"How was your conversation with him, Big Sis?" Ao Yangyu immediately asked as soon as Zhou Yu opened her eyes.
However, Zhao Yu released a heavy sigh and shook her head, making Ao Yangyu feel disappointed. "Honestly, I'm also disappointed with his decision to pardon Lillia, and he had already told me that he would do anything to protect Helena's feelings, which compelled me to agree. Even so, I think it's the best choice for all of us, or he will be hostile to all of you because of this matter. Even though your cultivation is superior to his, he is completely different from any cultivator. Therefore, you should advise the others to disregard this matter and avoid causing trouble with him."
"Big Sis, I don't think we can solve this problem just like this." Ao Yangyu replied to her, and she also released a heavy sigh. "I and several senior members may still be able to understand your feelings, but our younger members will not be able to accept this decision, especially since many of them idolize Gongsun Yan and Xuan Ming."
"Don't worry, I'll make sure there's no commotion between you guys and him." They immediately turned to Meng Xianzi, and Zhou Yu immediately realized his actions against the members of the Sunset Valley, causing Ao Yangyu to sigh as he also realized it. "Haha! You are all old friends of mine, and in my opinion, they are nothing but brats; therefore, I will not treat them badly."
"All right, I'll leave them to you." Zhou Yu then said to the two men. "Let's go; we will capture Lillia now, and I will take her to another realm to reunite her with Helena. Besides, my big sister might be able to do something to reverse her condition, and we will probably find out the truth about the situation in the Netherworld Realm."
They immediately agreed with her, but Tian Huang suddenly stopped Zhou Yu after his interpatial communication device reacted, and he immediately listened to the incoming message before informing the demons. "My master agreed to help you guys, but he can't come here, so he asked you to go to the dwarf realm. However, if you guys betray him, Vadin will find out, and he might slaughter your family, so we have to find a way to get around his supervision."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})"I think I have a solution for that." Tian Huang turned to Zhuang Yuan, who immediately took out four strange-smelling pills that she explained to them. "I found a batch of these pills in another realm years ago, but I don't know their names, and I once tested their effects myself, which would make us enter a death-like state. If cultivators like us were to swallow them, then our life stones would be destroyed, so people would think that we were dead. However, I don't know much about these demons, and their effects will only last for a week, so I don't dare to confirm whether Vadin will find out that they are still alive or not."
"Actually, we demons are not that different from you humans, but we don't use life stones like you all." Ulrax then opened his upper garment and showed a black mark on his chest. "Vadin gave us this black mark to control our lives, and he will use it to torture us if we betray him. Not only that, he can also kill us from a distance if he finds out about our betrayal, but this black mark will disappear if we die."
"Let me try the pill first." Zeres spoke as he extended his hand to Zhuang Yuan, who promptly gave him the pill, which he swallowed directly.
After waiting a few minutes, they didn't see any reaction from Zeres, so they turned to Zhuang Yuan. "Back then, I entered that state in just five minutes, but the effect might take a little longer because he is a demon, and his physique is indeed better than our humans."
"She's right." Zhou Yu said it with a nod. "Not only is his body stronger, but his internal body structure is also different from ours, so we'll wait first."
While they were waiting for the pill to take effect, Tian Huang and the others inquired about Gu Tianchong's troops' situation. Unfortunately, they didn't have much information about them, especially since they arrived there not long ago, and he immediately ordered them to cause trouble in the Sky Jade Realm.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Half an hour later, the pill's effects finally took effect, and Zeres' face became extremely pale before spurting black blood from his mouth, shocking the other three demons. "It's okay; I just feel that my body is rapidly weakening, and my consciousness is also slowly disappearing."
"That's good." Zhuang Yuan repeatedly nodded in agreement. "Back then, I also felt the same reaction as him, and he will fall into that state soon."
Sure enough, Zeres' consciousness completely disappeared a few minutes later, and his breathing also stopped completely, making him look like a dead person. Along with that, the black mark on his chest also quickly faded before disappearing, but the three demons felt confused about whether he was just in suspended animation or dead for real.
Observing their skepticism, Zhuang Yuan spoke to them while offering three pills. "I can assure you that he is not dead, and he will come back to life in a week. However, you guys have no other way to get a peaceful life for your families, so the decision is in your hands now. Furthermore, you have already taken the risk to talk to us, so I guess it wouldn't hurt to take another risk, right?"
The three demons exchanged glances for a moment before they took the pills from Zhuang Yuan's hands, and they swallowed them without thinking about anything else. It didn't matter if they really died; their deaths would instead bring salvation to their family, especially since Vadin would not punish them for their betrayal.
The three demons only felt the effects of the pill after thirty minutes, and they fell into that state some time later, as Zeres had previously experienced.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"So how are we going to ship them to Xian Di?"
"Haha." Ling Tian laughed and took out a small flying artifact, which he directly threw the four demons onto. After he made small adjustments, it immediately took off and quickly left the Sky Cloud Realm. "The artifact will automatically take them to the Sea Flower Realm, and they will likely arrive there in two weeks, so Huang'er only needs to inform Xian Di of this matter so that he can look forward to their arrival. Otherwise, the other races will find them and kill them, ruining our plans."
"You and your family live in that realm, so you have so much strange advanced equipment, Old Man," Zhou Yu said as she opened the void door. "Fortunately, I've infiltrated the Xin and Gui Clans before, and I've also left my mark not far from their clan's location, so we'll be there as soon as we enter this portal."
"I will return to the northern region to protect them." Meng Xianzi immediately disappeared after she said that, and Zhuang Yuan also disappeared from their sight after saying goodbye to them.
"I'll join you, Big Sis."
Ao Yangyu, Tian Huang, and Ling Tian immediately entered the void door. Zhou Yu let out a heavy sigh as she looked toward the location of the Sunset Valley headquarters, but she immediately caught up with the three people.
.
.
.
A few moments later, they had arrived at the Earth Cloud Realm, and Zhou Yu enveloped them with her void to prevent Gu Tianchong from finding out about their intrusion.
"Are we close to the Xin and Gui Clans?"
Zhou Yu pointed in two other directions. "The Xin Clan lives about 220 miles to the west, and the Gui Clan location is about 100 miles north of that clan. Meanwhile, the location of the Demon Sect is right in the middle of this realm, about a thousand miles from our location. However, that distance is not a big deal for me, and I can take us there right now. Are you guys thinking about doing something against their clans? If you do that, Gui Xin and Xin Ping will definitely get reports from their clan members, and they will inform Gu Tianchong about our arrival."
"Since we're already here, we naturally have to do something about them, right? After all, they're going to attack our realm, so we have to disrupt their situation, and that might buy us some time." Ling Tian and Ao Yangyu agreed with Tian Huang. "However, we'll do it after we capture Lillia, so we have to find her quickly."
"Let's search for her through the void, so they won't notice our presence." This time, Zhou Yu didn't use the void door, so she took them directly into the void before circling around the realm to look for Lillia.
After searching for her for a while, they finally found Lillia, who was not far from the Demon Sect. However, Gu Tianchong was with her, so they didn't move to capture her; instead, they listened to their conversation first."
"They're dead." Lillia's words shocked Gu Tianchong. "I don't know what happened in that realm, but Lord Vadin just informed me that Ulrax and the others are dead."
