“Brother Li Kui was a member of the Heavenly Court’s investigation team to the demon realm back then. He knows the most about the Hu Mei and Yang Mo. You’ve come to the right place to ask him. However, I have a favor to ask. Could you see if you can make an exception for me?” Wang Yao continued.
"What concessions? I'll only let you go after Hu Mei and the others leave and the perimeter of Yongye City is cleared. These things can't be rushed." Lu Da, who now considered Wang Yao one of his own, thought he wanted to escape and immediately advised him.
"You don't need to rush to release me. We have to hear Li Kui's reply first," Wang Yao said, adopting a calm and unhurried demeanor. "What I want to ask you is that you absolutely, positively, not to mention me in front of Li Kui."
"Why?" Lu Da frowned as he looked at Wang Yao.
"Sigh! My brother Li Kui is good in every way, except he's a bit petty. Before his current wife married him, we had a very good relationship. To be honest, I was also... I admired her a lot back then, but... but in the end she still chose my brother Li Kui."
"I was too confused, or maybe I couldn't forget my old feelings. Besides wishing them well, I naively thought I could continue to maintain that pure and close friendship with them. But my brother Li Kui was too sensitive. He became suspicious of me and thought I still had improper thoughts about his wife."
“One day he saw me laughing and talking with his wife, and suddenly he started a huge fight with me and completely turned against me. He brandished his two gleaming axes and threatened me, saying that if he ever saw me walking around in front of them again, he would chop me up alive!”
"Alas! It's all my fault, that's why I had to leave them and come here to participate in this deadly divine and demonic forging! Now... although I still consider him a brother, he no longer treats me like one. I... I'm afraid that if you mention me to him, he'll..."
Wang Yao shook his head sadly and sighed. There was really no other way. Li Kui's fate in the Heavenly Court was too bad. He didn't even know who he could impersonate. So he had to make up a melodramatic love triangle to explain the grudge between him and Li Kui.
Lu Da listened in a daze, and finally nodded emphatically.
“I understand what you’ve said. I already knew that Brother Tie Niu wasn’t very broad-minded. Now that romantic feelings have been involved, it’s easy for him to go to extremes. You don’t need to take it too seriously. My Brother Tie Niu isn’t a bad person at heart.”
"Moreover, even if you had some thoughts about my sister-in-law before, she is now married and has even given birth to Tie Niu's offspring. You have also left them to participate in the forging of gods and demons. You should not have done anything to wrong him."
"If he still holds a grudge, then it's Tie Niu's fault. After all, brothers are like hands and feet. I'll apologize to you on behalf of my brother Tie Niu. Don't worry, even if others don't recognize Tie Niu, he will still recognize us old brothers. Let me go and teach him a good lesson for you."
As he spoke, Lu Da nodded deeply to Wang Yao and turned away.
"Well, actually, there's no need..." Wang Yao was about to persuade him again, but Lu Da turned around, gently patted his shoulder, gave him a warm look full of comfort, and then resolutely walked out of the room.
Wang Yao sat on the stool, scratching his head helplessly. "Damn it, why don't you just go ask Hu Mei about it? Why do I need you to stand up for me? Talking about myself with that Li Kui guy will probably just cause a lot of trouble for no reason."
After Lu Da left, he didn't come back for several days. Wang Yao was bored in his room, so he asked the fierce demon guarding him for some paper and mud and began to continue to work on the "paper puppet".
Based on his understanding of this magical art, once mastered, it wouldn't be as simple as just cutting paper. Rather, he could imbue any object he made with his own hands with spirit. So, in addition to paper, he also needed clay, specifically for imbuing clay figures with spirit.
Now that he has been specially selected by Mahayana to stay behind, he is not afraid of attracting hunters from the demon realm due to the fluctuations of spiritual energy. He can take advantage of this opportunity to study immortal techniques.
Before he could figure out a general idea, the fierce demon guarding him suddenly called Wang Yao out of the room. Without saying much to him, it simply said, "Come with me," and led Wang Yao up the dark, narrow staircase inside the castle.
This fiend must have been specifically instructed by Lu Da, so he has been quite nice to Wang Yao these days. He has asked Wang Yao if he needs food or water, and he has tried his best to satisfy Wang Yao's requests for small things.
Therefore, when he suddenly made this mysterious move without explanation, Wang Yao couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Could it be that Hu Mei has already completed the matter of the Sun-Shooting Divine Realm and wants to see me? Or is the Demon Lord plotting a rebellion and has obtained some information from Lu Da, intending to use me as a scapegoat? Or did Li Kui and Lu Da discuss something, and that Lu Da plans to kill me?
Wang Yao's mind was racing with all sorts of guesses, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. After all, Lu Da had said he was going to verify Hu Mei and the others' situation with Li Kui, but there was still no result. For him, no result might be a bad outcome.
If it were a good outcome, why didn't Lu Da come? Instead, he was led around aimlessly by a fierce demon without a word.
The demon led Wang Yao on a long walk through the castle. Wang Yao found it very quiet along the way. Apart from the demon in front of him, he did not see any other demons. It was nothing like the last time when he was captured, when it was noisy and bustling with all kinds of demons.
"Where are we going?" Wang Yao finally couldn't help but ask as they walked, his abrupt voice echoing in the empty, oppressive castle.
"Shh..." The demon hurriedly turned around and put a finger to his lips to signal Wang Yao to be quiet.
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