“Yes, your father is dead.” The Demon Queen removed her protective magic weapons, walked out from behind the flowers and plants, and quickly came before Jiu Hui. She bowed deeply to her. “Many thanks to Miss Jiu Hui for eradicating evil and eliminating demons, and for carrying out the will of heaven.”
When the Demon Queen arrived, Bai Yan and the other two had already gripped their weapons tightly. However, when they saw the Demon Queen bowing and kneeling to the young master, and even saying that the young master was “carrying out the will of heaven,” they realized that they really knew nothing about the demons.
In the end, who was killed? Her enemy or her husband?
“In the early years, he took pleasure in killing and enjoyed eating young boys and girls. After the cultivation world protected the mortal world more and more strictly, he ate the young children of the demon clan.” The Demon Queen looked at the Demon King’s body on the ground: “Over the years, I used the excuse of the heavens and living beings to make him only take blood and kill less. But whenever he was in a bad mood and crazy, he would catch people for fun. When the other party begged for mercy in pain, thinking that they could survive, he would take their life…”
The Demon Queen was disgusted by the Demon King. “In his eyes, the human race and the low-level demons are just lowly ants. Only the high-level nobles are considered living beings in his eyes.”
“I was born into a humble background, and many nobles called me a mongrel fox demon in private,” the Demon Queen chuckled. “They said I learned the ways of the fox spirit to win the Demon King’s favor.”
“That’s not necessarily true,” Yu Li argued earnestly. “Many fox yaos aren’t actually skilled in using charm techniques. That’s just an outside rumor.”
For example, the Tibetan fox* clan was both simple and honest. When they smiled, they looked like big, silly guys. Who could they possibly charm?
TN: they do look silly
The Demon Queen kicked the Demon King’s corpse a few times, a look of satisfaction on her face. “A few hundred years ago, he ate my sister’s flesh and blood. Today, you have helped me avenge this deep-seated grudge. From now on, you will be my, E’nuo’s, great benefactor.”
“E’nuo?” Jiu Hui softly recited the name, “A graceful beauty flutters like a flying immortal, what a beautiful name.”
“Thank you for your compliment, my lady. No one has called me by that name in years.” The Demon Queen smiled, her beauty breathtaking.
“Given the Demon King’s cultivation, he shouldn’t have aged so quickly.” Jiu Hui looked at the shriveled and ugly Demon King on the ground and touched her chin, saying, “Could it be the retribution for him eating people?”
The Demon Queen E’nuo laughed even more beautifully. “The blood slaves offered to the King must naturally bathe and burn incense in advance. Otherwise, how could their blood be worthy of the noble Demon King?”
Of the three yaos, the most intelligent, Bai Yan, instantly understood. Was there something wrong with the incense?
“The Demon King is very picky. He’ll only drink the blood of the same person once a month at most. He said that if the person whose blood he’s taken doesn’t get some rest, their blood won’t be as potent.” E’nuo gritted her teeth as she spoke, wishing she could grind the Demon King into dust. “What a ridiculous beast.”
“Tsk.” Jiu Hui regretted it a little. She had let this old fart die too easily.
“Only Luohe and I are here. The news of the Demon King’s death can only be kept a secret until tomorrow morning at the earliest.” The Demon Queen quickly calmed down. She looked at Jiu Hui and the other four. “Young lady, you and your friends should leave quickly. Although E’nuo is not talented, she has some people who can be ordered around.”
“Why keep it a secret?” Jiu Hui asked in confusion, kicking the demon king’s body with her foot. “Princess Sha Luojia sent someone to assassinate the Demon King, but the Demon King and the Princess had a deep father-daughter relationship. He couldn’t bear to punish her, so he made her reflect on her actions in the Princess’s mansion.”
“What a pity. The Princess hated the Demon King because of this, so she sent someone to sneak into the Demon King’s palace tonight and assassinate him.” Jiu Hui said lazily, “Didn’t the news that the Princess sent someone to try to assassinate the Demon King spread throughout the entire royal capital two days ago?”
The Demon Queen understood immediately. The previous two days, she had thought that Jiu Hui had spread the news that Sha Luojia had sent someone to assassinate the Demon King throughout the royal capital to cause trouble for Sha Luojia. She hadn’t expected that the real intention was here?
That was to say, the moment Jiu Hui stepped into the royal palace, she already had the intention to kill the Demon King.
“Do you have any loyal demon experts under your command?” Jiu Hui asked. “If you don’t have enough experts, I can hire these cousins of mine for you.”
Bai Yan nodded with a smile, the nine-ringed saber in his hand jingling. “As long as the price is right, everything is negotiable.”
He was no longer the young master of the Tea Clan, but just a wandering yao who did things for money.
“I do have some capable people under my command, but they are naturally inferior to you all.” The Demon Queen immediately bowed and said, “I beg you all to help me.”
“Little Bai, in an hour, you will accompany the Empress Dowager’s personal guards to capture the Princess. Little Kong and Little Yu will be responsible for guarding the palace. Zhi You and I will protect the Empress Dowager and Luohe.” Jiu Hui crossed her arms over her chest and frowned slightly, as if she had forgotten something. What could it be?
The three yaos nodded silently.carpreads.pages.dev
Luohe in the corner finally came to his senses. Hearing Jiu Hui directly address his mother as the Empress Dowager, he gradually realized that his father was dead and that he was to become the Demon King?!
“Mother,” Luohe felt a little flustered. “I don’t know how to be a Demon King.”
“It’s fine.” E’nuo smiled, and it was a genuine smile. “If you don’t understand, just do as I say.”
“Oh.” Luohe nodded, then asked again, “Can you give me that evil-boned white horse I saw last time?”
“Of course.” The Demon Queen looked at the obedient and sensible child with satisfaction. “After the coronation ceremony, I will give you your favorite horse.”
“Thank you, Mother.” Having achieved his goal, Luohe walked away in high spirits. He was so happy that he accidentally stepped on the Demon King’s foot.
He really was a filial good son.
Bai Yan’s eyebrows twitched. It seemed that there weren’t even two normal people in the Demon Clan.
E’nuo was shrewd and patient, with a mind full of schemes. The future Demon King was simple-minded and obedient to his mother. It was hard to say who would be the true ruler of the Demon Clan in the future.
“Zhi You, what do you think I’ve forgotten?” Jiu Hui pondered for a long time before turning to Zhi You.
Zhi You glanced at the ruins behind him, where a gray foot was exposed.
“Did you forget to dig him out?” Zhi You pointed at the foot that was impossible to make out the color of. “Should we dig him out?”
Jiu Hui turned her head to look at the ruins, was silent for a moment, and felt a little guilty: “Do you think… he is still alive?”
Zhi You said honestly, “He’s still breathing now, but if we don’t dig him out, he’ll die.”
“Forget it.” Jiu Hui sighed, resignedly picking up the black feather fan, and waved it at the ruins. The broken tiles and pillars moved away, revealing the gray clay figure below.
“Who is this?” Yu Li leaned over to take a look and kicked him with her foot. “He looks like he’s about to die.”
“If you kick him again, he’ll really die.” Jiu Hui took out two pills and stuffed them into Yin Ji’s mouth. “Your Majesty, this man needs to be detained somewhere for the time being. Would you be so kind as to help us out?”
“Of course I can.” E’nuo agreed immediately. She glanced at Yin Ji but didn’t ask Jiu Hui why she wanted to save him.
A smart person knew when to keep their mouth shut.
Jiu Hui could kill the Demon King, so killing their mother and son would be a piece of cake. But not only did the other party not kill them to silence them, they also wanted to help them secure the throne. Let alone the fact that the other party only wanted to take one person away, even if they wanted to call Luohe their son, she could make Luohe kneel to Jiu Hui on the spot.
Before dawn, the royal capital was already bustling.
A low-level demon who had been living on the streets, hiding in a corner, saw the demon guards in golden armor riding evil-bone horses rushing out of the palace and trembled in fear.
However, these arrogant demon guards didn’t pay attention to their appearance this time. Instead, they rushed to the mansions of the various Dharma Protectors.
“What did you say, Father is dead?!” The Princess pushed away the guard and glanced at the sky that had yet to brighten. “Where is Yin Ji?”
“Yin Ji is nowhere to be found. The Demon Queen is now in control of the entire palace. She is in cahoots with the Left Demon General, and they surrounded all the Dharma Protector mansions. The reason is… the reason is…” The guard’s face was pale. “The reason is that you plotted treason and murdered your father. Several Dharma Protectors are close to you, and the Demon Queen suspects that they conspired with you to seize power.”
“That Demon Queen slut, how dare she slander me!” Sha Luojia got up and put on her worn-out coat, tearing off the hairpins and jewelry on her body: “Let’s get out of the city now!”
“Princess, aren’t you going to look for Yin Ji?” the guard asked hesitantly.
“No need, hurry and go.” Sha Luojia had a bad feeling in her heart. She was worried that if she didn’t leave, she would fall into the hands of the Demon Queen.
After leaving the Princess’s mansion, Sha Luojia noticed that the streets were filled with demon guards. She took advantage of the chaos to smear her face with dirt and squeezed into the crowd of commoners she had once looked down upon.
Soon, the demon guards surrounded the entire Princess’s mansion. The people on the street finally realized that the Princess wanted to become the Demon King herself and had killed her father.
“General, the Princess is not in the mansion.”
“General, Yin Ji is also missing.”
“Could it be that this pair of lovers escaped together?” The young general of the demon race frowned and turned to look at the man in white behind him. “Master Bai, what do you think of this…”
“Send troops to guard the gates of the royal capital and prevent suspicious people from leaving.” Bai Yan glanced at the crowd. “Since there’s nothing for me to do here, I’ll return to the royal palace first.”
“Young Master Bai, travel safely!” The young general bowed to him. He nodded with dignity and turned to leave.
Sha Luojia, who was blending in with the crowd, watched as the person who had been respectfully escorted away by the young demon general. Her suspicions deepened. Why was Jiu Hui’s human cousin here, and why did he seem to hold a higher position than the young general?
Could it be that Jiu Hui chose to surrender to the Demon Queen in order to save her life? Did her cousins rely on her to gain wealth and status?
Sha Luojia followed behind Bai Yan, watching the passing demon guards salute him one after another, but he looked very arrogant, and her brows furrowed even tighter.
People with humble bloodlines are so shortsighted. In order to win over Jiu Hui, they actually let all the brainless chicken and dog ascend to heaven with her?
Could the other members of the Demon Clan have no complaints about being oppressed by such an incompetent mortal?
Seeing Bai Yan straying further and further away, Sha Luojia gradually developed murderous intent.
“Princess, you’ve followed me for so long. Is it really just to fight me?” After entering an alley, Bai Yan suddenly stopped and turned to look at her. “If I were you, I wouldn’t have come here.”
Sha Luojia took two steps back in caution, and found that a barrier had appeared behind her.
This person was not an ordinary mortal without cultivation at all!
“Before I came, Jiu Hui specifically told me that if the Princess could escape, she would spare your life.” Bai Yan sighed with a smile. “It’s a pity that Jiu Hui’s kindness was wasted on you.”
“Kindness?” Sha Luojia found this to be the most ridiculous joke she had ever heard. “If Jiu Hui hadn’t repeatedly ruined my plans, how could I have ended up like this?”
“Princess, you’re being unreasonable. My siblings and I were just traveling when you captured us and brought us to the Demon Realm. How can you blame Jiu Hui?” Bai Yan sighed again. “Your Highness, this is your own fault. If you hadn’t brought Jiu Hui to the Demon Realm, none of this would have happened.”
Sha Luojia’s face was pale. Although Bai Yan’s words made her feel sick, she had to admit that if she hadn’t taken Jiu Hui back to the Demon Realm a few days ago, none of this would have happened.
“Cut the crap.” Sha Luojia took out her magic weapon. “As long as I hold you hostage, I can still leave the royal capital.”
“You used this trick last time to lure Jiu Hui to the Demon Clan. Are you using it again now?” Bai Yan smiled. “Are you really not afraid, Princess?”
“Shut up!” Sha Luojia charged straight at Bai Yan.
“Alas.” Bai Yan shook his head. “Since the fair maiden is so irritable, then I can only offend her.”
When she started fighting Bai Yan, Sha Luojia realized that he was much more powerful than she had imagined. His weak and vulnerable appearance from a few days ago was clearly a ruse to deceive her!
“You deliberately lured me into a trap to lead you to the Demon Clan?!” Sha Luojia understood what was going on. She dodged Bai Yan’s nine-ringed saber and felt extreme hatred for Jiu Hui. “Why?!”
“Why don’t I take the Princess to ask her in person?” Bai Yan broke through Sha Luojia’s demonic light with a single strike. “With me here, Jiu Hui will definitely be willing to see you.”
“Right now, all I want to do is kill her!” Sha Luojia’s eyes were filled with hatred. “That shameless wretch!”
“If the Princess had no interest, how could she have fallen for the trap?” Hearing Sha Luojia scold Jiu Hui, the smile on Bai Yan’s face immediately disappeared. He raised his nine-ringed saber and knocked Sha Luojia unconscious with a single blow.
“We’re talking to you nicely, how dare you still curse our young master?” Bai Yan deliberately chose a peach-pink sack from his storage ring and stuffed Sha Luojia into it.
The skinny Bai Yan carried a peach-pink sackcloth bag and walked straight into the palace hall from the palace gate, attracting the attention of countless palace servants.
“Little Bai, what did you bring back?” Jiu Hui was playing cards with Luohe and Zhi You. Luohe had paper strips all over his face. When he saw Bai Yan carrying a peach-pink sack, he was so surprised that he stopped playing cards.
Luohe wanted to take the opportunity to tear off the paper strip on his face, but Jiu Hui glanced at him, and he resentfully retracted his hand.
“Is this how you and Zhi You protect the Demon King?”
Bai Yan threw the sack on the ground, and realizing that his action was a bit rude, he cupped his hands towards the sack; “My apologies, my apologies.”
Jiu Hui put down the cards and said righteously, “Just tell us if we’ve protected you well enough or not?”
Luohe chuckled.
“Jiu Hui, you shameless wretch!”
A furious shout came from the sack.
Jiu Hui: “…”
“Little Bai, I asked you to accompany someone to capture the Princess, not to bring her back in a sack.” Jiu Hui’s eyes widened. “Where are your gentlemanly manners?”
“It’s in here.” Bai Yan pointed at the peach-colored sack. “I specially picked a peach-colored sack for her. Isn’t that considerate enough?”
Luohe watched Sha Luojia struggling furiously in the sack, his silence deafening.
Author’s Note
Bai Yan: My thoughtfulness and gentlemanly demeanor have been fully demonstrated in this chapter.
Luohe: I don’t think there are many normal people among the yaos.