The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 363: The Way to Control the Dragon

Last time, we talked about how Li Yi used magic to let Lan Ze see the world after the Gu God was resurrected. How will this scene shock her? Let's read on.

Lan Ze shook his head and said, "No, this is not the world that the Gu God wants to create. The world that the Gu God wants to create is a world where humans and Gu insects coexist. Gu insects will help people farm, resist enemies, and fight natural disasters! It will never be what you showed me!"

Li Yi smiled and said, "It might be possible at the beginning, but humans cannot live forever. Once there is no new human inheritance, wouldn't there only be the Gu? How can there be symbiosis? Does your Wu Gu Cult have a Gu technique that can make people have children?"

Lan Ze suddenly realized that there was indeed no such witchcraft, but she still didn't want to believe it. She shook her head and said, "No! It will never be like that! Don't try to fool me!" After that, she rushed out of the yard.

Mo Bai sent a message to Li Yi: "It seems she still doesn't believe it."

"She will figure it out! You should stay with Yuehua for the next period of time and help me take care of her."

Mo Bai nodded.

Li Yi came to the main hall, and Xiang Ying and Jing Xin immediately came forward to ask about Yuehua's situation. Li Yi gave them a look that everything was fine, raised his hand and saluted Zhao Yunrou, saying: "Wei Mou implores the Crown Princess to treat Yuehua well in the future. She is still young and not very sensible. If she makes a mistake, please inform Wei Mou, and I will definitely discipline her personally."

Seeing that Wei Le cared so much about Yue Hua, Zhao Yunrou didn't know where she got the confidence from, and said in a cold voice: "Wei Le, she is young and ignorant, what about you? You dared to make trouble in the prince's mansion relying on your extraordinary strength, how do you explain this matter?"

"Wei can help the Crown Princess with a favor."

"Do me a favor? What a joke. What can you do for me?"

"Save the prince's life!"

"How dare you! Wei Le, are you cursing the prince?"

"I saw the battle report at the Prime Minister's Mansion yesterday. The Northern Wei Dynasty appointed Nangong Ting as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and mobilized 30,000 soldiers from the Zhenbei Army, 50,000 soldiers from the Dingnan Army, and 30,000 imperial guards. Together with the garrison troops from various places, there are about 170,000 people in total.

We have now recaptured Tianshui and Xiping, cut off the army's food supply, and are about to encircle them. Our army has not yet taken Guazhou, so we have no city to defend, no food to eat, and no army to support us. In this situation, isn't the prince in danger?"

"The Crown Prince has great fortune and knows how to deal with this situation. This situation is also within our expectations. There is no danger at all!"

"Crown Princess, do you mean that the Crown Prince will be promoted to Extraordinary, then lead the army to capture Dunhuang, and then return to Chu via Yizhou? I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity, because you forgot one person!"

"Who?"

"Nangong Ting's jewel in the palm, the most beautiful woman in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the heir of the Tianzong's Merciless Sword, Nangong Xue. She had already entered the extraordinary realm last year.

This time, Nangong Ting is here for the king of a different surname, so he will definitely bring Nangong Xue with him. As long as the crown prince is promoted to the extraordinary level, he will definitely die!"

"Since he only entered the Transcendent Realm last year, he is not much stronger than the Crown Prince. How can he be doomed?"

Li Yi shook his head and said, "There is still a gap between people. Nangong Xue was born with a sword fetus. She went to the Taoist Tianzong to practice swordsmanship since she was a child. She passed the heavenly tribulation at the age of seventeen and achieved extraordinary achievements. She is a natural talent.

She is very different from the prince who has achieved the extraordinary realm by borrowing the power of witchcraft and forcing the growth of seedlings! Once the two of them fight, life and death will be decided in less than ten moves!

Crown Princess, I am also in the Transcendent Realm. Others have no way of knowing this kind of thing, and even if they knew, they might not tell you the truth. So if you want the Crown Prince to come back alive, you have to persuade him not to force his way into the Transcendent Realm. While Yumen Pass is still in our hands, we should use the passage to withdraw our troops as soon as possible."

At this time, a servant came to report: "Princess Consort, someone has come from the palace, saying that the king wants to summon Master Wei."

Zhao Yunrou looked at Wei Le nervously, and the latter bowed and said, "Don't worry, Crown Princess. I am trustworthy. As long as you treat Yuehua well, I will never mention the witchcraft matter."

"Okay, I agree. Master Wei, please come to the palace to see me."

Li Yi followed the eunuch into the palace of Chu State and came to Chuxing Hall, which was a new palace built after Xiong Zhen came to power. It was where he handled government affairs and summoned ministers. After the announcement, Li Yi entered the hall. According to Chu etiquette, great scholars did not need to kneel down, so he raised his hand and saluted, saying, "I, Wei Le, greet the king!"

"Commoner? Humph, you are an extraordinary martial artist, a fourth-rank scholar, and you still follow the etiquette of a scholar. Wei Le, your word "commoner" sounds really harsh to my ears."

Li Yi looked towards the King of Chu, stretched out his hand and called out softly, "Come!"

The dragon energy around the King of Chu appeared, condensing into a golden dragon that coiled around his body. The golden dragon stared at Li Yi with wide eyes. After Li Yi called out again, the golden dragon jumped up and jumped to Li Yi's side, jumping up and down around him, just like a dragon dancing with a pearl!

Others could not see this scene, only King Xiong Zhen of Chu on the throne saw it clearly. He stood up and looked at the dancing golden dragon, feeling the unusually active dragon energy of the Human Emperor in his body, his face full of shock.

Xiong Zhen shouted: "Everyone retreat! Everyone retreat!"

The chief eunuch Hou Zhen beside him quickly waved his hand to signal all the guards and eunuchs to leave Chuxing Hall.

Xiong Zhen shouted again: "You get out too, and get everyone to retreat ten feet away from the main hall!"

"Your Majesty, this... is the first time you have seen..."

"What are you talking about? If I tell you to go, then go!"

The King of Chu did not proclaim himself emperor, so he called himself "Gu"; and the Emperor of Wei and the Emperor of Liang both called themselves "Gua Ren". Only by becoming emperor could they call themselves "Zhen".

"Yes!" The chief eunuch hurriedly led everyone out of Chuxing Hall and stood guard ten feet outside the hall, not daring to move forward.

The king's city guard came to Hou Zhen and saluted, saying, "Eunuch Hou, why is your majesty doing this? Wei Le is a foreigner and a martial artist of the extraordinary realm. How can your majesty disregard his own safety and summon him alone?"

Hou Zhen shook his head and sighed, "Hey, General Gong, you asked me, how can I know! I have followed the king for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a situation. This Wei Le is not like a great pillar of the country. He is definitely not just an extraordinary warrior."

"What you said, eunuch? He is a Confucian and a martial artist. How can he be the same as the Great Pillar State?"

Hou Zhen waved his hand and said, "Forget it, General Gong, you must keep a close eye on it. Even if it's just a bug, you can't let it fly into the palace."

General Gong immediately noticed something unusual and shouted to the guards behind him, "What are you all standing there for? Go set up an air-based barrier. If a bug flies in, I'll chop off your heads!"

More than a dozen commanders immediately went to the vicinity of Chuxing Palace and began to take action. They had originally come to guard against the Transcendent Realm, but now they had to protect the Transcendent Realm.

Inside the palace, Xiong Zhen had already stepped down from the dragon platform. He looked at the golden dragons surrounding Li Yi and asked, "Can you control the dragon energy of the emperor?"

Li Yi stretched out his hand to push the dragon's horn away and said with a smile: "It can't be considered as controlling it, but this human emperor dragon energy is very familiar with me. It sensed my presence, so it condensed its energy and transformed to get close to me."

"Why?"

"My king, do you want to try riding this golden dragon?"

"not bad?"

"Why not? It was created to protect the king. It can be said to be the king's protective spirit."

"Then I really want to try it."

Li Yi reached out and patted the dragon's head to make it lie down, and the golden dragon obediently lay on the ground. But as soon as Xiong Zhen approached, the golden dragon jumped away and coiled on the pillar of the hall.

"Please wait a moment, my king. This golden dragon is still hesitant. Let me persuade it." After Li Yi finished speaking, he raised his right hand and gathered the righteous energy into a purple ball. The golden dragon jumped over excitedly.

But the golden dragon didn't expect that Li Yi would grab its dragon horn and pin it to the ground and beat it. Li Yi cursed while beating it: "You will die if you let the king ride on you! You are so rude! Be quiet now!"

The King of Chu was stunned when he saw Li Yi beating the golden dragon, thinking that he would beat him up later! When the King of Chu saw Li Yi tie the golden dragon into a bow, he was completely numb! He also saw Li Yi grab the dragon head and tail and stretch them hard, directly breaking the golden dragon into dragon energy and returning it to his body.

Xiong Zhen was surprised and asked: "This...what's going on?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "It's afraid that I will deal with it, so it doesn't dare to come out. Don't be afraid, my king. I will lure it out later!" After saying that, he made a seal with his hands, and a giant dragon with golden horns and golden fins, a blue body and a purple belly, coiled around Li Yi and let out a low dragon roar at the King of Chu.

The golden dragon poked its head out from the King of Chu, and after seeing the blue dragon around Li Yi, it flew out excitedly, flying up and down in the palace with the blue dragon, chasing and playing.

The King of Chu was completely dumbfounded this time, and couldn't help asking: "Wei Le, what is this dragon of yours?"

"My king, this is the Confucianism I practice, which was passed down from the First Saint Cangjie. The First Saint used this to control the destiny of the human race. The Human Emperor's dragon energy and the destiny of the human race are of the same origin, so he is familiar with it, and that's why he is close to me."

"I see, then..."

Li Yi raised his hand, used the blue dragon to lead the golden dragon back, patted the dragon head, and the golden dragon lay on the ground. Li Yi helped the King of Chu ride on the golden dragon, patted it casually, and the golden dragon carried the King of Chu and flew around in the palace.

King Xiong Zhen of Chu, a man in his fifties, actually showed a childlike smile. His laughter spread throughout the hall, and the guards, eunuchs and palace maids ten feet away could hear it clearly.

Hou Zhen was very surprised to hear the King of Chu laugh: "Oh, it's been a long time since I heard the King laugh so happily since the Northern Expedition began! This Prince Wei is really not simple!"

General Gong came forward and whispered, "Why don't you go over and take a look, so you can make the king happy in the future."

Hou Zhen shook his head and smiled, "General Gong, don't worry. The king has dragon energy to protect him. Neither witchcraft nor other evil magic can hurt the king. And that young master Wei practices both Confucianism and Taoism, so how could he possibly use evil magic?"

General Gong nodded and said in a low voice: "That's good, that's good."

The golden dragon flew with the King of Chu for a while, and Xiong Zhen asked, "Wei Le, can we go out and fly for a while?"

Li Yi shook his head and smiled, "Your Majesty, not everyone can see the dragon energy of the Human Emperor. To outsiders, it seems that Your Majesty is flying in the sky out of thin air. I am afraid that it will attract gossip."

"Yes, yes, yes. I forgot about it. All right! Let's not go out for now. Let's go back."

The golden dragon slowly fell to the ground. Li Yi stepped forward to help the King of Chu down. He reached out and touched the golden dragon, which turned into dragon energy and flew into the King of Chu's body.

King Chu looked at Li Yi, patted his shoulder, shook his head and laughed, "This dragon energy has been with me for so many years, but this is the first time it's been so close to me. Wei Le, you are really amazing!"

The King of Chu only practiced the Way of Kings, not Confucianism, so he only knew that he had dragon energy but had never seen it. If Emperor Xiao Yongming of Liang had practiced Confucianism for more than 30 years, he could also control the dragon energy. As for Emperor Yuanjun of Wei, he had just taken power and the dragon energy had not been attached to him for long. As long as he focused on practicing, he could also control the dragon energy over time.

Li Yi smiled and said, "It's just some little tricks. Your Majesty, thank you for your praise."

"Oh, I was so happy that I forgot what I wanted to say to you. Ah! Wei Le, are you willing to serve me?"

"That depends on what position the king appoints me to."

"How about the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's Grand Historian?"

"The Jing family is in charge there, I won't do it."

"How about Wu'an Jun, command the king's soldiers and guard the king's city?"

"The entire Xijing is guarded by the Xiang family, so there won't be any trouble. It's boring. I won't do it."

"How about the Right Sima, commanding the General of the Northern Expedition?"

"The Qu family is a great general, and I am the right Sima? Commanding my father-in-law, wouldn't that mess up the order of generations? I won't do it!"

The King of Chu was displeased and said, "You don't do this or that. What on earth do you want to do?"

"That depends on your Majesty's opinion, but it's best to avoid the three tribes! To be honest with you, Prime Minister Su prepared food and fodder this time, but it was me who persuaded the three tribes to provide food at a fair price to support the Northern Expedition. If I compete with them for official positions again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk to them when we meet again."