46: Chapter 46 Ling Yuxiu's love-struck mind overload led her to ask me to a secret rendezvous in Xianglong City.

"Ah, Your Highness, oh no!"

"Young Master, you mustn't, this is your..."

Seeing Ye Xiu's intoxicated expression, the few maids beside the fat Young Master hurried to dissuade her.

The Princess didn't understand the rules, but as servants, they certainly couldn't be ignorant of them.

According to the unwritten rules of the Yankang Kingdom's royal family.

This sachet was equivalent to a token of love.

Once a royal woman gave it away, she was bound to be with the man before her.

The little Princess was too willful.

However, perhaps due to her "love-brain."

This Princess, disguised as a man, not only didn't take it back but instead pushed her personal maid away.

She continued to stare at Ye Xiu with that gaze of looking at a great hero.

"Benefactor, may I ask your honorable name!"

"We are heading to Xianglong City; if you can come, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

This little Princess really didn't know the gravity of the situation.

With a casual sentence, she had leaked their destination this time.

On the surface, this was an exploration ship.

It seemed to be here to survey the surrounding terrain.

But in reality, General Qin beside her had a much more important duty.

That was to contact the Xianglong City Lord in The Great Ruins.

To make them submit to Yankang.

And become the bridgehead for the great army to enter this land.

"Your Highness!"

Hearing this unrestrained person beside him.

General Qin Feiyue wished he could smash his head against the ship's railing at this moment.

In front of a strange expert, she had not only given away her personal sachet, which represented the chastity of a royal woman.

But had even spilled the national strategic secret—'Alliance at Xianglong City'.

If this were to reach the capital, the Emperor, known for his strictness, would likely skin him, Qin Feiyue, alive.

But at this moment, Ling Yuxiu was already "blinded by infatuation."

She ignored the anxious gazes of everyone around her, and in those watery big eyes.

Only the dashing figure standing by the river, holding a wine pot, was reflected.

"Great Hero! You must come!"

"I will wait for you at the best inn in Xianglong City! Don't be late!"

"At that time, this Young Master... even if I have to empty my family fortune, I will repay you for saving my life!"

Ling Yuxiu cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted at Ye Xiu, fearing the other party wouldn't hear.

"Xianglong City? A handsome reward?"

Ye Xiu's ears twitched; he automatically filtered out ambiguous words like "don't be late" and only heard the most practical part.

He shook the empty wine pot in his hand, a smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Interesting. It seems this is a person who isn't short of money."

"Fine, for the sake of the money, I'll go and mooch some wine then."

...

Half an hour later.

The Heavenly Demon Sect's temporary base (next to Canlao Village).

"What did you say?"

"The Yankang Kingdom's army wants to station in Xianglong City? And they also want to use it as a bridgehead to attack The Great Ruins?"

In the room, Si Youyou held the exquisitely crafted sachet embroidered with two dragons playing with a pearl, her stunning face showing a gravity and dominance inconsistent with her age.

She first brought it close to her nose to smell the scent on the sachet, then sneered:

"Such expensive tribute incense from the Western Regions, such exquisite court embroidery."

"Husband, that 'fatty' you mentioned, I'm afraid their identity isn't that simple, is it?"

"The double-dragon pattern on this is the exclusive totem of the Yankang royal family. And the way this sachet is tied is a 'True Heart Knot'."

"In Yankang, when a woman gives a man a 'True Heart Knot' sachet, it means she is pledging her life to him."

"Husband, you went out for a trip, not only fought a battle but also conveniently recruited an 'Imperial Sister' for me and Sister Xinyun, didn't you?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ye Xiu almost choked to death on a grape.

"Hmph, whether it's a woman or not, we'll know once we go to Xianglong City."

Si Youyou didn't dwell on this issue too much; after all, she was the Heavenly Demon Sect Leader (the actual person in power) and had a very strong grasp of the big picture.

She stood up, her originally gentle temperament instantly changed, and an aura of killing intent permeated the air.

"The Ancestral Master has gone to Yankang to lay out plans; this rear area must not catch fire."

"Xianglong City is the throat of The Great Ruins. Once controlled by the Yankang army, our Heavenly Demon Sect and Canlao Village will be in a position of being attacked from both front and back."

"We must not let them succeed!"

Si Youyou walked to the wall hanging the map of The Great Ruins, extended her jade finger, and tapped heavily on the three characters 'Xianglong City'.

"Pass on my Sect Leader's order!"

"Assemble the sect's elites—the White Tiger Hall, Azure Dragon Hall, Vermilion Bird Hall, and Black Tortoise Hall—break camp immediately!"

"Since that 'fat Princess' invited you to a tryst in Xianglong City..."

Si Youyou turned back and gave Ye Xiu a smile that could topple kingdoms, yet hid murderous intent:

"Then we shall grant her wish."

"It's just that, this time, it won't just be you attending the appointment."

"There will also be three thousand disciples of my Heavenly Demon Sect!"

"Yankang wants their advance troops to station there?"

"In their dreams!"

"We must launch an active attack before they can gain a firm foothold; strike first to gain the advantage!"

"Also..."

Si Youyou walked to Ye Xiu's side, straightened his collar, and added in a haunting tone:

"I also really want to see what this 'fat Princess' who dares to seduce my husband with a personal sachet actually looks like."

"If she is really too fat... then this marriage, this Palace will not agree to it."

Watching his wife's 'The true queen sets out, nothing grows' stance.

Ye Xiu couldn't help but shiver, then felt his blood boil with excitement.

"Good!"

"Then I'll listen to you, my lady!"

"Let's head to Xianglong City and teach those Yankang soldiers... a lesson!"

Following the order.

Canlao Village and the Heavenly Demon Sect, which had just quieted down, began to operate again.

If according to the original work.

Next, there would be a plot about the world's number one beauty re-emerging into the Jianghu to 'seduce'.

But Ye Xiu, as the Heavenly Demon Sect Leader and Si Youyou's husband.

Didn't want his wife to show her face in public.

So, the plot needs to be changed here.

"Xian Qinger, the Little Thunderclap Bronze Buddha, and the big Demon Ape, heed my command!"

Standing at the gate of that large city.

In broad daylight, Ye Xiu performed a divine operation that no one expected.

That was to summon the monsters of the entire The Great Ruins in the name of the Wine Sword Immortal.

Gathering them at the gate of this Xianglong City!

"We accept the summons!"

"Roar—!!!"

Following Ye Xiu's command, the first response was a violent roar that shattered the clouds.

It was noon, and the gate of Xianglong City was bustling with people and endless merchant caravans.

Suddenly, the ground began to tremble violently, as if thousands of horses and soldiers were galloping.

"What's going on? An earthquake?"

"No! Look at the sky! It's gone dark!"

The city guards looked up in terror and saw an ancient Demon Ape that was twenty zhang tall.

Like a moving small mountain, it crashed down from the sky!

Its muscles were coiled like dragons, its eyes were crimson, and the moment it landed, the huge shockwave blasted away half the water in the moat.

It didn't start a massacre but, like a loyal door god, sat down on the left side of the city gate.

With its arms crossed over its chest, it bared its fangs and glared at the passing pedestrians.

"Amitabha... Goodness, goodness..."

Immediately after, a teeth-grinding sound of metal friction rang out.

On the right side of the city gate, a ten-zhang-tall Bronze Buddha from the Little Thunderclap Temple, covered in eerie dark golden liquid, walked over with heavy steps.

Its face was compassionate, but its eyes revealed a heart-palpitating, demonic red light.

With every step it took, it left a footprint several feet deep on the ground.

It sat cross-legged, blocking the path on the right, and what it chanted was not the Sutra of Salvation, but demonic sounds that could turn one's Divine Soul upside down.

The last to appear was a stunningly beautiful white silhouette.

Xian Qinger stepped on the Void Realm, followed by hundreds of colorful, yet highly poisonous, demonic spirits from The Great Ruins.

She hovered directly above the city gate, her slender fingers plucking the pipa, and an invisible sound wave barrier instantly enveloped the entire city gate.

"This... are these those forbidden monsters from The Great Ruins?!"

"Quick, quick, report to the City Lord!"