Chapter 1725 — The Peerless Imperial Preceptor of Jingping

The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon shot him a glance, and felt that this Imperial Preceptor of Jingping was every bit as detestable in appearance as the one before him, a man who set one's teeth on edge.

Shen Mu had rescued him from the Grand Luo Heaven of the Primordial One Qi, and Jiang Baigui had revived him with the Eastern Emperor divine weapon; their purpose was plain enough to him — nothing more than to borrow the strength of a mighty ancient god to fight Jingping's wars. The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon was by nature an existence of incomparable power; Jiang Baigui had no means to break the Cyan Emperor of the Eastern Heaven, and so could only revive him and beg him to take the field.

But not a single soldier was given him — was he to go into battle alone?

Across from him stood sixty army marquises; of heavenly soldiers and generals there were no fewer than a million.

Every manner of great treasure, every manner of formation, and on top of it all the Cyan Emperor of the Eastern Heaven — was he to charge in alone and throw his life away?

Purple light blazed in the Eastern Emperor's eyes: "Jiang Baigui, do you mean to say that you give me only a horse, and send me to meet the sixty army marquises of the Eastern Heaven, and take the head from the shoulders of the Cyan Emperor of the Eastern Heaven amidst millions of gods and demons?

" Jiang Baigui nodded. The Eastern Emperor's dragon eyes narrowed, and he drew a long breath: "Then when will you lead your troops out to relieve me?

" Jiang Baigui said, "The Eastern Emperor charges at the front; when the moment comes, I shall send out my army.

" The Eastern Emperor stared fixedly at this refined man: "One horse?

" "A peerless horse.

" Jiang Baigui said, unhurried, "Heavenly Venerable Azure Dragon, your fleshly body, your ancestral land, and your countless descendants are all in the enemy camp.

You may also decline to fight, and cast all of it aside.

" The Eastern Emperor laughed aloud and turned away. Jiang Baigui said mildly, "Heavenly Venerable Azure Dragon, Heavenly Venerable Mu has already repaid your debt of gratitude; he owes you nothing more.

If you should die again in the future, then you will truly be dead.

" The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's heart skipped; he understood his meaning, and turned his head back: "If I can make him owe me a favor once more, then even if I die in the future, he will revive me again. " Jiang Baigui smiled and nodded slowly.

The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon went on: "And now there is a splendid opportunity to make him owe me a favor — if I can help the Imperial Preceptor of Jingping shatter the sixty army marquises of the Eastern Heaven, that will be a great merit, and Heavenly Venerable Mu will surely be grateful! " Jiang Baigui nodded, smiling.

The Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon's enormous body shook and shrank, smaller and smaller, until it became a middle-aged emperor with a dragon's head and a man's body, divine might surging from him; he said in a deep voice, "Bring me my horse!

" Jiang Baigui led the horse forward and placed the reins in his hand. The Eastern Emperor's dragon qi circulated, drilling into the old date-red horse.

The old horse gave a long neigh, its mane streaming; scale after dragon scale pushed out from its body, its hooves split open and sharp dragon claws emerged, its frame growing ever larger, dragon power leaking out and turning into blossoms of divine fire that floated about it!

A moment before, this horse had been a mere mortal beast; now it had truly become a Fire Dragon Steed! The Eastern Emperor sat upon the dragon horse, glanced at Jiang Baigui, and said, "You are wicked; you are a wicked man.

" With that he clamped his legs, and the dragon horse leapt into the air, whinnying, its hooves treading the sea's surface, charging straight for the Eastern Heaven camp across the water!

The dragon horse ran swift; from its back the Eastern Emperor's voice shook the sea as he cried aloud, "Cyan Emperor of the Eastern Heaven, do you remember how I broke you bare-handed in those years and beat you into a useless thing?

" His dragon-cry spread across the whole Eastern Sea; every soul could hear it clearly! "In those years you were honored as the finest Imperial Throne divine weapon under heaven, yet before me you were snapped in two, your cultivation shattered, your dao patterns broken.

" The Eastern Emperor laughed heartily: "I thought the likes of you were dead, and tossed you aside carelessly; who would have thought you had such a fate in you, that you could live on, taking root in some filthy place or other.

No doubt the soil was rich, with yellow soup everywhere! " "Toot — toot —" In the Eastern Heaven camp, horns sounded long and loud.

The Cyan Emperor stood atop the city tower, his face livid; he raised a hand and waved, and the Eastern Emperor's headless body was dragged forward. The Cyan Emperor sneered, "Pour the black dog blood!

" At once soldiers and officers poured basin after basin of black dog blood over the Eastern Emperor's headless body!

The Eastern Emperor halted the dragon horse and laughed loudly: "I come alone, one man and one horse, to issue my challenge, and you, Cyan Emperor, are indeed still the same craven wretch you were before, using black dog blood to insult my body! Cyan Emperor, you are fit only to be a stick of firewood, seized in men's hands and brandished about — good for nothing, useless.

A filthy creature like you, when men tire of playing with you, is used to wipe the muck from their backsides! " The Cyan Emperor flew into a rage and cried sternly, "Drag out the dragon race of the Eastern Pole Heaven and behead them!

Prepare the Dragon-Slaying Platform!

" Forthwith many soldiers and officers dragged the divine dragons of the Eastern Pole Heaven up onto the city wall, forced the sons and daughters of the Eastern Emperor Azure Dragon to kneel, their heads thrust out over the battlements, and one after another the divine and demonic executioners raised their divine blades and demonic blades, and the heads fell! The Eastern Emperor, entirely at his ease, laughed: "My descendants are scattered across all the heavens and all the worlds, no fewer than a hundred million — from heavenly dragons above to snakes and insects below, there is no race without my offspring.

Kill away.

Cyan Emperor, you are fit only to hide among ten thousand soldiers; it is contemptible. If you came out of the city to fight me, I would admire your courage — and then I would beat you back to your original form and turn you into a shit-wiping stick! " The Cyan Emperor could bear it no longer.

Gazing far off toward Jiang Baigui's camp, he instructed those about him: "I shall go out of the city and slay this fellow.

You hold the camp; on no account may you sally forth. If Jiang Baigui leads his troops to attack, you must not come out of the formation to rescue me either!

Only guard the camp well, and do not let the formation fall into disorder! So long as the formation holds, Jiang Baigui can do nothing to us! " The officers and soldiers received the order. The Cyan Emperor went down from the city tower alone, seized a divine dragon, and with a wave of his whip beat it back into its original form; then he rode the dragon out of the city.

The Eastern Emperor laughed aloud and charged to meet the Cyan Emperor. When foes meet, their eyes burn red. The Cyan Emperor's long whistles would not cease, and behind him heavenly palaces suddenly emerged. His heavenly palaces were unlike others: the structures within them took the shape of treasure trees!

Countless palaces piled and built up like a treasure tree — and he had no fewer than seven such heavenly palaces, seven treasure trees, of one root and one source!