Artemisia stayed in the Demon Continent for two years.
Over the course of two years, the sleeping fox Qingyun awoke with her fourth tail, finally able to maintain her human form; Lei Tang was also finally able to control the demon king blood flowing through her body, preventing her from smashing a mountain with a single punch.
Tiger Mountain and her sisters killed most of the former demon king's children, clearing a clean path for Lei Tuo to the throne of the demon king.
But Lei Tuo, with his flowing red hair, learned of this and said, "I don't want to be the Demon King."
Tiger Mountain, still wearing the lion's fur, frowned.
She smeared the blood from her hands onto the lion skin and asked Lei Tuo, who was writing a letter to his birth mother, "Why? What's wrong with the Demon King?"
She made a deal using her eldest son and the artemisia—after Lei Tang awoke in the blood pool, the first person she saw upon opening her eyes was her. They successfully established an initial bond of trust and became godmother and goddaughter over the next two years.
But she didn't expect that Lei Tuo had no interest in becoming a demon king.
Lei Tang paused, his hand holding the pen still.
She looked up at her adoptive mother and asked, "If the Demon King is perfect in every way, then why doesn't your adoptive mother become the Demon King?" She lowered her head and continued writing, asking earnestly, "If your adoptive mother thinks that being a woman makes it difficult for her to be the Demon King, then why do you think that I am capable of being the Demon King?"
Hu Shan remained silent for a while, then, as usual, stuffed some treasures into Lei Tang's hand and left in a hurry.
She found Ai Cao, who was eating demon food with Qing Yun.
Seeing her arrive, Ai Cao, who was sharing a stone bench with Qing Yun and eating chicken legs, stood up and pushed Qing Yun to buy two more chicken legs. Qing Yun grumbled as she went to buy them, and when she returned, she handed both chicken legs to Hu Shan.
Hu Shan silently accepted a crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside chicken leg and stood side by side with them to eat it.
Qingyun casually set up a soundproof barrier around them. There were no powerful demonic beasts around them, so they could talk freely with just a layer of soundproofing.
Hu Shan glanced around and asked Ai Cao, "That little girl really doesn't want to be the Demon King?"
She's paved the way so cleanly that if Lei Tuo just nods, he can immediately become the Demon King.
Moreover, he wasn't some figurehead; he was a demon king who truly wielded power.
Tiger Mountain had been hoping for Lei Tuo to become the Demon King for two years, and this was the result?
Hushan felt that Lei Tang wasn't close enough to him, which is why he came to ask Ai Cao for advice.
Ai Cao finished gnawing on the chicken leg in her hand and said, "So she really didn't want to."
Hushan said, "Why don't you try to persuade her?"
Ai Cao thought for a moment and shook her head: "I won't try to persuade her. It's you who wants her to be the Demon King, not me. Besides—" She wiped her hands clean and said, "My friend told me that the Immortal King and the Demon Lord have both come to the Demon Continent."
The friend naturally refers to Yang Lingyao.
The Celestial King and the Demon Lord are respectively in charge of immortal cultivators and demon cultivators. Usually, these two are ranked according to seniority.
The Immortal King is not the number one person in the cultivation world; he simply has more power and can govern all cultivators.
The Demon Lord is the same.
Over the course of two years, Yang Lingyao sent Ai Cao many letters. Most of them were about the complicated affairs of the sect, the network of relationships between the various sects, and she was also clamoring for Ai Cao to come back and help resolve the issues.
Ai Cao picked out some of the letters and replied to them. Later, when Yang Lingyao wrote back, the letters were just about everyday trivia.
For example, today the senior sister broke through again, which triggered a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth, and even the bottom of the mountain was covered in snow.
For example, if there is really not enough manpower, ask Ai Cao to send some more female disciples who can help.
— Artemisia argyi has indeed done this.
Since Qingyun gained four tails, she could travel freely between the various continents. With her by her side, and with Yang Lingyao's small bottle of blood, Ai Cao was happy to be a user of the "Good Pregnancy" skill.
Lately, fewer and fewer souls are following her around.
It's unclear whether mugwort is a good thing or a bad thing.
Hu Shan frowned. She thought for a moment and said, "They're probably here to see the former Demon King. They seem to have some connection... Judging by the time, it's about time for their gathering."
Ai Cao nodded and said, "My friend told me to kill them." She asked slowly, "Should we do it on the demon continent, or should I drag them somewhere else to kill them?"
Hu Shan put down the chicken leg she was holding. She said calmly, "Kill it here."
Qingyun asked, "Do you want to become the Demon King while you're at it?"
Hu Shan nodded: "Lei Tang is unwilling to be the Demon King, and I don't have any other cubs who can be the Demon King, so I have to be the one." She sighed lazily, "If I had known, I wouldn't have killed so many. It would have been better to leave two of them who were a bit slow than to have to do all the work myself now."
Both the mugwort and the blue clouds are smiling.
Having already spent two years on the Demon Continent, they naturally knew what Tiger Mountain was up to.
First, she needs to deal with the former demon king, whose death was kept secret, and place his death at the time of the disappearance of the immortal king and demon lord; then, as the former demon king's first wife, she needs to deal with the demon beasts who are unwilling to see her become the demon king.
Finally, Lei Tang, her adopted daughter, should be given the rightful title of Tiger Mountain's daughter, a title that is completely unrelated to the former Demon King.
Just thinking about mugwort gives me a headache.
Fortunately, Tiger Mountain handled all these complicated matters.
Mugwort only needs to deal with the Celestial King and the Demon Lord.
Half a month later, Tiger Mountain, using the name of the former Demon King, sent an invitation to the Immortal King and Demon Lord.
Ai Cao and Qing Yun joined forces to ambush the Immortal King and the Demon Lord in the grove.
After they knocked the two men unconscious, Qingyun realized that they were also her Daoist partners from two different lifetimes.
Unlike the little fox, Qingyun in human form wouldn't eat people directly. She simply waved her hand, and her four tails automatically extended, plunging into the dantian of the two unconscious people, consuming all their spiritual power and souls.
The two who once dominated the cultivation world are now nothing but empty shells.
As Hu Shan slowly approached, Ai Cao had already dug a hole in the ground and buried them. Qing Yun now had two fluffy tails behind him, and he stood beside Ai Cao watching her spread grass over the hole.
Ai Cao, holding the scabbard of her longsword, looked up at Hu Shan and asked, "All done?"
Tiger Mountain glanced at the fresh grass dish beside her. She smiled, waved her hand, and made the grass dish look older.
Hushan said, "It's done."
She was busy for almost half a month, barely having time to rest. She had won over those she needed to and issued warnings to those she didn't.
Now the Celestial King and the Demon Lord are also dead.
Everything is ready.
All that's missing is a massive war that sweeps across immortals, demons, and monsters, so that she can ascend to the throne of the Demon King.
The mugwort asked, "Is there anything else we need to do?"
Hu Shan smiled and shook her head, saying, "Take Lei Tang to see her birth mother." She added with a smile, "She's been here for two years; she should take advantage of her birth mother's presence to see her more often."
She said slowly, "It's because she'll have to recognize me as her godmother for the next few thousand years."
Her scheme was perfectly legitimate.
Ai Cao nodded, then turned to Qing Yun and asked, "Who do you want to eat next?"
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