Devil’s Palace, pleasant cooperation

The southern people decide to clean up the fire in the passageway. But, will Demon Lord not expect this?

How fast could the southern people clean up the fire? How fast could Demon Lord's people put more firewood? The southern people cleared up the fire in front of them because the branches n the passageway were only a few. However, behind those branches in front of them, the wind kept blowing the firewood. As time goes by, the more they tried to clean up the branches in the passageway, the more it gets harder… …

Not only that, because of Demon Lord's people great and smooth movements, it attracted the people of the emperor. And so, the emperor's people also came close with large troops and cavalry.

Demon Lord's people discovered the emperor's coming from afar, but they didn't move at all. They just did what they must to do and didn't put those soldiers in their eyes.

*Clack, clack* The footsteps were getting closer and closer. The emperor's people don't seem to have the intention to hide their movements. It shows that the other party was tempting them.

Soon, Demon Lord's people came into their sight, but their facial expression could not be read.

The barriers between the two sides were clear. The leader in command, his eyes flashed with murderous intent. He held his sword and ready himself to pull it out, but… …

When he approached and saw Demon Lord, he immediately put away his killing intent: "It turned out to be Demon Lord, I have heard of your great reputation. And today, I finally see you."

The relationship between the palace court and the rivers and lakes was not as good as outsiders think. The palace court has connection everywhere throughout the country. Even the Tiancang Pavilion was more or less working for the palace court for them to keep their face. However, the Devil's palace has no connection to the palace court at all.

Demon Lord was part of the rivers and lakes, but he was more like a free man. He was not controlled by the rivers and lakes. He doesn't intervene in their movements. He kills people without hesitation, but he only kills the bad guys.

In the eyes of the people in the rivers and lakes, Demon Lord was neither good nor evil. He was not a good man, but also not a bad man. Compared with those evil men walking on the road, he was much better.

In just a few years, Demon Lord's Devil Palace has been built. He has a force that cannot be ignored, so no one has provoked him.

In the eyes of everyone, the Devil Palace was as strange as Demon Lord. The Devil's Palace and Demon Lord has its own style. They don't work to please the palace court. They just focused on doing business and earning money with their ability, which was very different from the rivers and lakes style of assassinating people.

Which made the Devil's palace existence special in the rivers and lakes. Although some people don't like the existence Devil Palace, they can't find a reason to destroy it. Because although they were called devil, they don't kill people who are not evil.

This principle also makes things hard for the palace court. Although the palace court was annoyed about the fact that they couldn't intervene with Devil's palace's business, they couldn't find a reason to take a shot with them.

The Devil's palace has a secure position. They've been expanding in these past few years. However, the current Devil's Palace was still not comparable to the imperial merchants, so the palace court didn't put them in their eyes so seriously.

The Leader in command had never seen Demon Lord, but he was familiar with his iconic getup. No one in the rivers and lakes dared to pretend to be Demon Lord, because those people who pretended to be him all died.

Although the Devil Palace has no good relationship with the palace court, it also has no bad relationship with them. Right now, the emperor's people took the initiative to talk to Demon Lord. Demon Lord didn't make things difficult for them, but he didn't nod nor greet them.

The Leader in command doesn't feel neglected. Although it was his first time to meet Demon Lord, he knew Demon Lord was proud and indifferent. And he can see it with his own eyes.

After the leader in command greeted Demon Lord, he asked around Demon Lord's people what they were doing here.

The guard behind Demon Lord looked at Demon Lord. When he got his approval, he said: "The southern fifth prince, Nannuo Li are hiding inside. We came here to catch him."

The guard then pointed his finger towards the entrance of the stone door: "That is the entrance and exit. We have fewer people, so it's inconvenient for us to confront them head-on. We decide to use fire instead."

"The Southern Fifth Prince, he is really here?" The leader in command's eyes widens in shock.

This was great, this was a great opportunity.

"If the southern fifth prince isn't here, why would we go to the mountains in the middle of the night? To soak ourselves in the pond and have fun?" Demon Lord said with a bad tone. The leader in command didn't get angry. He continued to ask: "May I ask why his lord and men came looking for the southern fifth prince?"

"Our Lord has personal grievances towards the fifth prince. Daren, you can rest assured, our Lord will not cause you trouble. Once we catch the fifth prince, we will leave immediately. We will not hinder your work. Of course, it's best if Daren could hide the fact that we came here."

Demon Lord's people made it clear that they were only after Nannuo Li for personal grievances and will not hinder the emperor's people job. They even pointed out that they were willing to give all the credits to them. But, the emperor's people must help them cover their visit.

This matter is a win-win solution. The emperor's people couldn't disagree. After this, they can meet the emperor and report this case without a problem.

The two sides happily reached an agreement. The emperor's people have a large number of people. Demon Lord's people kindly ask for their support. The emperor's people didn't bother to refuse.

The cooperation between the two teams was definitely not a simple case. They didn't see any obvious change, but for the people in the underground. They instantly felt the pressure has doubled.

More and more fires fell from the passageway so that the people near the entrance couldn't breathe and couldn't see things well. A group of southern people was forced to wet their clothes and cover their mouth an nose.

"Ahem, ahem… What's going on? How did the smoke suddenly get thicker and thicker? If this continues, we might die in suffocation."

"The Eastern people are really cunning. They blocked the entrance and trying to kill us with smoke."

At this time, the southern people found out that the eastern people were not trying to burn them, but instead, suffocating them with smoke… …

"Your Highness, the other party has a lot of people, they seemed to have been prepared. We can't go on like this." Some older people, that can't withstand the smoke, came back to find Nannuo Li and reported.

Nannuo Li was in the back. He was relatively in a safe place. However, he built this underground palace, so he can't be unaware of their situation

Originally, their life-saving underground palace now becomes their grave. If they don't go out as soon as possible, they will be suffocated to death.

Seeing the situation ahead, Nannuo Li knew that they couldn't just sit idly. They must save themselves.

"Fifty people, go and wet our clothes, then rushed into the passageway." Nannuo Li was planning to use his people to clear the way. After all, this was the only way they can use now.

As soon as Nannuo Li's order fell, fifty people immediately came forward.

Everyone knows that these fifty people will be sent to death, but they have to fight. Otherwise, not only fifty people will die among them.

Soon, the fifty people jump into the water and wet their clothes. They also covered their body with a wet quilt. The wet quilt was heavy, but it will give them some protection. When they rushed to the fire, they will not die immediately… …