My Silly, Sweet Wife

Lady Python saw Luo Dan flatly denying and immediately furrowed her brows, snorting coldly: ”What, still being stubborn at this time?”

”Hehe, Lady Python, your words are mistaken. Since you said everyone was killed, yet there’s no sign of the storage ring they mentioned. Isn’t that just empty words, framing me?” Luo Dan smiled faintly, unmoved.

Lady Python paused, a look of anger appearing on her face, and she cupped her hands toward Li Jiao: ”Great King, the Holy Envoy harbors ill intentions, perhaps dissatisfied with our grand plan of the Demon Clan’s revival. The urgent matter is that we need to kill him!”

Luo Dan also cupped his hands toward Li Jiao: ”Great King, if you speak of it, our Corpse Cultivators and your half-demons both serve the Demon Clan after the Hidden Gate. Our ultimate goal is for the Demon Clan to reappear. If you are so hostile to us, then we might as well leave!”

Saying this, he flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.

”Haha, haha, Holy Envoy, why must it be like this?”

Li Jiao, originally a great general, with intelligence not inferior to ordinary people, saw Luo Dan about to leave but directly raised his hand to stop him: ”Naturally, I trust the Holy Envoy’s loyalty to our Demon Clan. Now human cultivators have dispatched an army of one hundred thousand at the border; our demon beasts are weak and can’t confront them rashly. Internal conflict is not the current priority.”

Luo Dan snorted: ”Great King, although we Corpse Cultivators are trapped in the Holy Temple, if it weren’t for the Demon Clan’s protection back then, we would have long been exterminated. Now our mission is to open the Hidden Gate and release the Demon Clan, allowing them to return to the world. Yet, I never expected anyone to slander us like this, I’m really...”

”Haha, Holy Envoy, don’t be angry. Lady Python is also considering the grand plan of the Demon Clan,” Li Jiao waved his hand. ”How about this, Holy Envoy, I know of your loyalty to the Demon Clan, but since your arrival, you haven’t attacked any human cultivators. I heard the commander of that army of one hundred thousand is a young man with a cultivation realm only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. If you can bring me his head, I will naturally believe in the Holy Envoy’s loyalty without a doubt.”

Speaking of this, Li Jiao squinted his eyes, looking at Luo Dan: ”Holy Envoy, how about it?”

The purpose of Luo Dan’s visit was indeed to collect corpses, and he did not want to reveal the presence of Corpse Cultivators unless absolutely necessary.

If the presence of Corpse Cultivators were exposed and known by human cultivators, it would likely be disadvantageous to them.

But given the current situation, it seemed that Li Jiao would not believe him if he did not agree.

”Fine, in that case, it’s better to accept than to decline.” Luo Dan finished speaking and left with his subordinates.

Watching Luo Dan and others’ retreating backs, Li Jiao sneered: ”Hehe, do you think it will be so easy to reap the benefits?”

Li Jiao’s gaze fell upon Lady Python: ”Lady Python, I heard a small group of human cultivators entered the Northern North Desolation. You must find out quickly what they are up to and kill them.”

Lady Python nodded, ”Great King, I understand.”

But just at this moment, Li Jiao suddenly raised his head, reaching out towards Lady Python.

Lady Python was shocked, just about to retaliate, when she heard Li Jiao snort coldly: ”What manner of ghost dares to act recklessly!”

Bam!

It was as if something had been hit.

Lady Python felt a gust of chill wind pass by.

The ghostly wind seemed to be struck by Li Jiao, let out a miserable scream, and quickly fled away.

Knowing that the opponent was a ghostly entity, pursuing it would not be easy, so Li Jiao didn’t give chase. He stood with a somber expression, looking thoughtfully in the direction the ghost had fled.

Lady Python was both surprised and frightened, ”Great King...”

Li Jiao gestured for Lady Python not to speak further: ”I know, though those Ghost Cultivators in the Holy Temple have not shown themselves, it doesn’t guarantee they harbor no evil intentions. Hmph, now those loyal to our Demon Clan, willing to open the Hidden Gate, are these half-demons among us. As for Ghost Cultivators and Corpse Cultivators, they simply want to break the seal and leave the Holy Temple; they will never align with us.”

Lady Python was startled: ”Great King, you mean those Ghost Cultivators have been lurking around us, gathering intelligence?”

”Hmph, whether it’s Ghost Cultivators or Corpse Cultivators, they just want to reap the benefits. We will wait and watch for changes; once the Hidden Gate opens, and our Demonic predecessors emerge, they will undoubtedly be annihilated,” Li Jiao said with a somber face. ”Inform the Five Great Demons, making sure they remain vigilant and try to kill the human cultivators’ experts, causing them to be in panic. As for the movements of that army of one hundred thousand, investigate thoroughly and keep an eye on it.”

”Yes!” Lady Python quickly agreed.

As for that ghostly entity, it was actually Gui Tuo released by Ye Guichen.

Although Gui Tuo is a ghostly creature, usually adept at hiding its tracks, it never expected to be discovered by Li Jiao.

After barely escaping, he quickly found Ye Guichen, roughly recounting the entire event.

However, being suddenly hit by Li Jiao, Gui Tuo’s form once again became extremely weak, clearly suffering significant injuries.

After listening, Ye Guichen hurriedly placed Gui Tuo into the Jiuyou Tower to recover from its injuries, his brow slightly furrowed.

It seems that Demon King does have some wits.

Meanwhile, Luo Dan also angrily returned to his usual dwelling place.

This was a cave about ten miles away from Li Jiao.

Although Luo Dan was a Corpse Cultivator, he was still human, not casually finding a place to call home as beasts do.

Luo Dan came from the Holy Temple, ostensibly sent by the Corpse King to aid these half-demons, but secretly to collect corpses.

For this reason, they also needed to reside here long-term.

So, once Luo Dan arrived, he quickly found this cave, having his subordinates renovate it into a suitable residence.

Originally, Luo Dan just intended to discreetly gather some corpses and then sneak them back to the Corpse King to aid in the refining of the Corpse Elixir.

It was unexpected to be discovered.

Not only that, the massive amount of corpses painstakingly gathered was lost.

”Bang!”

Upon returning, Luo Dan slapped the stone table in front of him into pieces.

”Damn it, Yuan Liang dared to monopolize the corpses, utterly infuriating!” Luo Dan, angered, let the corpse aura spread from his body, causing the surrounding temperature to drop significantly.

”Sir, what should we do? Are we really going to delve into the borders and kill the leader of that hundred-thousand army?” someone fearfully asked.

If they really took action, it would mean exposing the existence of the Corpse Cultivators.

This would be extremely detrimental to their future plans.

Following the Corpse King’s thoughts, currently, human cultivators may be unaware of Corpse Cultivators’ existence. Even if the Holy Temple clashed with human cultivators, it would only target those Ghost Cultivators.

As for these Corpse Cultivators, they could naturally watch the tiger fight from the mountain and reap the benefits once the dust settles.

Luo Dan raised his thick eyebrows: ”If we don’t go kill that person, Li Jiao will certainly seize the opportunity to retaliate against us.”

”Huh? Then, what should we do?”

”What to do?” Luo Dan pondered for a moment, ”Since he’s able to become the leader of the hundred-thousand army, how could he be so easily killed? So…”

As if understanding something, Luo Dan’s brow relaxed slightly: ”We’re just delaying, haha. If necessary, we’ll escalate the conflict, forcing that army into the Northern North Desolation. By then, there will surely be extensive casualties, and that would be our chance.”

His subordinates heard this but were somewhat puzzled: ”Sir, how do we escalate the conflict and make that army enter the Northern North Desolation?”

Luo Dan revealed a cunning smile, ”Isn’t that easy? While killing that leader is not simple, we can instigate some simple-minded, physically strong beasts to act as cannon fodder, provoking that hundred-thousand army. As long as a part of them is eliminated, their wrath will surely be incited. Then, we’ll spread rumors that the Demon Clan predicts they won’t dare enter the Northern North Desolation…”

”Sir, brilliant! Sir, brilliant!” The subordinates quickly flattered.

Luo Dan chuckled triumphantly, seemingly very pleased with the flattery from his subordinates: ”It’s nothing, hehe, once the matter is successful, you won’t be short of rewards.”

”You truly are shrewd, sir!”

Unexpectedly, right at that moment, a sudden laugh resounded.

Everyone around Luo Dan was startled.

They all drew their weapons.

All of their weapons were about half a meter long short whips, known as Corpse Chasing Whips.

These Corpse Chasing Whips were soaked in special corpse water, carrying strong corpse aura. If hit on a person, the corpse aura quickly enters the body, achieving the purpose of subduing the enemy.

”Who’s there!”

As Luo Dan was feeling pleased, an unfamiliar voice appeared, triggering him to draw his Corpse Chasing Whip and vigilantly scan the surroundings.

Outside the cave, Ye Guichen strolled over as if taking a casual walk.

Luo Dan instinctively glanced at the vigilant two subordinates, seemingly questioning why someone entered without their knowledge.

The two subordinates looked even more bewildered.

After catching Luo Dan’s gaze, the two subordinates quickly shook their heads, indicating they had no idea when Ye Guichen arrived.

”Everyone, don’t be nervous. I’m just here to make a transaction with you.” Ye Guichen walked up to Luo Dan, took out the storage ring he had picked up earlier, and waved it in front of Luo Dan.

As soon as Luo Dan saw the storage ring, his pupils slightly contracted: ”Yuan Liang’s storage ring? How did you get this storage ring?”

At the time, Luo Dan planned to discreetly let Yuan Liang take the collected corpses back, but unexpectedly this guy wanted to monopolize them.

After learning the news, Luo Dan quickly sent people to pursue and kill.

As it turned out, as Ye Guichen knew, the Corpse Cultivator named Yuan Liang died, and the storage ring was lost.

This storage ring contained several tens of thousands of corpses; losing it naturally made Luo Dan anxious.

Yet, when sending people to search, he unexpectedly ran into Lady Python.

Missteps all the way, loss at every step.

Ye Guichen said with a smile: ”I picked it up by chance. These corpses are of no use to me, so I want to make a deal with the Corpse Cultivator. What do you think?”

”Deal?” Luo Dan still didn’t relax his guard, also unsure of Ye Guichen’s true identity, he asked back: ”What kind of deal?”

”Haha, it’s simple, help me kill five demons under the Flood Dragon King, then I’ll give you all these corpses.” Ye Guichen said.