The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 265 - 264: Unprovokable

Chapter 265: Chapter 264: Unprovokable

The contract that the Demon Emperor produced had been modified.

The instant the contract was completed, the Demon Emperor distinctly felt the oppression from the Heavenly Dao disappear.

It was not lessened, but gone!

The Demon Emperor looked at the human girl before him with a complex expression.

The Heavenly Dao is unfair, extremely unfair.

It’s excessively harsh on the Demon Tribe and exceptionally favoring the humans, especially this little girl, as if she were the very child of the Heavenly Dao. Now, the favor seemed to extend by association.

As the contract was established, relief washed over Xie Jiu’niang.

That perennial sense of impending crisis she had carried in her heart was finally gone—the Demon Emperor would presumably no longer pursue the matter of her defiling his dragon body.

Then, Xie Jiu’niang was led away by maidservants to rest.

She arrived at a palace adorned with carved beams and painted rafters, and was told that this was now her temporary palace.

Afterward, the Demon Emperor announced that Xie Jiu’niang was his newly acknowledged daughter, and elevated her to the status of young mistress of the Demon Emperor’s Palace.

So, Xie Jiu’niang, who was forcibly made the Demon Emperor’s daughter and was the last to know, was entirely dumbfounded.

"Little Jianjian, is this for real?" Xie Jiu’niang rolled over and sat up from the large bed.

Jian Lingyan felt a sense of having narrowly escaped death and said solemnly, "It’s real, truly. My lord is indeed the Child of Destiny. Turning disaster into fortune, things suddenly looking up—it’s either encountering a stroke of luck or meeting a noble person..."

"Stop with the flattery."

"I’m not! I’ve been worried this whole time."

"Worried about what?"

"Worried that the Demon Emperor might suddenly become enraged, and rather than killing the dog’s master, he’d take it out on me instead. I don’t want to be the chicken getting its head chopped off to scare the monkeys."

"Oh, then rest assured, I’m no monkey."

Xie Jiu’niang reassured him indifferently.

Jian Lingyan was momentarily at a loss for words.

Logically, those close to the Child of Destiny were the most likely to become sacrifices to disaster, or could it be that he was overthinking?

Looking back on the years spent following his dog master, truly no one had taken a hit meant for her.

She resolved every issue herself.

Even those who had helped her gained certain benefits in the process.

Indeed, the current Child of Destiny was different from the rest.

Xie Jiu’niang didn’t ponder as much as Jian Lingyan. According to her character, she couldn’t stay put. The Demon Emperor sent her many things, such as Vestment robes and accessories favored by girls, along with heaven and earth treasures.

As long as she made a request, the steward of the Demon Emperor’s Palace would try to satisfy her as much as possible.

Taking advantage of this, she went into seclusion.

Having just achieved Golden Core, seclusion was precisely what she needed most.

Until three months later.

The events that had occurred in the Central Region had already spread throughout the Cultivation World, creating a significant impact and tremendous sensation.

The foremost reason was that five Divinity Transformation cultivators pursued a Foundation Establishment Disciple from the Tianxu Sect, who then broke through to Golden Core amid the chase and managed to use the Heavenly Tribulation to severely injure a veteran Divinity Transformation expert.

Lord Kongyu was by no means an unknown figure in the entire Cultivation World.

Now Kongyu had not died.

But his condition was ruined, and his cultivation had fallen.

Most importantly, the person being pursued was saved by the Demon Emperor of the Central Region.

As for those Divinity Transformation experts who pursued her and were chased by the Demon Tribe’s mighty ones, barely escaping the Central Region with their lives, that fact was discussed by very few.

Furthermore, the sudden claim by the Demon Emperor that she was his beloved daughter, the little mistress of the Demon Emperor’s Palace.

It shocked many!

It was truly too shocking!

For a long time, the Demon Tribe and the Human race maintained only a superficial balance. To say there was any genuine warmth towards humans was improbable. But now a human girl had become the little mistress of the Demon Emperor’s Palace.

Who wouldn’t be stunned after hearing this?

The reputation of Xie Jiu’niang elevated time and again, leaving many who had never heard of her now familiar with her name.

A disciple of Tianxu Sect, Yuanxi.

A genius with three Spirit Roots!

Indeed, a genius with three Spirit Roots, who had broken through to the Golden Core with such talent at a mere age of thirty. In the past thousand years of the Cultivation World, she was the only anomaly to have emerged.

Tianxu Sect, Purple Sun Peak.

"How is this possible?"

Xie Ying’s face turned ashen upon hearing the news, and she swept the teaware off the table, "Wasn’t Xiaojiu’s talent supposed to be poor? How could her cultivation progress faster than mine? Am I the one with the Heavenly Spiritual Root, or is it her?!"

"Sister, what are you talking about?"

"Brother, back when she was on Yunmu Mountain, aside from the Cleansing Spiritual Grass, did Xiaojiu encounter any other fortune?"

"Enough! It’s been over a decade, haven’t you let it go?" Xie Haoran had thought that his sister had long since moved on from the past, and over the years, as she diligently cultivated and was about to reach Core Formation, he did not expect that the news about Xiaojiu would bring her back to her old self.

It turned out that she had never truly let go.

She simply buried the matter deep in her heart.

The Water Kirin lay resting nearby.

At Xie Ying’s words, it lifted the corners of its eyes and glanced at her, a look of pity hidden within its small eyes.

This woman has quite the good fortune, but her narrow-mindedness is troubling. Why can’t she let go, always seeking to compare herself with the master?

Is that even a comparison?

The master is the Child of Destiny, with an immensely strong fate.

As time goes by, the master will only leave her peers further and further behind, outshining all the prodigies and casting them into obscurity.

The Water Kirin, pondering about its master, was suddenly scooped up by a pair of delicate hands.

Xie Ying gently stroked the head of the Water Kirin, "I’m lucky to have you. With your bloodline now complete, who dares to compete with me? I am the master of an Auspicious Beast."

Water Kirin, "..."

Thinking too much, that’s not really the case.

The Main Peak of Tianxu Sect.

Chaoruo has been busy off her feet recently, mostly with matters concerning Xie Jiuniang.

Yet the person at the heart of it all was in seclusion at the Demon Emperor’s Palace.

Lord Qiansha personally intervened, visiting the Gongsun Family.

The Gongsun Family, who had intended to live in seclusion, were ultimately forced to make a major sacrifice and, at the same time, Lord Wenzhong promised to lead the remaining powerful members of the Gongsun Family to serve at the boundary for a hundred years.

In exchange, the other members of the Gongsun Family were allowed to remain in seclusion.

This matter caused a great stir in the Western Region.

The Gongsun Family was a large clan in the Western Region, with tremendous power. The decline of a family took just a decade or two, until now, it happened overnight.

All members of the Gongsun Family vanished.

Where exactly they went remained unknown to anyone.

The left-behind weak, elderly, and sick, who were not of the Gongsun surname, merely looked after some ancestral properties outside—those without profitable returns yet unable to be discarded.

Then there were the other six families.

The matter wasn’t so simply concluded.

For top-tier families to join hands in hunting down a junior, this was no simple affair to begin with. Many who heard about it sought to understand the reasons behind it.

The truth was not unspoken.

However, few believed it, and the most convincing and widely spread rumor was that Xie Jiuniang possessed a great treasure, one coveted even by those undergoing Divinity Transformation.

Otherwise, why would so many at the level of Divinity Transformation unite?

Only sufficient interests could attract the attention of numerous Divinity Transformation experts.

That’s as far as ordinary people could see. Those who truly understood the causes and consequences found it incredible, shattering their worldviews, and they then kept their distance from Xie Jiuniang.

They also warned their own younger members.

She was not to be provoked!

Too formidable to offend, too formidable!