extreme pain.

At this moment, the emperor who had been calm all the time suddenly drew his sword, took a step forward, and stabbed the edge of his sword!

His movements are only three steps, simple, precise and quick. The moment when the sword of the Son of Heaven was pulled out, what appeared was not a majestic image, but an evil power mixed with blood energy and demonic energy. It was as if the demon had broken the seal and could not wait to pierce the enemy's heart.

A burst of golden light spread from the place where the sword's edge touched the heart, filling Yuan Liu's body.

The demonic energy in his whole body was suddenly blocked, and the whole person fell to the ground, turning into an ordinary squirrel, and just paralyzed there helplessly.

"Take him away!"

The emperor ordered, and finally a guard immediately stepped forward and locked the gray squirrel in the cage that had been prepared earlier.

And the blood shadow in the air also dissipated after a few breaths, turned into a mass of black blood and fell down, and was picked up by the emperor with a strange jade and put away again.

He didn't care about the dead demon guards. As long as the source blood is still in hand, it is not difficult to create this kind of "half-demon" that can be sacrificed at will.

"Princess Yuhua" has been watching all this in astonishment, and finally her eyes fell on the squirrel who was locked in a cage? Li Mo, who was hiding under Princess Yuhua's skin, could hardly restrain the greed in his heart.

——After swallowing the demon soul of this big monster, can he have the power to protect himself and have the opportunity to restore his full strength?!

Although he was also surprised that there was such a power around the emperor that he didn't know about, the most important thing now is to repair his own demon so that he has the opportunity to conspire against others. This big monster, he is bound to win!

"Father, why don't you just kill this demon?" She pretended to be puzzled and asked tentatively.

"You have seen it just now, the demons and gods are so powerful that mortals can only use the power of demons to deal with them." The emperor explained patiently, "This demon is useful to me for the time being, and I will see you later. It's not too late to kill!"

Later? How long? Li Mo didn't want to wake up this big demon and be killed. He had to get the demon in his hands as soon as possible before the emperor ordered the execution.

Thinking about this in secret, Li Mo's face was calm, and he suddenly realized that, a young girl's brisk and lively smile appeared on his cheeks.

The emperor's goal today has been achieved. Although many people have been sacrificed, at least Yuhua's trump card has not been revealed, and there may be a chance to use it later.

Satisfied in his heart, his smile became more loving.

The thoughtful "father and daughter" smiled at each other and returned to the palace with their spoils.

Not long after, a group of forbidden troops searched in the quaint and dilapidated Taoist temple. But after tossing and turning several times, the Taoist temple was empty, and they had to leave in a hurry.

"Senior, you? This is... what's the trick? It's amazing!"

In the Taoist courtyard, two people are sitting opposite each other under the tree. A small hairy dumpling squatted on the stone table between the two of them, and said in a milky voice, "Amazing, it's amazing!"

And a group of sergeants who were ordered to search in this temple? They searched back and forth, but they seemed to be blind. They just didn't see the big living person under the tree. When they hurriedly swept from here, it was like sweeping through the air. .

Yuan Liu finally couldn't help but exclaimed when he watched the backs of these people disappear at the entrance of the Taoist Temple.

To make ordinary people turn a blind eye to themselves like this is not a particularly advanced method, and it can be done by those who are skilled in illusion. Therefore, Yuan Liu lamented not this, but the previous battle.

When the emperor arrived, he was sitting here so nicely? Drinking tea, before he had time to go out, the big guy somehow threw something out of his sleeve? Then, suddenly a dog appeared outside. Yuan six? ? ?

At that time, Yuan Liu himself was stunned.

In other words, the one who mocked the emperor before, fought with him, and finally was captured was not the real Yuan Liu at all, and even Yuan Liu didn't know what it was.

...Puppet, magic weapon, or clone?

Recalling the battle just now, Yuan Liu was still a little scared. That fake Yuanliu's strength? It's not worse than him. In other words, if he was the one who went out just now, most of the people who were caught now would be him.

Thinking like this, Yuan Liu felt a little guilty: "Junior is ashamed. If it wasn't for helping me, I wouldn't have caused my senior to lose a puppet..."

"There is no loss, and it is not to help you?" Yuan didn't want to interrupt him, his lips curved into a brisk arc, "I deliberately let them take it away."

Yuan Liu was stunned for a moment.

"If you want to catch big fish, how can you not have bait?"

At first, he didn't think it was a door-to-door delivery. He wanted to solve the problem directly, but then he changed his mind.

Because he found that Li Mo's state was more interesting than he thought. For some unknown reason, this person actually has a slight fit with the filthy Taoist text. The dirty Taoist text is placed in Li Mo's demon soul, it's like a seed buried in fertile soil? It is growing strong and absorbing nutrients. .

In other words, Li Mo is now a tool person who is free to help people who did not cultivate filthy Taoism.

How could he be willing to settle the other party so early?

And there is another reason for deliberately letting the emperor take his puppet away. That's the demon guard.

When he sensed the breath of these people, Yuan Buwei realized that the emperor was still cultivating half-demon in private. Then he must have a secret place that no one knows about. If these half demons were not cultivated by Li Mo, it means that the emperor may have other demons or capable people.

For some reason, I didn't think of Li Sanyuan all of a sudden!

For the emperor of that year, perhaps Li Sanyuan was the first existence that transcended mortals he had come into contact with. It would be too wasteful and meaningless to kill him directly as an emperor. If he could subdue the other party, then he would undoubtedly squeeze the highest utilization value.

Yandang Mountain was directly wiped out, but it didn't mean that all the monsters had been killed. Even if they were all dead, and Princess Shurou's mother and son, were they really dead too?

The emperor has too much weight in his hand to subdue Li Sanyuan, and killing him is just the last resort.

The thinking has been clear, and I knew what I should do if I didn't do it. That is to let the emperor capture "Yuan Liu", so that he can find the secret of the emperor's secret cultivation of the forbidden demon guards, and he will get rid of his old bottom!

This kind of thing that upsets people, bad people do good things, and overturns the chess game? It's not too bad? I like it :)

But there is no need to tell Yuan Liu about this, he just said lightly: "I suspect that Li Sanyuan is still alive."

"How is it possible that my third brother is still alive?" Yuan Liu was inexplicable and blurted out subconsciously.

"Then are you willing to let me do the math?" Yuan Buwei smiled slightly, his eyes turned before Yuan Liu and Xiao Tuanzi, "Anyone can give a few drops of blood."

Although Yuan San has been reincarnated, the karma between their brothers has not been broken, and they may not be able to sense the location, but it is still no problem to calculate whether they live or die.

Yuan Liu was still sighing with emotion about this senior's supernatural powers, and suddenly felt a pain in his fingers. Looking down, Xiao Mao Tuanzi had already jumped up from the table and bit his finger with an "ah woo".

"Xiao Qi, you? What are you doing—"

Xiao Mao Tuan swayed his big tail and came to Yuan Buwei. He put his two claws together, held it high above his head, and gave him a few drops of suspended blood. This gesture was like holding a hazelnut. In tribute in general.

Yuan Liu, who was stabbed in the back by his younger brother, was stunned, but when he saw the little hairy ball staring at his round eyes, he said confidently: "Here! Use Brother Liu's! Brother Liu is fat and has a lot of blood! I'm still young and have less blood!"

Yuan Liu: "???"

...that makes sense, so this is your reason for backstabbing your brother?

Seeing that Yuan Liu looked at him with a "fierce god? Evil", Xiao Mao Tuan cleverly rolled two steps towards Yuan Buwei, grabbed his sleeve all at once, and lay here? Playing dead.

It wasn't for a chuckle.

Without seeing how he moved, the suspended blood swam away in mid-air, gradually turning into a trace of blood mist, and then painted into strange runes, and finally dissipated like smoke.

"—is still alive."

After a while, he made such an assertion.

"It seems that this time I can really gain a lot."