Chapter 288 The Demon King Comes Out
At midnight, two dark shadows slid out of the fox dungeon silently.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Ying lowered his voice, "What if you anger her..."
"She won't get married." Zhong Hanshang's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, and his right eye was bloodshot. "Absolutely not."
The two of them passed through the courtyards like ghosts and headed straight for the Lanyue Pavilion where Gao Huohuo lived.
But when they climbed over the courtyard wall, they found that the house was pitch black and there was not even a trace of life.
"Huo Huo isn't here? Could it be that she's already with that damn young master..."
"Cough!" Zhong Hanshang suddenly started coughing violently, and a mouthful of blood foam splashed on the stone steps and instantly solidified into ice.
Ying hurriedly supported him, but he pushed her away.
"Go to Feng Lan's yard." Zhong Hanshang wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
When they sneaked into Feng Lan's bedroom quietly, the soft light of the night pearl in the room shone through the gauze window, reflecting two figures.
Zhong Hanshang's pupils suddenly contracted - the tall man was reaching out to touch the shoulder of the woman next to him!
“Zheng——”
A sword light broke through the window, and the cold blade was accurately placed against Feng Lan's throat.
Zhong Hanshang's figure appeared in the room like a ghost, the tip of his sword remained motionless: "Try to touch her again."
The air froze instantly.
Feng Lan froze in place, and in the moonlight he could clearly see a drop of cold sweat sliding down his temple.
When he saw the intruder clearly, his fox ears trembled unconsciously: "How did you... get out of the dungeon..."
Ying also flashed in, with a ball of dark blue magic fire condensed in his hand.
At this time, the woman who was mistaken for Gao Huohuo turned around - it was Manman!
The little flower demon was so frightened that his face turned pale, and the medicine bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang".
"Sister Huo Huo went to see the Demon King..." she stammered, "You, you guys ran out like this..."
"Demon Emperor?" Zhong Hanshang's sword tip trembled slightly, drawing a line of blood on Feng Lan's neck. "Didn't it mean we'll get married tomorrow?"
Feng Lan carefully pushed the sword blade away with two fingers, and the fox tail curled up nervously.
"We are indeed getting married... but not in the way you think."
Seeing that Zhong Hanshang's eyes were getting bloodier, he hurriedly added.
"It was the Demon King Yao Ye who came out of seclusion and specifically asked to marry the princess!"
"What?" The demonic fire in Ying's hand suddenly surged. "Didn't that old monster stay in seclusion for a hundred years?"
Zhong Hanshang's sword fell to the ground with a clang.
He staggered back two steps. The Demon King in the Tribulation Period...even if he and Ying joined forces, they had no chance of winning.
Ying suddenly understood, "So you faked the marriage... to protect Huo Huo?"
Feng Lan smiled bitterly and nodded, his fox ears drooping weakly.
"Father said that the Fox Clan is an ancient and powerful clan after all, and the Demon King should at least give them some respect..."
He touched the bloodstain on his neck, "Who knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess didn't want to implicate our Fox Clan, so she went to the Demon King's banquet alone tonight..."
Zhong Hanshang raised his head suddenly, his right eye bloodshot: "Where is it?"
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Thousands of miles away, in the Demon King's palace, a bright pearl hangs high.
Gao Huohuo sat in front of the jade table, seemingly calm, but in fact every nerve was tense.
She could feel the gaze from the opposite side - like the tongue of a poisonous snake, licking her skin inch by inch.
"What should I call you?"
The Demon King Yao Ye leaned lazily on the gilded throne, his silver hair falling like a waterfall.
He looked to be in his early twenties, but his golden vertical pupils showed the vicissitudes of life over the past thousand years.
"Gao Huohuo? Bai Qiang? Chen Wan'er? Or...Princess Mu Ling?"
Gao Huohuo's fingertips trembled slightly.
These names were like keys, resonating in the depths of her mind, but disappearing in an instant.
She sneered, and the ghost blood vine on her wrist moved quietly.
"Your Majesty the Demon King is well-informed. He even knows about my amnesia."
Yao Ye chuckled and raised his hand, and a golden light flashed.
Gao Huohuo suddenly found himself unable to move, his spiritual power dissipated like the tide, and even the ghost blood vine shrank back to the shape of an ordinary vine bracelet.
"Don't be nervous." The Demon King walked down the jade steps and lifted a strand of her hair with his fingertips.
"I just admire you very much... I wonder if your position as Demon Queen is worthy of your attention?"
"Demon Queen?" Gao Huohuo suppressed his nausea. "How about Your Majesty remove the restrictions first, and then we can have a fair fight?"
Yao Ye's golden eyes flashed with interest: "Interesting."
He flicked his sleeve to remove the restriction, but when Gao Huohuo stood up, he lightly tapped -
The palace gate was clearly only ten steps away, but no matter how fast Gao Huohuo ran, the distance remained the same.
The Law of Space! This is a magical power only possessed by those who have reached the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
"Yao Ye!" She turned around abruptly, her eyes blazing with anger. "Is this what you call 'upright and honorable'?"
The Demon King suddenly appeared in front of her, so close that she could smell the cold ambergris on his body.
"I only said I won't force you..." He tapped her forehead with a finger, "I never said I'd let you go."
Gao Huohuo’s eyes went dark, and the last thing he was aware of was Yao Ye’s laughing voice.
"The wedding is tomorrow, and I look forward to your performance...my princess."
When Gao Huohuo woke up the next day, he found himself sitting in front of a carved bronze mirror.
A strange face was reflected in the mirror - she wore a gilded hairpin with kingfisher feathers on her head, and a red wedding dress embroidered with a phoenix pattern on her body.
Several maids were surrounding her, carefully applying rouge on her face.
She tried to get up, but was shocked to find that her body seemed to be bound by invisible chains, and she couldn't even move her fingertips.
"Where is Yaoye?" Gao Huohuo asked coldly.
The maid beside her was startled when she heard this and hurriedly lowered her voice and replied:
"Reporting to the Demon Queen, the Demon King is greeting guests in the front hall. Once you have finished dressing up, you can see him."
Greeting guests? Did he call all the demon tribe members here?
"Who's outside?" she asked.
"Reporting to the Demon Queen, all the demon tribes have arrived and should be waiting in the front hall now."
Are they all here? Yao Ye's prestige among the demon race is so high? Is there no one coveting his position?
"Okay, go help me see if the Fox Tribe leader has arrived?"
The maids withdrew respectfully.
They were not worried that Gao Huohuo would escape - the restrictions set by the Demon King himself were not so easy to break.
The auspicious time was approaching, and Gao Huohuo was supported by her maids and came to the main hall.
Yao Ye seemed to be deliberately trying to show off to the entire demon clan that he had married Princess Mu Ling, and he didn't even prepare a red veil for her.
Gao Huohuo glanced at the guests in the hall with an expressionless face, and her gaze lingered on a few people who claimed to be her senior brothers and sisters.
She frowned slightly - with only the cultivation level of the Void Refinement Stage, how dare you come to such a place?
She mechanically completed the ritual and was then taken back to the inner sanctum.
After the maids left, another "Gao Huohuo" suddenly walked out from behind the screen in the inner hall.
Just as she was about to leave, she discovered that a barrier had already been set up around her.
If you force your way through, you'll definitely alert the guards outside.
After a little thought, Gao Huohuo left the puppet where it was, and his real body quietly disappeared into the shadows.
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