Your Expression Was Off Just Now

Di Jun had no way to deal with Liu Mang, who knew nothing no matter what he was asked and refused to say another word.

He could only bring him back to where Nu Wa was regulating her breath.

At this moment, the Ten Great Demon Gods and the Ancestral Wu were still hurling insults at each other!

Tai Yi did not join the Demon Gods. Instead, he stood to one side, lost in thought.

Over on the Wu Clan's side, Hou Tu likewise stood motionless, seemingly deep in thought.

When Tai Yi saw Di Jun return, he hurried over and pointed toward Nu Wa. "Big Brother, Nu Wa is about to wake up."

"Mm, I can feel it!" Di Jun said, but his gaze was fixed in another direction.

Tai Yi looked at Di Jun, who seemed unconcerned about Nu Wa.

"How did things end up like this? Didn't we come here to..." Tai Yi trailed off, glaring resentfully at Liu Mang, who had secretly returned behind Fu Xi to count his treasures.

"It's all this ant's fault. If not for him, how could things have... Hiss, could it be..."

Tai Yi raised his head and stared at Di Jun in shock.

"You only figured it out now? It's a little late, but not too late!" Di Jun gave a bitter smile and looked at Liu Mang with a sigh.

This Human Race fellow was truly abnormal. Not only was he incredibly bold, but his schemes also ran deep. If Tai Yi dealt with him, he would probably be completely played in the palm of his hand.

Di Jun glanced at Hou Tu, who was still lost in thought, and smiled faintly. "Luckily, the Wu Clan is here to take the fall."

Tai Yi still could not believe it. "How did he dare?"

"Why wouldn't he dare? Didn't you see it yourself?" Di Jun shot Tai Yi a glance and thought, His courage is far greater than you can imagine.

The moment Di Jun thought of what Liu Mang had asked him to do, he hurriedly shifted his attention elsewhere.

There was no barrier right now. If that person noticed, one slap might come flying at him, and he would not even have anywhere to argue his case!

Thinking of this, Di Jun cheerfully patted Tai Yi on the shoulder. "Be friendly with him for now, but do not let him be used by our Demon Race!"

"Why?"

Di Jun truly did not dare say, "I'm afraid the Demon Race will get too close to him and be schemed to death!"

More importantly, no one would believe him even if he said it. Yet he was worried that Tai Yi would not take it seriously enough, so he could only find another reason and transmit his voice, "It concerns attaining the Dao!"

Tai Yi raised his head and looked at Di Jun in disbelief, wondering whether he had misheard.

How could an ant who had not even stepped onto the path of cultivation be connected to attaining the Dao?

But Di Jun solemnly nodded at him again in confirmation, so he could only set aside his doubts for the moment. "I understand. I'll inform the other members of the Demon Race afterward."

Hou Tu, who had been watching Tai Yi all along, seemed to sense something. Following his gaze, she looked at Liu Mang, who was seated with his back to everyone.

Hou Tu tugged at Di Jiang, who was spraying saliva as he argued, and asked with some confusion, "Big Brother, what was our purpose in coming here?"

Di Jiang blurted out, "Of course, it was because of Nu Wa attaining the Dao, and to see whether we could..."

Di Jiang saw Hou Tu repeatedly signaling him with her eyes and seemed to realize he had said too much. He hurriedly shut his mouth.

He looked around and, seeing that no one had noticed, let out a sigh of relief. "That scared me to death. I almost said what I was really thinking."

But when he looked at Nu Wa again, he was completely stunned.

Damn it, weren't we here to cause trouble?

She's already finished regulating her breath. How are we supposed to cause trouble now? Cause trouble my ass!

Seeing his brothers still arguing endlessly beside him, Di Jiang grew increasingly irritated and shouted, "All of you, shut up! Don't forget why we came here!"

Everyone froze. Damn it, didn't I come here because of Nu Wa attaining the Dao?

How did I end up arguing with these barbarians—beasts? Where exactly did things go wrong?

After lowering their heads to think for a moment, everyone stared at Liu Mang in shock.

Liu Mang, busy sorting his treasures, seemed to sense their gazes. He turned and gave them an innocent smile, then turned back to continue sorting.

For a moment, everyone's gaze toward Liu Mang changed.

No one had expected that they had actually been schemed against by an ant who had not entered the Dao.

Liu Mang had not only diverted their attention, but had also drawn them deeper and deeper in until they had even forgotten their real purpose.

The looks the Wu Clan and Demon Race exchanged no longer carried their previous righteous indignation. Instead, they began avoiding each other's eyes.

There was no helping it. This was simply too embarrassing.

If word got out, how could they still show their faces in Hong Huang?

Especially with Di Jun, Tai Yi, Di Jiang, and Hou Tu watching them with teasing expressions.

Bai Ze let out a long sigh. "Sigh, who would have thought that a man who hunted geese all day would be pecked by geese in the end? I have disgraced the name of the Demon Race's military strategist."

Tai Yi looked relieved. Luckily, he had not been the last to discover it. Otherwise, as the Demon Emperor, would he not have been even more humiliated?

For a time, his gaze toward Di Jun was full of gratitude.

The scene shifted.

Although Liu Mang had his back to the Wu Clan and Demon Race, he could still feel their gazes shooting into him like bullets, making his scalp prickle.

They can't see me! They can't see me!

Liu Mang kept chanting in his heart. Still feeling it was unreliable, he scooted a little closer to Nu Wa.

[Mother! You have to come through!]

[For the sake of your attaining the Dao, I've done everything I could to hold them back!]

Liu Mang raised his head to look at Nu Wa and met a pair of open eyes filled with warmth.

Seeing Nu Wa awake, Liu Mang let out a long breath. This feeling of repeatedly dancing on the edge of life and death was simply too thrilling.

[She's finally awake! If she hadn't woken up soon, the grass on my grave would've been two meters tall by the next time we met!]

[Haha, from now on, I'm the son of a Saint! All races of Hong Huang, wait to be bullied by me, Liu Mang!]

[Woohoo, I'm taking off!]

Although Nu Wa had been regulating her breath, it was not as though she had no reaction to the outside world.

The moment Liu Mang left with Di Jun, Nu Wa had thought she might never see him again in this life.

Nu Wa had originally planned to emerge from her meditative state, but after thinking of Liu Mang's earlier outrageous antics, she forced herself to calm down and continue regulating her breath.

She had seen everything Liu Mang had done for her.

It could be said that he had done even better than Fu Xi.

Nu Wa had been deeply moved. The first thing she did upon waking was look at Liu Mang, intending to thank him properly.

Who would have thought that this bastard had been trembling in terror just a moment ago?

Yet the instant he saw her awake, he seemed to become a different person and immediately wanted to wreak havoc across Hong Huang.

The idiom "arrogant before, respectful after" had been perfectly embodied by him.

Just as Liu Mang was still fantasizing about his wonderful future life, Nu Wa's gaze gradually turned cold!

[Damn it! Why did her expression change so suddenly?]

[Women are such a pain.]

Liu Mang immediately put on a flattering expression and leaned closer. "Mother, what's wrong? Did someone make you unhappy?"

Nu Wa sneered and nodded.

Liu Mang's expression changed, and he flew into a rage on the spot. "Uncle! Where's my uncle?

Tell me, who was it that had no eyes and made my mother angry while I was gone!

Tell me, and the two of us will catch him and snap him in half!"

Nu Wa looked at Liu Mang and nodded in satisfaction. "Mm, not bad!"

After saying that to Liu Mang, she turned to Fu Xi. "Big Brother, do it. Since he already explained the method himself, snap him in half!"

Liu Mang: "?????"

[Damn it! Damn it! You lured me into a trap, didn't you?]

[You're about to attain the Dao, and now you're turning your back on me?]

Nu Wa raised an eyebrow. "You still dare talk back in your heart?!"

Liu Mang froze, nearly losing control of himself. No way? Can she hear what I'm saying in my heart?

Nu Wa grabbed Liu Mang's ear with one hand and poked his head with the other as she said angrily, "Hmph, don't say I'm falsely accusing you! Your expression was off just now!"

Hearing that, Liu Mang finally let go of the breath he had been holding.

[Whew, that scared me to death! I thought she could hear my thoughts!]

Seeing Liu Mang sigh in relief, Nu Wa was delighted as well. Looks like I'll have a reason to beat him up from now on!

Nu Wa had thought Liu Mang would struggle a little longer before his death, but he dropped to his knees directly. "I'm sorry! I was wrong! Everything about me was wrong!"

[Hehe! I know this one!]