“Alright, that settles it then,” the Demon Emperor said happily.
“Now, let's talk about appointing the Crown Prince!”
Hearing the Demon Emperor say this, Ye Fan and the others turned their gazes toward him.
This was the truly important matter!
“Ahem... What do you think about drawing lots? Whoever draws the right one becomes the Crown Prince.”
“Absolutely not...”
“You must not do this...”
“This is far too childish!”
Just as the Demon Emperor finished speaking, voices of opposition rang out from outside the hall.
Immediately, the demons saw three figures walking in.
They were General Dog, Minister Fox, and General Tiger.
“Greetings, Your Majesty. Greetings, Princes...”
The three high-ranking officials of the court cupped their fists and bowed to the Demon Emperor and the princes.
“Hmm...”
The Demon Emperor nodded and then asked, “Why can't we draw lots to appoint the Crown Prince?”
Hearing the Demon Emperor's question, the corners of all the demons' mouths twitched.
Listen to yourself! Drawing lots to choose a Crown Prince? Was this not a first since the dawn of creation?
Minister Fox bowed helplessly again. “Your Majesty, after all, we are choosing a successor. We still need to select someone of outstanding ability...”
General Dog and General Tiger nodded in agreement.
At the same time, the three of them couldn't help but grumble in their hearts: If we weren't unable to defeat you, we would have established ourselves as emperors long ago.
Others might not know, but they knew very well that this idiot was incredibly powerful. Over the years, they had sent plenty of assassins after him, but none had succeeded.
Fortunately, this guy had always believed that the assassins were sent to steal his wife...
Once they discovered this, whenever they sent assassins, poisoned his food, or plotted against him, they would have the perpetrators claim they were there to snatch his wife.
Anyone else would have doubted it, but this guy not only believed it, he believed it without a shadow of a doubt.
...
This also led him to increasingly believe that anyone who stared at his wife for a second too long was plotting to steal her.
“To become the Crown Prince by drawing lots, one's luck must be incredibly good...” the Demon Emperor analyzed at that moment.
“In the future, they will definitely make a good Demon Emperor. After all, luck is also a part of one's strength...”
Hearing the Demon Emperor's analysis, the demons only wanted to say: Your analysis is great, but please don't analyze anymore. The demon race will eventually be ruined in your hands at this rate.
“Your Majesty, we border the demonic cultivators of the Northern Province, and they have always wanted to seize our territory,” Minister Fox argued. “Without a powerful Demon Emperor, we might not be able to handle such a situation!”
Hearing Minister Fox's analysis, the Demon Emperor nodded in agreement.
I really am a Demon Emperor possessing both virtue and talent... Since I took the throne, the demonic cultivators have never attacked our territory.
If the demonic cultivators knew what the Demon Emperor was thinking, they would definitely say:
You lunatic Demon Emperor, we just don't want to mess with a madman.
Once, a demonic cultivator stared at the Demon Empress a few times too many.
As a result, you lunatic claimed they wanted to steal your wife.
You, a demon beast equivalent to the Unity stage, actually marched all the way to the Northern Province in person, wiped out an entire city of demonic cultivators, and warned everyone to stay away from your wife...
You even declared that if anyone dared to plot against your wife again, you would destroy the entire Northern Province!
Anyone who didn't know better would have thought you were a Mahayana-stage demon beast!
Later, a Unity-stage demonic cultivator, unable to stomach such overbearing arrogance, came to demand satisfaction, only to find himself completely outmatched...
He had no choice but to let it go. Coupled with the fact that the internal factions of the demonic cultivators were not very harmonious, it was the only reason the demon race territory had remained so peaceful.
Ye Fan's eyes flickered. As a former disciple of the Grand Elder of the Blood River Demon Sect—one of the three major demonic cultivator factions—he knew some of the inside story.
It seemed the Northern Province's demonic cultivators had wanted to form an alliance to invade the demon race.
If it hadn't been for the opening of the All Beings Equal secret realm, they might have already acted.
He just didn't know what the current situation was.
“So, what do you think we should do?” the Demon Emperor asked, looking at the three officials.
The three officials exchanged glances, and Minister Fox spoke up again, “Reporting to Your Majesty, why don't we hold a martial tournament to appoint the Crown Prince? The successor chosen this way will not only be powerful but also possess good luck...”
Hearing this suggestion, most of the princes had no objections.
Those with strong cultivation felt they could rightfully seize the position of Crown Prince.
Those who were weak worried they wouldn't live to see the coronation...
As for the tournament, they could just surrender.
Only those who were weak but still harbored ambitions disagreed.
However, their disagreement was irrelevant because the Demon Emperor had already made up his mind.
Upon hearing Minister Fox's suggestion, the Demon Emperor pondered for a moment before agreeing, “Very well.”
Lately, his wife had been bored, so watching their sons fight would make for great entertainment.
With this thought in mind, the Demon Emperor readily agreed.
“Report—”
Just as the Demon Emperor announced the martial tournament to choose the Crown Prince, an urgent voice echoed from outside the great hall.
“What is it?” the Demon Emperor asked, somewhat annoyed.
Why were there so many interruptions?
Wasn't this delaying him from going back to accompany his wife and admire the flowers?
“Reporting to Your Majesty! The monkeys of the Huaguoshan Beautiful Monkey clan have arrived, and they have brought a dog that looks exactly like our ancestor, the Xiaotian War God!”
“What?”
“Looks exactly like the ancestor?”
“Nonsense!”
...
As soon as the guard's report finished, all sorts of exclamations erupted within the hall.
Ye Fan's eyes flickered. Could it be that dog? Did that damned mortal come too?
The Demon Emperor also looked at the guard in utter disbelief, completely stunned.
It took him a good moment to snap out of it. “Are you sure you aren't blind? You didn't mistake it?”
The guard completely understood the Demon Emperor's skepticism.
After all, when he first saw that member of the Xiaotian Imperial Clan, he had also been incredulous.
But it truly looked exactly like the imperial clan's ancestor!
After all, there was a massive stone statue of the ancestor standing on the plaza outside the hall.
Aside from the difference in size, they looked virtually identical.
That yellow coat with a white face, that majestic and imposing physique...
When the guard came in to report, he had even looked back at the statue to double-check and confirm.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, I am not blind, nor did I mistake it. It really looks incredibly similar...”
Hearing the guard's words, the Demon Emperor hurriedly said, “Then invite them in quickly!”
At the same time, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart:
Accompanying my wife is important, but matters concerning the ancestor are also important... I should have a look. See, see, I knew I was a Demon Emperor of both virtue and talent...
...
Meanwhile, Lu Ming and his group, who were following the guard inside, were staring at the statue in the plaza outside the great hall.
“Big Yellow? What's going on here? Why is there a statue of you erected to commemorate you?”
Hearing Lu Ming's question, Niu Lansan and the others also stared curiously at Big Yellow, then back at the statue...
Big Yellow was also completely bewildered. He scratched his head with a paw.
“I don't know either!”
He looked at the statue with a face full of confusion. Frankly speaking, the statue really did look quite a lot like him.
Just then, they saw a group of demons standing at the entrance of the great hall.
“Ancestor?” an exclamation suddenly rang out.
Then, before Lu Ming and the others could react, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them.
The figure wore a yellow imperial robe and a crown upon his dog head.
Is this the Demon Emperor? Lu Ming guessed in his mind.
“Woof woof?! ...” Big Yellow shook his head. Who are you? Who is your ancestor? Let me tell you, don't just shout random things. I'm still a pure, innocent bachelor dog...
Hearing Big Yellow's words, the Demon Emperor also suddenly came to his senses.
Right, right... I got too excited. Just because it looks similar doesn't mean it's the ancestor...
Behind him, Ye Fan frowned as he stared at Big Yellow.
Isn't that that damned big dog? Why is he here? And where did that damned mortal go?
He then looked at the crowd of monkeys behind them.
Could these monkeys be disguises?
As Ye Fan's thoughts raced, the Demon Emperor led Lu Ming and the others into the great hall.
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