Pleasing Powerful Backers, Drugging Again

The scoundrel Ge Xian hadn't cried for help at random.

Before he opened his mouth, he had already seen the situation clearly. The plan to capture Bao Mingjing and Bai Fugui at Sunset Mountain—carried out by Li Wa and Lu Hualong working together—had failed completely.

The key wasn't the Son of Bao Hanzhang. It was Bai Fugui.

This second-generation spirit demon, who was only at Foundation Establishment Perfection, had displayed her incredible strength and "extravagance" in full.

All manner of wondrous treasures, each terrifyingly powerful, had battered Li Wa and Lu Hualong until they could do nothing.

They clearly had the advantage of an entire major realm, and their supernatural abilities and demonic arts far surpassed their opponents'. But this Auspicious Beast had an astonishing background, and with magical treasures piled up into a sky-filling arsenal, no matter how the two struggled, they couldn't get close.

With Bao Mingjing backing her up, the two were even in danger of being killed in turn.

Meanwhile, at the true battlefield, which was constantly shifting closer, Yelü Tianzheng and the Eternal Life Cult were also being forced back step by step inside the blood mist that covered the sky and blotted out the sun. They had no chance of winning.

The tide had turned!

Anyone with a shred of sense could see how this would end.

Lu Hualong was the most sly and selfish of them all. Once he understood the situation, he began weighing his options for escape, and his attacks slackened.

That was when Ge Xian arrived.

One glance was all it took to assess the battlefield.

He shouted toward the thickest "thigh" in his eyes.

The moment he called out "Sister Bai, Sister Fugui," everyone turned to look.

The chancellor, Tuotuo, had an adopted son too?

Bai Fugui had initially wondered where this little brother of hers had come from.

Then she saw the peddler, with a human head and a dragon's body, slicing across the river toward them. It was her first time seeing such a perfect Dragon Body, but she knew that face well enough. And the fellow wasn't wrong to call out to her—he was the greatest hero of this operation.

Without his warning, Bao Hanzhang could never have precisely destroyed the Flesh Altars scattered throughout Jiangzhe Province. He wouldn't have been able to mobilize troops to surround and suppress Yelü Tianzheng and the Eternal Life Cult, either.

This peddler had rendered an immense service.

Whether by coincidence or because Ge Xian had planned it that way, just as he finished shouting and Bai Fugui looked over, a series of sonic booms rang out behind him.

A vicious white fox came shrieking through the air.

Ge Xian didn't even dare turn around at the sound. He just fled faster, grumbling inwardly, What a vicious Demon Fox. I ravaged her for more than a dozen breaths, and she's still chasing me like nothing happened. Rich Sister, hurry and save me...

How could he know?

To heal her injuries and break through the black fog to hunt Ge Xian down, Yelü Yuyan had paid a steep price. She had eaten every spirit pill and piece of Blood Food she carried, along with all her maids, Fox Ghosts, and Ox Slaves.

She had pursued him at all costs, thinking she could finally capture the shameless peddler.

Unfortunately, her hopes were crushed the next moment.

In her fox eyes, she could already see Ge Xian fleeing.

She also saw more than a dozen treasures flying toward him through the air. They arrived in the blink of an eye.

First, a palm-sized Vajra Bowl suddenly expanded and swallowed Ge Xian. Then it shrank back down, and a Vajra Shield rose around it just as a pair of Heart Devouring Fox Claws struck.

With a dull thud, the two collided and flew apart.

"What a treasure!"

Ge Xian now looked like a tiny monster dragon, lying inside the bowl.

He had still been panicking, but when he saw that Yelü Yuyan hadn't smashed the Vajra Bowl to pieces with a single strike, he immediately praised it.

He could sense that the treasure beneath him surpassed anything he owned.

Just as an instinctive desire to claim it rose in his heart, all kinds of treasures—swords, spears, blades, halberds, banners, nets, and more—flew in to cover his retreat, blocking Yelü Yuyan over the river.

The Vajra Bowl took advantage of the moment to fly back toward Sunset Mountain.

Only then did Bai Fugui's soft, sweet voice reach Ge Xian's ears:

"Don't panic. With me here, Yelü Yuyan can't hurt you."

By the time she had finished speaking,

Ge Xian had flown up in the Vajra Bowl to stand before Bai Fugui.

Behind him came the sounds of Yelü Yuyan completely losing her mind.

She unleashed her fury on the wondrous weapons like a madwoman. Though she knocked them away one by one, Ge Xian was now completely out of her reach.

Even when she tried to force her way over, hoping to kill Ge Xian through Bai Fugui and Bao Mingjing's protection, Lu Hualong immediately blocked her.

"I'm safe. I've survived."

"What a thick thigh!"

"Ten times thicker than I imagined."

"I hit the jackpot. Good thing I didn't try to force my way out to sea, or that Madwoman would've caught me at the mouth of the river."

"Fortune favors the bold."

Seeing Yelü Yuyan shrieking in a frenzy, Ge Xian was in an excellent mood.

He didn't even mind that Bai Fugui was holding the Vajra Bowl he was lying in, or that she was curiously examining his completely naked Dragon Body.

Meanwhile, Bao Mingjing cast another Meteorite Spell, raining rocks down on Li Wa and Lu Hualong.

He even had time to come over, take one look, and praise him:

"Young brother, you've built a fine Dragon Body. It's already top-notch. Did you come from a Dragon Nest or one of the Four Seas' Dragon Palaces?"

"Brother Bao, you guessed wrong this time. He came from neither a Dragon Nest nor a Dragon Palace. He's a Rogue Cultivator from the human race, a Young Peddler. And he's also an undercover agent working for my Political Investigation Department. The intelligence I brought you earlier came from him..."

As Bai Fugui sent her message,

surprise appeared in Bao Mingjing's eyes, and his admiration grew all the stronger.

He clearly understood that without this intelligence, Yelü Tianzheng might well have succeeded. The whole of Jiangzhe Province could have been shrouded in the Spirit Desire Blood Cloud, and once the Blood Rain fell, the province's people would all have become blood soldiers.

His father, Bao Hanzhang, would have been unable to shirk responsibility.

Whether it came to his cultivation of mind and soul or the Imperial Court's reckoning, he would have had plenty to answer for.

In a sense, this Young Peddler was also a benefactor to the Bao Family.

By now, both Bai Fugui and Bao Mingjing had decided that once the rebellion was put down, they would reward the young man handsomely for his service.

They were also a little curious about how he had transformed into a dragon, and why Yelü Yuyan was hunting him so relentlessly.

From her behavior, it was clear she hated him to the point of wanting him dead.

But though they were curious, they knew better than to ask.

Seeing this, Ge Xian was tactful. At the same time, he wanted to give a plausible explanation for how he had obtained the intelligence, so he sent each of them a message:

"I have ways to sneak into Yelü Yuyan's fox den. I overheard quite a few things and stole some intelligence."

"Before I left, I also swiped a copy of the Madwoman's Immortal Lord Yinglong Scroll. I only practiced it casually, but I couldn't transform into a dragon."

"But earlier, when Lord Bao summoned the meteors, I was still on Sunset Mountain and couldn't avoid them. I had no choice but to hide in the Water Vein beneath the mountain. As luck would have it, a meteorite smashed open an Earth Core. I also heard that Blood Poison was contaminating the outside world, so I took a risk and used Dragon Transformation. It would cleanse the Blood Filth and increase my cultivation—a win on both counts."

"I was meditating on the Yinglong Spirit God and hidden in the Water Vein, so no one knew."

"I didn't expect Yelü Yuyan to discover me and hunt me down. She hounded me relentlessly, forcing me to use up every trick I had before I finally escaped."

"If Sister Bai hadn't saved me, I'd have lost my life..."

As he spoke with heartfelt emotion, Ge Xian looked at Bai Fugui with a pair of Dragon Eyes, his face full of gratitude.

At the same time, he couldn't help but drug her.

Raise his favorability!

This trick had gradually become second nature to him.

Whether you were righteous or villainous, first take in a few wisps of my Qi Fragrance.

At first, he hadn't known how much to use. Too little did nothing; too much caused trouble.

Now, he had become so skilled that nobody could detect it. They just inexplicably found the young man especially likable.

What was more, Ge Xian had laid the groundwork before using his trick. He had spoken with such heartfelt sincerity that no one could spot a flaw.

Even Bao Mingjing, standing nearby, felt that the Young Peddler was a genuine, trustworthy person.

Bai Fugui felt no discomfort at all. She accepted the "Sister Bai" address outright and used her soft, sweet voice to reassure him:

"Since you call me Sister and you've rendered a great service, of course I'll protect you."

"The battle isn't over, and your injuries are serious, so stay in my Vajra Bowl for now."

"Once we've dealt with the Yelü Family and the Eternal Life Cult, we'll reward you. With me vouching for you, no one will steal your credit. Your future Dao Path and official career will be smooth sailing."