Chapter 199: Blood-Red Eyes
Qi Huang’s whole body went numb upon hearing that intoxicating voice. She almost fell from the sky.
“Mu Ruoyi, are you crazy? Did I ask you to save me?”
Cheng Hong Ling scolded her with a tone of disappointment, but didn’t step forward to stop it.
“Don’t stop me, this is my responsibility as your husband. If one of us must be sacrificed, then let it be me.”
Mu Ruoyi clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, putting on a brave face for sacrifice.
“Then go ahead and sacrifice yourself.”
Cheng Hong Ling shook her head helplessly.
“Huh?”
Qi Huang’s mind instantly cleared. She didn’t understand why her main body suddenly betrayed her teammate.
“You… you’re not even stopping me?”
Mu Ruoyi’s pretty face turned even paler, and this time it wasn’t an act.
“No matter how strong she is, she’s still a woman. What can she do to you? Since you insist on proving how devoted you are, then I’ll fulfill your wish.”
Cheng Hong Ling said with her arms crossed.
“Cough, cough…”
Qi Huang’s entire body turned cold, and she coughed from choking on her saliva. She thought, “Could she have recognized me?”
“A woman?”
Mu Ruoyi looked at her and asked uncertainly.
“Take a look yourself. Do men have hands like that?”
Cheng Hong Ling impatiently reminded her.
Mu Ruoyi looked at Qi Huang’s hands with doubt. They were delicate and fair, with pinkish nails, and looked like delicious food. It was true that men didn’t have hands like that.
“Cough, cough…”
Qi Huang coughed dryly, discreetly putting her hands behind her back, and said in embarrassment and anger, “Shut up! Who says men can’t have hands like that? You’re prejudiced! You’re discriminating! Is it wrong for me to be a bit effeminate?”
“Hmph!”
Cheng Hong Ling snorted indifferently.
“Senior, let’s not talk about whether you’re effeminate or not. What exactly do you want us to do? If you want to kill us, just give us a quick death, okay?”
Mu Ruoyi cautiously probed.
“It’s very simple. From now on, you are my servants. You must find the lost Nine Nether Demonic Cat of the Yuxiao Sect, or you will never be able to leave here.”
Qi Huang stated her demand, which was also her ultimate goal for coming to the Yuxiao Sect.
“We can still leave?”
Mu Ruoyi was overjoyed and then excitedly gave Cheng Hong Ling a wink.
Cheng Hong Ling showed no reaction. For her, living but not striving was worse than not living at all. If she couldn’t get the Nine Nether Demonic Cat this time, what about her fellow disciples from the HongHua Sect?
“You search, I’ll ensure safety. Don’t try anything funny. Your every move will not escape my eyes. Do you understand?”
Qi Huang warned them, then used her spiritual sense to grab three large bags of valuables and fled in a hurry. She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, her main body would recognize her directly, and then she would be in trouble.
“Don’t just stand there, let’s get moving! The sooner we find that demonic cat, the sooner we can leave this godforsaken place.”
Mu Ruoyi rolled up her sleeves and excitedly called to Cheng Hong Ling.
“It’s your business if you want to work for her. I’m not going to work, not ever.”
Cheng Hong Ling replied coldly.
“What do you mean? You don’t want to leave here anymore?”
Mu Ruoyi asked curiously.
“I came here for that Nine Nether Demonic Cat. Rather than return empty-handed, I’d rather explode with him.”
Cheng Hong Ling said defiantly.
“Sigh!”
Mu Ruoyi sighed slightly and said, “Little sister Hong Ling, haven’t you heard the saying, ‘As long as the green hills are there, there will be wood to burn’? A true woman can bend and stretch. As long as we can return alive, there will definitely be opportunities in the future.”
“Hmph!”
Cheng Hong Ling scoffed.
“Or do you lack confidence in your talent?”
Mu Ruoyi used provocation.
“Who says I lack confidence?”
Cheng Hong Ling immediately became agitated. She had always been a person with strong self-esteem.
“That’s what I thought. With your talent, in another ten or eight years, you’ll be able to enter the Shentong Realm. Then, will you still worry about not having the Nine Nether Demonic Cat? What’s the point of exploding with her now?”
Mu Ruoyi reasoned with her.
Cheng Hong Ling’s face showed a thoughtful expression upon hearing this.
“Have you figured it out? If you’ve figured it out, then let’s get to work!”
Mu Ruoyi said helplessly. This young woman was good in every way, beautiful and spirited, but her self-esteem was too high.
“How do you plan to work? Continue to use Mullinglong?”
Cheng Hong Ling took a deep breath and asked.
“Shh…”
Mu Ruoyi quickly made a silencing gesture and said cautiously, “This is clearly an expert from elsewhere. She doesn’t know about Mullinglong at all, otherwise she would have made a request just now. So, don’t let her hear it. We just need to put on a show.”
“What if we can’t find it?”
Cheng Hong Ling retorted.
“Can’t find it? After a long time, she’ll lose patience and naturally let us go.”
Mu Ruoyi answered.
“How can you be sure she’ll let us go?”
Cheng Hong Ling continued to press.
“Didn’t she just say it? If we find the Nine Nether Demonic Cat, she’ll let us leave. This means she doesn’t intend to kill anyone. So why keep us around? To warm her bed? Didn’t you say she’s a woman?
Mu Ruoyi analyzed rationally.
“I was just guessing!”
Cheng Hong Ling explained.
“Are you kidding me? Since you were just guessing, why didn’t you stop me earlier?”
Mu Ruoyi was getting anxious.
“Didn’t you tell me not to stop you? Was what you said about sacrificing yourself for me all a lie? Is this your integrity as a husband?”
Cheng Hong Ling counterattacked, truly using magic to defeat magic.
“Uh…”
Mu Ruoyi’s small mouth opened wide, and for a moment, she was unable to retort.
“Don’t worry, she wouldn’t want you even if you offered yourself. Even if she’s not a woman, she’s ‘like a woman’.”
Cheng Hong Ling made her final deduction.
…
Qi Huang, carrying three large bags of valuables, was both excited and guilty, darting around in the sky like a thief, not knowing where to hide to feel safe.
‘This is wrong! I need to ensure the safety of my main body, so I can’t hide too far away, otherwise I won’t be able to take care of it.’
Qi Huang gradually calmed down and found a hidden spot near the HuXiao Sect’s camp, hiding all the treasures there.
Qi Huang stared at the three large sacks with burning eyes, trembling with excitement. With so many good things acquired this time, even if she couldn’t find the Nine Nether Demonic Cat, she wouldn’t have to worry about her boasts being exposed.
Of course, she was just sighing. Although the financial hole in Huatian Village was plugged, the hole in HongHua Sect was not yet mended. Therefore, she still had to find the Nine Nether Demonic Cat, as Cat’s Eye Tears couldn’t be bought with money alone.
Qi Huang was tired of being poor, so she didn’t want her current “dream” to be shattered. She spent more than half an hour hiding the valuables until her emotions gradually calmed down.
Qi Huang clapped her hands and then flew out of the Yuxiao Sect. She hadn’t forgotten that she also had the identity of a “poop scooper.”
Qi Huang went to the riverbank as usual, used her spiritual sense to catch a few large fish, and then headed towards the place where the cats were kept.
Qi Huang quickly returned to the small cave. As soon as she stepped inside, she was stunned because the cat in the cage seemed to have escaped. It was now lying on the open ground around the cave, sleeping.
‘No way, I’m a great master of the Shentong Realm, and I can’t even make a proper cat cage?’
Qi Huang walked over dejectedly, but then her expression gradually turned astonished because she found that the more than ten cats she had rescued were lying safely in the cage. Then what was going on outside?
At this moment, Qi Huang’s footsteps clearly disturbed the ten extra cats. They all lifted their heads and opened their eyes. Green light shot out, and the dim cave immediately seemed to be lit by eighteen ghost fires, flickering up and down, exuding an exceptionally eerie and terrifying aura.
The reason there were eighteen was that one of the cats’ eyes emitted a light that was not green, but a startling blood-red.
“Oh my god!”
Qi Huang’s pupils contracted, and her scalp tingled. She almost collapsed to the ground.
