The Soochow court seemed to have predicted Li Yu's arrival.
After he landed, he saw people coming to greet him from a distance.
After entering the territory of Soochow, it seems that they have already noticed it.
Li Yu secretly reminded himself in his heart that he must not underestimate the people of Soochow.
In their one-third of an acre of land, Jiangdong people are not easy to mess with.
Even someone as strong as Cao Liu was burned to death by the two fires of Chibi and Yiling, and his whole life's hard work was wasted.
People in this place may fight among themselves, but when faced with real threats, Soochow is very strong when united.
Sun Quan was not a hero who could lead Jiangdong's children to fight against the world, but he could fulfill his mission in conquering the heavens. Li Yu knew this very well.
The person who came to greet him was Lu Xun, which surprised Li Yu.
Lu Xun was a descendant of the Jiangdong gentry and had never been favored by Sun Quan.
Judging from his appearance, he seems to be doing well.
"Taoist Master, we meet again." Lu Xun said with a smile.
Li Yu could feel that this young man from an aristocratic family did not smell like a dandy at all.
I don't know why such a person would appear in such a wealthy family. He has a very good personality. Li Yu has always felt that he would be very comfortable getting along with Lu Xun.
If you have a high status, he will not come after you. If you have a low status, he will not step on you.
A humble gentleman, as gentle as jade, he may be the kind of person he is talking about.
Li Yu smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to come, brother."
Lu Xun also smiled and said nothing.
Although Li Yu knew that Sun Quan and the Jiangdong family were at odds with each other, he still didn't understand Sun Quan very well.
Sun Quan did suppress the nobles from time to time, but he did not do so blindly. He was playing with balance.
He suppressed the noble families every few days. Once the noble families were suppressed too hard by other factions in the court, he would stand up to support the noble families and suppress others.
Even though he would punish Lu Xun from time to time, he would also promote him and even betroth his niece to him to achieve a balance.
Unlike Cao Cao who attacked the nobles, Sun Quan has been pursuing this kind of balance. He is not trying to beat the Jiangdong nobles to death with a stick, but to play with them and use them to his own advantage.
In this way, his throne as Lord of Jiangdong will always be stable.
Lu Xun said: "I, the alchemist of the Soochow Kingdom, have already arrived at the meeting of the Taoist priest, so your majesty asked me to come here early to wait and welcome the Taoist priest."
These people could predict their arrival. There was no reason why they couldn't see the energy of this earth line. Then Sun Quan must have discussed it with Zhou Yu and others.
Li Yu stretched out his hand and said politely: "Please lead the way."
When they arrived at the palace, Zhou Yu and others looked very complicated after seeing Li Yu.
But Sun Quan was very enthusiastic. He stood up in person, brought Li Yu into the palace, and sat next to him.
There were palace maids bringing some wine and food, the palace band played music, and there were beauties singing and dancing during the dinner.
Li Yu cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your majesty's hospitality. I have no way to repay you. Now I have a huge benefit, which I just want to give to your majesty."
"Oh?" Sun Quan asked with a smile: "What's the benefit?"
He was very excited and hoped that Li Yu would return the elixir to him quickly.
Except for the elixir of death, Sun Quan had little interest in anything. After all, he had had the chance of immortality before, and getting it and then losing it would be even more uncomfortable than never having had it.
Especially things like immortality.
But Li Yu clearly didn't want to compromise on this matter, otherwise it would be difficult for Shu to explain, and he would also have to worry about someone stabbing his ally in the back during the subsequent war.
He said softly: "One day ago, Pindao was still in Chang'an."
There was a burst of whispers in the hall, all of them praised Li Yu's miraculous air control skills.
Li Yu paused for a short while and then said: "In Chang'an, also in the palace, Pindao protected the Tang Emperor Li Shimin and helped him take over the energy of the earth."
"Earth energy?"
"What is it?"
The voices of the people in the palace became more noisy, but Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others were very calm.
It seems that Li Yu's guess is correct. They already know what those royal energies are, so they may have discussed many times about whether to absorb them.
Li Yuning said: "If your majesty wants to be infused with the spirit of the human emperor, become invincible in the world, and no longer be threatened by assassinations, Pindao is willing to help your majesty protect the law."
Sun Quan was assassinated many times among the emperors of the Six Dynasties.
In fact, he also wants to have supreme strength, but in comparison, he values immortality more.
Now Li Yu obviously has no intention of relenting, and the officials of Soochow are afraid of publicly begging him because of their face.
In the final analysis, this matter is not that Li Yu is ruthless, but that Soochow went too far.
Backstabbing an ally, no matter how good the reason is, is still despised.
Li Yu agreed that Soochow would need to perform well in the Battle of Defying Heaven before he would consider giving them the elixir again.
Now Li Yu has no intention of changing.
Fortunately, the war is coming, and this conquest, unlike the civil war in the world, will definitely not last long.
No matter which side wins, they will use thunderous means to defeat the other side.
The human world cannot drag on, because once it reaches a deadlock, there will be countless traitors who will seek refuge in heaven, and Zhang Jiao's breakthrough of the barrier between heaven and earth will bring an explosion of spiritual power, and the dividends that will make the world's strong people so numerous are about to pass;
The Heavenly Court can't hold it back, they can't bear the long-term worship without belief and mind power.
After hesitating for a long time, Sun Quan nodded and said: "Since the Emperor of Tang has accepted it, I cannot lag behind others."
This sentence was a little depressing, as if he was putting himself under Li Shimin, but the officials of Soochow did not care.
It is extremely rare and valuable for His Majesty the Emperor to have such courage.
After all, the relationship between Soochow and Li Yu cannot be said to be good. Sun Quan's concern may also be about whether Li Yu will try his best to protect him.
The feud between Li Yu and Soochow has been going on for a long time, not to mention that Li Yu took over the second job, which caused Soochow to suffer a great loss of face.
The various calculations of Soochow at the beginning also made Li Yu a victim of disaster, and he almost died in Soochow the first time he came there.
At that time, Zhou Yu was not targeting him, but he actually offended Li Yu.
Sun Quan stood up and looked at the admiring eyes of the courtiers around him, and became more determined in his mind.
Jiangdong needs a leader to lead them out of the current predicament. This time the Six Dynasties are like sailing against the current, and those without great ambitions may be eliminated.
Soochow doesn't want to be the one eliminated, and their fate has once again reached a point.
Sun Quan said to Li Yu, "Taoist Master, please start."
It seems that they are not very clear about this process, and they think that they can only accept the energy of the earth veins by relying entirely on Li Yu's help.
Li Yu picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank it, then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please take out the Seal of the Human Emperor!"
