"All right, all right. When it comes to investing, how could we leave you out?"
"I hereby announce that our Immortal-Demon Cooperative Company is officially established! From now on, just sit back and wait for your dividends!" Lan Yue smacked her round body hard with her slender little palm.
After spending three whole months traveling through the Demon Realm, the little furballs slipped back together.
But before they could return to the Southern Spirit Sect, the Grand Elder caught them.
"You went to the Demon Realm? Didn't we tell you not to go anywhere so dangerous without our protection?"
"Lan Yue, were you the ringleader? What's so great about the Demon Realm? Why are you always trying to burrow into that foul, smoke-choked place?"
The Grand Elder was so furious that his beard bristled.
"In that case, you'll be confined. All of you will go into seclusion on the back mountain for half a year before you're allowed out," Yun Chong said sternly.
"This was far too serious. You slipped away without a word and gave us all a terrible fright. If we don't punish you properly, I'm afraid you'll..."
Before he could finish, Lan Yue hurriedly raised her hand. "Sect Master, we did slip off to the Demon Realm without a word, but we brought back some tremendously good news!"
Yun Chong paused. Though puzzled, he kept his tone somewhat stern. "Don't think that will get you out of your punishment."
"The Demon Realm is going to sign a peace treaty with our Peerless Continent!" Lan Yue dropped a bombshell that left everyone around her reeling.
"The Demon Realm is signing a peace treaty with us?" The Sixth Elder, who had appeared at some point, stared wide-eyed, almost convinced this was all a dream.
"That's right! Our friend is