The Eternal Suprem - Chapter 76

Li Chunyang’s heart skipped a beat as he said with a wry smile, “If they were ordinary ministers, it’d not be a big deal for me to kill them. However, this Kong Renyi is a descendant of Confucius. He represents the orthodox Confucianism, and his words and deeds are examples of all the scholars in the world. If I kill him, I’ll definitely be criticized by the whole world, and I’ll be poked in the back wherever I go.”

Yunxiao stared at him with piercing eyes. “Grandpa, you still attach yourself too much to the secular world,” he sighed and shook his head. “You know, for people like us who pursue martial arts, what we should pay attention to is strength. After all, whoever has the greatest strength will have the right to speak, and we should never hesitate to repay kindness and take revenge. The so-called orthodox Confucianism is nothing but a tool used by secular emperors to fool the common people. In our eyes, it is no different from dung. When we hold sway and smile proudly over the clouds, who do you think , among all the people in the world would dare to scold us?”

Li Chunyang was struck dumb. Yunxiao’s words exploded in his mind like thunder, filling his head with a buzzing noise.

“People like us should reign over the world! Grandpa, you’ve been on the battlefield for so many years and experienced so many battles, and you’ve never been afraid. Why are you afraid of a mere pedantic Confucian scholar today? Don’t let me look down on you!” Yunxiao’s eyes grew cold and a strong, undisguised murderous aura spread from him. “I’ll kill those pedantic worms today! Let’s see who can stop me!”

What Yunxiao said had struck his ears like the roar of thunder and given him a feeling of sudden enlightenment, as if the path of martial arts had suddenly opened up before his eyes. If a man was timid in doing things, how could he succeed? A warrior should always advance bravely!

The murderous aura emanated from Yunxiao was so tremendous that it flowed with the air as he walked and pressed in the face of Li Chunyang, making the Martial King shudder and creating a storm in his heart. He was a veteran who had galloped on the battlefield for many years and killed countless people, and yet he was still frightened by it. It was a kind of fear rising from the deepest part of the soul, a primal fear!

‘How could this boy have such a strong murderous aura? It’s like he once killed hundreds of millions of people and was entangled with countless karma! Even I felt a little scared in front of him!’

Li Chunyang’s eyes were filled with confusion. He found that he knew less and less about this grandson.

The murderous aura was emanated by the soul. Although Yunxiao did not kill as many people as Li Chunyang in his previous life, they were all almighty experts, and the murderous aura of each of them was at least ten thousand times more than Li Chunyang’s. And because he once stood at the peak of the continent, the supreme temperament from the depths of his soul was simply awe-inspiring.

Soon, the two of them started for the court, riding side by side on white horses. Along the way, they made no effort to conceal their aura, so the people on both sides of the street had already felt a shudder of fear and quickly moved away even from a long distance.

As they rode, Li Chunyang studied his grandson’s expression. His heart was filled with mixed emotions, but at the same time, it also gave birth to a desire to pursue the endless road of martial arts. Originally, he was already satisfied after he became a Martial King and felt that he had reached the peak of his life. But at this moment, as he sensed the grandmaster’s aura exuded from Yunxiao, he immediately felt that he was too narrow-minded, and that he had only just started in martial arts.

He secretly made a decision that after he had helped Qin Yue, he would completely cut his ties with the secular affairs and devote himself to cultivation.

“Who goes there? This is the front gate of the palace. You must not be rude! Dismount and walk immediately!”

The pupils of the guards stationed in front of the palace constricted when they saw two white horses charging at them from a far distance. They were shocked by the boldness of the two men, and one of the guards quickly took a deep breath and shouted at the top of his lungs.

With a sullen look on his face, Yunxiao focused his voice into a line and spewed it out, making it explode over the palace. “There is an urgent situation on the front line, and I have important military information to report to His Majesty directly! Please forgive me for being rude, but this cannot be delayed!”

Startled, the guard cried out hurriedly, “No matter what urgent information you have to report, you must dismount immediately and wait for us to inform His Majesty!”

“It’s too late, get out of the way!”

“You are not allowed to be rude here! Dismount immediately!”

“If you don’t get out of the way, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

“How dare you! If you don’t dismount, you will die!”

“Well, you asked for it.” Yunxiao sighed softly. In the blink of an eye, two white horses had rushed to the front of the palace as the two guards quickly drew their sabers. With a hint of determination in his eyes, Yunxiao unsheathed the sword of Taiyin, its blade gleaming coldly as its tip stabbed the guards’ eyes in an instant. Then, it flashed again, sending two heads tumbling up into the air.

Li Chunyang’s pupils constricted slightly. “Why kill them? You can just teach them a lesson,” he said in a low voice.

As a veteran who had led troops for many years, he regarded his subordinates as his kin.

Yunxiao narrowed his eyes and his murderous aura grew stronger. “I’m here to kill today!”

While frowning, Li Chunyang fell silent and just rode behind Yunxiao. His grandson’s actions and thoughts were completely beyond his understanding now, but at the same time, the latter also gave him a supreme feeling. Therefore, he did not want to interfere with him now and just wanted to quietly watch how he would handle the matter.

In any case, Yunxiao still had him, a Martial King, behind him. In the worst case scenario, they could just leave the state. No one in the entire Tianshui could stop him save for the one from Jialan Academy. After listening to Yunxiao’s words, his obsession with secular affairs gradually faded, and he no longer cared about such things as loyalty to his state.

“Who is so bold to intrude the palace and kill the guards!”

Several angry voices were heard from inside the palace while many guards began to crowd in from all directions. It was the morning session of the court right now, so all the ministers were in the great hall, and the stretcher on which Kong Renyi lay was also placed in the corridor inside the hall. Meanwhile, hundreds of imperial preceptors from the imperial college also knelt outside the hall.

“I’m the son of General Feilong, Li Yunxiao! I have an urgent military intelligence to report to His Majesty! Since it is extremely urgent, I can’t wait for the guards to inform! Please get out of the way!” Yunxiao said loudly while his sword gleamed coldly. The guards had surrounded the two of them, but no one dared to approach.

“I don’t care who you are! Since you dare to kill the palace guards, you will die today!” A figure rose into the air. The man was round and stout, and when he spun in the air toward Yunxiao, his huge sleeves filled with air, making him look like a colorful ball.

He came over Yunxiao in the blink of an eye, and he threw out his short arm and thrust his palm at Yunxiao along with a loud cry. Meanwhile, dark clouds appeared in the sky while a power of four different colors converged in his palm, forming waves of strong pressure that kept pressing down.

Yunxiao was completely trapped by the force. Not only was he unable to move, but his body was also under tremendous pressure, as if a mountain was bearing down on him. Under the pressure, his steed let out a piercing whine, then exploded into a puddle of blood and bones and flesh.

He narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “Level three-stars of the Four Quadrants Realm…A Martial Lord expert!”

Li Chunyang was very surprised. He knew this man was the head of the palace guards, Jing Feibai, but he did not expect his strength to be at this level. Without waiting for the man’s palm to fall, he suddenly leaped from the horseback at a speed that was hard for the naked eye to see.

Bam!

The crowd only saw that the two figures seemed to have collided in the air, then the fat one coughed out a lot of blood before spinning away like a ball that had its air leaked. Yunxiao was the only one who saw his grandfather grab Jing Feibai’s arm and break it, then kick him in the chest.

With a solemn expression, Li Chunyang fell from the air and said coldly in a powerful voice, “How dare you stop us from reporting urgent military intelligence? If anyone dares to get in our way again, I will kill him!”

The faces of all the guards around turned pale in an instant. They could not believe Jing Feibai, who was as powerful as a god in their hearts, was so vulnerable, and they all recognized who this old man was—the Duke of Jingguo, Li Chunyang! Now, they were even more frightened, and no one dared to stop them.

Li Chunyang glanced around coldly, then nodded slightly at Yunxiao, which meant, ‘We can go now, and I’ll be behind you today. Let’s see who dares to stop you!’

Yunxiao knew the old man was waiting to see his performance today. He smiled, then strode forward while cried out, “I’m General Feilong’s son, Li Yunxiao! I have an urgent military intelligence to report to His Majesty!”

His voice kept spreading, and soon it was heard in the great hall.

Everyone in the hall was shocked. Qin Yang’s face flickered as he kept sneering in his heart. “Father,” he said while stepping out of the rank, “the pair of grandfather and grandson from the Li Family is becoming more and more lawless. What do they think of the palace as? How can they kill the guards and force their way into the palace? This is outrageous! They should be executed!”

Qin Yue’s forehead was wet with cold sweat. He had been waiting for Yunxiao, but he did not expect him to make such a fuss when he finally got here. There were many people waiting for them in the court too, including Qin Yang and Kong Renyi, the descendant of the saint who was eager to teach them a lesson. Now, with the killing of the guards, the strategies he had already thought of to obtain the military deployment order were all rendered useless.

Qin Zheng was fuming as he sat on his dragon throne and coughed violently. “Send Li Chunyang and Li Yunxiao to the court!”

“Send Li Chunyang and Li Yunxiao to the court!” The decree was passed down by the eunuchs.

When the guards heard the decree, they all breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads. If the king’s decree was not passed down and Yunxiao walked straight into the great hall, they would have to face capital punishment. But if they stopped him, they would be killed nonetheless. So, the king’s decree was equivalent to amnesty for them. Hurriedly, they backed off and let him pass.

“Halt!”

Suddenly, a loud cry rang out from ahead. Hundreds of imperial preceptors and scholars kneeling outside the hall glared at Yunxiao and Li Chunyang as they rose to their feet, completely blocking their way.

“Li Chunyang, Li Yunxiao, you two have committed heinous crimes! Not only did you insult the descendant of Confucius, but also tortured hundreds of scholars! Your sin is inexcusable! Today, outside the great hall of the palace, under the bright blue sky, the two of you will be put to death! The Heaven and Earth will bear witness of you being punished!”

“You will be put to death! Heaven and Earth will bear witness!” Hundreds of people shouted angrily at the same time, and for a moment, their aura seemed to have risen significantly.