Chapter 45: Deciphering the truth

Sui Nation, Corpse City.

Li Yu was using the combination of God-Foot Pill, Explosive Flame Pill, and alchemy fire, using the kite-flying tactic to harvest those Undead Medicine Corpses one by one, occasionally taking time to eat a Hundred-Flavor Meat Ball to replenish blood and energy.

Between ease and comfort, the merit points entered into his account had already expanded to over a hundred, which made him unable to help but fantasize about the harvest after this Mystic Realm mission ended.

"Although it's the first time entering the Mystic Realm, I didn't find any secrets related to the 【Spirit Venerable path】."

"But not being erased, and having merit points in the account, I should be content."

"A hundred-plus points should be able to exchange for quite a few things, right?"

"Treasures, secret medicine formulas, weapons... or exchange for some things that can help Hongdou repair."

Just as he was thinking this, he didn't notice some eerie changes in the city.

The palace, which was completely shrouded in poisonous mist, seemed to have appeared disturbed because Wen Wen Feifeng and Brother Brother Shang Yang broke in.

A formless fragrant wind suddenly blew out.

In a fleeting glance, a graceful, tall, and plump figure appeared in the wind.

Wherever the fragrant wind passed, all the zombies in the city began to die. They withered in unison, and their bones hit the ground.

In a very fast time, all the zombies were dead, and the originally noisy corpse city suddenly became as silent as death.

And Li Yu, at this moment, was surprised that something was wrong.

He had habitually harvested the last prince Medicine Corpse, burned it to nothing with a mouthful of alchemy fire, and the spiritual root light spots surged into his body. Just as he was about to turn and look at the palace area, he suddenly saw the bones piled up everywhere.

The medicinal fragrance filling the capital became incomparably strong, all converging toward... behind Li Yu.

"Hmm?"

"What kind of ghost thing?"

A star of ominous omen seemed to flash in his mind, and Li Yu's reaction was fast to the extreme. While his upper and lower teeth collided and alchemy fire smoke rolled out, he quickly dug a piece of Compassionate Pill from his sleeve and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

Unfortunately, it was still too late.

Three pairs of snow-white jade palms stretched out from behind, one covered his mouth to prevent the alchemy fire from spraying, one pair covered his eyes, and the remaining palms caressed his body, actually easily triggering Li Yu's inner desires and having an eerie reaction.

At the same time, his back also felt an ancient and soft touch, as if he were trapped in the bosom of a plump woman?

In his ear, a gentle and charming voice that completely hit his sexual preference rang out: "Don't resist, I can let you become an immortal and practice dual cultivation with me."

Then the next moment, every inch of skin on Li Yu's body had a special feeling.

As if kissed and gnawed by countless moist lips, this shell of his was after all a young man full of blood and energy, naturally having instinctive reactions, and soon he felt a sense of joy more wonderful than becoming an immortal, surging up like a tide.

Li Yu considered himself a person with a lot of imagination, but he couldn't imagine what kind of situation he was in now. 【45

He only knew that along with the pleasure came fear.

Because he realized he was being "drained dry."

The strength of his Dantian-Bearer body was far greater than that of a mortal, but as those countless moist lips kissed him, the Qi and blood within his body poured out like a floodgate opening.

Although this sensation was truly insignificant compared to the pleasure.

Li Yu, however, sensed it keenly and fell into a rage.

"What kind of shit is this? Do you know how hard it was for me to trade for this Dantian-Bearer body, this Qi and blood, and this life?"

"You haven't even shown your face and you want to harvest me? Keep dreaming."

Before this thought had even faded, Li Yu, completely disregarding that the Dantian fire he hadn't spat out would burn himself, desperately opened his mouth. As the corners of his mouth split and bled, he bit off a piece of the opponent's flesh with a *crack! *, and at the same time, a Dantian fire of unprecedented intensity surged out.

Sure enough, following a scream, all the arms were retracted, and Li Yu took the opportunity to break free.

But he did not turn around to fight that strange thing; instead, while fleeing forward, he forcibly twisted his head, Dantian fire churning in his mouth to prevent another sneak attack.

It was also at this moment that he saw clearly what the thing was.

Its lower body was strikingly a giant, exotic flower with incomparably gorgeous and fragrant petals, and flower-feet formed by the entanglement of several vines and blossoms.

And her upper body was a beautiful, graceful woman wearing a phoenix crown. Other than a luxurious phoenix robe, she wore no other clothing, so naturally, the cleavage and other features were generously laid out for Li Yu to behold.

But at this moment, there was not a single trace of desire left in his body.

All that remained was a sense of horrific disgust.

Because under this woman's ribs, four extra arms had grown, and from her back, vines protruded, each with an exotic flower at the tip. In the center of the petals, there were actually tongues, teeth, and other things, and they could even secrete saliva, which dripped down in long, viscous strands.

Li Yu suddenly realized what it was that had kissed his entire body earlier.

"I'll be damned..."

Unable to hold it in, Li Yu was already cursing in his heart.

In his mind, the prompt sound of the Demon Star Command suddenly arrived:

"Congratulations to the Command Master with the codename 'Calamity Star', you have triggered a side mission again: Collect Spirit Demons."

"Discovered 【Undead Spirit Demon】. This is a flower demon grown from a sprouted spirit root, and it is a pistil."

"Recovering it grants 100 merit points."

"Congratulations to the Command Master with the codename 'Calamity Star', you have triggered a side mission: Decipher the Truth."

"The pistil Spirit Demon knows the truth about the corpse of the Penglai Female Immortal and the fall of the Sui Kingdom from back then. If you can uncover it, you can obtain 100 merit points."

"Two side missions in a row?"

"Phoenix crown, phoenix robe, pistil—could this thing be the Empress of the Sui Kingdom?"

"Not staying in the imperial palace to help her husband guard the corpse of the Penglai Female Immortal, why did she come here alone to ambush me?"

Although he had triggered side missions again, and two at once, Li Yu showed no joy on his face.

He had just recovered from his lingering fear and quickly saw his own arms, covered in kiss marks and as thin as firewood.

Needless to say, his entire body was in this ghostly state.

If there were a mirror right now, Li Yu would see his body as if he had been battling on a bed for ten days and ten nights.

Taking advantage of the fact that the terrifying "Pistil Empress" in front of him hadn't pursued him yet, Li Yu, ignoring the risk of overeating, suddenly grabbed his yellow-skinned gourd. Regardless of the blood splashing and his mouth tearing to his earlobes, he opened his maw and began to tilt his head back to pour in meat balls.

Meat balls of a hundred flavors fell in with a clatter, and in the blink of an eye, his belly was rounded out.

With the aid of the "Ingestion" technique, they were quickly digested.

Before long, he had recovered his normal physique.

Although his movements were fast, they were by no means fast enough to prevent the pistil Spirit Demon not far away from launching an attack.

She did not move, however, but stayed where she was, staring straight at Li Yu with a gaze that seemed to have found something she cherished.

Just as he was puzzled in his heart, he suddenly felt something within his body.

It was because, in order to break free earlier, he had bitten off a piece of flesh from her palm. Although he spat it out immediately, some blood remained, and in his haste to heal, he hadn't dealt with it and had eaten it along with all the hundred-flavor meat balls.

Until the hundred flavors were digested, the "taste" of this blood slowly emerged.

"Hmm?"

"Milky scent... intense sexual frustration... longing for freedom?"

It was as if Li Yu hadn't eaten blood, but the opponent's thoughts and emotions. But thinking about it, if the essence of this Sui Empress had already turned into a pistil, it was normal for him to taste these pheromones.

As he tasted the opponent, this Empress suddenly swayed her "pistil flower body" and spoke:

"Outsider, you must have already guessed my identity."

"That's right, I am the Empress of this kingdom."

"I can choose not to kill you, but you must agree to one thing."

"If you can do it, not only will you not die, but you will also gain great benefits."

"What thing?"

After tasting those pheromones, Li Yu was not at all surprised that this pistil Empress had intelligence, and asked back directly.

At the same time, in his mind, he began to consider what to do next.

Whether to flee or to kill.

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Before he could reach a decision, an answer that left him speechless came:

"I will teach you the 'Penglai Bedchamber Arts', as long as you can impregnate me and give birth to a child with intelligence."

"I can then parasitize the child's body and leave with you."

Although the Sui Empress's voice was seductive and gentle, the two sentences she uttered still made Li Yu feel it was absurd.

I came here to run a dungeon, and the dungeon boss wants me to help her have a baby.

But thinking that this is a crazy otherworld, nothing is strange.

So he took a few steps back while asking:

"Why me?"

"I turned into this ghostly state and have been trapped here for many years. I have also negotiated with other outsiders, but they were all useless; for various reasons, they couldn't impregnate me and couldn't take me away."

"But you are very different. Through the children, I feel an aura on you similar to that 【Penglai Female Immortal】. It is the scent of elixir and medicine; perhaps you really can take me away."

"If you succeed, I will not only teach you the Penglai Bedchamber Arts, I can give you all my secret arts, and even I... will be yours."

"Believe me, there is no one in this world whose Spirit Demon body can make people feel more pleasure than mine."

As the Sui Empress spoke, her four arms slowly parted the extremely gorgeous flower petals below her waist.

Li Yu again grinned silently and took a few steps back.

At this point, he had guessed that the hundred Undead Medicine Corpses dressed as princes and princesses were mostly born of the Empress before him.

Although they had no intelligence, they could serve as her eyes and ears outside.

So that was how she discovered Li Yu's "specialness," and why she snuck out alone when Wen Wen Feifeng, Brother Brother Shang Yang, and the others went to attack the palace, intending to elope with him?

From the Sui Empress's perspective!

This was probably a great opportunity dropped from the heavens for her.

With this thought, Li Yu seemed to have a plan in his mind, and he asked again:

"Penglai Female Immortal?"

"I heard it was her corpse that caused your Sui Kingdom to perish."

"Could it be that the Penglai secret arts you possess came from her?"

Seeing that the outsider in front of her was changing the subject and delaying his response, the Empress was very dissatisfied.

But she was unwilling to easily tear off the mask and ruin everything, so she suppressed her patience, sneered, and explained:

"Heh, what does the fall of the Sui Kingdom have to do with that female corpse? It was clearly the work of that dim-witted monarch."

"Back then, an auspicious omen was presented, and the corpse had spirit. It appeared in a dream to my husband and me, secretly teaching us a scroll of Penglai secret arts, and demanded that we bury her remains, letting dust return to dust and earth to earth."

"But that dim-witted monarch, having gained the benefit, developed lustful desires. Not only did he refuse, he secretly communicated with an evil god named 【Compassionate Father】, requesting the evil god to cast a spell to resurrect the female immortal's corpse so she could become his new Empress and wife."

"Unfortunately, on the night it was about to succeed, a large amount of poisonous mist and medicinal clouds leaked from the female corpse's remains, intending to poison him to death... To save his life, the dim-witted monarch offered everything to pray to the evil god. Who would have thought the evil god's solution was to spread the poisonous mist, letting all the people of the capital be buried with her."

When the Empress finished speaking, a new prompt sound immediately rang in Li Yu's mind.

"Congratulations to the Command Master with the codename Calamity Star, you have completed the side mission: Decipher the Truth."

"Obtained 100 merit points."

Before he could show any joy, the Empress in front suddenly moved like a ghost, swaying her flower body, and swept toward Li Yu.

With this movement, the beauty on her chest was fully exposed.

And she said quite urgently:

"Enough!"

"Hurry and dual-cultivate with me. If we delay any longer, I fear that dim-witted monarch will have already killed both groups of invaders, and then there will be no chance."

In all fairness, although the Sui Empress's flower body was a bit terrifying, her allure was indeed not small.

Especially for those with special tastes, she was simply a top-tier prize.

In the Wanfu City realm!

If she appeared, she could definitely become a top-tier courtesan.

Unfortunately, Li Yu did not admit to being that kind of person.

He directly spoke to stop her and gave an extremely legitimate reason:

"No!"

"Your Majesty, you may not know, but even if I complied with you, I couldn't take you away."

"We invaders all come with missions. Either one side's camp is completely wiped out, or someone snatches away that 【Corpse of the Penglai Female Immortal】; otherwise, none of us can leave this place."

When Li Yu said the last sentence, a thick resentment couldn't help but appear on his face.

What he said was truly the rules of the Demon Star Command and the Reincarnation Heavenly Net.

At least, that's how it was for the newbie dungeon.

There were two main missions; only after completing one would it end.

If it weren't for this, Li Yu would intend to return right now.

This Sui Empress, whether she was a bit simple-minded from being imprisoned in the Mystic Domain for too long, or whether she could judge if Li Yu was lying through pheromones or similar things, was unclear.

Hearing this, she actually stopped and frowned, saying:

"Is that truly the reason?"

"No wonder those invaders in the past would desperately charge into the palace to snatch that female corpse... Every time they seemed to fail, they would suddenly turn on each other and kill each other. Those who luckily survived would disappear inexplicably."

"But this is easy to handle; those two groups of invaders will soon be slaughtered by that dim-witted monarch."

"While he is busy killing, we can just do our business here. Since there is some distance, you can be as fast or as slow as you like, and it will be convenient for you to take me away then."

Seeing the Sui Empress find the logical loophole in Li Yu's words in the blink of an eye and part her flower pistils again to issue an invitation to him.

Li Yu withdrew the thought of her being simple in his heart and immediately gave a rebuttal:

"Your Majesty, the mission is not calculated that way."

"I must either kill someone from the opposing camp or snatch the female corpse."

"If I do neither, not only will I be unable to leave, but I will also be erased afterward."

"The best plan now is for Your Majesty to take me into the palace, and while they are busy killing each other, steal that female corpse for me..."

There is only one 4,000-character chapter today; there will be two chapters tomorrow.

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