In Teotihuacan City before, when Li Ye met with Mullen, he saw the ability of the true god of the Crescent Moon Sect for the first time, and he still remembered the scene where the true god could show them the direction in the "starship" and let them successfully find the location of the heavenly machine.

There is no doubt that the True God of the Crescent Moon Sect is a formidable existence, not only has the strength to defeat the Old Holy Buddha of the Liberation Sect, so that the other party has to abandon Tianzhu and wield the Great Tang Dynasty to make a final fight, but also faintly grasps the clues of the power outside this realm.

Facing such an opponent is what Li Ye has been looking forward to for a long time.

In the west of the Seven River Valleys, on the immortal realm east of the Great Wood Eating Deer City, the army of the Great Tang Immortals confronted the Crescent Moon Sect Immortal Monks from afar.

The two sides took the lead in front of the battle formation, and they were all powerful in the strength of the Great Luo Jin Immortal Realm. Fei Hong, Bull Demon King, and Yang Jian are the three giants on the side of the Tang Immortals, and they each have each other's subordinates gathered behind them, with majestic momentum and thousands of demeanors.

On the Crescent Sect's side, the four great powers confronted them.

The man's beard is all open, because of the color and thickness of his hair, he has the posture of the "golden lion king", and the woman's eyebrows are like frost, and the robe is sassy, and it is also imposing. Looking at the banners beside them, it can be seen that these monks are the four protectors of the True God Throne of the Crescent Moon Sect.

In front of the two armies, the clouds gathered like mountains, the flags were like waves, and under the faint collision of spiritual energy, the long and heavy thunder sound sounded from time to time, which further set off the tense atmosphere of sabre-rattling.

Seeing that one is going to attack and the other is going to counterattack, the powerful people's eyebrows are like iron, the monks' eyes are like swords, staring at each other viciously, and a qi machine is about to fight if it is unstable.

"I thought that the Crescent Moon Sect and the Tang Dynasty would eventually meet, but I never expected that it would be such a scene. You're stronger than I expected, and you're an adversary to look up to. The true god didn't take a posture, looked at Li Ye and said lightly.

Behind him, the spiritual light is like the sun, and he cannot look directly, and the spiritual energy around him is like mist, floating like colorful butterflies. It was as if from the moment He appeared, all the beauty of the world gathered to Him, and changed with His thoughts.

Full of momentum and unconventional.

Li Ye smiled indifferently, "In this war in this world, all the losing parties who have prepared in advance will feel that the opponent is stronger than they expected - if not, they will not be defeated." ”

"You think you're already a victor?" asked the true god teasingly.

Li Ye said: "At least I don't think that the strength of the Crescent Moon Sect is beyond imagination. ”

"In this case, it seems that there is no second way between you and me except to fight, fight for victory or death. The true god said quietly.

Li Ye said: "Although this world is big, there is only room for one voice to give orders, and there can only be a banner for people to follow." Only in this way can the living people of heaven and earth have true unity and unity, and can they give full play to their greatest strength to meet the challenges and future of the vast world beyond the region. ”

Hearing this, the true God groaned for a moment.

Halfway, he nodded slightly, "You are indeed a good emperor, too."

Visionary enough. Over the years, I have seen many kings who used various means to control their people.

"Some people use the power of the sword to coerce people's bodies so that they have to submit, and some people use the seemingly righteous and beautiful doctrine of foolish people to imprison and induce people's minds, so that they are either willing to die for them, or unknowingly build bricks for them. Many of these people have gone on to great accomplishments and even build powerful empires.

"But there are those who use swords, there are those who use bows and crossbows, those who borrow the name of God, and there are those who carry the banner of the common people. This world is full of strife because of this, and to this day, it is still in the day when you fight for me, and you can't see the day when it really stops.

"Ordinary people always look up to heroes, hoping that the other side can fulfill their wishes and let them live in a world of true prosperity, tranquility, freedom and freedom from oppression. For this reason, they did not hesitate to fight with each other, sacrificing their lives and forgetting death. However, in the end, they can only sadly find that the heroes in their eyes have become heroes!

"What thousands of warriors fought bloody battles poured out is not some Elysium, a perfect heaven, or a great contemporary, but a new dynasty. The emperor is high, the powerful are still the powerful, and the hard-earned money of ordinary people is still squeezed by them by various overt or covert means.

"The vast majority of people in this world are people who have been sold and paid for them. They are being squeezed, but they are still praising the benevolence and fraternity of the emperor and the powerful, and they cannot see the truth of their own suffering. When they were able to eat meat and put on clothes, they thought that this was the prosperity of the age, but they never thought that this was a gift of civilization and progress, not that of the powerful!

"Li Ye, you keep saying that you are for the people of the Tang Dynasty and for the glory of the Tang Dynasty, isn't this banner a pretext for you to use the Tang people to fight for you? ”

After hearing these words, Li Ye was stunned.

He didn't expect that the true God would say so much to him as soon as they met, and he didn't expect that the other party would say such things to him.

No matter what the true God's intentions are, the fact that He can say these words to Li Ye in person shows that in His heart, Li Ye is qualified to discuss these truths with him.

While Li Ye was groaning, the true god continued: "People always hope that there is no oppression in this world and everyone can enjoy justice, but they also don't want to think about it, if a shepherd doesn't have wool and doesn't eat mutton, is he still called a shepherd?"

"The world is bustling, all for profit, if the emperor and magnates have no interests to gain, what do they do to establish an empire?"

Li Ye interrupted the words of the true god and said: "Without the protection of the dynasty and the invasion of foreign enemies, what will happen to the people?

The true god smiled, "So you think it is natural for emperors and officials to oppress the people?"

Li Ye shook his head: "Collecting taxes is a matter of course, just paying protection money." Squeezing really shouldn't. ”

The true god asked: "Could it be that the officials of the Tang Dynasty do not have thousands of acres of fertile land?

Li Ye also smiled, "Therefore, the Tang Dynasty has spread the cultivation method in the world, so that the people can practice." ”

The true god said in a deep voice, "So what?"

Li Ye said: "With force in the hands of the people, they can guarantee the most basic dignity. When the Imperial Push breaks through the bottom line, they can stand up and resist, instead of just sighing in vain - oh, maybe they don't even dare to do it.

"The empire is afraid of large-scale riots among the people, or even the formation of an army that threatens the order of the country, so it does not dare to squeeze them too hard. ”

The true god said coldly, "This is your solution?"

Li Ye said: "It's not the most perfect way, but it's the most basic. ”

The chill in the voice of the true god did not abate: "If the people have force in their hands, there will inevitably be problems. Haven't you ever thought that some criminals will kill people in the street?"

Li Ye said: "Criminals kill people, isn't this a problem that the government should solve? If you want to kill people, kitchen knives can also be used." But under the Xiuzhen civilization, kitchen knives are really no threat to the army and cannot maintain their own dignity. So they have to be cultivated. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ye's thoughts drifted away for a moment.

Some empires, once exiled lands, later relied on force to resist oppression and thus establish states. Force is their last resort to protect their freedom, dignity and rights. In such an empire, even if someone commits murder in the street, it will not prohibit force.

It's not that the emperor and the magnates are unwilling, but the people are unwilling. They are well aware that the force that everyone has is their last reliance on maintaining freedom and dignity in the face of the powerful, and it is the bottom line.

The true god took a deep breath and said slowly: "So your Datang, do you really want ordinary people to have fairness and freedom?"

Li Ye nodded solemnly.

This is his faith.

The true god stared at Li Ye and asked word by word, "Are you really not afraid that they will oppose you?"

Li Ye smiled open-mindedly, "If my dynasty didn't harm the people and didn't oppress the people, how could they oppose me? If I don't let them practice and take away their minimum ability to oppose the dynasty, the dynasty will lose the checks and balances from the people, and one side of the social contract is just fish and meat on the chopping block, how can the other party abide by that kind of contract?"

Such an empire will really continue to embark on a cycle of decay, darkness, degeneration, and then a change of dynasty. If there really is such a day, I hope that such a dynasty will cease to exist. The people of the Tang Dynasty need a new emperor and a new group of officials. ”

Hearing these words, the true god frowned and killed.

He looked at Li Ye's gaze, and for the first time, he took on a look of jealousy.

In this round of confrontation about the heart of the Dao, he did not take advantage of half of it. On the contrary, because of the in-depth conversation, I understood and realized Li Ye's strength.

It is impossible for people to have no jade hope and no selfish desires, especially emperors and magnates. The only thing that can restrain them is the truly civilized people and the force they hold in their hands.

Such a world is not the world in front of you.

An emperor with a thought like Li Ye should not be an emperor born in this world.