The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 617 - 352: Trap_2

Changtian murmured, "This is a gecko monster. It’s not surprising for it to rapidly regenerate lost limbs." She immediately realized, normal geckos could drop their tails when threatened to distract the predator and escape. The regrowth of such a severed tail would take about a month. Since the Black Robe scholar had transformed from a gecko into a demon, the quick limb regeneration was not strange at all.

Monsters of the Great Success Stage or above, even if they lost limbs, could rely on their powerful Life Force to quickly regrow them. This was much quicker than what human Cultivators could manage, as they required the power of certain medicines to regenerate lost limbs.

After the intense skirmish that lasted a while, the clouds in the sky parted to reveal the sun, casting pale golden sunlight through gaps in the leaves and branches.

Miluo glanced towards the direction where the Plague Demon had fled, the corners of his mouth revealing a peculiar smile: "The trap has been set; I hope you don’t disappoint me."

However, Ning Xiaoxian didn’t bother with them. After surveying the scene, she flitted into the hut and closed the door behind her.

From the first surprise sword strike to the Plague Demon’s escape, although the battle was fierce and perilous, it had lasted less than half a second.

Inside the hut, Huo Mingzhu’s headless body had already rolled onto the ground. Amid the dense, nauseating smell of blood, Ru Ji looked vacantly at the ceiling, still stiff in the forced position with her legs spread apart.

Her body was covered in numerous wounds and stained with blood, especially between her legs where the flesh was blurred. Ning Xiaoxian, suppressing the sourness in her nose, gently removed several oddly shaped objects that were still inserted beneath Ru Ji, and as she did, several streams of fresh blood followed, soaking the leather mattress under Ru Ji. The Butterfly Demon murmured softly, looking unfocusedly at Ning Xiaoxian.

Ning Xiaoxian felt a surge of anger in her chest that she could no longer contain. She removed Huo Mingzhu’s corpse from the hut, fed Ru Ji a few elixir pills, and swiftly tended to her wounds. Then she wrapped Ru Ji’s entire body with a blanket before sharply calling out, "Miluo." The fox demon’s hearing was extremely sharp; he would definitely hear her.

As expected, the door of the hunting lodge was gently opened, and Miluo, dressed in white, stepped inside.

Ning Xiaoxian looked at him and, pointing at the bundled up Ru Ji, said word by word, "She sacrificed herself to fulfill your scheme. You owe her a huge favor!" In this plan, a woman had to be defiled by Situ Qing, tormented by the Plague Demon; she was extremely opposed to this part. However, the plan was devised by Miluo, not her; it was also carried out by his subordinates, not hers; whether forced or not, an agreement must have certainly been reached between Ru Ji and Miluo.

She had no grounds to stop it.

But that didn’t mean she could watch another woman such as Ru Ji suffer and not be moved. Forget the grand rationale that sacrificing one person could save millions; was the one being sacrificed doing so willingly? At least Ru Ji surely wasn’t.

For the first time, Miluo saw burning rage in her clear eyes.

This girl, she was really furious now. It was just a little Butterfly Demon; why was she so angry?

Mercy does not command an army. If necessary, if everyone in this scenario perished, he wouldn’t blink an eye.

Miluo observed her fiery eyes and tightly clenched fists, and softly asked, "Are the injuries on her body problematic?"

She still glared at him and reluctantly replied, "Although the injuries are severe, with my medicine, she should recover in half a month." The physical wounds on Ru Ji were secondary; whatever horrendous acts the Plague Demon had engaged in inside the hut, the trauma to her mind was not so easily healed. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Miluo nodded, then approached the bed and spoke kindly to Ru Ji, "For your significant contributions to this operation, I will no longer hold your attempt on my life against you. Now you have two choices: first, I grant you your freedom, and wherever you decide to go, Fengtian Prefecture will not hinder you and will gift you one thousand Spirit Stones each month; second, you may serve under me as a concubine, and I assure you he will not dare to mistreat you. I will deal with Situ Qing myself."

Ru Ji’s eyes shifted slightly as she gazed at him numbly and said in a raspy voice, "As such, Ru Ji will leave everything in the hands of the Young Master."

Miluo smiled, "A smart choice." He clapped his hands and called out, "Min He, come in."

As his words fell, a man flashed into the room and stood respectfully behind him. Tall and handsome, this man expressed a distinguished presence and was one of the three who had just besieged the Plague Demon.

"This is Min He, a General under my command and part of the Left Cavalry Guard of the Black Armored Army in Fengtian Prefecture. He is always gentle and considerate towards women," Miluo said, turning to Min He, "Ru Ji has contributed to the extermination of the Plague Demon. I have granted her to you as a concubine. From now on, you should treat her tenderly and must not slight her! Are you willing?"

His voice was gentle, but Min He sternly replied, "I am willing!" He saluted both of them and then strode forward to sit beside Ru Ji on the bed.

Within just a few words, he had played Yue Lao and tied a couple together? While Ning Xiaoxian was still in a daze, Miluo teased her, "Get out. Don’t stand here and hinder other couples’ affection."

Indeed, she was not needed here. Ning Xiaoxian’s face blushed, and she quickly left.

Seeing Ning Xiaoxian remained silent for a long time, Miluo spoke lowly, "Min He is stable and tactful in his conduct; he can achieve great things in the future. He is generally good to women, so Ru Ji following him is not at a loss." On this continent, people did not value chastity as much as the Huaxia people. In Miluo’s view, since Min He was already planning to take Ru Ji as a concubine, he would surely treat her well.

He had an extraordinary ability to read people’s faces and had already noticed that Ning Xiaoxian’s way of thinking was different from other women. To most from the Demon Sect or even the Immortal Sect, a small cannon fodder like the Butterfly Demon would be disposable, and hardly anyone would sympathize. There were many others who met even more tragic fates than Ru Ji.

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