Chapter 267: with translation of chapter title

Yuan Yao and Xie Yan disguised themselves as low-ranking demon soldiers; after blending into Fragrant City, they were not too conspicuous, because there were many low-ranking demon soldiers loitering in Fragrant City, lacking order.

On the streets, many low-ranking demon soldiers were discussing how the Demon Emperor Yue Li had been poisoned.

"How did Empress Yue Li get poisoned?"

"It is said that Empress Yue Li took a fancy to a human spy disguised as one of our demons, had him attend her nearby, but before he had served half a day, that human spy slipped poison into her wine, which she drank."

"During Empress Yue Li's poisoning, that human spy actually took advantage of the moment before anyone reacted and fled."

"That human spy truly deserves to be cut into a thousand pieces!" a low-ranking demon soldier exclaimed excitedly.

"You still don't know, do you?"

"Know what?"

"The Eldest Prince is dead, killed by a fox demon! It is said he died on that fox demon's bed!"

"What?! The Eldest Prince died?!" Upon hearing this, the demon soldiers were greatly shocked, their hearts suffering a tremendous impact.

In their view, someone like the Eldest Prince would absolutely not die so easily, yet he died at the hands of an obscure fox demon.

"Fox demon raised by a dog's father!" many demon soldiers cursed, wishing they could now skin and bone that fox demon.

In their minds, although the Eldest Prince Quan Wu was lascivious by nature, aside from that he had no other flaws.

"How dare the monster tribe send someone to assassinate our Eldest Prince; they must have harbored ill intentions long ago!" a thin-built demon covered in demonic markings suddenly stepped forward, speaking indignantly.

Other demon soldiers, upon seeing her, froze for a moment.

Immediately, she spoke passionately: "If the monster tribe does not give our demon tribe an explanation, then don't even think about our demon tribe allying with them! Everyone, the monster tribe dares to kill our Eldest Prince, proving they don't regard our demon tribe at all! The monster tribe is nothing! Our demon tribe is the strongest race in this world!"

Upon hearing these words, the demon soldiers present also felt deeply resonant.

One demon soldier immediately said: "What monster tribe! Just a bunch of livestock and wild beasts that have transformed into form!"

"Just recently I saw that group of tiger demons; their looks at us were full of contempt and disdain—pah! What are they anyway?"

The demon soldiers' emotions ran high, and they all vented the contempt and frustration they had suffered during this period.

"Exactly! Perhaps Empress Yue Li's excruciating pain was also inflicted by the monster tribe!" the thin-built demon, face flushed with anger, chimed in.

And the demon with a face full of bruises following behind the thin-built demon twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

The thin-built demon was Yuan Yao.

And the demon whose face was covered in bruise marks was Xie Yan.

Yuan Yao was both stirring the demon soldiers' emotions and fanning the flames.

Yuan Yao said, pulling Xie Yan before the demons, her face filled with hatred: "Look at him! The wounds on his face were inflicted by the monster tribe! They originally wanted to beat him to death and bury him secretly; if I hadn't appeared in time to stop those hateful monster tribe members, the consequences would be unthinkable!"

Before Yuan Yao could signal Xie Yan with her eyes, Xie Yan lowered his eyelashes and spoke in a desolate tone: "I heard those monster tribe members say the Eldest Prince deserved to die, so I couldn't help cursing them a few words, but I never expected they would actually strike me with lethal force."

"Damn the monster tribe!" The demon soldiers' emotions were provoked.

These demon soldiers were originally low-ranking demons, not very intelligent, and extremely prone to anger and agitation.

And just then, a squad of tiger demons passed by nearby.

"Kill them!" one demon soldier, eyes blood-red, said in a low voice.

The other demon soldiers were still hesitating, but Yuan Yao immediately shouted: "Kill them, avenge the Eldest Prince!"

Having said that, Yuan Yao led the charge, rushing out first.

The demon soldiers then, acting on instinct, surged out in neat unison, brandishing their weapons and slashing at those tiger demons.

The tiger demons, caught off guard, shouted angrily: "What are you doing? Stop quickly!"

"Ah..." Yuan Yao let out a piercing scream; her clothes were already soaked with blood, her body trembled a few times, and with a "Bang!" she collapsed dead.

This sight stimulated the demon soldiers; their bloodthirsty nature instantly erupted, and they immediately pounced on the tiger demons, wishing to devour them raw.

The tiger demons, subjected to such fierce attack, were taken completely off guard; originally they could still remain calm and refrain from killing blows, but upon seeing a companion slain by demon soldiers and having their flesh torn and devoured, their anger was ignited.

Soon, both sides were filled with killing intent and launched attacks against each other.

The fierce fighting here naturally drew other demon soldiers from the city.

Soon, Xie Yan saw Yuan Yao feigning death; he quickly dodged left and right to escape the battle circle. She did not come toward him, but staggered toward the arriving demon soldiers, her face terrified, saying: "The monster tribe has betrayed our demon tribe, they have joined forces with the human race! Quick…quickly report to the Demon Lord..."

Before she could finish, she collapsed limp, appearing already breathless, onto the ground.

Xie Yan: "……"

The demon soldiers who had rushed over, upon hearing this, turned pale; they immediately sent a few to report to the City Lord's Mansion, while the remaining demon soldiers all charged to surround and slaughter the tiger demons.

That tiger demon squad was soon slaughtered in droves by the demon soldiers, suffering heavy losses.

Before dying, the tiger demons sent a distress signal to the tiger tribe.

At the same time, Yuan Yao covertly opened her eyes, glanced sideways, saw that no soldiers were noticing her, and immediately sat up, giving Xie Yan a glance in his direction.

Thereafter, Xie Yan followed the direction she had gone.

After arriving at a relatively safe and secluded spot, and confirming there was no one else around, Yuan Yao lifted her gaze toward Xie Yan.

Yuan Yao said: "Now Demon Lord Kui Shi is in Fragrant City; with just our two strengths it's hard to slay him, so we must also borrow others' power to deal with Demon Lord Kui Shi."

"You want to borrow the Tiger Lord's hand?" Xie Yan quickly guessed her intention.

Yuan Yao nodded.

"But based solely on what just happened, the Tiger Lord may not necessarily act against Demon Lord Kui Shi." Xie Yan stared at her.

He analyzed: "Other participants will also use their wits to drive a wedge between the monster and demon tribes. At the same time, operatives, in order to stabilize the monster-demon alliance, might possibly disclose our participants' information and the secret realm's secrets without reservation. Therefore, the rulers of the monster and demon tribes likely already know our participants' plans, perhaps waiting for an opportunity to wipe us out in one sweep."

Participants, are young cultivators like Yuan Yao who stand on the human side's camp.

Operatives, are those who have received the mysterious transmission to help the monster and demon tribes successfully invade humanity; in short, they stand on the monster-demon tribe's camp.

Whether participants or operatives, they are fully aware of that war from over seven hundred years ago, so the two hundred young humans are all 'Seers'.

Entering the Flowing Light Secret Realm is both a trial and a test and scrutiny by the hidden controllers.