Chapter 46
Translator: Rosana
Editor: PlayerProphet
The next day, the Demon King called Bai Yang to the main hall.
When Bai Yang arrived, the Demon King was reading a book, and seeing him, he cooly said: “You’re here.”
Bai Yang responded, “Yes, I’m here. What might Your Highness be calling me for?”
The Demon King put the book down, grunted, and said, “According to my guard, you and Hua Fei Hua had a good time together in your room last night?”
Bai Yang: “…”
f.u.c.k!
Bai Yang: “We didn’t! Hua Fei Hua just asked me about you, since I’m the only one able to cross the barrier to see you.”
The Demon King raised an eyebrow, “Oh, is that so?”
“It is so.” Bai Yang said, honestly, “I listen to your orders, and I didn’t reveal anything.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
The Demon King stared at him for a moment, but Bai Yang’s expression stayed the same, so the Demon King said, “It’s a special time right now. As the enemy army approaches, it’s better not to spend your energy on philandering.”
Bai Yang: “…”
He felt wronged, stating: “My lord, I haven’t.”
“You may go.” The Demon King said lightly. Bai Yang didn’t know if the Demon King actually listened to him, so he walked out into the main hall, discouraged.
Over the next few days, the atmosphere in the city grew in tension, and people became anxious. Everyone worried that the Western Demon army would invade any day. During this period, two more low-rank leaders turned to the Western Demon Lord.
Only Bai Yang lived, ate and drank as he should. He messed around without a care in the world, but he couldn’t let the Demon King find out.
He found it weird that he was worrying about the Demon King being angry with him for fooling around with women. Xie Ze Tian was so crude and flirtatious that it would be weirder for him not to hara.s.s beautiful people.
However, recalling the dark expression on the Demon King’s face when he caught Bai Yang red-handed, and his reminder to him not to mess around, Bai Yang felt he should be more careful.
Just like that, it was seven days before people realized things were off, and unusual. The Western Demon Lord occupied an overwhelming force, a lot of people had arrived and could attack at any moment, yet hadn’t struck.
Even stranger was what Demon King was doing. It was rumored that he had been injured, but locked himself away in the palace, not doing anything. The Demon King had been the ruler of the Demon world for over 4000 years, his power was spoken through all the Demon Realm. A siege should, theoretically, be a big deal, so why weren’t there reinforcements?
Everyone caught a whiff of something fishy.
The Demon King wasn’t doing anything, and not only that, but according to Hua Fei Hua’s spies, the Western Demon Lord’s army was anxiously awaiting further orders. With the situation as it was, it would be best to end the battle quickly. If reinforcement arrived and surrounded them, they’d be the ones hopelessly trapped. Thus, many demon lords had spoken up, demanding to siege the city.
But they were stopped by the Western Demon Lord.
This continued until the seventh day, when the demon lords’ complaints grew louder. Three of the demon lord generals couldn’t wait any longer, and enlisted a small group from the army to move about freely. The other demon lords showed signs of following suit.
As soon as the fighting began, the Demon King’s side had no more deserters or traitors. Everyone was ready to fight to the death. Under the circ.u.mstances, the barrier around the main palace hall was withdrawn and the Demon King walked out in full vigor. There was no sign of injury or weakness on him.
Seeing the Demon King come out, Zhong Shuo and Hua Fei Hua, who were waiting outside, were elated. Bai Yang was the only one who remained calm. He had all the inside information, after all.
“Your Highness, are you okay?” Zhong Shuo, being a blunt person, asked directly.
The Demon King said, “I only had a minor injury, but after focusing on resting these past few days, I have recovered fully.”
Bai Yang looked at his indifferent face, and silently called him a dirty liar.
“That’s fantastic!” Hua Fei Hua said.
“Let’s go. We have a war to win.”
The Demon King lightly threw out a phrase and led the way outside of the city.
Bai Yang and the rest followed.
Zhong Shuo and Hui Fei Hua seemed nervous the whole time, but Bai Yang remained calm, acting a little nervous for appearance’s sake. If he didn’t hide his confidence at all, it would elicit suspicion, and the Demon King would think he wasn’t keeping his secret.
The situation proceeded in a way that no one expected. The Demon King went to fight in the battle, raising the army’s morale. The Western Demon Lord’s army was already prepared, but difference in opinions led to infighting. The traitorous army hastily met the attack, to hurry and deal with the enemy.
Just as the fight was in full swing, the Western Demon Lord summoned the other lords to plan the siege. However, the ten lords were killed during the meeting, and their heads were displayed to show their surrender.
Everyone was stupefied.
Both forces were equal, so no one knew who would come out on top. Then, the Western Demon Lord, all of a sudden, for no reason, killed ten demon lords and surrendered.
What was even stranger was that the Demon King accepted his surrender, but the Western Demon Lord said he was guilty of sin, was not worthy of the king, and committed suicide…
Committed suicide…
Committed suicide…
Yes, he slit his throat on the spot.
It was on the same level of logic as slapstick comedy!
No one could understand this reasoning, and only Bai Yang knew this was the work of someone at the very top.
Soon, outsiders began to gossip that, when the Demon King locked himself in the main palace hall for three days, he was actually inflicting some strange magic on the Western Demon Lord that turned him into a puppet, completely obedient to the Demon King. The rumors spread, becoming more and more vicious, and the Demon King in those rumors became someone with strange, unimaginably powerful magic.
Listening to those rumors, Bai Yang felt the Almighty Demon King had already become someone akin to the G.o.ds in the sky, completely omnipotent. However, it could also be part of the Demon King’s plan to make his image so strikingly powerful, no one would dare to betray or revolt against him.
Almighty Demon King, hitting two birds with one stone! Beautifully done!
Bai Yang realized again that the Demon King is not the brainless person that he appeared to be in front of Bai Yang, but an ambitious schemer who killed decisively, without feeling, and did what had to be done.
Thinking about it, Bai Yang was a little scared.
Once he was facing someone he had no control over, he subconsciously wanted to run away, like he did with Luo Jian Feng and Hua Fei Hua. The less interactions, the better. With the Demon King, it would be better to completely avoid him.
After the situation resolved, he wanted to go back to the human realm, but not everything goes as one plans.
With the battle won, the Almighty Demon King had to award people.
He raised the ranks of those who showed loyalty and utility in battle, and lowered any he thought unbefitting of their rank. He, without restraint, removed anyone hesitant in their loyalty to him.
With so many people removed or defected to the Western Demon Lord’s side, there were many vacant spots in both army and government positions. There needed to be people to look over the ten demon lord’s territories, but those sites were far away, at the border. The Demon King handed military border control to Zhong Shuo and stationed him there.
With him gone, the guard captain position in the capital became vacant.
That position is very important. The captain of the guard was in charge of the capital’s safety, and was also the head guard in the palace. So the Demon King could rest easily, he couldn’t put anyone untrustworthy in that position.
Who could possibly fill such a role?
The Demon King didn’t announce it on the spot, and Bai Yang didn’t bother to ask as he had no interest in rewards like that. All he wanted was to return to the Human Realm to see the Male Lead. So he became the calmest and most indifferent of anyone there.
That night, he had no reason to sleep at the Palace of Eternal Darkness, so he returned to his own manor.
Bai Yang had the feeling that some things would never change. For example, the men and women in his harem are always trying to seduce him.
Whenever he returned, there would always be some peerless beauty waiting to embrace him. He was already a little scared, and often made excuses not to stay home. However, he couldn’t avoid it forever. Once he went home, all of his concubines would, with red eyes, demand an explanation.
“My lord, do you not like us anymore?” Beauties would weep in rows, like pear blossoms stained with water.
In an instant, Bai Yang’s head pounded. He admired those ancient emperors or whoever had their hands in a few honey jars. How did they cope? Where did they get the energy?
That one would find you to cry, the other one complains, Bai Yang was already exhausted. Even if he slept with a beauty everyday, he’d still wouldn’t be able to get through them all. Wouldn’t his body be hollowed out? Would his kidney be okay?
Before, Xie Ze Tian would make excuses to not sleep with them, and those who were chased away wouldn’t complain. But now, after such a long time, everyone had a collection of grievances in their hearts. The harem, who were rarely united, gathered together and demanded an explanation.
According to Xie Ze Tian’s character, affection was so second nature, he couldn’t ignore it and would probably just sleep with one.
Bai Yang’s head hurt to the extreme.
Let’s say he did sleep with them. It wasn’t impossible. Bai Yang was a normal man, so he wasn’t indifferent to those beauties.
He was ready to just find one who was pleasing to the eye and seemed to have a soft personality to sleep with. Just as he was considering his options, he heard someone’s voice echo from inside, saying that the Demon King’s reward had arrived.
Bai Yang abandoned the group of men and women and ran out to accept it. His harem, unsatisfied, followed him to the front yard. Like a stampede of horses, they were quite the sight.
In the front yard, several armed soldiers carried over large boxes.
The leader was reading off the names of his rewards. They were mostly calligraphy, art, gold, treasures and the like.
The Demon King was generous. Even with such a large amount of money, he gave it away without hesitation.
There was a sedan behind the box. It was luxurious looking, ta.s.sels swaying on it’s four corners and the front curtain embroidered with blossoming flowers. It looked like a sedan for a woman.
Bai Yang, curious, asked, “Who’s inside?”
The leader smiled and said, “You can come out now.”
The curtain parted and the person inside stepped out. The people present all thought the same thing—What a stunning beauty!
“My Lord, this small one is called Qing He.” The beauty walked with elegance to Bai Yang and bent his waist into a small bow.
It must be said that this Qing He’s beauty was one rarely seen. When he emerged, it was as though a bright light was shining, and all other flowers in the yard disappeared.
If anyone else were to see such a beauty, they’d say that the Demon King really favored Xie Ze Tian. To give him such a gorgeous man, Xie Ze Tian was blessed.
Yet, Bai Yang felt things weren’t so simple.
“Xiao Ling, why did the Demon King suddenly give me a beauty?”
Xiao Ling: “Maybe it’s because you keep on hara.s.sing him, so he was annoyed and sent a companion to put out your fire.”
Bai Yang: “… When have I ever hara.s.sed him?”
“You’ve touched him so many times, and you still say you haven’t?”
“At most, that was teasing! When have I s.e.xually hara.s.sed him? Do you even know how to speak? Besides, isn’t it because of that Daily Task you systems made!” Bai Yang was furious.
What’s the difference between teasing and s.e.xual hara.s.sment?” Xiao Ling countered.
Bai Yang: “…”
As soon as Qing He appeared, the rows of weeping beauties begging for Bai Yang’s attention went silent, because they knew, whether in appearance or origins, they couldn’t compare to Qing He.
Since Qing He had just arrived, Xe Ze Tian, as the owner, must be intrigued. Look! Xie Ze Tian’s eyes are staring so hard they’re becoming crossed eyed (actually, he’s in a daze because he’s discussing with Xiao Ling why the Demon King would send him a beauty.)
Those living in the back palace could read the atmosphere well. When they saw Qing He’s beauty, and Xie Ze Tian’s focused gaze, they knew Xie Ze Tian would be spending the night with Qing He. Thus, everyone reluctantly bowed and flew away like birds.