The rainwater fell on their robes, seeping out patches of light and dark marks.

Bujiang stepped forward, her azure paper umbrella shielding Zanxing from the moisture above her head.

“As expected.” She sighed, and her usually languid brow was clouded with worry. “If it were truly that simple, your father wouldn’t have spent so much effort back then only to be left helpless.”

“Father never refined the Xiaoyuan Pearl back then,” Zanxing said. “Moreover, I only have half of the Xiaoyuan Pearl. Could it be that because the other half isn’t with me, I cannot awaken the spiritual vein?”

Bujiang shook her head: “Since Gui Yansheng was severely injured in the Wulun Pagoda, he must be hiding now. We can’t find him, so naturally we can’t find the Xiaoyuan Pearl either. Even if we found it, that madman’s depths are unknown – Heishi City might not be his match.”

To escape from under the noses of both the Demon Elimination Army and the demon forces while injured, they had still underestimated Gui Yansheng’s strength.

Thinking of Gui Yansheng, Zanxing was stunned for a moment. Perhaps because they were both children of the Demon Lord, with at least half the same blood flowing through them, when near Gui Yansheng, Zanxing could feel his emotions and sensations. It was precisely because of this that when Gui Yansheng cultivated the Ten Thousand Ghosts Asura Way, enduring the pain of ten thousand ghosts devouring his heart, Zanxing would also taste that agony.

Although Gui Yansheng was currently a moody madman who only wanted to kill everyone in the three realms, in the past, within the Wulun Pagoda, Gui Diao Tang was not without responsibility for Gui Yansheng becoming what he was now.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn’t help asking the question she had always wanted to ask: “Mother, what exactly happened between the Demon Lord and Gui Yansheng’s mother back then?” After a pause, she continued: “Back then in Heishi City, did the Demon Lord issue a decree to kill all the half-demons in the city?”

……

At the entrance of Chaos Hall, two azure ghostly flames flickered with brilliant light, making the pitch-black demonic statue at the hall entrance appear even more sinister.

Everyone stopped at the hall entrance.

Tian Fangfang looked at the two ghostly flames and couldn’t help but swallow: “Junior Sister Zanxing, I never expected her true preferred style to be like this.”

When they were at Gufeng Mountain, the Mingxiu Courtyard of Miaokong Hall had been personally decorated by Xuan Lingzi, filled with tender peach pink throughout the courtyard, which made one’s eyes ache to look at. But compared to this sinister palace before them, it seemed much more cozy.

“Master decorating her courtyard like that was truly wronging her,” Tian Fangfang sighed with great emotion.

Mimi caught a familiar scent and excitedly rushed out from the hall, rolling to Gu Baiying’s feet. Having changed from a Yinlang Shi back to a large cat, it could finally be held. Tian Fangfang bent down to pick up Mimi and kissed it: “Long time no see, Mimi has gotten much more robust!”

The Yinlang Shi slapped him across the face with its tail.

At this moment, a red-clothed man walked out from the hall. Though it was daytime, he was still carrying a blue paper lantern in his hand. He smiled and nodded to everyone, as if he had long known they would come, saying: “Are you immortal masters here to find the Young Mistress? The Young Mistress is not currently in the hall. Lord Xiao Shuang has instructed that you should enter the hall to wait. The Young Mistress will come once she’s finished with her business.”

There was no intention of blocking them at all.

Mendong secretly cast a sound transmission technique to Gu Baiying’s ear: “Master Uncle, they haven’t asked you to be Zanxing’s eighth concubine. Could it be that Zanxing thought it over today and decided you weren’t good enough, so she removed you from the roster?”

Gu Baiying said expressionlessly: “Shut up.”

Mendong very tactfully closed his mouth.

Meng Ying looked at Gu Baiying: “Master Uncle, let’s go in and wait.”

There was nothing to do outside anyway, so they might as well go in and wait while taking a look at where Zanxing lived in the Demon Realm.

Upon entering the hall, everyone immediately felt that this palace was indeed extremely luxurious. In all of Gufeng Mountain, the most colorful place was probably Shaoyang Zhenren’s Jinhua Hall, yet Chaos Hall was even more richly colored than Jinhua Hall. Originally thinking it would sound cold and desolate, upon entering, they immediately felt it was gaudy and flashy. The hall had hundreds of azure lamps burning, their flames flickering azure-green. At first glance, it was like arriving at a graveyard.

In the center stood a crystal pillar carved with the complex Nine Sons Demon Mother design. The hall contained an extremely spacious white jade bed, and not far from the white jade bed was a small golden table. On the small table were red agate cups and jade-green bowls and dishes…

The disciples of the Taiyan Sect most commonly used plain gray colors. When had they ever seen such brilliant colors? For a moment, they only felt dizzy and dazzled, receiving tremendous shock from body to soul.

Originally, they had thought the demonic statue at the entrance was sinister enough, but now, looking at this riot of colors, it was even more bizarre than the demonic statue.

Gu Baiying’s gaze fell on the water pool in the hall. Having a water pool dug in the hall was already outrageous enough, but even more outrageous were the several white, glowing ribs at the bottom of the pool. The pool water was clear, and beside those glowing ribs were some scattered spirit stones.

“This is Water Lord’s pool. Those Yin God demon bones were brought back by Water Lord from his hometown,” the red-clothed man with the lantern walked over, smiling. “The Mistress is considerate and specially had this pool dug in the hall for Water Lord. According to Water Lord’s hometown customs, placing Yin God demon bones in pool water and throwing in spirit stones will gain the Yin God’s protection, making wishes come true. The Mistress occasionally comes to throw in a couple of spirit stones too.”

His words showed considerable intimacy with Zanxing. Gu Baiying couldn’t help but look at him. This young man had an androgynously beautiful face, extraordinarily gorgeous, wearing loose red robes that revealed jade-like collarbones. Seeing Gu Baiying’s gaze, the red-clothed man smiled gently: “Forgot to mention – I belong to the Young Mistress. I’m Chuideng Gui.”

This phrase, “belong to the Young Mistress,” immediately shocked everyone.

“When you say that, do you mean what we think you mean?” Tian Fangfang asked tremblingly.

Chuideng Gui looked at him with surprise: “I thought Her Highness the Demon Empress had already told you yesterday. In our Chaos Hall, seven people are serving the Young Mistress!” He looked at Gu Baiying, opening his mouth in confusion: “Isn’t Young Master Gu also coming to our Chaos Hall? Hasn’t Her Highness the Demon Empress explained things clearly to you?”

Blue veins throbbed on Gu Baiying’s forehead: “I am not.”

“Ah,” Chuideng Gui then showed a regretful expression: “Seeing Young Master Gu’s handsome bearing and promising youth, I thought our Chaos Hall would have another brother. What a pity.”

Just as he was speaking, a youth in azure clothes stumbled out from the hall. This youth seemed physically weak, walking very slowly while covering his mouth with a handkerchief and coughing as he walked. When he reached the front, the azure-clothed youth raised his head, revealing a pale, delicate face. He looked at Xiao Shuang, then at Gu Baiying, and spoke softly: “Is this the Young Master Gu who’s coming to our Chaos Hall? Indeed handsome.”

He gracefully bowed down: “I am Bing Mo, one who serves the Young Mistress.”

The finger bones of Gu Baiying’s hand gripping the silver spear instantly turned white.