Volume 9, Chapter 603 – Aren’t You Only at the First Layer of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm?

“You don’t even have this bit of sincerity. How do you expect us to trust you?”

Qi Huang let out a cold laugh. Her hair tightened with greater force, strangling the Source of Yin Miasma.

“Hmph! Even if I die, I will never hand over Bai Yun.”

The Source of Yin Miasma put on a face of noble martyrdom, completely unaware that Qi Huang had no way to kill her at all.

“And you? The white wolf over there! Are you willing to watch your lady die?”

Qi Huang glanced at the white wolf lying prone not far away while withdrawing part of her Divine Sense.

“Stop! Please stop! I’m willing to go with you.”

Bai Yun begged again and again.

“Bai Yun, what are you doing?”

The Source of Yin Miasma was both shocked and furious.

“My lady, you’ve already done more than enough for me. It’s time I repaid you.”

Bai Yun choked up as she answered, then said to Qi Huang with firm resolve, “Let my lady go. I’ll go with you of my own will. Kill or carve me up as you please!”

“By the heavens! Did I say I was going to kill you?”

Qi Huang rolled her beautiful eyes helplessly, then looked back at the Source of Yin Miasma. “And you, what are you so worked up about? Were you lying to us from the start? Otherwise why don’t you dare hand Bai Yun to me?”

“What if you abuse her?”

The Source of Yin Miasma demanded, agitated.

“Have you got water for brains? Do I look like the kind of person who abuses animals?”

Here, Qi Huang turned to Yaoyao and Mimi at the side. “Do you know who these two sisters are? Nine Nether Demon Cats. They’ve been with me for several years now. Ask them yourself, have I ever abused them?”

“Big Sister Qi Huang treats us the best!”

Mimi replied, moved. She had been terrified by cultivators’ cruelty before, so in her eyes Qi Huang was practically an angel.

As for Yaoyao, she started to speak but held back, choosing the wise course of staying out of trouble. In the past she would definitely have undercut Qi Huang, but where would she find the guts now? She had watched the entire battle just now, this poop-scooper had clearly turned the tables.

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The Source of Yin Miasma was momentarily at a loss for words, though her expression still showed her unwillingness to surrender her pet.

“My lady, let me go with her! You still need to avenge those brothers and sisters of ours who are truly dead. Otherwise they won’t be able to rest easy even in the netherworld.”

Bai Yun simply resorted to goading her.

Hearing this, the Source of Yin Miasma fell silent. After a long while she finally said softly, “Very well. I agree to let it follow you. But you must treat her kindly. Otherwise, even if I die, I’ll drag this Huangtian County down with me as burial company.”

“And don’t you forget your promise: you are absolutely not to harm ordinary people. Besides that, keep those malevolent spirits of yours on a tight leash. Starting tomorrow, if even one fiend from the Pingshan Mass Burial Ground goes out and hurts people, your pet here will go from zombie to corpse. I keep my word. Also, immediately recall all yin energy that belongs to you. Huangtian County has suffered your yin miasma for thousands of years, it’s time it was freed.”

Qi Huang matched her needle for needle.

“You certainly have a lot of demands.”

The Source of Yin Miasma said, displeased.

“What can I say? I’m stronger than you. Either agree, or die!”

Qi Huang said, unyielding.

With that, the two sides reached an agreement. Qi Huang prepared to leave with Bai Yun, but the room-sized body left her at a loss.

“Can you get smaller? You’re a zombie, you can’t walk around outside. I’ll have to put you into my spatial ring.”

Qi Huang said with a bit of a headache.

“You still want to lock her up? Why not have it retract its zombie traits and shrink to the size of an ordinary wolf?”

The Source of Yin Miasma tested from the side. Having re-condensed her physical body, a flash of killing intent crossed her eyes. If Qi Huang dared say no, she would immediately explode into desperate combat.

“If that’s how it is, all the better.”

Qi Huang agreed at once. Serving a whole clowder of Nine Nether Demon Cats was trouble enough; she had no time to wait on a zombie wolf as well.

Seeing this, the yin energy on the Source of Yin Miasma’s face gradually dispersed. As the saying goes, judge the larger by the small; she knew this difficult girl truly hadn’t been lying.

Bai Yun did as told. Her body rapidly shrank to the size of an ordinary “dog”; the resentment in her eyes slowly faded, and those terrifying fangs returned to normal proportions.

“Let’s go.”

Qi Huang cast a lingering look at the spatial rift that was closing up, then led her people away from the ravaged Pingshan Mass Burial Ground. She was very grateful that no one lived within dozens of li around; otherwise some poor soul would certainly have been caught up in today’s fallout.

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“By the way, what’s your name? I ought to know whose hands I lost to!”

The Source of Yin Miasma’s voice carried from afar.

“My name is Qi Huang. My main body is Cheng Hongling. We’re disciples of the Honghua Sect. Remember that.”

Qi Huang called back loudly.

“I’m Zhen Feiyan.”

In the end, the Source of Yin Miasma still courteously gave her name.

Unconsciously, the corners of Qi Huang’s lips rose. She knew that only now was their pact truly sealed. If you don’t even know the other’s name, where’s the sincerity?

The group had barely gone far when Yaoyao motioned to Mimi to sneak away.

“Wait.”

Cheng Hongling stopped them expressionlessly, then turned to Qi Huang. “Who are these two little girls?”

“Uh…”

Qi Huang suddenly felt awkward. She’d wanted to tell her main body about this a long time ago, but it kept getting put off until now, making her feel like a thief with a guilty conscience.

“They’re both Nine Nether Demon Cats. Because they are at least above the Incarnation Realm, they can take human form. If you don’t believe it, look at their vertical pupils.”

Qi Huang hurried to explain.

“How did you get to know them? Why didn’t I know about this before?”

Cheng Hongling pressed, unwilling to let it go.

“Here’s what happened…”

Qi Huang truthfully explained how the sisters Yaoyao and Mimi had come about, then added in her own defense, “Yaoyao is after all a fiendish specter, so I didn’t know how to bring it up to you.”

Cheng Hongling’s expression remained unreadable, and her sharp gaze made Qi Huang’s heart flutter with unease.

Yaoyao and Mimi also stood there, nervous as if they were criminals on trial.

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“What is going on? Are you quarreling with yourself? Some kind of split-personality madness?”

Off to the side, Jiang Feng watched, face full of question marks.

“Shut up.”

Cheng Hongling scolded offhandedly, then asked her doppelgänger, “Am I really that old-fashioned in your eyes?”

“N-no. I was just afraid you’d be angry.”

Qi Huang stammered.

Hearing this, Cheng Hongling froze for a moment. The frost on her face gradually melted. After a long pause, she drew a deep breath and said, “Forget it. Just don’t let it happen again.”

“Okay! Okay!”

The great stone in Qi Huang’s chest finally fell. A silly smile spread over her face.

Yaoyao and Mimi, as if granted amnesty, dropped to all fours and bolted from this place of right and wrong as fast as if they had wings.

“Do you really think that Zhen Feiyan will keep her promise?”

Jiang Feng changed the subject.

“Didn’t you see how she acted just now? She values this wolf more than her own life. How could she go back on her word?”

Qi Huang reminded him.

“Who knows if she was just putting on a show? Getting rid of you with a little mutt like this is practically a sure-win, no-lose deal.”

Jiang Feng offered a different view.

“Don’t you dare talk about my lady like that. She isn’t heartless like you.”

Bai Yun objected at once.

“I said it… I said it… What can you do about it? Little mutt. Heh-heh…”

Jiang Feng bared his teeth in taunting grin.

“Little mutt? Have you forgotten your strength is beneath mine?”

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Resentment surged in Bai Yun’s eyes.

“So what? My Crown Princess could poke you to death with a finger.”

Jiang Feng said, full of bravado.

“Who’s your Crown Princess?”

Qi Huang and Cheng Hongling retorted in unison.

“If you want to teach him a lesson, go ahead. Has nothing to do with me.”

Qi Huang declared at once.

With permission granted, Bai Yun couldn’t wait to return to her normal size. She lunged at the dumbfounded Jiang Feng. “Big enough now?”

“Help!”

Jiang Feng screamed while fleeing for his life.

“You really couldn’t kill that Zhen Feiyan? Don’t tell me you went soft because she’s pretty. This isn’t the first time you’ve done that.”

Cheng Hongling questioned Qi Huang.

“Oh come on, my dear main-body sister, do you have any idea how strong she is?”

Qi Huang was half laughing, half crying.

“I couldn’t even see her shadow. You tell me, do I know or not?”

Cheng Hongling shot back coldly.

Qi Huang was at a loss for words. She coughed, embarrassed. “Her strength has at least reached the sixth layer of the Flying Corpse realm, equivalent to the sixth layer of a cultivator’s Heavenly Tribulation Realm.”

“What? Then isn’t she as strong as the Immortal Alliance’s leader? As far as I know, across the entire cultivation world only the Alliance Leader has reached the sixth layer of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm.”

Cheng Hongling exclaimed in astonishment, then looked at her doppelgänger in puzzlement. “That doesn’t add up. If she’s that strong, how did you beat her? Aren’t you only at the first layer of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm?”

Hearing this, a smug smile spread across Qi Huang’s face.