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Chapter 1108 Rules exist based on power

Jiang Ding followed King Shenshan and walked towards the imperial palace step by step, as if walking into the bloody mouth of an ancient beast.

This imperial palace, although called an imperial palace, is actually an extremely vast and majestic palace complex. Many powerful kings of the Flame Stone family, as well as many blood relatives of the emperor, live here.

This place has the best concentration of spiritual energy in the Flame Stone Star Domain and is the most excellent place for body refining and cultivation. Countless strong men from the Flame Stone Star Domain spent their youth here.

As for the Great Emperor, he is not here. The Small Thousand Worlds are too small for him. Although it is tolerable, it is not a suitable residence.

The Great Emperor's true residence is in the starry sky.

After walking for a while, Jiang Ding showed a hint of surprise.

"This direction doesn't seem to be where the Crown Prince Palace of Emperor Yanliu is located?"

he said unexpectedly.

"King Xuehe, you should call the Emperor's son your master."

The Demon Mountain King arrived at some point and said coldly, "The Emperor does not want to see you for the time being. You are placed in the Hu Palace, waiting for the Emperor to summon you."

"As for the time, it depends on the emperor's mood."

"is it?"

The Blood River King smiled.

The kings moved very quickly, and in just a moment, they had arrived at a small, cramped, and very old palace. It was called a palace, but in fact it was just a three-story building, and it looked very shabby in every way.

This is the household hall of the Yanshi family, an institution in charge of the financial and taxation management of more than a dozen small worlds. It has great power and responsibilities, but at the same time, its status and rank are low and it is suppressed artificially, forming a kind of balance.

The main personnel of Hudian are all slaves of the seventh, eighth and ninth ranks. The members of the Yanshi family are only supervisors and have no real jobs.

This was a change brought about during the period when King Xuehe was in charge of the Household Palace. The reason was that only slaves would be absolutely loyal to the emperor, and the emperor's sons and daughters would not be corrupt and could create the most profits for the emperor.

The result was exactly as he expected.

Slaves have slave marks and can be killed at any time, unlike the members of the Yanshi family who consider themselves relatives of the emperor and have the confidence to do whatever they want, resulting in inefficiency and waste.

During the reign of King Xuehe, all industries of the entire Yanshi family flourished and taxes soared by 30%.

This is 30% of the eleven small thousand worlds!

This was a huge fortune, and the Blood River King rose to prominence because of it, was promoted to the God Transformation stage, and even reached the peak of the God Transformation stage.

The price is to offend all the kings of the Horned Demon Emperor clan and the slave clan, who are truly lone ministers.

The reason why King Blood River faked his death was not only because he really wanted to covet the outside of the Imperial Realm, but also because of the crazy frame-up by many kings of the Demon Emperor Clan and the Slave Clan. It can be said that he had enemies all over the world.

Now, it is appropriate for a Blood River King to be placed in the narrow and cramped household palace.

For an invincible king in the Flame Stone Star Domain to be arranged here is an obvious humiliation and does not quite suit his identity.

"Hudian..."

Jiang Ding showed a nostalgic look, and with a sweep of his spiritual sense, he found that many of the people working inside had become members of the Horned Demon Emperor. The slaves were simply serving and did not participate in the tax collection work. There was a counterattack by some old forces, and he couldn't help but smile: "My reforms have been abolished?"

"Relying on blood relatives and cultivating blood relatives is the right path."

King Shenshan sneered, "You evil demon, it's fine if you succeeded temporarily with your treacherous tactics, but you still want to continue to deceive the emperor's son?"

"Haha, that's true."

Jiang Ding laughed: "However, in my opinion, this should only be a temporary compromise and appeasement of Emperor Yanliu. Once he has established his foothold, he will probably restart my reforms. Your righteous and empty words are useless."

“No matter how righteous and noble one is, it is still too false compared to the watery spirit stone.”

"Besides, you are so weak that you are powerless to stop it."

The so-called bureaucratic constraints are totally useless to a strong man who possesses great power. If a group of people are dissatisfied, he will just beat and kill them. It is really wishful thinking to suppress the other party by seniority or righteousness.

There was a reason why King Xuehe was able to carry out reforms smoothly back then.

"You are just a slave with short-sightedness. How can you guess the mind of the emperor's son?" King Shenshan scolded with a gloomy face.

He didn't know when, but after entering this palace, he became bolder and even dared to scold King Xuehe, even though he had been acting cautiously outside the palace.

"Haha! Interesting!"

Jiang Ding laughed even louder.

"Blood River King."

"The Emperor orders you to hand over the Emperor Cangkong, immediately!"

King Chenshan became impatient, and with a gloomy face, he said in an imperative tone, "Stop being polite and keep beating around the bush."

The son of Emperor Cangkong is still captured by King Xuehe. It is impossible for him to die because he has the protection of Ancient Emperor Cangyan and cannot be killed by any creature other than the son of the emperor.

The Blood River King can seal, humiliate, defeat the Son of the Sky Emperor, and even cut off his arms. It doesn't matter. In the eyes of the Emperor, these are all necessary trials and he won't care about anything.

But this does not include the life of Emperor Cangkong.

Only the emperor's son can kill the emperor's son.

The Emperor's Son Cangkong is only sealed now, he is not dead yet, which means the battle among the Emperor's Sons is not over yet and the Emperor's Son Yanliu cannot truly take the crown of the Emperor's Son.

"What if I don't hand it over?"

Jiang Ding asked.

Wisps of murderous intent bloomed unconsciously.

King Shenshan and King Moshan shuddered subconsciously, their hearts surrounded by fear and surging waves of blood, like mortals facing a ferocious tiger, as if they were about to die in the next moment, without any power to resist.

The gap between them is so terrifying!
Only when they truly faced an invincible king, a king comparable to the son of a royal emperor, did they understand how those dozens of kings of the Horned Demon Emperor clan died.

"You can try."

King Shenshan spoke with an icy tone, emphasizing each word.

Even in this situation, he still dared to threaten so forcefully.

“…Is that so?”

Jiang Ding was silent, then understood something.

In the battle between the Emperor's sons, the Great Emperor will not interfere, and many Emperor-level formations will not appear. This is the rule of the Horned Demon Emperor clan.

However, there are no rules in the world that are ironclad and can never be shaken.

The implementation of all rules and laws must be based on force, otherwise they are just words written on paper and have no meaning.

The same is true for this battle between the emperor's sons.

The smooth progress of the Battle of the Emperor's Sons depends entirely on the confrontation and balance between the Ancient Emperor Cang Yan and the Great Emperor Yan Shi, as well as the traditions and political correctness of the Horned Demon Emperor Clan. Only in this way can the fairness of the Battle of the Emperor's Sons be ensured.

They are the rule makers and leaders, not the rule followers.

In this situation, a slave wants to rely on so-called rules to fight against the emperor and restrain the emperor?
This is a joke.

If you want the emperor to follow the rules, you must also have the support of an emperor yourself!
But now, it is impossible for the ancient Emperor Cang Yan, who is behind the Emperor Cangkong, to support the King of Xuehe, so the so-called rules are no longer rules.

This is not a program that can be exploited.

"take it."

Jiang Ding smiled, took out a blood cocoon as tall as a person and handed it to the two kings.

The only hope for King Xuehe from the beginning to the end is his own value, and the possibility of becoming the slave emperor of the Yanshi family.

That's all, nothing more.

(End of this chapter)