Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Under Cao Meng's orders, delicacies and wines were quickly prepared, and at the same time, singers, dancers, and maids were arranged to accompany them.

"Cao Meng, let them withdraw."

Looking at the female servants serving drinks, An Laodeng dared not move an inch. After all, if Lanzhi found out, he would be torn to pieces!

"Uncle, don't worry, with Shishi and Yurui with Aunt, they won't let her find this place!"

"Uncle, you've worked hard for most of your life, shouldn't you enjoy yourself a bit?"

Cao Meng comforted An Laodeng and then gave instructions to the singing girls and dancing girls:
"Keep playing music, keep dancing!"

At Cao Meng's command, singing and dancing resumed. An Laodeng was furious to see Cao Meng enjoying himself with women on both sides!
How could my precious daughter be so blind as to like this thing?
It must be said that Ann Old Deng was still very self-disciplined, drinking alone without having any maids serve him.

As time passed, Cao Meng felt the time was right.

He gave the maids a look, and they immediately understood, going to An Laodeng's side to pour him wine and offer him toasts.

Cao Meng then picked up the Inquiry Machine and started a video call with Yu Rui:

"Yu Rui, buy whatever your aunt takes a fancy to later. If you don't have enough spirit stones, put it on the tab and have them come to me for it later!"

Shishi wasn't quite right in the head, so Cao Meng chose Yu Rui instead.

When Yu Rui received Cao Meng's video call, she immediately understood what he meant, so she deliberately let Lan Zhi see it.

"Cao Meng, you've really thought of me!"

Lanzhi had just praised her son-in-law Cao Meng when she immediately sensed something was wrong.

She noticed something amiss with Cao Meng's surroundings; a man was being toasted by a group of maids. She quickly questioned him:
"Where are you, Cao Meng?"

Although the man's face was obscured, Lan Zhi noticed that his clothes were exactly the same as An Laodeng's.

"Auntie, the signal is bad here!"

Cao Meng made a perfunctory remark, and seeing that the plan had succeeded, he quickly ended the video call.

Cao Meng waved his hand, signaling the maids to quickly leave.

As soon as the maid left, Lanzhi used the Inquiry Machine to make a video call to An Laodeng to check up on him.

"Why is Lan Zhi calling me on video now?!"

An Laodeng looked at Lanzhi's video call to check up on him, and hesitated for a moment before answering.

"Cao Meng, you plotted against me?"

He saw Cao Meng laughing at him from the side and immediately realized that he had been tricked by Cao Meng.

The other party brought me here as part of a scheme; they are truly malicious!
"Uncle, you'd better answer it quickly."

Cao Meng shrugged and laughed, then drank the spirit wine and ate the spirit food in big gulps. He wanted to see if An Laodeng could turn the tide today.

"Lanzhi, listen to my excuses, or you're wrong, listen to my explanation. It's all Cao Meng's fault!"

Left with no other choice, An Laodeng still connected the video call. Before Lanzhi could even speak, he quickly began to explain.

For a moment, he even uttered words.

"Anxiu, tell me where you are right now?"

Lan Zhi didn't say anything else, she just kept asking about the location of Ann Lao Deng.

"Cao Meng, come here and explain!"

When An Lao Deng saw that Lan Zhi was furious, he knew that if he didn't explain himself clearly, he would definitely get beaten up and have to kneel on the steps.

So he quickly pulled Cao Meng aside to explain, hoping that as long as the other party could explain clearly, he could escape danger and avoid being punished by family law.

"Auntie, blame me if you must. It's all my fault!"

Cao Meng cooperated fully with An Laodeng and readily admitted to all the charges.

"Anxiu, how dare you! You actually tried to pin everything on that kid Cao Meng! You're dead!"

In Lanzhi's mind, Cao Meng had already been labeled as a virtuous son-in-law and a good boy, so Lanzhi absolutely did not believe that Cao Meng would do such a thing.

At first, An Laodeng didn't realize what was happening until he heard his wife's furious roar in the Inquiry into the Immortal's Questions. Then he realized that he had been tricked by Cao Meng again.

This kid is trying to get himself killed! This kid is using someone else to do his dirty work!
"Auntie, please don't be angry. Getting angry will cause wrinkles. I'll come over here with Uncle right now!"

Cao Mengchao asked about the immortal's secrets, while Lanzhi on the other side offered a few words of comfort, and then, without thinking, helped An Lao Deng end the video call.

"Boy, you'd better explain things clearly to me and Lanzhi, or I'll never let you off the hook. As for your relationship with Yingji, forget about it!"

An Laodeng looked at Cao Meng, his anger burning.

He had lived a wise and virtuous life, but he never expected to be schemed against like this.

"Uncle, instead of threatening me, you should go and apologize to Auntie."

Cao Meng felt that An Laodeng still hadn't learned his lesson, daring to threaten him and try to interfere in his affairs with his nemesis senior sister. He would have to add fuel to the fire later.

……

Upon seeing the enraged Lanzhi, before An Laodeng could even explain, Cao Meng spoke first:

"Auntie, please don't blame Uncle. It's all my fault. I took Uncle to the brothel, and I ordered those maids!"

"Auntie, I can assure you that Uncle has done nothing to betray you. He absolutely did not get intimate with those maids. It was all a misunderstanding!"

Cao Meng plays a game of open cards. Open cards may seem sincere, but since he dares to play his cards open, it is naturally an unsolvable game.

"You brat, you've managed to get me killed!"

An Laodeng realized that Cao Meng wanted to kill him and wouldn't give him any chance to explain.

"Cao Meng, your uncle and I have some business to attend to, so we'll head back to our lodgings first!"

Lan Zhi couldn't wait to bring An Laodeng back to her residence and use family discipline.

Cao Meng handed a jade bottle to Lan Zhi and whispered:

"Auntie, there are ten Golden Core cultivators' Golden Cores inside. You can use them to cultivate. This is the territory of the Joyful Union Sect, no one will say anything!"

Using a cultivator's golden core for cultivation is not uncommon in demonic sects; a cultivator's golden core is somewhat similar to the inner core of a demonic beast.

The golden core of a cultivator is gentler than the inner core of a demon beast, making it more suitable for cultivators to refine. If it weren't so labor-intensive, it would have been mass-produced long ago.

"Good child, you should go back to your cultivation!"

"That useless old man actually tried to shift the blame onto you! Auntie will definitely teach him a lesson!"

Lanzhi put the jade bottle away, then gestured for Cao Meng to hurry back. She glared at An Laodeng before they all went back to their lodgings together!
"Daughter, your mother is going to beat me! Come quick and save your father!"

On the way back, An Laodeng realized he was in trouble, so he secretly used the divination tool to ask his daughter for help.

……

When An Yingji received An Laodeng's plea for help and rushed to Chunfeng City, An Laodeng had already been beaten into a pulp by Lanzhi and was kneeling on the steps.

In fact, with An Laodeng's Nascent Soul cultivation, Lan Zhi's Golden Core cultivation could not harm him at all, but Lan Zhi ordered An Laodeng not to use his spiritual power to resist.

As a doting husband, even though he knew he would get a beating, Old Man An could only listen to Lan Zhi. After all, she was the wife he had chosen, so he could only spoil her with tears in his eyes!
"What's wrong with Dad?"

An Yingji helped An Laodeng up, and seeing his miserable state, she couldn't help but ask a question.

At the same time, she was also a little envious of her mother, Lanzhi. She wished she could beat up her bastard junior brother, Cao Meng, just like her mother beat up her father.

My junior brother Cao Meng and my father are both men, so why can't he pamper women like my father does and let me beat him up to vent my anger?

Ugh!
There's no hope of beating up Cao Meng now. I'll be thankful if this bastard junior brother doesn't bully me too much!

"..." "Yingji, it's all Cao Meng's fault for framing me!"

An Laodeng recounted in detail how Cao Meng had tricked him, and sternly accused Cao Meng of the scheme.

That brat dared to scheme against me; he can forget about getting along with my daughter.

An Yingji's face darkened instantly, and she said helplessly:

"Father, don't you know that Xuantian Pavilion was founded by Cao Meng?"

An Yingji believed that her father had been tricked by Cao Meng. At the time, she didn't quite understand how her father had offended that bastard Cao Meng.

"It was this kid who got me!"

When An Laodeng learned that Xuantian Pavilion was Cao Meng's property, he was even more furious!

This kid is taking advantage of me because I don't usually frequent brothels, and he's actually scheming against me so openly.

Just as An Laodeng was getting angry, he noticed a cold gaze. He saw Lan Zhi looking at him, her eyes seeming to say: When did I let you get up?

Under Lan Zhi's cold gaze, An Laodeng could only continue kneeling on the steps to admit his mistake.

"Mother, you've misunderstood Father. He was definitely tricked by that bastard Cao Meng..."

Left with no other choice, An Yingji could only help An Lao Deng explain to Lan Zhi.

“Cao Meng is a good boy. An Xiu, what did you do to offend them? Otherwise, why would they scheme against you?”

After An Yingji's explanation, Lanzhi also understood that An Laodeng had been tricked by Cao Meng.

However, she believed in her good son-in-law, who would not have wronged Old Deng for no reason; Old Deng must have offended him somehow.

An Laodeng is very frustrated. If she didn't know that Cao Meng and Lan Zhi were not related by blood, she would have suspected that Cao Meng was some kind of relative of Lan Zhi. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so biased towards him.

An Laodeng guessed that it was related to his disagreement with An Yingji and Cao Meng's relationship, so he voiced his guess.

A blush crept across An Yingji's face, and she quickly explained:
"Father, Cao Meng and I have no relation. We are just ordinary fellow disciples!"

Cao Meng: That's right. My relationship with Senior Sister Yuanzhong is just that of a junior brother and senior sister. At most, we study and seek the Dao together in various ways and get to know each other better.

"Yingji, you should go back and cultivate!"

Lanzhi noticed that her precious daughter was shy, so she didn't expose her and instead signaled for her to quickly return to Huanzong to cultivate.

An Yingji nodded and quickly slipped away. However, she was a little puzzled as to how her affair with Cao Meng had been discovered, even though she had concealed it very well.

"Madam, Cao Meng is such a wicked and immoral fellow! He deliberately tricked me and is ruining our marriage!"

After getting up, Old Man An stretched his body and complained.

"For an elder to say such things to Cao Meng, you deserve to be tricked. The fact that Cao Meng didn't beat you up personally is already a sign of mercy!"

Lanzhi felt that An Laodeng deserved it, and said that she wondered why her son-in-law would target this Laodeng. It turned out that Laodeng brought it on himself!
"Who told you to get up? Keep kneeling!"

Lanzhi noticed that An Laodeng had stood up again sometime earlier, and immediately began to scold him angrily.

Lan Zhi's words were like a divine decree to An Laodeng, who immediately knelt down.

"Anxiu, let me tell you, Cao Meng is the son-in-law I've chosen. If you dare to interfere in his and Yingji's affairs again, I'll tear you apart!"

Lan Zhi sternly warned An Laodeng, lest the other party let her son-in-law run away.

At this moment, An Laodeng was on the verge of tears!
My status in the family has been declining again and again, and now I'm even less important than an outsider!

……

When An Yingji returned to Suqin Peak, she was about to confront Cao Meng when she was summoned to the main hall by Consort Duanmu.

After An Yingji bowed and paid her respects, Consort Duanmu solemnly spoke:
"Yingji, I have made my decision. I will pass the position of Peak Master to you from now on, and I will do my best to support you in becoming the successor to the Sect Master!"

That rebellious disciple is now obsessed with women and is ruined.

Consort Duanmu now has no choice but to replace her, but fortunately she had made preparations beforehand and had backup candidates.

"Master, this is true!"

An Yingji was overjoyed. In fact, she had known all along that she couldn't beat that bastard junior brother.

He had no hope of becoming the peak master or the sect leader.

Now that her master has declared that she will be her successor, it means that she has won and that bastard junior brother has lost.

Cao Meng: It was me who gave in to you!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Seeing her eldest disciple's delighted expression, Consort Duanmu coughed once, then solemnly said:

"That rebellious disciple wanted to use the benefits of seeking immortal secrets to exchange with his master, but his master did not agree."

That rebellious disciple disrespects his teacher and elders, and is unworthy to be the peak master of Suqin Peak, much less the sect master of the Hehuan Sect!

Consort Duanmu seemed to be talking to herself, but she was actually speaking to her eldest disciple, An Yingji.

She believed that her eldest disciple, with his intelligence, should understand what she meant.

"Master is wise and sagacious!"

For the first time, An Yingji felt that her master was wise and had finally seen through Cao Meng's true colors.

"Yingji, from now on you must cultivate diligently and stay away from that rebellious disciple. Don't let your master down!"

Consort Duanmu had some things she couldn't say directly, so she chose to lay the groundwork, waiting for An Yingji to take the bait.

"Uh-huh!"

An Yingji nodded quickly. As long as her master was willing to pass on the position of peak master to her in the future, she would do whatever her master said.

An Yingji nodded, which meant she had taken the bait and entered the hunting phase for Consort Duanmu!

“Yingji, you are too young. You can’t handle the profits from the divine revelation. You can’t beat Xia Yulan. Therefore, I have decided to keep them for you for the time being!”

Duanmu Fei assured that she was not trying to steal An Yingji's share; she simply felt that An Yingji was too young to handle certain things and needed her, as her master, to do so.

"Master, this..."

Even if An Yingji was stupid, she could see that her master was eyeing the 10% benefit that Cao Meng had given her from the Immortal Quest.

“Yingji, I have no descendants, only you and that traitorous disciple.”

From now on, all my possessions will ultimately belong to you, my fellow disciples!

Consort Duanmu immediately started making promises to An Yingji, of course, she was doing it for An Yingji's own good.

Could her good-for-nothing eldest apprentice possibly keep the small share Cao Meng gave her?

Who knows, he might be tricked away by Xia Yulan one day, or taken back by that traitorous disciple.

The best course of action is to entrust the matter to one's master for temporary safekeeping.

"Master, why don't we draw up a written agreement?"

Although An Yingji really wanted to trust Duanmu Fei as her master, the latter had already betrayed her as her disciple once.

He was afraid that once he handed over those shares, his master would change his mind and not pass on the position of peak master to him again.

"Alright, I'll make a written agreement with you!"

Seeing that even her eldest disciple didn't trust her, Consort Duanmu was somewhat displeased, but she still nodded in agreement. (End of Chapter)