The morning light shone through, reflecting the luminous stones in the main hall, making the hall extremely bright.
There are eight large dragon pillars standing on both sides of the main hall. The ground is paved with hard and smooth textured stones. In the middle, there are more than ten steps made of snow stone. On the steps, there is a table large enough for three people to sit together and carved with real animals.
Like a seat made of gold.
There was no one sitting on the chair, so it was obvious that Marquis Li Guang had not come to court yet.
However, the civil servants and generals in the main hall under the steps began to stand on both sides, waiting for Li Guanghou's arrival.
The imperial court followed the tradition that civilian officials respected the left, and military officers respected the right.
When the previous dynasty meeting started, the ministers stood on both sides according to the order of Wen left and Wu right, but this time it was obviously different.
The ministers no longer talked and laughed, but silently divided into three rows.
Wang Gang, Song Zhi, Old Turtle and a dozen generals are on the right.
Count Xiong Bo is an old man, followed by thirty or forty officials on the left.
Between the two, Count Li Long led seven or eight officials and stood in the middle.
At this time, Rongyi's head chamberlain walked up a few steps and shouted:
"Start the court!"
All the civil and military officials below were kneeling on the ground and speaking in unison.
"Meet Li Hou!"
As soon as the ministers' voices fell, Li Guang, supported by Li Ziguang and accompanied by Li Mu, climbed up the steps and sat on the golden chair.
Li Ziguang and Li Mu stood on both sides.
Li Guang had silver hair and few black strands, and his face was pale, but he had a pair of cold eyes that were as penetrating as a powerful eagle, looking back and forth at the kneeling ministers below.
His cold eyes quickly glanced behind Xiong Bo and Li Long, and finally stopped at Wang Gang and Song Zhi.
When he saw a thin old man standing alone among His Highness's ministers, his eyelids jumped and he did not say anything in a hurry.
After a long while, a majestic and slightly sick voice came from the steps.
"Get up!"
The ministers rose up with the sound, and most of them did not dare to look up at Li Guanghou, who was sitting high. Although Li Guanghou was now seriously ill and dying, the majesty he had accumulated during his two hundred years of reign still weighed on everyone's hearts.
Li Guang coughed a few times, looked at the old turtle in the audience, and said slowly.
"This must be Mr. Li, the guest elder from the Yuyi Sect, a major sect in Central-Earth."
Old Turtle replied, "That's right," and there was nothing more to say.
Li Guang didn't care about Old Man Turtle's attitude towards him, and continued.
"Today is the grand meeting for the third year of my reign. I wonder what you are talking about here?"
"For fame? For profit?"
Seeing that Old Turtle didn't answer, Li Guang finally said.
"I am the leader of the Hou Dynasty. Naturally, others cannot compare with me. If others agree to your terms, I will agree to it many times over and will never break my promise!"
Old Turtle just smiled slightly and looked at Li Guanghou who was waiting for him to make a decision with his wide eyes.
"I only have one condition, and I hope Marquis Li will agree to it."
"Oh, whatever is allowed, sir, just say it."
Li Guanghou thought that the Keqing elder from the Yuyi Sect in front of him just wanted to take advantage of him and seek some benefits for his dynasty. The only way now was to stabilize the opponent first and wait until Wang Gang's cancer was solved.
If the conditions proposed by Elder Li were not too harsh, the treasury of the Hou Dynasty would be gathered to satisfy his appetite.
Li Guang waited for Old Man Turtle's next words.
"I beg Li Hou to allow these people to leave the Hou Dynasty. Li Hou should understand that forceful melons are not sweet."
Li Ziguang didn't wait for Li Guang to speak, then he pointed at the calm and composed old man in the audience, and there was a hint of sternness on his face, and he roared.
"presumptuous!"
The identity of this old turtle was revealed to him through Su Daji of the Nine-tailed Fox Family in recent days.
When he learned that Hong Ang, who had promised to help him ascend to the throne, suddenly went against his promise, Li Ziguang was furious.
What happened to Hong Ang will make him pay the price when he ascends to the throne and becomes more powerful, but the bad old man in front of him is really abominable.
Li Guanghou raised his hand slightly to stop Li Ziguang, but gave Old Man Turtle a serious look and said coldly.
"Sir, please don't think that you can do whatever you want here with the power of the Hagoromo Sect."
Li Guang said pointing his finger in the air.
"This sky belongs to the Eastern Wasteland."
After saying that, he pointed at Old Turtle's feet.
"And the land under your feet is the territory of my lord dynasty, and here I am the sky!"
As soon as Li Guang finished speaking, his body suddenly erupted into the realm of the second level of the mayfly, and the fierce pressure spread into the hall.
The lowly person in the hall was trembling slightly. With Li Mu by his side, Li Ziguang was naturally not afraid of his father's pressure.
Xiong Bo and Li Long were relatively well and did not feel any discomfort, but everyone behind them felt a little depressed and were sweating profusely.
Wang Gang, Song Zhi, Old Turtle and the dozen or so people were all in peace.
Chi Yanxiao, who was standing in Wang Gang's team, had a secret smile on his face.
"Cough, cough."
Two heavy coughs sounded, and then the strange pressure in the hall disappeared, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Li Guanghou was still coughing, General Manager Rong Yi quickly asked his servants to bring him some potion to drink.
The potion took effect very quickly. After drinking it, Li Guang immediately stopped coughing and his face became slightly rosy.
Li Ziguang became even more worried when he saw that his father's cough had improved.
The medicine Li Guang drank was a medicine that stimulated the body's potential. Li Guang had no symptoms in the short term after taking it. It could suppress the weak breath in the body, but it would quickly consume his life force.
Li Guang looked at the officials in the audience who had been with him for more than a hundred years, and asked angrily.
"Which of you wants to rebel against me?"
The ministers below were silent, and no one answered.
"Which of you dares to rebel against me?"
Another sentence, silent silence.
Li Guang simply stared at Wang Gang.
Everyone also followed Li Guang's gaze and stared at Wang Gang.
Although Wang Gang was not afraid of Li Guang's power, he could not stand the attention of everyone. He thought about the future of his son Wang Dalu in Nanshan City, stabilized his mind, and took a big step forward.
There are more than a dozen people following in Wang Gang's footsteps, all of whom are behind him.
Li Guang's face was so gloomy that he could shed tears, and he asked again in a deep voice.
"Will you die without regrets?"
A trace of indifference appeared on Wang Gang's face, releasing his realm of a mayfly.
"No regrets!"
When the ministers saw that Wang Gang had also reached the level of a mayfly, there was another commotion.
"quiet!"
The indifferent old man Li Mu standing next to Li Guanghou suddenly shouted loudly.
Li Mu looked at Wang Gang's mayfly body and was stunned for a moment, then showed disdain and unleashed the power of his own mayfly realm to confront Wang Gang tit for tat.
Seeing this, Li Long and others gave up their positions and watched coldly.
Xiong Bo opened his sleepy eyes and looked at Song Zhi.
Song Zhi shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, looked at the old man behind him, and then released his first level of mayfly.
Many practitioners in the hall immediately felt the heavy pressure like Mount Tai, and the majestic aura of the practitioners in the Mayfly realm shocked everyone.
Old Turtle looked at the two opposing parties, shook his head and said to Li Guang.
"Why do Marquis Li have to work so hard to get more and more work?"
Li Guang looked hoarse and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Anyone who tries to destroy our dynasty will be punished by me!"
"Let's take action."
Li Guang's last words made everyone confused, but soon an old woman in white robe appeared in the center of the hall. Although her hair was white, her skin was well maintained, and her voice sounded like a young woman in her thirties or forties.
"Are you from Middle-earth?"
Old Turtle ignored this old woman. He had already discovered this strong man hiding in the dark when he entered Hou City.
The coquettish foxy aura surrounding this old woman disgusted him, so he didn't bother to answer her questions.
This old woman comes from the Nine-tailed Fox family and is one of the five Supreme Elders. Her Taoist practice has reached the second level of the Mayfly Heaven. She can be regarded as Su Daji's grandma by blood.
She couldn't stand the pleading of her doting granddaughter Su Daji, so she came here without telling her family members to rob and kill the old turtle from China.
Several other Supreme Elders, including the current clan leader, did not agree with the Nine-Tails family's involvement in this matter. After all, there was an elder from the Central-Earth Hagoromo Sect, who did not know his depth.
In fact, this old woman didn't want to have a grudge with Old Man Gui. She just wanted the other party to quit before the difficulties were encountered. However, she never thought that Old Man Gui would ignore her so much. She looked ugly and said in a sharp voice.
"Okay, okay, okay, let me learn your clever tricks!"