259: Chapter 259 Wearing these shoes, you'll be my personal jade beast!

Listening to the wails and exclamations coming from below, Empress Yue Chan retreated half a step in shyness.

She feigned dignity, smoothed out her slightly disheveled palace attire, and lifted her chin with a haughty air.

"That's enough, right? You've already given me the reward, don't push your luck."

"Is that it?" Cao Kun smacked his lips, feeling a bit unsatisfied. "That's too perfunctory. There's not even any substance; zero stars."

Empress Yue Chan, fearing that this shameless man would really go crazy in public, quickly straightened her expression and forcibly changed the subject.

She asked the question that had been bottled up in her heart just now.

She absolutely did not believe that Cao Kun was a soft-hearted person.

"You clearly had the strength to kill the Holy Lord of Taichu with one sword strike just now, so why did you deliberately let him escape?"

"This doesn't seem like your style of cutting weeds and eliminating roots."

Hearing this, Cao Kun put away his roguish demeanor and lowered his voice, saying:

"The Lingxiao Divine Kingdom went to great lengths to get them into the Ancient God Ruins; it's absolutely impossible that it's just to help them get revenge. There's likely some grand conspiracy being plotted behind the scenes."

"With that sword strike just now, I already injected a trace of Chaos Qi into his Primordial Spirit."

"As long as I follow the resonance, I can easily find him."

After hearing this explanation, Empress Yue Chan suddenly realized the truth, and she couldn't help but think even more highly of Cao Kun in her heart.

This man seemed to be full of flirtatious words and acted absurdly, but in reality, he was meticulous and calculated ten steps ahead for every one step he took.

"So that's how it is. You really are... insidious."

Empress Yue Chan gave a fair evaluation.

"This is called wisdom." Cao Kun raised his eyebrows. Seeing that the timing was ripe, he chuckled.

"We'll deal with those small fry later. For now, your husband has a special gift for you."

After saying this, Cao Kun flipped his palm and took out the limited-edition jade beast ring from the System space that he hadn't used yet.

Under Cao Kun's mental control, the beast ring changed its form.

It transformed into a pair of exquisitely styled crystal high heels.

These high heels were completely transparent, shimmering with fine starlight, and the streamlined design was extremely modern and alluring.

At the same time, the heels were slender and delicate.

It perfectly combined the brilliance of a Magic Treasure with the function of highlighting the soft curves of a woman's feet.

Empress Yue Chan had seen countless rare treasures, but she had never seen such a unique and novel pair of shoes.

"These are... shoes? Why is the style so strange?" Empress Yue Chan looked at the high heels and felt a bit bewildered. "How do you wear these?"

Cao Kun didn't answer the question.

He directly squatted down halfway.

He took off her original embroidered silk shoes.

A pair of fair, slender, and delicate jade feet, as if carved from mutton-fat jade, fell into Cao Kun's hands just like that.

Being held in public, Empress Yue Chan's pretty face turned red, and she instinctively wanted to pull her feet back.

"What are you doing... Quick... let go! There are so many people watching!"

"Don't move." Cao Kun raised his head, his gaze unusually serious.

"This is a Magic Treasure I specifically refined for you."

"Your Meridians were shaken just now; this Magic Treasure can help you stabilize your Qi. Be good, let me put them on for you."

Looking at Cao Kun's serious expression and listening to his gentle tone.

Empress Yue Chan bit her red lips, and inexplicably, she stopped struggling and let him do as he pleased.

The touch was warm and delicate, and Cao Kun felt secretly pleased.

He couldn't help but squeeze them a couple more times.

Only then did he slip the crystal high heels onto her feet.

The size was a perfect fit, not off by a fraction!

The high heels perfectly elongated the lines of her long, straight, beautiful legs.

Paired with that dignified and luxurious dark gold palace attire.

It made Empress Yue Chan's already graceful and moving figure appear even more stunning and eye-catching.

Cao Kun stood up and took two steps back to admire his masterpiece, feasting his eyes to his heart's content.

"Truly beautiful. It's as if it was tailor-made for you."

He praised from the bottom of his heart.

Empress Yue Chan tried taking two steps. Although she wasn't used to the height at first, she quickly mastered her balance.

She discovered that these shoes were indeed incomparably light, and the shame and annoyance in her heart dissipated quite a bit.

Just at this moment,

A System notification, sounding like celestial music, rang in Cao Kun's mind simultaneously.

[Ding! Detected that target Empress Yue Chan has voluntarily worn the limited-edition jade beast ring. Capture successful!]

[Initial taming value: 10/100!]

[Reward: 1000 task points]

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the SSS-level hidden task — Subdue the Empress of Great Yan!]

[Obtained task points: 50,000!]

[Obtained reward: Beast Tamer Rank promoted directly to Grandmaster Rank!]

[Obtained legendary Cultivation Technique: "Thunder Emperors Myriad Laws"!]

Hearing the rewards booming in his mind, Cao Kun felt like he was flying with pleasure.

He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and sent a wisp of Divine Sense to check the System panel.

[Host: Cao Kun]

[Cultivation: Void Refinement Stage Peak]

[Beast Tamer Rank: Grandmaster Rank Beast Tamer (885/1000)]

[Current Jade Beast count: 13/14]

[task points balance: 54,000]

Immediately after, information regarding the Thunder Emperors Myriad Laws flooded into his mind.

This was a supreme thunder-attribute Cultivation Technique that pointed directly to the Origin of the Dao.

Every character contained the Law of thunder, encompassing destruction and rebirth.

At the same time, after promoting to a Grandmaster Rank Beast Tamer.

He felt that his Soul connection with all the Jade Beasts, including those inside the Demon Suppressing Tower and Empress Yue Chan beside him, had become clearer.

Most importantly, 50,000 task points had arrived!

Added to his previous balance, his task points had become abundant once again.

...

Meanwhile.

In the deepest part of the Ancient God Ruins.

Holy Lord of Taichu dragged his broken body, stumbling out of a spatial crack.

He was covered in blood, his right half of his body had completely disappeared, and the severed area was a bloody mess.

Traces of gray Sword Qi remained on the wound, constantly eroding his life force.

Following the guidance of the black fog Origin within his body.

He finally returned to this blood-colored palace.

"Divine Emperor! Save me! Save me!"

The palace doors opened, and God Emperor Lingxiao walked out slowly.

He looked at the miserable state of the Holy Lord of Taichu, but there was not a hint of surprise on his face; instead, he revealed a strange smile.

"Oh! Brother Yuan Chu, you've come at just the right time."

He pointed to the huge Formation Plate in the palace behind him, which was emitting monstrous blood-colored light.

"The Ancient Blood Sacrifice Formation inside the hall is nearing completion. As long as this Formation is formed, I can break through the shackles."

"By then, killing Cao Kun will be as easy as turning over one's hand!"

Hearing this, hope ignited once again in the dim eyes of the Holy Lord of Taichu.

"Really!"

The smile on God Emperor Lingxiao's face grew even wider.

He came to the side of the Holy Lord of Taichu and bent down with a smile.

"Of course! However..."

God Emperor Lingxiao reached out his left hand.

He grabbed the remaining half of the Holy Lord of Taichu's neck.

"This Formation requires the essence blood and Divine Soul of a Body Integration Late Stage cultivator to serve as the Formation eye, and you are just right for it!"

"You lied to me!! Old dog Ling Xiao! You will die a horrible death—"

The Holy Lord of Taichu let out the most desperate and shrill scream of his life.

He felt hatred!

Had he known this, why would he have provoked Cao Kun, why would he have conspired with a tiger!

"Did you really think that I spent such a great price to send you all in, just to help your Taichu Holy Land get revenge?"

"From the very beginning, you were all sacrifices I had prepared!"

"Bang!"

God Emperor Lingxiao exerted force expressionlessly, directly crushing the last half of the Holy Lord of Taichu's body, along with his Primordial Spirit, into a thick mist of blood!

"Go on, fulfill your final value."

He waved his hand casually,

And threw this blood mist, which contained all the essence of a Body Integration Late Stage expert, into the Blood Sacrifice Formation in the center of the hall.

"Boom!"

Nourished by the essence blood and Divine Soul of a Body Integration Late Stage expert.

The Ancient Blood Sacrifice Formation erupted with a pillar of blood-colored light that shot into the sky.

Shrill wails of ghosts and howls of wolves echoed from underground.

The sky of the entire Ancient God Ruins was dyed a scarlet color at this moment.