Upon hearing Baili Huangyi's words, before Gu Liyan and Mo Chen could even speak, Yan Muxue walked out of the mansion carrying her luggage. "They've come to pick me up."
Upon seeing Yan Muxue, Gu Liyan opened his mouth as if to say something but did not utter a word.
Yan Muxue kept her head down and didn't look at Gu Liyan once. She walked up to Baili Huangyi and said, "Brother Huangyi, let's go..."
Baili Huangyi nodded gently, "Alright." Holding Yan Muxue's hand, he turned around and sneered at Gu Liyan, "Demon Emperor, farewell!"
"You..." Mo Chen was about to speak to stop him when Gu Liyan called out to him, "Mo Chen! Let's go back!"
Mo Chen was taken aback and looked at Gu Liyan with a puzzled expression. "My lord?"
Gu Liyan turned his head away without saying another word or glancing at Yan Muxue again. Little did he know that Yan Muxue's eyes were already red and swirling with tears.
The moment she heard Gu Liyan's words, tears welled up in her eyes. She felt wronged and angry at the same time, and angrily pushed the person in front of her away and ran away.
"My lord!" Mo Chen followed behind Gu Liyan. "Why didn't you tell me not to stop them?"
"What's the use of stopping her? Xue'er... no, Yan Muxue is ultimately the princess of the Demon Clan!" Gu Liyan said, clenching his fists. "She is ultimately someone else's fiancée."
Seeing Gu Liyan's gloomy face, Mo Chen dared not speak again.
Gu Liyan gritted her teeth. "I'm going to find the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor! We must go back!"
In the Nine Nether Palace, the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor was playing chess with a mysterious person. Looking at the chessboard, the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor chuckled and said, "You've lost again."
The mysterious man's face darkened, and without a word, he reclaimed the liquidated damages and said, "Again!"
"You've used up your three chances today, and you have no more chances left!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor said with a smile.
The mysterious man frowned. "Then let's include tomorrow's too!"
"Heh, you've been getting more and more irritable lately! Especially since he appeared." The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor said with a smile.
The mysterious man angrily threw down the chess piece in his hand. "You think so highly of him?"
"Actually, you think highly of him too, don't you?" the Nine Netherworld Emperor said with a smile.
The mysterious man stared at the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor without saying anything. He was right; he was indeed looking forward to it, but this anticipation made him feel insecure!
The Nine Netherworld Emperor spoke, "He has arrived."
The mysterious man was taken aback, only to see Gu Liyan walk in. "Heavenly Emperor, I have something to tell you..."
Gu Liyan looked at the mysterious man, hesitant to speak.
The Nine Netherworld Emperor smiled slightly. "It's alright, go ahead and speak. He's not an outsider."
Gu Liyan stated bluntly, "I want to leave Jiuyou."
The Nine Netherworld Emperor glanced at the mysterious man and couldn't help but smile. "Alright! But there are conditions!"
Gu Liyan frowned. "What are the conditions?"
"Win a game of chess against me," said the Nine Netherworld Emperor, pointing to the chessboard.
"Okay!" Gu Liyan sat down without saying a word. "You go first!"
Seeing Gu Liyan's confident expression, the Nine Netherworld Emperor laughed heartily, "Good, good, good! I'll go first!"
The mysterious man curled his lip and said, "Overestimating yourself!"
Gu Liyan glared at the mysterious man with annoyance, "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't!"
The mysterious man's eyes widened, and he pointed at Gu Liyan in a fit of rage, "You..."
The mysterious man was about to say something when he saw the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor looking at him with a smile, so he immediately shut his mouth.
“Your Majesty, there’s no need for you to go easy on me,” Gu Liyan said, looking at the Nine Netherworld Emperor.
The Nine Netherworld Emperor smiled slightly, raised his hand to place a chess piece, and said, "Of course not. I don't want the Demon Emperor to go back. After all, the outside world is not as safe as this place! I really hope you stay in the Nine Netherworld for the rest of your life!"
"I'm afraid, Heavenly Emperor, you can't keep me here!" Gu Liyan said with a smile as he placed a piece on the board.
The two moved with effortless skill, filling the chessboard with black and white pieces in just half an hour.
Looking at the chessboard, the Nine Netherworld Emperor smiled and said, "It seems I haven't lost."
Gu Liyan took a deep breath and said with a look of resentment, "But you didn't win either."
The Nine Netherworld Emperor chuckled, "It seems that what I said before, giving you a position second only to the emperor, was a waste of your talent. You are already comparable to me!"
Gu Liyan smiled calmly, "If you feel that I have been wronged, then let me go back. Anyway, with the Heavenly Emperor here, there won't be any problems in the Nine Netherworld!"
The Nine Netherworld Emperor chuckled, "Do you think I have extraordinary abilities but no weaknesses?"
"Oh? I wonder what your weakness is, Heavenly Emperor?" Upon hearing the words of the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor, not only Gu Liyan but also the mysterious man listened with curiosity.
"Stop trying to trick me! You can't leave until you win this game!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor chuckled. "You have to stay here!"
Gu Liyan gritted his teeth, having made up his mind to act. "Today, you have no choice but to give way, whether you like it or not! I'm leaving! Otherwise..."
The Nine Netherworld Emperor narrowed his eyes at Gu Liyan, "Or what will you do?"
Gu Liyan took out the jade flute Chang Shang and pointed it at the throat of the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor, coldly saying, "Otherwise, I will turn the Nine Nether into hell! I will carve out a path to the outside world myself!"
The Nine Netherworld Emperor burst into laughter at Gu Liyan's murderous expression, then turned to the mysterious man beside him, who was already visibly shocked, and chuckled, "See? This guy is different from you?"
The mysterious man nodded. "He's a madman who tries to be polite first and then resort to force."
The fact that the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor was not angry but instead laughed made Gu Liyan feel completely lost.
The Nine Netherworld Emperor looked at the mysterious man and asked, "You two have the same goal, so what is your choice?"
"As a second-class monarch of the Nine Netherworlds, it is natural for me to choose to protect the Heavenly Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds!" The mysterious man squinted and took out a weapon, placing it against Gu Liyan's neck.
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