Chapter 794 – I Call You Wife, You Call Me Wife Too
Next, the two little lovers, disguised as men, came to the best brothel in No Night City, preparing to invite over a dozen of the best singing and dancing girls to liven up the funeral banquet of the Immortal Alliance.
“Esteemed young sirs, do you know what brothels rely on for development? Girls! That’s right, only when the girls are exceptional can the brothel prosper. Our Hundred Flowers Brothel is the largest in No Night City, so the quality of our girls is evident. Naturally, the wages will be a bit more expensive.”
The madam of the brothel, in order to drive up the price, habitually praised herself.
“Alright, alright, stop with the nonsense. We’ll take twelve girls, two singers and ten dancers. Just give us a price.”
Qi Huang said impatiently.
“Then it will be one hundred taels of silver per person. Of course, this is just the daily wage. If esteemed guests wish to hire them long-term, it will be at this price.”
The madam opened her mouth wide.
“Ten taels a day per person? You might as well go…”
Cheng Hong Ling immediately became agitated. Ten taels of silver was enough to buy a cow on the Cultivation Continent, and this was just the daily wage for one person. How could she be such a sucker?
“Cough, cough…”
Qi Huang quickly coughed twice and then said, “Ten taels it is. It’s not like we don’t have money.”
“Even if you have money, you shouldn’t be a sucker. If you really have money to spend, just give the wages to me, and I’ll bring a few martial sisters up to dance. I guarantee we’ll dance better than any singers or dancers.”
Cheng Hong Ling volunteered.
“Ah?”
Qi Huang was stunned on the spot.
“You dance? Hehe, esteemed guest, are you planning to dance or perform a ritual? If you dance, you’ll send away the millions of people in No Night City. Then the banquet will turn into a funeral feast.”
The madam sarcastically mocked her with sharp wit.
“Coincidentally, I am indeed holding a funeral banquet.”
Qi Huang muttered to herself.
“How dare you insult me?”
Cheng Hong Ling and Qi Huang, the madam, if it weren’t for the fact that this guy next to her had committed too many evil deeds, causing her face to be too famous, she would have immediately taken off her bamboo hat and given this madam a good slap.
“May I know, esteemed guest…”
The madam asked curiously.
“She insulted me. Are you still planning to hire the singers and dancers from this brothel?”
Cheng Hong Ling did not answer and directly turned to ask Qi Huang.
“Let’s go!”
Qi Huang unhesitatingly pulled Cheng Hong Ling’s jade hand and they left.
“Esteemed guest, don’t go! I was wrong! I can apologize to you, can’t I? How about five taels of silver per person per day?”
The madam was anxious, bowing and pestering them.
Qi Huang didn’t say anything. She absolutely could not tolerate anyone insulting her beloved wife.
“How about one tael of silver per person per day, is that okay?”
The madam asked with some heartache.
“Deal!”
Cheng Hong Ling very readily pulled out her jade hand and then walked back with the madam, slinging an arm around her.
Qi Huang turned her head mechanically, her mind blank. After a while, her thinking ability returned: So you were bargaining!
Not long after, Qi Huang walked out of the brothel with Cheng Hong Ling.
Cheng Hong Ling had successfully bargained and seemed to be in a good mood.
“I say, my wife, is it necessary to bargain like this? Isn’t it just ten taels of silver per person per day? We’re not short of this money.”
Qi Huang transmitted her thoughts with some speechlessness.
“Am I bargaining? I’m saving your dignity! Money is a small issue, but the key is not to be a sucker! If you agreed so easily, wouldn’t people look down on you as a fool? They’ll look at you with a bit of disdain from now on. Would you be happy with that?”
Cheng Hong Ling said earnestly.
“I see, it’s still my wife who is more thoughtful.”
Qi Huang suddenly realized. She couldn’t help but admit that her own consideration was insufficient.
“If you know that, then listen to your husband more in the future, and you’ll be right.”
Cheng Hong Ling said with a slight smugness.
“I call you wife, and you call me wife too? Is that right? We’ve been arguing for so long, it’s time to have a conclusion. How about you call me husband, considering I was a man before?”
Qi Huang asked in a negotiating tone.
“I think this is good. You call me wife, and I call you wife. We are both wives, and neither of us needs to force the other. We can coexist harmoniously, don’t you think?”
Cheng Hong Ling, however, did not intend to compromise.
“Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes.”
Qi Huang was somewhat speechless.
…
The news that Qi Huang wanted to destroy the Immortal Alliance quickly spread, causing another upheaval in the Cultivation World.
“Our Alliance Leader just announced that the Hong Hua Sect will be destroyed on the first day of the seventh month, and she announced that the Immortal Alliance will be destroyed on the thirtieth day of the sixth month. This is simply naked provocation. It’s hard to imagine a woman reaching such a state. I really want to tear her to shreds immediately.”
In the Conference Hall of the Immortal Alliance Main Altar, Lu Lin’s eyes twitched with anger.
“Alliance Leader, there’s no need to be angry. Since she wants to come and die early, we can save ourselves a long journey.”
Elder Cao below comforted him.
“That may be true, but this woman’s cultivation level cannot be underestimated. Coupled with the Immortal Might of the Hua Rong Sect, we will have to rely on the elders of the various Immortal Families for their full assistance.”
Lu Lin politely pleaded. Although he was strong, he was not as strong as the Immortal Might, so he did not dare to be too arrogant when facing people from the Immortal Families.
“Don’t worry, Alliance Leader Lu. You are a relative of our Jingtian Sect, and you have the blood of the Xiao family running through you. I, Xiao Shi, will do my best to help you.”
An elder from the Jingtian Sect below took the lead in expressing his stance.
“Alliance Leader Lu, my elder brother Cao Hong was killed by that demon girl. You can rest assured, the Cao family will not rest until she is dead.”
Cao Kun gritted his teeth.
“Elder Cao, why don’t you contact your family now and directly activate the Immortal Might to destroy the Immortal Tablet of the Hua Rong Sect?”
Lu Lin suggested.
“Uh… Alliance Leader Lu should know that to destroy an Immortal Tablet, one must use the vital blood of a Heavenly Punishment Realm expert to activate it. Moreover, my cousin Cao Hong is old and frail, and I’m afraid he cannot withstand such a consumption.”
Cao Kun explained awkwardly. He knew that for the Cao family to maintain its position as the number one family in the Cultivation World, it absolutely could not be without a Heavenly Punishment Realm expert to guard it.
“What about the Heavenly Punishment Realm experts of your other Immortal Families?”
Lu Lin then turned his gaze to the elders from other Immortal Families.
The faces of those elders showed hesitation, and then they all lowered their heads. After all, for the old and frail, vital blood was basically non-renewable. Consuming vital blood was equivalent to consuming lifespan.
“Hoo, hoo…”
Lu Lin inhaled unhappily.
“Alliance Leader Lu, why worry? For a mere Martial-level Immortal Tablet, if she dares to attack me, the Cao family’s Immortal Tablet will naturally counterattack, and the effect will be the same.”
Cao Kun quickly saved face.
“Yes, there are a total of nine major Immortal Families in the Cultivation World, and five of their Immortal Tablets are stronger than the Hua Rong Sect’s. With us here, you don’t need to worry about anything.”
Elder Xiao of the Jingtian Sect also comforted him.
“Then let it be.”
Lu Lin could only give up the idea of proactively attacking and then changed the subject: “Esteemed elders, didn’t I recently ask you to send all your idle disciples to cause trouble in the territories of those rebel forces? Why is there no feedback at all? Where are they?”
“Alliance Leader, the disciples I sent to the Thunder Country have vanished like mud into the sea, completely losing their traces.”
A trembling voice responded.
“Alliance Leader, the disciples I sent to the Peaceful Country are the same.”
“Those who went to the Xihui Dynasty are also the same!”
“And those who went to the Ming Yue Empire, their traces were lost as soon as they were about to make a move.”
Successive dejected voices came from below.
“What?”
Lu Lin suddenly stood up, disbelief etched on his face. The entire Conference Hall erupted in an uproar.
“Alliance Leader Lu, could it be that Cheng Hong Ling anticipated that we would retaliate against her allies and arranged for masters to protect them in advance?”
Cao Kun guessed.
“That makes sense. I was thinking too simply.”
Lu Lin took a deep breath.
“This is impossible. The disciples we sent were numerous, and many of them had reached the late stage of the Huashen Realm. Where did Cheng Hong Ling get so many masters to simultaneously defend so many countries, and do it so flawlessly?”
Elder Xiao of Supreme Peak raised a doubt.
“That’s true. Unless she has five or six top-tier Heavenly Punishment Realm experts, with one person guarding a country each, that’s obviously impossible.”
Lu Lin nodded thoughtfully.
“Moreover, many of the people we sent were wearing specially made clothes made of demon cat fur, so their spiritual sense couldn’t be detected. Even if she really had that many Heavenly Punishment Realm experts helping, it’s impossible for our disciples not to even have a chance to make a move.”
Elder Kang added.
“That’s strange. Then how did they suddenly disappear?”
Lu Lin was utterly perplexed.
“Alliance Leader, what should we do next? Should we continue to send people to harass them?”
Elder Kang asked doubtfully.
“If we don’t understand the reason, sending more people would be like a dog biting a meat bun. Let’s stop for now. Everyone should conserve their strength and wait for them to come and die on the thirtieth of this month.”
Lu Lin said after some thought.
