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

In contrast to the hustle and bustle outside, Cao Meng and An Yingji were unpacking congratulatory gifts and counting their spoils in the private room.

After a final inventory check, the total value of the gifts reached several million low-grade spirit stones.

After eating and drinking heartily for most of the day, Hong Qi stopped, wiped her mouth, and said to Cao Meng:

"Cao Meng, this princess is full. This princess is going back to incubate the eggs!"

Hongqi naturally didn't want to go back to incubate the eggs, but she was afraid of being tricked by Cao Meng and being asked to pay the bill.

So she used the excuse of going back to incubate the eggs to slip away and go back to sleep.

"Pink-furred fox, don't worry, I won't make you pay!"

Cao Meng was fully aware of Hong Qi's little scheme.

"you promise!"

Faced with Hong Qi's distrust, Cao Meng had no choice but to make a promise.

"Give me ten more servings of everything on the menu!"

After receiving Cao Meng's assurance, Hong Qi felt relieved and immediately ordered the maids to serve the dishes. She wanted to show off and make Cao Meng go bankrupt.

Hongqi's bite of vegetables and her dream of a fleeting life in a jar of wine made her feel like she had reached the pinnacle of her fox life!

After drinking hundreds of jars of "A Dream of Life," Hongqi was practically floating on air. She went to Cao Meng, nestled in his arms, and said:

"Cao Meng, let me tell you, as long as you release me, when I return to the Northern Region of Mingzhou, I will bestow upon you dozens of women at the Void Refinement stage as concubines!"

Although Hongqi was drunk, she did not forget her freedom and did not forget to make empty promises to Cao Meng.

Cao Meng wasn't angry. He knew Hong Qi was drunk, so he began to probe for information:
"Princess Hongqi, in your Northern Region, Mingzhou, are the demon race stronger, or the human race?"

To get Hongqi to cooperate, he even addressed her as "Your Highness."

This pink fox had better cooperate!

"It's definitely our demon race that's stronger. Our demon race occupies 60% of the territory, and we have established many demon kingdoms and demon holy lands!"

"If it weren't for the sake of the Central Sacred Continent, our demon race would have driven the entire human race out of the Northern Nether Continent long ago!"

Upon hearing the title "Your Highness," the drunken Hongqi felt her entire fox spirit float away, and readily recounted the situation in the Northern Continent.

"Princess Hongqi, what is your aunt's strength?"

Cao Meng had heard the term "Aunt Hong Qi" mentioned hundreds of times, but he still didn't know her strength.

Now that Hongqi is finally drunk, Cao Meng naturally wants to get more information out of her.

"I don't know, but my aunt was a half-step eighth-order transformed demon beast ten thousand years ago!"

In fact, Hongqi didn't know her aunt's strength, because she had never seen her aunt make a move, and she had only heard about her aunt's glorious achievements in the past.

An Yingji, who was standing to the side, was a little frightened after hearing about Aunt Hong Qi's strength.

A half-step eighth-order demonic beast corresponds to the half-step Tribulation Transcending stage, the ultimate stage of the Integration stage!
Moreover, this was the combat power from ten thousand years ago. It's possible that Aunt Hongqi was already a true eighth-tier demon beast, comparable to a Tribulation Transcending stage being.

Although An Yingji had guessed that Hong Qi had some powerful backing, she didn't expect it to be this powerful!

Cao Meng is something else. Why can't he just capture beast pets that have no powerful backers? Now that he's captured one with a powerful backer, the Hehuan Sect can't afford to offend him!

That traitor Cao Cao can't stand not causing trouble for a day!

After hearing about Aunt Hongqi's strength, Cao Meng didn't think much of it, as it was about what he had expected.

After all, the Heavenly Fox Divine Bell around Hong Qi's neck was no ordinary spiritual artifact, which showed that she was no ordinary person.

"Princess Hongqi, how strong is your clan in the Northern Region of Mingzhou?"

Cao Meng continued to investigate Hong Qi's background, because only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle!
"Our Celestial Fox Clan is a top-tier power in the Northern Continent, with countless sixth-tier and fifth-tier demonic beasts under our command!"

"Cao Meng, let me tell you, your top powers in the Eastern Region Dao Continent are utterly insignificant compared to those in the Northern Region Ming Continent!"

Cao Meng addressed Hongqi as "Princess Hongqi" repeatedly, which clearly pleased the drunken Hongqi.

As Hongqi continued talking, she fell asleep in Cao Meng's arms.

Seeing that Hong Qi had fallen asleep, An Yingji suggested to Cao Meng:
"Cao Meng, why don't you treat Hong Qi better in the future?"

An Yingji was really scared. One day, Hong Qi's aunt came and, knowing that Hong Qi had been bullied by Cao Meng, went to settle scores with Cao Meng and the Hehuan Sect.

"I've already been kind enough to this pink-haired fox by not beating her up!"

"Besides, this pink-haired fox's life is still in my hands. With this hostage, I'm not afraid even if her aunt comes!"

Cao Mengju's An Yingji is just too cowardly. What is she afraid of when she has a hostage in her hand?

……

The drunken Hong Qi had a nightmare in which she became a fifth-order transformed demon beast. Just as she successfully transformed, Cao Meng suddenly appeared, stole her virginity, and took her!

As time went on, her belly grew bigger and bigger, and she gave birth to a litter of fox cubs for Cao Meng!

"what!"

Hong Qi was suddenly startled awake. After waking up, she rubbed her head and finally remembered that Cao Meng had tricked her into revealing information the night before.

"You shameless traitor Cao! You took advantage of my drunkenness last night to trick me into revealing information!"

"Since you know these things, you'd better release this princess right now!"

Hongqi felt that it was all her carelessness that led her to fall into Cao Meng's treacherous trap and be tricked into revealing information.

"If you're still drunk, just sleep some more!"

Cao Meng gave Hong Qi a smack on the head. This pink-haired fox is even more obedient when she's drunk than when she's not. She's obviously been spoiled by her family.

"You traitor Cao, I know you're afraid of my fox clan's revenge. If you release me, I swear that all our past grievances will be wiped clean!"

"I can promise you, as we agreed last night, I will reward you with dozens of female human cultivators at the Void Refinement stage!"

Hongqi had just shown her sincerity when Cao Meng flicked her forehead again.

Is this pink fox stupid? She already owns everything, let alone anything else.

……

It is also said that the guests invited by Cao Meng were preparing to leave as dawn broke, ready to attend the celebration.

Just as they were about to leave, a maid from Xuantian Pavilion stopped them:

"Distinguished guests, you haven't settled your bill yet?"

Cao Meng had already instructed them to collect spirit stones; others were letting these ungrateful children eat and play for free.

"This is a banquet personally invited by Cao Meng!"

"You can't do this, Xuantian Pavilion!"

"Don't you Xuantian Pavilion understand the meaning of 'attending a banquet'?"

"We gave you a congratulatory gift, yet you secretly accepted spirit stones behind Cao Qinchuan's back. What does this mean?"

Upon hearing that spirit stones were required, the vengeful spirits immediately began to make a fuss.

In fact, they had guessed that this was Cao Meng's instruction, that Cao Meng was trying to trick them, but they didn't want to break ties with Cao Meng, so they could only pretend to be stupid!

While they were enjoying themselves last night, they were still discussing Cao Meng, thinking that the other party knew how to conduct himself, that the congratulatory gift was worthwhile, and that they should try to befriend Cao Meng more in the future.

This morning, those thieves pulled this stunt on them. They have absolutely no sense of morality. How despicable!
What's most despicable is this Cao traitor. Last night, he even came out to offer a toast, saying, "You must eat and drink well, otherwise you're not giving Cao Meng face!" Cao traitor, you're just treating people without paying the bill, why are you saying such nonsense?

This traitor Cao was clearly afraid that if his men ate and drank too little, he would get less.

Min Xue is the manager of Xuantian Pavilion, and Cao Meng borrowed a Nascent Soul Elder from the great demon Xia Yulan to keep order!

When Cao Meng is not around, Min Xue, the manager, is in charge of managing Xuantian Pavilion. Of course, Min Xue is also Xia Yulan's informant, responsible for supervising Xuantian Pavilion to prevent Cao Meng from causing trouble there.

Faced with the questions from these wronged souls, Manager Min Xue solemnly replied:

"Fellow Daoists, Cao Meng only invited you to a banquet, but he didn't say what kind of banquet it was, did he?"

Min Xue's question left the wronged child completely bewildered.

After all, the invitation sent by Xuantian Pavilion only said "attend a banquet," without specifying what kind of banquet it was!
"Cao Meng personally instructed you to attend a banquet, a banquet of song and dance, not a banquet of food!"

"So last night's singing and dancing were all free; we didn't charge you fellow Daoists!"

"As for the spiritual food, you fellow Daoists, you ordered it yourselves, and you must pay the bill!"

As the manager of Xuantian Pavilion, Min Xue was a Nascent Soul stage elder and a seasoned veteran of the cultivation world for over a hundred years. Naturally, she knew how to deal with these people.

“Fellow Daoist Min Xue, we believe that a peerless genius like Cao Meng, a person of unparalleled talent and righteousness, would absolutely not do such a thing!”

The wronged people argued their case, realizing that Cao Meng was the one who had framed them.

Therefore, they directly bestowed some good reputations upon Cao Meng, because they did not believe that Cao Meng would have the nerve to cheat them or have no sense of shame.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Cao Meng, the person involved, coughed and appeared:

"Fellow Daoists, although I own Xuantian Pavilion, my junior sisters and senior sisters are all unfortunate people. They were forced by life to come to my Xuantian Pavilion as maids, singers, and dancers!"

Cao Meng's meaning is very clear: it's impossible for him to get the meal for free.

You know, last night these guys all thought they were paying the bill, so they ate and drank to their hearts' content without showing any consideration.

If I were to give them the meal for free, I would still lose money on their small gift!

"You're being rather unethical to say this to Cao Meng's personal disciple!"

When the traitors saw that Cao Meng had stopped pretending, they stopped pretending too.

"Fellow Daoists, Cao Meng has made this clear, and I, Cao Meng, apologize to you all here."

"You'll get a 9.9% discount on your bill last night!"

As soon as Cao Meng finished speaking, he bowed to the wronged children to express his apology.

We're all just trying to earn spirit stones, so bowing isn't shameful!

99% off!!!

This discount greatly displeased the traitors, who felt that Cao Meng was trying to disgust them.

If Cao Meng is truly sincere, then give them the meal for free!
wrong!

This traitor Cao was indeed very sincere, but he used all of that sincerity to scheme against them.

It was all a scheme from the very beginning, from sending out the invitations!
Cao Meng gave Min Xue a look, and Min Xue immediately understood. She then instructed the maids to hand over the bills for each of the wronged children to them.

"Damn it, 320,000 low-grade spirit stones, why don't you just rob us!"

When You Zhiquan saw his bill, he was furious. He had thought he had only spent tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones.

Upon seeing this bill, I immediately...

“Fellow Daoist You, your table last night consumed a total of 123 jars of Dream of Life. Each jar of Dream of Life costs 2,000 spirit stones, so here are 246,000 low-grade spirit stones!”

"And the spiritual food and fruits you ordered last night, the ten female companions you ordered, and the service fees..."

Min Xue presented the entire bill directly. Since Xuantian Pavilion was a brothel, the items inside were naturally more expensive than those outside.

"Your Spirit Wine, Dream of Life, is clearly a third-grade spirit wine. You should know that a third-grade spirit wine outside usually costs two hundred low-grade spirit stones per jar. Your spirit wine has increased in price tenfold. That's outrageous!"

You Zhiquan regretted it now. Last night, he thought the Spirit Wine of Dream of Life was good and could increase his cultivation and enlighten his mind, so he drank too much.

If I had known that it cost two thousand low-grade spirit stones per jar, I wouldn't have ordered so much!
"Cao Meng personally instructed that the price of your Xuantian Pavilion's Spirit Wine, 'A Dream of Life,' is seriously unreasonable!"

"Your Xuantian Pavilion has set up this scheme against us; we are going to the Hehuan Sect to file a complaint against you!"

The other victims, seeing their own bills of hundreds of thousands, also began to cooperate with You Zhiquan to resist the evil forces and not become victims themselves.

"Fellow Daoists, the reason why this Dream of Life Wine is so expensive is because it is valuable in terms of the ability to understand the Dao heart."

Even high-grade spiritual wines lack the ability to comprehend the Dao Heart!

Upon hearing Cao Meng's words, You Zhiquan and the other wronged individuals fell silent for a moment.

They drank heavily last night because of Yimeng Fusheng's ability to understand the Tao!

"Let me tell you all, this Dream of Fleeting Life Wine is a tribute wine for this celebration, and the Joyful Union Sect purchased it at two thousand low-grade spirit stones per jar!"

Cao Meng wasn't making this up. As far as he knew, the female demon and Xia Yulan had made accounts by selling each jar of food to the warehouse for two thousand low-grade spirit stones, thus pocketing huge kickbacks.

"Fellow Daoists, the reason you were able to drink 'A Dream of Eternity' is entirely because I, Cao Meng, used my methods to obtain it!"

"Who knows, even after this celebration, two thousand low-grade spirit stones might not be enough to buy a Dream of Life."

Cao Meng has entered his masterful deception mode, fooling these innocent victims.

As for the price, it depends on how much the victims are willing to accept it. If the vast majority of victims are willing to accept it, Cao Meng will definitely have to sell it for a higher price.

After Cao Meng said this, You Zhiquan and the other wronged people fell silent!
"Fellow Daoists, if you find it too expensive, you can apply for a membership card, that is, a VIP card!"

The idea of ​​using membership cards to kill innocent children was something Cao Meng came up with on the spur of the moment.

In his hometown, everything from entertainment venues to fruit shops relies on membership cards to rip off customers, and today he plans to follow suit.

"Fellow Daoist Cao Meng, what discounts do you offer with your membership card?"

When You Zhiquan and his group of accomplices heard that the membership card was for VIPs, they immediately understood that it was a discount.

"Spend one million low-grade spirit stones to become a silver member and enjoy a 2% discount!"

"Spend 5 million low-grade spirit stones to become a Gold Member and enjoy a 5% discount!"

"..."

When You Zhiquan and his group listened to Cao Meng introduce the membership card, they felt a chill run down their spines, especially since the later part of the card required spending over 100 million yuan to qualify.

"Fellow Daoists, why don't you first recharge ten million low-grade spirit stones, apply for a diamond card, and enjoy the nine benefits?"

Cao Meng's gaze was now incredibly sincere, hoping these wronged souls would cooperate.

"Fellow Daoist Cao Meng, let's just forget about it!"

"We are just a small force, not as large and powerful as the Hehuan Sect. Ten million low-grade spirit stones are not a small number for us!"

You Zhiquan and his group of accomplices politely declined Cao Meng's offer. They had already been tricked by Cao Meng once, so naturally they wouldn't fall for it a second time!
"In that case, fellow Daoists, please hurry and pay your bills. The celebration will begin in a little over two hours, and I need to go back and prepare!"

"If anyone dares to renege on their debt to me, Cao Meng, I can guarantee they won't have a chance to attend the celebration!"

When You Zhiquan and his ilk refused to sign up for membership cards, Cao Meng's attitude immediately changed; he was practically ready to pull out his magical weapon. (End of Chapter)