I’m A Hallyu Superstar - Chapter 9.1 Blank Blank Blank

“Ma!””Ma!””Ma!”

The twin boys chorused the cry of distressed to their mother, who was visible shaken by being brought without any warning to the fox clan, it had never happened to her before, usually she was the one that led her children back to her home in a different realm.

There was only one person that was capable of such blatant disp

The next thing Mou Hairong knew was that she was already back at the fox clan with her children. lay of power, the Fox King Yan ShuChang!

The children held onto the folds of their mother’s robes in fear, they never liked to visit the fox clan and it was even more scary for them to be led away from the usual comfort of the mortal realm.

They were back at the centerpiece of the fox clan, where only the royals could venture into. Mou Hairong saw her older sister sit by the side of their father. The fox king’s hair had grown whiter and looked like a sixty year old mortal.

“Yidan! Zimu! Go and pay your greetings to grandfather!”

“Ma! I don’t want to, I’m scared!”

“Yidan!”

The older twin dragged his brother to where their grandfather sat with their cousin Xuequi and Aunt Meifang. The older princess gave her sister a slight nod, while glancing in the general direction of her nephews. Meanwhile, Princess Xuequi sat tight lipped facing her grandfather and mother. She saw her cousins walk towards their grandfather, but she couldn’t call out a greeting to them as this would unleash the anger of her grandfather on the both of them.

“Greetings Fox King!”

They both spoke timidly while looking at the stern man that sat in front of them, to the little boys he was very intimidating.

“Come here, let me see how much you’ve grown.”

The fox king didn’t need to raise his voice to send the twins closer to him, he patted both in the head, before letting them go back to their mother.

“Greetings Fox King. Why did you send for us?”

Mou Hairong didn’t want to show the resentment that was buried deep in her heart towards her father, to her the fox king was more like a ruler than a father. The only thing he gave them free reign on was their marriage, which in a sense was more like a lack of concern than anything else.

“I brought you hear so that you could talk some sense to her niece and also see my grandchild.”

“What is it, that is troubling father?”

Mou Hairong had to play the part of a doting daughter to her father from a very young age.

“I sent a letter to GuBaiJin sect asking for to send us the best of their disciple to form an alliance with the fox clan through Xuequi’s marriage.”

Mou Hairong almost snorted in disbelief, “How could her father lower himself to be seeking a marriage prospect for a princess from a strong clan like theirs?!”

Looking at the way her niece sat on the chair, Mou Hairong knew that it will take a lot to convince her of marrying into a sect, when her grandfather, mother and aunt had already warned her against keeping close acquaintance with anyone that came from the heavenly realm. The Princess Aunt had to muster up courage to speak to her niece about her impending marriage to a powerful sect. Meanwhile, the twins kept looking at the faces of the people that were in the room, they wanted to run over to greet Yan Xuequi, but the presence of their grandfather made them decide against it.

Demon Lord Zhurong on his way out of his kingdom changed his robes from their usual dark color to one of red. He was curious to see the the female cultivator that was pretending to be the daughter of a sect leader. After a while, he soon arrived at the forest that led to the YuanLi sect, choosing to walk the rest of the way to the front entrance of the sect.

From the outside, he looked like a handsome man from one of the cultivation sects. His crown was disguised to those of a gold and ruby, this way none would be able to tell that he was from the demon realm. He had no weapon on him, not even something as simple as a dagger, as he made his way to the gate of the YuanLi sect. Th only thing he brought with him was the mirror of yao, the magical tool that masked the spiritual energy of the one that wields it.

Demon Lord Zhurong greeted the men at the gate, “Greetings, I am Rong from the fox clan. I wish to have an audience with Lady Li.”

The disciples that stood guard stared at the man claimed to be from the fox clan, never had they seen anyone from there, he had an strange beauty to him that made them look with discomfort at him, how were they supposed to confirm that he was who he said he was?

Every sect in the heavenly realm knew that the fox clan kept to themselves and chose not to associate with those from the heavenly realm. On the other hand they could neither discredit his words, because looking at him made them think of the things they had read from the books at the library about them. To the disciples, people from the fox clan were beautiful beyond what the eyes had ever seen, their youthful look remained with them for thousands of years, before eventually growing hold and reverting to their true form of a fox. Sadly, the ancient books didn’t tell of the people from the demon realm, because they hid their faces behind a mask, history recorded them as devious and hellish monsters, but in reality they were as beautiful if not more beautiful than the people from the fox clan.

“We have never heard of you, do you have any relations with the fox king?”

One of the YuanLi disciples presumably the leader, asked the man that stood in front of his sect’s gate. To him, only those that were related to the royal house of the fox clan could be shown to their mistress, anyone that wasn’t in such a high position would either be told to wait until the sect leader came or be shamefully sent away.

Demon Lord Zhurong smiled at the men, he knew where they were going with the question, to them, their mistress was too good to see just anyone that showed up their gate.

“I’m Fox Prince Rong, an illegitimate child of Fox King Yan. I was conceived from the union with one of his chamber maid.”

This time the men looked very uncomfortable, it was no laughing matter, but the man who claimed to be the fox prince smiled as those he was talking about the weather or some little subject. There was no trace of shame in his voice, it was as though he felt proud of himself for being an illegitimate child. Who gets proud for being born out of wedlock?

Neither of them voiced out their inner thought, but the demon lord could read their expression for what it was, almost breaking into a full blown laughter.

“What should we do? We can’t possibly leave him standing here, what would people say if they knew that we didn’t let the fox prince in?”

One of them asked the person that was probably the leader, “His identity hasn’t been confirmed, we can’t just let anyone that claims to be from the fox clan in! What if it is someone from the demon realm?! I heard they have begun killing people from other sects! If sect leader Li knew that we let anyone near his daughter, we would all be beaten to death!”

Demon Lord Zhurong was no fool, there was no way that a disciple cultivator would believe the words of a stranger without any proof, which was why he pulled out a glowing necklace which the fox king had given his mother during his visit to the demon realm, as a gift to show no ill will to the demon kingdom.

It was forged from the fox fire of Fox King Yan, the gift could pass for one that a royalty would give to their spouse or lover.

“Father gave it to mother as a token of the love he had for her and when I was born it was passed onto me.”

Demon Lord Zhurong lied without any shame, he saw the shift in their expression, it was no longer one of suspicion, but one of confusion and guilt, probably from not believing his words at first.

“That is fox fire! Who else can use fox fire if not someone from the fox clan! The necklace is glowing with blue flames within them. I heard it is eternal, the fire never goes out unless the one that owns it dies!”

Who knew the necklace would become useful for what he had in mind, within him demon lord zhurong was thankful that the fox king gave his mother the then demon queen such a magnanimous gift.

“Can I have my necklace back?”

The leader passed the glowing jewelry back to the demon lord, who placed it back on his neck.

“Fox Prince Rong, please follow me inside.”

This time around, they all gave demon lord zhurong a deep bow, although he was supposedly illegitimate, he was still considered the prince of the fox clan, who may possibly take over and become the fox king in his “father’s” stead. Therefore, the disciples of YuanLi sect did not want to offend the future fox king.

The demon lord walked behind the leader of the guards, as he was shown into an hall that was made elaborately made. He took a seat on one of the finely crafted chairs, while the disciple that showed him in bowed to the “fox prince” again, before taking his leave.

“I can’t wait to see their faces when they discover who they let into their grounds. Ha!”

The demon lord was feeling delighted at the thought of seeing the YuanLi sect disciples misery when they finally find out that it was demon lord zhurong that walked into their sect.

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“Please can you let Young Miss Li know that Fox Prince Rong is here to see her?”

The guard asked the chamber maids that waited by the entrance that led to the door of LI Jiao’s chambers.

“But our young miss said that she doesn’t want anyone to disturb her sleep!”

“What do we do?!”

“For some time now, Young Miss Li, has been in a bad mood. I fear losing my head if we go in and wake her up!”

“So are we going to leave a fox prince waiting?!”

The guard was beginning to get frustrated by the situation, he didn’t understand why the young mistress of the YuanLi sect was beginning to get very difficult, even when she was ill, she was still as easy going and open to everyone. He heard of what took place at the banquet held in her honor and how blood was almost shed on that day. The guard kept wondering how one person could change that fast in a single day. Had the water damaged her senses?

Although the thought sounded ridiculous, the guard just wanted to find a reason for the strange behavior of the daughter of their sect leader.

“Please, we can’t keep the fox prince waiting, it would cause the sect to lose face. I know that Young Miss Li would not want that!”

The maids looked from one to the other, they suddenly feared their mistress, whom in the past they never had any reason to, there was just something about her that made them shiver in fear. How could they tell the sect leader of something the could not put a name to, if they went up to him and sprouting such nonsense about his daughter having an air of evil around her. They knew where that would lead, not only would they be beaten to death, their bodies would never be found and given a decent burial!

Taking a deep breath, the women that served Li Jiao during the time she was alive, tentatively knocked at the door of her bedchambers to announce themselves.

“Young Miss Li, we are hear to get you dressed to see your visitor, the fox prince!”

There was no voice that came from inside after one of them spoke.

“Young Miss Li?!”

The knock became a little louder, probably they thought that she was deep asleep and didn’t hear them.

“Young Miss Li!”

Inside the bedchambers of Li Jiao, Xu Hui was not really sleeping, she hadn’t been able to sleep after she came back from her sect, her eyes were merely closed with her mind wandering from place to place.

When she heard the knock on her door, Xu Hui was not happy that she had to be disturbed even though she wasn’t even sleeping.

“They say the fox prince wants to see me, but when did the demon king have a son? Was it after my death? Why does he want to see me? I thought that their clan never came out of their mountains to see anyone from a cultivation sect!”

Xu Hui pondered on what could be the reason for the visit of a fox prince to the YuanLi sect with a frown that formed on her forehead causing them to crease. After some time, Xu Hui asked for her maids to come inside.

“Come in!”

The door was slowly pushed to the side, as several women walked into the room of Li Jiao.

“Greetings, Young Miss Li. We are sorry to disturb you when you had already ordered for us not to wake you up.”

The bedchamber attendants of the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, bowed again in respect to the person that they took to be Li Jiao.

“Has he been here for long?”

“No, Young Miss Li. One of the guards came in as soon as he was shown in.”

“Did he say what the visit was about?”

“I’m sorry, Young Miss Li, but the guard never told us what the fox prince wanted to see you about.”

“I see, What a rude fellow!”

The women were already uncomfortable being around Xu Hui, now that she raised her voice which she hardly ever did and called the fox royalty a distasteful name, that made them uneasy.

“Are you going to keep standing there? Or would you rather I stand up and get myself dressed?!”

“No, Young Miss Li. Please forgive your ignorant servants!

The women scrambled to begin setting the robe and other item of clothing for the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, a few of them ran out to get the wooden tub and washcloths for her, her hair pin and earrings were carefully looked at to pick the one that would give her the presence of a respectable young miss.

While all this was going on, Xu Hui still laid on the bed, rather than getting up, probably waiting to be helped out of the bed by the maids. It didn’t take them long to set everything that she would need for her meeting with the fox prince out.

“Young Miss Li, it is time for your bath.”

Four of them assisted Xu Hui out of the bed and walked with her to the space within the room where a big wooden tub was waiting to be used. One by one, they took off her clothing, to place her gently into the steamy hot tub.

After a while, Xu Hui was ready to meet with the fox prince that waited for her at the hall of the YuanLi sect.

Accompanied by her chambermaids, the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, was announced into the hall where the fox prince sat.

“Greetings Fox Prince! I am Li Jiao, daughter of Sect Leader Li”

Xu Hui curtsied to the man that rose up on his feet when she walked into the hall, the demon lord held his composure, while looking at the woman that portrayed herself as the young mistress of the sect. He smiled amicable and returned her greeting likewise.

“Greetings Young Mistress of the YuanLi sect, I’m Prince Rong from the fox clan.”

After exchanging greetings the two sat across from each other.

“Bring some wine for the fox prince!”

Demon lord Zhurong carefully watched the movement of the woman that sat in front of him. He only had the painting of the sect leader’s daughter, but had never met her in person. Looking at her face, he saw the gentle beauty and gracefulness displayed by the woman that was masquerading as Li Jiao. That made me wonder who the “real” Li Jiao was, while waiting on the wine to be served.

“Forgive my manners fox prince, I hope you like drinking wine or there is always tea. I have never been to the fox clan, therefore I know next to nothing about what the people of your clan eat or drink.”

“Wine is okay, I don’t like to eat when I leave the fox clan. I have a weak constitution for food that are not made from my clan, but I can tolerate any kind of wine.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, Fox Prince Rong. I was about to ask the kitchen to prepare us some food.”

It wasn’t that the demon lord couldn’t eat outside food, but the impurities which were in the form of the spiritual energy that came from being around anyone that had spiritual energy for cultivation was usually highest in foods unlike wine. Wine had some spiritual energy in them from their indirect contact with anyone that possessed that form of energy, but the demon lord knew from experience that he wasn’t going to eat anything that came out of the heavenly realm, due to their spiritual energy which was like a poison to him.

The mirror of Yao was suppressing his demon energy, which made him less susceptible to the poisonous environment that he was in, the mask that would have prevented him from breathing in the poison was tucked away inside the layers of the robe he was wearing.

“Fox Prince Rong, could you tell me what brings you to my humble sect?”

The way Xu Hui spoke anyone would have taken her to be the young mistress of the sect, she sat with such dignity and poise. The epitome of gracefulness!

“Young Miss Li, why don’t we wait on the wine to be brought in, before I talk about the reason for coming to the YuanLi sect?”

Xu Hui could see that the fox prince was going to prove difficult to handle, although he looked very calm and easygoing.

There was one thing the BaoXu sect disciple couldn’t stand, being kept waiting, now that she had been reborn, it was as if her patience was almost nonexistent. She could kill anyone that kept her waiting for too long. Although, it was only a short time since the servants had gone in to get the wine for their mistress, to Xu Hui they weren’t as fast enough for her.

She was already boiling inside from the mannerless fox prince, and having to sit by him for how long was making her shifting in her seat with discomfort.

“Is your seat not to your liking? Or is it that you don’t want to sit and would rather take a walk around?”

The BaoXu sect disciple thought she had hidden it well from the fox prince, her growing irritation, but for him to point it out to her, made Xu Hui realize that he was not an easy man to deal with.

“Thank you for your concern Fox Prince Rong, but I am quite comfortable from where I’m sitting.”

Xu Hui had to bite her tongue from lashing out at the annoying fox royalty. She saw the knowing smile he sent her way, this made her wish like slapping the smile off his face!

They soon heard an approaching tinkling sound and knew that the wine was about to be brought inside. One after the other, the maids set the tray bearing the porcelain green kettle and small cup on the table in front of their mistress and the fox prince.

“Thank you! You may all wait by the door!”

Demon Lord Zhurong, smiled and gave a nod at the women, before facing the one that he left his kingdom to see.

Xu Hui poured the pale colored wine from the kettle into her cup, while the demon lord did the same. After lifting the cup to take a sip of the wine, did the demon lord finally open up to discuss the purpose of his visit to the YuanLi sect.

“Young Miss Li, I heard you paid a visit to the BaoXu sect, should someone as sickly as you be going to such a dangerous place alone?”

The BaoXu sect disciple looked at the man across from her, his had a cordial smile that brightened his already handsome face. Xu Hui did not know why his presence made her uneasy, he was smiling and yet there was just something that was not quite right while looking at him.

“News really travel fast to the fox clan! Who would have thought the little walk to another sect would become a fodder of gossip in another realm. You must have a lot of time on your hands to be paying attention to things like that!”

The demon lord heard the bite in her voice, while silently laughing inside him.

“Young Miss Li, if my father does not show much interest in what is going on in other realms. I, Prince Rong, have to do so, for the future of the fox clan! Show such interest no matter how insignificant would let me ensure the protection of my people.”

“But there was something that I heard and I silenced others from spreading the news. Is it true that you are Xu Hui?!”

The demon lord dropped the cadence of his tone to almost that of a whisper. When the words left his mouth, the cup that Xu Hui held fell to the floor with a clatter.

“Young Miss Li, are you alright?!”

The servants heard the sound of broken cup and left where they were to see if their mistress was hurt.

“I’m..okay.”

Xu Hui looked very rattled by what the “fox prince” said, “How did anyone find out that I am not Li Jiao, but Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect?! I never told anyone except Fu Zian. After I saved his life, he chose to betray me?!!!”

The BaoXu sect disciple thought that the one that betrayed her to the fox clan was Fu Zian, not knowing that the demon lord had spies about. If the demon lord already knew of her duplicity, then the GuBaiJin sect may not be too far behind on the deception, because the sect leader also had spies too in other sects.

“Leave us alone!”

“But what about the broken cup, Young Miss Li?!”

“You can return later and have them cleaned up! Can’t you see that I’m having a discussion with the fox prince?!”

Xu Hui ordered the servants to return back to their post, although they did as commanded, the look of worry for their young mistress was evident in their eyes.

“You need to treat your servants better Young Miss Li?”

The mask of gentility that Xu Hui had worn for some days now, finally shattered under the influence of the “fox prince” who she didn’t know of his existence until today.

“You’re right! I am Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect that reincarnated into the body of the sect leader’s daughter of YuanLi sect!”

“How does it feel to know that the one that killed you is walking about and actually married to the young mistress of the WuYangChen sect.”

“Brother Feng is now the sect leader of WuYangChen sect?!”

“You still give him so much respect, it seems that you can take a pig out of the swine, but you can never get rid of its ugly nature.”

“Who is the pig?!!!”

Xu Hui hated the man that had discovered who she was, knowing that her murderer was living a good life, while she was dying from walking the path of infernal cultivation. The bitterness taht was in her heart rose up once again, she though he had died from the massacre at her sect, only to be told that he now had a higher position and was living well.

Overcome by the emotion within her, the eyes of Xu Hui flashed to the color of crimson, which was only possible if she was either about to use the blood flail technique or was enraged.

“Xu Hui, be careful! You don’t want to be thrown out so soon after waking up in your new body.”

Wanting to get back at the fox prince for putting her in such a tight predicament, the BaoXu sect disciple, discretely held her hand under the table and formed them a fist with it. Instantly, the demon lord felt as if his insides were being squeezed so tight.

He began coughing blood on the table that was set in front of him, staining the robes he wore and the floor. Holding on to his belly, Demon Lord Zhurong faced Xu Hui with eyes full of pain.

“Is this something that your sect taught you?!”

Xu Hui’s face reflected the confusion that was in her heart and guilt coupled with pain, she was practicing a technique that was frowned upon by her sect and hearing the “fox prince” ask made her remember how much she had strayed away from the right path.

“It is a forbidden technique.”

Just that simple statement made Xu Hui shut her eyes in silent affirmation of what the demon lord said to her.

“I would do what it takes to exact my revenge on Feng Yueming!”

“You can keep looking for him all you want, but there is no one that goes by the name Feng Yueming anymore.”

The demon lord wiped at his mouth with the sleeves of his robes, while speaking to the BaoXu sect disciple.

“What do you mean that there is no one that goes by that name?! Didn’t you just tell me that Brother Feng isn’t dead and is the sect leader?!”

“There is no longer a cultivator with the name Feng Yueming, but there is one that goes by the name Chen Yueming and he is married to the daughter of the former sect leader.”

Since Xu Hui was so upset, she wasn’t thinking right when the demon lord first told her that Feng Yueming was now the sect leader, even if he had changed names, his position was still the same, so as long as she knew he was the sect leader, it shouldn’t matter if he wasn’t going by the name she knew him as while they were at BaoXu sect.

“Being reborn as made you quite ignorant. Are you sure you would be able face him?”

The demon lord smiled at the obvious foolishness that Xu Hui was displaying in the face of hearing about her archenemy.

“I have already killed him a million times in my head, I just need to see him in person to put my thought into action!”

“I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you would never be able to kill Sect Leader Chen the way you are now!”

Xu Hui looked at her visitor with the look that read, “What is he even talking about?!”

Demon Lord Zhurong kept watching Xu Hui from the corner of his eyes, the BaoXu sect disciple was still looking at the sect brother that she knew from the past as possessing the same strength or probably grown just a little.

“Do you know what it takes to take up the position as sect leader?!”

He saw her look of unconcern on hearing what he was asking.

“The person must be someone that possesses great strength, wisdom and a good example to his followers.”

“The Feng Yueming from that time, do you think that he would still be the same weakling that he was or now a sect leader that everyone looks up to?”

The demon lord was only there to hear her thoughts, he didn’t have the mind to let her have the satisfaction of killing Chen Yueming.

“You must have thought wrong! I know that he isn’t going to be the same person that her knew from our sect days, that is why I already perfected the blood flail technique!”

Hei Zhurong couldn’t help but laugh at her stupidity, going up against a sect leader that had spent years acquiring the core of magical beast and absorbing their spiritual energy to enhance those of his, he wondered how he could explain to her in such a way that would not end up crushing her spirit.

“Knowing a forbidden technique or two is good to face the sect leader of a low ranking sect, but going against a sect leader whose rank is falsely determined is not a good choice to make.”

“What do you mean?! Isn’t YuanLi sect higher than WuYangchen sect?!”

“I repeat, being reborn has made you more foolish, I took a look at the BaoXu sect, weren’t you the highest in your class?”

Xu Hui didn’t want to recount her days at the BaoXu sect under the circumstances that the “fox prince” was bringing them up.

“I am not dull if that is what you are implying!”

“If you aren’t dull then why would you not find out what you know about your enemy before you attack them?!”

“I already know enough and I have enough power to crush Brother Feng! What more do I need!”

“You are very foolish!”

“Don’t call me that! Fox Prince Rong because I would not be able to guarantee you walking out of my sect alive, even if I have to answer to your father the fox king! You will give me the respect that is due!”

“Who told you that I am really the fox king’s son?!”

“If you are not his son then how did they let you in?!”

“That is why I said you are foolish! You believe everything your eyes see!”

“What is it to you whether I am acting foolish or not!”

Xu Hui had already lost her patience with the demon lord, to her the man was impossible and there was no way she could make him see reason.

“Whether I am the fox prince or not, you need to be aware of something else.”

“And what would that be?!”

“Your brother Feng has been gathering the cores of magical beasts and using them to increase his spiritual energy. At his current level he is higher than that of sect leader Jin, who is supposedly meant to be the chief cultivator of all the sects in the heavenly realm.”

When Xu Hui heard what Hei Zhurong said, the look of absolute disbelief was clear in her eyes.

“I don’t believe you! Do you know what it takes to subdue a magical beast and steal their core? At BaoXu sect we always night hunted together with many senior disciples with us, and that was to catch a magical beast and not more than one at a time. You are telling me that those dangerous creatures were able to be captured by a sect that was lower than even the ShenJiangShi sect?! Hmpf!”

“You will have to die a second time to understand the meaning behind my words.”

Xu Hui thought the man in front of her was a very prideful person, everything he said did not make any sense to her, to think he came all the way from the fox clan to talk nonsensical things. It was not a good time for the BaoXu sect disciple.

Although, the mirror of Yao was suppressing his aura, the demon lord wanted to see the level that Xu Hui was boasting of and to do that, he had to take them to a separate place. The magical tool wasn’t only to subdue a person’s spiritual energy, in which case it was his demon energy it was keeping under wraps. The other purpose was to create an alternate world of a kind within itself.

Demon Lord Zhurong got up from where he was and walked over to where Xu Hui sat, on the way to her, he wondered why he cared about whether she could defeat the sect leader from the WuYangChen sect or not.

“Stand up and follow me!”

When Hei Zhurong spoke to her, to was as Demon Lord Zhurong and not Fox Prince Rong.

“Why should I?”

“Do you want me to drag you or would you like to stand up by yourself?!”

Xu Hui looked at the “fox prince” as if he had gone raving mad, “How dare you tell me to go with him to a place that I don’t know! He must be crazy to think I will do as he says!”

The young miss of the YuanLi sect sat where she was, not moving an inch from where she sat, but the demon lord wasn’t in the mood to deal with her obstinacy. Grabbing onto her arms, he pulled her from her seat, almost causing her to fall on the broken pieces of the cup from earlier.

The next thing she knew, before she could utter a word to alert her servants was that they were both sucked into a swirling portal of nothingness.

“Where are we?! Where is this place?!”

Demon Lord Zhurong tucked back the mirror of yao back to where it was underneath the sleeves of his robes. The place where they were was like a wall of green water all around them, they looked like water, but they were only an illusion of it.

“This is a spatial space, you can not get out, unless I release you out of it.”

“Why did you bring me here!”

“If you beat me, I will release you, but if I win, you will stay here until I am done with my plans.”

“What plans?!”

“You will know in due time, for now why don’t you try and see if you can defeat me?!”

“You think I cannot defeat you?! Ha!”

The alternate world since it was the one created by the mirror of yao, was able to let the demon lord use his powers as he pleased.

Xu Hui formed the blood beads using her blood and sent them straight at the demon lord. Hei Zhurong was prepared for the attack and side stepped it.

“Is that your best?”

He hadn’t even released a tiny fraction of his power and yet she was not even close to getting him to use it.

Without any warning, the demon lord aimed for her ankle using the illusion of the mirror to mask the dark aura of his demon energy. T

The twin boys chorused the cry of distressed to their mother, who was visible shaken by being brought without any warning to the fox clan, it had never happened to her before, usually she was the one that led her children back to her home in a different realm.

There was only one person that was capable of such blatant disp

The next thing Mou Hairong knew was that she was already back at the fox clan with her children. lay of power, the Fox King Yan ShuChang!

The children held onto the folds of their mother’s robes in fear, they never liked to visit the fox clan and it was even more scary for them to be led away from the usual comfort of the mortal realm.

They were back at the centerpiece of the fox clan, where only the royals could venture into. Mou Hairong saw her older sister sit by the side of their father. The fox king’s hair had grown whiter and looked like a sixty year old mortal.

“Yidan! Zimu! Go and pay your greetings to grandfather!”

“Ma! I don’t want to, I’m scared!”

“Yidan!”

The older twin dragged his brother to where their grandfather sat with their cousin Xuequi and Aunt Meifang. The older princess gave her sister a slight nod, while glancing in the general direction of her nephews. Meanwhile, Princess Xuequi sat tight lipped facing her grandfather and mother. She saw her cousins walk towards their grandfather, but she couldn’t call out a greeting to them as this would unleash the anger of her grandfather on the both of them.

“Greetings Fox King!”

They both spoke timidly while looking at the stern man that sat in front of them, to the little boys he was very intimidating.

“Come here, let me see how much you’ve grown.”

The fox king didn’t need to raise his voice to send the twins closer to him, he patted both in the head, before letting them go back to their mother.

“Greetings Fox King. Why did you send for us?”

Mou Hairong didn’t want to show the resentment that was buried deep in her heart towards her father, to her the fox king was more like a ruler than a father. The only thing he gave them free reign on was their marriage, which in a sense was more like a lack of concern than anything else.

“I brought you hear so that you could talk some sense to her niece and also see my grandchild.”

“What is it, that is troubling father?”

Mou Hairong had to play the part of a doting daughter to her father from a very young age.

“I sent a letter to GuBaiJin sect asking for to send us the best of their disciple to form an alliance with the fox clan through Xuequi’s marriage.”

Mou Hairong almost snorted in disbelief, “How could her father lower himself to be seeking a marriage prospect for a princess from a strong clan like theirs?!”

Looking at the way her niece sat on the chair, Mou Hairong knew that it will take a lot to convince her of marrying into a sect, when her grandfather, mother and aunt had already warned her against keeping close acquaintance with anyone that came from the heavenly realm. The Princess Aunt had to muster up courage to speak to her niece about her impending marriage to a powerful sect. Meanwhile, the twins kept looking at the faces of the people that were in the room, they wanted to run over to greet Yan Xuequi, but the presence of their grandfather made them decide against it.

Demon Lord Zhurong on his way out of his kingdom changed his robes from their usual dark color to one of red. He was curious to see the the female cultivator that was pretending to be the daughter of a sect leader. After a while, he soon arrived at the forest that led to the YuanLi sect, choosing to walk the rest of the way to the front entrance of the sect.

From the outside, he looked like a handsome man from one of the cultivation sects. His crown was disguised to those of a gold and ruby, this way none would be able to tell that he was from the demon realm. He had no weapon on him, not even something as simple as a dagger, as he made his way to the gate of the YuanLi sect. Th only thing he brought with him was the mirror of yao, the magical tool that masked the spiritual energy of the one that wields it.

Demon Lord Zhurong greeted the men at the gate, “Greetings, I am Rong from the fox clan. I wish to have an audience with Lady Li.”

The disciples that stood guard stared at the man claimed to be from the fox clan, never had they seen anyone from there, he had an strange beauty to him that made them look with discomfort at him, how were they supposed to confirm that he was who he said he was?

Every sect in the heavenly realm knew that the fox clan kept to themselves and chose not to associate with those from the heavenly realm. On the other hand they could neither discredit his words, because looking at him made them think of the things they had read from the books at the library about them. To the disciples, people from the fox clan were beautiful beyond what the eyes had ever seen, their youthful look remained with them for thousands of years, before eventually growing hold and reverting to their true form of a fox. Sadly, the ancient books didn’t tell of the people from the demon realm, because they hid their faces behind a mask, history recorded them as devious and hellish monsters, but in reality they were as beautiful if not more beautiful than the people from the fox clan.

“We have never heard of you, do you have any relations with the fox king?”

One of the YuanLi disciples presumably the leader, asked the man that stood in front of his sect’s gate. To him, only those that were related to the royal house of the fox clan could be shown to their mistress, anyone that wasn’t in such a high position would either be told to wait until the sect leader came or be shamefully sent away.

Demon Lord Zhurong smiled at the men, he knew where they were going with the question, to them, their mistress was too good to see just anyone that showed up their gate.

“I’m Fox Prince Rong, an illegitimate child of Fox King Yan. I was conceived from the union with one of his chamber maid.”

This time the men looked very uncomfortable, it was no laughing matter, but the man who claimed to be the fox prince smiled as those he was talking about the weather or some little subject. There was no trace of shame in his voice, it was as though he felt proud of himself for being an illegitimate child. Who gets proud for being born out of wedlock?

Neither of them voiced out their inner thought, but the demon lord could read their expression for what it was, almost breaking into a full blown laughter.

“What should we do? We can’t possibly leave him standing here, what would people say if they knew that we didn’t let the fox prince in?”

One of them asked the person that was probably the leader, “His identity hasn’t been confirmed, we can’t just let anyone that claims to be from the fox clan in! What if it is someone from the demon realm?! I heard they have begun killing people from other sects! If sect leader Li knew that we let anyone near his daughter, we would all be beaten to death!”

Demon Lord Zhurong was no fool, there was no way that a disciple cultivator would believe the words of a stranger without any proof, which was why he pulled out a glowing necklace which the fox king had given his mother during his visit to the demon realm, as a gift to show no ill will to the demon kingdom.

It was forged from the fox fire of Fox King Yan, the gift could pass for one that a royalty would give to their spouse or lover.

“Father gave it to mother as a token of the love he had for her and when I was born it was passed onto me.”

Demon Lord Zhurong lied without any shame, he saw the shift in their expression, it was no longer one of suspicion, but one of confusion and guilt, probably from not believing his words at first.

“That is fox fire! Who else can use fox fire if not someone from the fox clan! The necklace is glowing with blue flames within them. I heard it is eternal, the fire never goes out unless the one that owns it dies!”

Who knew the necklace would become useful for what he had in mind, within him demon lord zhurong was thankful that the fox king gave his mother the then demon queen such a magnanimous gift.

“Can I have my necklace back?”

The leader passed the glowing jewelry back to the demon lord, who placed it back on his neck.

“Fox Prince Rong, please follow me inside.”

This time around, they all gave demon lord zhurong a deep bow, although he was supposedly illegitimate, he was still considered the prince of the fox clan, who may possibly take over and become the fox king in his “father’s” stead. Therefore, the disciples of YuanLi sect did not want to offend the future fox king.

The demon lord walked behind the leader of the guards, as he was shown into an hall that was made elaborately made. He took a seat on one of the finely crafted chairs, while the disciple that showed him in bowed to the “fox prince” again, before taking his leave.

“I can’t wait to see their faces when they discover who they let into their grounds. Ha!”

The demon lord was feeling delighted at the thought of seeing the YuanLi sect disciples misery when they finally find out that it was demon lord zhurong that walked into their sect.

——–

“Please can you let Young Miss Li know that Fox Prince Rong is here to see her?”

The guard asked the chamber maids that waited by the entrance that led to the door of LI Jiao’s chambers.

“But our young miss said that she doesn’t want anyone to disturb her sleep!”

“What do we do?!”

“For some time now, Young Miss Li, has been in a bad mood. I fear losing my head if we go in and wake her up!”

“So are we going to leave a fox prince waiting?!”

The guard was beginning to get frustrated by the situation, he didn’t understand why the young mistress of the YuanLi sect was beginning to get very difficult, even when she was ill, she was still as easy going and open to everyone. He heard of what took place at the banquet held in her honor and how blood was almost shed on that day. The guard kept wondering how one person could change that fast in a single day. Had the water damaged her senses?

Although the thought sounded ridiculous, the guard just wanted to find a reason for the strange behavior of the daughter of their sect leader.

“Please, we can’t keep the fox prince waiting, it would cause the sect to lose face. I know that Young Miss Li would not want that!”

The maids looked from one to the other, they suddenly feared their mistress, whom in the past they never had any reason to, there was just something about her that made them shiver in fear. How could they tell the sect leader of something the could not put a name to, if they went up to him and sprouting such nonsense about his daughter having an air of evil around her. They knew where that would lead, not only would they be beaten to death, their bodies would never be found and given a decent burial!

Taking a deep breath, the women that served Li Jiao during the time she was alive, tentatively knocked at the door of her bedchambers to announce themselves.

“Young Miss Li, we are hear to get you dressed to see your visitor, the fox prince!”

There was no voice that came from inside after one of them spoke.

“Young Miss Li?!”

The knock became a little louder, probably they thought that she was deep asleep and didn’t hear them.

“Young Miss Li!”

Inside the bedchambers of Li Jiao, Xu Hui was not really sleeping, she hadn’t been able to sleep after she came back from her sect, her eyes were merely closed with her mind wandering from place to place.

When she heard the knock on her door, Xu Hui was not happy that she had to be disturbed even though she wasn’t even sleeping.

“They say the fox prince wants to see me, but when did the demon king have a son? Was it after my death? Why does he want to see me? I thought that their clan never came out of their mountains to see anyone from a cultivation sect!”

Xu Hui pondered on what could be the reason for the visit of a fox prince to the YuanLi sect with a frown that formed on her forehead causing them to crease. After some time, Xu Hui asked for her maids to come inside.

“Come in!”

The door was slowly pushed to the side, as several women walked into the room of Li Jiao.

“Greetings, Young Miss Li. We are sorry to disturb you when you had already ordered for us not to wake you up.”

The bedchamber attendants of the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, bowed again in respect to the person that they took to be Li Jiao.

“Has he been here for long?”

“No, Young Miss Li. One of the guards came in as soon as he was shown in.”

“Did he say what the visit was about?”

“I’m sorry, Young Miss Li, but the guard never told us what the fox prince wanted to see you about.”

“I see, What a rude fellow!”

The women were already uncomfortable being around Xu Hui, now that she raised her voice which she hardly ever did and called the fox royalty a distasteful name, that made them uneasy.

“Are you going to keep standing there? Or would you rather I stand up and get myself dressed?!”

“No, Young Miss Li. Please forgive your ignorant servants!

The women scrambled to begin setting the robe and other item of clothing for the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, a few of them ran out to get the wooden tub and washcloths for her, her hair pin and earrings were carefully looked at to pick the one that would give her the presence of a respectable young miss.

While all this was going on, Xu Hui still laid on the bed, rather than getting up, probably waiting to be helped out of the bed by the maids. It didn’t take them long to set everything that she would need for her meeting with the fox prince out.

“Young Miss Li, it is time for your bath.”

Four of them assisted Xu Hui out of the bed and walked with her to the space within the room where a big wooden tub was waiting to be used. One by one, they took off her clothing, to place her gently into the steamy hot tub.

After a while, Xu Hui was ready to meet with the fox prince that waited for her at the hall of the YuanLi sect.

Accompanied by her chambermaids, the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, was announced into the hall where the fox prince sat.

“Greetings Fox Prince! I am Li Jiao, daughter of Sect Leader Li”

Xu Hui curtsied to the man that rose up on his feet when she walked into the hall, the demon lord held his composure, while looking at the woman that portrayed herself as the young mistress of the sect. He smiled amicable and returned her greeting likewise.

“Greetings Young Mistress of the YuanLi sect, I’m Prince Rong from the fox clan.”

After exchanging greetings the two sat across from each other.

“Bring some wine for the fox prince!”

Demon lord Zhurong carefully watched the movement of the woman that sat in front of him. He only had the painting of the sect leader’s daughter, but had never met her in person. Looking at her face, he saw the gentle beauty and gracefulness displayed by the woman that was masquerading as Li Jiao. That made me wonder who the “real” Li Jiao was, while waiting on the wine to be served.

“Forgive my manners fox prince, I hope you like drinking wine or there is always tea. I have never been to the fox clan, therefore I know next to nothing about what the people of your clan eat or drink.”

“Wine is okay, I don’t like to eat when I leave the fox clan. I have a weak constitution for food that are not made from my clan, but I can tolerate any kind of wine.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, Fox Prince Rong. I was about to ask the kitchen to prepare us some food.”

It wasn’t that the demon lord couldn’t eat outside food, but the impurities which were in the form of the spiritual energy that came from being around anyone that had spiritual energy for cultivation was usually highest in foods unlike wine. Wine had some spiritual energy in them from their indirect contact with anyone that possessed that form of energy, but the demon lord knew from experience that he wasn’t going to eat anything that came out of the heavenly realm, due to their spiritual energy which was like a poison to him.

The mirror of Yao was suppressing his demon energy, which made him less susceptible to the poisonous environment that he was in, the mask that would have prevented him from breathing in the poison was tucked away inside the layers of the robe he was wearing.

“Fox Prince Rong, could you tell me what brings you to my humble sect?”

The way Xu Hui spoke anyone would have taken her to be the young mistress of the sect, she sat with such dignity and poise. The epitome of gracefulness!

“Young Miss Li, why don’t we wait on the wine to be brought in, before I talk about the reason for coming to the YuanLi sect?”

Xu Hui could see that the fox prince was going to prove difficult to handle, although he looked very calm and easygoing.

There was one thing the BaoXu sect disciple couldn’t stand, being kept waiting, now that she had been reborn, it was as if her patience was almost nonexistent. She could kill anyone that kept her waiting for too long. Although, it was only a short time since the servants had gone in to get the wine for their mistress, to Xu Hui they weren’t as fast enough for her.

She was already boiling inside from the mannerless fox prince, and having to sit by him for how long was making her shifting in her seat with discomfort.

“Is your seat not to your liking? Or is it that you don’t want to sit and would rather take a walk around?”

The BaoXu sect disciple thought she had hidden it well from the fox prince, her growing irritation, but for him to point it out to her, made Xu Hui realize that he was not an easy man to deal with.

“Thank you for your concern Fox Prince Rong, but I am quite comfortable from where I’m sitting.”

Xu Hui had to bite her tongue from lashing out at the annoying fox royalty. She saw the knowing smile he sent her way, this made her wish like slapping the smile off his face!

They soon heard an approaching tinkling sound and knew that the wine was about to be brought inside. One after the other, the maids set the tray bearing the porcelain green kettle and small cup on the table in front of their mistress and the fox prince.

“Thank you! You may all wait by the door!”

Demon Lord Zhurong, smiled and gave a nod at the women, before facing the one that he left his kingdom to see.

Xu Hui poured the pale colored wine from the kettle into her cup, while the demon lord did the same. After lifting the cup to take a sip of the wine, did the demon lord finally open up to discuss the purpose of his visit to the YuanLi sect.

“Young Miss Li, I heard you paid a visit to the BaoXu sect, should someone as sickly as you be going to such a dangerous place alone?”

The BaoXu sect disciple looked at the man across from her, his had a cordial smile that brightened his already handsome face. Xu Hui did not know why his presence made her uneasy, he was smiling and yet there was just something that was not quite right while looking at him.

“News really travel fast to the fox clan! Who would have thought the little walk to another sect would become a fodder of gossip in another realm. You must have a lot of time on your hands to be paying attention to things like that!”

The demon lord heard the bite in her voice, while silently laughing inside him.

“Young Miss Li, if my father does not show much interest in what is going on in other realms. I, Prince Rong, have to do so, for the future of the fox clan! Show such interest no matter how insignificant would let me ensure the protection of my people.”

“But there was something that I heard and I silenced others from spreading the news. Is it true that you are Xu Hui?!”

The demon lord dropped the cadence of his tone to almost that of a whisper. When the words left his mouth, the cup that Xu Hui held fell to the floor with a clatter.

“Young Miss Li, are you alright?!”

The servants heard the sound of broken cup and left where they were to see if their mistress was hurt.

“I’m..okay.”

Xu Hui looked very rattled by what the “fox prince” said, “How did anyone find out that I am not Li Jiao, but Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect?! I never told anyone except Fu Zian. After I saved his life, he chose to betray me?!!!”

The BaoXu sect disciple thought that the one that betrayed her to the fox clan was Fu Zian, not knowing that the demon lord had spies about. If the demon lord already knew of her duplicity, then the GuBaiJin sect may not be too far behind on the deception, because the sect leader also had spies too in other sects.

“Leave us alone!”

“But what about the broken cup, Young Miss Li?!”

“You can return later and have them cleaned up! Can’t you see that I’m having a discussion with the fox prince?!”

Xu Hui ordered the servants to return back to their post, although they did as commanded, the look of worry for their young mistress was evident in their eyes.

“You need to treat your servants better Young Miss Li?”

The mask of gentility that Xu Hui had worn for some days now, finally shattered under the influence of the “fox prince” who she didn’t know of his existence until today.

“You’re right! I am Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect that reincarnated into the body of the sect leader’s daughter of YuanLi sect!”

“How does it feel to know that the one that killed you is walking about and actually married to the young mistress of the WuYangChen sect.”

“Brother Feng is now the sect leader of WuYangChen sect?!”

“You still give him so much respect, it seems that you can take a pig out of the swine, but you can never get rid of its ugly nature.”

“Who is the pig?!!!”

Xu Hui hated the man that had discovered who she was, knowing that her murderer was living a good life, while she was dying from walking the path of infernal cultivation. The bitterness taht was in her heart rose up once again, she though he had died from the massacre at her sect, only to be told that he now had a higher position and was living well.

Overcome by the emotion within her, the eyes of Xu Hui flashed to the color of crimson, which was only possible if she was either about to use the blood flail technique or was enraged.

“Xu Hui, be careful! You don’t want to be thrown out so soon after waking up in your new body.”

Wanting to get back at the fox prince for putting her in such a tight predicament, the BaoXu sect disciple, discretely held her hand under the table and formed them a fist with it. Instantly, the demon lord felt as if his insides were being squeezed so tight.

He began coughing blood on the table that was set in front of him, staining the robes he wore and the floor. Holding on to his belly, Demon Lord Zhurong faced Xu Hui with eyes full of pain.

“Is this something that your sect taught you?!”

Xu Hui’s face reflected the confusion that was in her heart and guilt coupled with pain, she was practicing a technique that was frowned upon by her sect and hearing the “fox prince” ask made her remember how much she had strayed away from the right path.

“It is a forbidden technique.”

Just that simple statement made Xu Hui shut her eyes in silent affirmation of what the demon lord said to her.

“I would do what it takes to exact my revenge on Feng Yueming!”

“You can keep looking for him all you want, but there is no one that goes by the name Feng Yueming anymore.”

The demon lord wiped at his mouth with the sleeves of his robes, while speaking to the BaoXu sect disciple.

“What do you mean that there is no one that goes by that name?! Didn’t you just tell me that Brother Feng isn’t dead and is the sect leader?!”

“There is no longer a cultivator with the name Feng Yueming, but there is one that goes by the name Chen Yueming and he is married to the daughter of the former sect leader.”

Since Xu Hui was so upset, she wasn’t thinking right when the demon lord first told her that Feng Yueming was now the sect leader, even if he had changed names, his position was still the same, so as long as she knew he was the sect leader, it shouldn’t matter if he wasn’t going by the name she knew him as while they were at BaoXu sect.

“Being reborn as made you quite ignorant. Are you sure you would be able face him?”

The demon lord smiled at the obvious foolishness that Xu Hui was displaying in the face of hearing about her archenemy.

“I have already killed him a million times in my head, I just need to see him in person to put my thought into action!”

“I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you would never be able to kill Sect Leader Chen the way you are now!”

Xu Hui looked at her visitor with the look that read, “What is he even talking about?!”

Demon Lord Zhurong kept watching Xu Hui from the corner of his eyes, the BaoXu sect disciple was still looking at the sect brother that she knew from the past as possessing the same strength or probably grown just a little.

“Do you know what it takes to take up the position as sect leader?!”

He saw her look of unconcern on hearing what he was asking.

“The person must be someone that possesses great strength, wisdom and a good example to his followers.”

“The Feng Yueming from that time, do you think that he would still be the same weakling that he was or now a sect leader that everyone looks up to?”

The demon lord was only there to hear her thoughts, he didn’t have the mind to let her have the satisfaction of killing Chen Yueming.

“You must have thought wrong! I know that he isn’t going to be the same person that her knew from our sect days, that is why I already perfected the blood flail technique!”

Hei Zhurong couldn’t help but laugh at her stupidity, going up against a sect leader that had spent years acquiring the core of magical beast and absorbing their spiritual energy to enhance those of his, he wondered how he could explain to her in such a way that would not end up crushing her spirit.

“Knowing a forbidden technique or two is good to face the sect leader of a low ranking sect, but going against a sect leader whose rank is falsely determined is not a good choice to make.”

“What do you mean?! Isn’t YuanLi sect higher than WuYangchen sect?!”

“I repeat, being reborn has made you more foolish, I took a look at the BaoXu sect, weren’t you the highest in your class?”

Xu Hui didn’t want to recount her days at the BaoXu sect under the circumstances that the “fox prince” was bringing them up.

“I am not dull if that is what you are implying!”

“If you aren’t dull then why would you not find out what you know about your enemy before you attack them?!”

“I already know enough and I have enough power to crush Brother Feng! What more do I need!”

“You are very foolish!”

“Don’t call me that! Fox Prince Rong because I would not be able to guarantee you walking out of my sect alive, even if I have to answer to your father the fox king! You will give me the respect that is due!”

“Who told you that I am really the fox king’s son?!”

“If you are not his son then how did they let you in?!”

“That is why I said you are foolish! You believe everything your eyes see!”

“What is it to you whether I am acting foolish or not!”

Xu Hui had already lost her patience with the demon lord, to her the man was impossible and there was no way she could make him see reason.

“Whether I am the fox prince or not, you need to be aware of something else.”

“And what would that be?!”

“Your brother Feng has been gathering the cores of magical beasts and using them to increase his spiritual energy. At his current level he is higher than that of sect leader Jin, who is supposedly meant to be the chief cultivator of all the sects in the heavenly realm.”

When Xu Hui heard what Hei Zhurong said, the look of absolute disbelief was clear in her eyes.

“I don’t believe you! Do you know what it takes to subdue a magical beast and steal their core? At BaoXu sect we always night hunted together with many senior disciples with us, and that was to catch a magical beast and not more than one at a time. You are telling me that those dangerous creatures were able to be captured by a sect that was lower than even the ShenJiangShi sect?! Hmpf!”

“You will have to die a second time to understand the meaning behind my words.”

Xu Hui thought the man in front of her was a very prideful person, everything he said did not make any sense to her, to think he came all the way from the fox clan to talk nonsensical things. It was not a good time for the BaoXu sect disciple.

Although, the mirror of Yao was suppressing his aura, the demon lord wanted to see the level that Xu Hui was boasting of and to do that, he had to take them to a separate place. The magical tool wasn’t only to subdue a person’s spiritual energy, in which case it was his demon energy it was keeping under wraps. The other purpose was to create an alternate world of a kind within itself.

Demon Lord Zhurong got up from where he was and walked over to where Xu Hui sat, on the way to her, he wondered why he cared about whether she could defeat the sect leader from the WuYangChen sect or not.

“Stand up and follow me!”

When Hei Zhurong spoke to her, to was as Demon Lord Zhurong and not Fox Prince Rong.

“Why should I?”

“Do you want me to drag you or would you like to stand up by yourself?!”

Xu Hui looked at the “fox prince” as if he had gone raving mad, “How dare you tell me to go with him to a place that I don’t know! He must be crazy to think I will do as he says!”

The young miss of the YuanLi sect sat where she was, not moving an inch from where she sat, but the demon lord wasn’t in the mood to deal with her obstinacy. Grabbing onto her arms, he pulled her from her seat, almost causing her to fall on the broken pieces of the cup from earlier.

The next thing she knew, before she could utter a word to alert her servants was that they were both sucked into a swirling portal of nothingness.

“Where are we?! Where is this place?!”

Demon Lord Zhurong tucked back the mirror of yao back to where it was underneath the sleeves of his robes. The place where they were was like a wall of green water all around them, they looked like water, but they were only an illusion of it.

“This is a spatial space, you can not get out, unless I release you out of it.”

“Why did you bring me here!”

“If you beat me, I will release you, but if I win, you will stay here until I am done with my plans.”

“What plans?!”

“You will know in due time, for now why don’t you try and see if you can defeat me?!”

“You think I cannot defeat you?! Ha!”

The alternate world since it was the one created by the mirror of yao, was able to let the demon lord use his powers as he pleased.

Xu Hui formed the blood beads using her blood and sent them straight at the demon lord. Hei Zhurong was prepared for the attack and side stepped it.

“Is that your best?”

He hadn’t even released a tiny fraction of his power and yet she was not even close to getting him to use it.

Without any warning, the demon lord aimed for her ankle using the illusion of the mirror to mask the dark aura of his demon energy. T

The twin boys chorused the cry of distressed to their mother, who was visible shaken by being brought without any warning to the fox clan, it had never happened to her before, usually she was the one that led her children back to her home in a different realm.

There was only one person that was capable of such blatant disp

The next thing Mou Hairong knew was that she was already back at the fox clan with her children. lay of power, the Fox King Yan ShuChang!

The children held onto the folds of their mother’s robes in fear, they never liked to visit the fox clan and it was even more scary for them to be led away from the usual comfort of the mortal realm.

They were back at the centerpiece of the fox clan, where only the royals could venture into. Mou Hairong saw her older sister sit by the side of their father. The fox king’s hair had grown whiter and looked like a sixty year old mortal.

“Yidan! Zimu! Go and pay your greetings to grandfather!”

“Ma! I don’t want to, I’m scared!”

“Yidan!”

The older twin dragged his brother to where their grandfather sat with their cousin Xuequi and Aunt Meifang. The older princess gave her sister a slight nod, while glancing in the general direction of her nephews. Meanwhile, Princess Xuequi sat tight lipped facing her grandfather and mother. She saw her cousins walk towards their grandfather, but she couldn’t call out a greeting to them as this would unleash the anger of her grandfather on the both of them.

“Greetings Fox King!”

They both spoke timidly while looking at the stern man that sat in front of them, to the little boys he was very intimidating.

“Come here, let me see how much you’ve grown.”

The fox king didn’t need to raise his voice to send the twins closer to him, he patted both in the head, before letting them go back to their mother.

“Greetings Fox King. Why did you send for us?”

Mou Hairong didn’t want to show the resentment that was buried deep in her heart towards her father, to her the fox king was more like a ruler than a father. The only thing he gave them free reign on was their marriage, which in a sense was more like a lack of concern than anything else.

“I brought you hear so that you could talk some sense to her niece and also see my grandchild.”

“What is it, that is troubling father?”

Mou Hairong had to play the part of a doting daughter to her father from a very young age.

“I sent a letter to GuBaiJin sect asking for to send us the best of their disciple to form an alliance with the fox clan through Xuequi’s marriage.”

Mou Hairong almost snorted in disbelief, “How could her father lower himself to be seeking a marriage prospect for a princess from a strong clan like theirs?!”

Looking at the way her niece sat on the chair, Mou Hairong knew that it will take a lot to convince her of marrying into a sect, when her grandfather, mother and aunt had already warned her against keeping close acquaintance with anyone that came from the heavenly realm. The Princess Aunt had to muster up courage to speak to her niece about her impending marriage to a powerful sect. Meanwhile, the twins kept looking at the faces of the people that were in the room, they wanted to run over to greet Yan Xuequi, but the presence of their grandfather made them decide against it.

Demon Lord Zhurong on his way out of his kingdom changed his robes from their usual dark color to one of red. He was curious to see the the female cultivator that was pretending to be the daughter of a sect leader. After a while, he soon arrived at the forest that led to the YuanLi sect, choosing to walk the rest of the way to the front entrance of the sect.

From the outside, he looked like a handsome man from one of the cultivation sects. His crown was disguised to those of a gold and ruby, this way none would be able to tell that he was from the demon realm. He had no weapon on him, not even something as simple as a dagger, as he made his way to the gate of the YuanLi sect. Th only thing he brought with him was the mirror of yao, the magical tool that masked the spiritual energy of the one that wields it.

Demon Lord Zhurong greeted the men at the gate, “Greetings, I am Rong from the fox clan. I wish to have an audience with Lady Li.”

The disciples that stood guard stared at the man claimed to be from the fox clan, never had they seen anyone from there, he had an strange beauty to him that made them look with discomfort at him, how were they supposed to confirm that he was who he said he was?

Every sect in the heavenly realm knew that the fox clan kept to themselves and chose not to associate with those from the heavenly realm. On the other hand they could neither discredit his words, because looking at him made them think of the things they had read from the books at the library about them. To the disciples, people from the fox clan were beautiful beyond what the eyes had ever seen, their youthful look remained with them for thousands of years, before eventually growing hold and reverting to their true form of a fox. Sadly, the ancient books didn’t tell of the people from the demon realm, because they hid their faces behind a mask, history recorded them as devious and hellish monsters, but in reality they were as beautiful if not more beautiful than the people from the fox clan.

“We have never heard of you, do you have any relations with the fox king?”

One of the YuanLi disciples presumably the leader, asked the man that stood in front of his sect’s gate. To him, only those that were related to the royal house of the fox clan could be shown to their mistress, anyone that wasn’t in such a high position would either be told to wait until the sect leader came or be shamefully sent away.

Demon Lord Zhurong smiled at the men, he knew where they were going with the question, to them, their mistress was too good to see just anyone that showed up their gate.

“I’m Fox Prince Rong, an illegitimate child of Fox King Yan. I was conceived from the union with one of his chamber maid.”

This time the men looked very uncomfortable, it was no laughing matter, but the man who claimed to be the fox prince smiled as those he was talking about the weather or some little subject. There was no trace of shame in his voice, it was as though he felt proud of himself for being an illegitimate child. Who gets proud for being born out of wedlock?

Neither of them voiced out their inner thought, but the demon lord could read their expression for what it was, almost breaking into a full blown laughter.

“What should we do? We can’t possibly leave him standing here, what would people say if they knew that we didn’t let the fox prince in?”

One of them asked the person that was probably the leader, “His identity hasn’t been confirmed, we can’t just let anyone that claims to be from the fox clan in! What if it is someone from the demon realm?! I heard they have begun killing people from other sects! If sect leader Li knew that we let anyone near his daughter, we would all be beaten to death!”

Demon Lord Zhurong was no fool, there was no way that a disciple cultivator would believe the words of a stranger without any proof, which was why he pulled out a glowing necklace which the fox king had given his mother during his visit to the demon realm, as a gift to show no ill will to the demon kingdom.

It was forged from the fox fire of Fox King Yan, the gift could pass for one that a royalty would give to their spouse or lover.

“Father gave it to mother as a token of the love he had for her and when I was born it was passed onto me.”

Demon Lord Zhurong lied without any shame, he saw the shift in their expression, it was no longer one of suspicion, but one of confusion and guilt, probably from not believing his words at first.

“That is fox fire! Who else can use fox fire if not someone from the fox clan! The necklace is glowing with blue flames within them. I heard it is eternal, the fire never goes out unless the one that owns it dies!”

Who knew the necklace would become useful for what he had in mind, within him demon lord zhurong was thankful that the fox king gave his mother the then demon queen such a magnanimous gift.

“Can I have my necklace back?”

The leader passed the glowing jewelry back to the demon lord, who placed it back on his neck.

“Fox Prince Rong, please follow me inside.”

This time around, they all gave demon lord zhurong a deep bow, although he was supposedly illegitimate, he was still considered the prince of the fox clan, who may possibly take over and become the fox king in his “father’s” stead. Therefore, the disciples of YuanLi sect did not want to offend the future fox king.

The demon lord walked behind the leader of the guards, as he was shown into an hall that was made elaborately made. He took a seat on one of the finely crafted chairs, while the disciple that showed him in bowed to the “fox prince” again, before taking his leave.

“I can’t wait to see their faces when they discover who they let into their grounds. Ha!”

The demon lord was feeling delighted at the thought of seeing the YuanLi sect disciples misery when they finally find out that it was demon lord zhurong that walked into their sect.

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“Please can you let Young Miss Li know that Fox Prince Rong is here to see her?”

The guard asked the chamber maids that waited by the entrance that led to the door of LI Jiao’s chambers.

“But our young miss said that she doesn’t want anyone to disturb her sleep!”

“What do we do?!”

“For some time now, Young Miss Li, has been in a bad mood. I fear losing my head if we go in and wake her up!”

“So are we going to leave a fox prince waiting?!”

The guard was beginning to get frustrated by the situation, he didn’t understand why the young mistress of the YuanLi sect was beginning to get very difficult, even when she was ill, she was still as easy going and open to everyone. He heard of what took place at the banquet held in her honor and how blood was almost shed on that day. The guard kept wondering how one person could change that fast in a single day. Had the water damaged her senses?

Although the thought sounded ridiculous, the guard just wanted to find a reason for the strange behavior of the daughter of their sect leader.

“Please, we can’t keep the fox prince waiting, it would cause the sect to lose face. I know that Young Miss Li would not want that!”

The maids looked from one to the other, they suddenly feared their mistress, whom in the past they never had any reason to, there was just something about her that made them shiver in fear. How could they tell the sect leader of something the could not put a name to, if they went up to him and sprouting such nonsense about his daughter having an air of evil around her. They knew where that would lead, not only would they be beaten to death, their bodies would never be found and given a decent burial!

Taking a deep breath, the women that served Li Jiao during the time she was alive, tentatively knocked at the door of her bedchambers to announce themselves.

“Young Miss Li, we are hear to get you dressed to see your visitor, the fox prince!”

There was no voice that came from inside after one of them spoke.

“Young Miss Li?!”

The knock became a little louder, probably they thought that she was deep asleep and didn’t hear them.

“Young Miss Li!”

Inside the bedchambers of Li Jiao, Xu Hui was not really sleeping, she hadn’t been able to sleep after she came back from her sect, her eyes were merely closed with her mind wandering from place to place.

When she heard the knock on her door, Xu Hui was not happy that she had to be disturbed even though she wasn’t even sleeping.

“They say the fox prince wants to see me, but when did the demon king have a son? Was it after my death? Why does he want to see me? I thought that their clan never came out of their mountains to see anyone from a cultivation sect!”

Xu Hui pondered on what could be the reason for the visit of a fox prince to the YuanLi sect with a frown that formed on her forehead causing them to crease. After some time, Xu Hui asked for her maids to come inside.

“Come in!”

The door was slowly pushed to the side, as several women walked into the room of Li Jiao.

“Greetings, Young Miss Li. We are sorry to disturb you when you had already ordered for us not to wake you up.”

The bedchamber attendants of the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, bowed again in respect to the person that they took to be Li Jiao.

“Has he been here for long?”

“No, Young Miss Li. One of the guards came in as soon as he was shown in.”

“Did he say what the visit was about?”

“I’m sorry, Young Miss Li, but the guard never told us what the fox prince wanted to see you about.”

“I see, What a rude fellow!”

The women were already uncomfortable being around Xu Hui, now that she raised her voice which she hardly ever did and called the fox royalty a distasteful name, that made them uneasy.

“Are you going to keep standing there? Or would you rather I stand up and get myself dressed?!”

“No, Young Miss Li. Please forgive your ignorant servants!

The women scrambled to begin setting the robe and other item of clothing for the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, a few of them ran out to get the wooden tub and washcloths for her, her hair pin and earrings were carefully looked at to pick the one that would give her the presence of a respectable young miss.

While all this was going on, Xu Hui still laid on the bed, rather than getting up, probably waiting to be helped out of the bed by the maids. It didn’t take them long to set everything that she would need for her meeting with the fox prince out.

“Young Miss Li, it is time for your bath.”

Four of them assisted Xu Hui out of the bed and walked with her to the space within the room where a big wooden tub was waiting to be used. One by one, they took off her clothing, to place her gently into the steamy hot tub.

After a while, Xu Hui was ready to meet with the fox prince that waited for her at the hall of the YuanLi sect.

Accompanied by her chambermaids, the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, was announced into the hall where the fox prince sat.

“Greetings Fox Prince! I am Li Jiao, daughter of Sect Leader Li”

Xu Hui curtsied to the man that rose up on his feet when she walked into the hall, the demon lord held his composure, while looking at the woman that portrayed herself as the young mistress of the sect. He smiled amicable and returned her greeting likewise.

“Greetings Young Mistress of the YuanLi sect, I’m Prince Rong from the fox clan.”

After exchanging greetings the two sat across from each other.

“Bring some wine for the fox prince!”

Demon lord Zhurong carefully watched the movement of the woman that sat in front of him. He only had the painting of the sect leader’s daughter, but had never met her in person. Looking at her face, he saw the gentle beauty and gracefulness displayed by the woman that was masquerading as Li Jiao. That made me wonder who the “real” Li Jiao was, while waiting on the wine to be served.

“Forgive my manners fox prince, I hope you like drinking wine or there is always tea. I have never been to the fox clan, therefore I know next to nothing about what the people of your clan eat or drink.”

“Wine is okay, I don’t like to eat when I leave the fox clan. I have a weak constitution for food that are not made from my clan, but I can tolerate any kind of wine.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, Fox Prince Rong. I was about to ask the kitchen to prepare us some food.”

It wasn’t that the demon lord couldn’t eat outside food, but the impurities which were in the form of the spiritual energy that came from being around anyone that had spiritual energy for cultivation was usually highest in foods unlike wine. Wine had some spiritual energy in them from their indirect contact with anyone that possessed that form of energy, but the demon lord knew from experience that he wasn’t going to eat anything that came out of the heavenly realm, due to their spiritual energy which was like a poison to him.

The mirror of Yao was suppressing his demon energy, which made him less susceptible to the poisonous environment that he was in, the mask that would have prevented him from breathing in the poison was tucked away inside the layers of the robe he was wearing.

“Fox Prince Rong, could you tell me what brings you to my humble sect?”

The way Xu Hui spoke anyone would have taken her to be the young mistress of the sect, she sat with such dignity and poise. The epitome of gracefulness!

“Young Miss Li, why don’t we wait on the wine to be brought in, before I talk about the reason for coming to the YuanLi sect?”

Xu Hui could see that the fox prince was going to prove difficult to handle, although he looked very calm and easygoing.

There was one thing the BaoXu sect disciple couldn’t stand, being kept waiting, now that she had been reborn, it was as if her patience was almost nonexistent. She could kill anyone that kept her waiting for too long. Although, it was only a short time since the servants had gone in to get the wine for their mistress, to Xu Hui they weren’t as fast enough for her.

She was already boiling inside from the mannerless fox prince, and having to sit by him for how long was making her shifting in her seat with discomfort.

“Is your seat not to your liking? Or is it that you don’t want to sit and would rather take a walk around?”

The BaoXu sect disciple thought she had hidden it well from the fox prince, her growing irritation, but for him to point it out to her, made Xu Hui realize that he was not an easy man to deal with.

“Thank you for your concern Fox Prince Rong, but I am quite comfortable from where I’m sitting.”

Xu Hui had to bite her tongue from lashing out at the annoying fox royalty. She saw the knowing smile he sent her way, this made her wish like slapping the smile off his face!

They soon heard an approaching tinkling sound and knew that the wine was about to be brought inside. One after the other, the maids set the tray bearing the porcelain green kettle and small cup on the table in front of their mistress and the fox prince.

“Thank you! You may all wait by the door!”

Demon Lord Zhurong, smiled and gave a nod at the women, before facing the one that he left his kingdom to see.

Xu Hui poured the pale colored wine from the kettle into her cup, while the demon lord did the same. After lifting the cup to take a sip of the wine, did the demon lord finally open up to discuss the purpose of his visit to the YuanLi sect.

“Young Miss Li, I heard you paid a visit to the BaoXu sect, should someone as sickly as you be going to such a dangerous place alone?”
for visiting.

The BaoXu sect disciple looked at the man across from her, his had a cordial smile that brightened his already handsome face. Xu Hui did not know why his presence made her uneasy, he was smiling and yet there was just something that was not quite right while looking at him.

“News really travel fast to the fox clan! Who would have thought the little walk to another sect would become a fodder of gossip in another realm. You must have a lot of time on your hands to be paying attention to things like that!”

The demon lord heard the bite in her voice, while silently laughing inside him.

“Young Miss Li, if my father does not show much interest in what is going on in other realms. I, Prince Rong, have to do so, for the future of the fox clan! Show such interest no matter how insignificant would let me ensure the protection of my people.”

“But there was something that I heard and I silenced others from spreading the news. Is it true that you are Xu Hui?!”

The demon lord dropped the cadence of his tone to almost that of a whisper. When the words left his mouth, the cup that Xu Hui held fell to the floor with a clatter.

“Young Miss Li, are you alright?!”

The servants heard the sound of broken cup and left where they were to see if their mistress was hurt.

“I’m..okay.”

Xu Hui looked very rattled by what the “fox prince” said, “How did anyone find out that I am not Li Jiao, but Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect?! I never told anyone except Fu Zian. After I saved his life, he chose to betray me?!!!”

The BaoXu sect disciple thought that the one that betrayed her to the fox clan was Fu Zian, not knowing that the demon lord had spies about. If the demon lord already knew of her duplicity, then the GuBaiJin sect may not be too far behind on the deception, because the sect leader also had spies too in other sects.

“Leave us alone!”

“But what about the broken cup, Young Miss Li?!”

“You can return later and have them cleaned up! Can’t you see that I’m having a discussion with the fox prince?!”

Xu Hui ordered the servants to return back to their post, although they did as commanded, the look of worry for their young mistress was evident in their eyes.

“You need to treat your servants better Young Miss Li?”

The mask of gentility that Xu Hui had worn for some days now, finally shattered under the influence of the “fox prince” who she didn’t know of his existence until today.

“You’re right! I am Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect that reincarnated into the body of the sect leader’s daughter of YuanLi sect!”

“How does it feel to know that the one that killed you is walking about and actually married to the young mistress of the WuYangChen sect.”

“Brother Feng is now the sect leader of WuYangChen sect?!”

“You still give him so much respect, it seems that you can take a pig out of the swine, but you can never get rid of its ugly nature.”

“Who is the pig?!!!”

Xu Hui hated the man that had discovered who she was, knowing that her murderer was living a good life, while she was dying from walking the path of infernal cultivation. The bitterness taht was in her heart rose up once again, she though he had died from the massacre at her sect, only to be told that he now had a higher position and was living well.

Overcome by the emotion within her, the eyes of Xu Hui flashed to the color of crimson, which was only possible if she was either about to use the blood flail technique or was enraged.

“Xu Hui, be careful! You don’t want to be thrown out so soon after waking up in your new body.”

Wanting to get back at the fox prince for putting her in such a tight predicament, the BaoXu sect disciple, discretely held her hand under the table and formed them a fist with it. Instantly, the demon lord felt as if his insides were being squeezed so tight.

He began coughing blood on the table that was set in front of him, staining the robes he wore and the floor. Holding on to his belly, Demon Lord Zhurong faced Xu Hui with eyes full of pain.

“Is this something that your sect taught you?!”

Xu Hui’s face reflected the confusion that was in her heart and guilt coupled with pain, she was practicing a technique that was frowned upon by her sect and hearing the “fox prince” ask made her remember how much she had strayed away from the right path.

“It is a forbidden technique.”

Just that simple statement made Xu Hui shut her eyes in silent affirmation of what the demon lord said to her.

“I would do what it takes to exact my revenge on Feng Yueming!”

“You can keep looking for him all you want, but there is no one that goes by the name Feng Yueming anymore.”

The demon lord wiped at his mouth with the sleeves of his robes, while speaking to the BaoXu sect disciple.

“What do you mean that there is no one that goes by that name?! Didn’t you just tell me that Brother Feng isn’t dead and is the sect leader?!”

“There is no longer a cultivator with the name Feng Yueming, but there is one that goes by the name Chen Yueming and he is married to the daughter of the former sect leader.”

Since Xu Hui was so upset, she wasn’t thinking right when the demon lord first told her that Feng Yueming was now the sect leader, even if he had changed names, his position was still the same, so as long as she knew he was the sect leader, it shouldn’t matter if he wasn’t going by the name she knew him as while they were at BaoXu sect.

“Being reborn as made you quite ignorant. Are you sure you would be able face him?”

The demon lord smiled at the obvious foolishness that Xu Hui was displaying in the face of hearing about her archenemy.

“I have already killed him a million times in my head, I just need to see him in person to put my thought into action!”

“I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you would never be able to kill Sect Leader Chen the way you are now!”

Xu Hui looked at her visitor with the look that read, “What is he even talking about?!”

Demon Lord Zhurong kept watching Xu Hui from the corner of his eyes, the BaoXu sect disciple was still looking at the sect brother that she knew from the past as possessing the same strength or probably grown just a little.

“Do you know what it takes to take up the position as sect leader?!”

He saw her look of unconcern on hearing what he was asking.

“The person must be someone that possesses great strength, wisdom and a good example to his followers.”

“The Feng Yueming from that time, do you think that he would still be the same weakling that he was or now a sect leader that everyone looks up to?”

The demon lord was only there to hear her thoughts, he didn’t have the mind to let her have the satisfaction of killing Chen Yueming.

“You must have thought wrong! I know that he isn’t going to be the same person that her knew from our sect days, that is why I already perfected the blood flail technique!”

Hei Zhurong couldn’t help but laugh at her stupidity, going up against a sect leader that had spent years acquiring the core of magical beast and absorbing their spiritual energy to enhance those of his, he wondered how he could explain to her in such a way that would not end up crushing her spirit.

“Knowing a forbidden technique or two is good to face the sect leader of a low ranking sect, but going against a sect leader whose rank is falsely determined is not a good choice to make.”

“What do you mean?! Isn’t YuanLi sect higher than WuYangchen sect?!”

“I repeat, being reborn has made you more foolish, I took a look at the BaoXu sect, weren’t you the highest in your class?”

Xu Hui didn’t want to recount her days at the BaoXu sect under the circumstances that the “fox prince” was bringing them up.

“I am not dull if that is what you are implying!”

“If you aren’t dull then why would you not find out what you know about your enemy before you attack them?!”

“I already know enough and I have enough power to crush Brother Feng! What more do I need!”

“You are very foolish!”

“Don’t call me that! Fox Prince Rong because I would not be able to guarantee you walking out of my sect alive, even if I have to answer to your father the fox king! You will give me the respect that is due!”

“Who told you that I am really the fox king’s son?!”

“If you are not his son then how did they let you in?!”

“That is why I said you are foolish! You believe everything your eyes see!”

“What is it to you whether I am acting foolish or not!”

Xu Hui had already lost her patience with the demon lord, to her the man was impossible and there was no way she could make him see reason.

“Whether I am the fox prince or not, you need to be aware of something else.”

“And what would that be?!”

“Your brother Feng has been gathering the cores of magical beasts and using them to increase his spiritual energy. At his current level he is higher than that of sect leader Jin, who is supposedly meant to be the chief cultivator of all the sects in the heavenly realm.”

When Xu Hui heard what Hei Zhurong said, the look of absolute disbelief was clear in her eyes.

“I don’t believe you! Do you know what it takes to subdue a magical beast and steal their core? At BaoXu sect we always night hunted together with many senior disciples with us, and that was to catch a magical beast and not more than one at a time. You are telling me that those dangerous creatures were able to be captured by a sect that was lower than even the ShenJiangShi sect?! Hmpf!”

“You will have to die a second time to understand the meaning behind my words.”

Xu Hui thought the man in front of her was a very prideful person, everything he said did not make any sense to her, to think he came all the way from the fox clan to talk nonsensical things. It was not a good time for the BaoXu sect disciple.

Although, the mirror of Yao was suppressing his aura, the demon lord wanted to see the level that Xu Hui was boasting of and to do that, he had to take them to a separate place. The magical tool wasn’t only to subdue a person’s spiritual energy, in which case it was his demon energy it was keeping under wraps. The other purpose was to create an alternate world of a kind within itself.

Demon Lord Zhurong got up from where he was and walked over to where Xu Hui sat, on the way to her, he wondered why he cared about whether she could defeat the sect leader from the WuYangChen sect or not.

“Stand up and follow me!”

When Hei Zhurong spoke to her, to was as Demon Lord Zhurong and not Fox Prince Rong.

“Why should I?”

“Do you want me to drag you or would you like to stand up by yourself?!”

Xu Hui looked at the “fox prince” as if he had gone raving mad, “How dare you tell me to go with him to a place that I don’t know! He must be crazy to think I will do as he says!”

The young miss of the YuanLi sect sat where she was, not moving an inch from where she sat, but the demon lord wasn’t in the mood to deal with her obstinacy. Grabbing onto her arms, he pulled her from her seat, almost causing her to fall on the broken pieces of the cup from earlier.

The next thing she knew, before she could utter a word to alert her servants was that they were both sucked into a swirling portal of nothingness.

“Where are we?! Where is this place?!”

Demon Lord Zhurong tucked back the mirror of yao back to where it was underneath the sleeves of his robes. The place where they were was like a wall of green water all around them, they looked like water, but they were only an illusion of it.

“This is a spatial space, you can not get out, unless I release you out of it.”

“Why did you bring me here!”

“If you beat me, I will release you, but if I win, you will stay here until I am done with my plans.”

“What plans?!”

“You will know in due time, for now why don’t you try and see if you can defeat me?!”

“You think I cannot defeat you?! Ha!”

The alternate world since it was the one created by the mirror of yao, was able to let the demon lord use his powers as he pleased.

Xu Hui formed the blood beads using her blood and sent them straight at the demon lord. Hei Zhurong was prepared for the attack and side stepped it.

“Is that your best?”

He hadn’t even released a tiny fraction of his power and yet she was not even close to getting him to use it.

Without any warning, the demon lord aimed for her ankle using the illusion of the mirror to mask the dark aura of his demon energy. T