I'm Dreaming of a Journey to the West

Looking at the palace guards rushing towards him with weapons in hand, Li Chen had no choice but to use a spell to freeze all the palace guards.

"Your Majesty, why are you attacking me?" Li Chen asked Li Shimin in confusion. He was a modern man, so he naturally didn't know that in ancient times, entering the harem without the emperor's permission was a capital crime!

"You traitor, you know better than me what you did when you sneaked into my harem that day!" Li Shimin cursed Li Chen angrily. He drew the sword hanging beside him and intended to kill Li Chen.

In his eyes, Li Chen was a despicable and shameless flower thief who went around looking for prostitutes.

"Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding here? When I came here, I saw a female ghost trying to use magic to take over the princess' body, so I killed the female ghost and saved the princess." Li Chen cast a spell to stop Li Shimin, and then explained to Li Shimin.

"How can I believe whether what you say is true or not?"

The immobilized Li Shimin roared at Li Chen. The roar did not weaken because he was controlled by Li Chen. Instead, the momentum became even more rigid, and the dragon's might in it was chilling and creepy.

Li Chen thought to himself, "As expected of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, who led his army in rebellion at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he's incredibly cunning and doesn't trust others easily. I saved him, yet he actually doubts my ability!"

"You traitor, you probably never imagined it! I once sent a spy to monitor you, and the spy reported to me that you were strolling around Suzaku Street yesterday with a woman as beautiful as a fairy. They were very close. At night, I ordered someone to search your room while you were away, but they found no Taoist or Buddhist instruments related to immortals."

Seeing this, Li Chen suddenly felt a chill down his spine. It turned out that Li Shimin had actually sent spies to search his room, but the things in the room seemed to have not been touched, and he had not noticed anything at all.

Li Shimin continued, "From that moment on, I suspected you weren't an immortal. It's very possible you were a fraud, a thief who simply happened to see the ancestor of the Golden Witch being defeated and saved me! Yet you claimed the unparalleled feat of killing the ancestor of the Golden Witch for yourself, deceiving me. How shameless and ridiculous!"

Li Chen clenched his fists, his bones crackling as he heard this. Li Shimin's words had already infuriated him. It was a bit too much for Li Shimin to try to uncover someone else's secrets based solely on his own speculation and secret investigation of Li Chen.

"Also, you came back very late yesterday. Even more coincidentally, the princess was also attacked by a female ghost that day, but you didn't come to her rescue! According to the princess's description, the person who saved her was an immortal who rode a divine deer, but you don't have one! So I suspect not only are you not an immortal, you're very likely an accomplice of that female ghost!"

"Your Majesty! You have been talking for such a long time, why don't you let the princess explain the situation between her and me?!" Li Chen's anger was completely ignited by Li Shimin. He really couldn't bear it anymore. He saved the entire Chang'an City but was still suspected and distrusted!

If it weren't for the fact that Li Shimin was a human being and not a monster, Li Chen would have wanted to beat him to death with a stick right now!

Suddenly, Li Shimin, who was in a furious state, burst out with the power of destiny of the Chinese Emperor and broke free from Li Chen's immobilization spell. He raised the sword in his hand high and was about to chop off Li Chen's head!

Li Chen summoned the Heavenly Staff and was about to block Li Shimin's attack. As the two men faced off, a graceful figure appeared between them. It was none other than Princess Fengyi, Li Zhaohuang!

"Father, I beg you not to do this! Father, it was he who saved me from the clutches of that female ghost!" The princess cried out at the top of her lungs.

After hearing the princess's desperate cry, Li Shimin put the sword into the scabbard, but his left hand still held the hilt. He had not completely let down his guard against Li Chen.

"My son, tell me the truth. Is he the hero who saved you that day?" Li Shimin asked, and once again received the princess's affirmative answer.

Li Shimin's face turned pale, and his speech became flustered. Because if Li Chen was not a flower thief, then he was most likely a warrior with peerless martial arts and magical powers!

His earlier actions, out of doubt about Li Chen's magical powers, might have angered him. If Li Chen got angry, Chang'an City would likely face another catastrophe even worse than the one that befell the Ancestral Witch of Gold.

"Didn't you say I don't have a sacred deer as a mount?! Then what is this?"

Li Chen released the Snow Deer from the backpack of his mount. In an instant, a terrifying chill was released from the Snow Deer's body and enveloped Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. The Snow Deer wanted to kill Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin!

"Stop! The Snow Realm Divine Deer!"

After hearing Li Chen's order, the Snow Realm Divine Deer retracted the coldness that was almost enough to destroy the world. It walked to Li Chen with light steps on its four legs and rubbed its furry head gently in Li Chen's arms.

But Li Shimin didn't feel very good. He had really felt the chill just now. The chill was so terrifying and creepy that it seemed as if everything would be frozen in the face of this chill.

Li Shimin's face turned completely ugly, not because of the chill brought by the Snow Deer, but because he had misunderstood a powerful immortal. Now, for a moment, he didn't know how to break the deadlock.

After a long moment, Li Shimin trembled and slowly said, "This is all a misunderstanding. I hope the Immortal will forgive me. It is us mortals who do not know the Immortal's celestial powers. I hope you will atone for our sins."

He walked up to Li Chen, intending to kneel down and admit his mistake, asking for his forgiveness, but was helped up by Li Chen. Li Chen smiled and replied, "It's okay. I can't expose all my cards in every battle! So it's normal that you can't see my true strength! I don't blame you!" Li Chen waved his hand and lifted the immobilization spell on the palace guards. The guards resumed their movements, though their bodies were slightly paralyzed.

"By the way, when I was talking to the princess just now, I mentioned the heroic and majestic figure of the immortal who slew demons and monsters. The princess likes the immortal very much. I wonder if the immortal likes the princess?"

Li Shimin planned to win over Li Chen by marrying his daughter to him, which would provide an extra layer of protection for himself and the Li Tang royal family.

"It's already very difficult to kill the Golden Ancestral Witch, not to mention the princess, a mortal with no magical power. There's no way I can defeat the next Ancestral Witch!"

Li Chen sighed, then bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, many places are still being invaded by demons. I have come here to bid you farewell! I will be going to other places to subdue demons. Please take care of yourself!"

As Li Chen spoke, he took out a golden cup from his body and placed it in Li Shimin's hand. The cup had magic power applied by Li Chen. Once Li Shimin encountered danger, he could smash the cup, and Li Chen would come to rescue him.

After explaining the purpose of the cup to Li Shimin, Li Shimin, though very reluctant to part with him, ordered all civil and military officials to see Li Chen off at the Ten-Li Pavilion the next day. The next day, Li Shimin personally led all civil and military officials, as well as the imperial concubines and common people, to see Li Chen off at the Ten-Li Pavilion. After bidding farewell to everyone, Li Chen rode on the Snow Realm Divine Deer and left Chang'an City, heading towards his next stop, Jiuhua Mountain!