Yun Qishen

Chapter 2164: Wandering Demon

In the palace of the demon king, in the concubine's bedroom filled with flowers and plants, the demon king was leaning against Jihua and talking drunkenly, "Jihua... I gave up a lot to protect you. As long as you and the concubines are here, the demon race will one day give birth to more powerful monsters. When that time comes, our demon race will definitely... uh..."

Jihua's hands formed pink flowers, and the rich fragrance of the flowers rushed straight into the mouth and nose of the Demon King. Jihua gently held the Demon King in her arms, but her expression was extremely indifferent, "Your Majesty, it's cold. It's time to hibernate..."

"Jihua, you——" The demon king sensed the danger and his drunkenness disappeared immediately, but it was too late. He fell directly on Jihua's wooden body and gradually stopped breathing.

"Kings!"

The snake official and a group of snake demon guards outside the hall noticed something was wrong and rushed in.

The halberd flower inserted its branches into the demon king's spinal nerves and controlled the already dead demon king, shouting, "How dare you! Who let you in? No one is allowed to come in without my order!"

The snake official looked at the demon king on the halberd branch with a fierce light in his eyes. "Your Majesty, your condition is really..."

"Get out!" The demon king roared again under the control of Jihua.

The snake officer and the snake demon soldiers looked at each other and then retreated, "Yes..."

After seeing the group of snake demons leave, Jihua also retracted the branch that controlled the Demon King. She smiled bitterly, moved away, put on her clothes and tidied them up, then glanced at the body of the Demon King on the bed, "Hehe... May your Majesty rest in peace..."

Then she came to the back room of the hall and lifted a door curtain. Behind the curtain was Guibei, shivering and curled up.

Jihua said coldly to Guibei, "Guibei, come out and help me."

Gui Bei held himself with one hand, stood up tremblingly, and followed Ji Hua out of the back room. He followed behind Ji Hua and stammered to persuade her, "Ji Hua... let's not do this. After all, the Demon Country is..."

Jihua gritted her teeth and scolded fiercely, "It's already this time, do you still want to disgust yourself! The Demon Country is beyond salvation! Those invading demons will never let us survive! Just like they brutally killed the general back then! We will also be..."

Gui Bei also mustered up the courage to interrupt Jihua's words at this moment, "But if you do this, the demon country will... You are planning to betray your own country. Jihua! I beg you, now while the king has not..."

"The king is dead!" Jihua's voice was a little loud, but it did not alarm the guards outside the palace.

"How could this be..." Gui Bei's already frightened and sad expression became even sadder.

Jihua turned her back to Guibei and looked at the corpse on the bed. She suddenly suggested, "Guibei, if you don't want to leave the demon country with me, then you can replace him and become the new king!"

Gui Bei panicked when he heard this, "No! I can't! I can't do it!"

Jihua smiled, "I know, I've known it for a long time!"

Gui Bei frowned, "Jihua, what are you talking about?"

Jihua turned around and patted Guibei's shoulders. "What kind of demon skeletons are under those flower mud? You know better than anyone, don't you? This demon country originally belonged to you wolf demons, didn't it? This fox just took advantage of the chaos to claim the throne! All your fathers, brothers, and clansmen who stayed in the demon country were killed by him! Do you still plan to continue to live with the surviving wolf demon?"

Gui Bei felt blocked in his heart, but he felt that what Jihua did was wrong, "No... Jihua! The king is a good king! He led the Demon Kingdom to prosperity and glory! And the Demon Kingdom under the rule of the wolf clan has never..."

Jihua interrupted Guibei again, "Don't say anymore! The fact is already established, I will leave here, I want to create a pure land where monsters are not bound by any country!"

"Halberd flower!"

Jihua waved away Guibei's pull, "Remember, Guibei, you are so timid and cowardly that you can't accomplish anything, and naturally you can't protect your own people." She strode towards the secret passage behind the palace, "If you want to become powerful, then from this moment on, you are no longer yourself..."

Jihua left, and Guibei also collapsed on the ground. Then the snake officer and a group of snake demon soldiers rushed into the hall.

"Kings!"

"The bold wolf demon actually..."

The snake demons picked up their spears and held Guibei's neck.

Guibei just raised his head tiredly and looked at the snake official. He tore off the mask on his face and faced the snake demon dressed as a civil servant with his true appearance, "Snake Lord... it's me..." The wolf demon appearance under Guibei's fake face made the snake official instantly suppress his anger at the death of the fox demon king. He even spat out his tongue in surprise, "Sixth Prince! Are you still alive?!"

Gui Bei clenched his fists and said, "I was the one who killed the king. I should avenge the murder of my father and brother, right..."

The snake officer signaled with his eyes that the soldiers should remove the spears on both sides of Guibei's neck. He then saluted respectfully to Guibei and said, "Sixth Prince, you have grown up. I thought you were beheaded that year, so..."

Gui Bei quickly grabbed the bent snake official and said, "Snake Lord, you have taught me since childhood that I cannot let myself down... My father and brother cut off my hands and saved my life, so that I can kill this power-grabbing fox at this time..."

The snake official glanced at the fox demon king on the bed and said, "He is a wise monarch. Without him, the demon country would have ceased to exist long ago."

"I know... but he is also my enemy." Guibei pulled the snake official to stand up. He paused and then gestured coldly, "Take the late king away."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Snake King led the snake demon soldiers to lift the Fox Demon King off the bed.

Just as they were about to leave, Gui Bei grabbed the corner of the snake official's clothes.

"Snake Lord...will you stay with me...stay with me for a while?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

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Above the scorching sand, the air was swaying and stirred by the steaming heat waves. Two exhausted monsters staggered towards them from a distance. They were now thirsty and completely exhausted.

"Uh... hold on a little longer, there will be water soon..." The brother among the monsters dragged his sister who was lying limp on the ground and moved forward with difficulty.

The monster girl on the ground had a hoarse throat, probably because she hadn't had water for a long time. "Brother... I can't hold on any longer... After I die, please turn me into jerky to fill your hunger..."

The monster brother panicked, feeling upset but unable to shed a single tear because of thirst. "No, there must be a way! There must be a way! Hang in there, little sister!"

Then the two demons fell completely to the ground, holding each other's hands and accepting their impending fate.

Suddenly, a tree shade appeared, covering the monster brother and sister. As the shade appeared, a banshee's voice was heard from the air, "Wandering and lost monster, do you need help?"

The monster brother weakly spoke to the hallucination he thought he had before his death, "Who are you? We need water! We need food!"

"I'll give it to you."

  Following the mysterious voice's reply, the things the monster brother needed most appeared in front of him and his sister.

The monster brother was so excited that he grabbed the water bottle and put it to the monster sister's mouth, "Sister! We can survive! We can survive!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Drink slowly! Drink slowly!"

The monster brother was so happy that he choked the monster sister.

The mysterious voice sounded again, "I give you food and water under certain conditions."

The monster brother who had drunk enough water asked with concern, "What are the conditions?"

"Join us."

"You are..." The monster brother hugged his sister for fear of being harmed.

The mysterious voice smiled and said, "For the sake of the power and prosperity of the Yokai, a pure land that can still survive without being bound or threatened by any country. Welcome to become a part of the Yokai."

A figure emerged from the shade of the trees. The charmingly dressed tree demon also walked in front of the demon brother and sister. She stretched out her hand to show her friendship, "I am the high priest of the wandering demons, Jihua Youshu. I am your support for blessing you."