Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 377 She Tells Me to Go East, I’ll Never Go West!

The senior leaders exchanged glances. Then, they all knelt in unison.

"Young Master, we all object!"

"Hmm?"

Ning Xuan's eyes narrowed.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Everyone kowtowed in unison, cold sweat pouring down their faces. In an instant, they all sensed a lethal threat.

Ning Xuan really wants to kill us!

"The Demon Path! The Demon Path!" Nanling Xiu cried out from the floor as fast as he could.

The crushing pressure in the air vanished. They all collapsed, gasping for breath.

"Young... Young Master, the Righteous Alliance was formed to oppose the Demon Path. With your profound accomplishments, you are the ideal person to lead us!"

"Right, right, right! This building represents the righteous path of Yao Guang, and we bear the solemn duty of exorcising demons. It's not that we disagree, but a young girl like her truly cannot shoulder this responsibility."

"Please, Young Master, retract your command!"

With another cupped fist salute, the senior leaders all knelt once more. Beside them, Ding Qianyan also nodded repeatedly.

Ning Xuan's voice rang out, "If she can't handle it, then she doesn't have to."

His tone was still unhurried, yet all the senior leaders were ecstatic.

"Young Master is wise!"

"I will immediately announce that from now on, you are our leader!"

"Haha, with the Young Master here, we will surely capture all the demonic fiends of the Demon Path in one fell swoop!" The last to speak, Wenren Yunshang, looked extremely excited.

"Young Master, for you!" Ding Qianyan let out a sigh of relief as she hurriedly offered the deed to Ning Xuan with both hands.

"I said it was a gift. Keep it." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

This left everyone stunned, completely unable to grasp Ning Xuan's meaning.

"Demonic fiends of the Demon Path?" Ning Xuan turned his gaze to Wenren Yunshang.

Wenren Yunshang smiled until his eyes narrowed, nodding eagerly. "Yes! The demonic fiends of the Demon Path! They commit every evil imaginable, worse than beasts!" By the end of his sentence, he was grinding his teeth.

"Not long ago, the demonic fiends you speak of collectively elected me as their Demon Lord."

The moment Ning Xuan finished speaking, everyone was dumbfounded once again.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Wenren Yunshang slammed his head against the floor, his voice trembling on the verge of tears. "Young... Young Master, as the heavens are my witness, I wasn't talking about you!"

The other senior leaders looked ashen.

We're doomed!

With Ning Xuan as the Demon Lord, the Demon Path's strength would skyrocket. More than a decade of their efforts would crumble in an instant!

Resist? Forget it. We don't want to die.

"Haha, Young Master, to be frank, this old servant has long admired the Demon Path! To act as one pleases, following one's every whim—what freedom, what style! I, Nanling Xiu, am willing to join the Demon Path and serve by your side!"

After speaking, Nanling Xiu prostrated himself in devout submission. Before his forehead touched the ground, he shot a defiant glance at Wenren Yunshang.

Serves you right for speaking so carelessly. Now you've fallen behind me!

The other senior leaders were just as quick to react, each one stepping forward to greet the Demon Lord and pledge their loyalty.

Just as Ning Xuan was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of Ding Qianyan beside him. A mischievous impulse took hold, and he asked, "What about you? Will you join the Demon Path?"

Ding Qianyan shook her head.

"Did your family die at the hands of the Demon Path's fiends?"

Ding Qianyan shook her head again.

"Then why refuse?"

"Heretics and demons are to be slain by all! I, Ding Qianyan, may have no more strength than it takes to tie up a chicken, but there are things I will and will not do! I have no way to repay the Young Master for his kindness to me just now. I can only hope to repay you in the next life!"

The moment she finished speaking, she pulled out her hairpin and lunged at Ning Xuan in one fluid motion!

Ning Xuan remained motionless, and the senior leaders before him seemed petrified as well. If one looked closely, however, they could catch the glint of hope in the depths of several pairs of eyes.

Unfortunately, Ding Qianyan did not succeed. Ning Xuan did nothing, yet the full-force attack from Ding Qianyan, a cultivator at the Emperor Realm, failed to even breach his defenses.

Ding Qianyan gritted her teeth as a brilliant light began to glow from her dantian.

This girl has a special physique! Even though it's just one of the thirty-six Innate Bodies, it's still quite rare.

"Your Majesty, the Demon Lord, this girl is outrageously bold! There is no need for you to lift a finger; allow this old servant to eliminate her!"

"I'll do it!"

Up front, the senior leaders vied to be the first to act. After all, this was a golden opportunity to curry favor.

Ning Xuan ignored them.

"Alright, stop wasting your Bloodline Power. I was just teasing you; I've already disbanded the Demon Path."

While speaking, he easily plucked the hairpin from Ding Qianyan's hand. By the time he finished, he had returned to his previous seated posture, and the hairpin was back where it belonged.

"What did you say?" Ding Qianyan stared at Ning Xuan, stunned.

"The Demon Path no longer exists, so you don't need to trouble yourself over it." As he spoke, Ning Xuan cast an amused glance at the kneeling figures who had just been pledging their loyalty to the Demon Lord.

Nanling Xiu and the others were on the verge of tears.

This time, we're really done for!

All the senior leaders remained prostrate, none daring to speak. This time, they didn't even know how they could possibly talk their way out of it. To their utter despair, their own voices suddenly echoed from the front of the room.

One of them dared to peek up from the side and saw a recording stone, which held both the sound and video of a complete record of their recent behavior.

Ning Xuan tossed the recording stone to Ding Qianyan. "From now on, you'll all answer to her."

Naturally, this was directed at Nanling Xiu and the others. The senior leaders risked a glance upwards, their expressions a mixture of confusion and trepidation.

Ning Xuan raised an eyebrow. "What, not willing?"

"We wouldn't dare! We wouldn't dare!"

"Rest assured, Young Master! If Boss Ding tells me to go east, I'll never go west!"

"Right, right! From now on, if the Boss tells me to kneel, I'll never stand. If she tells me to scram, I definitely won't just walk!"

"..."

The senior leaders hastily patted their chests and swore their allegiance. For Ning Xuan not to punish them and merely order them to obey Ding Qianyan was an act of grace, an unexpected blessing. Their hearts were filled with nothing but gratitude.

Resistance? What's that?

"Young... Young Master, I can't do this." Ding Qianyan, having snapped out of her trance, reverted to her previous timid self.

"When I say you can, you can. Besides, there's this," Ning Xuan said, producing an even larger recording stone in his hand. "If they dare to defy you, I'll project this into every corner of Yao Guang."

Everyone's mouth twitched as they repeated that they would never dare, and they even began swearing binding oaths.

"Alright, you need to get the news out about the Demon Path being disbanded, and quickly."

Ning Xuan impatiently dismissed the senior leaders. No one dared to disobey. However, a few of the bolder ones shot suggestive smiles between Ning Xuan and Ding Qianyan before they left.

Ding Qianyan's cheeks quickly turned crimson. Lowering her gaze, she then dared to lift her head slightly for a peek at Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan's perception was astonishingly sharp. Combined with Ding Qianyan dressed in that office-lady uniform, there was a moment where he nearly lost his composure.

Damn it, Luo Tianyi! Look what you've done! She definitely did this on purpose!