How to Bring Common Sense to Xianxia World - Chapter 148: The Chaos in The Underworld

Chapter 148: The Chaos in The Underworld

Clad in red leather armor made from the hide of an underworld sovereign beast, and holding her trusty halberd, she crushed all resistance with ease. Her long, wild hair flowed down her back like a cape.

Her name was Yan Rongjun, the Second Wife of the Lord of Death and his former supreme general. Aside from the Lord of Death himself, her battle prowess was the strongest in the underworld.

In one of the rogue faction’s fortresses in the core area, inside a luxurious audience hall, Yan Rongjun confronted one of the faction’s leaders.

“Yan Rongjun! What is the meaning of this? Does your husband know about this purge? Do not forget, I was once your husband’s associate and even helped him before! Is he so heartless that he would purge me like this? I demand to meet the Lord of Death!”

“What the f*ck are you babbling about, you old thing? You helped my husband? Do not make me laugh! Uniting the mortal realm and creating chaos there, forcing him to overwork to clean up your mess. Is that what you call help?” Yan Rongjun replied without the slightest respect.

“Besides, do not think we do not know that you were trying to undermine my husband even when you were still in the mortal realm. My husband simply turned a blind eye because he did not want to break his promise.”

What Yan Rongjun said was the truth. The old man before her had once been one of the Lord of Death’s chosen. However, like many others, he had tried to stop the rising death rate by uniting the lands, only to make matters worse.

Moreover, this ambitious snake had even planned to overthrow her husband while still in the mortal realm, coveting the throne of the Lord of Death.

It was a good thing that her husband had found a new helper who lightened his workload, giving him the opportunity to repair the Wheel of Samsara.

The old man was alarmed. He had believed that what he did in the mortal realm was a secret. He had even taken precautions to prevent the Lord of Death from discovering it.

“Since you already know, it seems the Lord of Death will lose one of his wives here!” the old man said with a lustful smile, his eyes fixed on the well endowed curves hidden beneath her leather armor.

“You are disgusting,” Yan Rongjun said coldly before rushing forward with her halberd.

“Courting death!” the old man shouted in fury as he unleashed the full force of his cultivation and accumulated underworld qi. His cultivation realm was equal to Yan Rongjun’s.

His sword rose to parry the descending halberd, but he felt as though a mountain had crashed down upon it. He could not deflect the blow. With no other choice, he poured all his power into blocking it.

Clank! Slash!

The halberd was halted for only half a second before crashing down and cleaving the old man vertically in two, scattering his soul in the process.

“No…” the old man uttered in despair before his body dispersed completely.

Yan Rongjun slowly lifted her chin and surveyed the hall after killing the leader in a single strike.

“Listen to my command. Scatter all their souls. Leave none standing!” she shouted to the underworld enforcers who followed her.

“Yes, General!” the enforcers responded before beginning their massacre of the remaining people in the building.

“Haaa.” Yan Rongjun let out a tired sigh. Even though she was no longer a general, they still called her that to this day.

The resisting souls were scattered, stripped of all their underworld qi and influence, forcing them to climb the ranks from the beginning once more.

Some chose to enter the rebirth cycle after losing all their underworld power. It was like starting a new life without any advantage. Most would be reborn as animals or even insects, according to their karma.

Using the information she received from Youqi, she had personally purged nearly fifty percent of the rogue factions in the core area of the underworld. As for the fringe and outskirts, she left them to her subordinates, since those factions were not as strong as the ones in the core.

But in the end, aside from making the remaining rogue factions wary and forcing them into hiding, she still did not have a single clue about where her daughter was.

…

At the palace, when Yan Rongjun returned, her wild and barbaric demeanor from the battlefield vanished as if it had never existed. Worry and fear covered her face. She was no different from a distressed mother on the verge of fainting, not knowing where her daughter was.

At the entrance, Youqi, along with the female servants of the palace, hurried forward to receive the Second Madam. Youqi quickly caught her as Yan Rongjun nearly collapsed.

The moment the iron general fell into Youqi’s embrace, her depressed and anxious expression completely broke down into loud sobbing.

“I… I’m sorry, Qiqi. I’m so useless. Other than fighting, I have nothing that can help you. I’m not as smart as you. I’m not a genius formation master like my sister, and I’m not as elegant as the First Sister. I’m… I’m just a barbaric woman. I don’t know where to find any clues… waaaah!”

“It’s okay, Second Sister. I’ll help. And I believe that when Third Sister comes back with our husband, she’ll help too,” Youqi tried to console her.

“Noooo! Qiqi, you don’t understand! That smug little sister of mine will definitely scold me! She is always looking down on my intelligence! Waaaahhh!” Yan Rongjun wailed again, this time sounding like she was throwing a childish tantrum.

Yan Rongjun had a twin sister who was more refined and intelligent than her. Her sister was a supreme array master and diviner, while she herself was a warrior, good only at charging forward like a bull.

“Ugh… you just do not want Third Sister to know about this, do you?” Youqi said with a sigh.

“Waaaahhh, Qiqi, you meanie! Help me find little Ningning before that smug little sister of mine comes back, okay? I’ll kowtow to you! Waaaahhhh! I know I shouldn’t spoil her like that, but I can’t help it. She’s so adorable!” Yan Rongjun cried, pouring out everything in her head like a drunken complainer.

As she said, she was the one who spoiled little Ningning the most. Half of Ningning’s wild temperament came from her.

“Please do not kowtow, Second Sister. I cannot accept that,” Youqi replied quickly.

“Waaaah! Qiqi, you must help me! Uuuuuhhhh!”

After spending a long time calming her Second Sister down, Youqi sent her back to her courtyard. Once she confirmed that Yan Rongjun had fallen asleep, she returned to her own quarters, which also served as her office.

Because of little Ningning’s mischievous behavior, the First Madam, her birth mother, had ordered Ningning to stay in Youqi’s courtyard, as Youqi was the strictest among them. The hope was that Youqi could prevent the others from spoiling her too much.

Exhausted, Youqi returned to her room. She noticed a report on her desk. She knew it was from Wei Chen. She should have checked it before resting, but she was too worried, too sad, and too emotionally drained to handle work at the moment.

“Where are you… little Ningning? Please come back. I’ll be a little less strict if you return…” she muttered as she lay down on her bed.

“If you do not come back and I have to find you myself, I’ll spank your butt,” Youqi murmured, tears welling up in her eyes.

The investigation had revealed that little Ningning had snuck out of the palace by using an invisible cloak from her husband’s wardrobe.

This conclusion made Youqi shudder. She feared that her strictness had driven her daughter to run away.

She glanced at the report one last time before falling asleep. Today had been too much for her to handle. She will read it tomorrow morning.

— Meanwhile – Western Desert —

Right now, there was one thing Wei Chen did not understand.

In front of him, the little troublemaker’s face was pale. It was extremely pale, as if something terrible had happened.

Before this, the little troublemaker had finished eating the Floating Island. Of course, she liked it and kept praising it, which made Wei Chen feel proud. However, that was not the point.

The point was what happened next. After she finished eating, she pulled out a tablet-like device and started watching something. At that time, Wei Chen did not pay much attention to it. He went out to summon his own forces to help search for the lair of the Life Devouring Hall assassins.

Even though they had thousands of men, it was still uncertain whether they would be able to find the Life Devouring Hall. Still, it was better than doing nothing.

When he came back, the little troublemaker’s face was pale and frozen, like this.

When he told her to go back, she reacted as if he had ordered her to the execution grounds.

“Noooo! I’m not going back now! I’m not going back!” the little troublemaker screamed as if he were about to kill her.

Her scream even drew the attention of some servants nearby. Worse, Wei Chen caught glimpses of several servants whispering suspiciously while glancing at him from time to time. Some of them even looked at him as if he were scum.