Eternal Life as False Emperor

"Elder Zheng, this is my master, the Star Sea Sect Leader, the Poisonous Empress, Wenn Ziyan," Su Yao introduced the woman in front of Zheng Yi with a gentle and soft voice.

When Zheng Yi saw this woman, he was indeed a bit surprised.

Although judging people by their appearance isn’t right, as a Sect Leader, one would imagine she’d have the aura of a powerful woman, right?

But the Poisonous Empress, Wenn Ziyan, in front of him appeared like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, with a slight baby face, looking innocent and pure.

If you ignored the shrewdness in her eyes and just looked at her appearance.

It’s hard to believe that this seemingly soft and gentle girl is a Sect Leader who controls the lives of thousands of cultivators.

Moreover, from her nickname, you can tell that this woman is definitely not a simple character.

In this world, there might be names that are wrong, but there are no nicknames that are wrong.

"Greetings, Elder!" Zheng Yi’s greeting was neither humble nor overbearing.

After meeting Wenn Ziyan, Lin Feng eagerly jumped out: "Elder Zheng, this is my master, the White Rainbow Swordsman, Zhou Yan, our Five Villages Mountain Sword Hall Elder."

After the introduction, he quickly said to his master: "Master, this is the Elder Zheng I’ve been talking about."

"He led us three Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators to not only fight back against all pursuit but also escape from the clutches of Huiyue Demon Venerable."

"If it weren’t for Elder Zheng, I might never have seen you again."

In his excitement, Lin Feng clearly did not notice his master’s increasingly dark face.

"Enough!" As Lin Feng became more and more excited, recounting in detail how they escaped and used various setups to ambush the Nether Spirit Race cultivators, Zhou Yan couldn’t take it anymore and sharply reprimanded him.

"How many times have I told you that our Five Villages Mountain is a righteous sect, we walk the path of righteousness."

"There’s nothing wrong with having less cultivation than others; dying honorably in battle doesn’t disgrace our Five Villages Mountain’s reputation."

"Remember, as a disciple of Five Villages Mountain, you must never take those crooked paths, and use treacherous schemes just because you can’t overpower the enemy."

"Such despicable people, even if they gain advantages momentarily, will eventually suffer losses."

This White Rainbow Swordsman, seemingly reprimanding his disciple.

But anyone with sense could tell that he was indirectly mocking Zheng Yi.

This person looked down on him, and Zheng Yi wasn’t one to offer a warm face to a cold shoulder in return.

He directly put down his cupped fists, watching with interest as the other scolded his disciple.

It looked as if he didn’t even realize he was being insulted.

Having experienced such situations far too many times?

As an Emperor, any action could benefit some people and harm others.

Those who benefitted might not think him wise; however, those who were harmed would certainly not speak well of him.

Instructing those Imperial Censors to make indirect criticisms in court was nothing new.

If you couldn’t even endure a few words, perhaps being an Emperor wasn’t suitable.

In the beginning, to say Zheng Yi wasn’t angry would be false, but he got used to the eloquent arguments of those Censors, eventually finding them quite interesting.

Sometimes, their biases aside, their arguments did contain some truths.

This might be why, in his original world, many emperors were criticized heavily by Censors, yet no dynasty that lasted long ever banned them from speaking out.

Compared to those Censors, the ability of this White Rainbow Swordsman to elevate values doesn’t even count as entry-level.

Throughout, Wenn Ziyan had not spoken, quietly observing Zheng Yi’s reaction.

The more she watched, the more surprised she became.

As a member of a sect with a large number of female cultivators, she had seen many more male cultivators than sect disciples.

In order to accommodate visiting cultivators, the inn built in front of the sect gates had even developed into a small town.

Most of those male cultivators were like fighting roosters, desperately showing off to prove their strength to the female cultivators.

Not to mention openly mocking, even a small inadvertent clash could escalate into a duel.

If the duel had a significant power disparity, it was one thing; if evenly matched, many times it would drag scores or hundreds of people into it.

Every Elder rotating to handle these matters would complain to him.

Ignoring it wasn’t an option either; these were fellow sect disciples, and if anything happened, the consequences could be troubling.

But this Zheng Yi was different.

Wenn Ziyan could tell that Zheng Yi truly wasn’t very old.

Yet compared to cultivators his age, he was unfathomably composed.

However, Zheng Yi wasn’t innately timid.

He dared to lead a few Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators into an ambush against a pursuer group ten times their number.

He was capable of confronting Golden Core and Enlightenment Stage cultivators head-on with his Crystal Stage cultivation.

He even used himself as bait to trap and kill Golden Core Stage cultivators.

If a calm demeanor in youth is an exceptional trait, then Zheng Yi’s skill set, while remaining composed under direct insult, is all the more commendable.