Chapter 885: Hasn’t she become a vegetable?
Qi Huang was lying on the ground disgracefully, motionless as if she were dead. Inside the storage ring, Cheng Hong Ling was wrapped layer by layer, completely unaware of what was happening outside.
“Why are you sneakily wearing a veil?”
The cat-eared loli ordered the zombie maids to help Qi Huang up, then pouted and walked over to lift Qi Huang’s veil. Her small body trembled, for she saw the red tear mole.
The cat-eared loli’s crimson eyes darted back and forth for a moment, then she lowered the veil as if nothing had happened.
“Your Highness, what is that on her face…”
The female evil ghost asked hesitantly.
“It’s nothing, she just tripped and cut herself.”
The cat-eared loli casually replied.
“Really?”
The female evil ghost scratched her head, half-believing.
The cat-eared loli waved her small hand:
“Aunt Hong, put her in the storage ring, we’re going back to the Queen of the Underworld Star!”
“Yes! Your Highness!”
The female ghost, known as Aunt Hong, respectfully took the order and put Qi Huang into a storage ring.
Then, the cat-eared loli led the army of evil spirits through the teleportation gate towards the Queen of the Underworld Star.
A day later, the evil spirits returned to the Queen of the Underworld Star. The cat-eared loli took Aunt Hong to see the Cat Demon Lord.
“Mother, your daughter is back to report.”
The cat-eared loli announced from outside the sleeping quarters.
“Qianqian is back? Did you find the killer?”
The Cat Demon Lord in the sleeping quarters asked lazily.
“Mother, your daughter did not fail to meet your expectations. I found the killer and brought her back.”
The cat-eared loli, Qianqian, showed a hint of smugness on her face.
“Brought her back? Why didn’t you just kill her?”
The Cat Demon Lord asked in confusion.
“Uh… can your daughter come in and talk to you alone?”
Qianqian said, hesitating.
“Of course, didn’t mother say? You can come and go freely here.”
The Cat Demon Lord seemed very accommodating.
“Aunt Hong, please let her out. I’ll go in by myself.”
Qianqian commanded the female ghost, Aunt Hong, beside her.
“As you command!”
Aunt Hong quickly released Qi Huang and then retreated.
Qianqian, holding Qi Huang in one hand, brought her into the sleeping quarters and then closed the door.
The Cat Demon Lord sat up on the large bed. The thin blanket slid down, revealing her seductive, barely-clothed body. Her exaggerated curves strained the thin, sheer pajamas, making her fair skin appear and disappear. Coupled with her charming phoenix eyes, half-lidded with sleepiness, and her fluffy cat ears and tail, she exuded a fatal allure.
“Forgive me, Mother. I’m disturbing your rest.”
Qianqian apologized with a bow after placing Qi Huang on the ground.
“It’s nothing, you’re my daughter.”
The Cat Demon Lord was exceptionally lenient, a stark contrast to her attitude towards her subordinate earlier.
“Thank you, Mother!”
Qianqian said gratefully.
“Is this the killer?”
The Cat Demon Lord walked up elegantly and asked.
“Yes, Mother, please take a look!”
Qianqian, crouching down, reached out and removed Qi Huang’s veil, revealing the conspicuous dark red tear mole.
“This… this is…”
The Cat Demon Lord’s beast pupils widened, and the sleepiness vanished from her face. She quickly crouched down to examine Qi Huang, and after a moment, she suddenly stood up and laughed, “Hehe… it’s truly a case of looking for a needle in a haystack, and finding it without even trying!”
“Yes, your daughter thought she was just a small fry, but unexpectedly, we caught a big fish.”
The cat-eared loli said with a bright smile.
“Hehe, Qianqian, you’ve done mother a great favor this time.”
The Cat Demon Lord hugged Qianqian tightly, her eyes burning with passion, and kissed her fiercely a few times.
Qianqian struggled with all her might, a awkward smile on her chubby baby face.
“By the way, does anyone else know about this?”
The Cat Demon Lord then asked, not at ease.
“No, she’s been wearing a veil all along. Only I have seen this blood tear.”
Qianqian replied after a moment’s thought. She didn’t tell the truth because she knew her mother’s temper; if she did, Aunt Hong would surely die.
“Good! Very good! You’ve made a great contribution this time, anything you want, just ask.”
The Cat Demon Lord was overjoyed and said generously.
“Your daughter wants nothing, only wishes Mother to be safe from persecution by those Heavenly Beings.”
Niu Niu shouted angrily.
“You are truly my good daughter.”
The Cat Demon Lord kissed Qianqian again, touched, and then looked at Qi Huang on the ground with full confidence:
“Don’t worry, you’ve found the most important thing for mother. As long as we gather the remaining heart fragments, I will become the second Lu Yao Demon Ancestor, and then I will turn this Immortal Realm into hell.”
“Mhm…”
Qianqian nodded her little head vigorously.
“Alright, you can go down now. This matter must not be revealed to anyone.”
The Cat Demon Lord instructed.
“Then what do you plan to do with her?”
Qianqian asked, still worried.
“Of course, I’ll drain her blood. That way, the blood tear will reappear on my face, and no one will be able to take it away.”
The Cat Demon Lord replied.
“Can’t you not kill her?”
Qianqian, however, unexpectedly pleaded for mercy.
“Why?”
The Cat Demon Lord looked at her daughter in confusion.
“Mother, you don’t know, when she fought with me, I found her spiritual sense fluctuations to be very strange.”
Qianqian organized her thoughts and explained.
“Strange? How strange?”
The Cat Demon Lord pressed.
“I found that her spiritual sense fluctuations were actually very similar to our Nine Nether Demonic Cat clan, but she’s clearly a human.”
Qianqian replied, frowning.
“What? There’s such a thing?”
Surprise flashed across the Cat Demon Lord’s face. She crouched down again to examine Qi Huang for a long time, then muttered to herself, “She is indeed human, not disguised.”
“Your daughter thinks it’s better to be cautious. How about we wait until she wakes up and ask her? Otherwise, what if we kill the wrong clansman?”
Qianqian suggested after some thought.
“Alright, then we’ll wait until she wakes up.”
The Cat Demon Lord said after a moment of contemplation.
“Are you really telling the truth, Mother?”
Qianqian confirmed, still worried.
“Do you think I would lie to you? If you’re still worried, you can stay and take care of her.”
The Cat Demon Lord playfully tapped Qianqian’s little nose.
“Thank you, Mother.”
Qianqian smiled happily.
“Alas… you are so kind… I’m really afraid you’ll suffer losses in the future.”
The Cat Demon Lord shook her head helplessly.
“With Mother protecting me, I won’t suffer losses.”
Qianqian said coquettishly.
Next, the mother and daughter had the maids set up another bed in the sleeping quarters, and then they carried Qi Huang onto it.
After an unknown amount of time, Qi Huang groggily regained consciousness. The first thing she felt was a severe headache, making it impossible to think. She let out a groan.
“You’re awake!”
A little girl’s concerned voice sounded.
Qi Huang could tell it was the cat-eared loli’s voice, but she couldn’t even open her mouth. She could only groan while holding her head. Sweat quickly soaked her clothes.
“What’s wrong with her?”
Another mature female voice came from the side.
“Reporting to Mother, this is what happened…”
Qianqian then recounted the process of capturing Qi Huang.
“It seems to be a sequela of spiritual sense damage.”
The Cat Demon Lord immediately inferred.
“What should we do?”
Qianqian asked anxiously.
“There’s no good way. She can only recover slowly.”
The Cat Demon Lord replied.
“But she seems to be in a lot of pain right now!”
Qianqian felt some pity.
Hearing this, Qi Huang’s heart filled with hope, hoping that the other party had some way to save her from her suffering. But at this moment, she suddenly felt a blow to her neck, and her eyes went black, and she passed out again.
“Mother, what are you doing?”
Qianqian was furious.
“Mother is saving her. If I don’t knock her out, she’ll be in so much pain that she’ll die.”
The Cat Demon Lord explained.
“I see. Your daughter misunderstood Mother.”
Qianqian suddenly came to her senses and quickly picked up a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Qi Huang’s cheeks.
Qi Huang didn’t know how long she had been unconscious. When she regained consciousness again, the head pain was not as severe as before. She dazedly opened her eyes.
“You’re awake again!”
Qianqian asked, leaning over the edge of the bed.
Even the slightest movement could cause severe pain in her head.
“Does it still hurt a lot? Do you want me to knock you out again?”
Qianqian raised her little fist, eager to try.
“No…”
Qi Huang was startled and suppressed the pain to refuse. This little thing didn’t know her own strength. If she took another blow, it was uncertain whether she’d be knocked out or killed.
“That’s good. Rest assured, if you need anything, just ask. Once your body recovers, we have something to ask you.”
The cat-eared loli instructed like a little adult.
“You have something to ask me? What is it? By the way, why didn’t they kill me?”
Qi Huang was perplexed. As she thought, she drifted off into a daze again.
When Qi Huang woke up for the third time, the pain in her head had gone down significantly, and she had regained her ability to think.
Qi Huang knew she was imprisoned and couldn’t escape rashly, nor could she directly confront the enemy. So, she decided to feign death to gather some intelligence first.
Qi Huang listened carefully. Soon, two female voices, one big and one small, could be heard in the hall. The smaller one was clearly the cat-eared loli, and the larger one was called “Mother” by the cat-eared loli.
“Mother? What the hell? Did I get kidnapped to their lair?”
Qi Huang lamented. She could barely handle the smaller one, and she didn’t know how much stronger the larger one was.
Qi Huang was wary and dared not release her spiritual sense to investigate, relying only on her ears to gather intelligence.
After a day, Qi Huang had a general understanding of her surroundings. She was in the Immortal Realm’s “Queen of the Underworld Star.” The cat-eared loli’s mother was the ruler of this place, the “Queen of the Underworld.” Even more daunting was that this “Queen of the Underworld” was also a descendant of Lu Yao and was also searching for blood tears.
After so long, the Queen of the Underworld must have discovered the blood tears on my face. But why hasn’t she drained my blood yet?
Qi Huang was increasingly perplexed, and her fear grew. She secretly released her spiritual sense to observe her surroundings.
“Mother, why isn’t she awake yet? Hasn’t she become a vegetable?”
Just then, the cat-eared loli’s worried voice rang out.
“Since she’s useless, Mother doesn’t want to waste any more time. I’ll drain her blood now.”
The Queen of the Underworld stood up and walked over, her presence exuding a fragrant breeze.
