Chapter 453: Chapter 450: Ah Bai Appears (2)

Mo Qi would never forget Queen Mo Yan’s stunning, peerless face.

But when he looked upon that face, he felt no desire—only loathing and hatred.

He had tried to find Queen Mo Yan, and had even scoured the Feng Family’s archives for information about the Nether Race.

In the end, however, all he found were fragmented descriptions with no substantive information.

That was why the Pig Emperor was so worried Mo Qi would do something impulsive.

Even the experts of the Demon Race could only swallow their pride and take a beating from the mysterious "Ah Bai," who left them utterly subdued.

If Mo Qi were to jump out and provoke him, a few well-aimed taunts would be all it took. The two of them together wouldn’t even be a mouthful for someone like Ah Bai.

Mo Qi took a deep breath. "Don’t worry," he said. "I’m fine. I won’t do anything reckless."

He desperately wanted to capture Ah Bai and force him to reveal Queen Mo Yan’s whereabouts, but he knew the truth. In his current state, he wasn’t even qualified to speak to Ah Bai face-to-face, let alone capture him.

He was at least that self-aware.

In fact, as things stood, their very survival was in the hands of this Demon Beast called Ah Bai.

What could be more hopeless and frustrating than this?

’Weakness isn’t a sickness, but it’s far more lethal!’

Just then, the Liu Family Immortal spoke up.

"My fellow cultivators, I won’t waste time on grand speeches—you know the situation better than I do. A great enemy stands before us. The Demon Race wants to assassinate a genius of our Human Race."

"Under these circumstances, I believe we must set aside our prejudices and unite as one. At the very least, we cannot let the Demon Race look down on the Human Race!"

"If we can ensure Ruyan’s safety, then when she reaches the Immortal Realm and earns the favor of the Holy Ancestors, I am certain the Immortal Realm will not forget to reward all of you who contributed today!"

The experts were swayed by his words.

In truth, there was one more thing the Liu Family Immortal had left unsaid, but everyone knew it.

If no one stepped up today and they allowed Liu Ruyan to die at the hands of the Demon Race...

...then once word of this reached the Immortal Realm, no one would be able to withstand the Holy Ancestor’s wrath!

This wasn’t merely a matter of a genius being assassinated; it would become an issue of racial allegiance.

No ruler would tolerate "disloyalty."

"And how are we supposed to protect her?" someone asked, raising a very practical problem.

"That Demon Wolf has clearly attained the Venerable Position. We may call ourselves Immortals, but in the presence of a ’Venerable,’ we’re completely powerless—we couldn’t even make a splash."

"No! You’re wrong." The Liu Family Immortal shook his head. "Do you remember the incantation Huangfu Zhong shouted when he activated the Treasure Tower Immortal Artifact?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment before a realization dawned. One by one, their eyes lit up with overjoyed delight.

We invite the Lord’s Dharma Body!

"That Demon Wolf hasn’t descended in its true form—what’s here is merely a Dharma Body!"

"Exactly!" the Liu Family Immortal said with a smile. "What Huangfu Zhong summoned was an incarnation of Magical Power!"

"No matter how strong, an incarnation of Magical Power possesses only a finite amount of strength. You all have trump cards hidden away. With so many of us working together, I refuse to believe we can’t stop the Dharma Body of a single Demon Beast."

"That makes sense. We’ll join in," Granny Jin Hua suddenly interjected from the side.

The Liu Family Immortal’s smile broadened at her words. "With you two grannies joining us, our chances of success have grown even greater."

"So, what say the rest of you? Will you stand with us, or will you watch from the sidelines?"

The Immortals from the various Sub-Palaces exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

"We have no problem joining, but..."

"But what?"

"What do we do about our bellies?" an Immortal asked, clutching his large stomach.

"Exactly! Even if we’re fighting for our lives, you can’t expect us to go into battle pregnant, can you?"

"This..." The Liu Family Immortal shot a helpless, meaningful glance toward Mo Qi.

Mo Qi pursed his lips and sighed.

’Sigh, what a loss, what a loss.’

With a wave of his hand, he sent several hundred peanuts out to the Immortals.

At this point, it was impossible for him to continue auctioning them off.

’If I’d known it would come to this, I should have just quit while I was ahead, set a clear price, and sold them all off from the start,’ he thought.

"You had peanuts ready this whole time?!"

The Immortals stared at the peanuts in their hands, completely dumbfounded.

If you had them, why didn’t you bring them out sooner?

You pretended to roast them on the spot, only ten per batch, and made us wait in agony!

Weren’t you just toying with us?

And the Immortals who had paid a fortune for their peanuts were so frustrated they felt like spitting up blood.

’He’s just giving them away for free now?’

’Then what was the point of us fighting tooth and nail and bankrupting ourselves?’

"This is outrageous!"

Sensing the Immortals’ negative feelings, Mo Qi rolled his eyes. "Take them or leave them. If you’ve got the guts, don’t eat them."

’You people cost me a fortune, and you have the nerve to be unhappy? You should be secretly thanking your lucky stars!’

As soon as he said this, the Immortals fell silent. One by one, they swallowed their peanuts and found places to quickly begin their Cultivation.

Mo Qi, meanwhile, continued to discuss their next steps with the Pig Emperor, making contingency plans.

It was a matter of life and death; he had to be prepared for the worst-case scenario.

「High above the nine heavens, among the clouds.」

A massive white wolf was prostrated before a stern-faced young man, its head bowed as it trembled uncontrollably.

A single sentence from this man had sent it soaring uncontrollably into the clouds of the nine heavens. Such power, it feared, had already surpassed the realm of a "Venerable."

Once one’s Cultivation surpassed the "Venerable" realm, they would be considered a major power, a hegemon in their own right, even in the Immortal Realm.

Forget this Dharma Body—even if its true form were to die at the hands of such an expert, the Demon Race wouldn’t seek an explanation, much less avenge it. It simply wasn’t worth it.

"L-Lord Bai," the giant wolf asked in confusion, "this little wolf truly cannot understand why you wish to protect these members of the Human Race. Wasn’t it because of these loathsome, two-legged creatures that the Nether Race suffered its calamity back then?"

The young man’s expression was blank, his tone indifferent. "Her Majesty the Queen also has two legs."

The giant wolf’s body trembled upon hearing this. A look of terror appeared on its face as it frantically shook its head to explain, "This little wolf meant the Human Race, absolutely not Her Majesty Queen Mo Yan!"

"Enough!" The young man raised a hand, cutting the giant wolf off. His expression was unchanged as he said, "These are Her Majesty the Queen’s orders. My only duty is to obey. Nothing else matters."

The giant wolf frowned. To save its life, the smartest thing to do right now was to keep quiet and go along with whatever Ah Bai said.

But Liu Ruyan’s immense talent filled it with a deep sense of dread.

If this girl were allowed to mature, countless members of the Demon Race would one day die by her hand. She could even grow to become a key factor that would upset the balance between the Human and Demon Races.

Therefore, if it had any say in the matter, the giant wolf desperately wanted to eliminate Liu Ruyan right here and now.

By doing so, it would become a hero to the Demon Race!

At this thought, the giant wolf steeled its resolve. ’The worst that can happen is I lose this Dharma Body!’

It looked at the young man and said, "Lord Bai, I implore you, for the sake of us both being Demon Beasts, please look the other way."

The young man lifted his eyelids slightly, his gaze fixing on the giant wolf as he spoke with grave seriousness. "I don’t want to hear those words a second time. Her Majesty the Queen’s commands are not to be questioned!"

Stared at by the young man, the giant wolf couldn’t help but shudder. It nodded repeatedly, not daring to harbor any other intentions.

"However..."

The young man’s tone shifted. "Her Majesty the Queen only said that no combatants at or above the Immortal Level are permitted to interfere. As for those below the Immortal Level... there were no such requirements."