You Still Dare Stand Before Me

The night wind gradually turned colder.

Time trickled away, drop by drop.

After a long while.

The fox demon sitting cross-legged suddenly shuddered, her tightly shut eyes slowly opening.

She raised her head and looked at the gaunt figure's back, her face full of bitterness.

"True Lord... I... failed."

"..."

At those words, the demons looked at one another.

The Wolf Demon instinctively glanced to the side.

The meaning was obvious.

Damn it, you were just boasting to the skies. Does your face hurt now?

The leopard demon's old face reddened. He stiffened his neck and turned to look up at the sky.

"Ah, the night really is dark..."

As if trying to salvage some of her dignity, the fox demon hurriedly rose and strode behind White Ape, urgently explaining, "True Lord, it is not that this servant's methods were lacking. It is truly because that human woman is far too suspicious!"

"This servant had Li Gui deliver a false message, but she... she was utterly unmoved!"

"Someone like her cannot possibly be lured out by a single letter..."

White Ape slowly turned around.

There was not the slightest anger on his face, not even a shred of disappointment.

"It matters not."

He shook his head. "Humans are cunning, most skilled in schemes and stratagems. They are fundamentally different from you demons born amid the mountains and wilderness."

"I never expected this plan to succeed."

Huh?

All the demons froze.

"True Lord, what do you mean?"

The fox demon also raised her head, her eyes filled with confusion. "Then... then why did we come all this way here?"

Seeing the demons' confusion, White Ape explained, "I established a manor here and made such a grand display only so that my son... could find his way home."

"But now that there