Chapter 243

Yuan Yao: "……"

Qian Yunzhou stepped closer to her, his voice frivolous, smiling as he asked: "How come? You look like you're not very happy."

Yuan Yao stepped back, always wary of him, "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to leave for now."

Qian Yunzhou lowered his head, "Yuan Xiao Liu, I went through great hardship to sneak in here, not to hear you speak like this."

"Then what do you want to hear?"

"Either you agree to leave with me, or you allow me to stay here and accompany you."

Qian Yunzhou gazed into her eyes, not missing the slightest fluctuation of her emotions.

"Then hide in the cabinet first." Yuan Yao suddenly stepped forward, pushing him toward the cabinet beside the bed, quickly opening the cabinet door and shoving him inside.

Qian Yunzhou was caught off guard by her reaction; by the time he came to his senses, everything before him had plunged into darkness.

He had just tried to push open the cabinet door when Yuan Yao quickly pressed him down.

"Shh!" Yuan Yao hastily hissed a warning, "Either you obey my words and hide quietly, or you leave on your own."

Trapped in the narrow cabinet, Qian Yunzhou heard these coaxing words and couldn't help but laugh.

This little girl is still treating him like a child to be soothed.

"Fine, I'll listen to you."

Seeing him so obedient, Yuan Yao thought to herself: This Qian Yunzhou surely harbors ill intentions.

Shortly after, the wolf-demon guard who had been delivering the message returned, exchanged a glance with the other wolf-demon guards, stepped forward, and knocked steadily on the door.

"The Emperor summons you for an audience."

Yuan Yao heard the voice from outside the door, responded, and then turned her gaze back to the tightly closed cabinet.

She lowered her voice and said, "I'll be right back; you must absolutely not run around."

Qian Yunzhou raised his eyebrows slightly, "Okay."

Listening to Qian Yunzhou's voice, Yuan Yao couldn't help but recall that her Youngest Senior Brother had once harbored murderous intent toward him.

Based on her understanding of her Youngest Senior Brother, he wouldn't mistake the person, so this Qian Yunzhou is very likely the enemy of her Youngest Senior Brother.

Just who is Qian Yunzhou?

She suppressed her thoughts and stepped out.

As soon as she appeared, the group of wolf-demon guards stared at her with complex expressions.

Yuan Yao teased, "How about it? Can I see your Demon Emperor just because I want to?"

Those words made the wolf-demon guards who had once mocked her as overreaching captives instantly change expression, like a spilled paint palette shifting back and forth.

"Lead the way."

Though the wolf-demon guards felt as if they had swallowed flies, they still fulfilled their duty, escorting Yuan Yao to where the White Wolf Emperor resided.

Tonight the darkness deepened, the sky filled with stars, looking especially beautiful.

Inside the main hall.

The tall, handsome White Wolf Emperor sat in the seat of honor, holding a bamboo slip and gazing down at it.

His ear twitched slightly, sensing that Yuan Yao had entered the main hall, yet he didn't lift his gaze at all.

"What urgent matter do you have to discuss with this Emperor?" his voice low and cold.

Yuan Yao didn't perform a salute, directly asking, "I don't know how your consideration goes, Demon Emperor."

"What qualifications do you have to cooperate with this Emperor?"

"Just because I can foresee the future."

The White Wolf Emperor gave a light smile, his voice tinged with mockery.

"Then why don't you calculate whether this Emperor will cooperate with you?"

"I've already calculated it." Yuan Yao smiled, "Tonight."

Upon hearing this, the White Wolf Emperor put away his mocking expression, lifted his crimson eyes, and stared at Yuan Yao with an icy, scrutinizing gaze.

Yuan Yao showed no fear, instead staring directly at the White Wolf Emperor.

The White Wolf Emperor set down the bamboo slip in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Then calculate again—what are your odds of surviving tonight?"

"About eighty percent." Yuan Yao actually counted on her fingers.

The White Wolf Emperor narrowed his eyes, "If I kill you tonight, wouldn't that prove that all the futures you foretold are false?"

Yuan Yao's expression remained unchanged as she said, "You can try."

The human and the demon stared at each other, the tension lasting a moment.

Seeing her so calm, the White Wolf Emperor suddenly laughed.

With a raise of his hand, he dismissed all the wolf-demons hiding in the open and in the shadows.

"This Emperor can cooperate with you, but first you must prove your ability. This Emperor wants you to infiltrate the demon realm's territory, then, as a fox demon, kill the Demon Emperor's son—Quan Wu."

"As long as Quan Wu dies, this Emperor can add a few more sparks, and the alliance between the demon and monster races will teeter on the brink of collapse."

Upon hearing the name "Quan Wu," Yuan Yao slightly furrowed her brows.

According to the records, Quan Wu is the firstborn son of the Demon Emperor of the demon realm, a heaven‑gifted prodigy who possesses talent, strength, bloodline, intellect, and appearance all in one; his only flaw is… lechery.

Quan Wu is practically a lust demon, indulging in sexual affairs day and night, unable to extricate himself. Although he is a demon, he does not favor women of his own kind.

On the contrary, in his eyes these demon women are simply too unrestrained and licentious in behavior.

By contrast, what Quan Wu loves most are human women; in his mind, human women are as pure and flawless as immortals, refined and unworldly; they are also like goddesses—dignified, elegant, and of extraordinary bearing.

Quan Wu's birth mother is a renowned succubus of the demon realm, so he has inherited her beauty and the nature of a succubus.

The White Wolf Emperor stared at her, "How about it? Are you unwilling?"

"Cough cough, but I'm a man." Yuan Yao coughed sharply, then said weakly. Her disguise was that of a male wolf demon, so the White Wolf Emperor likely hadn't noticed she was actually a woman.

The White Wolf Emperor showed a strange expression, "This Emperor never sent you to seduce Quan Wu. Moreover, Quan Wu only likes women, not men."

Yuan Yao: "……" Okay.

White Wolf Emperor suddenly sized up Yuan Yao, then shifted the conversation: "Since you can disguise yourself as our wolf demons' appearance, you must also be able to disguise yourself as a female fox demon's appearance. In that case, it also saves quite a bit of trouble."

He paused, then continued: "No matter how you act, as long as you can infiltrate the demon tribe's territory and, as a fox demon, slay Power Witch in plain sight, I can confidently tell you that there is a seventy percent chance of stopping the three-tribe war."

"Power Witch is strong." Yuan Yao hesitated slightly.

Power Witch is not only strong, but he also has many powerful demons around him.

It's hard to get close to Power Witch, let alone take his life in plain sight.

By then, she would not only fail to kill Power Witch, but would also end up trapped in the Flowing Light Secret Realm because of it.

"The risk is too great."

But the White Wolf Emperor said: "Being able to approach me and gain my trust is your ability."

Yuan Yao lifted her head, met the White Wolf Emperor's gaze, and was stunned for a moment.

"It seems the Monster Emperor truly trusts me." Yuan Yao said with a half-smile.

She quickly guessed the White Wolf Emperor's little scheme.

He had himself disguise as a fox demon; if Power Witch were indeed killed by her and she happened to escape successfully, the blame would fall on the fox demon clan. If his assassination attempt on Power Witch failed and he was captured instead, then even if he confessed that "the assassination" was ordered by the White Wolf Emperor, he could still turn the tables by claiming that "I am a human masquerading as a fox demon, intentionally sabotaging the alliance of the two clans".

Advance to attack, retreat to defend.

No wonder he's a crafty Wolf Emperor, skilled at scheming.