Chapter 363: Tai Wuji

Invitation to become the Human Emperor.

Such few words were as heavy as hundreds and thousands of mountains, words that hit directly at the core.

Jiang Ming was not the least surprised.

What was their intention to look for him? Wasn’t it just to make him the Human Emperor?

“For me to be the Human Emperor?” Jiang Ming showed a slight smile on his face and continued. “Are you for real?”

“Of course!” Immortal Venerate Qing Yun also had a smile on his face.

‘Little guy! Can’t hold back anymore, can you? Alas, the Human Emperor! The emperor of billions of human beings! What glory! What authority! What status! Who can resist such a temptation? No one! Absolutely no one. Not even himself.’

Immortal Venerate Qing Yun believed that Jiang Ming had turned down the offer last time to show restraint. It was mostly because Jiang Ming thought he understood his lack of strength and knew that he didn’t qualify for the throne. Jiang Ming knew he lacked the courage to take on the corresponding responsibility that came with the throne.

But now?

Immortal Venerate Qing Yun personally invited him! How prestigious was this?

If Jiang Ming still didn’t clearly see what was happening and allowed himself a way out of the skirmish, he might really miss this opportunity! How could Jiang Ming not be anxious?

Jiang Ming was young and, thus, not steadfast enough. Hence, Immortal Venerate Qing Yun would just wait till he became the Human Emperor to be mentored.

Jiang Ming’s expression became stranger and stranger.

The Human Path Record was suspended on the Immortal Venerate Qing Yun’s forehead, showing his Status, or to be exact, his thoughts.

The Human Path Record was being mischievous.

Immortal Venerate Qing Yun even more so.

“Are you sure?” Jiang Ming asked again, smiling brightly.

“I’m very sure!” Immortal Venerate Qing Yun nodded solemnly, but he almost laughed out of his heart.

Immortal Venerate Qing Yun wondered how this little guy could be so child-like. But that made it even more interesting.

A hint of doubt flashed across Great Monarch Wan Lian’s face. From his understanding of Jiang Ming based on his series of actions, he should not have agreed so easily.

Immortal Venerate Tai Xu was wondering why the uneasy feeling in his heart became stronger.

Mountain Master Tian Yuan secretly sighed. Based on his understanding, the more this Little Brother of his acted like this, the more indifferent he actually was in his heart. Just watch. He would definitely turn against Immortal Venerate Qing Yun next.

“Since you really want me to be the Human Emperor, that’s great!” Jiang Ming put his hands behind his back, restrained his smile, and showed a cold look on his face. “The Human Emperor is the supreme ruler of the human race, the sovereign, and the person above all. Within the human race, his words would be akin to laws that were to be followed. Immortal Venerate Qing Yun! Please make a move against the Taishang Sword experts now.”

Immortal Venerate Qing Yun’s face turned gloomy. He looked at Jiang Ming, and after a long time, he said, “The Taishang Sword Sect no longer has an Immortal Venerate. If I attack them, I will be the bully!”

“There isn’t any? The Hall of Human Emperor was established in ancient times and has barely maintained itself to this day. Although you have all shunned the world and cultivated in seclusion, you wouldn’t really shy away from the world and ignore the outside world at all, right?” Jiang Ming sneered. “Other than Tai Jian, the Taishang Sword Sect also has a Venerate who is already here. Did you see it? It’s the silver-haired man from the west. His name is Tai Wuji.”

Great Monarch Wan Lian suddenly chimed in. “Tai Wuji? I’ve heard of him. According to rumors, he is the last disciple of the Saint Lord and extremely talented. In terms of his talents in the Sword Dao, he is no weaker than the Saint Lord himself. His aptitude is terrifying.

“He had always been cultivating silently. In the very few times he had made a move, he already had a monstrous reputation. He killed a Taiyi expert when he was a Golden Immortal, killed a Great Overarching expert when he was a Taiyi Immortal, and even beheaded a Venerate when he was at the pinnacle of the Great Overarching Realm. It is said that after he reached the realm of the Venerate, he was already well above Tai Jian.

“There are rumors that when the Saint Lord left, he followed along as well. He has not appeared for hundreds of millions of years. Everyone thought that he had left! Why is he still staying in the sect?”

Great Monarch Wan Lian had a solemn look on his face.

“Is it really him?” Immortal Venerate Qing Yun didn’t look good.

“Since my brother said so, it must be true!” Mountain Master Tian Yuan’s tone of voice was very affirmative. This also hinted to the few in front of him that: This here was his old brother. A person that would be advancing and retreating together with him.

“Immortal Venerate Qing Yun, please!” Jiang Ming said again.

Immortal Venerate Qing Yun’s face turned even uglier and even showed a bit of annoyance. “Aren’t you just trying to humiliate me?”

“How is this humiliating you?”

“I’m obviously no match for him. Asking me to kill him, aren’t you just sending me to my death and humiliating me?”

“Heh! Aren’t there three of you Venerates?”

“Tai Wuji is the direct descendant of the Saint Lord. If we kill him, what will happen to us when the Saint Lord returns in the future? You won’t even need to think about what would happen! Jiang Ming, you are pulling my leg, aren’t you?”

“Hehe!” Jiang Ming sneered and said with a stern tone, “Pulling your leg? Qing Yun! When you didn’t know of Tai Wuji, I ordered you to kill the experts of the Taishang Sword Sect. You started to push away the responsibility for many reasons and even said you’d be a bully. What are you making of myself as the Human Emperor? You invited me to be the Human Emperor. Well, I agreed. This is my first request rather than an order, yet you refute it without hesitation! Now that you know of Tai Wuji, you are saying that I’m humiliating you!

“If you really see me as the Human Emperor, you will obediently die if I ask you to. This is the authority of the Human Emperor. If you really see me as the Human Emperor, then I will watch you march toward your own death!

“I killed two Venerates of the Taishang Sword Sect in the Abyss, and Tai Jian even almost died in my hands. As the “Human Emperor”, I’m not afraid of it myself, yet you are! Haha! You even said that you want me to be the Human Emperor! Qing Yun, you are the one pulling my leg!”

Killing intent could be seen ablaze in Jiang Ming’s eyes.

“Qing Yun!” Mountain Master Tian Yuan also sneered. “You’ve invited my brother to be the Human Emperor a few times already. What makes a Human Emperor? A person whose words carry supreme weight, a person with great prestige that can mobilize the forces of the human race with mere words. My brother has already agreed to it. Yet what did you do? As soon as the Human Emperor gave his decree, you refuted it and are now saying that you are humiliated. At the same time, you are afraid of the inheritance of the Saint Lord!

“Hmph! I didn’t join the Hall of Human Emperor back then because I saw that you guys have been hidden like tortoises for too long. So very long that you no longer have the overbearing prestige that we cultivators should have. You no longer have the confidence to really push the human race to the pinnacle!

“On the other hand, just look at my brother. In order to defend the Tianyuan Realm, he beheaded the Immortals and took down the Devil King. Where has he ever been afraid at all? Back then, it was still the mortal realm. What of the Immortals? High above!

“What about after descending into the Infinite Realm Battlefield? He slew Kun Peng, the Northern Emperor of the Heaven Court! Alas! Who would dare to provoke the Heaven Court? My brother did and even slew one of them!

“As for the Venerates of the Abyss? They were very united and could even stand up against the Heavenly Realm. But what of that? How many of their Demon Venerates were slain by my brother? More than half of them were killed by my brother. Even the Great Demon Venerate had to leave helplessly when he tried to intervene!

“When he was in the Abyss, he even forcibly cut down two Venerates of the Taishang Sword Sect! What strength has he shown? How courageous was he? Who can even compare to him among our human race?

“I’ll be blunt with this. Can the Hall of Human Emperor’s achievement from the past even compare to that of my brother here in just this year? It’s not even worth comparing!

“Besides, the relationship between my brother and the Taishang Sword Sect is already that of mortal enemies. Yet what about you? You are still afraid of the sect’s Saint Lord. If the Saint Lord returns, will you push him upfront to put up with the disaster?

“Hehe! Qing Yun, I’m ashamed to even side with you! From now on, this marks the end of the friendship between you and me!”

As Mountain Master Tian Yuan finished speaking, he turned his palm into a knife, slashing through the air and cutting open a void.

The expression of Immortal Venerate Qing Yun, as well as the other two, drastically changed.

“Remember! Never disrupt my life from now on. This also serves as the last reminder!” Jiang Ming’s indifferent tone changed as he smiled and added, “Big Brother! Let’s leave!”

“Alright!” Mountain Master Tian Yuan nodded.