Chapter 317: Chapter 317

"It looks couple should have been eloping lovers who were finally found and brought back by their families." Nangong Suxin speculated.

"That's what I speculated too, but I can only speculate. They weren't easy to approach and maintained some wariness toward people." The old man said. "After they left that year, they erased all traces of those two young people's lives, making it impossible for anyone to investigate."

"Probably didn't want people to know their secrets. I find it strange—how were you able to observe them so much without being discovered?" Xiaoyao found it very odd. With Saint Level martial artists appearing, their sensing abilities—how could they possibly let others observe nearby? To put it in one phrase—there must be something fishy about this.

"How could we not be discovered? They knew of our existence from the beginning, just didn't pay attention to us. But we also couldn't follow them, otherwise they would give warnings and then take action." The old man said helplessly. This was a kind of tragedy, because he fundamentally wasn't taken seriously by the other party.

"That's right. To them, you're just ants. Who would care about ants being nearby? But if they crawled on you, that would be different." Xiaoyao nodded and said, openly pouring salt on the old man's wounds without any concealment.

"..." The old man fell silent.

"Poor little characters. I'm leaving. Young Miss, be careful not to drink too much." Xiaoyao waved to everyone and prepared to leave.

"You little rascal, you only talk to Mo Yu. Can't you say a few words to me?" Nangong Suxin grabbed Xiaoyao.

"Fine, a few words. You must feed Mao Mao well. Although it eats a lot, it's very hardworking and also very cute." Xiaoyao spoke to Nangong Suxin, but these words didn't seem to have anything to do with Nangong Suxin.

"... Can't you say something about me? Is Mao Mao more important than me..." Nangong Suxin was somewhat speechless and really wanted to slap Xiaoyao twice.

"About you? Take good care of the Young Miss. Sometimes she acts without thinking." Xiaoyao said.

Was there any difference?

"Actually, I also want to give you some instructions, but you, Miss Nangong, don't have anything I need to instruct you about." Xiaoyao said with a smile at this moment, seeming somewhat helpless.

That's right, Nangong Suxin indeed had no aspects that would worry people. High martial prowess, meticulous thinking, wouldn't cause trouble, wouldn't show off—except telling her to work hard at cultivation, there was almost nothing worth saying.

At the same time, Nangong Suxin had always been working hard at cultivation, so saying this would also be a waste of breath with no meaning.

Hearing Xiaoyao's words, Nangong Suxin's spirits lifted, and she looked proudly at the Young Miss. Did you hear that? He's only because I don't need instructions. In his eyes, I'm a person without flaws. Unlike you, with a whole bunch of shortcomings.

The Young Miss looked disdainful and contemptuous. Her expression seemed to say: No matter what, I still got one sentence, while you got none.

After leaving the Nangong residence, Xiaoyao headed straight for the mount-selling place. This time he wanted to choose the fastest one, but unexpectedly, before he reached that place, he encountered someone who helped him solve this problem.

"Young Prince, where are you heading?" Prince Li Cheng appeared very casually and coincidentally in Xiaoyao's path.

"Oh, Your Highness, what a coincidence. Thank you for what happened just now." Xiaoyao stopped and bowed to Prince Li Cheng. For those who helped him, he would give thanks and more thorough courtesy. Of course, this was just an ordinary thank-you bow, not some kneeling ceremony for meeting a prince—he wouldn't do that, nor did he need to.

Prince Li Cheng couldn't possibly let Xiaoyao bow, because the other party's status was equal to his own, at least on the surface. He also felt very panicked about Xiaoyao's thank-you bow and immediately returned the courtesy.

"Young Prince, no need to be so polite. This was just a small effort, and this matter should be blamed on me—it was my dog who offended you." Prince Li Cheng spoke very courteously to Xiaoyao and truly had an apologetic meaning.

His statement seemed to accord with facts. That Fourth Prince was his dog—no, his person. If he wanted to befriend Xiaoyao, he would definitely need to apologize for this.

"It's nothing. Since Your Highness also called it a dog, let that dog go to the side." Xiaoyao replied. He had no intention of focusing on people like the Fourth Prince. Although he wouldn't go so far as to call him a dog, he was also an irrelevant person.

Prince Li Cheng smiled and said, "Young Prince, you don't need to call me Your Highness or anything. Just call me Li Cheng."

"That's not very appropriate." Xiaoyao said, looking at Prince Li Cheng with some confusion. What was his attitude? It seemed somewhat strange.

Even if he had that Young Prince status from the Great Tang Empire, the other party was a prince of the Greedy Wolf Empire—his status was only higher, not lower. Moreover, Greedy Wolf had always been at odds with Great Tang. Why did the other party want to get close to him? This matter also had suspicious aspects.

This guy's expression also seemed somewhat ambiguous. There's a conspiracy.

"What's inappropriate about it? It's just a name. You call me by name, and I can call you by name too. We can get closer." Prince Li Cheng said with a smile. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novel✦fire.net

There really was a conspiracy.

"That's not good. I don't mind you calling me by name, but getting closer is unnecessary. I'm just a small servant—I can't reach so high." Xiaoyao maintained a certain distance from Prince Li Cheng.

"Hehe, don't be , Young Master Xiaoyao." Prince Li Cheng said with an apologetic smile. Although his address still included "Young Master," at least he added the name and had more of a close feeling.

"Your Highness, this address makes me unable to bear it." Xiaoyao's distance from Prince Li Cheng grew greater and greater.

"Alright, let's just speak plainly." Prince Li Cheng put away his smile and began to become serious, then continued, "You think my attitude toward you is somewhat strange, right? Actually, this isn't strange at all. Because of Hei Xue's relationship, your status within our Demon Cult isn't low."

When saying this, Prince Li Cheng had already used the Sound Transmission Technique. He couldn't possibly speak directly about such matters in such a public place. Even with a low voice, it might be heard by others, which would lead to bad rumors.

"Hei Xue? Demon Cult?" Xiaoyao was somewhat confused. He didn't know about the relationship between the Demon Cult and Greedy Wolf Empire. Although he knew some inside information, he couldn't confirm anything.

"That's right. Greedy Wolf Empire is one of the Demon Cult's branches. Originally, we didn't want to submit to Hei Xue, but now that the Demon Palace has reappeared—this was all her doing—and she now also controls powerful strength, the Demon Cult's unification is just a matter of time. We analyzed that opposing Hei Xue has no benefits, so we returned to the Demon Cult." Prince Li Cheng said.

Seeing that Xiaoyao still seemed confused, Prince Li Cheng continued, "Hei Xue now controls the entire Demon Cult's martial arts classics. At the same time, she also has people cultivate the Heavenly Demon Technique. She also has no ambition to necessarily control the Demon Cult. Even though we've returned, we still have a certain voice."

"That makes sense." Xiaoyao nodded. "By returning now, you can also share in those Demon Cult classics and can develop your own power earlier. If you don't return, it will only make your starting point later, giving opportunities to others. With Hei Xue's abilities, within twenty years, you would also be forcibly merged by her. At that time, your status would be much different, and whether you could obtain resources would be even harder to say."

"Yes, our thinking at that time was the same. Now that we've obtained the Demon Cult's classics, we can both become stronger and also develop our own forces within the cult. Hehe, this probably doesn't need to be concealed—everyone knows and will do it." When Prince Li Cheng reached the end, he smiled somewhat self-mockingly.

"I understand this, but why are you telling me these things? I have no relationship with the Demon Cult. Even if you want to sweep across the world, as long as you let me have a place to settle, I won't have any objections." Xiaoyao appreciated Prince Li Cheng's frankness but didn't understand why he was telling him these things. There wouldn't be some purpose in this, would there?

Have him join the Demon Cult? This was impossible. Although with the current Demon Cult's development momentum, it could not only unify the scattered branches but might even unify the entire continent—it was a super-strong existence, a very good protective umbrella.

But he seemed not to need this protective umbrella. If he wanted to join the Demon Cult, he would have joined long ago and wouldn't wait until now.

Xiaoyao also didn't have any resistance to the Demon Cult. From his perspective, the so-called orthodox sects and Demon Cult were essentially no different. Things the Demon Cult had done, orthodox sects had also done, and not less than the Demon Cult—it was just that one did surface work well and knew how to conceal, while the other directly and simply admitted it.

Getting back to the point, even if Prince Li Cheng had returned to the Demon Cult, it seemed he wouldn't have any good attitude toward Xiaoyao because of Hei Xue. There were still some reasons Xiaoyao didn't know about.

Soon, Prince Li Cheng revealed this reason.

"You must be wondering why I came to find you. This naturally has a purpose. I came to find you because I want to obtain your support." Prince Li Cheng stated the reason, but this reason made Xiaoyao even more confused.

"My support? What are you talking about? I'm not a Demon Cult member—how can I support you? Would it be useful?" Xiaoyao didn't understand. This matter sounded very far-fetched. What connection was there between these two things? It seemed there wasn't even a little bit.