Qin Houzi
For the next few days, this news spread like wildfire among the bandits.
All of them had their own thoughts regarding the matter.
Yet none of them sympathized with Han Mu. They were all bandits with no sense of brotherhood. The only thing they shared was the common status of Qin Houzi's slave. If not for his orders which prevented infighting, they would already at each other's throats.
Currently, all of them were waiting to see Qin Houzi's reaction. It would surely be a good drama.
Speaking of Qin Houzi, he was currently in closed-door cultivation. Deep inside their base, they had found a spirit pond that was almost twice in size as the others and had more concentration of spiritual energy.
Ripples ran across the pond, as the reflection of a furious mating session could be seen on it.
Sitting on top of his oversized bed, Qin Houzi's naked body was moving on top of a female cultivator, releasing bestial sounds in the process.
The female was extremely pretty, but her eyes didn't seem to have any emotions.
There were similarly twelve other females who were lying with a dazed look in their eyes.
A pink aphrodisiac mist was surrounding the place which intoxicated all of the females and turned them into mindless sex dolls.
"Ugh!"
He let out a low shout as he reached his orgasm. The body of the female beneath him trembled and her face grew pale. It was as if something was being sucked out of her.
Looking at the females who were dripping with his cum, he revealed a satisfactory smile.
Shoving the naked body aside, he sat in a lotus position and started to refine the Yin essence he had absorbed from the females.
His white fur and pale face started to glow with a golden light. The sharp metallic sheen on it made him look like a golden sculpture. But if one looked closely, they would see that the sculpture had a little bit of silver light.
Originally a White Mountain Ape, he was just a demonic beast of the forest. His bloodline wasn't strong enough to let him take human shape. It was only after he accidentally devoured the corpse of a lightning serpent, that he gained intelligence and started walking the path of body refining.
Unfortunately, along with the lightning inheritance, he also inherited the lustful nature of serpents. The increase in libido gave him a headache as he felt like mating all day. However, he quickly accepted his new nature and even started to practice a dual cultivation merit law.
Finally, after an hour he refined all the Yin essence in his body. The glow surrounding his body also faded.
"Hu~ I need better and more furnaces. These sluts barely provide anything…" he looked at the women with cold eyes.
Standing up, he dressed in a blue battle robe and strode out of the room.
His cold look immediately vanished and was replaced by a warm smile.
The man was very short. His face was very ugly and thick black fur covered his body. It was a typical case of a demonic beast trying to take human form but being stuck midway due to various reasons.
"Greetings, leader Qin."
Seeing Qin Houzi, he stood up to greeted him with a smile.
"Hei Diao, we are old friends. Is there really a need to keep such formality between friends?"
The man called Hei Diao felt warm in his heart. Their friendship dated back when the two of them were just beasts. Even after Qin Houzi achieved demonhood, they still retained their friendship and the latter even helped his friend cultivate as a demon. Whenever Hei Diao thought of this, his mind would fill with emotions.
"Friend or not, you are still my boss. So, whenever I visit you for official matters, I must show this much respect to you."
"This again!" Qin houzi sighed. They already had this discussion multiple times. "Then tell me, vice leader, did you bring this week's report?"
"Un. Here, take this."
Hei Diao passed him a jade slip. Putting it on his forehead, Qin Houzi scanned it. Immediately he got the reports of the weekly income from the spirit pond, protection fees extorted from the local vendors and inn owners.
"Here are the spirit stones of this weeks." He handed over an interspatial ring to him. "A total of 30,000 spirit stones."
Qin Houzi didn't check the amount. They were brothers and brothers must have this much trust between them.
"Any news of that runaway furnace?"
Hei Diao firmly shook his head. "No. All the people that we sent to track her returned empty-handed. The only thing we can do now is to take the help of a divination master."
"There's no need." Qin Houzi raised his hand. "That day, three months ago when she managed to sneak off as a man. Two of the bandits caught sight of her and gave chase. Unfortunately, it led to their death. Whatever it is that killed them, would've also not spared her."
"But I don't understand how did she escape your seal?"
"She must've used the core energy of the jade core to break it. Anyway, let's not talk about her. Tell me what's been happening recently?"
Hei Diao told him about the recent events happening in the valley and the bandit group which led to him talking about the Tianlong and Han Mu's fight.
"Oh, something like that happened?"
"Hm, many people saw that. Yet, none of those bastards did anything to stop them!" He understood what was going through their mind. Yet he couldn't rebuke them since a lot of people were involved.
"Hahaha…" Instead of getting angry, Qin Houzi started to laugh. "Did that old fellow finally lost his composure? Well, he lost his master, got his foundation damaged and was dishonourably enslaved. Sooner or later, he was bound to break his character!" He continued to laugh in a carefree manner.
"Since the two of them broke this rule, they must be punished. What should we do with them?"
"What should we do? …well, nothing!" Qin Houzi replied.
"What? …Why?"
"My dear friend, just think about it. With how forthright the character of Zhan Damian is, someone like him would never leave his enemy alive. Yet, he didn't kill Han Mu but rather captured him." Looking at his friend with a slight smile, he asked, "Tell me, what does it mean?"
Hei Diao pondered his words for a long time. Gradually understanding dawned on him and he clapped his hands in delight. "He is starting to submit to you! If it was the Zhan Damian of before, he would've straight up killed him without caring for any rules and regulations. Why don't we suppress him and make him completely submit to us?"
"Nope!" Qin Houzi firmly denied his friend. "A man like him would never submit to force, you'll have to take a different stance while dealing with him…
"Give others a false impression that you've dealt with him, while in reality just lock him up for few days. This will give others a warning and they'll follow the rules strictly. When Han Mu wakes up, he'll also be under a false impression and won't feel wrong. As for Zhan Damian, he'll understand our goodwill and will feel gratitude."
Hei Diao's eyes glittered. "It's like killing three birds with one stone! My friend, you are the wisest man person I've ever met!"
Although he appreciated the praise, Qin Houzi didn't let anything express on his face. "Hmph! Enough with the praises. Tell me how's your cultivation going? It's a shame that you aren't a body refiner. Otherwise, I would have given a few drops of my essence blood."
"We both know that my body isn't suitable for body refining."He showed an embarrassed smile."But don't worry! I have already refined the Jade core that you gave me. My cultivation would reach the mid-stages of Yin Yang Cleansing in just a few years. Hehe, and when I do, we'll capture all those sluts from the Great serpent sect and turn them into your playthings."
Qin Houzi didn't refute his friend as he also felt the same urge multiple times. However, their strength was almost similar to the bandits. So an all-out fight would only lead to mutual destruction. Unless he could capture their mistress Lu Yan, he wouldn't dare to call an all-out war.
He also knew that just like he wanted to turn Lu Yan into her furnace, she also wanted to do the same. Their similar battle strength is what stopped them from taking any action against each other.
The two of them continued to chat among themselves for a long time.