131: This is giving you, Empress, a chance to use my son.
Ye Lingxian was stunned.
She even doubted if she had misheard him.
A ninety-ten split?
He wanted to take both great emperor fruit positions for himself?
She was the dignified Yaochi Empress, the only Great Emperor of the Human Race remaining on the surface.
To lead the entire strength of the Yaochi Holy Land to risk her life for the Jiang Family, braving a life-and-death struggle against another Great Emperor...
And in the end, she would only receive ten percent of the spoils?
This was no longer a cooperation; it was charity!
What did he take her Jade Pool for? Lackeys who only cheered from the sidelines? Or cannon fodder to charge the front lines?
"Jiang Yuan."
Ye Lingxian slowly stood up, the immortal lotuses in the pond blooming beneath her bare feet.
As she rose, her originally seated body actually continued to elongate during the process of standing.
From the appearance of a petite and exquisite young girl, she transformed in the blink of an eye into a figure nearly 1.8 meters tall.
A peerless Empress with a graceful posture and breathtaking curves.
She stepped barefoot onto the surface of the lotus pond, her white clothes whiter than snow, her black hair flying in the air.
A supreme Emperors Might that reigned over the world and held power over life and death...
...crushed toward Jiang Yuan like the Heavenly River pouring downward!
"Are you playing with This Empress?"
The brilliant Emperors Might crashed down with a roar.
The entire Jinghong Palace trembled violently under this pressure; space solidified, and all Daos wailed.
If an ordinary Saint were here, they likely wouldn't even be able to stand steadily before their Divine Soul shattered and their Dao body was annihilated.
However, Jiang Yuan still stood in place, his posture as upright as a pine tree, with the Great Emperor's Imperial Decree above his head neutralizing the pressure.
The warm smile on his Face didn't even change in the slightest.
"Why must Empress Senior be angry?"
Jiang Yuan chuckled, as if he didn't feel the anger that was enough to freeze one's Divine Soul at all.
"This Junior is just telling the truth."
"Telling the truth?"
Ye Lingxian took a step forward, and her figure instantly appeared in front of Jiang Yuan.
With that peerless Face, she looked down at him from above.
"What This Empress wants to do more right now is to suppress you under the Jade Pool for a hundred thousand years."
This boy was far too arrogant!
The Jiang Family had protected him too well, leaving him unaware of the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth.
He thought that by relying on the Jiang Family's name,
He could wantonly humiliate a Great Emperor!
Today, if she didn't give him a lesson he would never forget,
He might just ride over her head in the future!
However, facing the threat of death close at hand,
Jiang Yuan's eyes remained as calm as water as he shook his head.
He spoke a sentence that made Ye Lingxian's anger completely boil over.
"Empress Senior, you want that great emperor dao fruit, but..."
"You aren't qualified enough."
"...At least, the current you isn't."
"Presumptuous!"
Ye Lingxian was completely enraged!
She had originally intended to give him a small lesson for the sake of Hengyu's Face.
But at this moment...
She truly wanted to suppress him beneath her and have the Jiang Family Great Emperor come in person to collect him.
A Great Emperor must not be insulted!
She had to teach this boy this fact, otherwise, something would surely happen in the future.
However, just as she was about to take action to punish him,
Jiang Yuan didn't dodge or avoid her, simply looking at her calmly.
"Empress, do you think I'm using you as a tool?"
"Is that not the case?"
Jiang Yuan shook his head, stood up, and raised his head.
His gaze swept past her chest, which was heaving incessantly due to her anger,
And met the eyes of the Empress floating in mid-air.
"You are wrong."
"I am not using you as a tool."
Jiang Yuan paused and said word by word:
"Instead, I am giving you, Empress, a chance... to use me and the Jiang Family as tools."
"The Cangwu Empress has only been able to Attain the Dao for a thousand years and is in her prime, while you, Senior... although you are a noble Great Emperor, your Lifespan is nearly exhausted. I presume you won't be in your peak state even if you take action."
"If our two families join forces, we can certainly win, but what about the price? How much confidence does Senior have that before obtaining the Dao fruit, you won't be forced by that Empress in her prime to exhaust your Origin and pass away on the spot?"
"Furthermore, Empress Senior, ask yourself, with your current state, even if my Jiang Family really delivers a great emperor fruit position to you, can you... hold onto it?"
Ye Lingxian fell silent.
Every time she took action and manifested her Emperors Might, she was burning her already meager Origin.
Even if she went on an expedition to the Great World, it would be absolutely impossible for her to go all out.
"More importantly, Empress Senior, the impact of Luck brought by a brand new Great World will inevitably attract the prying eyes of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms."
"At that time, there will surely be a tragic Great Emperor battle. Does your Yaochi Holy Land have a Peak Quasi-Emperor or a Half-step Great Emperor to take on this battle?"
"Once those Old Monsters see through your true condition, Empress Senior, guess what they will do?"
"A heavily injured Empress with a decaying Origin... tsk tsk, for those old things whose Lifespan is nearly at an end, she is the top-tier supplement in this world."
"They have done this kind of thing quite a lot. Before the rise of my Jiang Family, did the Dark Turmoil... happen any less?"
Jiang Yuan's voice wasn't loud, but it was like heavy hammers smashing fiercely against Ye Lingxian's heart.
Every word accurately poked her most vulnerable sore spot!
Yes, he was right.
She was already like a candle in the wind; risking her life against a newly ascended Great Emperor, the outcome was unpredictable.
Even if she won, it would surely be a pyrrhic victory.
At that time, she would be completely powerless to guard a great emperor dao fruit.
And most importantly, the Yaochi Holy Land currently had no Peak Quasi-Emperor at all!
Without even a Peak Quasi-Emperor, what was there to talk about in terms of a Breakthrough to Great Emperor?
"You..."
Ye Lingxian looked at Jiang Yuan, and in those cold eyes,
For the first time, they were filled with complex emotions.
Anger, unwillingness, and a trace of... powerlessness.
"So, this ten percent isn't for Jade Pool, but for you alone, Senior."
Jiang Yuan continued, his voice carrying an irresistible temptation.
"This Junior can promise that after this battle, regardless of the outcome, I will gift Senior a portion of elixir of immortality."
Ye Lingxian snapped out of it, the anger in her eyes long gone, only shaking her head calmly.
"This Empress knows your Jiang Family has elixir of immortality, but I already requested those from your Jiang Family hundreds of thousands of years ago. The elixir of immortality I have already used is useless to me."
Hearing this, Jiang Yuan rested his chin on his hand, looking thoughtful.
"This Junior naturally knows that."
"But what if This Junior is talking about a brand new kind of elixir of immortality? What would Senior say then?"