Mo Tianliao stood still, letting Hou Jing hold onto the corner of his robe and complain.
Hou Jing whimpered and lamented for a long time, but he didn’t hear a response. He slowly raised his head, and saw that Demon Lord Duantian was still having the same expression he had when he came in. He looked at him with a smile that did not look like a smile. When he saw him looked up, he slightly curled his lips and said, “Have you finished acting?”
Mo Tianliao pulled away the hem of his robe, flung his sleeves and sat on the throne in the center of the hall.
As a Demon Venerable and a once very rich Demon Venerable, Mo Tianliao’s Palace Hall was very extravagant, and his throne was made of extremely precious materials. Sitting on it was not only extraordinary, but also very comfortable. The edges and corners of the throne were all wrapped with mulberry wood so that the cat could easily climb up and down.
Sure enough, as soon as Mo Tianliao sat down, the cat in his arms crawled out, jumped on the back of the chair, and squatted condescendingly on top of Mo Tianliao’s head, staring at Hou Jing with a pair of light colored glass eyes.
Hou Jing choked and wiped his face. He immediately changed his expression and bowed to his knees to salute, “Subordinate Hou Jing, paying homage to Your Lordship.”
“Get up,” Mo Tianliao waved his hand, and with a movement, the one-foot square floor tile beside Hou Jing’s leg protruded into a small stool, “Sit.”
The man didn’t shy away, sat openly, rubbed his hands, and became really excited. “Venerable Lord, you really did not die?” He was just testing the waters with his attitude just now. He was indeed loyal to Lord Duantian, but this was based on the absolute strength of the other party and the great benefits that could be given to him. The two were definitely not the kind of loyal dogs and masters who acted like sissies and cried for each other all the time.
“Heh,” Mo Tianliao sneered, “The one who killed me is not dead yet, of course I had to climb back even if I was in purgatory.”
Hou Jing heard this and couldn’t help but straighten up, having a general guess as to how Venerable Demon Lord Duantian would come back from death. Although it was not easy to have a rebirth, it was not that no one had succeeded since ancient times. But this kind of situation where one was obviously dead and yet had come back, there must be definitely some secret method. A powerful Demon Venerable was not the most terrifying, but an unkillable Demon Venerable was.
“The servants in the Mo Palace were dead, and the Chief Manager had also died in the array. As far as this subordinate knew, the mines in the North were occupied by the Supreme Demon Lord Venerable Ming Yan; the Spiritual Herbs Valley in the South was occupied by the Venerable Feng Su; the Hundred Rumors Pavilion was occupied by the Venerable Chi Xiang; among the 23 Immortal Cities that you once owned, the Supreme Demon Lord Venerable occupied seven, and the other four Venerables occupied one each… ” Hou Jing talked about all the divisions of power very specifically. Basically, there was nothing left. Only the Mo Palace Treasure Pavilion he was in charge of was left untouched.
After all, the Mo Palace Treasure Pavilion relied on the spiritual treasures refined by the Duantian Mo Palace. When Duantian was dead, he could only resell some other things, just like other businesses.
“Chi Xiang…” Mo Tianliao said the name softly. It should be the eagle head logo that he saw last time in Bahuang City, the so-called Venerable “Xiang”, “What is the origin of this person?”
“Previously he was worshipped by the Wan Yin Sect. After you died… After you disappeared, he went all the way to fill the vacancy at the Demon Dao Supreme Assembly that year.” Hou Jing’s news was still relatively well-informed. Even if there was no Hundred Rumors Pavilion, he usually knew what he should have information on.
Wan Yin Sect… Mo Tianliao frowned slightly. A Demonic Sect was usually attached to a Demon Venerable, but as long as he was a cultivator of the Dao, he could be worshipped by a Demonic Sect, even if he was a rogue cultivator. Before Wan Yin Sect, it was actually the power of Duantian who was worshipped, and there were many people working under him at the beginning.
After being interrogated for a long time, Hou Jing was a little thirsty. He looked at the Demon Venerable who was deep in thought and tentatively said, “My lord, since you are back, should our business reopen?”
Mo Tianliao raised his eyes and saw Hou Jing’s decent eyes were gleaming, as if there were countless spirit stones spinning inside, and his honest face was full of flattery. The corners of his mouth curled. This ‘monkey spirit’, because of this loyal and honest face, did not know how many people he deceived, and when he really made an expression that fits his personality, it felt weird.
“No hurry,” Mo Tianliao waved his hand, relaxed and leaned on the throne. He took the cat on the top of his head and hugged it in his arms. “You go and recruit some servants first.”
The other forces have been confiscated and have not yet recovered. It’s hard to do business without protection.
Lord Duantian’s Mo Palace now had many things left to do. Hou Jing had a good hand in foreign affairs, so he would be the one to help.
Originally, Mo Tianliao had a Chief Manager in charge of foreign affairs, but unfortunately he died in the battle of the Mo Palace that year. When the other forces were brought back, he still needed a Chief Manager. Naturally, Hou Jing also knew what was going on. Hearing that he was handed over the chores, not only was he not discouraged, but he was more motivated.
“Find some servants first, for sweeping, planting flowers, cooking,” the cat in his arms scratched his palm, and Mo Tianliao slightly curled his lips, “The most important thing is to find someone who can raise fish. If you ever see any delicious fish, you can bring them back to raise.”
Hou Jing was best at this. He found the cold spring fish back then. Knowing that Lord Duantian treated that kitten very preciously, he always paid attention to all kinds of things that cats like when he was outside doing business, and he brought them back to the Lord when he saw them.
“Do you need beauties to be the helpers?” Hou Jing raised his eyebrows and asked seriously.
“This…Hiss!” His finger was bitten severely. Mo Tianliao rescued his finger, looked down at the cat staring at him, and coughed dryly, “I don’t want any beauties, just people who work conscientiously.”
The conversation in the Mo Palace was going smoothly, but there was chaos outside of the Palace.
The cultivators had excellent eyesight. Many people saw the jade slip in the hands of the Monkey Spirit Ancestor. When it popped up, it carried a flame sign and the person could pass through the gate.
The facts were in front of their eyes. The fact that the Venerable Demon Lord Duantian had come back was true, and he had not been struck to death by lightning!
The people outside of the Mo Palace dispersed in a rush. The Lord Duantian was back, returning to the stage of Half-immortal, and he was not someone they could afford to offend. There were rumors a few days ago that Duantian was back and everyone still didn’t believe it, but now they had to believe it. Then, those people trapped in the Mo Palace…
After explaining what Hou Jing had to do, Mo Tianliao took the cat to the woods outside the outer palace wall. With a wave of his hand, the woods were like soldiers lined up, and all got out of the way.
Liu Bi had been trapped in this array for more than a year, but still couldn’t break the array. Trapped in the array that consisted of the Hallucinating Array and the Killing Array, one would be blasted to pieces in a moment of carelessness. The people of the Demon Sects had also been trying to kill them, which could be described as being attacked from both sides.
“Immortal Liu Bi, I really admire your perseverance.” A deep voice came from all directions. Liu Bi, who was meditating on the ground, suddenly raised her head. She saw a man wearing a black wide sleeve brocade robe and a jade crown, standing in the void, looking at her with a smile.
The only two remaining disciples of the Liuyun Sect around her were taken by the man’s pressure, and they began to tremble.
Mo Tianliao swept the entire trapped formation with his divine sense, and found that except for Liu Bi and these two disciples, the rest were all dead, including several disciples of Qingyun Sect.
“You?” Liu Bi was surprised and looked at Mo Tianliao incredulously, “Who are you?”
Mo Tianliao raised his hand, summoned a tortoise-shell colored bow, and calmly took the arrow. “Immortal Liu Bi has not been well treated when she came to my house. Why don’t you play with me today? If you can escape the three arrows, I’ll let you go, okay?”
“You are, Duantian!” At this moment, Liu Bi couldn’t hear anything. The two disciples around her were scared. This whole year of being trapped in the formation, they were constantly tortured by the Hallucination Array and would not be in the right state of mind to play with Mo Tianliao. So, they hid behind Liu Bi.
“You don’t want to play?” Mo Tianliao saw the three people look reluctant, and slowly put away the bow, “Then let’s play something else.”
With that said, the entire trapped formation suddenly changed. The mountains and forests in front of them disappeared and turned into a grassland, and a transparent crystal platform suddenly appeared in mid-air.
Mo Tianliao put the kitten in his arms on the transparent platform. “Come on, Baby, let’s play catching mice.”
The snow colored kitten glanced at him and looked down. The crystal stone platform, which was about ten feet square, reflected the whole forest. The three cultivators were really only the size of a mouse. The cat tilted his head and reached for them.
Liu Bi looked up and saw a huge hairy paw stretched out towards her in mid-air, and she slapped it into the air with a palm of her hand, “Hallucinating Array!”
“Meow?” The kitten flicked its tail. He often played this game when he was a child, and he had forgotten it after a long time. Seeing the three people reacted fiercely, he immediately became interested and ran around on the platform to catch mice.
For the three people in the Hallucinating Array, they were not so happy. The huge hairy claws fished left and right, and from time to time they pounced on the top of their heads, “Bhaw”, slapped them into the ground, and it was painful, not to mention, it was a miserable sight.
“Mo Tianliao, what on earth do you want!” Liu Bi was anxious.
“As long as you coax my cat to have fun, I will let you out.” Mo Tianliao took the tired cat into his arms.
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The author has something to say:
Mini theater:
《The Demonic Palace really serves harsh punishments》
Carpenter: Drag them out
Demonic cultivator A, B and C: Please spare us!
Demonic cultivator A: I heard that making mistakes in the demon palace will result in being thrown to feed the huge beast
Demonic cultivator B: And that beast will play with people before eating them
Demonic cultivator C: No, please! QaQ
Carpenter: Xiaoshao, the new toys are here!
Zaki: Guys, as you must know I can not read Chinese hehehe. So I would like to ask if anyone of you here knows where to get the smut parts ahermm..uncensored version of some chapters. Please send me a holler in discord and I will gladly and enjoyably translate it for you.
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