Chapter 370 - 134: How Will He Return the Favor? A Baffling Enjoyment

Xia Zhu stood respectfully to the side, not daring to make a sound and disturb her.

During her investigation, she was shocked and greatly shaken to discover the plot of the Blood Immortal Sect’s remnants.

If they hadn’t discovered it in advance, the consequences would have been absolutely unimaginable.

"Heh..."

"These remnants of the Blood Immortal Sect are truly audacious, daring to plot something like this. Do they really think I won’t order their annihilation?" Emperor Xia’s jade-like hand clenched tightly, her face as dark as still water.

"Shortly after this servant left, I noticed men from the Prime Minister’s Mansion stealthily moving in and surrounding that stronghold..." Xia Zhu reported.

"Men from the Prime Minister’s Mansion?" Emperor Xia regained her composure.

’If the men from the Prime Minister’s Mansion had arrived any sooner, I likely wouldn’t have learned of this plot by the Blood Immortal Sect.’

’Fortunately, the Naxian Alliance I secretly established had already investigated that stronghold and acted first.’

"Furthermore, while investigating, this servant also unexpectedly noticed someone," Xia Zhu continued to report.

Emperor Xia asked, "Who?"

"The young woman in the black dress who was with Young Master Jiang at the Desire Immortal Pavilion that day. She has a talent similar to mine, able to hide within the Void, but she did not discover me," Xia Zhu said.

Emperor Xia was slightly stunned. The Imperial Extreme Creation Pill she had gifted to Jiang Lan had been given by him to that young woman in the black dress to consume.

’To think I had misjudged that day and failed to notice what was so special about that young woman.’

"With such a talent, no wonder he values her so highly."

She narrowed her eyes. ’Which means Jiang Lan should also know about the Blood Immortal Sect’s plot now.’

’The Prime Minister’s Mansion’s spies are spread throughout all the prefectures of Great Xia. With the Prime Minister’s Mansion backing him, it’s much easier for Jiang Lan to gather information than it is for me.’

’What does he plan to do, then?’

...

Bihu Mountain Villa. Inside a pavilion, the lamps were brightly lit.

Outside, banana leaves were rustled by the night wind, swaying like cattail fans beyond the window.

Ye Shiyin wore a cooling bodice, over which was draped a light gauze as thin as cloud and mist. Her jade-like skin shimmered with a soft glow. Her snow-white feet were bare, without silk socks, as she sat casually cross-legged on the bed.

Wisps of dark light swirled around her, dim as mist and carrying a daunting aura.

In her palm, she held a Demon Crystal, palm-sized and crystalline all over. Its inside was clear yet hazy, as if shrouded in a purple mist.

As she cultivated, this purple mist flowed into her nostrils, and the Demon Crystal quickly grew transparent, resembling a piece of jade that had lost its glow.

As she inhaled the final wisp of purple mist, the Demon Crystal shattered with a CRACK, turning into countless motes of dust and dissipating into thin air.

’My power has barely recovered to the level of the Human Race’s Sixth Realm...’

’If Jiang Lan doesn’t bring me more Demon Crystals soon, I’ll run out.’

Ye Shiyin finished her cultivation, stretched lazily, stretching her soft, slender waist, and slipped on her brocade clogs to walk to the window.

She rested her arms on the windowsill, propped up her chin, and let the wind blow her black hair across her flawless cheeks. Her cool, picturesque features now held an ineffable, languid charm.

This was the third floor of the pavilion, and from her vantage point, she could just see the shimmering surface of Bihu Lake.

As the night wind blew, the bright, clear reflection of the moon on its surface rippled.

She was in a good mood. Every night after she finished cultivating, she could gaze out at the view with such pleasure. It was so leisurely and comfortable that she had no desire to leave the pavilion at all.

This kind of kept life was something she had almost never experienced in the memories of her two lifetimes.

No need to go out on adventures for resources. Every day, aside from cultivating, was just resting and sleeping, with nothing else to do.

Others might have grown tired and impatient long ago.

But for her, it was the comfortable life she had always dreamed of—no danger, no deception, no scheming, no bloody battles, no constant fear...

It was so comfortable that she felt her resolve was on the verge of being corroded.

’That damned second-generation heir, how does he know how to enjoy life so well?’

In her past life, Ye Shiyin had risen from weakness, fighting her way up through endless battles, never resting or stopping.

In the Demon Realm, where resources were scarce and crises lurked everywhere, she fought against hordes of fierce and brutal demons.

In order to acquire resources and seize territory, she had to be meticulously cautious, never daring to relax her mind for even a moment.

After enduring countless hardships and crises, she finally became a Great Power of the Demon Race, dominating a region and looking down upon the world.

But who would have thought that the emergence of an ancient mountain treasure in her territory would lead to a confrontation with a Great Power from the Phoenix Race.

The two fought for several hundred years, shattering the barriers of the Void, and ultimately both suffered grievous injuries before falling into the Nine Provinces Land.

Relying on an unimaginable will to survive, she outlasted the Residual Soul of that Phoenix Race Great Power, but as a result, she fell into a deep slumber for many years, barely clinging to existence in that place called Luohuang Cave.

After waking up, she spread news of a fortuitous opportunity to attract some talented members of the younger generation—those whose backgrounds weren’t too powerful—in an attempt to seize and possess their bodies...

Xie Jianjia was the most suitable target she had found.

If Jiang Lan hadn’t appeared, she would still be in the Xie Mansion, recovering slowly while lying in wait for an opportunity and gathering information about the Demon Race.

But who could have predicted how things would turn out...

Ye Shiyin toyed with a Communication Jade Talisman in her palm, her gaze on the distant Bihu Lake seeming somewhat absentminded.

And on a table inside the pavilion, another, similar Communication Jade Talisman lay tossed aside, its sigils flashing and its clear light pulsing.