"Ah... ah... who are you?" the Ice Demon screamed shrilly.
The Black Pearl did not respond. Instead, the flames grew fiercer and fiercer, finally turning purple.
"Stop burning me! I surrender, I surrender!" the Ice Demon shouted.
"Accept me as your master," Tang Wen said.
"No, no! I'm in the Yang Spirit Realm!"
"Then just be cremated."
"Ah, ah! Stop, stop! I surrender! I accept you as my master!"
The flames vanished, and Tang Wen gained two servants at once.
One was Hong Ge, while the other was naturally the Ice Demon, who had only a Yang Spirit Body left and whom he gave to his wife, Cao Wuxin. There was also the Lion Demon, reduced to a small Primordial Spirit body.
The Ice Demon was tossed into the Soul-Nourishing Wood that Cao Wuxin wore, while Hong Ge, having absorbed some of the Ice Demon's Yang Spirit energy, actually advanced to the Martial King Perfection Realm.
With the Ice Demon as her servant, Cao Wuxin should be able to escape even if she encountered someone in the Sky Control Realm whom she could not defeat.
"It looks like she really is Huang Ji," Ao Guding said afterward, his face full of excitement.
"Unfortunately, she still hasn't answered me, and my Telekinesis Thread can't spy on her either," Tang Wen said gloomily.
"Take it slowly. Perhaps she looks down on you now. Or perhaps she's restrained by something and can't send any messages out," Ao Guding said.
Three days later, Tang Wen traveled back to the Yueya Empire, laden with all kinds of goods.
"Young master, something terrible has happened." As soon as Tang Wen left his room, Deputy Sect Master Hong Tai spoke, his face full of anger.
"Has something happened to my wife?" Tang Wen asked grimly. When