The Ruthless Young Master looked at Zhu Yanyi. At this moment, her heart stirred slightly. The woman before her appeared as elegant and calm as a chrysanthemum, yet she possessed a boldness others could not imagine. If one called her kind, her killing intent was no less than her husband’s. She could kill dozens of people in a few days without even frowning. Most importantly, this was not killing on a battlefield. It was direct execution. No investigation, no questioning. If she said kill, she killed. If she killed the wrong person, she would bear the karmic consequences, yet she showed not a hint of hesitation.
"Reverse deduction. Only you, the Yan Queen, could do this." The Ruthless Young Master seemed still gentle and refined, as if she did not care at all about what Zhu Yanyi had done.
Zhu Yanyi smiled brightly. "No choice. If I didn’t act this way, more people would die by their hands. So, I strike first."
The Ruthless Young Master nodded slightly. "As the Divine Physician, have you considered that if the Emperor truly succeeds, the phenomenon of 'killing the hound when the hare is dead' might occur?"
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head, looking at the Ruthless Young Master. "Ruthless Young Master, do you really think I know nothing? The answer to your question exists the moment you asked it. You know this answer better than I do. This phenomenon simply cannot exist.
Because I am a cultivator. Cultivators cannot exist in this world for long. Staying too long brings certain karmic burdens, so long-term existence is impossible. Therefore, the situation you mentioned will never happen. Besides, if this Emperor of Dayu had killing intent toward me, I would admire his boldness. The current Emperor, although smart, lacks sufficient killing intent. I was even thinking whether to arrange for him to tour the battlefield."
"You want to arrange for the Emperor to go to the battlefield?" The Ruthless Young Master looked at Zhu Yanyi with disbelief.
"Is it strange? The Emperor leading troops personally is a normal thing," Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly.
"Besides, since I proposed it, I will naturally ensure his safety. Do you really think I am reckless? Since I promised to assist him and give him a clear and just world, I will naturally cultivate him in all aspects. Anyway, I don’t have many disciples. Why not take him as a nominal disciple?"
"You can’t say you have no disciples. Don’t you have several nominal students on our side?" Yan Aohan reminded her.
Zhu Yanyi laughed. "How could I forget? It’s just that the teachings are different. Hun Junlan and the others learn medicine. The one before us is an Emperor, so naturally, I will teach her the art of emperors."
She sighed after speaking. "To be honest, I am not very skilled in this area. How about it? Who wants to come with me to help cultivate her? After all, one of you is an Immortal Emperor, one is the Venerable Yanluo, and one is the reincarnation of the Red Crow Great Emperor. I suppose you are capable in the art of emperors."
It turned out Zhu Yanyi was thinking about how to utilize people at this moment.
The Ruthless Young Master shook his head slightly. "I cultivate the Ruthless Path. It is not suitable for teaching him."
"As an Emperor, one is actually the most ruthless person. She may seem affectionate toward the harem, but she shows no mercy. Your Ruthless Path can actually teach her a little," Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly.
"Don’t you want to compete with me? Why don’t we compete elsewhere? As for this Emperor, we will still teach him. You teach him the Ruthless Art of Emperors, and I teach him the Art of Benevolence for the People. Let’s see what kind of eternal Emperor he will become. How about that?"
Then Zhu Yanyi said to the Immortal Emperor and Yan Aohan, "You two must help me." Her words were direct, with no hesitation or difficulty about cheating.
The Ruthless Young Master was slightly stunned, looking at Zhu Yanyi. "You really want to compete with me?"
"The competition is between you and me, not the art of emperors. You do not need to reveal your identity.
Teaching the Emperor and competing can be separated. To be honest, I am curious about what kind of hidden lines you have planted. Where did you send that State Preceptor? What will be the result? I am very curious. Moreover, the competition between you and me does not involve other secular people. If we go to the cultivation world or the immortal world in the future, I will accept even bigger competitions."
Zhu Yanyi said this with good intentions, mainly for the people of this plane. After all, the people here were too pitiful. If the Ruthless Young Master did not stop, Zhu Yanyi was not afraid, after all, the Immortal Emperor and Yan Aohan were by her side. But then the suffering would fall on the sentient beings here.
The Ruthless Young Master tilted her head, seeming to think. She valued this place because there were good opponents here. Now that she knew this opponent was Zhu Yanyi, she had new interesting ideas. However, what Zhu Yanyi proposed was indeed not bad. Competing in the cultivation and immortal worlds was where one could compete thoroughly and happily. Competing in this secular plane was truly meaningless. Thus, she became more curious about cultivating the Emperor. "I will not reveal my identity, nor will I appear every day. However, I can teach her the greatest ruthlessness needed for an Emperor."
Zhu Yanyi raised her eyebrows slightly, glancing at Yan Aohan. Yan Aohan smiled lightly. She knew Zhu Yanyi was calculating the Ruthless Young Master. Unfortunately, this Ruthless Young Master was too arrogant and did not notice this. If the Ruthless Young Master insisted on competing in this plane, she might win because she was ruthless, while Zhu Yanyi could not bear to see these sentient beings die innocently. But once the battlefield changed to the cultivation and immortal worlds, it would be different. Everyone there was relatively strong and had self-protection abilities. Only then would it be interesting, and Zhu Yanyi would not worry about harming innocent people.
The Ruthless Young Master was too arrogant. Because of this arrogance, she forgot this point. So, she was calculated by Zhu Yanyi like this, which could be considered another successful open strategy by Zhu Yanyi.
"Fine. I will arrange it later. The four of us will take turns teaching her. After all, this Emperor is already in her twenties, so we can only teach her in turns to help her accept it faster," Zhu Yanyi sighed.
Actually, Zhu Yanyi’s actions felt a bit like negotiating with a tiger. Emperors are the most unpredictable in mind. But Zhu Yanyi was not worried because Yan Aohan was by her side. As the master of the Underworld, with Yan Aohan present, even if the Emperor’s mind was complex, she could do nothing.
And if the Emperor learned the ruthlessness of the Ruthless Young Master, being ruthless in some matters would actually benefit his rule over the entire country. It just depended on whether he was smart enough to understand from which aspect to learn ruthlessness.
"Yan Queen, I have a question." The Ruthless Young Master looked at Zhu Yanyi. "If, according to your theory, I teach her the Ruthless Art, and she becomes a ruthless and heartless tyrant, what will you do?"
"Change the Emperor," Zhu Yanyi was truly direct, seeming not surprised at all that the Ruthless Young Master would have such a question.