107: The Empress's Master's secret was discovered by her aunt.

"Damn it, this Thief Cao is simply a jinx."

In a slightly dilapidated courtyard, Xiao Yan lay on the ground, his face pale with resentment, clearly not lightly injured.

Resentment, deep resentment.

Colorful Scale was captured; she was a peerless Snake Demon Queen.

The soft, slender, voluptuous, and enchanting red-robed queen he first met was now in Thief Cao's hands.

And the Netherworld Fire.

The lotus platform carrying the Innate Netherworld Fire should also be a Supreme treasure.

And the five lotus seeds... Xiao Yan was so angry he almost vomited blood. This treasure hunt in the underground palace was a complete loss, both wife and soldiers gone.

"Master, Master... That Thief Cao wouldn't kill Colorful Scale, would he?" Xiao Yan asked with worry.

"Probably not, but..." Elder Chen said, tired and weak.

Xiao Yan urgently asked, "But what?"

"Nothing," Elder Chen said tiredly, "Kid, you'd better focus on your own cultivation. That Cao Meng is not someone you can provoke. It's best not to provoke him again until your Flame Art reaches Major Achievement."

Xiao Yan sternly retorted, "No, Colorful Scale is still in his hands! Moreover, Colorful Scale is only one step away from entering the Divine Emperor Realm, transforming back into human form, and Awakening her original consciousness. I must snatch her back before she Awakens..."

One must know, after Awakening, Queen Cailin would not be polite to Xiao Yan. After all, Xiao Yan had once taken her Strange Fire and abducted her Nirvana body.

Xiao Yan, with his audacious courage, planned to establish a good relationship with her Nirvana body as much as possible before Queen Cailin Awakened, thereby influencing Queen Cailin's main consciousness.

Before the Queen fully Awakened, he would then use the Yin and Yang Spirit Pill the old man gave him to take her... This way, he would not only gain a charming queen but also a major backer for himself.

This was the so-called 'husband relying on wife's status,' eating soft rice with a hard and evil bite.

But now, his pre-destined wife had been snatched away.

"Snatch her back? With what?" Elder Chen said, speechless.

"I have my ways!" A characteristic cold smile of a child of destiny appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.

"I can't deal with him, but that doesn't mean there's no one in this world who can't do anything to him."

"You mean..." Elder Chen immediately understood.

"Forget it, kid, go ahead and mess around. This time, to help you open the underground palace passage, the little Soul Power this old man painstakingly gathered has all been used up..."

"Master, are you going to fall into a deep sleep again?"

Xiao Yan's face changed drastically. Colorful Scale was captured, and if his Master fell into a deep sleep again, he would truly have no one to rely on.

"Yes, I might have to sleep for a while again," Elder Chen sighed.

"But fortunately, your cultivation is now on the right track, and this time you also extracted a small portion of the Netherworld Fire, plus that fire lotus seed..."

Xiao Yan asked expectantly, "Master, can you give me your Skeleton Karma Fire..."

"Skeleton Karma Fire, ah..." Elder Chen was silent for a long time.

This fire was the elder's Innate fire; if entrusted to the wrong person... "Alright, I will strip off one-third of the Skeleton Karma Fire for you. I believe it will be enough for your Flame Art to advance further..."

Xiao Yan was overjoyed and said repeatedly, "Thank you, Master! Master, rest assured, as soon as my Flame Art advances, I will immediately search for treasures to restore Soul Power and help you recover!"

..."The future Flame Emperor is indeed difficult to handle."

Cao Meng shook his head with some regret.

After two encounters, he still hadn't had a chance to use his Appraisal Technique on this Great Emperor of Hedong.

"Netherworld Fire! It's similar to the Profound Glass Great Demon King's Profound Glass Demonic Fire, both are ultimate Yin fires, but the power difference is too great."

Hundreds of feet away from the Netherworld Fire, wisps of cold air seeped into his body.

The Chaos Profound Yang Supreme Art seemed to have taken a great tonic, its circulation speed accelerating.

"Comfortable."

Cao Meng stretched comfortably, and then, a burst of blazing Innate Solar Profound Glazed True Fire erupted from his body.

Then, he took a step, shifting his position, appearing on the Netherworld Lotus Platform, where ice flames raged.

"Oh my, so cold!"

The extremely cold flames surged into his body, and Cao Meng felt as if all the cells in his body were frozen.

The Chaos Profound Yang Supreme Art circulated at full speed, and at the same time, the lihuo red lotus appeared beneath his feet.

The blazing True Fire of the Sun and the Innate Netherworld Fire, one ice and one fire, these two flames intertwined within Cao Meng's body, and under the circulation and mobilization of the Cultivation Technique, they began to fuse... "So cold... and hot~ Oh my~"

A duality of ice and fire.

Stimulating!

His entire body's cells constantly shattered, then reformed and strengthened.

At the same time, the Innate Spirit Treasure, lihuo red lotus, gradually began to melt, turning into blood-red liquid that dripped onto the dark blue Innate Ninth-Grade Netherworld Fire Lotus.

Time passed bit by bit.

Just as Cao Meng was refining the Innate Netherworld Fire.

Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, Empress's sleeping chambers.

Empress Wu Feiyan, dressed in a loose silk nightgown, leaned on the Dragon bed.

A pair of Divine Grade jade feet were crossed, a few red ribbons hanging quietly on her crystal-clear ankles. She held an exquisite picture album in her hands, her eyes hazy with a smile, staring intently at the figures in the painting.

"I wonder what that Evil Disciple is doing right now. He wouldn't be getting intimate with his little fiancée, would he~"

"Hmph~"

In her mind, she couldn't help but recall the scene of sitting and discussing the Dao with her Evil Disciple.

It had only been a few days, and she actually missed him a little.

"Pah, Wu Feiyan, what are you thinking?"

Wu Feiyan shook her head vigorously.

She turned a page of the album: "This kid..."

"Swish~"

Just then, a fragrant breeze swept past, and the album in her hand disappeared.

"What... Auntie, give it back!"

Wu Feiyan was first startled, then seeing the person who arrived and the art album in her hand, she became even more angry and embarrassed, pouncing on her like crazy.

"Let me see~ What kind of precious Divine Art..."

The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Su Rui's figure flickered, transforming into nine figures, dodging Wu Feiyan's pursuit.

She looked closely.

Immediately, she was petrified... "Ah, Feiyan, you, you..."

Pfft~

The scroll was snatched.

"Wu Feiyan, you, you, you..." Su Rui's pretty face was like a red cloth, her fox eyes wide, her small mouth agape.

After a long pause, she finally managed a sentence.

"You, you're too much... Auntie admires you."

"Um, do you, do you have something to say? Have things on the Great Liang side been settled?" Wu Feiyan hid the album behind her, feigning composure as she asked.

"Settled my ass!"

At the mention of this, a trace of anger appeared on Su Rui's white fox face.

"What, an accident happened? That shouldn't be. With Auntie's intervention, plus Crown Prince's background, it shouldn't be..."

"It's all because of your 'precious' disciple." Su Rui bit down heavily on the word 'precious':

"If it weren't for him interfering, we would have succeeded. Now, it's all for naught..."

"That scoundrel..."

Wu Feiyan bit her pearly teeth lightly. In the end, that Evil Disciple still helped Xuanyuan Baizhi... A full day and night.

In the underground palace, the last wisp of dark blue Innate Fire was refined, and Cao Meng slowly opened his eyes.