TBOUMTBDK Chapter 54

In the midst of chaos, the Demon Lord gently kissed the corner of his lips, licking away every last drop of the spilled wine.

Yun Xia couldn’t be as calm as him. He pushed him away and turned to look at the results of his plan, saying, “Wait, let me see…”

He turned his head but discovered that it wasn’t just the initial one. Among the chaotic crowd, seven or eight people suddenly turned violent, each of their eyes flashing with a purple glow.

“Another one’s been controlled by the Demonic Energy! His eyes are purple too! Scatter! Don’t crowd together!”

“How can we scatter! Help! There are too many people!”

“Quick, call the Demon Guards, we need to break out!”

“We can’t get out, these people are too crazy! Be careful!”

“Ahhh, help!”

Not only was the open space packed with people, but even the restaurants on both sides were under attack by people controlled by the Purple Demon Pearl, forcing many to fly out of the buildings.

Those who could use Flight (lit. Controlling the Void) quickly rose into the air, but under the completely irrational attacks of nearly ten out-of-control individuals, the crowd instantly fell into chaos.

Yun Xia was stunned. How could there be so many? He clearly only arranged for one person!

At this moment, a person with purple eyes landed heavily on the high platform with a “thump.” Yun Xia was initially shocked, but upon closer inspection, it was Wei Ying.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But before that breath could fully relax, he remembered that the Demon Lord was still by his side. Why did Wei Ying come now!

He quickly said to the Demon Lord, “He’s Wei Ying! As for his eyes, it’s because…”

How could he explain this? Wei Ying used the Purple Demon Pearl to help him and wasn’t really driven to kill by its Demonic Energy.

Wei Ying knelt on one knee before the Demon Lord and said in a low voice, “Please punish me, Esteemed Lord. I used the Demonic Energy of the Purple Demon Pearl. Please rest assured, Esteemed Lord, I am not controlled by it.”

The Demon Lord looked at Yun Xia, then at Wei Ying, and smiled slightly, “Oh? I see.”

Wei Ying was actually part of Yun Xia’s plan. When trying to scare away the Immortal Realm spies, he had found Wei Ying and asked for his help.

And Wei Ying, as his best friend, didn’t ask too much and agreed. He obtained a Purple Demon Pearl and pretended to be controlled by it. When Yun Xia and Xiao Tongfu appeared, he would act as someone driven to kill by the Purple Demon Pearl at the right moment to stop Yun Xia and Xiao Tongfu. After that, according to the plan, the people sent by the Demon Lord following him would take action and capture Xiao Tongfu.

But Xiao Tongfu’s plan forced Yun Xia to change his plan. Fortunately, Wei Ying was smart enough to launch an attack before he could feed the wine, interrupting the feeding.

Yun Xia originally wanted to avoid exposing Wei Ying, but now he was forced to reveal him, and clearly, something unexpected had happened. How could so many other people be out of control?

Could it be that Wei Ying found others to help?

But Wei Ying shook his head at him subtly.

That’s right. If it was arranged by Wei Ying, there was no reason not to tell him.

At this moment, Yun Xia heard someone shout, “Who set up the barrier? Let us out!”

Yun Xia was shocked. Xiao Tongfu!

Could he have left in the chaos?

Just then, the Demon Lord released his hand and walked alone to the front of the high platform, looking down at the chaotic battle below and in the air. His expression turned cold, “So many out-of-control people appearing at once. As expected, our previous guess was correct. Someone can control the Purple Demon Pearl to make people lose control.”

“What? Someone can manipulate the Purple Demon Pearl! Esteemed Lord, is the rumored thing true?”

The young man on the platform nodded, “That’s right. Someone with malicious intent wants to bring everyone back to the days when they were controlled and eroded by Demonic Energy many years ago, wanting to destroy the hard-earned peace of the Demon Realm. So, I must capture this person.”

While speaking, those out-of-control people were still crazily releasing Demonic Chi. Fortunately, there were many experts in the crowd who stepped forward to barely resist them.

But the scene was still extremely chaotic because there were too many people, and the barrier was blocking them from leaving, causing many to panic.

“Can you let us leave first? It’s too dangerous here, Esteemed Lord, please be careful too!”

Demon Lord Liyu’s sleeves fluttered, not afraid at all. Standing in front of the platform, an out-of-control person suddenly broke through the encirclement of several experts and pounced towards him, causing those who saw it to scream.

But the young man didn’t move an inch. As the person approached, a shadow quickly appeared from behind him, blocking the fierce blow.

“Please don’t worry, everyone. The person who is manipulating the Purple Demon Pearl must be watching here, so they are definitely in the Drunken Inscription Tower right now. Setting up the barrier is to prevent that person from escaping. Everyone can leave after our verification. I believe everyone wouldn’t want to let him go either. Our people will protect everyone, but we still need to be careful, as we don’t know if there are any more people controlled by the Purple Demon Pearl.”

Many people actually knew about the Purple Demon Pearl, but not everyone had seen it with their own eyes. After all, what they had heard was too terrifying, such as extreme lust, bloodlust, and the Demonic Energy that could unknowingly control people, etc. That was all nearly a hundred years ago, but now it was about to reappear?

These words might not be very credible if they came from someone else’s mouth, but this was Demon Lord Liyu! Some people had already guessed that Demon Lord Liyu’s sudden appearance in Holy City was for something, and it turned out it was for this!

The Demon race children were not cowards who clung to life and feared death. Immediately, someone said, “Okay! We can’t let that villain leave here, we believe in Esteemed Lord!”

“That’s right! We’re not afraid either, I’ll help deal with them too!”

Some even stepped forward and went to meet them, instantly making the fight even more intense.

Fortunately, no one had been injured yet, and the scene was well controlled.

While the Demon Lord controlled the entire scene, Yun Xia quietly pulled Wei Ying to a corner of the high platform.

“Thank you, Wei Ying. It’s just a pity that Esteemed Lord saw it, and I might have to explain it to him.”

Wei Ying frowned, looking at the chaotic battle in the sky, and said, “That’s a small matter. Yun Xia, what exactly is going on? What exactly are you planning?”

Yun Xia waved his hand, and a portrait of a person appeared in front of him, “First, help me find this person. I’ll tell you the rest later.”

Wei Ying frowned and memorized the face in the portrait. This person was one of the people who came out with Yun Xia earlier.

“Okay, then be careful and stay by Esteemed Lord’s side. Don’t run around. It’s too chaotic right now.”

Yun Xia nodded, “Yeah, you be careful too.”

Although Yun Xia could occasionally win against Wei Ying in the Demon Palace’s training grounds, in terms of Cultivation Base strength, Wei Ying was of course higher than him. In the training grounds, Wei Ying wasn’t actually trying to win against him but was sparring with him to teach him things.

Although he was just a small Demon Guard, he was still a Demon Guard in the Demon Palace, so he definitely wouldn’t lose to a Demon Attendant.

Just after Wei Ying left, Yun Xia was about to return to the Demon Lord’s side when his arm was suddenly grabbed.

“Yun Xia, Junior Brother, where do you think you’re going?”

Yun Xia froze in place. This was Xiao Tongfu’s voice! How could he suddenly appear here? He shouldn’t have heard what he just said to Wei Ying.

He swallowed and put on a panicked expression as he turned around, “Senior Brother Xiao! What’s going on! Why are there suddenly so many out-of-control people! How do we leave?”

Xiao Tongfu squinted at him, “You don’t know?”

Yun Xia looked at him inexplicably, “Why would I know? What are you talking about?”

Xiao Tongfu looked at him with a deep gaze. Yun Xia was stunned and suddenly shook off his hand fiercely, “You suspect me? Still suspecting me? Wasn’t I almost feeding him the wine just now?”

Xiao Tongfu snorted coldly, “But you didn’t melt the Demonic Transformation Pill into that bowl of wine. If you had put the Demonic Transformation Pill in the first bowl, he would have already taken it. Are you saying you didn’t have any wishful thinking?”

Yun Xia was trembling with anger, “What wishful thinking? You’re the one with wishful thinking! You’re just being a Monday morning quarterback! It’s precisely because there are still two bowls that I wouldn’t put the medicine in the first one. What if something goes wrong? I just wanted to make sure I could feed the Demonic Transformation Pill to him before going through the process once. That’s the safest way! Could I have predicted that something like this would suddenly happen!”

Xiao Tongfu had suspected him before, so his current anger was very normal. Yun Xia raised his voice as he acted, hoping someone would notice the situation here.

Xiao Tongfu covered his mouth, “Shut up!”

Yun Xia: “Mmm! Mmm… Mmm!”

“I understand, if there isn’t, then there isn’t. How am I supposed to leave later when everyone’s called over!”

Yun Xia stopped trying to struggle, thinking that he absolutely couldn’t let him leave.

He nodded. Xiao Tongfu glanced around vigilantly and pulled him off the high platform.

Also because it was very chaotic everywhere, with people hiding everywhere, there were even quite a few people under the high platform, talking in a mess, so the two of them weren’t very conspicuous.

“Esteemed Lord said that someone can manipulate the Purple Demon Pearl planted in other people’s bodies. You should be able to leave after checking everyone one by one. We’ll have to discuss the matter of the Demonic Transformation Pill later,” Yun Xia said calmly.

At this time, Demon Lord Liyu had already begun to personally check the people here one by one. He didn’t know how big the barrier was, but he only knew that many people had poured over. Those who passed the inspection would have a temporary white mark on their foreheads and be taken to another place to be settled.

And those seven or eight out-of-control people were led to a slightly farther place in the air, still fighting, occasionally dropping a few attacks, causing everyone to exclaim in alarm.

“I don’t think things are that simple. How could it coincide with my plan so coincidentally? I don’t believe it.”

Yun Xia’s heart skipped a beat, and he said instinctively, “It’s not that it’s impossible. After all, the Wine Tasting Conference is the last major event of the Netherflower Festival. Maybe those people thought the same as you, wanting to use it to stir up trouble.”

Xiao Tongfu frowned, scanning his surroundings without saying a word, his face gloomy as he thought about something.

“What are you worried about?”

Xiao Tongfu glanced at him coldly, “I don’t believe it’s a coincidence. So many days before, so many grand events, how could it happen to be today, and also…”

He stopped and didn’t continue speaking.

Yun Xia’s heart fluttered, and he pressed, “And also what?”

Xiao Tongfu said in an extremely bad mood, “It’s none of your business.”

Even if he didn’t say it, Yun Xia knew why he was in a bad mood. Xiao Tongfu was connected to the person behind the Purple Demon Pearl. Those people should have known what Xiao Tongfu was going to do today.

But they still sent people to manipulate and trigger so many Demon race at the Wine Tasting Conference…

Yun Xia frowned. This matter shouldn’t have been done by Xiao Tongfu. He wouldn’t have created such a big commotion at this time, causing Yun Xia to fail to feed the Demonic Transformation Pill to the Demon Lord. Could it be that the person behind the scenes didn’t explain the plan clearly to Xiao Tongfu, and it clashed with Xiao Tongfu’s plan?

But that didn’t make sense either. There was no reason! Wouldn’t that mean they wouldn’t get any benefits in the end?

They shouldn’t have done it on purpose.

In that case, there was only one reason, and that was that they didn’t do it!

If it wasn’t them, then it could only be…

Yun Xia’s eyes suddenly widened, it was done by the Demon Lord and his people!

This was a plan specially designed to capture Xiao Tongfu! That’s why the Demon Lord appeared here, in the “trap” personally designed by Xiao Tongfu!

He felt as if he had been hit hard, and his whole body was almost trembling.

In that case, the Demon Lord knew Xiao Tongfu’s identity? Had he already found out?

How much did he know?

Since he spent so much effort, so many experts pretending to be out of control, as well as such a large barrier, and the scene that was now completely under control, he must be very sure of Xiao Tongfu’s identity.

The Demon Lord definitely knew about Xiao Tongfu’s Drunken Inscription Tower plan, knew that Xiao Tongfu was the one connected to the mastermind behind the Purple Demon Pearl.

Then did he also know the identities of Gong Qiu and the others?

Even his identity?

Yun Xia’s heart was about to jump out of his chest, but, but if he really knew his identity, why didn’t he say a word, or even reveal a bit of it, and even treated him so well as always?

Could it be that… it was intentional?

Just to let him lure Xiao Tongfu out today?

Yun Xia couldn’t help but gasp for breath, trying to convince himself.

No, not necessarily. He only knew that Xiao Tongfu was related to the Purple Demon Pearl, but he didn’t necessarily know that the other party came from the Immortal Realm, and he didn’t necessarily know the relationship between Xiao Tongfu and him.

Yes, yes, yes, he and Xiao Tongfu only met for the first time, and he was recommended by Gong Qiu. They didn’t have a direct connection.

It could be explained that Xiao Tongfu used Gong Qiu in order to get close to Demon Lord Liyu, and then used him.

But this was only Yun Xia’s speculation based on what he knew. In reality, he couldn’t be sure how much the Demon Lord knew.

Perhaps the Demon Lord even knew that he was a spy from the Immortal Realm.

Yun Xia realized at this time that his little cleverness was not worth mentioning in front of the real big shots. He was still thinking about designing to scare away Xiao Tongfu, Gong Qiu, and the others, but the Demon Lord had probably already figured out almost everything and arranged everything. Today, Xiao Tongfu probably wouldn’t be able to get out.

But if that was the case, what was he waiting for?

Just then, Xiao Tongfu suddenly said in a frightened voice, “Something’s strange!”

Yun Xia’s heart trembled violently as well, “What?”

“Haven’t you noticed? So many out-of-control people, fighting so chaotically, but not a single person is injured!”

Yun Xia suddenly looked up, and Xiao Tongfu also looked up.

Although the fighting above was fierce, it seemed like they were just sparring. None of the attacks from those crazy people could actually land. As long as one looked with a discerning eye, they could immediately find that it was actually just a large-scale performance show!

Some people were even looking down while fighting.

Looking down… Looking over…

It was in their direction!

Yun Xia’s whole body shook, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Xiao Tongfu also realized it, and his entire face trembled like a sieve. In just a few moments, he understood. He roared and grabbed Yun Xia’s throat, pressing Yun Xia firmly in front of him.

“You want to kill me! Not that easy!”

Yun Xia’s face was pale. He finally understood that the Demon Lord was waiting for Xiao Tongfu’s backup, wanting to know why Xiao Tongfu designed this trap.

He was waiting for… him, Yun Xia.