King of Creation
Chapter 2219: Chapter 2204: Bitter Chrysanthemum Requests Audience
Ye Zhen has two matters on hand that are not too urgent, but if delayed for too long, they can be very troublesome.
He always thought that with the warfare being so urgent, he couldn’t extricate himself and thus couldn’t handle them.
Recently, as the standoff with the Second Crown Prince of the Demon Emperor’s army developed, Ye Zhen found himself having time, yet struggling to take shape.
The reason is simple: because Little Cat had been asleep before, relying only on Ye Zhen himself. Although Ye Zhen’s flying speed already surpasses that of normal Dao Realm experts, if anything were to change, it could highly likely mislead the situation, hence the delay in forming a plan.
Previously, with Little Cat around, Ye Zhen paid little attention to it. After Little Cat fell asleep, Ye Zhen truly realized Little Cat’s significance.
Without mentioning other things, let’s just say, if Ye Zhen wanted to go to Cairo Fortress, before Little Cat fell asleep, in case of an emergency, deploying the Void-Breaking Divine Power consecutively for over a dozen times within half a quarter-hour would suffice.
Yet, if Ye Zhen were to do it himself, it would take him at least more than two hours.
Now, within a single breath, Little Cat can take Ye Zhen through the void-breaking thrice, thereby reaching Cairo Fortress.
As for the newly acquired Low Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Twelve Yuanchen Celestial Treasure Pearl by Ye Zhen, it can perform the Great Celestial Relocation, but the current cultivation level of Ye Zhen makes its activation highly consuming.
Also, if activated once, it can directly drain Ye Zhen, making it unsuitable for such frequent short-range moves.
The most crucial point is, without a space imprint, the Twelve Yuanchen Celestial Treasure Pearl cannot perform the Great Celestial Relocation.
Initially, Ye Zhen was eager about these two matters but couldn’t proceed with them.
Now that Little Cat has awakened, they can get going.
One of these matters concerns the demon race slaves inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl.
Ye Zhen hauled fifty thousand demon race slaves from the Golden Moon World, and through several battles, he has steadily moved elite demon race slaves out of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, supplementing the Battle Slave Army of the Demon Clan in the Heavenly Wave Army of the North Sea.
Continuously during each great battle, Ye Zhen moves out a portion of the demon race battle slaves to replenish them, and by today, the number of demon race battle slaves has reached forty thousand.
Additionally, the leading commander of this demon race battle slave army is a Realm King Realm demon, while the rest are all Dark Palace Realm and Divine Communication Realm demons.
In terms of personal cultivation among the army’s soldiers, it surpasses the Fire Swallow Army.
But even then, Ye Zhen has only moved out over ten thousand people from these fifty thousand demon race slaves.
The remaining forty-eight thousand or so demon race slaves are all still residing inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl.
With such a large number of captives living inside the Mirage Dragon Pearl, it becomes overwhelmingly foul-smelling—not to mention that daily food supply has transformed into a massive burden.
Nearly forty-nine thousand big stomached demons—even with cultivation, reducing food consumption repeatedly halfed, the accumulated demands over time are staggering.
After several months of continuation, despite having plundered a large volume of food from the Golden Moon World, Ye Zhen is close to being unable to sustain it.
Especially on the frontline battlefield, supplies are quite challenging.
Therefore, Ye Zhen wishes to dispose of these demon race slaves swiftly.
Otherwise, these forty-nine thousand demon race slaves would genuinely devour Ye Zhen into bankruptcy.
If delayed further, Ye Zhen may not be able to provide the food supply, and would have to slaughter these demon race slaves and sell them for military merit head accounts.
Dealing with these demon race slaves is a matter of urgency.
However, wishing to trade these demon race slaves, particularly in such large numbers, requires traveling to the overseas Ruins Market.
Even with the help of Mountain God Yi Xun, Ye Zhen would still need to transport these demon race slaves for the transaction.
The second matter concerns the fiefdom issue.
Due to slaying the Prophet Demon Master Qi Hong, Ye Zhen has been granted the title of Third-class North Sea Duke, with an increase of one medium-sized county for the real fiefdom.
But this medium-sized county yet requires Ye Zhen to personally visit the Grand Sect Leader’s Mansion to select the fiefdom and receive the seal.
Originally, this fiefdom was not urgent.
Ye Zhen wasn’t short on this seven or eight years’ time either.
But with Ye Zhen’s defense assisting during the millennial campaign, with warfare frequent and intense—and given Ye Zhen’s strategy of sparing lives, leading to heavy consumption—the situation has become dire.
The resources from North Sea County, even with trade supplies, appear extremely tight.
If not for Ye Zhen exchanging military merit head accounts for armaments, he might have been unable to sustain.
But now there’s an unreceived county’s worth of fiefdom; if claimed, based on regulations, the fiefdom’s income and resources can immediately supplement the financial revenue under Ye Zhen’s command.
A medium-sized county’s financial revenue won’t likely be bad; whether in terms of provisions or military armory, it would ease the pressure.
But claiming this medium-sized county fiefdom requires Ye Zhen himself to travel to Luo Yi.
If traveling at Ye Zhen’s own speed from the Human-Demon Battlefield to Luo Yi, it’d take at least a month.
But with Little Cat, the scenario is different; within several days, Ye Zhen can reach Luo Yi and manage these affairs.
Of course, as the Marshal of Blood River Fortress, during wartime, without military orders, he cannot casually leave Blood River Fortress.
That’s military law.
If violated, Ye Zhen surely would be in big trouble.
Yet there’s a Divine Power Secret Technique known as the Avatar!
Most Dao Realm can consolidate avatar projections where the main body continues cultivation while avatars handle some trivial matters.
Martial Artists in the Realm King Realm capable of possessing avatars are scarce but not overly rare.
Therefore, Ye Zhen sent a request document in the name of the Marshal of the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea, addressed to the Northern War Zone Governor’s Mansion, Grand Commander of Human Demon Battlefield Mansion, Military Department, clarifying his route.
With the main body stationed at Blood River Fortress, the avatar will hold his Third-class North Sea Duke seal, going to the Imperial Capital Luo Yi and North Sea County to handle some errands.
This request is quite reasonable; no rejection can be found from either the Human Demon Battlefield Commander’s Mansion or the Military Department, especially with the main body stationed at Blood River Fortress.
Unsurprisingly, Ye Zhen soon received documents from both the Military Department and the Grand Commander’s Mansion.
Though Ye Zhen claimed officially that the main body would remain at Blood River Fortress, he planned to let the avatar stay at Blood River Fortress instead.
The reason is simple: the avatar couldn’t carry the Mirage Dragon Pearl, thus couldn’t solve the problem.
At Blood River Fortress, Ye Zhen intends to entrust everything to Liuu Feng and Gu Tieqi, Niu Er, Zheng Dangshi, and Sacrificial Guard Leader Yii Jue.
Ye Zhen actually desires to be a hands-off leader, not wanting to personally attend every incident or manage every affair during warfare.
Ye Zhen wants to train his close aides, enabling each to handle things independently.
And now, the warfare is not too intense, in a standoff phase; with plenty of troops on hand, it’s the perfect time to train them.
Of course, should any unexpected or major incident occur, within half a quarter-hour, Ye Zhen can rely on the Low Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Twelve Yuanchen Celestial Treasure Pearl to perform the Great Celestial Relocation and return.
This is Ye Zhen’s true confidence in daring to leave Blood River Fortress with the main body.
No matter what happens, Ye Zhen can appear at Blood River Fortress within half a quarter-hour.
Nevertheless, some arrangements must be made before leaving.
Though it involves the main body departing, some arrangements are needed.
For instance, regarding the Sacrificial Guard Leader Yii Jue who recently took over the control of the forty thousand demon race battle slave army, Ye Zhen must personally summon him for instructions again.
Yii Jue, originating from the Ancestor God Temple, is known for being aloof, taciturn, and difficult to interact with, needing a reminder to cooperate well with Liuu Feng during combat.
Regarding directing the scouts and hunting squads like Niu Er, managing War Wolf Camp and Heaven Wave Army elite like Zheng Dangshi plus Liuu Feng and Gu Tieqi, Ye Zhen doesn’t worry much.
Having instructed them one by one, negotiating various emergency contact methods, only then did Ye Zhen prepare to depart.
Yet before departing, Gu Tieqi approached to report, "Grand Marshal, a bald-headed man seeks an audience with the Marshal at the city gate."
"Bald-headed?" Ye Zhen appeared puzzled.
"Indeed, a bald-headed man, self-titled Bitter Chrysanthemum, requests an audience with the Marshal outside the city."
As soon as Gu Tieqi finished speaking, a divine sense akin to starlight directly projected from outside the city into the Commander Hall within Blood River Fortress, "Bitter Chrysanthemum, Great Divine Master of Heavenly Temple, specifically requests an audience with Marshal Ye, hopes to receive one."

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