Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 366: Mice That Enter Will Cry!

At the Shentu Family's estate, outside the secret grounds.

Heavenly Charm handed over everything Shentu Yi had just given her to Ning Xuan. Just as she was about to leave, Ning Xuan pulled her back.

Heavenly Charm's enchanting face instantly flushed crimson. Seeing her like this, no one would ever associate her with the formidable Palace Master of the Heavenly Charm Palace, a master of Charm Techniques.

"This... this place isn't safe," she glanced at Ning Xuan and whispered, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, her face filled with shyness.

Ning Xuan was completely bewildered. What's with this woman? Is she trying to seduce me in broad daylight?

"Ahem, let's talk about *that* another day. First, let me examine the Prohibition inside your body," Ning Xuan said, steadying his mind with immense willpower.

"There's no time like the present. Why not now?" As Heavenly Charm spoke, her nine tails manifested behind her. At the same time, a pink mist began to emanate from her body.

Of course, she wasn't actually trying to seduce him; she wanted to test her Heavenly Fragrance Charm Technique. As for why she chose this particular moment, even she couldn't say for sure. Perhaps I'm still hung up on his performance back at the Heavenly Charm Palace.

However, Ning Xuan remained completely indifferent to her actions, leaving Heavenly Charm dumbfounded.

Just look at those men back in the square, and then look at this one. She was now seriously beginning to doubt if he was even a man.

"What are you doing?!" Ning Xuan had just finished examining the dark energy in Heavenly Charm's dantian when he was startled by a soft hand reaching toward him.

"Seriously, what is wrong with you!" Recoiling, Ning Xuan left those words behind and vanished in an instant.

After a moment of stunned silence, Heavenly Charm burst into laughter.

THUD! THUD!

In the sky above, countless birds shivered and plummeted to the ground. She paid them no mind, hopping and skipping her way back to the square.

She had barely entered Shentu Yi's line of sight when his voice transmission arrived. "We've been tricked by Ning Xuan!"

"What do you mean?" Heavenly Charm asked via her Divine Sense, her expression unreadable as she walked.

"He didn't even check the Prohibition in our bodies!" Shentu Yi was deeply anguished, grinding his teeth in frustration. Just a short while ago, he had convinced his grandfather to nearly empty the family's entire treasury for this.

"He managed to leave the presence of Great Saint Blood You unscathed. Rest assured, a Prohibition set by the Great Saint is a trivial matter for him." Heavenly Charm didn't reveal what Ning Xuan had just done. Instead, she deliberately tried to elevate Ning Xuan's image in Shentu Yi's mind.

Shentu Yi wanted to argue, but he had no ground to stand on. What Heavenly Charm said was the truth.

Damn it! It's all because I'm so useless! Lost in his thoughts, Shentu Yi slapped himself across the face.

SLAP!

The crisp sound left everyone present bewildered.

"Shentu Yi, stop blaming yourself," Heavenly Charm said, turning to him. "This place is huge, and we've only just arrived. It's normal that we haven't found him yet. Lord Zang Wu will surely understand."

Prompted by Heavenly Charm's pointed gaze, Zang Wu, who didn't fully grasp the situation, subconsciously nodded in agreement.

Before Zang Wu could react and say anything, Heavenly Charm spoke again. "See? Lord Zang Wu understands. But we absolutely cannot relax; we must find that man as soon as possible! I just scouted the surrounding area and detected his aura!"

"Where?!" Zang Wu and Shentu Yi asked in unison.

"Follow me!"

Heavenly Charm led them directly to the Shentu Family's secret grounds.

"This is where our family hoards its treasures! He..." Shentu Yi's expression changed drastically as he rushed inside. Zang Wu was even faster, completely overtaking him.

Inside the secret grounds, Shentu Yi murmured in utter disbelief, "He... he plundered our family's secret grounds!!"

Right on cue, Heavenly Charm's voice echoed from outside. "He went that way!"

A moment later, three figures soared into the sky.

「Five days later.」

In Yao Guang, the powerhouses of the Demon Path gathered on Demon Island. They all held their breath, their gazes fixed unwaveringly on the central area. There, an old crone sat cross-legged, her withered hands manipulating the silken threads she held.

Nearby, Heavenly Charm looked somewhat uneasy. She hadn't expected things to blow up to this extent. Over the past few days, she and Shentu Yi had followed Ning Xuan's instructions, marking the secret treasuries of several major families of the Demon Path. As it turned out, Ning Xuan had fleeced every single one of them. He picked them clean, leaving nothing behind.

It was no exaggeration to say that in the secret vaults and treasuries of every major family—except the Shentu Family's—even a mouse would weep upon entry!

Now, Ning Xuan had incurred the wrath of the masses. Their anger grew, especially when they considered that the wealth they had spent centuries, or even a millennium, accumulating had been siphoned away by a complete phantom whose face they'd never even seen.

"What an arrogant little thief!" Suddenly, all the threads in the old crone's hands snapped, and she rose in a fury.

"Matriarch, what is the situation?" an elder asked nervously.

"All the items your families have lost are right here on Demon Island. Go take a look at Azure Lake."

As her words fell, the entire crowd surged in the same direction.

「A moment later, by the shore of Azure Lake.」

"Ning Xuan, you and I are irreconcilable enemies!!"

"AHHH! Ning Xuan, you've gone too far!!"

"..." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

The patriarchs of the major families were about to explode with rage. That man, Ning Xuan, had tossed away many of the treasures from their secret grounds and vaults like common trash.

He hadn't even deemed them worthy! What an insult! This was the ultimate humiliation!

Zang Wu's expression was also incredibly foul. He had come to capture Ning Xuan, only for Ning Xuan to pillage the major families right under his nose. This was a blatant provocation! Simply outrageous!

"What in the world have you all been doing?!" he roared, flying into a towering rage.

"What is that?" Just then, Shentu Xing suddenly pointed toward the lake and asked.

WHOOSH!

Someone acted immediately, retrieving an object that emitted a faint luminescence.

"This appears to be a disguised Memory Stone. Huh, there's an image inside!"

He stabilized the Memory Stone in the air, and the crowd watched intently. As they watched, their gazes slowly converged on a single person.

Zang Wu!

In that Memory Stone, Zang Wu himself appeared! He was communicating with another person. Although they couldn't see the other person's face, the final action was crystal clear to all. By the shore of Azure Lake, he was the one discarding the various families' treasures!

That bastard was Ning Xuan!

"Aha! No wonder none of us could find him! He's one of your men!"

"Zang Wu, do you think that just because you're a Supreme Venerable, you can run roughshod over our entire Demon Path?!"

"Ever since the Demon Lord fell, the Demon Path has been nothing but scattered sand! Now even outsiders dare to act so presumptuously here! Everyone, don't you understand? Unity is our only way forward!"

"Kill Zang Wu! Kill Zang Wu!!"

"..."

In an instant, all the Demon Path powerhouses were enraged.

"SHUT UP!" Zang Wu's thunderous roar shook the heavens.

Under the terrifying Majestic Pressure, those with weaker cultivation all coughed up blood. Shentu Yi and Heavenly Charm, who were standing very close to him, remained unharmed, partly due to their high cultivation and partly because the pressure wasn't aimed at them.

At that moment, the two of them exchanged a look, and both saw the smile in the other's eyes.

Shentu Yi immediately averted his gaze, his heart pounding wildly. Heavenly Charm's Charm Technique has reached Great Mastery! Even though she isn't actively using it, every smile and frown holds immense power. I can't withstand it at all!