Chapter 187

Alright, Tai Bai, fellow cultivator, the deal is done; I and Chang Xi still have matters, let's part here!

Ao Yifan looked toward the white-clad girl and said.

Hearing that, the white-clad girl opened her mouth, as if wanting to say something, but ultimately said nothing, only able to watch helplessly as Ao Yifan and Chang Xi left.

……

"Queen, why are you staring at me like that?"

After parting with the white-clad girl, Ao Yifan noticed that Queen Jiang beside him had been staring at him with a strange gaze.

Hearing that, Queen Jiang smiled and said, "I'm surprised, my lord, that you actually let Tai Bai go."

"Eh, Queen, what do you mean?"

Ao Yifan blinked slightly, then after realizing, immediately exclaimed with a shocked expression, "You wouldn't think I'd consider attacking Tai Bai Golden Star, would you?"

"Could it be that Tai Bai's true form isn't beautiful?"

Queen Jiang asked strangely.

"Queen, in your heart, am I really the type who, upon seeing a beautiful woman, wants to possess her?"

Ao Yifan said innocently.

Queen Jiang didn't speak, merely staring at him intently.

Under Queen Jiang's gaze, Ao Yifan felt only that he had suffered a great injustice.

After all, he had always been a decent, sunny young man, not some lecherous dragon who couldn't walk when seeing a woman.

"Queen, you must believe me!"

Ao Yifan embraced Queen Jiang, saying solemnly, "In my heart, I only have you—uh, a dozen, uh, dozens—no other women can fit anymore."

"Then why did you specially go to see Tai Bai? Could it really be for that copy of the Dao De Jing?"

Queen Jiang naturally understood that Tai Bai Golden Star being sent before them was entirely Ao Yifan's doing.

"Of course, besides the Dao De Jing, could I really have taken a liking to that girl?"

Ao Yifan said, taking out that scroll of the Dao De Jing.

"Don't underestimate this scroll; it's of great use to us!"

Looking curiously at the Dao De Jing scroll in Ao Yifan's hand, however, no matter how Queen Jiang examined it, she couldn't see anything special about it.

However, in Ao Yifan's eyes, this scroll was completely different.

The reason Ao Yifan went to such trouble to obtain this scroll from Tai Bai Golden Star's hands was naturally not for cultivation, but to probe the owner of this scroll!

All along, Ao Yifan had been clear that to live freely in this world, the Three Pure Ones sages were an obstacle he could not avoid.

Regarding the Expounding Teaching, Ao Yifan had already made many preparations.

However, Ao Yifan was well aware that, compared to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, the truly troublesome one was actually that mysterious Great Clarity Moral Heavenly Venerable!

Its subordinate, the Human Teaching, though few in number, had formally only one disciple: Grand Master Xuan Du.

However, behind every major event in this world lies the layout of that sage.

However, the Great Clarity Moral Heavenly Venerable is truly too mysterious, and Ao Yifan's information on him is too scarce, so he has been thinking about how to probe the other's information.

Before, Ao Yifan naturally had neither the opportunity nor the ability to do so.

However, after awakening the Innate Recollection Wisdom Divine Ability on White Marsh, Ao Yifan could use this divine ability to inspect the past of all things.

Thus, Ao Yifan thought of Tai Bai Golden Star, a registered disciple of Tai Shang Lao Jun.

The Dao De Jing scroll in his hand was personally bestowed by Tai Shang Lao Jun.

As one of the Three Pure Ones emanating from the Great Clarity Moral Heavenly Venerable, Tai Shang Lao Jun must certainly have information about that sage.

Ao Yifan thus prepared to use this scroll to probe the information of the Great Clarity sage.

Of course, Ao Yifan naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to do that now; this is merely one of his backup plans, and he still needs to continue accumulating strength.

As the cultivation stored in his body grew ever greater, Ao Yifan vaguely found a path that belonged to him.

However, this path is still very vague now; Ao Yifan must have more children to continually explore it.

Only after he masters this path will he be qualified to contend with those sages, and only then will he have the courage to probe the information of the Supreme Pure One, the Moral Heavenly Venerable.

Therefore, Ao Yifan feels that everything he has done is for himself and for everyone's happy future; Queen Jiang's false accusation of him makes him very sad.

"My lord, it's me who wronged you; I'm in the wrong; at worst, I'll let you..."

Queen Jiang's greatest advantage is her understanding; knowing she is wrong, she knows how to give Ao Yifan compensation to heal his wounded spirit.

……

"Bai Ze, hurry up and let us out; do you really want to die together with us?"

Watching the Six-Winged Golden Cicada frenziedly devouring the monster clan, Ji Meng roared.

"The right to choose has always been yours, not mine, right?"

Bai Ze said coldly.

"Bai Ze, you madman!"

The monsters couldn't help but curse.

Indeed, they never expected Bai Ze to be so crazy, to force them to follow her in betraying the monster court and go to the Heavenly Realm, actually letting the Six-Winged Golden Cicada devour the monster clan.

"Bai Ze, I am willing to follow you to the Heavenly Realm!"

Finally, after the Six-Winged Golden Cicada finished devouring a great demon once more, a monster commander finally could not help but surrender.

"Not bad!"

Bai Ze nodded, then waved her hand, and a holy decree appeared before that monster commander.

"Press your hand seal; from now on, you will be like me, a subject of the Heavenly Realm!"

Bai Ze said.

"As expected, it has long been prepared!"

This demon commander looked at the Jade Emperor's sacred edict before them, and couldn't help but grit their teeth.

"I never expected that, in order to subdue us, the Heavenly Realm would actually bring out a sacred edict!"

"Although unwilling in heart, this demon commander, not wanting to be devoured by the Six-Winged Golden Cicada, still pressed their hand seal onto the sacred edict."

"Regarding this, Bai Ze remained noncommittal."

"In fact, she was also quite surprised that Ao Yifan actually had a Jade Emperor's sacred edict in his hand, and moreover, from the aura on it, one could tell it was genuine!"

"You know, even Venus doesn't have this."

"With a demon commander taking the lead, soon more demon commanders chose to surrender."

"It's quite obvious that, aside from the threat of death, everyone's sense of belonging to the Demon Court is actually also quite limited."

"Qin Yuan, you're the only one left!"

"Looking at the sole demon commander who had not pressed their hand seal onto the sacred edict, the other party was also one of the Top Ten Demon Commanders, and the only female demon commander among them."

"I will not betray Lord Di Jun!"

"Qin Yuan stared coldly at Bai Ze and said: 'One day, Lord Di Jun will return again, and you traitors will all be settled by Lord Di Jun!'"

"Looking at Qin Yuan, whose face showed a resolve to face death, the remaining demon commanders had complex expressions."

"If not forced, who would want to become a traitor?"

"Alright!"

"Bai Ze said, waving a hand, and immediately, amid the incredulous gazes of the demon commanders, she undid the bonds on Qin Yuan."

"Since you're unwilling to surrender to the Heavenly Court with me, then go!"