The high priest was shocked.
He lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, I did it so secretly, how could they know?"
"I say you're stupid, and you really are! Don't you know that the Heavenly Dao has a magic mirror? You thought you were being very secretive, but in the end, you couldn't escape his eyes."
"So, Nangong Xuan and Nangong Jiu are alive, and my secret technique failed? That shouldn't be the case. Once a secret technique is activated, it cannot be stopped. Even if Tiandao finds out, he can't stop it."
The Demon Lord closed his eyes and said, “Before, the Heavenly Dao came to teach me a lesson.
Although he showed no mercy, he didn't kill them. I guess he failed, so the brother and sister may not be dead."
The high priest could not accept this result: "Impossible! How is this possible?!
I've put so much effort into this, but it's all in vain, and I've caused you so much suffering.
I am unwilling to accept this, I am unwilling to accept this!"
"Even if you're unwilling, you have to hold it in. I called you here today to tell you not to do any more tricks. They won't hurt them, but they will hurt us.
Because of you, I will be punished for an additional ten thousand years."
The high priest felt more frustrated than ever before: "It's my fault. I won't do it again!"
"Well! At the moment, you are the only person I trust. I entrust the Demon Realm to you. You take good care of it. When I come out, I will definitely treat you well."
"I will obey your orders, my Lord, please rest assured!"
Next, the two discussed some major and minor matters of the demon world for a long time. It was not until the guard came over to urge them that the high priest left reluctantly with Fengying.
"Your Majesty, you must be well. I will come to see you again when I have the chance!"
After leaving the Infernal Purgatory, the High Priest looked towards the Heaven and the Magic Forest, his face filled with gloom. "Fengying, how do you think they did it?"
"I racked my brains but couldn't figure it out."
Fengying shook his head and followed the high priest back to the demon world with a dejected look.
The high priest returned to the demon world and locked himself in a secret room for most of the day. After coming out, he took drastic measures to clean up the chaos and issued various instructions.
I keep myself busy like a top all day long and can't stop for a moment.
Outsiders only thought that he was entrusted by the Demon Lord to manage the Demon Realm diligently.
In fact, only he himself knows that he cannot stop. Once he stops, he will involuntarily think about why the thing that seems to be a sure win will end up failing.
During this period, his subordinates also sent him back accurate news.
"Nangong Xuan and Nangong Jiu are both fine and alive and well."
To this end, he even beat and killed a servant who was an eyesore to him, making all his men walk on thin ice.
One day, a subordinate came to report to him.
"High Priest, it's bad. Senior Qiongqi has lost his temper again. He ran outside and killed everyone he saw. Please go and take a look."
"Why is it angry?" the high priest asked his men as he ran out.
His men hesitated for a long time before they explained the matter clearly.
"Earlier, I brought the person chosen for Senior Qiongqi to him for his review.
Among them was a pair of sisters. Senior Qiongqi took a liking to the younger sister and left a mark on her body.
As a result, the two sisters ran away and were discovered by our people. In order to protect her younger sister, the elder sister changed into her younger sister's clothes. After we caught her, we sent her to Senior Qiongqi.
Then, Senior Qiongqi realized that it wasn’t the person it had chosen, and when he got angry, he ate my sister in one gulp and ran away…”
"Are you stupid? You've caught the wrong guy!"
"You can't blame us. They look so much alike that we can't tell them apart."
"Then don't you know to catch both of them together?"
"But we only caught one; the other got away."
The high priest was so angry that he kicked his subordinate and said, "You are not doing your job well. You will be punished later."
Same clothes, different person?
Damn, why didn't I think of that?!
As if it had dawned on him, the high priest suddenly understood the reason why the secret technique had failed.
After pacifying Qiongqi, he returned to the main hall: "Fengying, I finally figured out what happened. The brother and sister escaped, and the problem was their clothes."
Fengying quickly knelt down on one knee.
"High Priest, please check carefully. What I took was definitely their clothes. There is no mistake."
"Get up. The clothes you took are correct, but the person is wrong." The high priest glanced at Fengying and continued.
“Think about it, you took the Empress’s clothes, but the current reincarnation is in another body, so the secret technique is useless to her.
If I'm not mistaken, that reincarnation also has healing spiritual roots, and it was she who saved Nangong Xuan.
How she did it, I don’t know.”
Fengying slapped his forehead.
"Yes, I should have gone to her mortal home to get her clothes. I made a mistake. High Priest, what are you going to do?"
"We just met with His Majesty, and He told us not to act on our own and to wait for some time before making any decisions.
Otherwise, they will blame the matter on His Majesty, and it will be His Majesty who will suffer."
After the high priest finished speaking, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Let the brother and sister live for a while longer. After this period of time, I will make them die in a miserable way.
Next time, I will never give them a chance to live.
After the high priest figured out the secret technique, he devoted himself to the affairs of the demon world. Under his governance, although the demon world was in a state of disrepair, it had at least shown some improvement.
The bedroom of Liu Hao and his wife.
In the evening, everyone happily had dinner together.
They went to the flower hall and drank tea together for a while, talked about some major and minor events in the past few months, and then left.
Nangong Jiu was about to leave when Liu Hao and his wife called out to him, "Jiu'er, go to our bedroom. We have something very important to tell you."
"Okay! Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing, go play with Xiao Kang and Xiao Le for a while. I'll be right back."
Nangong Jiu happily held one of their hands and swung on the swing to the bedroom of Liu Hao and his wife.
After entering the room and closing the door, Nangong Yunxue directly opened the door of the dark room.
"Jiu'er, all your clothes and supplies are here..."
Nangong Yunxue briefly repeated Tiandao's words and said, "Put all these in your little pocket. You can take them out when you need them. It's not too troublesome."
"Then my room is empty, isn't it?"
"Just bedding and furniture."
"Okay, it's not a big deal. I'll make my parents worry! Don't worry, I'm here. If they dare to come, they won't be able to leave alive."
Liu Hao shook his head: "We didn't worry about anything. Heaven arranged everything well and even left us some bean soldiers!"
As he said this, he picked up Nangong Jiu and went to the corner to show him.
"Now that you're back, take these bean soldiers back to your room. If any bad guys come, they'll help catch them."
Nangong Jiu smiled.
"I've seen the Heavenly Dao's Bean Soldiers before. They're very powerful..."
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