Chapter 75: Madam, as expected, she is not an ordinary person (1)
Seeing that the shelter was almost complete, Qi Huang prepared to flee as soon as possible, but unexpectedly, the plague god arrived.
“Heh heh, your future husband is here.”
Yaoyao suddenly teased.
“Stop joking! How could I have a husband?”
Qi Huang subconsciously retorted.
“Aren’t I your future husband?”
A man’s voice suddenly rang out, and before the voice fell, a slender figure appeared in the field. A pair of phoenix eyes looked at Qi Huang with a half-smile, exuding a charming aura.
This uninvited guest was none other than the zombie Crown Prince Jiang Feng.
“Why is it you?”
Qi Huang was startled and quickly hid behind Yaoyao, thinking how unlucky she was. What she feared had come to pass.
“Surprised, aren’t you?”
Jiang Feng said without any self-awareness.
“Heh heh, it’s too surprising! It would be even more surprising if you hadn’t come!”
Qi Huang forced a dry laugh.
“Oh? You came to visit your husband in person. If I didn’t come to pick you up, wouldn’t that be too inhumane?”
Jiang Feng said in a very approachable manner.
“I didn’t come to visit you! Don’t be self-indulgent!”
Qi Huang immediately retorted.
“Is that so? Then these two ladies are building houses and opening up land here. Are they planning to stay and not leave?”
A trace of excitement appeared on Jiang Feng’s face.
“That’s our intention. I wonder if Your Highness the Crown Prince welcomes it!”
Yaoyao asked calmly.
“Of course, you are welcome! After all, Hong Ling Xianzi is my future Crown Princess, we are family!”
Jiang Feng said generously, then changed the subject: “As for you! It’s not impossible for you to stay, but I need to confirm if you have any hostility. If you are one of us, it’s harmless to stay. If you are an enemy, then your actions are seizing territory.”
“Heh heh…”
Yaoyao’s silver bell-like laughter rang out: “I didn’t expect Your Highness the Crown Prince to be not only powerful but also incredibly thick-skinned. This land now belongs to the Xihui Dynasty. The Daqi Kingdom has long been destroyed and has nothing to do with you. How can you say I’m seizing your territory?”
“Miss Yaoyao is indeed silver-tongued. Unfortunately, I am a dead person now, and the so-called Xihui Dynasty is a force of the mortal world, and it cannot control me.”
Jiang Feng’s narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, emanating a dangerous aura.
‘Has the negotiation broken down?’
Qi Huang secretly thought it was bad and simply curled herself into a ball.
“Alright, then I’ll talk to you about benefits.”
Unexpectedly, Yaoyao did not retort but patiently explained: “To tell you the truth, I am looking for a shelter for our Nine Nether Demonic Cat clan. If I were you, I would not only not cause trouble but also provide protection.”
“Oh? Really? I’d love to hear Miss Cat Spirit’s high opinion.”
Jiang Feng smiled even more charmingly.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, don’t forget, you are now a ghost, incompatible with cultivators. Sooner or later, you will clash, and how will low-level cultivators find stray souls? Isn’t it the tears of the Nine Nether Demonic Cat?”
Yaoyao reminded him.
“This is common knowledge, and then what?”
Jiang Feng showed a thoughtful expression.
“And my goal is to save my clansmen and bring them from the various immortal sects to settle here. If you can provide shelter, then those cultivators will sooner or later be in a situation where they cannot use Cat’s Eye Tears. Isn’t this a great thing for your ghost clan?”
Yaoyao said directly.
“Makes sense!”
Jiang Feng suddenly realized, but then he frowned again: “But these Nine Nether Demonic Cats themselves feed on stray souls. If I provide shelter, isn’t that like raising tigers that will harm people? What if they hurt my subordinates?”
“Your Highness the Crown Prince, in this mass grave, there are stray souls everywhere, not just your subordinates.”
Yaoyao slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
“Understood! But you have to guarantee that you will never target my subordinates, otherwise, if you come, you won’t be able to leave. This shelter will become your tomb.”
Jiang Feng warned without expression, then left gallantly.
“Deal!”
Yaoyao visibly sighed with relief. In fact, she was the same as Jiang Feng; she feared nothing, but she had a group of burdens, so she couldn’t act recklessly.
“You actually persuaded him?”
Qi Huang wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
“Do you think I’m like you? Since I dared to come, I must have thought of a countermeasure.”
Yaoyao proudly raised her little head.
Qi Huang was speechless. Why are you provoking me when you’re just talking?
Qi Huang dared not delay outside and hastened to build the shelter. However, Yaoyao was like a strict supervisor, saying this was not good and that was not good, but she did not help, making Qi Huang busy until the evening before she was finally free.
“From now on, this will be the home of the Nine Nether Demonic Cats. I will stay here most of the time to protect my clansmen, so I won’t go back with you.”
Yaoyao stated her decision.
“Ah?”
Qi Huang’s little face wrinkled into a ball. She helped the Nine Nether Demonic Cat clan not only for the Cat’s Eye Tears but also for their ability to shield spiritual sense. Without Yaoyao’s help, it would be a problem for her to leave the HongHua Sect.
“Seeing your resentful look! If I didn’t know, I would think I had abandoned you!”
Yaoyao scolded angrily, then added: “Considering you still need to help me take care of my clansmen, all the Cat’s Eye Tears will still be yours.”
“Am I that greedy for money? The key is, without your cover, what if my main body discovers me? It will be difficult for me to even leave the HongHua Sect in the future.”
Qi Huang stated her difficulties.
“So what? I’m not your nanny, don’t ask for too much! If you still consider yourself a woman, go back and defeat your main body, and then make her your clone, obeying the three submissions and four virtues.”
Yaoyao incited her without moving.
“If I dare to do that, let alone the gate of the HongHua Sect, I probably won’t even be able to leave my room!”
Qi Huang said fearfully.
“That has nothing to do with me, Cheng Hong Ling!”
Yaoyao said gleefully.
“Don’t blame me for not reminding you, the space in this storage ring is not enough. If you don’t find a bigger one soon, and you bring more clansmen, there might be a stampede, resulting in deaths and injuries. If I leave the HongHua Sect, who will solve it for you?”
Qi Huang retorted leisurely.
“What a useless fellow. Then I’ll send you back first. Let me know when you want to go out in the future.”
Yaoyao rolled her upright pupils speechlessly, then transformed into a black waist-length skirt and put it on Qi Huang.
Qi Huang smiled triumphantly and hurried back to the cultivation room of the HongHua Sect. Yaoyao then took “her clansmen” back to the shelter with the storage ring.
…
That night, dozens of Juexian Cult cultists climbed over the wall into the Cheng residence. They drew their swords and attacked any living creature they encountered. Not to mention people, even rats that dared to show their heads were chased for three blocks.
After a brutal massacre, only Cheng Yuan and his wife survived in the Cheng residence. It wasn’t that the people of the Juexian Cult were soft-hearted, but they still had a use for them.
Cheng Yuan heard the commotion and wanted to notify his daughter immediately, but the leader of the attackers was incredibly powerful. As soon as he picked up the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device, it was snatched away by the opponent.
Cheng Yuan was greatly alarmed and immediately crushed a talisman he carried close to him. A semi-circular ice shield protected him and his wife.
“Who exactly are you?”
Cheng Yuan protected his wife behind him and questioned with feigned composure.
“Insignificant person, even if I told you, Brother Cheng wouldn’t know! However, Brother Cheng’s fame is thunderous, to be able to give birth to such an outstanding daughter as Hong Ling Xianzi!”
The leader, Altar Master Xu, replied perfunctorily and threw a punch without any fancy moves.
“Crack!”
With a crisp sound, the ice shield formed by the talisman shattered into pieces like fragile glass.
“What exactly do you want to do? Since you know this is Cheng Hong Ling’s home, how dare you trespass?”
Cheng Yuan tightly protected his wife.
“It’s nothing, I just have a question, and I hope Brother Cheng can resolve it.”
Altar Master Xu said calmly.
“What question?”
Cheng Yuan asked, trying to calm himself.
“Are you two really ordinary people? Why would you give birth to such an excellent daughter as Cheng Hong Ling?”
Altar Master Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze extremely sharp.
“Of course, we are ordinary people. My wife and I have clear origins. If you don’t believe me, you can inquire outside! Besides, who told you that ordinary people can’t have excellent daughters? Do kings and generals have to be born royal?”
Cheng Yuan refuted without fear.
“Brother Cheng has great spirit, but dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. A rat’s son can dig holes. This is an ironclad law in the Cultivation World. I don’t believe there are any exceptions! So you must be lying, or perhaps… one of you has a questionable background, to the point that you don’t even know yourself.”
Altar Master Xu made a very bold deduction.
“Nonsense! I told you, our origins are clear. We are all locals of this Prefecture Capital. If you don’t believe me, you can go and inquire.”
Cheng Yuan reiterated, but a complex expression appeared on his wife’s face behind him.
“No need, whether you are ordinary people or not, this thing can tell!”
Altar Master Xu took out the Phoenix Selection Token from his pocket.
