Chapter 536: What a Joke

Chapter 536: Chapter 537: What a Joke

‘Damn that Yun Miqiu! Couldn’t she have acted a little better? Her cover was blown almost immediately.’

Getting Yun Miqiu to go along with the lie had been difficult enough. Since things had already reached this point, Yun Misha couldn’t really blame her. The most important thing now was to erase her own tracks.

‘It was too late to kill Li Xu. Even if I did, it would be too difficult to clean up the traces.’

So, Yun Misha didn’t linger. With a flicker of movement, she vanished. As she disappeared, a Fire Technique flared to life around her. She cast it to eliminate her scent; the noses of the Fox Demon Race were sometimes even more reliable than Divine Sense.

Her consciousness returned to her body. Back in the stately, luxurious room, Yun Misha stood to the side while Yun Miqiu was still sprawled out on the bed.

“Get up. Stop pretending. They saw right through your act!”

Yun Miqiu, who had buried her head under the covers, poked it out. “What’s wrong? I thought I was acting pretty well. Mengshang hasn’t even come over, so how could I have been exposed?”

As she spoke, tears welled in her eyes. “Does this mean Mengshang doesn’t care about me? That she’s not coming at all…? WAAAH…”

Yun Misha felt like she was stuck with a completely useless teammate. But throughout the entire Fox Demon Race, there were far too few Demon Cultivators capable of making Yun Mengshang anxious. She had no choice but to use this ditz.

“She’s already been here! Your ‘injury’ wasn’t the least bit convincing. Anyone could spot the flaws after scanning you with their Divine Sense a couple of times. She took one look from outside and rushed back!”

A look of gentle grievance appeared on Yun Miqiu’s face. “I thought I was very convincing. I didn’t even move an inch!”

Yun Misha slapped her forehead. ‘What kind of demon fakes an injury by bundling themselves up so tightly?’ she thought. ‘And with that rapid breathing? Anyone with a bit of sense could see through it in a heartbeat.’

Yun Miqiu could tell Yun Misha didn’t want to discuss it further, so she quickly changed the subject. “So, how did things go on your end? Did you get it done?”

Yun Misha shook her head. “No. I ran out of time, so I had to stop.”

Hearing this, Yun Miqiu grew even more anxious. “Then what are we going to do? We only have two days! Mengshang and that Li Xu are inseparable. We won’t get a chance this good again!”

“It wasn’t a complete waste,” Yun Misha said, taking out the Token. “That Li Xu isn’t completely under Mengshang’s control. I smelled Joyful Fragrance again… what with the Joyful Fragrance and her bewitching Divine Techniques, it’s a miracle he had a moment of clarity at all. He gave me this and told me to get the Human Race to rescue him!”

As Yun Misha repeatedly scanned the wooden token with her Divine Sense, she laughed with disdain. “Two days, the Human Race, Zisang Jin… To think I actually believed him for a moment. It’s laughable, looking back on it now!”

At the mention of the Human Race, a rare, desolate look appeared on Yun Miqiu’s face. “He’s a Stone Demon. Why would the Human Race take such a huge risk to save him?”

Yun Misha rubbed her temples. “He said he’s actually human…”

As she spoke, Yun Misha’s expression froze. “Now that I think about it… his bizarre techniques, his strange arrival among the Immortal Fox Race, and how he suddenly obtained that Xuan-Yuan Purple Fern… And Zisang Jin even led me on a wild goose chase with that fern. Working backward from all that, the more I think about it, the more that kid seems like he’s from the Human Race…”

“And if he is human… I’ve checked his bone age. He’s only in his twenties. That would make him an absolute prodigy of the Human Race. And for a prodigy like that, maybe they really *would* send someone to rescue him!”

Yun Miqiu shook her head again. “The humans are, at times, even more ruthless and decisive than us demons. This is the heart of the Demon Realm. The Human Race would never risk an incursion for a single Golden Core Stage cultivator. Besides, with the two of us here in Fox Immortal City, who could they possibly send? The Ancestors of the Three Sects? What a joke. Those three cowards would never lift a finger for a mere Golden Core Stage cultivator. And now that Mengshang has mastered the Frost Dream Realm, even a Divinity Transformation Stage expert could perish here. They’ll never come!”

The moment the Human Race was mentioned, Yun Miqiu seemed to transform. An unconcealable hatred surfaced in her normally gentle eyes.

But at this point, Yun Miqiu was the only one Yun Misha could consult. She pressed on, “No, no, that Li Xu is a crafty one. He gave me this Token because he was certain we wouldn’t interfere—that we’d even help him. Given Mengshang’s hatred for the Human Race, we could pretend to coordinate with his rescuers from the inside. If we play our parts and let him be ‘rescued,’ Mengshang will surely choose to sever her emotions!”

Yun Miqiu swung her legs off the bed and put on her shoes. Her eyes were as cold as ice. “The Human Race… Hah… More than just ruthless and decisive, they are heartless and ungrateful. That state of emotionlessness should belong to them, not us. What does our Fox Demon Race know of it?! Cooperate with humans? Never! I’m returning to the Northern Border Pass right now. If you want to work with them, you do it. The most I’ll do is pretend I know nothing!”

With that, she transformed into a streak of light and shot off toward the north.

Yun Misha watched the streak of light disappear, fuming. “‘Realm of Emotionlessness’? What a load of crap! Even after reaching it, you still can’t forget what you’re supposed to. It’s been over a hundred years… just keep putting on that tough act!”

But for all her talk, when it came to Yun Mengshang, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. Holding the Token, still tinged with a human’s aura, she hesitantly channeled a thread of Demonic Power into it…

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Immortal Fox City was festooned in celebratory red. The entire city was jubilant, and the festive colors looked dazzling and vibrant against the endlessly falling snow.

Whether they were the humans living under Immortal Fox City’s rule, members of other demon clans, or the Fox Demon Race themselves, everyone celebrated as one. For today, their City Lord, the Demon King of the Fox Demon Race, Yun Mengshang, was to be wed!