Chapter 304 - 131: Xiangzhu My Wife, Let Me Explain, This Is a Legitimate Massage

Chapter 304: Chapter 131: Xiangzhu My Wife, Let Me Explain, This Is a Legitimate Massage

High in the sky.

Two women stood suspended in the air, gazing at one another. One had an icy stare, the other a playful look in her eyes.

Gu Xiangzhu’s expression was cold and mocking. "You’re willing to dangle something as important as the Celestial Demon Seal just to stall me? Do you really think I’d fall for it?"

"No, no, no!"

Shuimo smiled and shook her head. "This isn’t a question of falling for a trick. It’s a question of whether you’re willing to gamble. The Celestial Demon Seal is monumentally important. Of course I don’t want to hand it over to you. Taking it out was, indeed, a way to stall for time.

But it’s true that you’re stronger than I am, so you do have a real chance of snatching it from me.

This might be your only chance. It all comes down to whether you’re willing to seize it."

Gu Xiangzhu’s expression darkened.

’The people who know you best are always the ones you’ve worked with for years.’

For so many years.

Everything she had done was for one goal: to become the leader of the Demon Sect.

Whether it was infiltrating the Imperial Palace to replace a Noble Consort.

Or managing those mind-numbingly-dull businesses, using her wealth to infiltrate other sub-branches.

Or even winning over and grooming Zhao Ci.

These were all just means to an end.

The end was the Celestial Demon Seal. It represented not only the authority of the Demon Sect, but also its ultimate legacy.

Now, that ultimate goal was right in front of her.

’Do I still need a tool like Zhao Ci?’

She spread out her Divine Sense, easily perceiving the nearby battlefield. The two sides were already locked in a brutal slaughter, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

This contingent of government soldiers was incredibly powerful, but there weren’t many of them. They didn’t want to alert their enemy, so they had to use a Secret Skill to hide their movements, and their current number was the absolute limit that skill could handle.

Thus, facing the numerically superior Demon Sect, they could only serve to delay, waiting for the main force from the Imperial Clan Court to arrive.

’There are just too many of them.’

She snorted coldly. "The Lingge Sub-Branch has practically come out in full force this time. They’ll lose at least seventy or eighty percent of their members. Over on Zhao Ci’s side, he’s being secretly protected by masters from the Imperial Clan Court; no one who makes a move on him can expect to get away clean. I’m very curious—what exactly are you trying to achieve by paying such a heavy price? And what does it have to do with the Demon Monarch?"

Shuimo smiled and shook her head. "You know I can’t tell you. At least, not right now."

Gu Xiangzhu’s gaze was glacial. "This time, I’m asking you with words. Next time, I’ll use the sword in my hand. Huangfu Song is certain to be gravely weakened by this. Do you think he’ll be able to protect you?"

Shuimo’s smile never wavered. "You won’t turn on us completely. You still need us! Of course, just killing me wouldn’t affect you much. So go on... You’re welcome to try putting your sword to my throat, forcing me to tell you what’s really happening, and then snatching away the Celestial Demon Seal. If you do that, everything will be yours!"

Gu Xiangzhu found herself trapped in an agonizing dilemma.

She was never afraid of conspiracies.

Once a plot is seen through, it no longer poses a threat.

But now...

Shuimo was laying it all out in the open. She was telling her, ’We are targeting you, but here’s a direct chance to get the Celestial Demon Seal. Are you going to walk into the trap or not?’

Tendrils of anger sprouted in her heart.

Yet her tone grew calmer and calmer. "I’m actually quite curious. Why are all of you so devout to the Demon Monarch? Is it just because of his talent for cultivation? A man who possessed the greatest talent, received the best legacy in the world, obtained the most abundant resources, and took control of the Demon Sect at the historical peak of its power.

And yet he was so arrogant that he single-mindedly attacked the Imperial Palace to assassinate the emperor, only to be stopped by a newly risen general.

Then, battle after battle, he faced Xiang Tiange, going from having a near-total advantage, to being evenly matched, and finally to ultimate defeat. After that, he never recovered, vanishing from the world like a stray dog.

His actions during his reign were all sound and fury.

But when you tally it all up, he accomplished nothing at all!

Other than the grand, empty promise that ’after the Eighth Transformation, he can suppress the world alone’ that makes you all so fanatical, what else does he have?

I’m very curious.

If Master had known he would commit so many senseless acts after taking over, would he still have passed the position of Sect Leader to him?"

These words.

Seemed to have struck a raw nerve.

Just moments before, she had been the picture of calm and control, but now her voice turned shrill. "I forbid you to speak of him like that!"

Gu Xiangzhu chuckled lightly. "What? Was I wrong?"

"He was arrogant and careless, it’s true!"

Shuimo glared at her furiously. "But even if he had to choose all over again, the old Sect Leader would still pass the position to him! If it hadn’t been for Xiang Tiange during that attack on the Imperial Palace, our long-held wish would have been fulfilled long ago! You’re the one who insists on taking that old road—a road that has led to failure for hundreds of years!"

"Hahahaha!"

Gu Xiangzhu suddenly burst out laughing, the mockery in her eyes intensifying. "A road that has led to failure for hundreds of years? It may have been a failure for centuries, but at least the Holy Sect is still here!

The Holy Sect has existed for nearly a thousand years. When in all that time has it ever been so fractured and on the verge of collapse?

A bunch of mediocrities, you’ve studied the doctrines of the Holy Sect for decades.

And yet you put your faith in a Demon Monarch who has nothing but raw power.

The Holy Sect!

Its path is to walk the road of a saint with the heart of a demon.

And you?

You’ve become a pack of self-degrading clowns!

Even if you manage to bring the Demon Monarch back, what then?

This world had one Xiang Tiange.

There will be a second Xiang Tiange!

Since you’re all so fanatical, why don’t you explain this to me: why has your attempt to bring back the Demon Monarch become such a pathetic mess?

You send the disciples that the sect painstakingly nurtured to their deaths without batting an eye.

You even had to bring out the Celestial Demon Seal just to stall me.

The Demon Monarch in his prime, with his strength, could at least make me see him in a higher light.

But now, he’s like a dog with a broken back, forcing you to protect him with your very lives.

Is a man like that worthy of once again commanding the Celestial Demon Seal?"