Not to mention that this million-strong army could form a large-scale army formation, even the old monsters at the Crossing Tribulation stage would have to avoid its edge when united in blood and qi. Perhaps only Jiang Li could defeat a million-strong army single-handedly.
Jiang Li had made up his mind. If he could persuade peace, he would, but if not, he would have to resort to using force.
He hoped that the Emperor Wei and Emperor Mengjiang would understand.
Thinking about this, Jiang Li felt slightly relieved. If it were any other emperor, they would be troubled. They wouldn't have the confidence to defeat the armies of both empires.
However, as the most powerful emperor and the only Mahayana stage cultivator in the Nine States, it was not difficult for Jiang Li to dissuade the war between the two empires. The difficulty lay in the amount of force he would have to use.
"Just what happened to your injury? Who did this to you?"
"This is the problem, Jiang, you know that one of our responsibilities as leaders of the Imperial Palace is to maintain the overall stability of the Nine States. I knew about the duel between Emperor Wei and Emperor Mengjiang and immediately rushed to persuade both sides. Who would have thought when I saw that lady, my entire soul was drawn to her. She was so beautiful, like a heavenly immortal, no, even more beautiful than that!"
"I wanted to take that lady away at the time, I was almost out of control."
"In desperation, I had no other way but to beat myself hard to come to my senses through the pain."
Jiang Li smiled and then turned serious.
When the fight broke out between Emperor Wei and Emperor Mengjiang because of a woman, Jiang Li hadn't paid much attention. In his opinion, both of them being emperors was like "a dwarf among dwarfs," and there was no one in the royal family capable of shouldering great responsibility, they couldn't compare to Emperor Zhou. The idea of them vying for power due to beauty was not unlikely.
But Zhang Konghu was different. As the leader of the Imperial Palace, regardless of his cultivation level, he must have a good character. If a lady could make even Zhang Konghu, a rough man, lose control, there must be a problem.
"I already know about this. How many days are left before the agreed-upon war between the two countries?"
Zhang Konghu frowned and said, "Originally, they agreed to meet at the Mother Earth River to decide the outcome in a month, but they kept arguing and have now agreed to go to war in twenty-five days."
Then, Zhang Konghu slightly tilted his head, as if he had heard something. "Oh, now they have decided to wait another two weeks to determine life and death."
Jiang Li was surprised. Not only had the time been reduced, but it had also been revised from deciding the outcome to deciding life and death.
He had originally intended for Zhang Konghu to contact the former candidates for the Emperor, to check if any of their relatives and friends had come across the men in black. However, now it seemed better to leave the matter of the men in black to the other leaders, while he first went to see the situation in the Mengjiang Empire.
As for the system's tasks, they had to be put on hold for now.
"I'm going now."
With these words, Jiang Li immediately ended his conversation with Zhang Konghu. On his way to the Mengjiang Empire, he contacted another leader to notify the former candidates for the Emperor.
At this time, the imperial palace of the Mengjiang Empire looked like a ruin, marked by the battle between Emperor Mengjiang and Emperor Wei. If Zhang Konghu hadn't intervened in time, who knew how many would have died or been injured.
In the ruins, there was one golden house that stood out. There was no damage to it, clearly indicating that Emperor Mengjiang and Emperor Wei had deliberately avoided the golden house during their fight. Zhang Konghu had driven away the guards of Emperor Mengjiang and Emperor Wei, leaving only himself near the golden house.
Zhang Konghu heard the increasingly fierce quarrel from inside the golden house. Before Jiang Li arrived, he felt that the two of them could bring the war forward by another ten days.
A war involving the lives and deaths of a million people could not be treated as a game!
He gritted his teeth and was determined to dissuade the two emperors. He slapped himself in the face, forced himself, and strode into the golden house.
"Listen to me, don't quarrel. You're both kings, how can you delay the fate of the country for the sake of beauty... Give me the beauty!"
As Jiang Li travelled at full speed, he crossed most of the Nine States in just half a day, reaching from the eastern Great Zhou Empire to the western Mengjiang Empire.
Such speed was astonishing!
Before Jiang Li even arrived at the capital of the Mengjiang Empire, he could hear a rumbling sound, like muffled thunder. In the distance, three figures were flying and fiercely fighting above the capital.
It was Zhang Konghu fighting Emperor Mengjiang and Emperor Wei!
Neither Emperor Mengjiang nor Emperor Wei was naturally gifted in cultivating the Dao, and their actual cultivation was probably only at the Yuan Infant stage. However, with the blessing of the national fortune, the two of them combined were enough to match Zhang Konghu, and there were even signs of surpassing him. If it weren't for Zhang Konghu's rich combat experience, he would have been defeated long ago.
This was because Emperor Wei was too far from the Great Wei Empire, hence the effect of the national fortune had not reached its peak!
Zhang Konghu was engrossed in the fight, his witch clan bloodline was activated to the extreme, and the tattoos of the twelve ancestral witches on his back were faintly glowing. A strong, ancient and heavy atmosphere enveloped him.
The stars in the sky twinkled, and countless starlight scattered on Emperor Mengjiang, making each of his punches like a falling meteor, causing intense pain to Zhang Konghu.
Emperor Wei held the Imperial Seal of the nation, with "Appointed by Heaven, Prosperity and Longevity" eight Chinese characters imprinting in the air, as if the will of heaven covered the sun, commanding the wind and the rain.
"Beauties should only belong to the strong!" Zhang Konghu roared.
"You brute, get lost!" Emperor Wei shouted.
"This is the Mengjiang Empire, you should listen to me!" Emperor Mengjiang refused to back down.
"Both of you, calm down!"
In an instant, Jiang Li appeared above the three of them, and with a single slap, he sent the three of them, who had lost their senses, into the ground.
The tattoos of the twelve ancestral witches dimmed, the stars disappeared, and the "Appointed by Heaven, Prosperity and Longevity" eight characters were wiped off clean.
It took the three of them a good half day to climb out of the large pit they were in.
"Jiang, you were a bit harsh there. You nearly broke my bones," Zhang Konghu chuckled. Jiang Li's slap had brought him back to his senses.
江离不留情面地骂道：“You're lucky that you still have your wits about you and understand that fighting should not affect others. You took to the sky to battle, but if you dare to fight in the capital, I'll smack you all the way to the underworld!”
Zhang Konghuo didn't dare to say anything and could only laugh foolishly.
At this point, anything he said would be wrong.
Zhang Konghuo prided himself as the first to cross the tribulation. Even if a powerful cultivator in the tribulation stage dared to challenge him, in front of Jiang Li, he didn't dare to say anything about competing with each other.
With one slap, he could erase the brilliance of his proudest Twelve Ancestral Witch tattoos. This one slap could turn him into a literal head-scratcher.
"Emperor Jiang."
"Emperor Jiang."
Meng Jiang Huang and Wei Huang, upon seeing Jiang Li, seemed to have forgotten about the previous slap and bowed one after another. Jiang Li also gave a courteous bow in return.
"May I see that extraordinary woman?"
"Emperor Jiang, please." Meng Jiang Huang naturally didn't dare to refuse Jiang Li's request.
The palace was in ruins. It was hard to find a place to step, let alone the corridors and paths.
Four people flew three zhang above the ground, heading towards the golden house. Meng Jiang Huang, seeing the devastation of his palace, created by his own hands, couldn't help but sigh, "Beauty has led me astray!"
"Obtaining such a beauty, even if it means destroying a palace ten times over, I'm willing to do it," Wei Huang shook his head nonchalantly.
"Tyrant!"
"Inept ruler!"
The two emperors began arguing, showing signs of getting into a fight again. Jiang Li gave a light cough, and the two of them settled down.
The golden house was luxurious, the most extravagant thing Jiang Li had ever seen. There were virtue gold bricks stacked outside, top-quality spirit stones inside, dozens of spiritual treasures decorating the walls, and golden springs gushing, with blue lotuses rooted in them.
Jiang Li suspected that Meng Jiang Huang had emptied the national treasury and used it all in this golden house.
Beauty drives people crazy, especially to this extent.
The woman in red lay quietly on the golden bed, sleeping soundly. Her petite body slightly curled, her cherry lips slightly parted and closed, like a sleeping kitten, exceptionally cute.
Her facial features were exquisite, not like the beauty of the mortal world, and her slender, graceful white neck and curvaceous figure, with delicate, dainty feet, were irresistible to play with.
At the sight of this person, Jiang Li's calm heart couldn't help but waver.
He recognized this person! More precisely, he had seen her portrait!
The painting was done with ordinary paper and ink, yet it was considered a prohibited item because it depicted this woman!
A woman who should have already died!