I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 880 466: With That Intelligence, How Did You Even Escape Alive?

"With such harsh conditions, why should we risk death to obtain a hope that's so faint?"

Ming Yue flatly retorted to Hu Sanniang, really thinking they were fools or something, doomed if they fail, and if successful, they'd just end up as someone's lapdogs.

As for the supposedly righteous and noble Demon Race? Ha, if that were even possible, how could Hu Sanniang have come to assassinate Emperor Xuan and try to con these two rookies... no, youngsters who haven't even set out yet?

Hu Sanniang was momentarily stunned, wanting to say it was because her father is the Nine-tailed Demon Emperor, but the words got stuck in her throat.

She also realized that even if she went to her father for help, he would rather swallow Qing Feng and Ming Yue whole than genuinely help, and besides, her father is just a Demon Emperor, not the Demon Emperor, there's someone else above him.

Moreover, she wasn't the only daughter of the Nine-tailed Demon Emperor; she had quite a few siblings and her voice didn't carry much weight—instead, she was pretty inconsequential.

She attempted the assassination of Emperor Xuan to increase her own influence.

Luckily Qing Feng and Ming Yue didn't know about this, otherwise, they'd think she was insane. An insignificant demon attempting to assassinate someone who could kill her emperor-level father with a slap—clearly some issues up there.

"But... I helped you guys..."

"No, you didn't help us; you actually brought us a lot of trouble." Ming Yue interrupted her.

"So, I suggest we go our separate ways; you take your 'Xuantian Treasure Record' to find someone willing to help you, because it won't be us brothers." Qing Feng had no fondness for Hu Sanniang.

These words threw Hu Sanniang into a sea of thoughts; she didn't know what to say for a moment.

She had intended to agree, but then again, if she really left, she had nowhere else to go.

Her initial plan was to get them to send her home, but since they were unwilling, she had no choice but to settle for less.

"Aren't you leaving today? Take me with you out of the city, and I'll let you look at the 'Xuantian Treasure Record' for two hours." Hu Sanniang knew staying in Anchang City was a dead end for her.

"You sure have some nerve." Qing Feng rolled his eyes and said.

Ming Yue was also speechless at this point, as if they were being taken for fools.

They'd already been told that cultivation required understanding ancient texts, and since neither of them could read it, there'd be no understanding even if they looked at it for two hours or an entire year.

Perhaps others might have a crazy hope that they were somehow special,

but Qing Feng and Ming Yue were different; they didn't need the "Xuantian Treasure Record" as they hadn't even fully mastered the profound "Longevity Scripture" they had, let alone covet the so-called Three Strange Books.

One of the reasons being the hassle; to practice well required translation, and they'd have to rely on someone else to translate for them. Who's to say that person wouldn't have ulterior motives, intentionally mistranslating a few words?

At this moment, the two of them had concluded that Hu Sanniang was definitely not right in the head.

"Wait, where did you find this 'Xuantian Treasure Record'?" Ming Yue suddenly thought of something.

"The Imperial Palace, what's wrong with that?" Hu Sanniang replied without thinking.

"Where in the Imperial Palace? It's huge." Ming Yue picked up on the sinister undertone.

"In a pavilion at the palace gate, I just grabbed it while escaping." Hu Sanniang did not realize the severity of the situation. Had she realized, she wouldn't have attempted to assassinate Emperor Xuan.

"We're in deep trouble, what do we do now?" Qing Feng's expression turned serious.

Someone had deliberately used Hu Sanniang's hands to take the "Xuantian Treasure Record," aiming to prevent Emperor Xuan from collecting the Three Strange Books and thus peering into the God Demon Realm.

And now, they had unwittingly picked up this huge problem.

"Get her out of the city, let her take the 'Xuantian Treasure Record' back to the Demon Domain; the farther from us, the better." Ming Yue said immediately.

From Hu Sanniang's perspective, they knew the "Longevity Scripture" they carried had extremely powerful concealment properties, making it unlikely for anyone to discern their capabilities.

They also thought about simply leaving, but now that they'd gotten involved, they couldn't just discard it. If Hu Sanniang got captured alive and implicated them, what then?

Hu Sanniang felt a twinge of joy when she heard this, nodding her fox head in agreement, "As long as I'm out of the city, you go your way, and I'll go mine."

"Alright, I'll go notify Master." Qing Feng got up and left.

"Huh? Wait, shouldn't we keep this between as few people as possible? Aren't you afraid your Master will sell us out?" Hu Sanniang hurriedly tried to stop him.

"Have you ever thought about the fact that it's we who are family with my Master, and you are the one who's untrustworthy..." Ming Yue said quietly, realizing that this fox spirit had quite a poor grasp of self-awareness.

Here was someone from the Demon Race who tricked them, yet didn't see any issue with herself but instead suspected Gu Shanhai.

"But we're now all in the same boat together, and your Master isn't." Hu Sanniang confidently pointed out.

"You're absolutely right; now let me go pack up." Ming Yue didn't argue with Hu Sanniang but directly dismissed her. Whatever he decided to do, it wasn't Hu Sanniang's place to dictate.

He harbored no goodwill towards Hu Sanniang; if not for her, they wouldn't be leaving Anchang City in such a hurry, instead, they could take their time.

He shot Qing Feng a glance, signaling to keep this fox spirit occupied while he went to find Gu Shanhai.

Qing Feng understood Ming Yue's intention immediately and switched the topic to the "Xuantian Treasure Record" as a means of stalling.

Ming Yue wasted no time in getting to Gu Shanhai to explain the situation.

"Oh, just handle it yourself, it's not a big deal." Gu Shanhai didn't seem to care much.

"So Master, you got this covered?!" Ming Yue couldn't hold back his surprise—that Gu Shanhai had been hiding so much strength.

"I think so." Gu Shanhai hesitated a little; if it really came to a fight, it might not just be against a God Demon but the world itself.

Who could say how these things go; the two of them just had a mental lapse, picked up a fox, and now they had this enormous problem.

Although the mental lapse wasn't really the fault of Qing Feng and Ming Yue—it was a 'plot' point. Even if they hadn't brought her back, that fox might've ended up here tonight for some other reason.

"In that case, I'll inform Qing Feng, and we'll ditch the fox." Ming Yue decided immediately, willing to give up Hu Sanniang. With Gu Shanhai as backup, even if they came knocking, there was nothing to fear, especially since they hadn't handled the "Xuantian Treasure Record."

Actually taking Hu Sanniang out of the city might end up quite disastrously.

"Ah, c'mon... aren't you afraid of getting yourself written out of the story with that decisive approach?" Gu Shanhai joked. Without him, Hu Sanniang might have become Qing Feng and Ming Yue's cultivation teacher.

"If we did meddle, what if we ended up as expendable characters killed off by the plot?" Ming Yue countered.

"Never mind, you'd better keep her around. It is the 'Xuantian Treasure Record,' after all, and you could trade it with Emperor Xuan for something." Gu Shanhai sighed. Doing things that way, who knew what bizarre twists the 'plot' might take next.

It'd be better to let Qing Feng and Ming Yue go through the 'plot,' with Gu Shanhai as the mastermind... no, make that the guiding mentor, making 'script' changes to develop as he envisioned.

"Master, you're so powerful, are you a God Demon?" Ming Yue asked tentatively.

"How could I be? I've told you before; I'm not even at the Body Refining Realm." Gu Shanhai insisted he was telling the truth.

Ming Yue didn't believe that at all, thinking Gu Shanhai was just bluffing.