90 The Head Maid and the Ex-Empress

(1 out of 2 chapters of this week)

"One of the Elder Talismans just got destroyed. Are there some elders away?" Xiao Long looked at the barrier wall which appeared in front of him.

He was confused, he didn't order any of the elders to leave. The only force that is away is the Occupation force which has a different set of Talismans.

The Young Master quickly checked the serial numbers of the talismans.

It was number 3…

"...Lingxi?"

The Young Master murmured with disbelief.

"Husband? Is everything alright?" Xia Qingyue entered the house from the outside. They were on paradise island. After all, the Young Master spends several hours with his family every day.

So one of his wives was concerned when he didn't come back.

"...Lingxi's talisman just shattered. Something has happened."

He said with a serious tone. His clothes swiftly changed as he proceeded to walk outside.

"Talisman? You mean the one that we have to notify the Sect if anything has happened to us?"

"The very same one." He nodded at her though he didn't stop walking.

"Stay here and watch over the kids. I will be back soon."

His cultivation surged as he blasted off towards the exit of Paradise Island.

Xia Qingyue looked at his leaving form. She was wondering what was going on. Aren't they supposed to occupy the Demon Continent with minimal difficulty? How did the Head Maid get involved?

With a deep sigh, she walked back to the beach where a pair of two-year-olds were snoozing in a bed under a tree.

A small smile crept on her lips as she walked over to their side.

"Qingyue, where is the husband?" Cang Yue asked as she sensed Xiao Long flying off.

"He has some things to do, he should return to us shortly."

"...Hmm, Okay."

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The Young Master returned to his workshop and checked the main archives.

A short relieved sigh escaped his lips as he saw that profound energy signature was replaced by the number 3 talisman. He quickly ran a search in the archives.

Her signature was replaced with Yun Xiao.

This means Yun Xiao has died!?

"...This is… more believable."

The adopted Yun was a Late Throne. Many things could kill him on this continent.

"Where is your Head Maid?" Xiao Long asked the current maid who is maintaining his workshop.

"...Umm… according to the schedule, she should be in Your Palace, Young Master."

He slowly nodded as his gaze went towards where the Palace was. His senses went there.

'She is not there… If I am betting man then she is purging whoever killed Yun Xiao.'

"Call my Battle Maids. I need people for this."

"Yes! As you wish."

The maid quickly pulled out her communication talisman and notified the Battle Maids.

In the meantime, Xiao Long checked his inventory. There were some pills, formation markers, spare Profound Cores and other things that would be needed if he is to do an investigation.

A few short minutes later his battle maids arrived.

"Young Master? You asked us?"

"Yes. Follow me, we are going to figure out what is going on."

As he said that he left the workshop and proceeded to fly out. The girls followed right after him.

"What happened?"

"Lingxi's nephew was killed."

"!"

The air instantly got tense. There was steel determination flashing through their eyes. The girls will help in any way they can.

The head maid's only remaining blood relative was dead. This is enough reason to purge!

Not that they needed to do much. Xiao Lingxi had a big head start.

By the time they arrived at the Imperial City, they had heard the news of a disturbance in Yun and Helian's family.

The Head Maid caused a commotion in the Yun Family, bringing the corpse of one of the members.

Then she killed the Patriarch of the Helian family and the eldest son, appointing the Second Elder as the next head.

After that, she flew away somewhere.

"Young Master…"

Mu Lingxue got his attention. There was some concern in her voice.

The Fairy thought that the Head Maid was making too many choices. It even feels that Xiao Lingxi is overstepping her boundaries.

"She is purging people from families that have obedience pills.

By the Sect rules. People who have consumed the pill can be killed for the slightest of provocations or suspicion. The pills are not omnipotent. One can still disobey its will in a roundabout way." Xiao Long explained to the fairy with a plain voice. He was thinking about what to do next.

The most obvious choice in this situation is Duke Huai Palace. The Duke himself was still alive.

The man should still have ambitions even if his father is dead. The Duke was raised to be an ass.

"I understand. In that case, what is our next objective?" The Sword Fairy asked him.

"From the information we have gathered earlier, Duke Huai was the one who organised the rebellion. However, this situation could be different.

The man looked like a crafty one and not dumb enough to oppose someone who has absolute power."

The Young Master explained with a strained smile. He might be giving too much credit to that man.

Regardless, they flew over to his Palace a few minutes later. They wanted to ask a few questions.

But what they found was Xiao Lingxi Profound Energy. The Palace was on fire. The Head Maid was watching it.

"Lingxi…"

As the group landed on the ground the maid slowly turned her head and looked at her Master.

"I…Am sorry."

"...silly girl…" He sighed and walked over to his head maid. Sure enough, the girl started to cry her heart out.

He once again sighed. It appears this is the second time he has to do it.

'Is it just me or her family line is somewhat cursed or something? The same could be said about the Yun Family. Those guys just can't get a break.'

"...Is he dead?"

"...yes *Sniff* they all are dead!"

"...and why are you burning the Palace? We could reuse it." The Young Master sighed when he saw the Palace on fire.

"...I didn't think about that."

She answered with an embarrassed blush.

'This is why I don't allow women on solo missions. They can't get too emotional.'

*Sigh*

"Fine. Whatever, next time tell me what you are doing. I won't repeat myself."

She turned stiff when he spoke with a commanding voice.

"Y-Yes, I understand."

After looking at the Palace for a bit he picked up Lingxi and proceeded to fly back to the Sect.

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The Head Maid didn't let go of Xiao Long, so they ended up in his room.

The Young Master remembered what happened the last time she cried like this.

It leads to a lot of lovemaking.

"...Young Master. Is it possible to bring Yun Xiao back to life? He doesn't deserve to die like this."

"You do know the process requires a lot of power and I haven't brought someone to live below Divine Way."

She nodded sadly at him.

"C-Can we try at least? I know you can't bring him back, but at least give him a second chance at life?"

He sighed when he heard that.

"Maybe. I can see what I can do about that. Once we enter into the Divine Way we will return to cultivation so I can start recharging the Reincarnation Wheel."

"...This is good enough for me."

As she said that she started to undress.

"Now~ Master~ why don't your Head Maid service you today~?"

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Huan Caiyi sighed to herself as she looked through the window.

This place has a multitude of strange buildings. Artefacts are seamlessly added to them.

Since they are on floating islands, the amount of land they have is limited. Not that it makes much sense to her.

The Supreme Island is a massive waste of space from her understanding. But Xiao Island has to conserve space as it's the Main City.

So they started to build upwards. Just like that the buildings became tall.

"When is he coming back? It has been three days now." The Ex-Empress was left in Sect as he went to see his family.

No surprise that he has wives and concubines. There was no surprise on her part that he had children already.

What surprised her was that he was keeping his women on a different island. Separated by barriers, the surprise is that the island is very special.

The curious Ex-Empress inspected the island from a distance. It was like nothing like she had seen before.

She can't see through it and it has a lot of water. The whole place was like a floating piece of flowing water.

Some part of her wants to see what that island is all about. But there are a few blocks in her way.

Eventually, he did come back.

"...I thought you would go to the Cultivation Tower and cultivate there."

He asked her with a curious look. Did she spend the whole time here?

"...You told me to stay here." Huan Caiyi reminded him of his last command to her.

This was where he smiled at her. It appears she is quite an obedient girl. That's a good trait.

"Indeed, I did and you obeyed my command."

She frowned when she heard that. Crossing her arms.

"Why shouldn't I do that? I am not stupid enough to disobey. I have no idea what you could do to me or my subjects." The Ex-Empress explained with an annoyed look.

"Tell that to Helian and Duke Huai. The pair of idiots assassinated Yun Xiao."

"!!!"

For a second she lost her composure as she didn't believe it. Though she quickly recovered in just a few short moments. Before an angry frown returned to her beautiful face.

"Don't worry. Xiao Lingxi dealt with them. Duke Huai Palace is gone. The Helian family have lost their Patriarch and the Heir. A new one was appointed."

Huan Caiyi stiffly nodded when she heard the aftermath. It was good? Not that she has an opinion on this. If she was still in charge she would force all the traitors to take her slave mark. Except for Yun and Mu's family. Just to make sure.

But, she is not in charge. So she has no opinion on this matter.

"I see. What now?" She asked him after a moment of silence.

"That depends on you. I have all the time in the world. You on the other hand don't."

Her frown returned. Now he is just rubbing it.

"Depends on me? Aren't I, your toy? A toy shouldn't have an opinion on such matters."

He rolled his eyes at her.

"And a toy shouldn't be a living thing in the first place. It's a subjective speech. You should learn not to take things so seriously."

"...You conquered my continent. How am I not supposed to take it seriously?" She replied with a snappy tone.

"...*Sigh*"

"Fine, fine. Miss Serious Caiyi."

He motioned her to follow him. The Ex-Empress followed him without a comment. She was by all means a seriously obedient 'toy' of his.

The pair walked to his workshop.

This was the second time Huan Caiyi was in this place.

This place confirmed the fact that all the artefacts and unique items he made came from here.

"First I am going to open all your Profound Entrances. I want to see if it will affect you and your power."

Her eyes bulged out. He can do that!?

"Indeed I can. I can do this for many years and more than 80% of my Sect have such veins."

The girl's body shivered from such a discovery! This Sect is mad! Just how talented are they!?

"Now relax and allow this energy to flow through your body."

His voice whispered into her ear as she felt him placing his hand on her back and then warm energy entered her and started to spread through her whole body.

This was nothing like her Crow Flame heat which feels like shredding everything in its path.

Instead it soothes her body and allows her to relax.

Yet, she didn't relax as excitement followed her. Huan Caiyi can feel Profound Entrances starting to open up one after another.

"You have not bad inborn talent. Mixed with Crow Blood you could reach that Peak Monarch, if not for the fact such flames cutting your life away each time you use it."

"..."

She didn't comment on that, instead, the girl was sitting patiently and waiting for him to finish.

Several hours later, it was done.

The Ex-Empress checked her hands. Inspecting the flow of Profound Energy.

'The flow is continuous and without any obstacles. This means I will burn myself less while using the Crow Flames.'

This was the conclusion she came up with after feeling the flow of Profound Energy.

"Do you like that?" He asked from behind her.

"...Yes. You are incredibly talented to have such power." She said with an honest voice.

"In a way. Now the question is if you want to continue."

This question confused her for a bit.

"Do what you want. It's not that I can make you do anything."

*Sigh*

"You such a difficult case. I thought you wanted 'power'. So you will cooperate more."

"..."

"I wanted power to rule my Continent. But now that it has been taken from me there is no reason to do anything."

"Oh, I understand."

He crossed his arms and proceeded to explain to her once and for all.

"My Sect is a fusion of several powers. Xiao Clan, Feng Clan, Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace, Supreme Ocean Palace. We have Seven Empires and the remaining Sacred Grounds under us as well.

Depending on their uses and personalities these previous powers have a say in the Sect. We give Elder positions to these people if they want to be part of the Sect.

Do you want your Illusory Demon Continent to have a voice in this?"

To his explanation, the Ex-Empress slowly nodded.

"...I see. As long as my people are not abused by the Sect. I am willing to… cooperate."

He rolled his eyes. This game, while interesting at first, is getting annoying with that stubbornness.

"I thought women cared about their looks. Don't you want to reach your full potential? Or do you want to continue to be an unruly barbarian?

Why do I even bother?"

Xiao Long started to employ different types of tactics…

This affected her!

Her body trembled and her red eyes glowed in anger.

"Barbarian? YOU! I am the most beautiful woman this continent has seen in many years!"

"...and? So a beautiful barbarian?"

Her body trembled from anger when she heard that,

"Fine. If you say so. What do you want me to do?" She asked with narrowed eyes. Huan Caiyi will show him some class! No one will call her barbarian!

"Good. Finally cooperating properly."

"Hmph!"

"Come with me."

They walked over to the bookshelf section where scrolls are located.

"I am going to teach you some fire control arts. Since you don't have Crow Arts. These arts should give you more control over your fire. Even when you get the blood and the crow arts this will be useful in general."

For a second she looked at the scrolls and then at him.

There was a thin almost self-mocking smile on her lips.

"I can't gain Golden Crow Blood or its arts. My body will explode from the excess of Yang energy. We talked about this before."

"You can't now, but in the future, it's a different thing."

Her eyes widened for a bit. What was he talking about?

To answer the question that she was about to tell him he summoned ice and fire at the same time.

"My Sect Arts. The Yin and Yang Equilibrium and the Physique one can develop allows one to wield opposite elements.

This physique will be extremely potent for you as it will balance out the extremities. The Crow's blood inside of you extreme Yang. If you develop the physique it will evolve into Extreme Yin as well. The imbalance inside of you will automatically balance out and you shall be healed."

Huan Caiyi dumbly looked at him. What he said just now sounds like a fairy tale. An art like that even exists!?

"What kind of crazy technique is this? You said it can be learned?"

Xiao Long nodded at her.

"And you are my next step in perfecting it." He finally opened up with a small smile.

"What do you mean?"

"You hold the extremity of one element. In truth, you even go beyond that. I have scanned your Profound Energy several times.

It goes beyond extreme Yang. Golden Crow Fire is destruction incarnated. It's so dangerous that people who have it get hurt and die young.

It's the perfect stimulus for me to push my art to the next stage and learn Destruction and Creation."

'So that's how it is… why I am his 'toy', he wanted me…'

Learning this made her feel somewhat better about herself.

"...Fine…what are the requirements? How do I start this cultivation? And how do you fall into this?" She asked him a series of questions. After all, she is the one who needs to cultivate. How will he learn anything from her?

Instead of answering he lifted his hand and his finger touched her forehead.

That moment he transferred the whole art. The Dual Cultivation of Yin and Yang. This includes the support arts, the physique manual and the Equilibrium arts.

For several moments she didn't say anything. Instead, she just closed her eyes and processed the art.

"...I see… who came up with this thing? This is 'justified' degeneracy. Yet, it gives so much power as you refine the essences of one another." She said with narrowed eyes. Her red eyes were looking at him with a serious gaze.

"I did when fairies were thrown at me. I practised Fire and they practised Ice. From there on I developed this art."

"Hmm…" She pondered on this for a moment. It is hard to believe. Not that she can protest… or has reason to.

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