The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 440 The True Appearance of the Demon Clan

Maybe he was greatly influenced by literature, film and television works when he was on the earth. In his original imagination, the demons were lazy, plundered everywhere like bandits, and didn’t work on their own. And they should dwell in the places like cave, valley and so on, which were bleak, moist, and dirty.

Now it seemed that his stereotype was obviously wrong. Because of the strong power, the productivity of the demon clan was much higher than that of the mortal, so the society was very prosperous.

This was actually normal. After all, the demon clan had lived here for many years. Although they were quite wild, no one would refuse to build a better home. Moreover, the several demon kings were not stupid ones.

Due to the small number of the demon clan, their territory would not prosper to a great extent, or they would not want to return to the mortal and immortal territory.

Seeing that Li Ye and Wu You were very surprised and exclaimed from time to time, You Daxiao immediately felt proud and said, “The Panfeng City is nothing, just one of the big cities under the command of Macaque King, not as magnificent as the Demon King City of the seven sages. When you see the Demon King City of Roc Demon King, you will be more surprised!”

Li Ye glanced at him and didn’t say anything more, but Wu You hummed, “There are no bigger cities in the world than Chang’an and Luoyang. There are millions of people in Chang’an City, which is enough to accommodate all the cultivators of your demon clan!”

You Daxiao thought it was reasonable. After all, there were not so many demons in the demon clan. But he was not willing to show weakness and said, “The city wall of Chang’an is not as high as that of the Demon King City!”

The two argued about it for a long time, and at last neither of them agreed with the other. Li Ye was not involved in it. After watching the scenery for a long time, he took them to the city.

When they came to the gate of the city, they were stopped by the cultivators guarding the door. The leader was a demon bear, whose body was as tall as a mountain. He directly stretched out his hand and said, “Hand in the spiritual stone, and then you can enter the city.”

You Daxiao was not surprised at this. After he handed the spiritual stone, the guards made way for them. However, Li Ye was surprised that they only needed to hand in one spiritual stone for two people and one demon.

“Is the entrance fee so low?” asked Wu You.

“Human beings needn’t hand in any spiritual stone when they enter the city,” said You Daxiao

“Why?” Wu You was more curious. Then she suddenly thought of something and her expression changed. She said in a deep voice, “Is it to attract human beings to the city, and then you demons can catch them and eat them?”

You Daxiao was speechless for a moment. He answered, “We demon never eat people! Human flesh is not delicious, far less delicious than all kinds of birds and animals. No demons would like to suffer that.”

Hearing that, Wu You was not happy. She stared at him and said, “You discriminate against human race?”

You Daxiao opened his mouth and didn’t know how to answer for a while. “Is there any problem with not eating people?”

So he said truthfully, “To be honest, Duchess, human beings have a very high status in the demon clan. No matter where they go, they will be treated with courtesy. Because those who can come to the territory of demon clan are equipped with some skills. Some are good at farming, some are good at building, some are good at business, and some are good at cooking. Anyway, most of them have their own skills.”

“But these skills are not possessed by the demon clan. The reason why the demon clan is now prosperous is that human beings have been constantly contributing wisdom and craftsmanship for thousands of years. But few human beings come to the territory of demon clan through Lingyun Canyon, so the great sages have promulgated many decrees good for human beings to compete for talents.”

When Li Ye heard that, he understood. This was the integration of races, which promoted the development and the quality of life of the demon clan.

The cultivators of demon clan were really strong, but no matter how strong they were, they couldn’t conjure delicious food or clothes from nothing. Those who could conjure precious things had put them in their storage bags in advance.

So in addition to fighting, killing and refining pills and weapons, the demon clan did nothing else and their life was very rough.

But it was not the case with the human beings. The life of the human beings was very exquisite.

When there was no big war, the demons would not kill each other all day long. For thousands of years, they had been living in peace. Then the human beings who could make a better life became popular.

Li Ye sighed and said, “That’s reasonable. So the story of the demon eating people is basically false. When the demon comes to the mortal world, they will feel that they don’t have enough time to enjoy life. How can they harm people and do evil everywhere?”

The cultivators of the demon clan You Daxiao and Red Boy took to Pinglu didn’t do many bad things.

You Daxiao nodded repeatedly and said, “So it’s false that the Taoist Sect and the Immortal Court forbid the demon clan to go to the mortal world. If we go to the mortal world, we can make the mortal world more prosperous with our strength. After all, we have the strength and can mine and construct rapidly. Besides, we can also bring rain to ensure a good harvest of food!”

Li Ye took a look at him. Seeing that You Daxiao was zesty, he suddenly didn’t think so for no reason. “The Taoist Sect is right. Your demons are still too strong in individual strength. Who can guarantee that you will not rob and loot everywhere for the sake of good clothes, food and wine? If you are offended by human beings and kill them and run away, few of the human people can restrain you.”

You Daxiao was confused. “We were talking peacefully and happily just now. Why did you suddenly change your idea?”

In fact, this was also Li Ye’s concern. He indeed could build up an army made up of demons to fight against the Taoist soldiers. But what should he do after defeating the Immortal Court? They were very strong. In the mortal world, who could restrain them?

Wu You suddenly said, “If human people are as strong as the demons, there are cultivators of high cultivation everywhere, and there are masters in the office and army, the demons will not dare to do evil, right?”

Li Ye’s eyes brightened suddenly. Wu You’s words were reasonable. The cultivators in the mortal world were not strong enough, so the Taoist Sect dared not allow the demons to go to the mortal world, for fear that they would be unruly.

One reason why the cultivators in the mortal world were not strong was that the imperial court strictly controlled cultivating techniques and the number of cultivators. The other was that the Immortal Court decided the qualification of becoming immortal so as to prevent the appearance of Great Cultivators in the mortal world.

If these two rules could be broken to make human people as strong as the demons, then there would not be so much trouble.

Li Ye now thought that only building schools of cultivation was not enough. He also needed to encourage everyone to cultivate. This was the good strategy to promote the all-round development of the society, and the administration and management an emperor should have!

Then could the Immortal Court control the mortal world? It couldn’t.

“I’m wondering if it’s possible for my scroll of Luck of Heaven to help others, except me, to reach the Immortal Realm.” Thinking of that, Li Ye touched Wu You’s head and praised, “You are right. We need to make human stronger!”

Wu You was very happy when she heard Li Ye’s praise. She said while waving her small fist, “It’s all Ye’s arrangement!”

Li Ye was speechless.

They went through the city gate and came to the street, all suddenly becoming open and clear.

Li Ye found that the street under his feet was very spacious, which was enough for at least 20 carriages to run side by side. The houses of the demon clan were all grand and roomy, row upon row of houses were bigger than each other. Li Ye recognized the whole through observation of the part. From the size of the gate and the wall of the courtyard, he found that every courtyard was made up of more than three rows of house!

Panfeng City was just one of the several big cities on the territory of Macaque King, and it was not the largest Demon King City. There were more than 10,000 demons in it at most, but its city wall and moat was as large as that of a state city. Li Ye had been wondering why the city wall and moat was so large, but now he understood.

The cultivators of the demon clan were powerful, and they could build a city or a house very fast, so they would not wrong themselves and do whatever made them comfortable. In this city, even the smallest houses were equipped with three rows of house. Therefore, if its scale was not as large as that of a state city, it couldn’t accommodate more than 10,000 demons.

This way of construction made the city very open. But, it had a beauty of openness, which made people have a broad mind.

“It’s getting late. Let’s find a restaurant first and then have a delicious meal. I haven’t eaten in a day. I’m not hungry, but I’m greedy!” You Daxiao was in high spirits.

“Let’s eat! Let’s eat!” Wu You agreed to You Daxiao’s proposal and said happily while jumping.

Seeing that Wu You was so excited, Li Ye suddenly felt sad. Wu You had lived in the form of a soul in Huaguo Mountain for a long time, and didn’t have a chance to eat. If You Daxiao was greedy now, Wu You must be greedier. After all, she used to be a Duchess and live an extravagant life. But along the way, she had never complained about food and living.

Li Ye looked at her and said with a gentle smile, “Okay. Let’s choose the best restaurant.”

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Outside of Panfeng City, the demon wolf and the demon jackal were looking melancholy at the gate of Panfeng City.

After a long time, seeing that the gate was going to close, the demon jackal asked the demon fox standing in front of them, “Innkeeper, this is Panfeng City, one of the famous cities under the command of Macaque King. The City Lord is in the Taiyi Real Immortal Realm. Do we really need to follow them in? If there’s any accident, we can’t run away!”

The demon fox’s eyes were firm, and there was some divine splendor on her face. “We must go in and protect Prince An from the Tang Empire!”

The demon jackal was still struggling. “If Macaque King is determined to deal with Childe Li, will we all die with him?”

The demon fox frowned. She had opened an inn in Lingyun Canyon for more than 100 years and had experienced a lot. “Macaque King won’t do it himself. After all, at the meeting seven sages attended, he agreed to let Prince An enter the territory of demon clan. If he goes back on his word and deals with Prince An, he will leave us a piece of evidence to condemn him.”

The demon jackal was not convinced. “Macaque King can’t do it himself, but his subordinates can do it! Only the City Lord of Panfeng City is enough to defeat us!”

The demon fox thought about it for a second and shook her head firmly. “No, they won’t. We all know that the City Lord of Panfeng City is Macaque King’s subordinate. What’s the difference between he dealing with us and Macaque King dealing with us? Neither the City Lord nor his subordinates will do it. I think he will ask some independent cultivators to disturb Prince An at most, so that they can shirk all the responsibilities afterwards!”

Not all the demons in the territory of demon clan were governed by the seven sages. There were many independent cultivators. After all, the demons were wild, and most of them were unwilling to obey orders.

The demon jackal still wanted to fight for an opportunity. But the demon fox had turned around and stared at him impatiently. “I’ll tear your mouth if you talk nonsense again!”

The demons were not only wild, but also fierce.

Hearing that, the demon jackal stopped talking.

At this time, the demon wolf said in a deep and low voice, “The Prince An of the Tang Empire hits us every time he sees us. I don’t think he will accept our help. And the little girl beside him is... a little strong!”

The demon jackal’s eyes brightened when he heard that. The reason was very convincing.

However, the demon fox waved and said, “I don’t care! True gold does not fear fire. I’m so sincere, and sooner or later they will be moved!”

After that, the demon fox didn’t say more. She looked up and walked to the gate.

The demon wolf and the demon jackal looked at each other. They all thought that the demon fox had gone mad. Since hearing the words of Roc Demon King, she was in a state of excitement.

Her arms had just been broken in the daytime, but she was going to get close to the assaulter again in the evening. There was no place to reason about that.