Chapter 197: He Really Wants To Tie Himself And Xie Yanning Up And Send Them To The Demon Emperor
Since that is the case, Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning re-entered the world, only to find the Demon Realm unusually solemn.
All eyes were on cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage, forming two lines, inspecting the demons coming and going.
Clearly, it was to capture the two of them.
The Demon Realm’s public security was not strong, and its hierarchy was not as obvious as in the Great Sui Dynasty. Ming Zhaoshuang frowned slightly and could hear the discussions of the common demons around them.
“Did you hear? Our Fifth Prince was killed by a human.”
“The Fifth Prince was at least a Body Integration Stage master, how could he be killed by a human?”
“Oh, don’t even mention it. Let alone Body Integration Stage, His Majesty sent two Mahayana Stage masters to avenge the Fifth Prince, but in the end, one of their arms was bitten off by the other party!”
“Mahayana Stage? We don’t even have a hundred Mahayana Stage cultivators in our entire Demon Realm. His Majesty went to such lengths?”
“More than that. Look, we’re searching with so many people now, aren’t we looking for those two surviving pieces of scum?”
“Did you see the woman who colluded with him to kill our Fifth Prince? She was quite beautiful, I could tell she was the Fifth Prince’s type.”
“To die under a peony is to be amorous even as a ghost. If you ask me, the Fifth Prince died without regret.”
“Now His Majesty is furious and has sealed off the entire Demon Realm. Not even a fly can get out!”
……
Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning exchanged wry smiles.
Xie Yanning said somewhat embarrassedly, “The Fifth Prince of the Demon Race was difficult to approach. I used a honey trap to kill him. He sweet-talked me and acted like a gentleman, but I always refused, only saying I would agree after marriage.”
“Finally, at the wedding, I found an opportunity and killed him.”
As she spoke, a faint blush appeared on her delicate face.
This was truly difficult to speak of given her upbringing.
Xie Yanning had expected Ming Zhaoshuang to feel disgusted after hearing this, but instead, she praised, “A Ning is so clever. It’s no wonder you could kill a Prince of a realm when you were only in the Body Integration Stage.”
Xie Yanning asked, “Don’t you think what I did is against the righteous path’s principles?”
Ming Zhaoshuang retorted, “How is it not? With courage and wisdom, and relying on your own strength to avenge your Dao Companion, what is wrong with that?”
Saying this, Ming Zhaoshuang placed a demonic qi talisman on herself, and then another on Xie Yanning.
“Our current concealment of our aura is definitely not enough. We must acquire some demonic aura.”
Xie Yanning also nodded in agreement and used a minor spell, causing her appearance to change slightly, becoming plain and unremarkable.
As for Xie Yanning, two rabbit ears appeared on her head, while Ming Zhaoshuang developed two dragon horns.
She said, “Demons at the Golden Core Stage can transform into human form, but they usually retain some racial characteristics to distinguish themselves from humans. Although this spell of mine is crude, if one is not at the Body Integration Stage or above, they absolutely cannot see through it.”
If Xie Yanning were still at the Body Integration Stage cultivation, then even a Tribulation Crossing cultivator would not be able to see through it at all, but it was a pity that her cultivation had now fallen to the Void Refining Stage.
However, fortunately, their current appearance was sufficient to enter and exit the city and fool the guards.
After all, powerful demons in the Spirit Transformation Stage would generally not reveal their racial characteristics.
Ming Zhaoshuang curiously touched Xie Yanning’s rabbit ears, causing the latter to giggle.
Xie Yanning said, “Alright, these are illusions I conjured. I won’t feel anything when you touch them.”
Upon hearing this, Ming Zhaoshuang tentatively touched her own dragon horns. Indeed, although her hands felt the physical presence, she had no sensation on her head, as if the horns had never grown.
“This doesn’t seem to be the texture of dragon horns, it’s quite rough.”
Ming Zhaoshuang had lived with Ming Zhaoxue for over half a year and had touched his entire body, especially his dragon horns, which she was very familiar with—they were delicate and exquisite, nothing like what Xie Yanning had conjured.
Xie Yanning chuckled, “Naturally, they are not dragon horns. Dragons are of the Divine Race. If I were to conjure dragon horns for you, wouldn’t that be telling people to come and capture us? These are ‘flood dragon’ horns, short and thick with few branches. Compared to dragons, they are worlds apart. How could they have that texture?”
Flood dragons were extremely powerful bloodlines in the entire cultivation world.
But in front of the Dragon Race, they were not worth mentioning.
That is why Xie Yanning said, “Flood dragons are the creatures most similar to dragons, but their horns differ greatly, so the distinction between dragon and flood dragon is based on this.”
Ming Zhaoshuang nodded slightly and no longer hesitated, “Since that’s the case, let’s go directly to Chongming City.”
Chongming City was the imperial capital of the Demon Realm.
It was filled with various demons, extravagant beyond measure, with wine pools and meat forests, and darkness prevailed. Even the most ordinary commoners there were at the Nascent Soul Stage cultivation. It could simply be called a place where Nascent Soul cultivators roamed freely and Golden Core cultivators were considered beneath notice.
Xie Yanning’s Void Refining Stage cultivation could only be considered mid-to-upper tier.
After inquiring, it was indeed as Xie Yanning had said: the Gui Xuan Merchant Guild of the Demon Realm would hold an auction in three days, and one of the main items would be Nine-Orifice Lotus Root Silk.
But their most pressing problem now was a lack of money.
Extremely lacking in money.
After all, they were now wanted. If they took Xie Yanning’s spirit stones to exchange, they would immediately be pinpointed. Therefore, all they had left were the six hundred high-grade demon stones that Xie Yanning had previously left behind.
And the entry requirement for the Gui Xuan Merchant Guild’s auction was three thousand high-grade demon stones.
Ming Zhaoshuang and Xie Yanning, one the Eldest Young Lady of the Ming Family and the other the Sword Sect Senior Sister, had never felt such financial straits.
They both checked their belongings.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “I can only sell talismans.”
Xie Yanning said, “I can only sell spirit tools.”
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “However, my spiritual power is low, and the effect of the talismans is not good, so they are probably very cheap.”
Xie Yanning said, “But my spirit tools were all refined by A Zhou. His demonic power is low, and his spirit tools only reached High-Grade Profound Tier, so they are probably not worth much.”
The two looked at each other, seeing deep helplessness in each other’s eyes.
After all, the few talismans left in Ming Zhaoshuang’s hand from Zhen Hanliu were for saving lives, and the few Heavenly Grade Spirit Tools Xie Yanning still possessed were rare finds. They could not sell them.
But if they sold talismans and spirit tools like this, how long would it take them to gather three thousand high-grade spirit stones?
In the end, Xie Yanning chose the most simple and unadorned method.
—Taking on commissions.
Taking on commissions was one of the fastest ways for Sword Cultivators to earn money. It involved helping cultivators who were not skilled in combat to obtain materials, slay enemies, or acting as bodyguards.
No matter when or where, places to post commissions were ubiquitous.
As for Chongming City in the Demon Realm, it was naturally directly under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Family, with countless missions available.
They could also be roughly divided into four grades: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow. Yellow Grade missions required at least a Golden Core Stage cultivator, usually rewarding one hundred to three hundred demon stones. Mysterious Grade missions required at least Mid Nascent Soul cultivation, usually rewarding three hundred to one thousand demon stones. Earth Grade missions required at least Late Stage Nascent Soul cultivation, usually rewarding one thousand to ten thousand demon stones. Heaven Grade missions required at least Body Integration Stage cultivation, usually rewarding over ten thousand demon stones.
Mysterious Grade missions were the most numerous, as it was the imperial city and the cultivators’ levels were not low. Yellow Grade missions were therefore fewer.
But if one were to talk about the fewest missions, it would still be Heaven Grade missions. They were sparsely hung, only five or six, and all had been there for decades.
Of course, there was also a Heaven Grade mission that had only been posted a few days ago.
That was to capture her and Xie Yanning, the murderers who killed their Fifth Prince of the Demon Race.
The bounty was one hundred thousand demon stones.
Seeing this, Ming Zhaoshuang truly wished she could personally tie herself and Xie Yanning up and present them to the Demon Emperor.
