Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

In the middle of the night, an escort car drove on the farm road, with green crops on both sides and mountains in the distance.

Li Peiyun was sitting in the dark carriage. On his left sat the muscular giant King Kong. On his right sat w.a.n.g Lao Er, whose lanky muscles seemed tighter than steel. He was squeezed between two men, left and right.

Li Peiyun silently looked at the personnel escorting him. These guys were senior employees in the headquarters. Each of them could be called a master. Even at his full strength, he could only cope with three at most. Beyond that, he could only hope to escape. He felt that his cultivation of Half-Step Gokudo Path back at the Forum Conference was not the best that he could do.

With his abilities sealed, along with layers of shackles binding his freedom, it was unreasonable to have so many top-tiered experts guarding him.

The four people in the carriage, except for the naturally expressionless ex-Ancient G.o.ds Clan killer, all showed a serious face. Along the way, they didn't have any conversation and did nothing extra.

Everyone's nerves seemed to be tense.

“What are you afraid of? Or what are you on alert for?” Li Peiyun said lightly.

He was ignored and the senior staff kept silent.

“If I remember correctly, in another hour, we will be in the city. There is an airport there. I will get on the plane there and be sent to Baoze headquarters, right?” Li Peiyun asked.

No one answered. He couldn't see any information on the faces of the senior Baoze employees.

The lights went out and the noisy Lianghua temples fell into darkness.

The lives of the monks in the temple were very regular. They turn off the lights at 9 P.M. sharp and at 6 A.M. of the next day the bell would ring and the whole mountain would rise. Such a regular cycle made Aoki Yui uncomfortable.

She never went to bed before 12 A.M. every day. The family was very strict with the girls. For example, having a crush at an early age was a huge crime. The punishment ranges from being flogged 200 times to being expelled from the family.

After adulthood, one could then fall in love, but strictly no premarital s.e.x, no staying out with a strict curfew at 10 P.M.

For the Aoki family, every girl was the family's precious property, and the family was anxious that they would be corrupted by society. At the same time, these strict rules were to save Aoki Family's reputation that had been completely lost after World War II.

Now the j.a.panese demon descendants community has a much better opinion of the Aoki family.

In this chaotic era, if one marry a girl from the Aoki family, one would surely have a stable life.

Because of the family rules, the night life of the girls at home was very monotonous, but Aoki Yui was very good at finding entertainment in the long night. She took out all kinds of Chinese snacks, c.o.ke, orange juice, and other drinks from her bag.

She turned on two laptops, one for catching up on drama and the other for watching some live streaming. She quickly connected to a live broadcast platform in j.a.pan and selected the person for her to pamper tonight from the collection.

The collection was full of pretty boys with good looks enough to make a typical girl jealous. Aoki Yui was fond of guys like that.

Aoki Yui, being a big shot, spent money like water. She would reward millions of yen every night before she felt satisfied.

She sat cross-legged on the bed, with chips and chocolate bars on her legs. Her pupils glistened with the light reflected from the screen.

At this time, the door of the room was knocked a few times, and the frightened Aoki Yui immediately closed the notebook computer. In the panic, she also knocked over the chips which flew all over her bed. She frowned and said with displeasure, “どんなこと (What happened?)”

The butler's voice came from the other side of the door. “李君が訪ねて來た (Mr. Li has requested your audience)”

Her eyes brightened for a split second before turning into a frown. What does he want so late at night?

The housekeeper said at the door, “If you don't want to meet him, I will turn him away for you.”

“Let him in,” said Aoki Yui immediately.

She hid her snacks and drinks as fast as she could. Her image would be affected if the family knew that she didn't sleep in the middle of the night to do things that only a recluse would do.

She left her room for the living room to meet with the heir of the Li Family.

The housekeeper had made hot tea for the heir of the Li family and his harem. The four in his harem were his Great-Grandma, Huayang, Cui Hua, and Thunderbolt Battle Lady. Actually the last one had yet to be confirmed.

You Mengyu and Xia Xiaoxue were still not fully counted in his harem.

“What can I do for you?” Aoki Yui restored her elegant appearance as the young lady of the Aoki family.

The four women on the opposite side were all beautiful. Each of them had a beautiful appearance, which made Aoki Yui feel a little pressured.

Li Xianyu watched her. The Pearl of the Aoki family was wearing a light white silk nightdress. She didn't change it in a hurry and only put on a baseball jacket outside. Two white legs poke out from under the silk dress.

Stepping on the pink slippers, one could admire her pearly feet.

“There are two things I would like to ask, but before you speak, you can wipe off the potato chips on the corner of your mouth.” Li Xianyu said.

Aoki Yui's face was red. “Su-Sumimasen (Excuse Me).” She quickly wiped it off.

Li Xianyu put his left hand into his pocket, and when he saw Aoki Yui, he couldn't help but want to take off his gloves and re-enact what happened the other time. It was not just because of her seductive appearances, but because of the aggression against the Aoki family after he experienced the Demonic Priest's memory.

“The first question I want to know is why the Aoki family help Li Peiyun?” Li Xianyu took up the teacup, blew it, but didn't drink it.

“Sorry, I don't know why,” Aoki Yui replied.

“I thought you would say justice.” Li Xianyu gazed at the delicate and moist porcelain-like face of Aoki Yui.

Aoki Yui was uncomfortable as she endured his burning gaze as his face kept smiling.

Li Xianyu said, “If I'm not wrong, is it for the Great Deities Palace?”

Aoki Yui blinked her eyes and gave a blank expression. “The Great Deities Palace? Li-Kun is thinking too much.”

“The Aoki family came to China with such precious historical doc.u.ments. It could not just simply be to right the name of an enemy from World War II. I can't think of any reason except the Great Deities Palace.”

Aoki Yui kept her charming but elegant smile.

“Here comes the question. What's the connection between Li Peiyun and the Great Deities Palace? He is the inheritor of the Demonic Priest, but his Tri-Elements Sword Techniques was inherited from Li Zhu, not from the Demonic Priest. I guess he's just a middleman. Your real partner is Li Zhu.”

Aoki Yui forced a smile.

“Among those aiming for the Great Deities Palace there are also the Sakurai family, a big family from the j.a.panese demon descendants community. The Sakurai family has paid a large amount to Baoze in exchange for bringing them into the Great Deities Palace. Interestingly, the Aoki family didn't do the same. At present, the two known keys are in Baoze and Buddha Head's hands. Buddha Head won't give you foreigners a lift. Can I presume that Li Peiyun has the key to the Great Deities Palace?”

The smile on the face of Aoki Yui solidified.

Li Xianyu took a sip of tea and said quietly, “The second question. Your second uncle must have started moving, right?”

“What do you mean?” she asked, her eyes widening.

Li Xianyu looked around. “We have similar etiquette between China and j.a.pan. According to the etiquette, it should be your uncle who comes out to meet me, as I am representing Baoze. There is an airport in the county nearest to Mount Emei. Baoze will take Li Peiyun on the plane there before any changes could happen. So the journey from Mount Emei to the airport is your last chance. No force in the world can take away someone trapped in the Demon Locking Tower in Baoze headquarters.”

“I don't know what you're talking about. You don't need to test me,” she said.

Li Xianyu said carefreely, “Of course, there is no need to admit that. Rescuing prisoners is a big crime. In the same way, Baoze will also kill anyone who tries to intercept the prisoner. China and j.a.pan had made good relations and our demon descendants communities coexist peacefully. We will never reveal that those attackers are from the Aoki family.”

“Thank you for your hospitality. Goodbye.” Li Xianyu left with his harem.

Aoki Yui laid back on the chair, her expression changed frequently.

“Young lady, do you want to warn the second master? It seemed that Baoze is ready for us, waiting for us to jump into the pit. The second master must be in danger now,” the butler said in a deep voice.

“The key must be in our hands. You don't understand the function of the key of the Great Deities Palace. Every key leads to a different place.”

“But…”

“Believe in our allies. We will not do anything we are not sure about.” Aoki Yui clenched her teeth. “The heir of the Li family was more dangerous than we have a.s.sessed.”

She had to refresh her understanding of Li Xianyu again. Her impression of Li Xianyu originally consisted of mainly two points: strong, and devilish.

In addition, she did not find too many strengths in Li Xianyu. But now it seemed that the heir of Li family had been hiding his strength. He could speculate about things based on only a few clues. This intelligence is very terrifying. Of course, this could be all Baoze's a.n.a.lysis.

However, as soon as he sat down, his preemptively went on the offensive and launched a series of conjectures in line with the facts available destroyed her mentality, and facts were easily fished out by him.

“He could survive in such a situation without any damage and actually retaliate against the big families. Our family had underestimated him.”

A group of people walked side by side on the dark and quiet path. Thunderbolt Battle Lady looked at Li Xianyu in deep thought. She felt that at this time, he looked more serious, more intelligent, and more charming.

“You don't want me to follow them, was it because you were afraid of scaring the opponents away?” Thunder Battle Lady murmured.

“Well, if the team is too strong, the fish would not take the bait.” Li Xianyu grinned.

“So that's why you and the Lightning King tried to protect Li Peiyun? To let the Aoki family lose out?”

“Stupid Battle Lady, you have an IQ of…” Before Li Xianyu finished, he was kicked by the long legs of the mixed-blood beauty, and expelled all air from his lungs. “It's not only the Aoki family but also the Ancient G.o.ds Clan that won't let Li Peiyun be taken into the headquarters of Baoze. The Great Deities Palace is extremely attractive to a cult that tries to revive itself.”

It was all about fis.h.i.+ng and catching the power behind Li Peiyun. Baoze had intelligence that Li Peiyun was supported not only by the Ancient G.o.ds Clan but also by more complex forces.

The Taoist and Buddhist a.s.sociation and other people thought that Baoze was trying to protect Li Peiyun for the sake of Tri-Elements Sword Techniques. The IQ of ordinary people and politicians were not at the same level, and they will never know how dirty the hearts of politicians are.

“Then why do you come here to tell Aoki Yui these things?” Before Li Xianyu spoke, Thunderbolt Battle Lady said angrily, “Don't laugh at my intelligence.”

“Let them retreat in spite of difficulties. It would be great if Aoki Family ends their partic.i.p.ation due to what I've said. The Aoki family is not Baoze's goal. After all, it is a foreign force and will not stay in our country. But the Ancient G.o.ds Clan is different.”

Thunderbolt Battle Lady looked strange.

Li Xianyu looks at her, “What's the matter?”

Thunderbolt Battle Lady sadly replied, “Li Xianyu, you've changed, before this you weren't such a scheming b.i.t.c.h.”

Li Xianyu stopped and put his hands on her shoulders. “How can I make money without all these scheming? I still have to raise a certain spoiled girl who always spends so much of my money.”

Thunderbolt Battle Lady's heart beat faster and faster, and so did her breath. She felt that her face was getting hot too.

Bang! Li Xianyu was kicked onto the wall, and the whole wall shook.

Great-Grandma frowned and asked, “Who are you talking about?”

Li Xianyu was speechless.

Thunderbolt Battle Lady was also speechless. So it wasn't me. The long-legged beauty was disappointed.

Li Xianyu wanted to cry from the random interruption. “I don't mean you.”

Thunderbolt Battle Lady's eyes brightened slightly.

Cui Hua then peeled Li Xianyu off from the wall, and started to punch him. “I only spend tens of thousands of dollars from you every month. How can you say I spend a lot?”

Li Xianyu was quiet.

One of men's three great illusions: “I thought I was the emperor, but actually I am the dog.”

Get out, all of you. I don't want a harem anymore.

Li Peiyun realized that the escort car left the main road and drove into a remote path. The car stopped. King Kong took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and gave them to w.a.n.g Lao Er and Tentacle Demon.

Ka! The lighter lighted up, illuminating w.a.n.g Lao Er's dark farmer-like face.

He took a deep breath, inhaled the smoke into his lungs, and spat out, “Where is the key to the Great Deities Palace?”

Li Peiyun's face was calm. “Are you talking to me?”

w.a.n.g Laoer replied, “Your great-grandpa is the disciple of the Demonic Priest. He had been to the Great Deities Palace. The Demonic Priest had left many relics, for example, the sword of qi, the evil parasite on Li Xianyu's hand, and definitely the key to the Great Deities Palace. Before this the company found it strange, why did the Aoki family not contact the company to pay for the entry to the Palace?”

King Kong said, “From how the Aoki Family testified for your great-grandpa, Baoze had been a.n.a.lyzing the matter. You didn't want to accept Baoze's olive branch, pretending that you are not afraid of death, and then in Li Xianyu's persuasion, give in halfway.”

Tentacle Demon said, “Li Xianyu's acting is not bad. Suddenly having you as a martial nephew, he found a reason to beat you up.”

Li Peiyun said coldly, “If you want the key to the Great Deities Palace, you must go through this first stage.”

As his voice tapered off, a blazing light came along with the roar of the engine. A second car came along the remote path. It crashed straight into Baoze's escort car.