The Emperor Lords' Vote
The reward for this task is 50 million merit points, which is rather low. This task has a high threshold and is very difficult. It takes three thousand epochs of hard work to earn so little merit? You can earn that much by simply picking some treasures in the Dream Domain.
"This mission was discussed by several emperors, and I was specifically chosen? Which emperors were they?" Luo Feng frowned slightly.
Before he could cultivate the Twenty-Four Aspects Form of the World Lifeform, he did not want to have too much conflict with the emperors.
"Master, I have received a mission assignment." Luo Feng immediately sent a message, sending the complete details of the mission to his master.
"Reject it." Emperor Chu immediately ordered, "Cultivating the Primal Chaos Bloodline Beast Egg is extremely troublesome. You need to be attentive to it at the same time, and you will be under constant surveillance by the puppet. You cannot slack off in the slightest. Three thousand epochs... will greatly affect your cultivation."
"This is a tough and tiring job. Those at the God King Second Realm whose cultivation has stagnated, and who are skilled at creating clones, will take on this task in order to curry favor with a certain emperor. You don't need to take it," Emperor Chu instructed.
"Yes, Master." Luo Feng didn't intend to accept the reply.
I have already obtained the Twenty-Four Aspects Form of the Primal Chaos Bloodline material. If I want a stronger Primal Chaos Bloodline material, then I can only get the 'Ultimate Realm Primal Chaos Bloodline' biological material, which is forbidden to be passed on by the Imperial Clan of the Two Great Ancient Nations.
According to Luo Feng's understanding, the incarnations of the progenitor would keep an eye on things, and even if they were acting as guards, they couldn't use their power for personal gain.
"Knowing them as I do, they'll have other tricks up their sleeves if you refuse," Emperor Chu instructed. "Don't worry about their threats or enticements; just refuse them all. Leave everything else to me."
"Disciple understands." Luo Feng thought to himself, "He refused, but he still has a backup plan?"
Huyang City, the City Lord's Mansion.
Luo Feng was drinking fruit wine atop a high-rise building.
"I have finally reached the God King Second Realm on the Path of Life." Luo Feng felt quite relaxed. After the Life Lotus took root in his inner world, Luo Feng and the Life Great Path were in perfect harmony. Studying the life runes of the Star Tower was also of great help to him.
Life-related runes make up the largest proportion of the Star Tower's runes.
Tonight, the three branches of 'Life Spirituality, Life Body, and Life Source' will be perfectly integrated, leading to a further advancement in spiritual realm and smoother comprehension of the Twenty-Four Aspects Form.
"I only showed a little bit of my God King Second Realm strength, and the Emperors started to pay attention to me." Luo Feng held his wine cup. Earlier, he had only publicly stated that he was invincible at the God King First Realm and that he could only entangle with the Heaven Kun Country Lord with multiple clones. The Emperors ignored him.
Now, everyone is watching him, and some are even plotting against him.
Luo Feng could feel subtle threads of cause and effect beginning to entangle him. These threads were faint, yet obscure and profound, making it difficult for Luo Feng to discern who they connected to.
Because he couldn't detect who was connecting, Luo Feng was able to deduce the result.
"With my current level of understanding, even my Mind Will cannot detect who these hidden causal lines connect to. Therefore, they must be emperors and monarchs. Ultimate Realm Lifeform are self-perfect and can isolate themselves from all causal observations, so naturally I cannot detect them."
Suddenly--
The surrounding temperature rose, and invisible white flames began to appear.
"Hmm?" Luo Feng's expression changed slightly.
The rules governing the surrounding world had changed, becoming the rules governing fire. Amidst the white flames spreading around, the face of a woman made of fire appeared, coldly looking at Luo Feng.
Upon seeing the other party, Luo Feng immediately stood up and politely bowed, saying, "Luo He greets Your Majesty."
The only woman in the Origin Continent who wields such terrifying flames is 'Emperor Wu', one of the thirteen emperors of the Yan Feng Ancient Nation, who also has a life-and-death feud with her master Emperor Chu.
"Take on the task of cultivating the Primal Chaos Bloodline Beast Egg immediately," the woman coldly ordered.
"Your Majesty, I cannot accept this." Luo Feng shook his head.
The woman's eyes suddenly turned much colder, and invisible white flames instantly eroded Luo Feng's body. Luo Feng's World Lifeform felt extreme pain, and his body was almost instantly burned to the point of being unreal. Then his body began to recover.
The terrifying flames deliberately restrained their power, scorching Luo Feng's body to the brink of annihilation, yet without completely destroying it.
"A mere entry-level World Lifeform is still too weak in front of an Emperor." Luo Feng also felt the huge gap at this moment.
"Just because you became Emperor Chu's disciple, you dare to refuse me?" The woman looked at Luo Feng with an icy expression. "You must accept this mission. If you dare to refuse... all the disciples of your sect, the Blade River Sect, will be reduced to ashes."
Luo Feng's expression changed. "Your Majesty!"
How could an emperor so utterly disregard his reputation and threaten me with the lives of all the disciples of the Blade River Sect?
"Speak, will you agree or refuse?" The woman looked at Luo Feng with a cold expression.
"Emperor Wu, are you threatening my disciple?" A dark and terrifying aura descended, wantonly eroding the surrounding white flames. The dark and terrifying aura formed a burly figure, staring at the woman's face. "If you dare to wipe out all the disciples of the Blade River Sect, I will kill another one of your children. Guess who I will kill this time?"
The woman stared at the other person, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
She has five children.
In the past, two of them were completely killed by Emperor Chu, without even a chance to be reincarnated! Now, three children remain!
If all her children were dead, she would have no ties and would fight Emperor Chu to the death. But because she still had three children left... she had to be extremely cautious.
"You're threatening me for the sake of a disciple?" The woman's face was filled with anger.
"Yes, I am threatening you." Emperor Chu looked at the woman. With his Great Way of Destruction Ultimate Realm Lifeform the Great Dao and to use powerful secret treasures to curse and kill, he could kill Emperor Wu's children at any time. They would have no chance of survival.
Even though he hid in the Emperor Wu Palace, Emperor Chu personally cursed him to death, and Emperor Wu could not protect his children.
"Good, very good." The woman sneered, and then the white flames dissipated completely, and she vanished as well.
"Master." Luo Feng looked at Emperor Chu.
"Have you witnessed their shamelessness?" Emperor Chu's figure, radiating a terrifying aura, laughed.
"I never expected that an Emperor would threaten me with the lives of the entire sect to make me do things." Luo Feng was indeed amazed. He could understand why someone would do anything to surpass a God-King level treasure.
Is the entire sect's life being threatened with just one mission?
Luo Feng felt that this so-called emperor was less concerned with saving face than ordinary god-kings or ordinary Chaos Realm.
Emperor Chu said, "When strength is unrestrained and one can do whatever one wants, one needs sufficient State of Mind to control oneself."
Luo Feng nodded.
Invincible power is indeed terrifying in the hands of a madman.
"Cultivating the Primal Chaos Bloodline corrupts one's own bloodline will, making them even more reckless." Emperor Chu shook his head. "I also need to keep her three children to restrain her. If it involves emperors or monarchs in the future, contact me immediately and I will help you resolve it."
"Thank you for your trouble, Master." Luo Feng said with great gratitude.
"Of course, the best way is for you to grow stronger on your own." Emperor Chu smiled slightly and then left.
Luo Feng nodded.
He has devoted himself entirely to comprehending the Twenty-Four Aspects Form.
A vast space.
The twelve thoughts converged here, manifesting into twelve blurry and majestic figures, which were the twelve emperors of the Yan Feng Ancient Nation besides Emperor Qing!
Each of their auras was terrifying beyond measure, like a complete Great Dao descending from the heavens. Some were capable of destroying the world, some of creating endless abysses, and some of brimming with boundless vitality...
"This gathering was proposed by Emperor Yan," Di Fu said. "Emperor Yan proposed... to strip Luo He of his status as a guest minister! According to the rules of the Imperial Clan, to strip a guest minister of his status, at least half of the emperors present need to agree."
The system of guest advisors was established by our ancestor.
The decision to strip a guest minister of their status is not something that one or two emperors can make.
"Remove his status as a guest elder?" Emperor Chu laughed. "My disciple Luo He has exceptional talent. He was invincible at the God King First Realm as soon as he became a God King. Now he has reached the God King Second Realm... The sword light he unleashed earlier was considered top-tier even at the God King Second Realm."
"Such talent, Emperor Yan, how can you strip him of his guest elder status?" Emperor Chu shook his head.
"Does my royal family care about the talent of a leisurely cultivator? Even the ruler of the myriad realms wouldn't dare to defy my Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom!" Emperor Yan sneered. "The prestige of my Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom is the most important thing."
"How could a mere child like him offend the dignity of our Yan Feng Ancient Nation?" Emperor Chu asked again.
Emperor Yan coldly said, "Since becoming a God-King, Luo He has refused all the tasks given to him and has never accepted any! Instead, he used his status as the Emperor's disciple to receive a legacy worth over two hundred million merits. A guest elder who only knows how to take and not how to give... I don't think the Imperial Clan needs such a guest elder!"
"The inheritance he received was a gift from me," Emperor Chu said. "It is customary for the Emperor to bestow inheritances upon his disciples."
"Although it's customary, he's unwilling to take on any missions," Emperor Yan said.
"I met with him personally and asked him to accept the mission... but he didn't even respect me, the Emperor, and still refused." The fiery woman, Emperor Wu, chuckled softly, "He won't even heed the Emperor's orders, what's the point of having such a retainer?"
"You asked him personally, and he still refused?" A gray figure spoke up. "Since the Emperor personally met with him and ordered him to do things, he should have obediently accepted. Such a lack of respect for hierarchy means I also agree to strip him of his guest minister status."
"What? Just because you're of high status, does that mean he has to obediently listen to you? Doesn't he have the right to refuse?" Emperor Lord Ming chuckled. "Even the Ancestor set a rule that guest ministers have the right to refuse. But in front of you, Emperor Yuan, he doesn't have the right to refuse."
"In their eyes, even the Emperor's disciples should be at their mercy, to be killed at their will," Emperor Xuan said coldly from the side.
Di Fu was quite troubled by the scene before him.
"Gentlemen, let's decide on Emperor Yan's proposal," Di Fu urged.
The results came out quickly.
Those who agreed to strip Guest Elder Luo He were Emperor Yan, Emperor Lord Xi, Emperor Wu, Emperor Yuan, and Emperor Lord Wu.
In fact, Luo Feng's continued refusal to meet with Di Wu displeased some emperors. Some emperors were very concerned about hierarchy! A mere idle cultivator who didn't give an emperor face should be punished! This was also why Di Yan dared to propose stripping Luo He of his guest elder status.
However, over the long years, Emperor Yan and his two companions had offended several emperors too much.
For example, Emperor Xuan, who also cared a great deal about hierarchy, stood against Emperor Yan and the others without hesitation. His disciple, the 'Emperor Lord Gui Xu,' was forced to such a point, which Emperor Xuan felt was a great humiliation! Emperor Yan and the other two didn't care about Emperor Xuan's face at all!
In every vote, Emperor Lord Kong stood on the opposite side of Emperor Yan.
Therefore, in the end, those who disagreed were Emperor Chu, Emperor Lord Ming, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Lord Kong, Emperor Lord Jiu Feng, and Emperor You.
Di Fu abstained.
"Di Fu, you abstain?" Emperor Yan was furious. Before making the proposal, he had assumed that the chances of success were extremely high. Who would have thought that his 'Di Fu,' who had shown him so much kindness, would abstain?