It took the Li sect leader 3 days after he took the call from the emperor to arrive there.
" Your greatness, Li sect leader Li Bao, is here and has requested the meeting. How shall we proceed?"
" Let him in. In the end, was I the one who requested his presence?"
The guard let Li Bao and his brother that was the same time the fourth elder of the inner Li sect enter the hall. Both of them greeted the Emperor.
" Your Greatness! I've come here in response to your letter."
" Come in Li Bao. We need to talk. Everyone else, leave this hall!"
The hall went in commotion and noises for the time everyone was leaving. And when no one was there the emperor got up.
" Li Bao, Welcome! It's been a long time since I last meet you. And now I need your assistance on one of the most important issues in the empire right now."
" Yeah. I don't even think we had any problems but now that your greatness has called me, I will surely do what I can. So tell me, what is my assistance needed for?"
" You see, there is a name that I've heard lately being part of every big commotion around the empire and I assume is one of yours."
" Oh, I'm guessing you talking about Li Tian?"
" Your guess is right, is he your disciple?"
" Well, I can't say that. I heard about a strong woman who gave a good beating to Tianlong city and the three of the most powerful people of the empire. I wanted to meet that "Lighting God", so I rushed there. To provoke her I said I will kill her son called Li Tian. And I was near death just by her presence and aura. Later on, I learned that it was Li Tian's idea to create the Li academy by challenging city lord and the three most powerful people are hearing this teen idea. That day when I was near my demise this woman felt something and started rushing in the north. And just later one I heard about Lasson death and the dragon's team."
" Oh, so that's all you know?"
" Were you expecting more?"
" Well, a guy named Li Tian is so strong that he gathers around him some humans who're just like gods. And they are not more than earth grade, martial artists. First a lighting woman, and now a one-armed man who lost that arm in the battle again Lasson was so strong that he died till the part where he turned into a skeleton but then regenerated to the point he fucking got both his arms back. He went into war with the northern kingdoms and wrote a letter to us that, the armies were not necessary because he would win by himself. I wrote you a letter and sent an army anyway. And guess what my army found? This guy had already destroyed the biggest armies of the northern kingdom. And guess why he did all this commotion? Just because he protected two little children."
" Two little children?" asked Li sect headmaster.
" Yeah, Why asking?"
" Li Nushen came back before some days and she had two children with her."
" Who is this Li Tian who has this kind of power?"
" I don't know but he is the future of this world. I can somehow feel it. My inner sect will be removed near the outer sect and we will send our disciples to that academy. Those guys appeared in the Fei family auction with some grade four martial techniques and now some strange pills are appearing. I think Li Tian is a knowledgeable person and he is behind all those matters. They took the support of the shadow assassin guild. And now, Fei family. I don't know what is going on in our empire right now but something is for sure. Li Tian and his team of dragons are going to be in the centre of the new world. I want to walk on their side. Your greatness should think it competently! I'm taking my leave now. I'm standing in the capital for some days, so call me whenever you can." said Li inner sect headmaster and left the hall with the emperor in deep thoughts.
" He doesn't know anything and he is still changing everything into that guy called Li Tian. What should we do your highness?!"
" That master always had some good senses. And if he feels like this world is about to change and that group is going to be in its centre then we should accept them too. And now that Lasson fell we can put our laws into all the empire but to help the people regrow from the first emperor dictator, we should give them a war hero. Make preparations. In the capital, we need his jade statue and in the other cities just put some stone statues. But first, you need to create them. So keep on creating them until the war is down. And if that guy still has the same attitude we should honour him with the title "war hero". What more than a war hero can grow the faith and the morals of the ignorants?"
" Yeah, your Highness! We will start with the preparations." said the first general and left. He was all the time in that room. An artefact was hiding his presence. But what could make two old friends endanger each other when the family matters didn't do it?
*****
( Fifteen days later in the empire capital. Emperor hall.)
Leaders of the most powerful forces in the empire, welcome today in the most important meeting we have done in years! Let me start this meeting with good news. The war is over. We won just with a single casualty."
Everyone seemed happy. And noises were heard all over the place.
" Stay calm, please! You all know we won this war because of one guy calling himself Dragonhead. This guy is the friend and subordinate of another unknown person named Li Tian. For a reason, we know that those guys aren't our enemies. Thank God! Now, this guy singlehandedly won this war and raised the morale of all the people in the empire who had lost hope in the rules of the first emperor. And so today I need to clarify that we decided to give this person the title of " War hero" and the title of "war God". I know those titles gives a lot of privileges to him but for a reason, I believe this guy will not use his privileges to do bad things on the empire. Any argument in that?"
No one talked.
" Now, although we won the war we will never pretend to control the northern kingdoms. We have received a letter that says that Dragonhead now has chosen the new great king. And I've decided that it would be more in our interest to make great trade roads with the new northern kingdoms. For the moment we talking, hundred of the Li sect caravans have been sent to the north district for trading. And it seems they have resources they want to trade. And want resources that we can trade. Let's grow powerful together."
The meeting went good.
On some days, in all the city of empire two statues were built. One for the " War hero" and another one for the " War God". It was the same person. But one shows his power in battle and the other shows his kindness in battle. Meanwhile, in the northern kingdoms, the first rule to be placed was that every city would be building a statue of " War saviour" and the statue of the "Holy God" That was just a star statue because no one knew what he looked like.
" Next time: The war news arrived in the ears of an assassin"