The improved female villains regained their memories.

He went straight to his backyard, where his trusted confidante, Xue Lan, was waiting for him in her room.

As Wang Shan entered the room, Qing Xuelan helped him take off his outer garment. After he sat down, she went to the back of the room and massaged his shoulders, asking as she did so, "Sir, what happened? Why did you take so long?"

Wang Shan rubbed his temples, sighed, and said, "At noon, a beastman injured someone in the street. The people from the Cultivation Palace insisted that he was my beastman and made me responsible for all the losses. They also extorted some spirit stones from me before they let me go."

Qing Xuelan asked with a smile, "Are those our orcs?"

"That's bullshit!" Wang Shan slammed his fist on the table and cursed, "Our orcs all have identification marks. That bastard came out of nowhere, hurt someone, and then framed me."

"That orc, my lord, are you coming back?"

"No," Wang Shan said coldly. "They said I need to pay a handling fee before they'll give me that orc."

Qing Xuelan chuckled, her movements becoming lighter, and asked with a flirtatious look in her eyes, "Then, sir, do you wish to pay?"

"Damn it, why should I pay him?" Wang Shan cursed. "It's obvious that those bastards from the Cultivation Hall are broke. They found some wild bastard to slander me, talking about handling fees. They just want to extort more money from me."

Qing Xuelan shook her head: "My lord, I don't think so."

Qing Xuelan was Wang Shan's most trusted confidante and had contributed greatly to Wang Shan's business dealings with orcs. Now that she had said this, Wang Shan temporarily suppressed his anger and asked, "What do you mean?"

"At noon today, my sisters and I happened to be nearby." Qing Xuelan smiled, lowered her head slightly, and whispered in Wang Shan's ear, "I saw it very clearly. The clothes that little brat was wearing had the mark of the Kongling Sect. However, in her panic, she tore the clothes onto the carriage and ruined the mark, so the people from the Cultivation Mansion did not recognize it."

"What!" Wang Shan exclaimed in surprise, "Are you telling the truth?"

“It’s absolutely true. I’ve dealt with people from the Kongling Sect. I’ll never forget their symbol, even if you beat me to death,” Qing Xuelan said. “Think about it. What kind of place is our Bailin City? It’s a border city near the Demon Abyss. And what kind of place is the Kongling Sect? It’s the number one sect in the world, the leader of the righteous path. How could a cultivation center of such power be associated with the orcs of the Kongling Sect?”

"what do you mean……"

"Although we don't know why the orcs from the Kongling Sect have appeared here, this might be our opportunity. Think about it, if this orc is a disciple of the Kongling Sect who came here for some unknown reason, and we treat her well, then when the people from the Kongling Sect come later, wouldn't we be able to make contact with them?"

"How confident are you?" Wang Shan asked. "The people from the Cultivation Palace are asking for a high price. Even I would have to grit my teeth to afford it."

“I’m 100% certain that it’s related to the Kongling Sect, but I’m not sure if the Kongling Sect will send anyone,” Qing Xuelan said with a smile. “But my lord, haven’t we built our reputation up on this very opportunity?”

Wang Shan laughed heartily.

"Alright, if that's the case, then so be it!"

Qing Xuelan is right.

Wang Shanqi's rise to power was never based on any easy path.

A fleeting opportunity, but the courage and determination to go all out.

Although he is not an immortal, he has a ruthless streak that defies the heavens.

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Two-meter-high cages stood side by side in the dimly lit basement, and the orcs inside, dressed in tattered clothes, were all locked in the cages.

The deathly silence was broken with the arrival of Li Chumo.

Qing Xuelan sat at the table, reading a book while listening to her subordinate's report: "After that brat arrived, she broke through our spiritual energy blockade several times. Later, we used a third-grade magic artifact to finally trap her completely."

"Has she given up?"

"No, that little brat still won't give up. Several of our sisters got hurt by her while trying to feed her."

"Hehe, this is interesting." Qing Xuelan smiled slightly and snapped the book shut. "Let's go see this little wild beast that refuses to admit defeat."

Stepping into the basement, rows of torches lit up automatically. The orcs in the cages on both sides lowered their heads in fear when they saw Qing Xuelan walk by.

In the deepest part of the cage, a skull-shaped lock sits atop the cage, its purple aura clinging tightly to the door, making it impossible for anyone to escape.

Li Chumo sat inside and saw Qing Xuelan in the distance. He immediately dropped to all fours, raised his tail, and bared his teeth.

"Roar!"

“Hmm…” Qing Xuelan stroked her chin and looked for a while before suddenly speaking: “Open the cell door.”

"grown ups……"

"Open."

"Yes."

The servants beside him waved their hands, removing the magical artifacts. Li Chumo then bent the prison door and roared as he rushed out.

With no space to escape in her vicinity and her only path blocked by the woman in front of her, she charged towards Qing Xuelan.

"Lord be careful!"

"It's alright, let her do it."

Qing Xuelan waved her hand unhurriedly, and when Li Chumo rushed over, she casually threw a punch.

boom!

However, upon contact, Qing Xuelan sensed something was amiss.

"This isn't demonic energy!!"

Startled, she instantly transformed into a half-beast, six purple tails appearing behind her, and sharp claws extending from her hands. A linear pattern appeared on the back of her hand, radiating demonic energy. She pressed down on Li Chumo's cheek and subdued her.

"Hmph, could this power be your innate divine ability?"

Qing Xuelan narrowed her eyes and tightened her fingers slightly, causing Li Chumo to scream in pain.

This slave trader's confidant was actually an orc, and moreover, he possessed the combat power of an Earth Immortal!

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Qing Xuelan left, and Li Chumo was thrown back into the cage.

The demonic energy penetrated deep into her cheeks and into her body, causing her to curl up in pain and shrink into a corner.

In a daze, she seemed to see the man's figure.

The memories of those hundred-plus days together resurfaced, and she couldn't understand why that man had suddenly disappeared.

Why did it turn out like this?

She made a gurgling sound in her throat, trying to ease the pain.

But it still hurts too much.

Water droplets the size of soybeans fell to the ground, and the dog tucked its tail between its legs and trembled slightly.

Unlike Yang Pingsheng, who had always suppressed his strength, that woman just now revealed her terrifying power without reservation.

In the darkness, Li Chumo let out a sob, opened her mouth, and weakly said, "Absorb..."

There was a deathly silence; no one listened to her speak.

Chapter 408 Finally, Surrender

As the year draws to a close, all businesses are nearing their end.

Inns need to be accounted for, shops need to be accounted for, even businesses dealing in orc servants need to be accounted for.

Qing Xuelan put down her pen and gestured for her subordinates to take the account books away. One of them approached and whispered, "Sir, that wolf cub..."

The servants were of course referring to Li Chumo. Almost all the servants who needed to be sent out had been sent out, but this little brat was still locked up there.

No one came knocking, including the people from the Kongling Sect that Qing Xuelan had initially anticipated. In that case, whether or not to keep this little brat was a question. With the end of the year approaching, the servants had to act quickly and not leave any loopholes.

Seeing Qing Xuelan silently drinking her tea without saying a word, the servant subconsciously asked, "Sir?"

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I was thinking about something." Qing Xuelan put down her teacup and smiled apologetically. "It seems my plan has failed. I didn't get in touch with the Kongling Sect. In that case, I'll personally buy this servant to make up for Lord Wang's losses."

"What!?" The servant was completely taken aback by Qing Xuelan's response. "How... how am I supposed to answer Master's question?"

The master the servant was referring to was naturally Wang Shan. Qing Xuelan waved her hand casually: "That's your business, it has nothing to do with me."

"grown ups."

"Alright, alright, let's go. I'm tired and need to rest."

The servant gave a wry smile, cupped his hands in greeting, and withdrew.

In the quiet room, only Qing Xuelan remained.

The night is getting darker.

Qing Xuelan lit the kerosene lamp and pulled out a book.

The Record of Cultivating the Heavenly Path

Qing Xuelan gently adjusted the wick of the lamp, making the light brighter. Then she lowered her head and focused intently on flipping through the ancient book beside her, as if searching for some precious knowledge.

Her fingers were slender and long, like white jade shoots, exuding an elegant and noble temperament. Moonlight shone through the window and fell on her, draping her in a layer of silvery-white gauze, making her look even more mysterious and charming.

"Hehe, this power that disperses spiritual energy, little guy, is quite interesting."

Her red lips parted slightly, and her slender fingers rubbed against the yellowed pages, finally settling on the two characters "Tai Xu".

Qing Xuelan was literate from a young age and possessed precocious intelligence. She composed thousands of poems in her tribe, one of which, "Fortunately, we have encountered a civilized world, just as the tiger is about to transform," amazed the tribal chief at the time, who exclaimed that this woman had the ambition of a man.

She was disgusted by the tribe's unspoken rules and by the way people judged social status based on beauty. Although her life was peaceful and stable, she despised it. Later, because of her sister's situation, Qing Xuelan left in anger.

As mentioned before, the Seventh World is a peaceful world without war, where everything is orderly. Qing Xuelan started from her tribe and walked all the way to the border, eventually settling in Bailin City on the border.

She witnessed the deepest chaos and the undercurrents surging beneath the surface of peace, which broadened her horizons considerably.

The Record of Cultivating the Heavenly Way is one of them.

At first, she thought that Li Chumo's ability to disperse spiritual energy was her innate supernatural power, but after thinking about it, she felt that was not right.

The prerequisite for orcs to unleash their demonic energy is [beast transformation]. Although that child has beast-like characteristics, he clearly has not mastered beast transformation.

That power was definitely not demonic.

Qing Xuelan closed the book. Thinking too much inevitably makes one's heart restless.

She recalled that night many years ago when she left the tribe with a restless heart.

She hasn't changed at all over the years.

"That little cub looks like a wolf, but its grayish-white tail is quite similar to another little guy."

That's another story.

Moreover, it's a story from a very long time ago.

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