Chapter 166 : The Snipe and the Clam Fight, I Reap the Benefit
Chapter 166 : The Snipe and the Clam Fight, I Reap the Benefit
"Insolent! How dare you slander the Demon Lord!"
The leading demon general was clearly a loyal follower of Yan Wangxing. Hearing this damned cultivator dare to use the Demon Lord's name to deceive them, he immediately became furious!
But for some reason, he inexplicably didn't take immediate action... The girl's words carried such force that it was difficult to doubt their authenticity.
Chu Sang, facing the angry and suspicious gazes, remained calm and unhurried. She smiled faintly, "You who serve by the Demon Lord's side daily, surely you've heard that rumor?"
"He's placed a portrait of a woman in his palace, looking at it daily and thinking of her... The woman in the portrait is me, isn't it?"
The demon soldiers and generals all looked at each other. They naturally knew that the Demon Lord had specially commissioned a portrait, and the person in this portrait was none other than this young woman they were sent to capture. But was "looking at objects and thinking of the person" what they thought it meant?
"Indeed, this is true..."
The leading demon general's face looked somewhat unpleasant as he hesitantly said, "But, these are just street rumors. How can they be taken seriously? The Demon Lord has specifically sent a large force to capture you all, especially you. Naturally, it's because he harbors deep hatred for you cultivators. The Demon Lord personally instructed us to apprehend you and subject you to the punishment of a thousand cuts!!!"
The Demon Lord hated these people to such an extent.
How could it possibly be... looking at objects and thinking of the person?!
Chu Sang let out a long sigh, her face sorrowful, "Is that what he said? It seems I truly broke his heart last time. It's my fault for toying with his sincere feelings for me..."
Other Lingqing Sect members: ......
Demon soldiers and generals: o_O???
Wait, they seemed to catch a whiff of the Demon Lord's gossip. This made the demon soldiers and generals a bit restless, their throats dry as they hesitated to speak. Then they heard the young woman continue leisurely, "You should also know that your Demon Lord has secretly gone to the cultivation world several times, even being severely injured without caring. Actually, it was all to see me."
She sniffled, "But when we met last time, I said that the paths of humans and demons were different, rejecting his courtship. That's why he became angry and embarrassed, turning love into hatred."
"But I know that Little Yan still has deep feelings for me, otherwise why would he specially hang a portrait in his room to look at daily and think of me?" She sighed, "I shouldn't have let him down, making him say such angry words."
"......"
The other Senior Brothers and Sisters were shocked. Damn, as expected of Little Junior Sister, she could come up with such outrageous lies so easily, without even taking a breath.
Never mind whether these demon cultivators believed it or not, even they were starting to believe it.
Tantai Ming was quite clever at crucial moments. He immediately stepped forward, raising his chin with a full voice, "If you were to injure Little Junior Sister here, can you imagine how Xiao Yan... I mean, the Demon Lord Chiyu would punish you?"
This back and forth left the demon soldiers and generals confused. It seemed to make sense.
In the past, no matter how much the Demon Lord hated the cultivation world and ordered them to hunt down cultivators, he had never hung a portrait of a cultivator, let alone a female cultivator, in his palace!
Moreover, the Demon Lord had indeed secretly gone to the cultivation world several times in recent years. They had overheard the Demon Lord's guardian saying that the Demon Lord had indeed had some romantic involvement with a woman from a cultivation sect, even specially creating an avatar to meet with her secretly... Who would have thought that in the end, he was rejected by the young lady.
The Demon Lord really couldn't take a loss. After being rejected by the young lady, he became angry and embarrassed, wanting to play out a scenario of forceful seizure?
For a moment, it was like a sudden enlightenment. The demon soldiers and generals felt as if their minds had been opened—if this wasn't love turned to hatred, what was it!
Love turned to hatred, but it was still love, after all.
If they really did something to this young lady, wouldn't the Demon Lord cut them into pieces!
"Young lady, would you mind coming with us to see the Demon Lord?"
The leading demon cultivator was half-believing, but also about seven or eight tenths convinced. His attitude became much more respectful.
He wanted to bring her back to the demon palace. Whether it was true or false would naturally be revealed then.
Chu Sang casually took out a token for entering the demon palace, dispelling their last bit of doubt.
"Don't report to him yet. I came to the demon race this time specifically to find him." As she spoke, she smiled ambiguously, "I want to give him a little surprise, you understand?"
The demon soldiers and generals all had a look of understanding, not daring to interfere with the little romance between the Demon Lord and his beloved.
"Then we wish the young lady a pleasant stay in the demon realm. If you need anything, you can find us directly. We won't disturb the young lady's pleasure!"
These demon soldiers and generals didn't dare to get involved in the cat-and-mouse game between the Demon Lord and his beloved. It would only bring trouble to them as subordinates. They immediately left quickly.
The plot was somewhat outrageous. Gu Chang'an had almost drawn his sword, but the next moment, they had become the Demon Lord's loving family.
He looked uncomprehendingly at his junior brothers and sisters who were already calm and unperturbed. After thinking for a moment, he swallowed his doubts.
It seemed that when staying by Little Junior Sister's side, everything would become very outrageous.
"Alright, let's go give my old acquaintance a surprise."
Whether it would be a pleasant surprise was unknown.
But it would certainly be quite a shock.
Yan Wangxing was living quite comfortably in the demon palace. When he woke up, he was inexplicably tied up.
When he saw the few people in front of him, his face suddenly darkened. But perhaps due to the previous encounters, he seemed relatively calm this time, only gritting his teeth and saying gloomily, "How is it you people again?"
He was truly fed up. Were those demon soldiers all useless?
He had been on guard day and night, even specially bringing out an ancient demon artifact. How had these persistent pests sneaked in again?!
His face was gloomy as he secretly gathered demonic energy in his palm. A sword was immediately placed against his neck.
It was none other than the expressionless Gu Chang'an, who said coldly, "Move again, and you'll lose your life on the spot."
A Divine Transformation stage cultivator?
The trace of contempt on Yan Wangxing's face also disappeared. To be honest, Chu Sang and the others posed no threat to him, but he hadn't expected a Divine Transformation stage sword cultivator to come along this time?
After his power had dropped multiple times, even with the help of Qin Xixue's heaven-grade pills, he had only just recovered to the late Divine Transformation stage. Divine Transformation stage sword cultivators generally had more stable foundations than demon cultivators. He really wasn't confident he could annihilate the people before him in one go.
So he wisely chose to remain silent, "What do you want to do this time?"
"Don't worry, we're not here to cause trouble this time. We're just here to ask about something."
Chu Sang smiled as she walked over and patted his face.
This insulting action made Yan Wangxing's face even darker, almost as black as the bottom of a pot.
"If you want to ask something, hurry up and speak. Don't test my patience. Even if I die, the demon soldiers and generals outside will surround this place so tightly that not even water could seep through. You can't escape the demon realm!"
Chu Sang said, "Guping City was attacked by demon cultivators last night. Among them was a demon cultivator at the early Divine Transformation stage... Divine Transformation stage demon cultivators in the demon realm are either Demon Lords or the Demon Lord's most capable subordinates."
"You suspect I sent them?"
Yan Wangxing let out a cold laugh, "Even if I wanted to take down the cultivation world, I would do it openly by leading an army. I've always disdained such sneaky actions!"
"There are seven great Demon Lords in the demon realm, not just me." As he spoke, he gritted his teeth again. These bastards really knew how to target him alone, as if old acquaintances didn't need to be polite, is that it?
"Indeed, he didn't send them."
Chu Sang took out several different tokens.
Each Demon Lord had different territories, totems, and tokens.
One of the tokens was a guard token she had previously pilfered from Yan Wangxing's demon palace.
The other two tokens were ones she had found on those demon cultivators last night.
The carved totems were different, clearly belonging to subordinates of other Demon Lords.
However, they weren't very familiar with the situation in the demon realm and needed to capture someone to inquire about the situation.
"The Demon Lord Qianming and Xie Ji have joined forces?"
Seeing the tokens, Yan Wangxing had a look of "as expected" on his face. He knew these two bastards would unite!
Previously, these two dogs, one seducing and one flattering, always tried to swindle things from him. Later, when they saw him injured and down on his luck, they changed their tune, repeatedly uniting against him... They were truly detestable!
Thinking of this, Yan Wangxing's face warmed up a bit as he said to the group,
"These two have quite big ambitions. They've long coveted your cultivation world. I consider myself a righteous person and truly can't stand the treacherous actions of these two shame... despicable individuals." He spoke in a tone of being open to negotiation, "How about this? I'll provide you with information about the two of them. I also have tokens for passage throughout the entire demon realm here. I don't ask for any repayment from you, just consider it lending a helping hand. How about it?"
"Well, thank you very much then."
After obtaining what she wanted, Chu Sang didn't trouble Yan Wangxing further and released him.
False cordiality, shaking hands and making peace.
Both sides harbored their own thoughts.
Yan Wangxing naturally wasn't so kind-hearted. He thought about using these cultivators to kill those two dogs.
Even if they couldn't kill them, if they could injure the vitality of those two Demon Lords to any extent, he could go and pick up the pieces. Then he could kill these damned cultivators. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?
Chu Sang also had her own ideas.
One side was thinking about killing the donkey after it's done with the grinding, while the other was thinking about dismantling the bridge after crossing the river. In the end, both sides shook hands and made peace cordially, waving goodbye and going their separate ways.
After the group left, Yan Wangxing's face changed. He called over all his subordinate demon soldiers and generals and gave them a severe scolding. A bunch of useless trash!
The demon soldiers and generals were scolded miserably and were a bit confused.
The leading demon general tremblingly said, "Isn't that young woman... Demon Lord, your beloved? You even specially hung her portrait in the palace to alleviate your longing. That young woman said... we thought it was your and that young woman's..."
The demon general's old face reddened, not daring to say the words "little romance."
"A bunch of fools!"
Yan Wangxing nearly fainted from anger. What the hell beloved, she should be the soul under his blade!
Even though the demon soldiers and generals had been fooled into confusion, they also realized they had been tricked and wanted to quickly give chase. Yan Wangxing coldly laughed, "No need to chase anymore."
When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
If the group was capable enough to take down those two Demon Lords, it would be equivalent to helping him clear the two biggest obstacles in his path. He would be the future lord of the demon realm!
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In another demon palace.
Amidst the tumbling clouds and overturning rain, the red curtains were filled with enchantment.
The two Demon Lords were in the midst of unspeakable wonderful affairs when they were interrupted.
Someone reported from outside the door, "An envoy from the Demon Lord Chiyu has come to pay respects. Does the Demon Lord wish to receive them?"
The Demon Lord Qianming, supporting the beautiful and charming beauty in his arms, was in a very unpleasant mood. With a gloomy face, he said, "Can't you see I'm discussing important matters with Demon Lord Xie Ji in here? Tell that envoy to get lost!"
"But the attendant said that the Demon Lord Chiyu really has important matters to discuss..."
Xie Ji's finger tapped on the man's chest as she rose from his embrace. Pulling up the light gauze that had fallen to her shoulders, she said with a smile, "Since Wangxing has personally sent an envoy, naturally we can't refuse to see them."
The Demon Lord Qianming's face showed a trace of gloom, but he didn't say anything. After the two had dressed properly, they went to the front hall to meet this so-called envoy. Unexpectedly, several people had come, and their auras were unstable, making it impossible to discern their cultivation levels.
The Demon Lord Qianming found these people somewhat unfamiliar. After all, he had basically met all the envoys between the various Demon Lords. However, he wasn't in the mood to concern himself with the affairs of other Demon Lords, so he spoke bluntly, "What does Yan Wangxing want to report by sending you here?"
"The Demon Lord sent me to bring gifts to the two of you."
Gifts?
To put it bluntly, the demon race was a group of physically strong brutes. Given the relationship between the two sides where they would fight on sight, Yan Wangxing actually sent people to bring them gifts?
The Demon Lord Qianming immediately felt something was amiss. When the young woman took out a black banner from her storage bag, a terrifying pressure came crashing down like the sky falling. His heart was shocked to the extreme—
The Hundred Ghosts Banner!
And a ghost king at the peak of the Divine Transformation stage?!
That dog Yan Wangxing, it seems he doesn't even bother to maintain the facade of false peace anymore. He's actually secretly colluded with the ghost realm?!
Attacking directly, is it?
I'll play along to the end!
The Demon Lord Qianming's face changed drastically as he fully released his peak Divine Transformation stage power to face the fiercely attacking ghost king.
As the saying goes, one picks the softest persimmon to squeeze. While the ghost king was keeping the powerful Demon Lord Qianming occupied, the others went to surround the slightly weaker Xie Ji.
Gu Chang'an was a solid early Divine Transformation stage cultivator, capable of going toe-to-toe with a mid Divine Transformation stage demon cultivator. With Si Kou Qiu and Tang Yanling's buffs and debuffs, plus Chu Sang and Tantai Ming acting as support, it didn't take many rounds before the mid Divine Transformation stage Xie Ji was captured by them.
Chu Sang pressed her to the ground.
Her beautiful eyes turned, and a coquettish hum came from her red lips, "Ah ya, little sister, you're hurting this concubine~"
Chu Sang's whole body broke out in goosebumps. With an expressionless face, she said, "What were you trying to obtain by sending people to the Si Kou mansion last night?"
The Demon Lord Qianming had specially sent his most capable guardian over, but unexpectedly received news of death last night. It seems they were intercepted halfway by these people.
His face became even gloomier as he shouted coldly, "Yan Wangxing, that despicable and shameless little man, really likes to meddle in others' affairs!"
Chu Sang: "How dare you! Don't slander our Demon Lord's reputation!"
Hearing this, he became even more hateful, "So it was indeed him who sent people with instructions. I knew that kid was restless. I'll kill him sooner or later!"
Chu Sang inwardly applauded, urging them to fight quickly. On the surface, she maintained a disdainful look of loyal protection for her lord, "You? You're not worthy."
With a few words, the Demon Lord Qianming's hatred for Yan Wangxing was directly pushed to the limit.
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