Chapter 6 (Part 2) of Volume 6: You have Zhang Liang's strategy, I have a ladder over the wall.

  The wind gently passes through the hall, the little princess's red hood is lightly lifted, and the tassels hanging from the edge of her coronet collide with a tinkling sound. The surroundings are as silent as death, a cold sweat slowly rolls down from my temple.

  "Is this king's wedding grand enough?" The dark eyes of Ye Liu Bing sparkled with a hint of mockery.

  I turned my mind over a few times, forcing myself to calm down and decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes. Forcing things would only lead to our own downfall, and just the monsters outside the Joy Pavilion were enough to torment us to death. Now, the only plan is to put our bets on the Masked Monster, believing that he won't betray us. With the Masked Monster's cunning and experience, seeing the current situation of the Burial Flower Abyss, he will definitely adapt to changing circumstances and think of a way to lend us a helping hand. After all, without us, it would be hard for him to find another better opportunity to assassinate Night Flowing Ice.

  "Your Majesty, the auspicious hour has arrived, you should pay your respects now." I walked slowly to the front of the case, forcing out a few smiles.

  "Peony, aren't you impatient? The good show has just begun." Yeliu Bing's smile was cold as ice, the black ice flower quickly melted, and Yeliu Bing floated out of the ice flower like a phantom shadow, silently falling onto the case, looking down at us from above.

  I secretly breathed a sigh of relief; since Night Slayer had revealed his true form, we might still have a chance to fight him.

  With a gentle clap of his palm, Ye Liu's soft voice said: "Come in, bring the king's betrothal gift to the lady."

  Several monsters carried a small, intricately carved wooden box and placed it in front of the little princess. Ye Liu Bing swept his sleeve, and the lid opened with a creak, revealing a dog's tail inside! He was bleeding from all seven orifices, his body stiff, clearly having been dead for some time.

  Ye Liu Bing smiled and said, "Many years ago, Gou Wei Ba teased the madam and betrayed Hua Tian. Therefore, this king will have him executed and his corpse returned to Hua Tian. I believe that from now on, no flower spirit will dare to betray Hua Tian again. Does the madam find this betrothal gift satisfactory?"

  "Thank you, Your Majesty." After a pause, the soft voice of the little princess came out from under the red hood.

  I'm completely bewildered, why did Ye Liu Cheng suddenly kill his loyal dog tail? Is it just to please the little princess? Things are getting stranger and stranger, as if the curtain on the stage has been lifted and the entire plot of the play has changed. We can only watch with cold eyes, anyway Ye Liu Cheng will definitely put on a good show, playing us like a cat plays with a mouse.

  "The second gift is for you several. Peony, snow lotus, golden basin, butterfly orchid, I won't treat you several accompanying maids poorly." Ye Liu Bing smiled at me with a sly smile, waved his hand, and two rows of waist-worn dagger-carrying demons carried in a large coffin made of fragrant wood. They walked into the bridal chamber.

  The mouse king, the sea princess, and Gan Ning all looked solemn and didn't say a word. I turned my eyes around and blocked the coffin: "Ah, great king, it's a great auspicious day. Why bring a coffin at such a joyful time? Aren't you afraid of bad luck?"

  "Open the coffin!" Ye Liu Ming shouted, and the purple-black coffin lid was slowly opened, revealing Ju Danmei who was unconscious. "Hsss", the monsters simultaneously drew their knives, and dozens of gleaming blades were placed on Ju Danmei's neck at the same time.

  "Lin Fei, Gan Ningzhen, Hai Ji and you mouse spirit, are you satisfied with this gift from me?" In the midst of Ye Liu's maniacal laughter, I felt as if I had fallen into a cold ice cave.

  Slowly turning my head, I gazed at Little Princess, speechless.

  She gently lifted her red veil, like a beautiful iris slowly blooming.

  "It's you." I said hoarsely.

  The little princess's toes touched the ground, and she floated in front of Ye Liu Bing. She looked back at me. Her head full of pearls and jade trembled slightly: "To protect the flower field, I can give up everything. You guessed it right, it was I who told Ye Liu Bing everything."

  I let out a furious roar and took the opportunity to toss the flower seed into my mouth. It was indeed her who betrayed us! Because the masked demon didn't know our true identities at all! Apart from dressing up as the little princess of the flower spirit, Ye Liu Bing wouldn't have known who we were!

  "On the first day I arrived at the Burial Mound of Flowers, I decided to do this." The little princess said calmly. Her voice was as soft as the petals of a blue iris: "Dream Pond leaked the assassination plan, and with several thousand garrisoned demon soldiers nearby, the possibility of assassinating Ye Liu Bing became extremely slim. I'm not afraid of death, but I couldn't let my clansmen take risks, nor could I let the flower fields be destroyed by war. So I secretly contacted Ye Liu Bing through Dog Tail, and made a secret agreement with him. Ye Liu Bing promised me that he would only be a nominal husband to me; at the same time, as long as the flower fields provided 3,000 bee warriors for the Demon Master's conquests, he would ensure the eternal peace of the flower fields."

  "To show my sincerity, I'll kill the dog's tail." Ye Liu Bing sneered at me: "Lin Fei! Water Six Rang and others have been searching for you in vain, unexpectedly you voluntarily came to Mo Sha Tian, allowing me to build a meritorious achievement under the Demon Master's seat! Hand over the map of the Self-Contained Heaven and Earth obediently! If you can speak eloquently like Peony, I might consider letting you die more comfortably!"

  The sound of Ye Liu Bing's maniacal laughter was deafening. I silently gazed at the little princess, unsure whether to hate her, pity her, or feel a few strands of respect for her.

  "I can only do this." The little princess lowered her head, her face slightly red.

  "This is your choice, no need to explain it to us." I suddenly smiled, just like Master said, a person's life is all about choices. We can't decide other people's choices, we can only stand up straight, with our waists straight as a hard spear, and learn to face it.

  I suddenly realized how strong my master was, who had been hurt by Chudu and barely survived with the help of Longjing.

  Even if it's a small princess who blushes easily when speaking, she must also be strong-willed.

  "I'll trade you a map of the Heavenly Realm for the Jade Dew Mushroom!" In that instant, I regained my composure.

  The situation turned sharply downward, but at least I still had a choice, and everything was not entirely under the control of the dark ice. The emotions of anger, fear, and frustration melted away like snow, my bones crackling with sound, my body constantly expanding, returning to its original shape.

  Tore off the flower skirt, threw away the wig, kicked off the embroidered shoes. I gaze straight at the night's icy flow, the torn collar flapping in the wind, the momentum in my chest surging like a thousand-mile mountain range.

  I want to save Jū Dan Mei! This is my choice. Whether it's life or death, no matter how many monsters are around, no matter how far away I am from Jū Dan Mei. This is my choice!

  I stretched out my hand and grasped Ha Ji, Mouse Gong Gong. Our eyes met, and Gan Ning gave me a faint smile.

  We stand shoulder to shoulder.

  Ye Liu Bing shook his head: "You have no room for bargaining, let alone Ah Fangti and Sun Si Miao. If you escape or resist, I will immediately kill Ju Dan Mei." His gaze swept across the restored Hai Ji and Gan Ning Zhen, shimmering with strange colors.

  Aphanti? That masked demon is called Aphanti? Isn't Aphanti one of the Demon Kings of Mo Xie Tian? I silently ponder. Ye Liu Bing laughs with great satisfaction, he must be looking forward to seeing my painful expression of indecision.

  "I have room for negotiation, if you don't believe me, take a look." I patted my brow lightly with one palm, and a thread of icy air emerged from within me, bursting out between my eyebrows and spreading towards the Grave Flower Vine. I carefully controlled this thread of air, while my left arm transformed into a sharp blade, cutting open a gash on the back of my right hand, and fresh blood dripped out.

  Ye Liu Bing looked at me strangely, of course he didn't understand why I wanted to self-mutilate. This witchcraft is called Bloodthirsty Residual Pulse**, first cast a spell on the target, merge one's own vital energy into the opponent's body, and then control the target through the vital energy in the body. Even if we are separated by thousands of miles in the future, we can still hurt each other. Looking at Meng Tang in mid-air, I sneered: "New marriage cannot forget old love. Use your inner elixir to take a look, I think you must be very happy to see the beautiful posture of your wives."

  Ye Liu Bing's face changed slightly, and he immediately shouted: "What have you done to them? Stop it at once!"

  I don't need to see it, I already know the terrifying scene of those female demons' blood veins splitting open and fresh blood seeping out from their pores. Last night at midnight, I snuck out and used my Bloodthirsty Residual Scent on them, leaving myself a trump card. At first, in order to force out Night Flowing Ice's true form, I thought of this method.

  "What a beautiful scene, right? Don't worry, they won't die, as long as we stop the bleeding quickly, it'll be fine." I stopped my spell and slowly retracted the scattered threads of spiritual energy. This demonic art is extremely cruel, and unless absolutely necessary, I wouldn't want to harm those innocent female demons either, even if their lives are worse than death.

  "I'll chop you into a million pieces, grind your bones to dust!" Ye Liu Bing's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, his face expressionless, the bright red groom attire like a raging flame, dancing wildly.

  "Whatever." I shrugged, feeling a bit relieved. Yoru no Kōri was absolutely intolerant of those female Youkai being destroyed. A perverted monster who revered perfection, not a speck of dust could be found in his eyes. The situation that had been one-sided until now began to become subtle, and after a long silence, Yoru no Kōri coldly laughed: "Good, indeed you have a way with words, no wonder Sanzou and the others couldn't do anything to you." With a wave of his hand: "Release them."

  The Demon King of the generation indeed had some temperament, and without waiting for me to set conditions, he proactively released Jiū Dān Mèi. The steel knives withdrew one after another, and Jiū Dān Mèi curled up in the coffin, motionless, unconscious.