Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls-Chapter 290: The Dark Lord’s Quest

The Dark Lord’s palms faced them and after he tilted his head at Huo Fei Li and Lu Ting, something flew out from his palms.

They were like insects with eyes that were glowing red, contrasting with their bodies that were in a dark glow.

Within a moment, the Dark Lord had unleashed a swarm of such insects from his palms.

They swarmed and flew towards where Huo Fei Li and Lu Ting were.

Lu Ting’s servants quickly reacted and they threw out some pills that they had in their sleeve pockets.

The pills hurled into the air and when they got into the path of the swarm of insects, they exploded and gave out a cloud of red smoke.

Lu Ting and her servants covered their noses and mouths immediately.

She tried to help Huo Fei Li with it but he refused.

They weren’t married yet and it wouldn’t be appropriate if they had physical contact.

He covered his mouth and nose with his hand.

The red smoke turned into a red glow and everything that it touched started to decay and rot.

Trees and some of the vegetation that were embraced by the red glow turned into a pile of rotting wood and substance within moments.

A few of the insects dropped to the ground but it wasn’t enough.

They struggled for a bit before they crawled and merged together with the other insects that had dropped onto the ground.

And soon, they were back flying up into the air with their eerie bodies that had two heads or two bodies after merging.

The red glow dissipated and the swarm of insects didn’t stop.

They kept swarming towards Huo Fei Li and Lu Ting.

Huo Fei Li held the handle of his sword tightly and he swung it at the swarm.

A chill came out from the blade of his sword and a blue glow in the form of a sword was emitted at the swarm of insects.

Those that were hit by the blue glow froze immediately and dropped to the ground.

Huo Fei Li stood up straight when he saw that his Huo Family Nine Heavens Ice Sword Style worked.

There might still be hope for them to escape, he thought while he swung his sword again.

This time there were numerous blue glows emitted from the blade of his sword.

More of the insects in the swarm froze and dropped to the ground.

Lu Ting also helped with whatever she got.

She wielded her sword at the swarm of insects unleashing slicing waves one after another at them.

However, she was an Alchemy Cultivator and combat wasn’t her forte so the help she was able to provide was meager.

But it was enough to spur Huo Fei Li on.

He mustered all that he got and with a loud roar, he slashed his sword downwards from his head to the ground.

This time, a blue glow in the form of a huge sword shot out from the blade of his sword and flew towards the swarm of insects.

The swarm of insects were only within a few meters away from where he was.

It had to work or else they would be dead.

Thud.

Fortunately the blue glow in the form of a huge sword engulfed the swarm of insects and they froze.

One by one they dropped to the ground giving out small thuds when they hit the ground with their hardened bodies.

Huo Fei Li felt weak and he had to plunge the blade of his sword into the ground to help support his body.

He had used up most of his Spirit Qi with that move.

Beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks and he started panting.

He was now tired and needed to recuperate his Spirit Qi.

But while he did so to try and catch his breath, he heard rustling of the leaves that were on the ground.

The Dark Lord was coming near.

Lu Ting saw that he was tired after the move and she quickly took out a pill and gave it to him.

Huo Fei Li swallowed the pill without asking and he could feel his dantian warm and rejuvenated with Spirit Qi immediately.

Maybe, just maybe...

He thought to himself when he pulled his sword out of the ground and got ready to attack the Dark Lord.

"We can pretend that nothing happened and go on our separate ways." Lu Ting said to the Dark Lord, trying to buy some time while she tried to think of something.

But the Dark Lord only smirked and shook his head at her.

"So, that’s it?

"That’s all you got for your proclamation to protect your loved ones?

"Aren’t you a little disappointing?

"For many of those in the Da Qian Dynasty who aren’t cultivators, they do it with their lives.

"Fathers and mothers giving up their lives for their families.

"Sons and daughters suffering so that they could take care of their parents.

"None of them had the luxuries to do what you can do as a cultivator.

"And yet, they may lose everything including their lives on the whims of the cultivators.

"So tell me, aren’t all of you cultivators worse than those mortals that you despise so much?

"Nothing much of value would be lost if I were to kill both of you now."

The Dark Lord said calmly while he walked towards Huo Fei Li and Lu Ting.

He was impressed with what Huo Fei Li had done so far.

But still, he wanted to see if Huo Fei Li could be someone like Lee Yi Hong who was true to his words and willing to sacrifice himself for the vision he had.

If Huo Fei Li could be like Lee Yi Hong, then he would use the means that he had to make Huo Fei Li join his cause of overturning the rule under the cultivators and the emperor.

Most of his deputies had perished in the previous operation.

And even if Huo Fei Li was just one of those young masters who only knew to talk, his warm up for the secret realm was more than enough.

Eunuch Xin would be back at any moment and it was time for him to wrap things up.

In the meantime, Huo Fei Li and Lu Ting were confused by what the Dark Lord had said.

Lu Ting thought very carefully and tried to not anger the Dark Lord.

"We don’t have such views and in fact we are here on the request of a mortal." She said and Huo Fei Li nodded his head.