Old Grudge with the White Ape Archfiend
Mu Yu walked off without responding; stay there another second and the fiend king might just kidnap him to force him against his will. The fiend king said it himself. He wasn’t afraid of anyone.
“Hey, I wasn’t done speaking. I can’t figure out why my daughter likes you for the life of me. You think I want to be your father-in-law in name? Do you realise how humiliating it is to have a human son-in-law?! I’m different, though. I’m able to see further than others. I won’t interfere in my adopted daughter’s romance. That said, her man must meet my demands. We have plenty of splendid fiends who want to win her heart. I prefer them…”
“Why are you pestering me, then?” Mu Yu mumbled as he walked off. He waved and said, “Qiao Xue and I aren’t in a relationship. I cleared it up with her already. You don’t need to fret about me stealing her.”
The fiend king seized Mu Yu’s collar. “Listen, you twerp. You think you’re worthy of her?!”
“You don’t like me, right? You don’t make sense.”
“Of course I don’t like you. The thing is, Qiao Xue can’t get you off her mind. You must take responsibility!”
“Take responsibility? All right, when I can spare some time, I’ll marry her, okay?!”
“You don’t deserve her! The line for her hand in marriage is beyond the naked eye!”
“Weren’t you the one who just told me to marry her? What do want? You want me to talk about ‘taking responsibility’ whilst keeping my distance?”
“You’re not allowed to like any girl until Qiao Xue finds another man!”
“Archfiend, Madam Wang’s meet buns on Twelve Kilometre Street are wonderful.”
“So what?!”
“So what does who Qiao Xue like have to do with you?!”
“You’re asking for it!”
Mu Yu abruptly recalled Qiao Xue’s water-control ability. She needed to have her water spirit lord sealed, as well. Thus, he replied, “Fine! I need to see her, then.”
“Who are you to demand an audience with her whenever you please?”
“What the hell do you want, then?! Make up your mind!”
The fiend king let go. “I need to confirm if your feelings for her are genuine or not first. If she is happy to marry you, I won’t be able to stop her. Before all that, though, you need to pledge several hundred oaths to never betray her. Help me with a few jobs. You also need to kowtow several times and call me Father-in-Law several times. If your head doesn’t bang on the floor, they don’t count.”
“Find someone else, then. If you want me to be your son-in-law, I suggest you call for the god of lightning. He’ll give you booms! I just want to speak to Qiao Xue about the spirit lord in her body.”
The fiend king flipped his serious switch and frowned. “How does this conversation you speak of relate to the water spirit lord’s power?”
Mu Yu fixed his collar and checked around. “There are people moving around. Let’s take this somewhere else.”
The fiend king took a moment to verify Mu Yu wasn’t joking. “Come with me. If you’re lying, I’ll squash you and sell you to the bun store!”
The two of them went to Twelve and a Half Kilometres Street, which was where the fiend king lodged. There were no other fiends accompanying the fiend king. The fiends would’ve been too conspicuous if they were wandering around.
The fiend king shut the door and monitored Mu Yu. “Explain.”
Mu Yu flopped into a chair. “You should be aware the spirit lord inside Qiao Xue will destroy her if she loses control and can’t regain control. I’m the only one with a solution to the problem.”
“How do you know about that?”
“She almost lost control when she tried to rescue you at Second Heaven. Had I not intervened in time, she would be fighting with the fiend beasts of Second Heaven right now!”
“What’s your so-called solution?”
“My shifu is going to cast a Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation to seal the elemental demon spirit lords’ powers inside us, thereby preventing us from losing control. That doesn’t mean we will lose our unique ability.”
There wasn’t any reason to hide it from the fiend king for he genuinely cared for Qiao Xue. If anything, he might be able to help her.
“We? You also possess a similar ability?”
Mu Yu knocked on the table, commencing the growth of plants.
“The wood spirit lord? … That’s why you helped us escape from Second Heaven?”
“I was helping Qiao Xue. You were just there for the ride. I never wanted to rescue you.”
The fiend king resisted flaring up and questioned, “What are the chances of success?”
“I’m not qualified to answer that, but I believe my shifu won’t harm me. Needless to say, he wouldn’t hurt her, either. Where is she now? I’ll explain to her?”
“Who is your shifu? How is he capable of such a feat?”
“My shifu is Sword Shadow Dust Gale. Even if you don’t know him, surely you’ve heard a man referred to as True God defeating the five spirit lords over a century ago.”
“What?! He’s still alive?” raged the fiend king.
Mu Yu pinched his eyebrows together. “Obviously. Did you need to be so dramatic? He wasn’t born in your generation.”
The fiend king’s eyes darted back and forth for a brief moment. Next, he smirked. “It sounds as though he hasn’t told you. Does he plan on hiding it forever?”
“Hiding what? You know my Shifu?”
“Not only do I know him but also Xie Bulao. I bet the two of them are the ones who are going to cast the formation.”
Xie Bulao did negotiate with the azure dragon fiend king. I guess the white ape fiend king was also present at the negotiation. That must be how he recognises my shifu and Xie Bulao.
“The fact that he never told you makes me more eager to meet Sword Shadow Dust Gale. Tell your shifu I will pay a visit and settle the score from four thousand years ago!” brayed the fiend king.
“Four thousand years? What’s it have to do with my shifu? He wasn’t even born yet at the time.”
“None of your business. I’ll visit with Qiao Xue in two days. You can bug off now.”
Mu Yu left his address and left with a head full of bewilderment.
Cultivators lived longer than ordinary humans if they weren’t murdered. Nevertheless, they only had, at most, two hundred years to live. The fiend kings were immortal.
Shifu isn’t as strong as he formerly was. We won’t be able to stop the fiend king if he tries to lay his hands on Shifu. Damn it. I shouldn’t have told him.
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