Chapter 964: One Good Thing After Another

Hong Ying’s gaze traveled up the Netherworld King’s slender calves, crossing her ample thighs and squeezable waist. His gaze circled her prideworthy chest before finally slowly traveling up her snowy, swan-like neck.

It was only then that he saw her beautiful but utterly cold, cruel, and indifferent face.

Those slightly elongated, bewitching eyes shone with a hint of blood-red fanaticism.

Hong Ying was instantly solemn.

A long time ago, he’d discussed the Seventh Warden with some of the sect’s old-timers. They all said that although the Seventh Warden

looked

like an amorous, enchanting beauty, she was the most heartless of them all!

She was frenzied and vicious by nature. Anyone she viewed with enmity met an incomparably cruel end.

However, Hong Ying didn’t panic.

He’d long since understood that the Seventh Warden in front of him was merely an avatar. Her true body was still confined in the City of the Wrongfully Dead.

“Your Excellency, you needn’t be angry. It’s just dual cultivation, and it’ll benefit us both. Besides, when the day comes that you return to the sect, you’ll be able to pick up your duties where you left off. Why refuse?” Hong Ying smiled as if everything were perfectly normal. “I trust you’re not willing to take on a post as inconsequential as that of a Chief Mourner of a Den of Caterpillars.”

In his eyes, the red-lipped, snowy-skinned Netherworld King was like a blazing bundle of fire. She’d completely set ablaze his lust and urge to conquer.

A woman with such good looks was a disaster waiting to happen: her unmatched beauty could bewitch and overturn the masses!

The Netherworld King fell silent.?Her slender fingers gradually clenched, and a long time passed before they relaxed.

Then, she burst into laughter, and her red, lustrous lips curved. “Dual cultivation, that’s all. I naturally can agree to that.”

Hong Ying’s eyes lit up. “Truly?”

It seemed he dared not believe it.

The Netherworld King said with a charming smile, “Once you’ve killed Liu Changsheng, I wouldn’t mind letting you first taste the wonders of this avatar.”

Her eyes were like limpid pools: utterly bewitching.?The incredible charm naturally released with every smile and every frown left Hong Ying feeling parched, and he gulped with great difficulty.

A moment later, he took a deep breath and suppressed the explosion of delight and desire building within his chest. He sighed, “If I weren’t certain that I was truly talking to you, Your Excellency, I would almost suspect that this was nothing but a beautiful dream.

The Netherworld King laughed. “I barely offered you anything at all, but you’re already satisfied?”

Hong Ying froze, stunned. “Your Excellency, don’t tell me you plan to offer more?”

The Netherworld King said languidly, “When you attack Liu Changsheng, I’ll help you, and I’ll even lend you a hand when you go to the Burial Ground of the Dao.”

Hong Ying couldn’t help but be delighted. “That’s naturally even better!”

“Let’s leave it there for now. It’s getting late, and I’d best get going.” The Netherworld King rose.

“Wait.” Hong Ying’s eyes flashed. “Forgive my impudence, but how can I trust your words without proof?”

The Netherworld King gazed intently at him. “Should I renege on my word, you can simply destroy this avatar of mine, can’t you?”

After a moment’s silence, Hong Ying laughed. “I couldn’t bear to do so.”

The Netherworld King said no more. She simply turned and left.

“Take care, Your Excellency.” Hong Ying rose to his feet, but he didn’t see her off.

Instead, he gazed hungrily at her back. Her dress was as black as ink, and it outlined her straight, smooth thighs and the ample, soul-stirring curves of her rear.

It was only after she disappeared that the greedy light faded from his gaze, and he regained his usual calm. He muttered to himself,

No matter what you’re scheming, you’re destined to become my furnace for cultivation and to submit beneath my crotch!

……

Clang!

The gong signaling the hour of the rat resounded throughout the city, telling everyone that they’d entered the latter half of the night.

The streets were already lamplit and bustling with human traffic.

The Netherworld King walked the streets alone, and her beauty drew too many gazes to count.

She didn’t care about them.?But deep within her heart, murderous intent accumulated and fermented continuously. Her gaze grew increasingly cold and indifferent, and anyone who met her eyes shuddered from head to toe. It was as if they’d been plunged into an icy abyss.

The hustle and bustle of human traffic still filled the streets. Most of those coming and going traveled in groups.?This was the City of Eternal Night late at night, but an eternal night was like no night at all; the lamps were forever lit, and the lively atmosphere never receded.

As she walked, the Netherworld King swept her gaze across the bustling streets. An indescribable loneliness arose within her heart.

“They say that when one lives without stalks or roots, they drift about like dust on unfamiliar roads,” she muttered to herself. “They must have been talking about me…”

She suddenly found the lively streets jarring and unpleasant.

After walking a while longer, she came to an abrupt halt.?Only now did she realize she’d unwittingly returned to the Timekeeper’s courtyard.?She stood there in the darkness for quite some time before silently turning and leaving.

She’d long since grown accustomed to solitude, and that wouldn't change so easily.

……

Beneath the same night sky.

Grand Tripod Pavilion.

“My apologies, Fellow Daoist.”

The gray-haired Ye Luo glanced at the old man fast asleep on a soft couch. He gently helped Elder Mo close his doors. Then, he turned and left.

He had used a secret art to silently invade Elder Mo’s soul and learn the truth.?However, that truth made him furrow his brow.?It turned out that it was the Timekeeper’s orange cat who’d bought up all of the Three Stones of Rebirth the Dark Market had to offer!

“No wonder the old man wasn’t willing to give me any answers…” Ye Luo’s eyes flashed. “But what does the Timekeeper want to do with the Three Stones of Rebirth?

“With his cultivation, if he needed the Three Stones of Rebirth, he’d have had plenty of time and opportunity to gather an abundance of them. There would have been no need to wait all this time.”

Ye Luo couldn’t help but think back to his earlier meeting with the Timekeeper.

Suddenly, he recalled the blue-robed young man resting beneath the courtyard’s ancient tree with a cat in his arms.

“Don’t tell me he’s preparing them for that kid?” muttered Ye Luo.

A young Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivator was surely preparing to prove his Dao and become an Emperor.?And Ye Luo vividly remembered that a long time ago, as he prepared to use Threelives Rebirth Stone to break into the Profound Serenity Realm, his master had told him with a sigh that Threelives Rebirth Stone could only reveal the full extent of its miraculous applications when used to break into the Imperial Realm. With it, one could establish foundations in the Imperial Realm glorious enough to dazzle any era they appeared in!

It seems it’s that kid who snatched up all the Three Stones of Rebirth!

A hint of a smile tugged at Ye Luo’s lips.

That makes this simple. All I have to do is find that boy and have a nice chat. I’m sure I’ll leave with an ample harvest!

Besides, he gathered so many of them. Can he really use them all on his own? All I’m doing is ‘buying’ a few. That naturally isn’t over the line.

……

Early in the morning, two days later.

As soon as Su Yi left his room, he saw Liu Changsheng.

He was one of the Six Sovereigns of the Netherworld, as well as its greatest swordsman, but he was quite ordinary-looking.

He was thin, with white hair at his temples, and he dressed in hemp clothing. He was utterly unassuming.

However, the sword strapped to his back was perfectly straight, and as his eyes shifted, suns and moons seemed to float within a gaze as inscrutable as the starry sky.

“The Timekeeper said he wants you… to leave the City of Eternal Night with me?” When he saw Su Yi, Liu Changsheng was a bit stunned. It seemed he couldn’t quite understand why the Timekeeper would insist on having a young Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivator accompany him.

“Yes, because I told him to say that,” Su Yi said casually.

“....”

His tone didn’t sound at all arrogant, but when Liu Changsheng stopped to think about what he’d said, Su Yi’s words seemed arrogant to the extreme.?Liu Changsheng had never heard of anyone capable of ordering the Timekeeper around!

Countless doubts rose unbidden to his heart.

This young man is only in the Spiritual Revolution Realm. I’m afraid there’s no way he’ll be a match for the disciples of the Far Shore.

Yet the Timekeeper told me to leave the City of Eternal Night alongside him. That undoubtedly implies that despite his meager cultivation base, the boy has alternative means of threatening the forces of the Far Shore!

But then, the question is, just who is this boy? Where did he come from, and what power is he relying on that lets him face the Far Shore without fear?

Liu Changsheng was the strongest master of the Dao of the Sword in the Netherworld, but the Far Shore had forced even him to seek refuge within the City of Eternal Night.?It was no exaggeration to say that the forces of the mysterious Far Shore were enough to threaten any of the Netherworld’s peak orthodoxies!

But in the end, Liu Changsheng suppressed his doubts and said, “When shall we set out, my young friend?”

No matter how unreliable the young man in front of him seemed, Liu Changsheng trusted that the Timekeeper wouldn’t mislead him.?He clearly had his reasons for making these arrangements.

‘My young friend’?

Su Yi smiled, but in the end, he didn’t nitpick Liu Changsheng’s choice of title. “Before we go, there’s one thing I need to confirm.”

"Please, speak directly.”

“Has Zhan Beiqi come to the City of Eternal Night to kill you, or to help you?”

Liu Changsheng froze, and his eyes blazed with imposing, sharp light. “What do you mean by that, my young friend?”

“Is he friend or foe?” said Su Yi with perfect composure. “It’s best I get a clear answer.”

Liu Changsheng got the vague sense that the young man in front of him had long since known about his connection with Zhan Beiqi!

After a moment’s silence, Liu Changsheng said, “He won’t just stand back and watch as someone else kills me.”

Su Yi nodded. “Let’s go.”

WIth that, he turned and left the courtyard.

Liu Changsheng furrowed his brow. He couldn’t help but turn and look into the main hall.

As if guessing what he was about to ask, the Timekeeper’s aged, hoarse voice emanated from within the room. “Some things, there’s simply no need for me to explain. You’ll understand soon enough, Fellow Daoist Liu.”

Liu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed, and he clasped his fist. “Many thanks for your assistance, Senior.”

Then, he turned and left too.

When Liu Changsheng appeared behind Su Yi on the streets of the City of Eternal Night, passersby quickly recognized him. This caused quite the commotion.

Who didn’t know about the Mad Sword Netherworld Sovereign Liu Changsheng??He was a top powerhouse! A single stomp of his foot could shake the entire Netherworld!

He was legend of the Dao of the Sword.?It would have been difficult for his arrival not to draw attention, and naturally,?Hong Ying received word of this too.

“Liu Changsheng has brazenly appeared in the open. Does this mean that the Timekeeper has made concessions, and that he’s no longer willing to intervene in Liu Changsheng’s enmities?”

He was surprised, and beyond that, his spirits soared. He clapped his hands and laughed. “It really has been one good thing after another lately!”