Chapter 248: Fox Emperor's Envoy

The young demon saw her looking left and right, and in a low voice reminded: "Follow."

Yuan Yao lowered her head and agreed.

Upon entering the tavern, a strong wine aroma greeted her, completely different from the outside air.

At that moment, Yuan Yao heard a woman's painful moans and a man's pleased breathing.

Yuan Yao frowned slightly.

The young demon led Yuan Yao up to the fourth floor of the tavern.

"Wait here." The young demon stopped, turned his head, and spoke to her silently.

Yuan Yao had just nodded when she heard frantic struggling from the woman inside the luxurious private room at the end of the hallway.

"Let me go—"

"Help!"

"Do you really think you're a chaste woman? Endure it properly!" Following that came the sound of a slap.

The woman's painful moans and heartbreaking sobs came through.

Yuan Yao's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Although she had long heard of Quan Wu's licentious deeds, hearing them now made her feel a deeper loathing.

She tried to calm her emotions, but the man's lewd laughter sounded again.

"Are all human women like you?"

Yuan Yao's pupils contracted slightly, and her face instantly turned icy.

The young demon beside her noticed something; just as he was about to look at her, he saw her quickly stride toward the innermost private room!

She moved with extreme speed!

No one could stop her!

The young demon hurried after her, only to see the fox spirit kick the door open with a lift of her leg.

"Boom!" With a loud crash, the door shattered into pieces.

"Who?!" the man's voice, mixed with shock and anger, rang out.

Yuan Yao stared intently; through the landscape screen, she faintly saw two blurred figures.

Yuan Yao's heart sank; she steadied her mind as best she could and said calmly: "Lord Quan Wu, I am the Fox Emperor's envoy, and I have urgent matters to discuss with you!"

"Get out!" the man behind the screen exclaimed, his face suddenly changing.

Yuan Yao said: "Lord Quan Wu, this matter is urgent."

The human woman pinned beneath the screen immediately pulled a sharp, pointed hairpin from her hair and thrust it toward the man's chest!

But at the critical moment——

The hairpin was flung away by an invisible magical force, shooting straight toward Yuan Yao's neck.

Yuan Yao swiftly sidestepped to dodge.

"Splinter!" the hairpin pierced the door.

When the young demon arrived, he witnessed this shocking scene, quickly apologized, and reached out to pull Yuan Yao away.

At that moment, Yuan Yao also realized something: there was another demon inside the private room.

The one who had just acted was that demon.

Yuan Yao turned her head and keenly caught sight of the figure in the inner chamber: he had pushed aside the bed curtain, half-leaning against the bed, wearing slightly loose white inner garments, with a faint sweat on his forehead, a somewhat roguish face, narrow eyes, flushed cheeks radiating heat, his chest rising and falling slightly, his lips sensual.

He lifted his gaze to Yuan Yao; his purple eyes were filled with strong displeasure and a hint of killing intent.

It seemed because……

his interest had been interrupted.

"Get out." he said.

The demon man behind the screen immediately replied respectfully, "Yes."

Yuan Yao also came to her senses.

The man lying on the bed was the Demon Emperor's son——Quan Wu.

He……

What was he doing?

Just then, the young demon forcibly dragged her out.

The young demon's face darkened as he said: "You can wait to die!"

And the tall man who emerged from behind the screen bore no demon markings, looked quite masculine, with dark circles under his eyes, clearly a sign of excessive indulgence.

He glared fiercely at Yuan Yao and gave a cold laugh.

He left a meaningful remark.

"I very much look forward to your performance in bed."

Yuan Yao's thoughts raced; she couldn't help wondering how that human woman was faring now.

"How will that human woman be dealt with?" Why can't I hear her voice now?

The young demon looked at her suspiciously and asked: "What relation does that human woman have to you?"

Having said that, he stepped closer to Yuan Yao and sniffed her scent.

It was the fox spirit's alluring fragrance.

"She's dead." the young demon said.

Yuan Yao's heart jolted: "Why?"

The young demon gave a cold laugh and said no more.

Yuan Yao said: "Can you tell me? I'm really curious."

The young demon said: "Considering you're about to die, telling you doesn't matter. All women who have served will die, because they all drank the love poison beforehand."

Yuan Yao's complexion slightly changed.

For a moment, myriad feelings welled up in her heart.

Yuan Yao raised her head, "How can you be so certain I will die?"

The young demon said: "You disturbed the adult's good deed, so you must die."

After a quarter hour.

A voice came from inside the private room: Quan Wu's voice.

"Bring them over."

The young demon led Yuan Yao into the private room.

Inside the private room, the lascivious atmosphere was gone, replaced by a rich tea fragrance.

Behind the mountain-water screen, Yuan Yao vaguely saw a young man in purple robes, leaning on the couch, his black hair disheveled, his robes loose; he slightly lifted his purple eyes, his gaze sharp enough to pierce the screen and fall upon Yuan Yao.

"Why did the Fox Emperor send you here?"

Yuan Yao clasped her hands in salute, then feigned hesitation, as if wary of others nearby.

Quan Wu slightly raised his hand.

Soon, the young demon who had led the way and the other demon attendants also withdrew.

"Speak."

Yuan Yao stepped forward, deliberately lowering her voice: "Lord Quan Wu, your mother is not dead."

Upon hearing this, Quan Wu's eyes slightly lifted, as if not surprised.

"Anything else?"

"Your mother disappeared twelve years ago and is now imprisoned by the Fox Sovereign in the demon realm."

"So what?" Quan Wu gave a cold smile.

Yuan Yao said unhurriedly: "Our emperor says that if Lord Quan Wu wishes to rescue your mother, the emperor can lend you a hand."

"What does your Fox Emperor want?"

"The position of Fox Sovereign."

After hearing that, Quan Wu reached for the wine pot on the small table by the couch, tipped his head back, poured it into his throat, and let out a muffled laugh.

The next moment, with a "bang," the wine pot was violently smashed to the ground, shards flying.

One shard flew beneath the mountain-water screen and splashed onto Yuan Yao's lower garment.

Yuan Yao's brows furrowed slightly.

"Your Fox Emperor's ambition is too great." Quan Wu nonchalantly tilted his head, his tongue licking the wine that had slipped to the corner of his mouth, his lips curling into a mocking smile: "That woman is lowly, she ran to the demon realm to seduce other men— isn't she living comfortably now? Imprisoned? This palace doesn't think so; she merely entered a den of pleasure."

Yuan Yao remained silent.

In unofficial histories, it is recorded that Quan Wu's mother indeed abandoned him, faked her death to escape the demon clan, and went to the demon realm to find her beloved—the Fox Sovereign.

"Why aren't you speaking? Do you also think that woman is lowly?" Quan Wu again picked up the wine cup from the small table by the couch, took a light sip, his whole person looking dazed and exuding an extremely alluring aura, the front of his robe falling open to reveal his delicate collarbone.

Seeing her still silent, Quan Wu seemed to lose patience, and he threw the wine cup toward Yuan Yao.

Yuan Yao's face changed in alarm; she quickly turned her head to dodge, but her mask also fell with a "clang."

And just then——

Noise of a chaotic fight came from outside the tavern.

Immediately after, several human cultivators smashed through the window and rushed straight at Quan Wu to attack.