Catching Monsters

Chapter 399 Going Back to My Old Trade

The Dragon Palace is nestled at the foot of a mountain range that stretches for miles. The magnificent palaces and exquisite eaves give Jiang Yun the feeling that this place is even more luxurious and grand than the Zhou Kingdom's imperial palace.

The Dragon Palace is surrounded by towering white walls, and the main entrance is a giant white stone gate that is two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) high.

It was early morning when the stone gate slowly opened, and Ao Yu, dressed in a blue robe and adorned with magnificent jewelry, stepped out. Her expression was as cold as ice, and the two little demons guarding the Dragon Palace gate lowered their heads upon seeing her.

Ao Yu's cold and ruthless nature was known to all the human slaves and lesser demons in the Dragon Palace.

If you slightly displease him, you could lose your life.

After leaving the Dragon Palace, Ao Yu continued walking towards the Tiger Clan Restaurant where the news had come from.

She learned from the Tiger Clan that Jiang Yun had come to the Demon Kingdom, a piece of news that brought her a slight surprise, just as she had told Jiang Yun when she left the capital of Zhou.

Perhaps it's because of her high status, strong abilities, and naturally cold personality.

In short, she has very few friends, but Jiang Yun is definitely one of them.

At this moment, in his room at the Tiger Clan Restaurant, Jiang Yun was still meditating. After arriving in the Demon Kingdom, Jiang Yun discovered something strange.

That is, the spiritual energy in the Demon Kingdom is much denser than that in the Zhou Kingdom.

In other words, the entire demon kingdom is basically made up of demons, which has led to the overwhelming demonic aura.

This entire island is an excellent feng shui treasure land for cultivation.

Time always flies when you're engrossed in cultivation. A night passed quickly, and early the next morning, there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Yun slowly opened her eyes, and when she opened the door, it was Wei Li who stood there.

Wei Li's eyes held a hint of joy, and Jiang Yun asked with some surprise, "What, you've captured Yan Jiu?"

Wei Li shook his head and said, "He got away."

"However, I sent a message to the Dragon Palace yesterday that Ao Yu has arrived and is waiting to see you down there."

At this point, Wei Li looked at Jiang Yun with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Although Jiang Yun claimed from the beginning that he knew Ao Yu, Wei Li always felt that it was not quite real and was just trying it out.

In the demon kingdom, Ao Yu could be considered a celestial demoness.

She was the most beloved daughter of the Demon King, and her talent and strength were also extremely outstanding, giving her a rather transcendent status in the entire Demon Kingdom.

Although Wei Li's status in the Tiger Clan is not low, and he can be considered one of the more outstanding young people, the gap between him and Ao Yu is too great.

"Ao Yu is here? Didn't we say we were going to the Dragon Palace to see her?" Jiang Yun asked, somewhat puzzled.

Wei Li nodded: "Logically speaking, that should be the case..."

He hadn't expected Ao Yu to come in person.

Jiang Yun hurriedly left the room and then knocked on the door of Linglong's room next to her.

Linglong quickly opened the door, and Jiang Yun briefly said that Ao Yu had arrived. Upon hearing this, Linglong raised her eyebrows slightly.

The two followed Wei Li downstairs, where Ao Yu was sitting at a table, drinking the fragrant tea that Wei Li had prepared in advance.

"So you really did come to the Demon Kingdom." Ao Yu looked up at Jiang Yun, his eyes slightly narrowed, a hint of a smile in them.

"Since you've come to the Demon Kingdom, why didn't you inform me beforehand? I could have sent someone to Zhou Kingdom to pick you up," Ao Yu asked.

Jiang Yun chuckled to himself, thinking to himself, "I don't have a direct way to contact you either."

"You came to the Demon Kingdom to find me because you need my help?" Ao Yu asked rather directly.

Jiang Yun glanced at Wei Li beside him, then said, "Let's talk about Wei Li first."

Then, Jiang Yun gave Wei Li a look.

Wei Li forced a smile and said politely, "Lord Ao Yu, I have now reached the peak of the fourth-grade demon general realm and have reached a bottleneck. I hope to purchase a second-grade demon core from the Dragon Palace to help me break through."

Upon hearing this, Ao Yu's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "If you're buying demon cores, why don't you have your Tiger Clan Chief go directly to my father?"

Wei Li's face showed a hint of bitterness, as a large number of high-grade demon cores were in the hands of the dragon clan.

The Dragon Clan naturally does not want to see an increase in the number of powerful demons from other races, so they generally ignore requests from other demons to purchase high-grade demon cores. Only in many special circumstances will they be given as a reward to other demons.

But the quantity is extremely small.

Wei Li looked at Jiang Yun, who said in a deep voice, "Miss Ao, Wei Li has helped me a lot along the way. Do you think you could help me out?"

After a long silence, Ao Yu finally said, out of consideration for Jiang Yun, "Okay."

“Wei Li, have your Tiger Clan Chief ask my father for one. I will plead on his behalf.” “Of course, a second-grade demon core is very valuable. You must prepare the necessary benefits for your side without missing a single one.”

"Of course." Upon hearing this, Wei Li's face immediately lit up with joy, and he quickly expressed his gratitude. After a pause, knowing that Jiang Yun had other matters to discuss with Ao Yu, he said, "You two talk, I have other things to attend to."

After saying that, he turned around and ordered all the human slaves and monsters in the restaurant hall to disperse. He also ordered his monsters to guard the entrance and prevent anyone from getting close.

Ao Yu took a sip of tea and said to Jiang Yun with interest, "Jiang Yun, you're quite an interesting person. You've traveled all this way to the Demon Kingdom, but instead of talking about your own affairs, you're doing favors for others first?"

Jiang Yun smiled and said, "If I promised someone something, I naturally have to do it."

"As for Linglong and I going to the Demon Kingdom, it's for two things."

"First, the sacred dragon's saliva..."

"My disciple's meridians were destroyed, and only the Holy Dragon Saliva can restore him to his original state."

"Secondly, the Dragon Palace Night Pearl."

Hearing Jiang Yun and Linglong's purpose, Ao Yu looked at the two of them with some surprise and said in a low voice, "Sacred Dragon Saliva is easy to deal with. It's the saliva of my Dragon Saint grandfather. We still have quite a lot stored in our Dragon Palace. If you want it, I can go and get it for you right now."

"As for Yezhu..."

Ao Yu paused, glanced at the two of them, and asked with some doubt, "You've come all this way to the Demon Kingdom, don't you know what a Night Pearl is?"

The two of them, of course, had no idea; it was just a mission from the Tongyou Guard, and the mission did not specify what this thing was.

"This Night Pearl is something that fell from the sky thirteen years ago and happened to land near my Dragon Crystal City. Because it emits a faint white light, it can provide illumination at night, which is quite remarkable."

"That's why my father named me Yezhu."

"Now it also has another name, meteorite."

"This meteorite has always been kept in my father's Dragon Palace."

Meteorite.

Jiang Yun and Linglong were slightly startled and couldn't help but exchange a glance. Damn it, they should have said so earlier...

It should be noted that the fact that the Demon Emperor personally went to the Zhou Kingdom's court to auction that meteorite was enough to demonstrate how much importance he attached to it.

Under these circumstances, he and Linglong were to bring the meteorite back from the demon royal palace.

This is utter nonsense.

Jiang Yun frowned and said in a deep voice, "In that case, I would like to trouble Miss Ao to fetch some sacred dragon saliva for me."

Upon hearing this, Ao Yu smiled and then said, "Come on, I'll take you two to the Dragon Palace to retrieve it myself. Since we're already here, I might as well show you around."

"Is it convenient?" Linglong asked doubtfully.

"What's inconvenient about it?" Ao Yu smiled and patted Jiang Yun on the shoulder. "Let's go."

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"Damn it, Sister Tang Tang, these monsters are just too insulting."

"Are you going to send me to work in the mines?"

Near the Dragon Palace, Ai Tangtang held two candied hawthorns in her hands, taking a bite from the left and a bite from the right, observing the Dragon Palace.

Sun Xiaopeng, standing behind him, looked resentful.

Early this morning, the two of them went to the slave market to inquire about the availability of slaves to be sold into the Dragon Palace.

Unexpectedly, the monster merchant glanced at Sun Xiaopeng's appearance and realized that becoming a slave in the Dragon Palace was not something anyone could easily do.

There are limited spots available, and they're already full.

Furthermore, Sun Xiaopeng's appearance is not exactly handsome or beautiful, so he doesn't quite pass the test.

I touched the muscles in Sun Xiaopeng's arm; he'd be perfect for being sent to a mining area.

Enraged, Sun Xiaopeng punched the monstrous merchant in the nose, causing it to bleed.

Then the two of them slipped away to the vicinity of the Dragon Palace.

"If all else fails, Tang Tang, you can just go back to your old ways, go in and grab the stuff, and maybe sneak it out while you're at it," Sun Xiaopeng said in a low voice.

"Do you need to teach me?" Ai Tangtang turned around and glared at Sun Xiaopeng, while she began to make her own plans.

"Let's go, let's enter the Dragon Palace first and search for where the meteorite is."

(End of this chapter)