readytorunbook Chapter 146 The Tragic Demon Emperor
Chapter 146 The Tragic Demon Emperor
Demon Palace.
After finishing his conversation with the heads of the four major families, Demon Emperor Qi Lin returned home, furious.
He poured himself a cup of cold tea, and looking at the teacup in his hand, Qi Lin suddenly felt that it was an eyesore and wanted to smash it on the ground.
Just like when the heads of the four major families were defeated.
"Your Majesty, no!"
The servant caught the teacup, saying tremblingly, "Don't break it! If you break it, the set won't be complete! We don't have many sets of such fine teaware in our Demon Palace!"
Qi Lin's face darkened. He caught a glimpse of the vase out of the corner of his eye and thought, "Smashing the vase wouldn't be so bad; it would vent my anger..."
"No! Your Majesty, you mustn't—"
Ornaments...
"No --"
Qi Lin was furious and shouted, "Get out! Get out of here!"
The servant shrank back, too afraid to stay any longer, and scrambled out of the room.
When they went out, they didn't forget to take the tea set, vases, ornaments, and other items with them.
Qi Lin: “…”
He was upset and felt that the four major families were going too far.
The power of Qi Yan's ancestor disappeared inexplicably, which must have returned to his master. Qi Lin was happy about this for a long time.
The master of this power is the ancestor Qi Yan. Does that mean the ancestor is coming back? Is the ancestor going to be resurrected?!
With his ancestor's support, he no longer had to put up with the wrath of the four great families!
However, the four major families insisted that someone had stolen the power and demanded that they send people to search for it. Qi Lin, representing the declining royal family, could not stop them and could only watch helplessly as the four major families sent people to the cultivation world to search.
In order to buy time and conditions for those people, they even released the news that the demon race was going to war with the human race without going through him, the demon emperor, or consulting him!
Qi Lin only learned of this news a few days ago.
Today he went to talk to the heads of the four major families to persuade them to withdraw their people, but as expected, they disagreed.
Fortunately, there were still some members of the royal family. Qi Lin planned to send them out to find the ancestor Qi Yan. He couldn't let others not search, so he decided to send them out as well.
Qi Lin clasped his hands together, praying to his ancestors to bless their royal family so that they could find their ancestor Qi Yan first.
A servant's voice came from outside the door, telling him to rest early and not waste the lighting artifact. Qi Lin turned off the lighting artifact with a blank face and went to bed under the moonlight.
"Why--"
In the darkness, Qi Lin sighed softly.
If it weren't for the ancestor Qi Yan saving the demon realm, their wolf clan wouldn't have been able to remain the demon emperor for so many years.
In the past, the various races of the demon realm, grateful for Qi Yan's kindness, made a vow that the wolf clan would forever be the royal family of the demon realm.
But being the Demon Emperor is really boring. Not only is he being sidelined by the four major families, but his clan has also been lacking fresh blood for a long time.
Qi Lin knew that the four major families were targeting them, and that once a talented child was born in their family, the child would die unexpectedly for various reasons.
For the sake of the wolf clan's development, successive demon emperors tried every means to send their clan members away from the Supreme City, until Qi Lin's generation finally succeeded.
In order to survive, Qi Lin had no choice but to relocate his clan to remote and harsh places. It was better to suffer than to lose his life.
Before his people left, Qi Lin emptied the Demon Palace and had them take it to their new home. As a result, he, the Demon Emperor, could only maintain a semblance of prestige when he went out.
"I wonder how things are in the clan now. Fortunately, there's a protective wall there, so people from the four major families can't get in, and safety is still guaranteed."
Qi Lin lay on the bed and muttered softly.
While counting sheep, Qi Lin soon couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. In his half-awake state, a loud popping sound suddenly came from his storage bag.
Qi Lin jolted awake!
"what happened!"
Qi Lin cautiously glanced into the storage bag and found the soul lamp of the ancestor Qi Yan inside, which he had somehow repaired.
At this moment, the soul lamp lit up, brighter than any soul lamp Qi Lin had ever seen!
"No, no way, did I really guess right?"
Our ancestors... have risen from the dead!
Leaving aside how excited Qi Lin was, in the southwest corner of Wushang City, under an abandoned house, a paper crane slowly landed on a stone statue.
If anyone were here, they would be terrified, because the place is densely packed with human-shaped stone statues.
The next second, the stone statue where the paper crane was perched suddenly cracked open, and a person emerged from inside.
Holding the paper crane, Qi Yi murmured, "This is... a message from Master!"
His eyes grew brighter and brighter. With a wave of his hand, the stone statues began to crack. After half an hour, the place was filled with people.
They all stared eagerly at the paper crane in Qi Yi's hand. Qi Yi smiled slightly and said to them, "Brothers, our master has returned."
……
The next morning, as soon as Qi Yan opened the door, he saw Qi Yi and Qi Er waiting at the door.
Yes, those people are arranged in numerical order.
Upon seeing Qi Yan, the two were overjoyed and knelt down, calling him "Master," which startled Yun Zhao, who had just stepped out.
She thought Qi Yan had been scammed by someone.
Yun Zhao was relieved after Qi Yan told her the whole story and their identities.
As long as it's not a staged accident.
Then, Qi Yan solemnly introduced Yun Zhao's identity to the two of them. Unlike the novels Yun Zhao had read, the two of them knelt down and called her "Madam" without even thinking.
"Please get up, please get up, there's no need for that."
Qi Yi said solemnly, "They should pay their respects to you, Madam. When they see the other brothers, they should also bow to you."
Qi Yan held Yun Zhao's hand and said to her, "Zhao Zhao, just bear with it. Qi Yi is a good person in every way, except that he is too particular about rules."
Yun Zhao saw a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
Well, if he can't control it, then she shouldn't worry about it.
Qi Yi and the others were Qi Yan's secret guards. After Qi Yan's soul lamp shattered, they wanted to die for their master, but the soul lamp still had a faint light. Holding onto the hope that Qi Yan would return, Qi Yi and the others sealed themselves into stone statues, waiting for Qi Yan's return.
In Qi Yan's past life memories, his subordinates were Qi Yi and the others. However, since he did not have the memories of ten thousand years ago, he did not know the identities of Qi Yi and the others.
Qi Yan was puzzled because, after recalling his memories of his past life, he discovered that Qi Yi and the others did not seem to have any memories from ten thousand years ago.
Qi Yi was also unaware of the current situation in Wushang City, so they decided to use the old plan again—to sneak into the Demon Palace at night.
It's not about having many techniques, but about having them that matters.
Qi Yi and Qi Er were both at the Integration Stage. With the two of them there, the four of them successfully entered the Demon Palace.
Yun Zhao learned a lot about the royal family, including the news that the entire royal family had moved to a harsh and cold place.
That's why the Demon Palace looks so empty, with hardly anyone around.
Yun Zhao pulled out a map. "Here, here, and here, no one lives here. The Demon Emperor lives here. Let's go find him."
Thinking that the Demon Emperor's residence must be secretly protected, she even planned to check out the residences of the other people in the Demon Palace. However, after buying the map, she discovered that in the vast Demon Palace, it seemed that the Demon Emperor was the only master!
Wu You poked his head out, dumbfounded: "No way, are the demons really this crazy?"
They dare to sell even a map of the Demon Palace so casually?!