His Majesty
"Master!"
Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong knit their brows. In this unfamiliar environment, they had to stay by Ye Zichen's side to protect him.
If Ye Zichen told them to leave with Chi Mei, he'd be putting himself in unknown danger.
"Go with her!"
Ye Zichen shouted. Chi Mei had brought them here. Even if Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong stayed by his side, if Chi Mei wanted to harm him, even they wouldn't be able to stop her.
Besides, even if Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong left, he still had the Yao-Sealing Pagoda.
If they really were in danger, he could just summon the Yao-Sealing Pagoda's heavenly yao or hide inside.
It wasn't as dangerous as they'd imagined.
Ye Zichen patted his spatial ring. Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong seemed to recall the Yao-Sealing Pagoda's existence. They nodded, but still tried to comfort him.
"Master, be careful!"
"That's more like it!" Chi Mei also smiled at this time and said with a cute smile, "You guys just have to believe me. I definitely won't harm big brother. Alright, alright, let's hurry up and go. Sweetie, you should hurry to the thatched hut as well. If the Gao Family shows up soon, we'll be in trouble. "
"Alright."
Chi Mei led Jiao Qi and the others away. Ye Zichen took out his fire-attribute spatial ring.
Recently, he'd been selling Sea Condensing Pills. When other family clans came to trade with him, they brought spatial rings with them. Obtaining a fire-attribute spatial ring wasn't difficult at all.
What was difficult was how to face the Xiao Family's emissary.
Before leaving, Chi Mei hadn't told him anything about a trade, nor had she told him how to do it. He'd have to improvise!
He took a few deep breaths, clenched his fists, and headed for the thatched hut.
"Miss Chi Mei, where are you taking us?"
After parting ways with Ye Zichen, Chi Mei led Jiao Qi and the others north. As they got further and further away from Ye Zichen, Jiao Qi couldn't help but ask.
Chi Mei furrowed her brows. By now, she was no longer as cute as she'd been with Ye Zichen. Her entire face was icy cold.
"Don't ask so much nonsense. Just follow me."
Suddenly, a dark light flashed through Chi Mei's eyes. When they saw this light, Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong fell to their knees with a thud.
"Your Honor."
"Humph." Chi Mei snorted indifferently at the two prostrating on the ground. She no longer rushed towards the north. Instead, she stopped and said to the two of them, "In a while, you will do whatever I tell you to do. If I don't tell you to move, you will just obediently watch. Got it?"
Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong looked conflicted.
No matter what, Ye Zichen was their master. They couldn't just stand by and watch him fall into danger, but this person ….
They had no choice but to listen to her.
After struggling for a while, Jiao Qi gritted his teeth and spoke.
"Yes, Your Honor. However, if Young Master is in danger, please allow me and Huai Rong to go and rescue him."
"You don't have to worry about that. I will definitely not let him die."
Chi Mei's eyes revealed a faint flirtatious look as she gently tapped her red lips with her finger and smiled charmingly.
"But he's my …. sweetie!"
Ye Zichen didn't think the thatched hut was far, but it took him a full hour to reach it.
As soon as he reached the door, he heard a low rumble from within.
"You're here?"
The transmission entered Ye Zichen's sea of consciousness directly. When he sensed its icy coldness, Ye Zichen's heart skipped a beat.
Ye Zichen glanced at the fire attribute ring on his finger, then bowed.
"Greetings, Special Envoy."
The more one spoke, the more mistakes one made. Ye Zichen, who didn't know the details of their exchange, could only try his best not to say too much. That way, he wouldn't give himself away.
After a long while, the door to the straw hut was pushed open, and a man wearing a black robe walked out. He was completely wrapped up in it.
"Come in."
The man snorted coldly, then sat on a stone chair outside the hut.
Ye Zichen didn't dare tarry. He pushed the door open and entered.
"How come you're the only one here? When I entered, I clearly sensed three auras. Two of them were yao."
Three auras. Clearly, this person did not sense Chi Mei's aura.
Chi Mei had an artifact capable of concealing her aura, but if this Special Envoy had an artifact capable of deciphering it, he should be able to detect Chi Mei's aura.
There were two possibilities …
If he didn't, then Ye Zichen and co. would have come for nothing!
Either he did, but Chi Mei's aura-concealing treasure was of a higher level, which was why the special envoy couldn't sense it.
"Esteemed Special Envoy, the less people who see the deal between us, the better."
"Not bad, you're vigilant enough." The envoy smiled in satisfaction. Soon after, his expression darkened. "What's your relationship with those two demons?"
"Yes …"
Ye Zichen didn't dare speak rashly. After a moment's hesitation, he finally answered.
"He's my attendant."
"Follower?"
To his surprise, the envoy actually smiled sinisterly. Ye Zichen's heart tensed when he felt the gaze, as he realized that there was something wrong with his answer.
Otherwise, the Special Envoy wouldn't be looking at him like that.
"Your Gao Family is truly audacious. Have you forgotten that our Xiao Family's ancestral teachings forbade us from associating with yao? Have you forgotten that the previous family head hated yao the most? Or has your Gao Family been separated for so long that you've forgotten your ancestor's words? "
Heavy spiritual pressure instantly bore down on Ye Zichen. Under its pressure, Ye Zichen's body bent uncontrollably, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. His heart shook violently, and his mind raced.
So something like this really happened?
If Chi Mei had investigated everything so thoroughly, why had she let Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong enter?
If she knew the location and method of the deal, Ye Zichen refused to believe she didn't know that the Xiao Family had an old grudge with the yao!
"She's doing this on purpose!"
This thought popped into his mind involuntarily, and as soon as it appeared, he couldn't erase it.
She'd deliberately let Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong leave, leaving him to face the Special Envoy alone.
She hadn't even used an aura-concealing treasure to conceal Jiao Qi and Meng Huairong's auras!
Chi Mei!
At that moment, the Special Envoy's hand reached for Ye Zichen's shoulder.
Ye Zichen dodged as fast as he could, but the Special Envoy still managed to rip his clothes to shreds. When his right shoulder was completely exposed in front of the special envoy, the special envoy also revealed a monstrous rage.
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