Chapter 658: Chapter 579: I Regret Not Learning More When I Had the Chance
“Cough, cough, cough…” Ning Feiyan collapsed onto the desk gracelessly as she stifled a coughing fit, her pale face instantly blushing red.
She picked up the green jade hairpin from the desk with trembling hands, and incredulously said, “Just while I was eating so lon, you’ve gone and pledged yourself to her forever?”
Indeed…
Although she already knew the answer in her heart, Baili An couldn’t help but ask persistently, “Does this jade hairpin hold great significance for your Demon Clan?”
After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself, Ning Feiyan managed to suppress the shock and confusion in her eyes.
She carefully handed the hairpin back, focusing intently on Baili An and said seriously, “It is more than significant. You must understand that since the founding of the Demon World, my Demon Clan has only produced three legitimate Demon Lords. For each generation, selecting a Demon King’s consort is a massive and critical event in the Ming Continent, permitting no negligence or disrespect.
On the day the consort is chosen, it is the Demon Lord himself who opens the mysterious vault to retrieve the Boundary Jade treasure as a betrothal gift, offered to the one who has won his heart, thus sealing their engagent.”
“Among the treasures, there are nine Boundary Jades in total. They signify the nine eras of the Demon World, its rises and falls. When the old Demon Lord was choosing his consort, he only took out the Eternal Jade, which ranks sixth, to seal their engagent.
The very first Great Demon Lord of the Demon World chose the fourth-ranked Changyi Jade, which ans, the ranking of the Jade Treasure determines the Demon Lord’s emphasis on the marriage.
And these nine jades are secrets so profound that they could drive the Three Worlds into madness, even Golden Immortals would likely fight bloody battles over them.”
Baili An grew more alard the more he listened, musing that today’s Demon Lord, though physically restricted and sealed for thousands of years, was still incomparable to the forr Demon Lords.
Surely he wouldn’t be so wasteful as to spend a treasure even more precious than the Changyi Jade as a betrothal gift…
Then, Ning Feiyan ruthlessly crushed Baili An’s fleeting hopes with a single remark.
She clicked her tongue in amazent and said, “Such horror, His Majesty has really spent a fortune this ti, actually bestowing the first-ranked Immortal Bone Jade. I never dread I would see the number one treasure of our Demon World in my lifeti.”
Baili An rested his palm on his forehead, his tone unusually weak, “So this jade is not to be returned?”
Ning Feiyan was truly shocked; he actually dared to think about returning the jade?
She admired him as she watched, saying, “If you insist on returning it, it’s not impossible, but you should be prepared to endure the towering angers of the Demon Lord.”
“A mortal King’s wrath can cause bloodshed, but the supre rage of a Demon Lord ans you should brace yourself for the destruction of everything and everyone familiar around you.”
Baili An felt he was facing an unprecedented crisis. Not to ntion the sisters from Gan Mountain, it seed the Demon Lord already knew about his relationship with Fang Geyu.
With the Demon Lord’s current strength, destroying Shifang City was hardly a challenge.
If he hadn’t accepted that hairpin to begin with, it would be another story; but the mont he decided to use the hairpin to rescue Fang Geyu, everything beca irretrievable.
He tousled his hair and sighed, “What was she really thinking? Marrying her won’t bring her any benefits, why would she expend such a cost to bring out the Changyi Jade?”
Ning Feiyan could roughly guess the Demon Lord’s true intentions. Seeing Baili An extrely distressed, she craftily led him astray with misleading guidance.
“You don’t know this, but the Demon World always upholds the principle of putting interests first. If a person offers a significant interest, it is usually to gain an even greater one. The Changyi Jade is indeed valuable, but after all, it is an inanimate object. Currently, you are the head of the Mohe, second only to the Demon Lord in status. There has been no lack of Demon Lords wanting to marry Shu Ci.
But Shu Ci is simply not amorous, always sulky, which hardly delights the Demon Lord. Moreover, she is strong and influential; sotis even the old Demon Lords find it hard to suppress her.”
“Shu Ci is extrely difficult to control; keeping her close is like harboring a cold blade that could slice your palm at any mont. Gradually, the old Demon Lords withdrew their conquering desires, and as this Demon Lord is female, she naturally wouldn’t harbor intentions towards Mr. Shu Ci.”
Ning Feiyan sympathetically patted Baili An’s hand, her eyes brimming with guilt, “Quite coincidentally, you happened to co into prominence at the Monarch’s Return Banquet by defeating Shu Ci and taking her place. Moreover, you possess a likeable appearance and are male; how could the Demon Lord resist the urge to conquer you?”
She spoke as if her words were carved in stone, seemingly wise and rational.
Baili An suddenly understood as if everything made sense.
So the Demon Lord wasn’t interested in him as a person but in his identity as a leader of Yihe.
Had he known earlier, why would he have struggled so desperately? As long as he survived under Shu Ci’s hands, why did he go an extra mile to spank her?
As Ning Feiyan finished eating the broad beans from the small dish and brushed off her hands, she said lazily, “Being favored by the Demon Lord isn’t necessarily a bad thing; you don’t have to be so dejected. Think about it, the City Lord position of Xianling City is indeed precious, but don’t forget your real identity.
Ten thousand years ago, Emperor of the Immortal World, Zhu Zhan, decreed the eternal expulsion of the corpse demons from the human and immortal realms.
From then on, those Evil Cultivators who specifically bred and kept corpse demons all destroyed their corpse demons, fearing to invoke the wrath of heaven.”
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