fairy family

Chapter 257 Returning Home with a Full Load of Good Deeds, Amidst Internal Strife

Princess Rakshasa wasn't unwilling; she had long been captivated by Yu Que's magical power and was quite willing to submit herself to him. However, what she wanted was to be Yu Que's Daoist partner, or at the very least, a concubine, not a slave.

The Rakshasa King seemed to have anticipated the Rakshasa Queen's thoughts, and transmitted a sigh through his voice:
"I observed that this true disciple went out to sea for training, and he had no concubines by his side, only that fellow disciple. You will definitely not be able to compete with that girl from Huangshan, so why don't you quickly take the position of this true disciple's first servant?"
Moreover, strictly speaking, servants were born into the household, they were family, while concubines and other such things were merely playthings. Comparatively, the former were much closer to the family.

Hearing her father say these words, Princess Rakshasa was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

She couldn't help but look up and gaze at Gong Dongxue, who was issuing orders and managing the Huangshan disciples in the distance.

The thought that the Rakshasa princess had of wanting to fight against her father vanished instantly.

Indeed, compared to Gong Dongxue, she had absolutely no chance of winning the position of Yu Que's Daoist partner.

"Moreover, given how capable Yu Zhenchuan is, there must be many women who covet him. Among them, there might even be someone more capable than Gong Dong."

As time goes on, these people will continue to increase. Especially once Yu Zhenchuan condenses his evil aura and refines his inner energy…”

She thought to herself and suddenly realized that her father's suggestion of settling for second best was quite good.

However, she was a princess in the Rakshasa clan, and now she was going to go from being a princess to someone else's servant. Even though she didn't have much resistance to Yu Que, she was filled with mixed feelings and felt quite ashamed.

"Father, I, I..." The Rakshasa princess whispered to the charred Rakshasa king, hesitating to speak.

The Rakshasa King heard the grievance in his daughter's voice. How could he not know how shameful and disgraceful it was to make his daughter a slave?

However, the Rakshasa clan now has no other good options. The fact that Yu Que appeared today is largely due to the good fortune of his seventh daughter.

The Rakshasa King sighed deeply:
"Children, your father is sorry. Your sisters have all died in battle, and only your two younger sisters, who are still too young to understand, are still asleep in the Russian ship."

In this world, you absolutely cannot survive without someone to rely on.

Father only wants you to survive…

Upon hearing her father's words, the Rakshasa princess was speechless and on the verge of tears.

However, she held back her tears, only looking at her father, who had turned to charcoal, with reddened eyes, and nodded earnestly.

The next moment, the woman bowed deeply to Yu Que, performing a full kowtow, and exclaimed:
"I earnestly request that Master Yu take in my clan."

I swear by my life and my conscience that my clan may continue its bloodline. From this day forward, I will follow your teachings and never betray you!

When Yu Que saw that the father and daughter had both sworn oaths, he couldn't help but show a hint of emotion on his face.

After thinking for a moment, he stopped being reserved and immediately nodded, saying:
"Can.

On this mountain peak, I am lacking a group of trusted followers to help manage my cave dwelling. Since you are willing to acknowledge me as your master, I promise that, if I have the capacity, I will not allow your bloodline to be extinguished!

Although Yu Que only briefly mentioned it, he did not swear an oath or mention anything about his Dao heart.

However, when the Rakshasa King heard this, a surge of joy immediately filled his consciousness.

He praised the Rakshasa princess, saying, "Today, you have been able to become my disciple and serve under Huangshan. You deserve the most credit, Xiao Qi. You are a great hero of my Rakshasa clan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his charred body trembled and cracked open.

Within the crevice, a blood-red heart was beating more violently, its movements like the beating of a drum, causing a rumbling sound to resound throughout the vast volcanic cavity.

With a rumble, a drop of golden blood was squeezed out of the heart and thrown towards the Rakshasa Queen.

Its speed was so fast that Yu Que, who was standing next to it, had no time to react.

The golden blood struck the Rakshasa princess squarely between the eyebrows, and within moments, it slowly merged into her body, leaving only a bewitching rune at the center of her brow.

Before the Rakshasa princess could react, the Rakshasa king burst into laughter:

"Xiao Qi, take good care of my Rakshasa clan."

"I'm leaving now!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, his consciousness collapsed instantly, and the life force within his charred body came to an abrupt end, extinguished like a candle flame.

The heart that had just expelled golden blood turned gray and white on the spot and turned into stone.

The Rakshasa princess awoke with a start and cried out, "Father!"

She felt as if fire was burning inside her, her blood was boiling. But the heat in her body couldn't cool the coldness in her heart.

After kneeling and wailing for a few moments, the Rakshasa Princess finally felt a touch of warmth from the side.

It was Yu Que who patted her shoulder and sighed, saying:

“Fellow Daoist Princess, your father’s actions just now were a last gasp of life. He knew he was going to die, so he seized the last opportunity to tell you so much.”

You mustn't let his good intentions go to waste.

The Rakshasa princess choked back tears and nodded.

She immediately wiped away the tears that wouldn't stop streaming down her face and bowed her head in submission to Yu Que:

"My lord, please don't be so polite with me. From now on, please just call me Xiao Qi."

Yu Que didn't hesitate; he nodded directly and accepted the master-servant relationship between the two.

He simply said, "Little Seven, it's too formal for you to call me 'Master.' From now on, just call me 'Master.'"

Yu Que offered a few more words of reassurance during the conversation, then pointed to the enormous Rakshasa-headed ship before him:

"Awaken your people, bring them all down, and tell them of your father's request."

If anyone disobeys, they are free to come and go as they please.

"I must hurry and nurture this ancient treasure."

After giving his instructions, Yu Que sat cross-legged in front of the Rakshasa-headed ship and released his divine sense to capture the spiritual energy of the creature.

Soon.

All the Rakshasa tribesmen, large and small, on the Rakshasa-headed ship were awakened from their slumber.

Upon waking, they were all filled with fear and dread. Only when they saw the Seventh Princess of Rakshasa and sensed a familiar and majestic aura emanating from her did they gradually calm down.

In an instant, the once quiet volcanic cavity became noisy again, filled with cries and howls.

The tragic scene drew repeated glances from the Huangshan disciples. However, considering the truly pitiful plight of the Rakshasa clan and the fact that they had already pledged allegiance to Yu Que, not a single Huangshan disciple dared to point or whisper about it.

the other side.

Three or four hours passed.

Yu Que awoke from his immersion in refining the ancient treasure in time. With a wave of his hand, the enormous Rakshasa-headed ship shrank to the size of an infant's head and was stored in his hand. He examined the object in his hand and let out a long breath.

"Fortunately, it only took less than half a day to initially refine this item. The rest will have to wait until after we leave this place to slowly nurture it."

Yu Que raised his head and immediately transmitted his voice to the people around him:
"Within a quarter of an hour, everyone must leave this place and return to the whale ship outside the mountain."

Upon hearing this, the disciples of Huangshan all stopped what they were doing.

Although they painfully glanced at the still-intense fire energy in the mountains, they knew the gravity of the situation and quickly bowed to Yu Que:

"Yes, I will obey the true teachings."

With a whoosh, the disciples, under Gong Dongxue's arrangement, left the place in batches along the already excavated passage.

As for the newly awakened Rakshasa, their reaction was a beat slower, but they all shouted in the Central Plains language:

"Yes, sir!"

Upon hearing the Rakshasa's response, Yu Que scanned the crowd with his divine sense and discovered that nine out of ten of the nearly one thousand Rakshasa were willing to board the ship and serve as his henchmen.

There were only about a hundred of them, and their faces were full of hatred, as well as a clear stubbornness.

Although these Rakshasa people were grateful to Yu Que for saving them, they were unwilling to become his slaves. Moreover, their excuse was just right: they wanted to avenge the Rakshasa clan themselves and did not want to leave the overseas territory to live a life of hardship in Huangshan.

Yu Que didn't pay much attention to that person. He pointed and gestured for that person to leave with the crowd.

However, once all the disciples of Huangshan Dao Palace had left, and the Rakshasa clan, who had willingly submitted, had also mostly departed, the Rakshasa princess turned to face her clansmen with a ruthless expression.

The woman bowed to the nearly one hundred tribespeople and coldly uttered:
"My fellow clansmen, I apologize for what I have done today."

With a whoosh, the Rakshasa princess appeared among nearly a hundred of her people.

She pointed to the golden mark between her eyebrows with her finger, her face fierce, and shouted at the crowd: "Die!"

Nearly a hundred Rakshasa clansmen sensed something was wrong. In their shock, they hurriedly channeled their magical power, wanting to fight to the death. However, a wave of oppressive force immediately pressed down on their hearts, paralyzing their magical power.

Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was stunned, the Rakshasa princess relied on her considerable magical power and immediately smashed the bodies of nearly a hundred tribesmen as if cutting melons and vegetables.

In less than ten breaths, nearly a hundred Rakshasa people, who had just been filled with hatred, collapsed into the lava with incredulous expressions, their bodies sinking and turning into charred remains.

Yu Que stood aside, observing the matter with amusement on his face.

Only after the Rakshasa princess had completely dealt with her people did he speak:

"Little Seven, I have said that I would let these people come and go as they please. What are you doing?"

The Rakshasa princess replied respectfully:
“The master promised to let them come and go as they pleased, but as their clan leader, I did not promise to let them escape.”

Furthermore, if they are allowed to leave, what happened on Rakshasa Island today will inevitably be exposed, potentially leading to the Master being ostracized by that otherworldly immortal sect even while he is still at sea.

She lowered her head and did not rise, only saying, "Even if you punish me, I will not let you be in danger."

Yu Que looked at the Rakshasa Princess with admiration.

Although he understood that the other party's words were mostly just polite formalities, who wouldn't like to hear such words of loyalty?!

"good."

Yu Que nodded and replied, "Your considerations are more comprehensive than mine. You may step down now."

"Yes." The Rakshasa princess nodded respectfully, then led the remaining Rakshasa troops away and disappeared into the passage leading out of the mountain.

After everyone had left, Yu Que stood above the lava pool and took a deep breath of the rich fire elemental energy.

The fiery energy surged into his ancestral temple, becoming nourishment for the Earth Crow True Fire.

The next moment, he suddenly uttered a single word: "Come!"

Owl! True fire flew out, and a huge fire crow slowly flew out of the lava pool once again.

Its feathers were golden-red all over its body, and its single eye hovered around, burning away all traces of the people who had been there. It even completely burned down the volcanic cavity, melting the surrounding rock walls as a result.

In this way, even if Xuanmingzi's sect sends people again, they will not be able to find any traces left by Yu Que and the others in the mountains.

After all, the crow fire at present is a rare and extraordinary fire of heaven and earth, which cannot be compared with ordinary true fire. It is rare in the world!

Not long after.

After Yu Que finished dealing with the initial and final issues, he also flew back to the whale ship.

He watched as his disciples, both those who had disembarked and those who remained on the whale-shaped ship, engaged in lively discussion, and a thought suddenly occurred to him:
"Although Rakshasa Island has erased our traces, many people on True Lord Island who have seen Huangshan's military documents know that I came to Rakshasa Island."

Yu Que was worried that the Fangwai Immortal Sect might start by investigating Zhenjun Island, and after gathering information, they would link his death to Xuanmingzi's.

After much thought, he could only mutter to himself:

"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. If we can delay them for a while, we'll delay them for a while."

"That's perfect, I'm not in a hurry to go back."

So next.

Yu Que did not rush back to Zhenjun Island. He steered the whale ship aimlessly through the seas near the Central Plains, wandering east and west.

I just drifted along like that for three or four months.

During this period of time, he had been working hard to refine the Rakshasa ship, and had planted his own mark inside the ship. Only then did he have the idea of ​​returning.

Even so, Yu Que did not return immediately.

He dispatched Huangshan disciples from the ship to act as scouts, sending them back to the island ahead of time to gather information about the island-wide martial arts competition.

After inquiring, he learned that all the Taoist palaces and armies on Zhenjun Island were currently engaged in a lively training exercise at sea. What started as a routine exercise had escalated into a campaign to destroy islands and nations, with various island nations and ethnic groups overseas serving as the targets of the exercise.

For a time, the overseas world was filled with bloodshed and wailing.

Seeing this, Yu Que abandoned his plan to return.

Six months have passed in total, and the group is still spending most of their time at sea, with the sea exercises nearing their end.

Only then did Yu Que boldly throw out the Rakshasa-headed ship, dragging all sorts of supplies plundered from overseas, and swagger back to Zhenjun Island.

As a result, when they were still a hundred miles away from Zhenjun Island, several Daoist warriors, as if they had smelled blood, swept in and surrounded Huangshan's group.

(End of this chapter)