"We really were comprehending the Dao. Look, I'm almost breaking through." Ye Ling lay tightly bound to the floor by several golden rings, wearing an expression of someone who had given up on treatment. "Not only were we comprehending the Dao, we also found a hidden danger in Demon City. We've rendered great service through toil and hardship—you can't treat me like this."
Cheng Cheng propped her chin on her hand.
She had to admire Liusu's sharp, venomous eye. Liusu understood demons even better than she, the Demon King, did. After all, Cheng Cheng could not possibly understand the divinity of those freakishly powerful ancient divine beasts as well as Liusu did. That Soaring Serpent divinity had looked savage before, but now there really was nothing wrong with it. Wasn't Ye Ling once again just a harmless little snake?
But that also meant they had done a great deal of that sort of thing. Whether they had actually done it or not, in any case, they had "felt good," which was why she had become such a virtuous snake.
It would have been better not to think about it. The more she thought, the angrier she became.
But as the Demon King, she had to reward merit and punish fault fairly. Those two sneaking off to feast in secret really had rendered a service.
Qin Yi had already gone to remove the Beast Control Art that had secretly been placed on Ying Li. This truly was important. Ying Li had always been utterly loyal and highly respected in Demon City. If it suddenly stabbed them in the back at some critical moment, the consequences were enough to make one shudder.
She truly had no idea how those two had merely gone out to date, only to conveniently discover such a