Chapter 133 The self-righteous Xie Ao and the increasingly audacious Su Yuyao

Only after Su Yuyao and the flying eagle disappeared from sight did Xuan Feng slowly turn to look at Qi Men. "Immortal Master, what was bound to happen has finally arrived! I just didn't expect it to be so soon..."

Qimen looked heavily at Xuanfeng, who appeared calm on the surface but was inwardly deeply saddened. "My lord... let fate decide everything! There are other matters to attend to right now!"

Xuanfeng felt a void in his heart, but he didn't have time to soothe it. He turned to Guan Yue, "Go and keep an eye on the girl, make sure she's safe. As for what she wants to do, let her do it..."

"Yes!" Guan Yue accepted the order and hurriedly turned to chase after Su Yuyao.

Xuanfeng steadied his Qi field and entered the main hall. "Lord Xie Ao, let's continue!"

Xie Ao, however, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Xuan Feng with disdain, and said in a raised voice, "Just now, although Lord Guan Xiao kept trying to stop me, I still guessed some things... I just don't know if I'm right. How about... Lord Xuan Feng, let's have a private chat?"

"Lord Xie Ao! We've already reached an agreement!" Guan Xiao said.

"It was indeed agreed upon, but plans can change in an instant. No matter how I thought about it, I never expected that the story of Lord Xuanfeng and Miss Yao'er would be so exciting!" Xie Ao said with a contemptuous smile.

"Lord Xie Ao! What do you mean by this?!" Guan Xiao was getting anxious.

"Lord Guan Xiao!" Xuan Feng called out to Guan Xiao, "You may leave now!"

"But……"

Qi Men put his arm around Guan Xiao's and said softly, "Lord Guan Xiao! Don't worry, let's wait outside."

The doors to the main hall slowly closed, and the stench inside grew even stronger.

"Lord Xie Ao, how would you like to discuss this?" Xuan Feng asked in a low voice.

Xie Ao looked at Xuan Feng, smiled, and said, "First, return the fish fins to me, and don't mention this matter in front of Mother Yi; second, destroy that empty valley!"

"Hmph!" Xuanfeng sneered, hands on his hips. "Lord Xie Ao, what are your trump cards?"

"My trump card isn't anything special," Xie Ao said with a self-deprecating laugh, "It just proves that our people... haven't been to the Su residence!"

Xuanfeng's eyes gradually shifted from icy coldness to murderous intent. "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Xie Ao pressed Xuan Feng, "Why don't we let Miss Yao'er explain what this means?"

"Are you threatening me?" Xuanfeng asked coldly.

"My lord! Only if you actually do it will you be threatened. If you don't do it, what are you afraid of?" Xie Ao smiled enigmatically...

“Miss Yao’er…” Flying Eagle, clutching his aching back, chased after Su Yuyao, “You…I…that…”

Su Yuyao suddenly stopped and turned to look at Feiying, "Which way do we go?"

"Huh?" Flying Eagle was taken aback.

"Where is Tang Xian'er, whom we're going to interrogate?" Su Yuyao asked expressionlessly.

"Ah...this way..." Flying Eagle took two quick steps and led Su Yuyao into a small path. At the end of the path was a stone house that was being guarded.

"Open the door... Hey! Miss Yao'er!" Before Fei Ying could finish speaking, Su Yuyao kicked the door.

The door remained unmoved, and neither did Su Yuyao.

"Ugh... Ah—!" Su Yuyao suddenly sat down on the ground, dropped her crescent blade, clutched her ankle, and burst into tears.

Flying Eagle was stunned by Su Yuyao's rapid change of expression and didn't know how to react for a moment.

"Su Yuyao!" Guan Yue arrived just in time and asked in confusion upon seeing the scene, "Flying Eagle! What happened?!"

"Huh?" Flying Eagle was also completely confused. "Miss Yao'er, she kicked the door with her foot... and then... that's what happened..."

"Kick the door with your foot?!" Guan Yue quickly squatted down in front of Su Yuyao, carefully picked up Su Yuyao's foot, and gently took off her shoes.

A chubby, gray-black foot with its toes sticking out was displayed in front of Guan Yue.

Guan Yue suddenly blushed slightly. He gently touched Su Yuyao's ankle. "Miss Yao'er, your ankle is slightly dislocated. Let me straighten it for you. Please don't move it!"

After saying that, Guan Yue grabbed Su Yuyao's ankle with his hand, pressed his fingers against Su Yuyao's ankle, and twisted it forcefully.

Kaspersky!

"Ah!" Su Yuyao cried out, but she didn't continue crying. Instead, she slowly brought her toes together.

She gently rotated her ankle, and it didn't hurt anymore! She then twitched her toes, and everything was fine!

"Su Yuyao, why did you kick the door! This door isn't something you can just kick open like that!!" Guan Yue said, holding Su Yuyao's foot with a hint of reproach.

Su Yuyao didn't answer. Instead, she wiped away her tears, pulled her foot back, put on her shoes, and stood up with difficulty.

"Open the door!" Su Yuyao said to Flying Eagle.

Flying Eagle nodded to the guard to open the door and led Su Yuyao into the stone house. Guan Yue frowned and quickly got up to protect Su Yuyao behind him.

The stone houses were all similar, but I didn't see anyone.

"Where is he?!" Su Yuyao asked.

The eagle sighed helplessly, looked up at the roof, and said, "Come down!"

Su Yuyao followed the eagle's gaze and saw a dark brown shadow moving faintly on the dark roof.

The shadow gradually became clearer: a large centipede with a long, flat body and many brownish-yellow tentacles swaying on both sides!

The giant centipede wiggled its short, thick antennae on its small head and suddenly hovered in front of Su Yuyao's eyes.

"Old Wu! Change back to normal... Ouch..." Just as Flying Eagle was about to show off his power, his wound stretched him so much that he grimaced and couldn't straighten up.

Upon seeing this, Guan Yue immediately stepped in front of Su Yuyao and said sternly, "Wu Laoliu! Do you know who this is?! Get down here!"

“No need,” Su Yuyao said coldly, looking at the giant centipede in front of her. “Since Wu Laoliu likes to hang it up, then let him hang it up…”

Xie Ao seemed to have found Xuan Feng's weakness, and said smugly with his hands behind his back, "My lord, you can think about it carefully. This deal is not a loss!"

Xuanfeng stared into Xie Ao's eyes, "You mean..."

“That’s right! If you agree to my conditions, I’ll help you cover up this secret.” Xie Ao took another step closer and said, “If… you can help us, we can consider finding someone to take the blame for you…”

Xuanfeng's eyes were deep and calm. "Lord Xie Ao, you have a good plan! But unfortunately, I have nothing that I need your help with!"

"Hahaha!" Xie Ao laughed a few times, then suddenly his face turned cold. "Lord Xuanfeng has quite the eloquence! He's gone around in circles with so many words... How much of it did Miss Yao'er actually believe?"

Xuanfeng smiled and said, "This is a private matter for us, so there's no need to trouble Lord Xie Ao!"

"Eh? What are you saying! We're still happy to help!" Xie Ao's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and he lowered his voice, saying, "There are only a few people who can wipe out the Su family, and it's either me... or you!"

Xuanfeng gritted his teeth and glared at Xie Ao.

Xie Ao straightened his clothes smugly and said, "I can give you time to think it over, but... you'd better hurry, after all, we don't have that much free time! If Miss Yao'er finds out the truth first, we... won't be responsible!"

After saying that, Xie Ao turned around, opened the door, and stepped out amidst the astonished gazes of Qi Men and Guan Xiao.

Seeing Xuan Feng's gloomy face, Qi Men knew that Xie Ao had caught the Su family in the act of annihilation.

"My lord, how did the talks go?" Qi Men asked in a low voice.

Xuanfeng sighed and said, "He rejected all our conditions..."

"My lord, does he know?" Qi Men asked cautiously.

"Understood," Xuanfeng replied calmly.

Qimen frowned deeply and remained silent.

Guan Xiao, unaware of the reason, looked at Xuanfeng and Qimen, "Lord Xuanfeng! Lord Qimen! Are you just going to let Xie Ao leave like this?"

Xuanfeng glanced at Xie Ao's departing figure. "Lord Guanxiao, could you please see him off... Eh? What's that?!"

A pale green pillar of Qi slowly rose above the Vermilion Bird Hall, with an eagle feather inserted at its top, and hanging from the eagle feather was... Wu Laoliu?!

Wu Laoliu was seen being dangled by the eagle's tail, head down, swaying back and forth in the air, his legs flailing wildly in panic.

"Isn't that Wu Laoliu? Why is he hanging up?" Guan Xiao said in great surprise. "Although Wu Laoliu is a bit of a scoundrel, he hasn't committed any major offenses! This time, he only agreed to talk because he asked us for more incense offerings, so we haven't let him out..."

As they were talking, two more flames shot towards Wu Laoliu's abdomen. Despite Wu Laoliu's desperate struggle, he couldn't dodge them, and his dark brown abdomen emitted wisps of black smoke.

"This is... Bi Rong?" Guan Xiao exclaimed in surprise, "Why is Flying Eagle using torture in such a blatant manner?!"

Xuanfeng stared coldly at Wu Laoliu, who was sizzling and smoking from the fire, and sighed deeply. "That brat! She really is... asking for trouble!"

A grand chair was placed squarely on the stone path of the Vermilion Bird Palace, where Su Yuyao sat cross-legged with a calm expression; a pillar of Qi stood straight not far in front of the chair, opposite which was Bi Rong, who could not hide his excitement; while Guan Yue and Fei Ying, one guarding Su Yuyao's side, and the other looking worriedly at the main hall not far away.

Su Yuyao stared coldly at Wu Laoliu, who was hanging high in front of her, and asked in a low voice, "Wu Laoliu, is it fun?"

Wu Laoliu swayed his gait, twisted his body, and trembled his mouthparts, as if he wanted to speak.

“Miss Yao’er,” Flying Eagle advised in a low voice, “why don’t we go inside and question her? What if the adults see us…”

A fishy smell gradually wafted over, and Su Yuyao curled her lips and said, "What's there to be afraid of? We already know anyway."

"Oh! Miss Yao'er!" Xie Ao looked at Su Yuyao, who was blocking his way, and said arrogantly, "What brings you here..."

"Bi Rong!" Su Yuyao didn't give Xie Ao a chance to finish speaking. "Continue!"

"Yes!" Bi Rong responded loudly. He raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly at the giant centipede in the air, and two beams of fire shot out instantly.

The giant centipede thrashed about in a panic, but it still couldn't escape Bi Rong's fire attack, and black smoke was forced to rise from its belly.

A pungent smell immediately filled the air. Su Yuyao covered her nose with her sleeve and muttered in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, "It stinks! It's even worse than Xie Ao's fishy smell!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Ao's face turned even redder. He stood awkwardly behind the armchair, unable to get around it.

"Miss Yao'er, Lord Xie Ao..." Flying Eagle reminded him in a low voice.

"I knew Lord Xie Ao was coming; I could smell the stench of blood a long time ago," Su Yuyao said bluntly.

"Miss Yao'er! I always thought you were spoiled and willful by Lord Xuanfeng, but I never expected that you wouldn't even follow the most basic etiquette!" Xie Ao said snorting.

"Etiquette?" Su Yuyao turned to look at Xie Ao. "Does your etiquette in the South China Sea involve using the tears of the Fish Princess to spy on others?"

"Miss Yao'er!" Xie Ao said, somewhat embarrassed and angry, "Don't make things up without evidence!"

"You also know that you can't make things up without evidence?!" Su Yuyao stared intently into Xie Ao's eyes and said slowly, "Then... what makes you think you have the upper hand when negotiating with us?"

"What?!" Xie Ao's surprised eyes showed a hint of fear.

Su Yuyao sneered, lowered her head to stroke her injured ankle, and said leisurely, "Yu Ji Lei, we indeed have no evidence. However, we have fish fins, which is enough for you to give us a proper explanation! As for me and Lord Xuanfeng, you don't need to gloat as if you've caught us in some kind of predicament. At worst, he'll just kill me... and everything will be resolved!"

"Girl!" Xuanfeng's voice floated down from above Su Yuyao's head, "What's wrong with your foot?"

Su Yuyao paused, straightened her skirt slightly, and said, "You, as the Heavenly Emperor, how can you be threatened by matters of personal feelings?"

Xuanfeng looked at the unusually calm yet completely unfamiliar figure before him. "Girl, I'll have Guan Yue take you home. Flying Eagle, put Wu Laoliu down. Bi Rong..."

"Bi Rong, continue!" Su Yuyao coldly interrupted Xuan Feng.

"Huh?" Bi Rong looked at Su Yuyao with a bitter face, then at Xuan Feng. "Miss Yao'er! My lord! Um... why don't you two discuss this again?"

"Guan Yue! Take back the Qi Pillar!" Xuan Feng said sternly.

“Uh…” Guan Yue hesitated and looked at Su Yuyao.

"Brother Yue'er, do you want to take the Qi Pillar?" Su Yuyao asked coldly.

"Su Yuyao, why don't we go inside and question her?"

Su Yuyao lowered her eyelids, breathed a sigh of relief without making a sound, and slowly stood up while holding the armrest of the armchair. She then walked slowly to Wu Laoliu's mouth.

She drew her crescent blade, twisted her wrist, tilted her head back, and swung the blade up with a sharp "squeak"—and Wu Laoliu's mouth was cleanly severed.

A sticky blue liquid sprayed towards Su Yuyao.

"Girl!"

"Miss Yao'er!"

"Su Yuyao!"

With a flap of its wings, it covered Su Yuyao's head, and a green bubble enveloped Su Yuyao's body. With a tremor of its energy field, it froze all the liquid in the air!

Su Yuyao's lips curled up as she turned to look at Xuan Feng, whose eyes were bulging and whose temples were puffed out. "I'm dead, isn't that perfect?"

"You lot! Don't move!" Xuanfeng closed his eyes, caught his breath, and said, suppressing his anger, "Immortal Master, Lord Guanxiao, please collect the centipede blood. If there is any venom, destroy it immediately!"

Qi Men and Guan Xiao, equally angry, quickly stepped forward and used their Qi to remove the blue liquid from the air.

Xuanfeng glared at the expressionless Su Yuyao and roared, "Girl! If you want to die, then die yourself! Don't drag others down with you!"

Su Yuyao rolled her eyes at Xuan Feng, then slowly turned around to look at Guan Yue and then at Fei Ying. In front of them, there were indeed many blue droplets, with tiny transparent liquid mixed in with the blue blood.

Su Yuyao looked at herself again. Yue'er brother was protecting her, Feiying was protecting her, and he was protecting everyone...

"Him?!" Xuan Feng frowned. This brat! Even her way of addressing me is so formal! I'm really... I'm going to be furious!

He ripped off his wrist guards and slammed them hard onto the armchair. He desperately wanted to go over and drag Su Yuyao over to give her a good beating, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He could only roll up his sleeves, put his hot, swollen hands on his waist, and pace back and forth.

"Lord Xie Ao!" Xuan Feng finally noticed Xie Ao, who was staring in disbelief. "Should we renegotiate?"

"Huh?" Xie Ao snapped out of his daze. "Still talking? Talk about what?"

"There's nothing to talk about!" Su Yuyao said loudly.

"Girl, shut up!" Xuanfeng roared.

"How about we negotiate a deal that benefits everyone?" Su Yuyao continued.

"Girl! Have I been too kind to you?!" Xuan Feng pointed at the back of Su Yuyao's head and cursed through gritted teeth.

"You don't need to give it to me, and I don't want it!" Su Yuyao suddenly turned around and took a step forward.

"Girl!" Xuanfeng cried out in terror, then leaned weakly against the armchair and whispered, "Please, don't move!"

"Yao'er!" Qi Men said sternly, "It's too dangerous! Don't move!"

Su Yuyao felt very relieved to see Xuanfeng almost driven crazy by her.

She glanced sideways at Xie Ao, "Xie Ao, whose family are you from?"

"Lord Hai Chao!" Xie Ao replied softly, his body covered in cold sweat.

"Does Lord Haichao have any children?" Su Yuyao asked again.

"Young Master Qiangji!"

“Alright!” Su Yuyao said readily. “If you help us bring down Lord Tide, we’ll help Young Master Qiangji win a share of the world, okay?”

As soon as Su Yuyao finished speaking, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck Xuanfeng's head.

"Su! Yu! Yao!" Xuan Feng's eyes turned red, and he suddenly exerted force with his fingers, causing the grand chair to shatter with a crash!

Xie Ao was so shocked by Su Yuyao's words that his brain went blank. "A share... of the world?"

“Go back and think about it, but don’t worry about whether you agree or not. Instead…” Su Yuyao said with a sinister smile, “Think carefully about how Lord Tide treated you!”

Xuanfeng slightly raised his eyelids and looked at Xie Ao, who was already red and purple, and stood there stunned.

"All collected, sir!" Qimen said, holding a small, colorless ball of water. "This is venom!"

Guan Xiao held up a blue ball of water. "These aren't poisonous; they're all Wu Laoliu's blood!"

"Destroy them all!" Xuanfeng gave the order.

"Wait! Lord Qimen...!" Su Yuyao deliberately changed her form of address and said, "Take this venom into pills..."

Qi Men suddenly turned around and looked at Su Yuyao, "Yao'er... what did you call me?"

Su Yuyao deliberately emphasized her words, saying, "Qimen... sir! Make the venom into pills; perhaps they'll be useful later!"

"Su Yuyao, you fucking think I wouldn't dare to lay a hand on you..." Xuan Feng rolled up his sleeves and rushed over, reaching out to grab Su Yuyao.

Su Yuyao hurriedly hid behind Guan Yue and shouted, "Lord Qimen, I don't think we need to make any more pills. Just eat them all now and let me die so that it's all over!"

"You! Su Yuyao!" Xuan Feng stopped in his tracks in anger, clutching his head and spinning around a few times before saying helplessly, "Immortal Master, make it into pills and give them to me!"

"Yes!" Qimen replied.

"Lord Xie Ao!" Xuan Feng seemed to have no strength left. "You should go back! Lord Guan Xiao, please see me off!"

"Yes!" Guan Xiao walked up to Xie Ao and led him, "Lord Xie Ao, please!"

Xie Ao was somewhat bewildered. The experience of losing just now was too much for him to bear. He nodded blankly and followed Guan Xiao as they circled around Wu Laoliu, who had stopped struggling, and left the Vermilion Bird Palace.

Bi Rong also quietly slipped back to the palace gate, locked himself in his room and prayed, "Lord Xuanfeng, please, please don't come looking for me!"