Capítulo 1070: Chapter 849: Agonized Demon Gods

Zhao Changhe returned to the Heavenly River. Piaomiao was leaning against a tree, cultivating; San Niang was lying on the water, asleep; Huangfu Qing was staring at a ball of azure flame in his palm, pondering something unknown; Yue Hongling was studying a severed arm; Xia Chichi was copying… oh, Xia Chichi was whispering secrets to Cui Yuanyang.

Poor Cui Yuanyang appeared in the Worldly Society only a few times, and each time was spent quarreling with Xia Chichi, leading to an emotional bond. Zhao Changhe thought, if Yangyang were to join the Demon Suppression Department, her relationship with the Emperor is indeed favorable…

The moment Zhao Changhe appeared, he was immediately subjected to an inhumane public scrutiny.

“Hey, isn’t this our Prince Zhao?” San Niang jumped out of the water, rubbed her chin, circled Zhao Changhe, and kept sizing him up: “From heaven to earth, throughout ancient times, it’s barely imaginable that someone would pursue Piaomiao, yet there are even those pursuing Ye Jiuyou… Tsk tsk…”

Zhao Changhe backed away: “I never told you I was pursuing her… How do you know…”

“Do you even need to say it?” San Niang sneered: “Just from the way you talk to her, we can see it… In fact, we had a premonition even earlier. Otherwise, do you think that when White Tiger frantically attacked her, why would we instinctively help her without any discussion?”

Zhao Changhe was a bit taken aback. You had a premonition even earlier? Earlier, I clearly regarded her as an enemy, extremely cautious! Ye Jiuyou’s attribute is terrifying. If she hadn’t actively given up on the Azure Dragon Corpse Puppet’s layout in the Capital, no one would have easily believed she could be wooed.

“Where does this strange premonition of yours come from?”

Huangfu Qing said leisurely: “I proposed your engagement with her, already had a premonition then. Moreover, her aura as a top Demon God, isn’t that similar to why you were interested in me before…” 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Zhao Changhe: “…”

“You still dare mention the proposal!” San Niang pounced on him: “Just too much hassle for you, not enough sisters around us, right?”

Huangfu Qing, feeling guilty, could only curl up and take the beating. Luckily, Yue Hongling, Cui Yuanyang, and Xia Chichi weren’t close enough to beat him, and the pitiful little apprentice Xia Chichi was angry but dared not speak up. Only San Niang could hit him, at least he wasn’t beaten to death.

Piaomiao, somewhat detached, leaned against a nearby tree, watching them beat him, her eyes also quite peculiar.

Previously, Jiuyou had trapped her by pairing Zhao Changhe, and she’d thought about getting revenge somehow. But it was difficult for her to think of a way to retaliate in kind, so she opted for messing around in the Jiuyou Abyss. It turned out she didn’t need to retaliate at all; Zhao Changhe willingly stepped in…

Actually, if you think about it carefully, Zhao Changhe doesn’t have many women… Before reaching out to herself, he only had the Four Symbols and Cui Yuanyang here, plus Tang Wanju overseeing the Capital, and Sisi guarding the Miao Region. That’s it. Even those outside the Four Symbols Sect combined don’t exceed the number in one brothel of the sect… In the perspective of a God Demon, one woman is even too many, but in Piaomiao’s experience with worldly emperors, having only these few is unbelievably few.

Yet being one of them is still complicated… Especially seeing those terrifying palace intrigues in the emperor’s harem. Before he arrived, things seemed normal, everyone just cultivating or chatting, but as soon as the man came, it’s almost as if the great practices were about to be obliterated by fighting…

“Hey hey hey, stop fighting…” Zhao Changhe was trying to mediate: “This isn’t entirely Qing’er’s fault, my entanglements with Jiuyou are quite numerous…”

“You still dare to talk! Are you grateful to your little Qing’er, huh?” Now even those who had stood by idly couldn’t resist, everyone rushed forward to thrash the scumbag, and Zhao Changhe was then the one crouched protecting his head.

Piaomiao crossed her arms, watching with interest… Not only did Yue Hongling, who seemed indifferent to these things, kick twice, but even Yangyang dared to go up and bite him. This little girl wasn’t she the one helping him escort her to him before…

Seems like the relationship in his harem is completely different from what he imagined about emperors and their concubines.

Zhao Changhe, hugging his head, said: “Jiuyou isn’t as bad as initially imagined… At least she’s shedding her old labels, and hasn’t yet done anything disgraceful in this world. Such a powerful Demon God, if she can be won over, why be enemies?”

“Prince Zhao can articulate his desires so highfalutin and grandiose, really impressive.” San Niang sneered: “She’s been our adversary since the last epoch, our resentment isn’t light, you know?”

“In the last epoch, she opposed Ye Wuming and the Ancient Four Symbols. Among them, the Ancient Four Symbols are aligned against us too now. Ancient White Tiger even in madness wants to kill you all, and Wubing instinctively pointed his sword directly at Chichi. If not for some past relations mitigating it, they’d have attacked already. So don’t self-insert into the Ancient Four Symbols’ stance. To them, we’re no different than the Bodhisattva cloaked in robes.”

This long passage made the women catch onto one keyword: “Among them? Do you mean not opposed to Ye Wuming?”

“Isn’t your ability to grasp the key point shocking?” Zhao Changhe laughed and cried: “Just casually speaking, do you think I’m writing an essay, weighing every word?”

“Aren’t words spoken without thinking the most genuine?” Xia Chichi snorted: “Never mind, let the ancient times be, are you certain there’s no conflict this epoch? She’s clearly stated she wants to study our Four Symbols. We suspect you’ll use your Four Symbols will for her reference, but that’s ultimately different from us, hard to replace. If she finds it insufficient…”