Yin Yang Soul Searcher

"You surnamed Xiao, what exactly do you want? Aren't you afraid of dying yourself, or implicating your Beichen clan?" Peng Li threatened viciously. "Aren't you afraid the Great Demon King will send troops to attack your Beichen clan?"

"Let them fight if they want. It's not like I'm the emperor of Beichen." Xiao Wumian's figure materialized from the black and white, his expression nonchalant. "Besides, your Great Demon King is still injured. Do you think he'd mobilize a large force to attack Beichen just because of you?"

"What exactly do you want?!" Peng Li shouted hoarsely. Was Xiao Wumian out of his mind? He was completely illogical! And he was absolutely right; the Great Demon King probably wouldn't easily attack Bei Chen...

"You should understand what I want." Xiao Wumian smiled faintly, then his face turned cold.

Peng Li naturally understood what Xiao Wumian wanted: nothing more than the corpse of that auspicious beast!

It's just that I went to great lengths to get this thing in the capital, and even lost two experts from the Great Demon Kingdom in the process. It's really not worth it that he easily snatched it away here!

Peng Li transformed into human form, his face filled with extreme anger, but he dared not attack Xiao Wumian first; that would be tantamount to suicide....

"I can give you the item, but on one condition!" Peng Li threatened coldly, "Otherwise, I'll self-destruct right now, and you won't get either my corpse or the auspicious beast's!"

Xiao Wumian nodded: "Alright, as long as you vomit up the auspicious beast's corpse, I promise I won't kill you. I swear on the honor of the Beichen royal family!"

"You don't even care about the survival of the Northern Chen Kingdom, do you think you care about their reputation?" Peng Li said angrily. "You will come back to the Great Demon Kingdom with me. I will give you the auspicious beast's corpse after I enter the Great Demon Kingdom's territory!"

"Escort you back to the Great Demon Kingdom? And then have the Great Demon King stop me?" Xiao Wumian curled his lip. "Are you an idiot or am I?"

After saying that, the black and white colors around him returned to Xiao Wumian's body like air currents.

The azure sea reappeared before Pengli's eyes, with white waves undulating on the surface, and the wind seemed to carry vitality.

Peng Li's eyes revealed a look of vigilance. He didn't understand what Xiao Wumian was doing. Had he agreed to his request?

As the two stood facing each other in the air, Xiao Wumian shook his head with some pity: "I don't know where you got the confidence to think you can threaten me with suicide. I'm too lazy to play with you anymore."

Then Xiao Wumian bent down and shouted towards the sea, "Koi, come out and wash the ground!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the calm sea suddenly churned violently as if an earthquake had struck, with the tsunami crashing against the surface and sending up huge sprays of water.

"Koi! How dare you betray the Great Demon King!" Peng Li roared, his eyes filled with panic.

Then, a silvery laugh came from beneath the sea, followed by a golden-red carp leaping out from the azure surface, its scales reflecting the morning sunlight.

This scene resembles the legendary fish leaping over the Dragon Gate.

As the golden-red carp leaped out of the water, her figure gradually transformed into a woman dressed in red with gold threads embroidered on her clothes.

The woman had long, wavy hair that flowed like the ocean waves beneath her feet. Her delicate, oval face was flawless, her eyes sparkling like sapphires, and a pearl necklace adorned her forehead. Her alluring figure was captivating...

She was dressed quite flamboyantly, Xiao Wumian secretly commented from the side. It was the first time he had ever seen a koi carp transformed into human form, and she was even more beautiful than the women in the harem of the Beichen Emperor.

She's just a bit old. Don't let her looking like a woman in her thirties fool you; she's probably old enough to be your grandmother...

Jinli also looked Xiao Wumian up and down with great interest: "I didn't realize you were so handsome when you were wearing a bamboo hat."

"Ah, haha, it's nothing special, nothing special." Xiao Wumian laughed loudly: "My looks are only third in the whole world."

"Oh? Someone as narcissistic as you actually thinks your looks only rank third?" Koi asked incredulously. "Then who's first and second?"

"I don't want to mention their names." Xiao Wumian put his hands behind his back, looking into the distance with a somewhat melancholy gaze. His demeanor was quite like that of a master.

Jinli pursed her lips, deciding it was fine if she didn't want to talk about it. Then she turned around, looking coldly at Peng Li in front of her.

Peng Li was somewhat out of his mind when he saw this scene; it really was a lucky koi!

"Koi, how dare you betray the Great Demon King! Why are you helping Bei Chen? Aren't you afraid the Great Demon King will massacre your entire Inner Demon Sea?!"

The koi's voice was as melodious as a silver bell, and her delicate, oval face held a hint of disdain: "If it weren't for my father's death, would the demons of our Inner Demon Sea have bowed down to that monkey?"

"You might not know this, but that monkey isn't a very good swimmer. Otherwise, he would have wiped out our entire Inner Demon Sea long ago. Would he have allowed me to cultivate until now?"

"Just because of the corpse of this auspicious beast, are you going to gamble the lives of all the demons in the Inner Demon Sea?" Peng Li was somewhat delirious, still threatening Jinxiu.

"I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you, a dying man." Koi rolled her eyes beautifully, then stretched out her slender hand and slapped Peng Li in the air.

The "snap" sound was loud and crisp.

Peng Li was sent tumbling through the air by the slap before finally regaining his balance. Using the distance created, Peng Li transformed into a giant eagle and sped away into the distance.

That's pretty cunning.

The two did not rush to chase after them upon seeing this scene. Instead, they saw Jinli gently raise her hand, her sleeve sliding down to reveal her snow-white, lotus-like arm, and then shake the golden bell on her wrist.

"Ling Ling Ling"

The golden bell rang out with a clear, crisp sound that pierced through the surface of the Inner Demon Sea, attracting a huge blue whale that was lurking beneath the water!

Upon hearing the sound of the golden bell, Peng Li felt a sudden dizziness, and his rapidly departing figure began to slow down.

Peng Li had to stop in the air for a moment. After regaining his senses, he was suddenly plunged into darkness. The sun in the sky seemed to be hiding in the clouds, and a figure that blotted out the sun blocked his way!

A massive amount of seawater cascaded down his body, like a waterfall of the Milky Way from the heavens.

"What is this!" Peng Li exclaimed loudly, and immediately ran in the opposite direction.

Unfortunately, no matter how fast Peng Li went, he couldn't escape the huge shadow cast by the blue whale.

The blue whale opened its massive jaws, revealing sharp teeth as tall as a person, its mouth filled with a foul-smelling, sticky liquid. It then swallowed the soaring Pengli whole!

"Your blue whale is amazing!" Xiao Wumian exclaimed from the side, "It's like it's eating sunflower seeds."

Koi rolled her eyes at the side, thinking, "How can this person speak so vulgarly!"

Before Peng Li could make a sound, he was swallowed whole by the blue whale. The blue whale then glanced in the direction of the koi with its beady eyes before its massive body silently sank into the sea, leaving no ripples.

The sun shone down again, dispelling the surrounding darkness, and the Inner Demon Sea was calm. It was as if nothing had happened.

"You fed it to him like that? He didn't even spit out the bones?" Xiao Wumian flew to the koi's side, his surprise undiminished.

"You're a second-rank Onmyoji, can't you behave a little more maturely?" Jinxiu crossed her arms over her chest, forming a striking smile. Then, she said irritably, "You haven't seen this kind of scene before?"

"Of course I've never seen it. Who would have thought that the demons of your seas would be hiding such a powerful weapon?" Xiao Wumian said matter-of-factly, without feeling that his behavior was inappropriate for his status.

"What rank is that blue whale?"

"He's a bit weaker than me. But his innate supernatural abilities are more powerful," Koi said, resting his delicate chin on his hand.

"That's really strange. Is there any demon race in the world with more powerful innate abilities than your Koi Clan?" Xiao Wumian smiled.

"Hmph, if the innate abilities of our Koi clan were truly that powerful, my father wouldn't have died at the hands of the Great Xia Emperor!" Jinxiu turned her delicate oval face aside, leaving Xiao Wumian with a beautiful profile.

Xiao Wumian didn't continue the topic; after all, he already knew the whole story of his father's death...

"Let's get back to business." Xiao Wumian clenched his right fist, coughed lightly twice, and said, "I've already retrieved the auspicious beast's corpse for you. As a result, Beichen has offended the Great Demon Kingdom. From today onwards, we're in this together, sharing both glory and ruin."

The koi nodded, without refuting.

"As per our previous agreement, when Beichen attacks Daxia, you must help me deal with Daxia's Grand Preceptor. And if the Great Demon King purges your Inner Demon Sea, Beichen will not stand idly by!"

Xiao Wumian patted Jinli on the shoulder and said like a close friend, "From today onwards, our two families will help each other."

"Okay." Jinli tossed her wavy hair and nodded in satisfaction. Then she asked, "It's said that the Grand Preceptor of Great Xia is still injured. Does Beichen have any plans to send troops recently? Now is an excellent opportunity."

"Although I hate to admit it, I don't think that guy's injury is as serious as it looks." Xiao Wumian sighed.

"Oh?" A glint flashed in the koi's eyes. "You mean he's faking it? Who's he faking it for?"

"Who knows?" Xiao Wumian shrugged, then cursed venomously, "He's notoriously cunning, treacherous, and utterly inhuman!..."

Upon hearing that Xiao Wumian harbored such deep resentment towards the Grand Preceptor of the Great Xia Dynasty, Jinli couldn't help but burst out laughing. He still remembered the grudge from eight years ago...

Xiao Wumian glanced at the koi fish with annoyance, and then continued, "So I don't think now is the best time to attack Great Xia."

"Therefore, to be on the safe side, let's wait until you've refined the auspicious beast's corpse and increased your strength before we, Beichen, launch an attack on Daxia."

The koi nodded, which was taken as agreement.

Then, suppressing a laugh, he asked, "It's said that the Grand Preceptor of the Great Xia Dynasty beat you so badly you were practically wetting yourself, and you even called him 'Father' in the end. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wumian's face flushed red, and he angrily retorted, "You idiot! Who the hell is spreading rumors about me! How could such outrageous news get out?"

Don't I have any pride?

"Haha!" Jinxiu covered her mouth, laughing so hard she was bent over and her body was shaking.