The Emperor Reigns Them All

Li Ye came to the demons who were confronting the guards. Because he stood on the stone step in front of the door, most of the demons could see him. As the saying goes, if you take a man’s money, you have to eliminate his disasters. The demon bear gave him a lot of Magic Treasures, so Li Ye felt that he had to do something.

Therefore, he continued to pretend to be weak and said feebly, “Everyone, it’s my first time to come to the demon clan, and I’m here to make friends with you. Unfortunately, I was assassinated in Panfeng City, so I’m very sad. Just now, I communicated with the Lord. The Lord said that he would find out the assassins and punish them for me. Thank you for your concern…”

Hearing this, the demon bear heaved a long sigh of relief. He thought, “Li Ye still has some conscience. He remembered to do something for me after blackmailing me for so many Magic Treasures…” But he soon thought otherwise.

It was because Li Ye continued to say, “The Lord told me that Panfeng City was not safe before the assassins were found out, so he invited me to stay in the City Lord’s Mansion until the assassins are found out… The City Lord’s Mansion is safe, so I won’t be in danger. I think that the assassins won’t in the City Lord’s Mansion, right?”

Speaking of the last word, Li Ye looked at the demon bear.

The demon bear opened his mouth, speechless for a long time.

Li Ye smiled on his face, but he sneered in his heart. “It’s impossible for me to help you. Since you dared to send people to assassinate me, I’ll empty your City Lord’s Mansion, make you crazy, and make you beg for death. Do you really think that I’m a push-over?”

“I need to establish my prestige and let all the demons know that I’m not a man to be pushed around! Otherwise, you won’t be awed by me. If you aren’t awed by me, how can I command you to fight in the future?”

When the demon bear saw Li Ye’s eyes, he sadly realized that Li Ye was taking advantage of him. “I’ve already given you all my Magic Treasures. Isn’t that enough? Do you still want to eat and drink for free in my mansion? Do I also need to protect you?”

“I’m the mastermind who sent people to assassinate you, and I’m very fierce. If you do this… Do you want me to kneel and beg you?”

“Where is justice…” The demon bear looked at the sky with grief and indignation. “Why doesn’t the lightning strike this shameless guy?”

Seeing the demon bear keeping silent, Li Ye was unhappy. He urged and said, “Lord, am I right?”

The demon bear put on a smile and said kindly, “Yes, yes, Prince An, you’re right!”

Then he looked at the demons. “That’s what I told Prince An. Don’t worry. As the Lord, I’ll keep Prince An safe, and I’ll also find out the assassins to protect the reputation of Panfeng City and everyone’s reputation!”

He smiled on his face but cursed in his heart. He was thinking about how to save face and kill Li Ye… Then he found that he couldn’t kill Li Ye. The demons suspected that he was dealing with Li Ye. If there was something wrong with Li Ye in the City Lord’s Mansion, didn’t it mean that he made a confession without duress?

The demon bear was desperate.

The demons gradually calmed down. Although the demon bear was not very clever, he was the Lord, after all, so he knew how to express his stance to the demons under his jurisdiction. He reluctantly said a lot of things against his will and made many promises.

The demons chose to believe him for the time being. After saying something unimportant, they left in succession.

Two parts of the demons sent invitations to Li Ye, hoping that he would go to their houses if he was free during the recuperation. They would certainly treat him warmly.

A part of them admired Prince An of the Tang Empire, so they wanted to take this opportunity to get to know Li Ye, drink wine, debate the Tao, and so on.

The other part was the female demons.

Some of them liked mortal men very much, and Li Ye was indeed very handsome like the demon wolf and the demon jackal had said, so they wanted to communicate with Li Ye and get close to him. These female demons said a lot of obvious hints while speaking, and they were very bold.

Li Ye agreed to the invitations of the first part of the demons but politely refused the other part.

So the female demons were very sad.

Seeing the disappointed female demons, the innkeeper sneered in her heart. “I arrive first and I have a priority opportunity, but I can’t make His Highness Prince An like me. You’re not even close!”

With this in mind, the innkeeper, somehow, had a sense of superiority.

It was because she was now qualified to serve Li Ye. And Li Ye didn’t look at the young and beautiful female demons in front of her.

In comparison, the innkeeper couldn’t help wondering if she had some special charm that made Li Ye give her a chance to go with him and serve him.

The innkeeper thought it must be so, so she became more confident. She peeked at Li Ye and began to plan how to get closer to him so that she would have an opportunity to sleep with him.

After almost all the demons left, Li Ye looked back at the demon bear with a smile. He no longer pretended ill but resumed his calm and arrogant look. He said calmly, “Lord, I’ll live with you from now on. It’s the first time for us to meet. Are you ready to be the host?”

The demon bear hated Li Ye so much that he wished to cook him and eat him, but he couldn’t do that. At this moment, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He asked in a muffled voice, “What do you want to eat?”

“It doesn’t matter what to eat.” Putting his hands behind his back, Li Ye walked past the demon bear, straight into the door with Wu You and the others. He looked as calm as if he was the owner of the City Lord’s Mansion.

He continued, “But I think that you should prepare a gift for me, such as Dan Pills, so that I can feel the enthusiasm of the demon clan. In this way, my visit will be worthwhile.”

The demon bear said in his heart, “You’ve already taken all my Magic Treasures, but you still want my Dan Pills. Could you be more shameless?”

Seeing Li Ye swaggering into the mansion, he was furious. He said unhappily, “My mansion is shabby and bare. I don’t have Dan Pills, and I have nothing to entertain you!”

He knew that he could do nothing to Li Ye, but he made up his mind that he wouldn’t let Li Ye eat well or sleep well so that Li Ye would leave as soon as possible. If Li Ye stayed in the mansion for a long time, he would have a hard time.

Li Ye knew that the demon bear would say that.

He suddenly stopped and covered his chest, looking very uncomfortable. “I’m going to vomit blood again… I was assassinated by the cultivators in Panfeng City. I thought that you would feel guilty and let me recuperate in your mansion. But now, you’re unwilling to give me Dan Pills and food… No, I have to tell those good men in the city that the Lord has evil intentions and intrigues. The one who assassinated me may be…”

The demon bear was so furious that all his hair stood up like a giant hedgehog.

He stared at Li Ye with red eyes and roared, “Li Ye! You’re forcing me to die. If worse comes to worst, I’ll perish with you!”

Li Ye looked at him. “Do you want to kill me?”

The demon bear bared his teeth ferociously. “You can kill me, but you can’t insult me. Do you really think I don’t dare to kill you? I’m in the Taiyi Real Immortal Realm, I can kill you easily!”

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, “It makes sense…”

The demon bear could kill Li Ye easily because the gap between their realms was so big that Li Ye couldn’t even run away.

The murderous intents appeared in the demon bear’s eyes as he threatened. “So I advise you to be more tactful. Otherwise, if you force me into a corner, I…”

“What do you want? Do you really want to murder Prince An? Do the assassins really have something to do with you? You want to kill Prince An?” At this time, a domineering yet cold voice came. The demon leopard appeared behind everyone and looked at the demon bear with hostility and some pride.

The demon bear became angry when he saw the demon leopard. Especially, when he saw his gloating smile, he almost lost control of his anger. “What are you doing here? Why haven’t you left yet?!”

The demon leopard snorted and raised his chin arrogantly. “I can go wherever I want. What can you do to me?”

The demon bear said angrily, “This is the City Lord’s Mansion! If you dare to trespass, I can arrest you! Although you’re powerful, you can’t defeat all the cultivators in the City Lord’s Mansion.”

The demon leopard didn’t give in. “If you have the guts, give it a try!”

Li Ye was happy to see the demon leopard.

Li Ye noticed this guy earlier. If he hadn’t spoken for Li Ye, the demons wouldn’t have become so excited. For this hero who helped him, no matter what purpose he had, Li Ye had a good impression of him.

The demon bear had high cultivation. Although Li Ye believed that he didn’t dare to do anything to him, he had to watch out that the demon bear would do something desperate. However, now came a helper. Li Ye knew what to do next. He didn’t know about the demon leopard’s fighting ability, but the demon leopard had the cultivation in the Taiyi Real Immortal Realm!

He said immediately, “This is my guard. He needs to protect me closely. What’s wrong with his entering the City Lord’s Mansion? Do you want to break the promise you made in front of all the demons and drive me away?”

The demon bear stood stunned. “When did he become your guard?”

Li Ye smiled and said, “Now.”

While saying, he looked at the demon leopard and said with cupped fists, “Are you willing to be my guard and help with the big plan of the demon clan?”

The demon leopard said without thinking, “No problem. From now on, I will be your guard!”

As he said that, he stood behind Li Ye and stared at the bear demon, showing that if you dared to threaten Prince An again, I would let you know what a guard was.

The demon bear was speechless.

He was raging.

“You guys are way out of line. You don’t even want to do a play! I don’t mind that you lie to me that you have known each other for a long time and have a master-servant relationship! Now that you determine the relationship in front of me, you are embarrassing me!”

The demon bear fumed with anger. He grabbed a little demon bear who looked like a steward and put him in front of Li Ye. “Tell him what you need!”

After saying that, the demon bear directly flew up and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

He couldn’t stay in front of Li Ye any longer, so he left and didn’t want to see him. He knew that if he continued to argue with Li Ye, he would die of anger.

Now he finally understood why the demon dhole would say that if Li Ye kept speaking, Li Ye would make him commit suicide.

The demon bear made a very wise choice.

The little bear stood in front of Li Ye at a loss and didn’t react for a long time.

Seeing Li Ye looking at him with malicious intentions, he suddenly became smart and quickly showed a flattering smile. “I’m the steward in the mansion. If you need anything, just tell me. I’ll do it as soon as I can. If there is something beyond my reach, I’ll report it to the Lord and let him do it…”

Since the little bear was so eager to survive, Li Ye didn’t make things difficult for him.

After all, he only had a grudge with the demon bear.

Li Ye patted the little bear’s shoulder and smiled warmly, motioning for him to relax. “Find a quiet courtyard for us and give me the Dan Pills for healing injuries. I need to have a good rest and recuperate… Moreover, prepare a sumptuous feast!”

The little bear didn’t dare to relax and slack off because Li Ye made the Lord flee in panic. Especially, when he saw Li Ye’s warm smile, he felt that there was horrible power hidden in the smile. “I understand. I’ll arrange it for you!”