The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

The light of the teleportation array faded and disappeared, and a middle-aged man in a dragon robe walked out with the gait of a dragon and a tiger. Having been in a high position for many years, he had a unique majesty, and an aura of supremacy emanated from him. He looked disdainfully at City Lord Li who was standing in front of him and the ancestors of various families who were kneeling around him.

Most of the young people present did not recognize the middle-aged man in front of them, but from the expressions of the elderly people with high cultivation levels who were kneeling on the ground, they could roughly guess who the middle-aged man in front of them was. So after recognizing the middle-aged man's identity, a large group of people knelt down in front of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Li Chengzhong, now that you see me, why don't you bow?" The middle-aged man walked up to City Lord Li with his hands behind his back, "Why? Are you shocked to see that I am still alive and well?"

"Your Highness... Your Highness, Li Chengzhong, the Lord of Andong City, pays respect to Emperor Kang..."

Looking at Li Chengzhong, Emperor Kang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since you don't want to kneel, just stand."

It was at this time that Li Pingping, Zeng Wenyu and others also walked out of the City Lord's Mansion and saw a group of people kneeling in front of the City Lord's Mansion. Only the City Lord in front and a middle-aged man in a dragon robe were standing next to the teleportation array.

Seeing the middle-aged man in the dragon robe, Li Pingping hurried over there. When he was about to get close, he stopped and knelt on the ground: "Long live the Emperor Kang!"

After hearing what Li Pingping said, Zeng Wenyu realized that the middle-aged man was the founding emperor of Dakang. No wonder he had such majesty and domineering aura. A person who could establish such a huge dynasty was naturally not an ordinary person, not to mention that he was a powerful person in the realm of calamity.

Looking at the people kneeling everywhere, Zeng Wenyu hesitated for a while, but ultimately did not kneel down. Similarly, his third senior sister Li Shengnan did not choose to kneel down to Emperor Kang.

There were only three people standing on the field, one was the city lord Li Chengzhong who was preparing to establish himself, and the others were Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan.

Emperor Kang looked at Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan with great interest. He walked past Li Chengzhong and came in front of the two of them. As he walked step by step in front of Zeng Wenyu and Li Shengnan, a huge pressure suddenly pressed on the two of them. Zeng Wenyu only felt as if there were endless mountains of corpses and seas of blood rushing towards him, and those mountains of corpses and seas of blood finally shouted at him, asking him to kneel down and worship.

"Why don't you kneel when you see me?!"

Although he was right in front of him, Emperor Kang's voice sounded like it came from ancient times, making Zeng Wenyu subconsciously want to listen to him and kneel down to him.

Under Emperor Kang's gaze, Zeng Wenyu's body began to tremble, and his legs involuntarily wanted to kneel down. As for Li Shengnan who was standing next to him, her body was also trembling, her legs were already bent, and she was about to kneel completely in front of Emperor Kang.

Just when Zeng Wenyu was about to kneel on the ground, a stream of clear water seeped out from various acupuncture points in his body. The clear water greatly reduced the pressure on his body, and his trembling legs stopped trembling and he stood up again.

He reached out and grabbed Li Shengnan's arm, and the clear water flowed into her body along his hand. Li Shengnan immediately felt the pressure on her body greatly reduced, and she also stood up.

"Oh? Interesting, someone can actually stand up under my majesty," Emperor Kang stroked his beard, "Why don't you kneel before me? I am the emperor of Da Kang, a powerful being in the realm of calamity!"

Although the physical pressure was reduced a lot, Zeng Wenyu found that he was unable to speak under this pressure. He could only stare at Emperor Kang in front of him with an unyielding look in his eyes.

"Very good, I like the look in your eyes! It looks just like me when I was young. At that time, I was just like you and refused to give in. That's how I made my own way in the world!"

Emperor Kang withdrew his aura and did not attack Zeng Wenyu. In his opinion, Zeng Wenyu was just an insignificant little person. Moreover, when he saw Zeng Wenyu, he already knew that he was a physical cultivator and could not threaten him at all.

The pressure on his body disappeared, and large beads of sweat began to flow out of Zeng Wenyu's body. Under the pressure just now, his sweat was suppressed in his body, and only now did it seep out of his skin.

"Why don't you want to kneel to me?"

Hearing Emperor Kang's question again, Zeng Wenyu thought for a moment before answering him: "In one's life, one kneels to heaven, to earth, to parents, and to mentors. Emperor Kang is using his cultivation power to pressure me and wants me to kneel down. If I kneel down, I will always remember this scene on my path of cultivation. How can I be a true cultivator if my Dao heart is lacking?"

"Well said, but have you ever thought that if you don't kneel before me, I can definitely charge you with disrespect and let you die here. After all, this is my Dakang territory, and here, I am the supreme law!"

"No, if Emperor Kang wanted to kill us, he could have killed us just now when my senior sister and I refused to kneel down. But you just came over and forced me and my senior sister to kneel down, which means you don't want to kill us. As for the reason, I can't guess."

Emperor Kang stared at Zeng Wenyu for a long time, then suddenly left laughing. This left everyone, including Zeng Wenyu, a little confused, but Emperor Kang did not explain. He just walked back to the teleportation array, his body slowly floated into the air, and leaned back as if he wanted to sit down.

As Emperor Kang leaned back, endless flames flew in from all over Anton City and formed a huge flaming throne behind Emperor Kang, allowing Emperor Kang to sit on it comfortably.

"The Lord of Andong City, Li Chengzhong, intended to establish himself as the ruler of the country. Originally, his entire clan should be exterminated. However, considering that his son, Li Pingping, has made contributions to restoring order, all the people involved except the mastermind will be given lenient sentences. All the families involved will hand over the people involved, and the rest will not be held accountable! Li Pingping will be appointed as the Acting Lord of Andong City. He will arrange all affairs of Andong City within three years and go to the Central Imperial City for further studies. The rest will be rewarded according to their merits. All rewards will be reported to the Central Imperial City by the Acting Lord Li Pingping, and will be verified and issued by the Central Imperial City. I decree this!"

When Emperor Kang said this, he cut off a corner of the flaming throne he was sitting on with his right hand, and pointed his hand in front of him. The severed corner of the flame gradually condensed and flattened in front of him, eventually forming a piece of fiery red paper with words condensed from higher black flames on it, which fell in front of Li Pingping.

Li Pingping raised his hands and took the flaming edict in his hands: "Your Majesty, Li Pingping accepts the edict!"

Emperor Kang then looked at the kneeling ancestors of various families and said, "If anyone has made a mistake, please stand up. If I find out, you should know what will happen to you, right?"

The ancestors who had wanted to support Li Chengzhong's independence stood up. With a wry smile, they walked in front of Emperor Kang. At the same time, the entire Andong City Defense Department was mobilized under the command of Li Pingping. Soon, all the people from these families who were involved in this incident were arrested. All of them stood outside the City Lord's Mansion in a black mass, and no one knew how many people there were.