Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 989 - 813: It Should End the Line_2

Chapter 989: Chapter 813: It Should End the Line_2

"I don’t know where they came from, but I can be certain that this group of ’Xuanhuang bandits’ will definitely cause a tremendous shift in the dynamics of the entire Outer Taixu. Our future actions must not disregard this turn of events."

"That’s easy."

Prince Qiyang, Li Siben, patted his chest, "Leave this matter to me! Within a day at most, I guarantee that I will find out everything there is to know about the origins of these bandits. Actually, I heard a bit just now, their leader seems to be called something like the Xuanhuang Emperor—"

Li Lexing couldn’t help but lift an eyebrow, wondering who this Xuanhuang Emperor was?

The Outer Taixu was a battleground rife with flames of war, where emperors vied for supremacy, and chaos reigned, leaving the people with no means to live.

And now, yet another Emperor had risen to join this tumultuous fray.

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At this moment on the bridge of the Xuanhuang Emperor’s ship, Li Xuan was beside himself with joy.

’Huangdu Heaven’ was not only a widely-known transit port in this area, but the Changsheng Emperor of the South also participated in trade through ’Huangdu Heaven,’ resulting in a stockpile of a vast amount of supplies.

This had allowed their raiding profits to double. According to the current statistics, their earnings were no less than forty-five billion.

Additionally, several supplies were yet to be appraised.

This meant he could, at the very least, expand his army by another hundred thousand soldiers. Upcoming expenses for ship repairs, the Solar Furnace, and the retraction cannon equipment plan were all taken care of.

Dugu Biluo beside him was somewhat puzzled, "Why burn the grain here? You’ve never done this before."

Before this, they had already plundered twelve Mini Heavens, and Li Xuan had never touched the local granaries.

"Previously, there was no need. Those Mini Heavens simply didn’t have much grain to begin with."

Li Xuan thought that such a small amount of grain hardly mattered. Once burned, only the local people would suffer.

As for the garrison of those Mini Heavens — in Huaxia history, there was more than one occasion where troops, starving to the extreme, had resorted to eating livestock.

Li Xuan quickly collected his thoughts, "This time, the situation in ’Huangdu Heaven’ is different. The Emperor of the South has plenty of stockpiled grain. But tell me, Biluo, what would you say is our mortal realm’s specialty product?"

"The mortal realm’s specialty product?"

Dugu Biluo fell into deep contemplation, "The Outer Void is abundant in all kinds of heavenly and earthly treasures, various minerals included. What special product could we possibly have? Hmm— Is it grain?"

"Exactly, grain," Li Xuan looked at her approvingly, "If the Outer Void has enough grain, how can ours be sold at a high price? Surely we can’t always rely on plundering, right?"

In fact, there was another reason: the Changsheng Emperor of the South amassed vast quantities of grain in Guangzeng Heaven of the South and used it to manipulate other Emperors. Li Xuan couldn’t tolerate that.

It would be best if his was the only grain merchant around—

After thinking it through, Dugu Biluo sincerely commented, "Your Majesty, your mind is truly wicked to the core."

"What are you saying! When two armies are at war, they naturally use every means at their disposal," Li Xuan glared at her, displeased.

But Dugu Biluo has never been intimidated by him, rendering Li Xuan’s glares completely ineffective.

At that time, Li Xuan noticed that Lan Yu beside him was frowning, looking lost in thought.

He couldn’t help feeling curious, "Why does the Divine General of Execution look troubled?"

Lan Yu snapped back to reality, immediately clasping his fist in a salute, "Your Majesty, I am concerned about those at heavenly level who appeared in Huangdu Heaven just now!"

"Hmm?" Li Xuan glanced sideways through the porthole towards the direction of Huangdu Heaven, "Is there something amiss with those people?"

He had also felt the sudden presence of a dozen heavenly level auras appearing within Huangdu Heaven, and it seemed that some of them even possessed the power of Extreme Heaven.

At that moment, Li Xuan felt like facing a formidable enemy, worried that the high-ranking experts from the Emperor of the South’s forces were coming to their aid, potentially leading to a major battle.

Instead, those people all rushed to the granary, fervently fighting the fire, which turned out to be a false alarm for them.

Lan Yu’s expression carried a hint of suspicion, "I thought I saw my brother-in-law just now, but I can’t be sure, he has changed a lot and was wearing a black cloak that obscured his face."

His brother-in-law was naturally Prince Kaiping, Chang Shiwang.

However, the Chang Shiwang of the past was robust and burly like a Bear Demon.

Lan Yu’s current sighting was of a person tall enough and large enough, yet thin to the bone.

Fu Youde, who was beside them, also pondered thoughtfully, "Speaking of which, I also felt that those few people looked familiar just now, like Chang Shiwang and Xu Tiande. But they were too skinny, and given the sensitive situation, I did not dare to recognize them."

"Chang Shiwang and Xu Tiande?"

Li Xuan pondered for a moment before instructing Lord Tushan, "After we return, help me inquire about these people."

But certainly not now, for their warships were speeding through the Infinite Taixu, unable to inquire about the outside world.

At this point, his victims, such as Master Kunpeng, the Emperor of the South, Randeng Buddha, and others, were frantically sweeping through the Infinite Taixu with their Divine Consciousness, searching for their whereabouts.

Li Xuan then used every method available to him, exploiting their Rule of Extreme Heaven—’Divine Power,’ ’Zhenya,’ ’Hunxiao,’ ’Fantasia,’ ’Xinling,’ ’Strengthen,’ and so on, doing everything he could to evade those Emperors’ searches.

"I understand," Lord Tushan replied, his smile radiant and his manner extremely respectful, "As soon as we can send talisman paper, I will have Tamamo no Mae take care of it. That big demon Tamamo no Mae, born in Fusou, does have a talent for gathering intelligence."

She had no choice but to be respectful, for the plunder in Taixu alone had yielded twenty billion silver yuan for their Fox Clan.