Chapter 332

Chapter 332: Obedient and Law-Abiding Formless Demon Lord

"It was a wasted trip."

Sighs echoed within the Everlasting City of Desolation.

"I lost my shirt on this journey! Not only did I lose five million star yuan, but I suffered injuries too." A celestial immortal, his face ghostly pale, cursed loudly.

The multitudes of immortals traversed the Chaotic Sea, preparing to return.

Though most complained, some kept their gains quiet.

"Brother Ye, should we make our move now?"

Ye Xu, Su Mu, and Gu Daojin reached the fortress wall. Gu Daojin fidgeted restlessly.

"Wait."

Su Mu coughed, his eyes darting toward the immortals nearby. "Let most of them leave first. Otherwise, if they see us act, they might follow suit."

"Makes sense." Gu Daojin nodded.

"Why haven’t those three left yet?" The Formless Demon Lord’s Divine Sense clung to them, monitoring every move. "Could they be…trying to pry loose wall bricks?"

His suspicion crystalized.

The multitudes of immortals gradually departed. The Everlasting City of Desolation returned to its ancient silence.

"Start!"

Ye Xu gripped an immortal artifact sword. Su Mu produced an iron shovel. Gu Daojin wielded a hammer in one hand and a chisel in the other. The trio went to work immediately.

Clang! Clang!

Bang!

Before long, their coordinated efforts pried open a crack in the fortress wall. Su Mu swiftly slid a wall brick into his Purple Palace.

"Truly invaluable treasure," Su Mu’s eyes gleamed. "Gentlemen, these wall bricks are forged from Great Luo celestial gold and Primordial Chaos earth. One single brick rivals a top-grade immortal artifact—absolutely equal in value to Taiyi True Water!"

"Quicken the pace."

Ye Xu and Gu Daojin exchanged a thief-like grin. The departed immortals would never imagine anyone coveting the very walls of the Everlasting City of Desolation.

The Formless Demon Lord’s lip twitched. These young brats had audacity to defy cosmic order, daring to desecrate the fortress itself.

Clang! Bang!

Amidst the cacophony—after the time it took two incense sticks to burn—a gap over ten meters wide spanned the fortress. Torrents of chaotic energy surged through the breach.

Their pockets filled to the brim, the trio worked with renewed vigor.

Meanwhile, Xuanxin—just emerged from the archive—suddenly sensed impending doom. He unleashed his Divine Sense, enveloping the ancient city.

His jaw clenched instantly. "An intolerable insult!"

Flames ignited in his eyes. His figure vanished from sight.

"I suddenly had a bad feeling." Ye Xu stopped his actions and frowned.

Su Mu said, "I also felt it."

"Brother Gu, we should quit while we’re ahead and get out of here quickly."

This time, Gu Daojin surprisingly put away his greed, though a trace of regret flickered in his eyes. "If time had allowed, I’d surely have emptied out the Everlasting City of Desolation."

"What a pity… what a pity…"

The three of them gathered their tools and dashed toward the city exit.

Just as they vanished, Xuanxin appeared at the breach. This easygoing, gentle-natured youth seethed with fury, and a terrifying aura burst forth.

"Three shameless juniors!"

"When I enter the world, I’ll make sure you pay dearly."

"Did you guys hear a voice?" Gu Daojin asked, trembling with fear. "Was it about us?"

"No, no." Ye Xu and Su Mu shook their heads in unison.

"Could it be my hallucination?" Gu Daojin muttered in confusion.

"On this trip, we were richly rewarded, and it’ll likely take ages to digest it all. I feel I should head to the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion for closed-door cultivation for centuries and not emerge until I become an Immortal King." Su Mu stated seriously.

Ye Xu rolled his eyes at him.

Truth be told, it was just fear of revenge from the Undying Divine Clans, yet he couched it in a perfect excuse. How hypocritical!

"What Brother Su Mu said is spot on." Ye Xu nodded.

Gu Daojin looked bewildered.

"Why have these two suddenly become so abnormal?"

"You three have been spotted already."

Formless Demon Lord abruptly appeared over the Sea of All Realms and sneered. "That fellow’s power is extremely strong; he must be a semi-Immortal Emperor-level expert. You dared to steal from him—you’re doomed."

"Wasn’t that voice just now a hallucination then?" Gu Daojin shuddered.

Su Mu looked embarrassed.

Of course, it couldn’t have been a hallucination. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have mentioned staying in the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion and cultivating diligently for centuries.

"Demon Lord, you ought to mind your own business first." Ye Xu retorted dismissively.

Formless Demon Lord’s eyes turned sinister, and he suddenly roared with laughter. "You few walking corpses, I can’t be bothered wasting words on you."

"The pedigree of the Everlasting City of Desolation is staggeringly immense."

"Once it’s probed fully, you three are finished. Not even the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion can shield you—I mean it."

After all, it was an ancient power from before the creation of the heavens.

If this could spark a clash with the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion and end in mutual ruin, he might seize the chance to break free from that master’s shackles.

Formless Demon Lord was thinking delightfully.

Ye Xu was also laughing.

Upon hearing that, Gu Daojin became deeply worried and anxious.

However, Su Mu was completely indifferent.

Ye Xu’s abilities were extraordinary; he didn’t even regard the Heavenly Emperor with regard, so how could a mere Everlasting City of Desolation matter?

The four of them returned to Linglong City together.

"Master, we have returned," said Formless Demon Lord.

Formless Demon Lord changed from being arrogant and domineering to humble, courteous, pious, and respectful.

Ye Xu was still sitting on an armchair, holding a book about the tea ceremony in one hand while patiently teaching Li Ruoshui how to prepare a good pot of tea.

Ye Xu scolded, saying, "It has been a whole month and I still haven’t taught you how to do it. How did you cultivate to the Immortal King realm with being so foolish?"

"I… I never learned how to prepare tea before," said Li Ruoshui.

Li Ruoshui was deeply wronged.

"Awfully foolish," said Ye Xu. "Just do it like this, then like this, and finally like this, won’t it be done?"

"…"

The four of them fell silent, not daring to speak.

Li Ruoshui was angry but did not dare to voice her anger.

During this period, she had been ordered by Ye Xu to learn how to cook meals, prepare food, make tea, massage shoulders, pound legs, and wash feet. He was completely treating her like a servant girl.

She thought to herself: She was a dignified Immortal King who had never done these things in her entire life.

Shameful disgrace! Shameful disgrace!

The more Li Ruoshui thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.

"Go learn it yourself," Ye Xu threatened. "If you still can’t learn how to do it, I will sell you to the Drunken Immortal Tower."

Li Ruoshui was so frightened her face turned ashen.

The Drunken Immortal Tower was not a good place, after all.

"Master."

Formless Demon Lord, with a flattering look, said, "The trip to Everlasting City of Desolation was successfully completed. Here is a treasure I specially obtained for Master from Everlasting City of Desolation, especially for you."

Formless Demon Lord took out a wooden gourd filled entirely with Everlasting Spring.

"This is the Everlasting Spring. I wish Master eternal youth and constant beauty."

"You are thoughtful," said Ye Xu lightly.

Looking at this scene, Su Mu and Gu Daojin were dumbfounded.

They had obtained no other treasures at all in the Everlasting City of Desolation.

Could it be they must offer a wall brick?

Su Mu gritted his teeth and took out a bronze disc engraved with Primordial scripts that seemed extremely profound and mystical.

Brother Daoist, this is a token of my regard," Su Mu offered with a strained smile. "This is the Tianyuan Life Disk, containing a wisp of the rules of the heavenly path. It absolutely adds wings to a tiger for predicting the heavens.

Of course, Brother Daoist possesses extraordinary abilities; this item can only be icing on the cake."

Ye Xu chuckled inwardly. The Tianyuan Life Disk was a valuable treasure, part of Su Mu’s personal reserves. That move by the Formless Demon Lord had forced Su Mu into shedding real assets.

"Master," Gu Daojin declared brashly, "this is a wall brick pried off the Everlasting City of Desolation. Since you didn’t get to visit the place, this brick can serve as your memento!"

Crafty as a monkey, he naturally wouldn’t use his own possessions to curry favor with Ye Xu.

"You’ve been thoughtful too," Ye Xu replied, amused.

"This works?" Su Mu stared, wide-eyed. Among kinfolk like us, had he been too polite?

"Since we’re all kinfolk, such formality isn’t necessary," Ye Xu said with a beaming smile as he accepted the treasures.

His tone then turned icy. "Formless Demon Lord.

Your conduct on this venture seemed distinctly improper. Did you entirely forget the instructions I gave you before departure?"

"Whoever the hell reported on me?"

The Formless Demon Lord’s heart chilled as he cursed loudly.

"Master, your servant remained law-abiding throughout the journey, absolutely overstepping no bounds. Should you doubt me, you can surely question my three brothers," declared the Formless Demon Lord, his gaze sweeping over the trio with clear warning.

Su Mu sighed silently.

Was the Formless Demon Lord truly foolish or merely feigning it? Even if Ye Xu hadn’t physically accompanied them, nothing they did could escape his notice.

The title ‘master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion’ wasn’t earned idly.

To lie blatantly even now? He truly deserved punishment.

Ye Xu’s face darkened.

"Utterly incorrigible."

Back in the Everlasting City of Desolation, he’d already wanted to discipline the Formless Demon Lord but had restrained himself to avoid exposing their identities.

After all, the demon lord’s intended actions were intolerable to Ye Xu.

He actually planned to scar his face!

Didn’t he understand that the face Ye Xu took pride in was precisely that face?