Immortal Father
Chapter 517 - 517 182 The Human Emperor Gives a Lesson Forcing the Growth of Seedlings_2

517: Chapter 182: The Human Emperor Gives a Lesson, Forcing the Growth of Seedlings_2 517: Chapter 182: The Human Emperor Gives a Lesson, Forcing the Growth of Seedlings_2 “How does it feel?” asked Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor.

“Very oppressive.”

Li Ping’an sighed, his entire body relaxed as he sat on the bed and yawned.

“Now I understand why the senior Tianli was reluctant to kill those parasites.”

“If you had to do it over again, would you still cook them?”

“Cook them, with an even bigger fire.”

Li Ping’an said indifferently:

“Previously, when I looked through the war reports stored by the East Alliance, seeing the numbers of dead and injured didn’t cause much of a ripple in me.

“At most, I would sigh at the extravagance of using True Immortals as soldiers, lamenting how many people couldn’t become Loose Cultivators, how many Loose Cultivators couldn’t become Immortals.

“Through today’s battle, however, I suddenly grasped the meaning behind those numbers.

“That the Human Race has managed to have such a prosperous era is truly not easy.”

“This was a good lesson.”

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor said with a smile:

“The offensive launched by the Demon Race this time is the biggest in nearly twenty thousand years.

They retreated after their first attempt, and I’m afraid it’s going to be lively for a few years, or even several decades.”

“Ah, it would be really wonderful to stay on the frontier for decades.”

Li Ping’an: You really don’t want to go home that badly!

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor said with a smile, “Share some thoughts.”

“There are not many thoughts to share, just that I participated in a brutal battle.”

Li Ping’an rested his hands on the soft couch behind him, propping up his somewhat weakened Dao Body, his gaze a bit distant.

He said:

“The Immortals guarding the mortals, that’s the part that struck me most.

“The Way of Humanity is complex because human nature is complex.

Human nature has good and evil, and thus the Way of Humanity also has its divisions.

“The small team we were initially part of, in the end, only myself, two Immortal soldiers, and the Centurion Fu Yu survived.

They were already gravely injured.

After discovering the grand formation of Broken Dawn City had been breached, they still wanted to move forward and fight to the death.

“When they left from my side, I suddenly felt touched.

“The Way of ordinary people, to harm the insufficient to benefit the excess, to worship the strong, to follow the strong, to exploit the weak; this is the evil of human nature.

“The Way of the extraordinary, to protect the weak against the strong, knowing death is certain yet without regret, is the way of heroes.

“The Human Race has reached today because too many people have stood up and taken this extraordinary path.

“It makes me more eager to eliminate those sinister villains who in a peaceful and prosperous era, act arrogantly, shamelessly boast, and despite enjoying the protection of these heroes, slander them behind their backs.”

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor nodded in satisfaction.

He said, “Then, my lesson for you is complete.”

Li Ping’an asked frowningly, “Your Majesty, have you arranged any other lessons?

I’m exhausted, this sort of thing…”

“Just this lesson, look how scared you are.”

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor laughed and chided:

“I just want to tell you that every victory is hard-won.

“You began at a high level, starting from an official position in the temple, constantly aided by your father’s fortune, your path was too smooth.

“Ministers of my Human Race who have not experienced the battlefield always run into various problems.

“I had several officials before whose longevity allowed them to hide too long in the temple.

They would become numb, callous, unaware of the suffering of the common people, and their decisions became absurd to the point of saying that every Immortal soldier’s fate is to die on the battlefield, that a commander’s duty is to figure out how to send Immortal soldiers to their deaths.

“Clearly, Immortal soldiers fight to protect their families, and the commanders’ duty is to achieve established results with minimal casualties.

“What is the purpose of war?

“It’s to graze and herd horses in the world without being violated by the powerful!

“That is the true meaning of war!”

Li Ping’an gave a thumbs-up: “Brilliant, cousin.”

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor leaned back and raised an eyebrow: “Having been the Human Emperor for so many years, I should have learned something…

Now then, Ping’an, what do you think about my earlier proposal?”

“Which proposal?”

“The one where I help you ascend through the Nine Heavens!”

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor struck a pose as if lifting a heavy weight.

Li Ping’an gave a sheepish smile and firmly replied, “Please allow me to refuse, Your Majesty.”

Xuanyuan the Yellow Emperor frowned slightly: “Oh?

Why?

Shouldn’t you now be feeling…

sentimental!

Cough!”

Mimicking Li Ping’an’s tone, he adopted a disdainful expression, shook his head, and declared loudly:

“The toils of war are arduous; I should establish the Heavenly Court, halt the conflict, and bring peace to the Hundred Clans under heaven!

“Like that?”

Li Ping’an also laughed.

The Emperor, in private, was not just completely without pretense but also particularly interesting, and in critical moments, he could control the overall situation, pierce through the evil serpent with a single sword and laugh as he discusses how to pacify the enemy’s Da Luo.

This is how a man should be.

Even rarer, he had three thousand wives and treated each one with utmost respect, preferring to take turns in his bedchamber rather than consign any to the cold palace.

This is how a man should be.

“Your Majesty, that is your thought, not mine,”

Li Ping’an sighed and said earnestly:

“This battle made it clear to me that I am just a small soldier, and I can only be a small soldier now, a leader of ten at most.

“I still lack in many skills and have been suppressed in the Dao Realm by the Heavenly Dao, unable to become an Immortal.

“I have two plans now.

One is to continue to enrich myself, read more books, contemplate new policies for the East Alliance, see if I can help the East Alliance, help Your Majesty improve governance, and benefit the East Continent.

The other is to contemplate how to confront the Heavenly Dao and perfect my Spirit Metamorphosis Technique.

If the Heavenly Dao does not retreat from my spiritual platform, then I will become a strong being through this path.

“This grand battle gave me a clear awareness of my strength.

If it is a one-on-one fight, I can battle a low-grade True Immortal, but in such a chaotic battle, an ordinary True Immortal is much more useful than me.”