Chapter 399: Reaching a Consensus

After a round of verbal sparring, Xiao Han and Xianhu Niangniang managed to reach a consensus.

"Fine, since that is the case, it is settled then." Xiao Han stood up decisively and cupped his hands, saying:

"In one month, I will come to the Immortal Fox Sect once more. At that time, please have the Immortal Fox Sect Master hand over the preparations to me."

Xianhu Niangniang covered her mouth and giggled, her lotus steps moving lightly as she walked before Xiao Han. Just as he frowned, she instantly returned to her original position.

"Your Excellency Xiao Han, rest assured; Xianhu will naturally not break her promise."

"However..."

Xianhu Niangniang suddenly teased, "Does Your Excellency Xiao Han want to stay in my Immortal Fox Sect? We have quite a few maidens here who are as beautiful as celestial beings!"

She walked to Xiao Han's side, her voice as thin as a mosquito's, her breath like orchids.

"If Your Excellency wishes, it is not impossible for Xianhu to offer herself to you~"

"How about it? Does Your Excellency want to give it a try?"

Xianhu Niangniang blinked her peach-blossom-like eyes; every glance and smile was enough to make many men go through fire and water for her.

Xiao Han dodged to the side without a trace and politely declined, "I still need to make some arrangements, so I will not stay in your sect any longer."

"Thank you for your hospitality!"

Then, he turned and left calmly.

Watching Xiao Han's departing back, Xianhu Niangniang suddenly let out a giggle and called out softly,

"Xiaobai!"

Subsequently, a small, snow-white fox ran over from behind, unable to contain its excitement. Xianhu Niangniang opened her arms, and the little fox leaped abruptly, jumping into her embrace with practiced ease.

Stroking the soft fur of the little fox in her arms, the allure on Xianhu Niangniang's face vanished, replaced by a highly oppressive majesty.

"Has the Shadow Demon Sect made any moves recently?"

As soon as the words fell, a figure shrouded in black mist suddenly emerged from the shadows behind her, and a low, hoarse voice sounded.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, the Shadow Demon Sect has no abnormalities; everything is as usual."

After hearing this person's reply, Xianhu Niangniang's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, then immediately returned to normal, and she murmured to herself:

"None?"

"That is truly a strange matter!"

If one were to say that a powerhouse like Xiao Han finding the Immortal Fox Sect to seek an alliance to wipe out the Shadow Demon Sect without any warning was just a whim, that would be a joke.

The latter is not some obscure, insignificant sect; even if Xiao Han is a Spirit Array Grandmaster, he cannot act recklessly, so there must be a fuse igniting it.

She also believed her subordinate was not deceiving her; thus, there must be something she had not noticed.

Her tightly locked brows relaxed, and she said sternly, "Compile all the movements of the Shadow Demon Sect over the past ten years and hand them to me!"

"Yes!"

Without any hesitation, the figure in the black mist replied.

………

After leaving the Immortal Fox Sect, Xiao Han did not stop at all, coming directly to a desolate mountain range and pausing.

"I didn't expect this Shadow Demon Sect to be so troublesome. It's a good thing I learned about it in advance."

Recalling the intelligence on the Shadow Demon Sect he had just learned from Xianhu Niangniang, Xiao Han could not help but click his tongue.

The intelligence he had previously understood regarding the Shadow Demon Sect's strength could not be called completely irrelevant, but it was vastly different.

Although the Shadow Demon Sect indeed only had one Earth Sovereign powerhouse, Ying Wuyi, there were no shortage of Supreme Realm powerhouses; the headquarters alone had over thirty.

The others were scattered in branches across the Shadow Demon Sect's territories, totaling more than fifty. The number of Supreme Realm powerhouses was more than double what he thought; no wonder they had been robbing and plundering for so long without being retaliated against.

However, Xiao Han soon stopped overthinking; he only needed to be responsible for dealing with those powerhouses at the Shadow Demon Sect's headquarters.

Thinking of the Spirit Array at the Shadow Demon Sect's headquarters, Xiao Han's heart bled; he only hoped the battle results would be worth his initial investment.

………

When the appointed day arrived, Xiao Han returned to the Immortal Fox Sect headquarters as promised.

Xianhu Niangniang was also waiting early at the agreed location; with her seductive figure, she naturally became the focus of the entire crowd.

Seeing Xiao Han arrive, Xianhu Niangniang's long, narrow phoenix eyes immediately narrowed, the corners of her mouth lifted lightly, and she walked to Xiao Han with a light gait, saying with a smile:

"Your Excellency Xiao Han is truly a man of his word!"

"Xianhu was even thinking, if Your Excellency Xiao Han were just trifling with Xianhu, how would Xianhu answer to the sect!"

To this, Xiao Han appeared quite calm, completely ignoring the other party's pitiful expression; if he had truly trifled with her, he feared his days ahead would not be easy.

Thinking this, Xiao Han cast his gaze toward the people behind Xianhu Niangniang; there were not many, only barely over ten, all of whom were Supreme Realm powerhouses.

Xiao Han did not care; according to their plan, the main force this time was him alone, and the others were responsible for intercepting deserters.

To put it bluntly, if he could not solve the Shadow Demon Sect's headquarters alone and ended up dying, the others would simply walk away.

Xianhu Niangniang also noticed Xiao Han's gaze and turned to pull over a beautiful woman, who was also curiously watching him at this moment.

A fiery red long dress perfectly outlined her curvaceous figure, and her fiery red lips gave a strong sense of beauty and nobility; however, those clear, limpid eyes revealed a touch of purity.

Especially the shyness and restraint the latter subconsciously revealed when facing Xiao Han, as if seeing a strange man for the first time, made one pause in surprise.

She almost perfectly fused the cold and pure styles together; in terms of appearance, the whole crowd was only second to Xianhu Niangniang.

"This is the Supreme Elder of my Immortal Fox Sect, Hongyan, a Ninth Grade Sovereign, and also the leader of this operation. If Your Excellency Xiao Han has any arrangements, just tell Supreme Elder Hongyan directly."

Hearing this, Xiao Han could not help but be startled, taking another look at this woman in the red dress, lamenting that age was indeed no longer a so-called "butcher's knife"—this twenty or thirty-year-old appearance was truly too deceptive.

Especially since her demeanor was very similar to a young girl who knew nothing of the world; this was the strange part.

Seeing Xiao Han's surprise, Xianhu Niangniang stepped forward and said to Xiao Han, feigning mystery:

"Supreme Elder Hongyan is only eighty-something years old! And she has been cultivating in the sect's secret realm all year round; she never steps out of the house, and she is no different from the young girls outside."

"Your Excellency Xiao Han must take good care of her~"

"Sect Master!" Hearing Xianhu Niangniang's undisguised teasing, Hongyan could not help but call out prettily, a red cloud climbing all the way to her earlobes, with unhideable shame and annoyance in her eyes.

"Our Grand Elder is shy! Hehe~" Xianhu Niangniang did not mind, but instead became even more spirited.

As for Xiao Han, after hearing the basic introduction of Hongyan from Xianhu Niangniang earlier, Xiao Han was quite surprised; an eighty-something-year-old Ninth Grade Sovereign, observing her aura, it was incomparably thick and flawless, clearly having been immersed for many years.

Such talent is already not bad; it will not take many years before she is perhaps another Earth Sovereign powerhouse.

However, after those somewhat improper words reached his ears, Xiao Han's face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot; this was matchmaking.

He could only helplessly cup his hands and say:

"Please rest assured, Immortal Fox Sect Master, I will certainly look after Grand Elder Hongyan."

As for what this so-called looking after meant, it was a matter of opinion.

"Since that is the case, Xianhu wishes you success in your endeavor, Excellency Xiao Han~"

Xianhu Niangniang performed a graceful bow, wearing a bewitching smile, and spoke in a tingling tone.

Xiao Han nodded slightly and said politely to Hongyan, whose flushed cheeks had just faded:

"Grand Elder Hongyan, everyone from the Immortal Fox Sect, keep up."

The latter nodded her head slightly, waved her hand at the people behind her, and followed Xiao Han, who had taken the lead in darting away.