Lanling had guessed correctly. At this time, his reputation was far greater than imagined.
Within just a few months, everyone within several hundred li knew he had led the foreign army in rebellion, and had raped a chief’s wife.
Countless exiles all pricked up their ears, widened their eyes, and gathered at places not far from the Ghost Domain World, waiting for the great battle that could erupt at any moment.
Alfonso and Constantine’s thirty-thousand-strong allied army continuously surrounded and blockaded the Ghost Domain World.
They had never seen anyone come out from the Ghost Domain World, nor did they know when the great battle would erupt.
But without a doubt, once Lanling won the first battle against the allied army of the two tribes, the exiles who came to defect would swarm in.
The Flame Demon Tribe would expand rapidly.
And after Ninian became the Little Barbarian King’s concubine, she also tried every means to understand Lanling’s Ghost Domain World.
Now, she had already gained some results, and wrote a letter to her father Constantine, stating that this Ghost Domain World might be an energy barrier of a Demon God relic. And the reason Lanling could lead the foreign army into the Ghost Domain World was very likely because he had already cracked this energy barrier.
In the letter, Ninian said she was working hard to find a way to crack the Ghost Domain World’s energy barrier.
Moreover, she said the Little Barbarian King favoured her greatly, and would also help with this matter. And she also said she already had some clues at this time.
…
“How much money is needed to go to Rakshasa City to buy this Ghost King’s Eye?” Lanling asked.
The Mirror Demon King said: “At that time, the price at which that chief sold this Ghost King’s Eye was seventeen thousand gold coins. Now many years have passed, and besides, merchants everywhere are extremely greedy, so I think the price will not be lower than fifty thousand gold coins.”
This price was not considered high.
Even relative to its true value, it was shockingly low, because no one knew it was the Ghost King Great Emperor’s eye, and only thought it was an ordinary gemstone.
But the problem was, fifty thousand gold coins was a full ten thousand-plus jin, and would probably require a two-horse carriage to haul.
From here to Rakshasa City was a full several thousand li. Carrying over ten thousand jin of gold coins, it was fundamentally impossible to conceal one’s tracks. Now Lanling was a public enemy on Rakshasa territory. Moreover, this over ten thousand jin of gold coins was not a gift for the Rakshasa Barbarian King. Guaranteed, countless people would come to rob him.
So the best method was for Lanling to select a few treasures from the bottom of the dark lake to carry on his person, sell them in Rakshasa City, exchange them for sufficient gold coins, and then go buy the Ghost King’s Eye.
“Master, when you go to the Heaven Earth Pavilion in Rakshasa City, you must absolutely not say Ghost King’s Eye, but rather say Brilliant Star Tears.” The Mirror Demon King said: “Next, go to the bottom of the dark lake to select treasures.”
Lanling entered the cave and dived to the bottom of the dark lake.
Then, once again he was shocked by the mountain of gold and sea of silver here. In the massive pit at the bottom of the lake, gold coins were everywhere.
Lanling had already spent over a hundred thousand, but it still looked like there was much more.
“Mirror Demon King, do you really love gold and silver treasures that much?” Lanling asked.
“Yes.” The Mirror Demon King said.
“You cannot spend it either. Why do you want so much money?” Lanling asked.
The Mirror Demon King said: “Some kings clearly cannot sleep with them all, yet they collect hundreds or thousands of women in the palace. It is the same principle. I am your shadow, so of course I am also greedy.”
Next, Lanling began selecting treasures from this mountain of gold and sea of silver.
“Yes, this dagger.” The Mirror Demon King said.
Lanling picked it up to look. It was a pitch-black dagger, not heavy, not black gold. It looked worthless.
“This is a dagger forged from white gold. Its price is several times that of a black gold dagger.” The Mirror Demon King said: “It is just that its owner worried it would arouse covetousness, so he painted it black.”
Lanling said: “How much is this white gold dagger worth?”
The Mirror Demon King said: “If sold in the Silver Alliance, it is worth ten thousand gold coins, but in Rakshasa City it is only worth six thousand gold coins.”
Lanling could understand. Because Rakshasa City was more prosperous and materials were more abundant, the rarity of the white gold dagger decreased. In the human kingdom, this dagger was only worth around two to three thousand-plus gold coins.
Next, Lanling continued selecting treasures.
“It is this box.” The Mirror Demon King said: “Pick it up and open it!”
This was an ordinary wooden box. Lanling opened it.
Inside was a white pellet, looking like a large pearl, nothing particularly rare.
“This is the Fleeting Year Pill. I do not know exactly how much it is worth.” The Mirror Demon King said: “Because it completely depends on whether someone needs it. If someone needs it, it is worth more than forty to fifty thousand gold coins. If no one needs it, it might not even be worth ten thousand gold coins.”
“Fleeting Year Pill? What effect does it have?” Lanling asked.
“After taking it, you become twenty years younger.” The Mirror Demon King said.
Lanling immediately exclaimed. So heaven-defying. Then it was worth more than a hundred thousand gold coins.
The Mirror Demon King said: “But the price is a lifespan shortened by ten years.”
A lifespan shortened by ten years, in exchange for becoming twenty years younger.
It was truly hard to say whether it was worth it or not. Clearly, only women would buy it.
For some women, beauty and youth were everything. So how much it sold for truly depended on opportunity.
However, that there was actually something like the Fleeting Year Pill in the barbarian world was something never seen in the human kingdom.
Of course, all mysticism, pill pharmacy, and so on in the human world were monopolised by the Divine Dragon Temple. Very little flowed out to the human kingdom.
The Divine Dragon Temple had always been blockading knowledge about power, mysterious energy, and other such subjects.
Even including Lanling’s gunpowder, the Divine Dragon Temple had always wanted to completely blockade it.
In short, anything that could cause an impact to the Divine Dragon Temple, it wanted to completely blockade.
“Master, there is still a green box ahead. Go open it.” The Mirror Demon King said.
Lanling swam over, picked up the green box. After opening it, inside was only a bottle.
“What is this?” Lanling asked.
“Nirvana Blood.” The Mirror Demon King said.
Lanling said: “What use does it have?”
“It is used to change bloodlines.” The Mirror Demon King said: “Whether Divine Dragon subjects or demon subjects, their cultivation is determined by bloodline talent. The higher the bloodline talent, the higher the limit of cultivation. And some people are born of very noble birth, but their bloodline talent is very low. So they need this Nirvana Blood to change their bloodline talent.”
Lanling said: “So precious? Then why do I not keep it?”
The Mirror Demon King said: “My master, since you possess golden dragon blood and also golden demon blood, your bloodline is already the pinnacle of the world. What else needs to be changed?”
When these words came out, they truly startled Lanling.
Only now did he confirm his own bloodline.
The Dragon Flame Crystal had boiled the entire blood sea, the blood of countless Divine Dragon subjects, the blood of countless demons, refining out a few millilitres of golden bloodline, sealed within the Dragon Flame Crystal. After Suolun died, the Demon Star drilled into the Dragon Flame Crystal. These two kinds of golden bloodline flowed into Suolun’s corpse, not only letting it be reborn, but also reshaping his bloodline and body.
Lanling said: “I will keep it for my subordinates to use in the future.”
The Mirror Demon King said: “There is no need, because this Nirvana Blood only gives one chance to reshape the bloodline. It does not necessarily become better. It could possibly become very bad.”
So that was it. This was completely a matter of luck.
In fact, this Nirvana Blood was also extracted from a parasite within the bodies of ancient demons.
In ancient times, some very bizarre things happened to certain demon races. For example, a demon who clearly had extremely high talent suddenly became extremely mediocre overnight. And some mediocre people became incomparably talented and powerful overnight.
After research, it was discovered that these demons had a parasite within their bodies. After the blood within the parasite mingled with the blood within the demon’s body, it produced some kind of mysterious reaction that changed the bloodline.
Thus, the ancient demon race extracted Nirvana Blood from the bodies of these parasites.
Of course, countless years had passed. With the Divine Dragon and the Demon Great Emperor perishing together, the ancient demon race had also completely vanished into smoke.
Nirvana Blood, which was actually not very rare in ancient times, became extremely, extremely rare. Only occasionally could it be extracted from certain fossils.
And this bottle of Nirvana Blood from the Mirror Demon King was also already tens of thousands of years old. However, this thing never deteriorated.
“This bottle of Nirvana Blood, similarly, depends on whether someone needs it.” The Mirror Demon King said: “If you encounter someone who needs it, then no matter the price they will pay it. But if you sell it directly to a merchant, then probably not even one-tenth of the price.”
Lanling completely understood this point.
The Mirror Demon King said: “In fact, if your luck is good enough, just the money from selling the Fleeting Year Pill would already be sufficient to buy the Ghost King’s Eye, and might even yield much more. But to be safe, you should still bring these three treasures to ensure nothing goes wrong.”
Then, the Mirror Demon King joked: “If there is really no other way, you can still sell your Embrace Kiss.”
Lanling was startled. The so-called Embrace Kiss was biting someone.
It was similar to how the bloodsucking demon race bit others, turning them into bloodsucking demons too.
So, this world really did have an Embrace Kiss?
“Of course, I think there should not be many people who can endure your Embrace Kiss. Not only will they not transform, they will instead die.” The Mirror Demon King said.
…
Lanling bid farewell to Suomo and Dina.
“I need to make a trip to Rakshasa City to buy something.” Lanling said.
Immediately, Dina wanted to speak but stopped, wanting to say something yet not speaking it out.
Suomo said: “Must you go?”
Lanling said: “I must go. This thing concerns the victory or defeat of the great battle, the survival or destruction of the tribe.”
Suomo nodded. He did not say he would follow Lanling.
Because every day was crucial for the Flame Demon Tribe now. One of Lanling and Suomo must remain within the tribe.
“Fine, how long until you return?” Suomo asked.
“At most twenty-something days. I will definitely return before the battle begins.” Lanling said.
“While you are gone, I will definitely manage the tribe well.” Suomo said: “Then I will leave first, and not disturb you young couple.”
Then, Suomo walked out, and even carried away the sleeping little girl.
Inside the room, only Lanling and Dina remained.
After marrying Lanling, Dina underwent astonishing changes.
First, she became more beautiful. Her skin was actually as smooth as jade.
Second, her figure became even more devilish.
Finally, her martial arts became stronger.
That’s right. Her martial arts had inexplicably grown stronger, to the point that she herself was completely baffled.
This bastard Lanling had slept with many women after coming to the barbarian world. But whether it was Ninian, Second Madam Sisi, or Ali, they were all only as if poisoned, as if addicted.
Although they became more beautiful, their martial arts had not strengthened.
When sleeping with them, apart from being somewhat gentler with Dina, there was no difference. Recently when he slept with Ali, he was also very gentle.
If one had to say what was different, it was probably that when he went to bed with Dina, he was thinking about having children.
When sleeping with Ninian and Sisi, he was deliberately controlling himself internally. It was only the venting of desire, without wanting to bear children.
“Quick, quick give it to me, I cannot bear it…” Dina impatiently climbed on top.
Then, there was another bout of cloud and rain.
Half a shichen later, Dina lazily lay in Lanling’s embrace, speaking softly: “Husband, when you have time, go discipline Ali’s daughter. She is very improper.”
Lanling said: “What is wrong with her?”
Dina said: “Every day she is lazy and gluttonous. Moreover, she often speaks ill of you, and uses harsh words towards Ali, making Ali cry many times.”
Lanling frowned and said: “I do not have time to discipline her. You discipline her. If you truly cannot manage her, just lock her up directly, starve her for a few meals, whip her a few times.”
Dina was startled. This husband was truly heartless and ruthless towards outsiders.
Actually, Lanling had not finished his words. If not for considering Ali’s feelings, he felt that directly killing her would be even simpler.
Lanling said: “Nana, just now you seemed to want to say something, yet did not speak. Is there something to tell me?”
“No.” Dina said.
Actually, she did. And she was incomparably excited, incomparably joyful.
Because she was pregnant. But now Lanling was going to Rakshasa City, so she forcibly endured not saying it. She worried it would bring Lanling too much concern, distracting him in a place of tigers and wolves like Rakshasa City, leading to danger.
She decided that the moment Lanling returned, she would tell him this good news.
So before that, she would enjoy this almost exploding joy and happiness by herself alone.
She had finally got her wish. She was finally going to be a mother.
In the middle of the night, Lanling carried the three treasures, the white gold dagger, the Fleeting Year Pill, and Nirvana Blood, left the Ghost Domain World, slipped out through the gap between Constantine and Alfonso’s armies, and headed towards Rakshasa City to buy the Ghost King’s Eye.
…
Hearing Mentuoluo’s words, Princess Nasha’s gaze turned cold and she said: “Who do I resemble?”
“Suolun…” Mentuoluo said: “Suolun of the human kingdom.”
Princess Nasha said coldly: “Where is he? I will go kill him immediately. No one in this world is allowed to look like me.”
When these words came out, Mentuoluo was startled. She truly had not expected Princess Nasha to have this reaction.
Ordinary people, upon hearing that someone looked very much like them, would be filled with curiosity and affection.
Yet the Princess Nasha before her eyes directly harboured killing intent, wanting to ensure her uniqueness in this world.
“He was once the regent of the Nu Lang Kingdom, but he is already dead.” Mentuoluo said.
Princess Nasha said in astonishment: “That unlucky ghost and idiot who was killed by his wife?”
Mentuoluo said: “You know of him?”
“I do not remember the name, but I know there was such an unlucky ghost.” Princess Nasha said with cold-blooded mockery.
Then, killing intent appeared in her gaze and she said: “Do I really look very much like him?”
Mentuoluo said: “You are more beautiful and demonic than him, but between your brows and eyes, and in temperament, there is some resemblance. It is just that whether in temperament or looks, he was a figure at the pinnacle of the pyramid. Your looks and temperament are even more incomparable. So some similarities make people feel you look alike. After all, figures at the pinnacle of the pyramid are truly too few.”
“Do not mention him in the same breath as me.” Princess Nasha said coldly: “My father is the incomparably noble Prince Disha. Do not mention the name Suolun before me in the future. Every time you utter it once, I will kill you!”
“Yes.” Mentuoluo said.
But she faintly felt that this Princess Nasha’s origins were not simple.
The former Mentuoluo was also an extremely arrogant figure, incomparably overbearing.
But before this monstrosity Princess Nasha who had slaughtered a million people, she still instinctively lay low, feeling fear and submission.
Especially after being embraced and kissed by her, her energy and bloodline flowed within her body.
“Your Highness Princess, will you lead your army across the Hundred Thousand Mountains?” Mentuoluo asked.
Nasha said: “You want me to kill across?”
Mentuoluo nodded and said: “Yes, I hope you will exterminate the Nu Lang Kingdom and the Yan Empire completely.”
Princess Nasha’s gaze contracted, and she did not answer.
She also wanted to kill across. She had an incomparable craving for slaughter and conquest in her heart. Unfortunately, the Mota Great Emperor had issued an order that war must stop at the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and must not invade the human kingdom.
As for the reason? Princess Nasha did not know, but she faintly guessed that the Mota Empire and the Divine Dragon Temple might have some secret agreement.
The Mota Empire’s northern expansion had already stopped. Next was the southern expansion.
The target pointed directly at the Southern Wilderness.
Unfortunately, between the Northern Wilderness and the Southern Wilderness lay the Fallen Land of several thousand li.
The Fallen Land was tens of thousands of li long and several thousand li wide.
Legend said the Fallen Land was where the Divine Dragon and the Demon King perished together.
Throughout the entire Fallen Land, no life could survive, and no life could fly across. Legend said that even energy and light could not survive in the Fallen Land.
Therefore, to go to the Southern Wilderness, one had to take a ship by sea route.
However, along the way one had to pass through zones of shocking terrifying waves, and also pass through incomparably cold glacial zones.
Therefore, the Southern Wilderness and the Northern Wilderness were completely cut off from each other.
Currently, the Mota Empire could only dispatch a small number of people to carry out internal infiltration and internal subversion of the entire Southern Wilderness.
Up to now, the Mota Empire’s infiltration of the Southern Wilderness had already continued for twenty to thirty years.
“Mentuoluo, you have been embraced and kissed by me. Do you know what this means?” Princess Nasha asked.
Mentuoluo said: “It means my life and death are completely in your hands. Your will is my mission. You are my master.”
“Correct.” Princess Nasha said: “I need you to infiltrate the Southern Wilderness and carry out internal infiltration against our enemies.”
“Yes.” Mentuoluo said: “Where do you want me to go?”
“Rakshasa City!” Princess Nasha said.