Chapter 457: The Man

Seeing this, Zhang Nuo was slightly stunned; he did not understand why Su Haizhen would make such a gesture!

"How is your heart?"

"My heart is in great pain!"

Su Haizhen said, enunciating each word clearly, and then her eyes shimmered with crystalline tears. Seeing his beloved suddenly like this, Zhang Nuo also panicked; he grabbed Su Haizhen's shoulders with both hands, his eyes filled with concern!

"What exactly did I do wrong? That made you feel uncomfortable?"

"Heh! Does this still need me to say it? You and I have practiced the Dual Cultivation Technique; do you think I don't know what is in your heart? It seems someone is definitely going to share my husband with me!"

She gave a faint smile, yet in this smile, Su Haizhen appeared extremely bitter! Upon hearing this, Zhang Nuo's heart gave a violent jolt; the matter Su Haizhen was referring to was likely Ye Yuemiao! Only at this moment did he truly realize that bringing Ye Yuemiao back indeed had impure motives!

For a moment, he was speechless. Zhang Nuo blinked a few times, his gaze actually not daring to meet Su Haizhen's! A sense of guilt welled up from the bottom of his heart!

"Forget it! Don't take it to heart! I was just saying it! How could a man with your capabilities let me have you all to myself? Besides, Fairy Ye is not a bad person either!"

She tried her best to maintain a smile, but who could understand the bitterness behind that smile? In this vast world, it was perfectly normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines! Yet women were expected to be faithful to one man until death! If a woman had more than two men, she would be called unchaste!

Then what about men? Why is it that when a man possesses so many women, he is seen as capable! Not only is he not blamed, but he is instead praised!

With Zhang Nuo's current reputation and prestige, let alone having two women, even having a few more would probably not be considered excessive! But no woman wants her husband to hold another woman while sleeping! Su Haizhen was a cultivator, but at the same time, she was also a woman!

Especially since she possessed such an outstanding husband! It was precisely because of this that she had to learn to share her man with others!

Watching Zhang Nuo remain silent, she slowly stroked his chest with her palm, feeling his heart beating 'thump-thump' wildly! She knew that Zhang Nuo's heart was also not very calm; perhaps at the moment he saw Ye Yuemiao, he hadn't considered these things either!

"The great battle is imminent! Don't think so much about it! Leave this matter to your wife to handle! I will certainly give you another lovely wife!"

Seemingly with a touch of teasing, Su Haizhen said with a smile! However, there was not a hint of a smile on Zhang Nuo's face! From this sentence, he felt Su Haizhen's helplessness!

"I didn't think that much at the time, I just saw her alone outside, lonely and miserable..."

"Say no more! You are a born romantic seed!"

Interrupting Zhang Nuo's words, Su Haizhen lay quietly against his chest! The two of them remained like this, silent for a long time!

The next morning, Zhang Nuo came to Yulong Hall and began to plan how to deal with the Great Underworld Mansion! The only thing to wait for now was for Liu Qingshan to return, to see which sects had agreed to join in!

A month later, Liu Qingshan finally returned to the Giant Spirit Pavilion. Looking at his dust-covered face, he clearly hadn't dared to delay on this journey!

Zhang Nuo glanced at his expression and knew that this trip had been very smooth! Sure enough, as expected, the moment Liu Qingshan opened his mouth, everyone present was overjoyed!

On this trip, a total of six sects agreed to join forces with the Giant Spirit Pavilion, and surprisingly, this even included the Sea Flood Dragon Clan! This news also puzzled Zhang Nuo! Tianqi Immortal Mountain was a long distance from Yulong Immortal Mountain, and furthermore, Zhang Nuo had not included the Sea Flood Dragon Clan in his plan this time!

After asking carefully, he finally understood that it turned out Baijiaowang had led a small team of demonic cultivators to open up a mineral vein in a place on the Xianhuan Continent, and Liu Qingshan had met Baijiaowang while passing by this mineral vein.

Zhang Nuo had previously had some interactions with Baijiaowang, so Liu Qingshan had a thought and brought this matter up! After Baijiaowang finished listening, his face was filled with great joy! He had originally forged a blood feud with the cultivators of the Great Underworld Mansion back on the First Immortal Mountain, and it was precisely because of this that dozens of Sixth-Rank Demonic Beasts of the Sea Flood Dragon Clan had fallen! With the two hitting it off immediately, they settled the matter directly!

"Since things are so smooth! Let's hurry and notify Hai Wuqing! If this matter drags on for too long, it will only arouse the suspicion of the Great Underworld Mansion!"

Zhang Nuo looked at a topographical map on the table! After thinking carefully for a moment, he said this.

"Pavilion Master! Once the detailed plan is formulated, we just need to send people to notify them! These six sects have already gathered their disciples and can launch an attack at any time!"

Liu Qingshan was also a bit excited at this moment! The Giant Spirit Pavilion had waited for this day for a long time! If they could wipe the Great Underworld Mansion off the Xianhuan Continent in one fell swoop, even if they gained nothing, it would be worth it!

"En! You go down and rest for a while first! Once I have formulated the plan, I will immediately notify the other sects!"

While Zhang Nuo was speaking, his gaze swept toward the people present, and he saw that their faces were all filled with anticipation! However, in an instant, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and his body shot out like lightning, rushing toward the back of Yang Huzi!

Suddenly seeing Zhang Nuo act like this startled everyone, and Yang Huzi was even more at a loss! Looking back, he saw one of his own maids with a look of terror in her eyes, her figure turning around as she tried to fly out of the hall!

"Where are you going!"

Zhang Nuo's figure, mid-flight, suddenly turned and pounced toward the fleeing maid, while at the same time, a bloodstain split open in the center of his right palm! Several tender green branches emerged from it! With a single entanglement, she was trapped on the spot!

"Fourth Brother! What are you doing?"

Yang Huzi took a few quick steps and arrived at Zhang Nuo's side, looking at the trapped maid with great confusion! This maid was someone he had brought over from the Central Continent, and her cultivation was only at the Golden Core Initial Stage.

"Third Brother! A spy from the Great Underworld Mansion is right by your side, yet you have been unaware all this time?"

Zhang Nuo looked at the woman standing in place and said coldly! Once these words were spoken, everyone was astonished! Especially Yang Huzi!

Ever since he came to the Xianhuan Continent from the Central Continent years ago, he had always kept this maid by his side; though called a maid, she was actually Yang Huzi's concubine!

"That can't be! She has never had any contact with people from the Great Underworld Mansion!"

"The people in the Great Underworld Mansion have always acted strangely; one cannot think of them with common sense! You will all understand in a moment!"

Walking forward a few steps, a strand of yin energy suddenly flashed through the center of Zhang Nuo's brow, and at the same time, the 'Hell Butterfly' flew out with a flash of light!

The black butterfly circled in mid-air and then fiercely charged toward the top of the maid's head! The maid, who had been calm and composed, let out a scream! Her body shook as she tried to break free from the restraint of the Divine Tree! But with her meager cultivation, how could she escape Zhang Nuo's control?

The 'Hell Butterfly' stopped above the maid's head, and after a long, sharp cry, it flapped its wings several times, spraying invisible sound waves from its mouth that instantly sank into the maid's crown!

Immediately following this, an unexpected thing happened! A black light was seen flying out from the maid's crown, rushing toward the door of the hall without any pause!

Zhang Nuo was quick-witted and fast-handed; he suddenly flipped one hand, and a small pale blue tripod appeared. With a 'whoosh', the Four Spirits Square Cauldron appeared and flew right in front of the escaping black light, opening its mouth to suck it inside!

Zhang Nuo performed this series of actions extremely coherently, without a single pause in between! In the blink of an eye, everything was over! By the time everyone regained their senses, they saw the maid trapped by Zhang Nuo collapse to the ground, her eyes filled with a look of despair!

And the black light captured by the 'Four Spirits Square Cauldron' was bumping around inside the tripod, unable to escape at all!

"Fourth Brother! This... what exactly is going on?"

Zhang Nuo reached out and summoned the small tripod back to his palm, while simultaneously retracting the branches of the 'Pure Underworld Mansion Tree', and smiled coldly:

"Third Brother, this maid of yours was cursed by the Great Underworld Mansion! The previous information was likely all leaked by her!"

Everyone looked at Zhang Nuo in surprise, not quite believing it in their hearts; this maid had always been by Yang Huzi's side, and in terms of background, there should have been no problem! But everything before their eyes made it impossible for them to explain! Especially that black light, what exactly was it?

Yang Huzi walked a few steps to the maid's side, looking at her pitiful appearance, and felt a bit of reluctance in his heart!

"Are you really a spy sent by the Great Underworld Mansion?"

"Third Leader! I..."

The woman had only said a few words before she began to cry loudly! With her crying, everything was naturally clear! Yang Huzi's eyes widened round, and the beard on his chin stood straight up!

"You bitch!"

A 'slap' sound was heard in the air; Yang Huzi raised his hand and brought his palm down, directly shattering the maid's head! The corpse fell to the ground with a thud!

"Third Brother! Sigh! Why go to such lengths? She was only being used by others, it was not her own intention!"

Zhang Nuo stamped his foot; he had only been a few words too slow, yet it had cost the maid her life! This maid was Yang Huzi's favorite! Even when she had made small mistakes before, he had never scolded her!

"I almost had the Giant Spirit Pavilion destroyed because of her! What use is there in keeping her alive!"

He walked up to Zhang Nuo in a fit of rage, flicked his hand, and several fireballs shot from his fingertips, landing on the maid's corpse, which instantly turned to ashes!

"Third Brother! She was only under the influence of Qin Xiaofeng's 'Soul-Losing Charm Technique'! Now that I have broken the Charm Technique, she will be just as she was before! Why must you do this?"

As he spoke, Zhang Nuo lifted the Small Tripod in his hand, and from the mouth of the tripod, a black figure an inch tall slowly rose, bound by layers of Purple Lightning Wild Thunder; the black figure twisted its body, yet it was completely unable to escape! Seeing this eerie scene, everyone felt a shiver in their hearts!