242: Thinking of the common people

The sharp blade in Ye Kong's hand slashed down, and the Alien God's eyes widened, only able to watch as the Demon-Sealing Soul-Devouring Slash, radiating a scorching Killing Intent, descended.

With a roar of unwillingness from the Alien God, the Alien God's body and Primordial Spirit were both annihilated, dissipating between Heaven and Earth.

The Godly Laws belonging to the Alien God collapsed, scattering like stellar particles, becoming specks of starlight, but very quickly, all the particles gathered again, condensing into a refined, peach-sized orb!

The orb glowed, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and within it, Dao runes appeared, and the power of a Deity circulated. This was the Alien God's divinity!

Ye Kong grabbed the Alien God's divinity and immediately felt a powerful force inject into his body.

Giant God?

He didn't know what miraculous Spell this Giant God possessed, but the Giant God had now been annihilated in the Void Realm, with only its divinity remaining between Heaven and Earth.

Putting away the divinity, Ye Kong released his Divine Sense to inspect the surroundings.

Fortunately, no one else should be coming.

Ye Kong turned and flew back to catch up with the Rebellion Suppression Army.

According to the Alien God, the Giant God, they still didn't know what exactly had happened in the Alien Race Mountains.

Xue Ruyu and Wen Gan, riding on horseback, saw Ye Kong return and quickly asked, "General Ye, how did it go?"

Ye Kong flew in the air and transmitted with his Divine Sense: "The enemy Deity has been killed!"

Wen Gan and Xue Ruyu immediately showed expressions of disbelief.

"Ye Kong, you? How exactly did you do it?"

"I truly can't understand. The opponent was a Deity, so why did you—"

Ye Kong smiled, shook his head, and remained silent.

The mighty army soon arrived beneath Wuji City.

Xue Ruyu rode alone to the Wuji City gate and exchanged a few words with the defending soldiers, after which the city gate opened.

Under the cover of night, Ye Kong led the Human Rebellion Quelling Army back to Wuji City, heading directly to the military encampment within Wuji City.

Xue Ruyu said to Ye Kong, "Ye Kong, you've worked hard."

Ye Kong shook his head.

"It's nothing."

The soldiers all returned to their camps to rest, and Ye Kong also returned to his own tent, preparing to continue absorbing the Void God's divinity.

When he arrived at his tent, he found the lamp inside was lit.

This made Ye Kong a bit curious. Could it be that a soldier had tidied his tent and forgotten to turn off the light?

He lifted the tent flap, and inside was a familiar figure.

"Young Lord?"

Ye Kong was a little surprised; the person in the tent was actually Wang Jian, the Young Lord of the Dragon Kingdom Royal Family.

Ye Kong immediately bowed.

Wang Jian saw Ye Kong enter, smiled, and quickly stood up to also bow to Ye Kong.

"Welcome, General Who Suppresses Rebellion, back to the territory of our Great Qin Kingdom. Please, take a seat."

Ye Kong nodded, and the two sat opposite each other.

Ye Kong asked, "Young Lord, why are you here?"

Wang Jian chuckled, then his expression changed, becoming serious.

"General Ye, forgive my presumptuousness, but upon returning to the Great Qin Kingdom this time, what are your plans?"

Ye Kong thought for a moment and said, "I plan to first let the Rebellion Suppression Army undergo replenishment. This expedition recovered eight hundred li of territory, but our army also suffered casualties."

"Afterward, the Xiandeng Camp and Zhenwei Camp are, after all, imperial capital troops, so we still have to await the Emperor's wishes."

Wang Jian waved his hand and said, "No, I'm not asking about the Rebellion Suppression Army; I'm asking about you, General."

Ye Kong was startled. Seeing Wang Jian's serious expression, he immediately said, "I was just about to ask for the Young Lord's guidance..."

"General Ye," Wang Jian immediately said, "General Ye, do you know how many people have considered you a thorn in their side after you achieved first place in the Ten Kingdoms Tournament?"

Ye Kong frowned and asked, "Please enlighten me, Young Lord."

Wang Jian walked to the tent entrance, lifted the curtain, looked left and right to confirm no one was approaching, then sat back down, his expression very solemn.

Ye Kong said, "Brother Wang, what exactly do you want to say?"

Wang Jian then cautiously said, "General Ye, this time in suppressing the alien races, did you kill an Alien God?"

Ye Kong's heart stirred. He hadn't expected Wang Jian to ask this.

Since Senior Yang had told him to return to the city at night, it meant they weren't planning to publicly announce the details of this alien suppression campaign.

Could Wang Jian already know?

Ye Kong nodded and said, "To be honest, with the cooperation of the entire army this time, we killed two Alien Gods."

Wang Jian showed a joyful expression and said, "That's right. General Ye, do you know that after the Ten Kingdoms Tournament, many aristocratic families hated you to the bone, and there are even aristocratic families who want to replace the Emperor and wish to eliminate you?"

Ye Kong's expression hardened. Indeed, within the Human Race, there were always these people who couldn't stand to see others do well. Such people existed everywhere.

"I'm not afraid of them. If they want to kill me, they can just come."

Wang Jian said, "General Ye is so valiant, naturally he has nothing to fear. But General Ye, consider this: if the Emperor is threatened by aristocratic families, you, as the General Who Suppresses Rebellion, will also be seen as their enemy."

"At that time, if the Human Race falls into internal strife, wouldn't that benefit all other races?"

"Once the Human Rebellion Quelling Army announces the results of killing the Alien Gods this time, you will immediately become the target of all. The aristocratic families who intend to replace the Emperor will certainly not let you go; they will want to eliminate you, a promising seed for achieving Deity Realm, prematurely."

Ye Kong fell silent.

He hadn't expected that the alien races wanting to assassinate him wasn't enough; even the Human Race wanted to harm him.

"Since this is the situation, what is your esteemed opinion, Brother Wang?"

So Wang Jian said, "General Ye, now the alien races are eyeing us covetously, and there are conflicts between the various aristocratic families within the Human Race and the imperial capital. Great chaos is upon us."

"Since you have already taken on the position of General Who Suppresses Rebellion, by imperial decree, why not organize another army upon returning to our Dragon Kingdom?"

"The name of this army will be the Human Rebellion Quelling Army, always ready to prevent possible alien attacks."

"During this time, I, as a member of the Dragon Kingdom Royal Family, will fully support the expenses required to maintain the army."

"When great chaos arrives, you can retreat to our Dragon Kingdom to defend against external enemies, or advance to campaign against the alien races, or lead your troops to rescue the imperial capital."

"What do you think, General Ye?"

Ye Kong fell silent again.

Undoubtedly, Wang Jian was right. He had not yet achieved the Deity Realm, and he didn't know when he would be able to break through to the Deity Realm.

He might have a way to deal with one Deity, but if the Human Race fell into internal strife and alien races invaded, he didn't know if he would face a situation of fighting one against two.

At least before he achieved Deity Realm and gained absolute combat power, this was not a battle that could be won by fighting alone.

Moreover, Ye Liting was still in the Ye family. If the world descended into chaos, he wouldn't care, but where would she go?

And there were also countless common people. If the world fell into chaos, and they became displaced, what would become of them?

At the very least, such a thing could not be allowed to happen in the Great Qin Kingdom.

Ye Kong stood up and paced back and forth a few times.

Finally, Ye Kong made up his mind. He turned around and bowed to Wang Jian.

"Brother Wang, since this is the case, I'll leave it to you. When I achieve the Deity Realm in the future, I will surely repay Brother Wang."

Wang Jian quickly walked over, grasped Ye Kong's hands with both of his own, and said excitedly, "General Ye, there's no need to talk about repayment. You consider the common people, raising an army to protect the nation—this is the mark of a true hero!"