Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 336 360361—Mother's Beautiful Best Friend Xiao Ledian's Urgent Response

"That Shrek Title Douluo I defeated last year isn't dead yet, is he?" Yuma asked with a smile, tucking a stray hair behind her ear.

"Which one? Cai Meier? I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned her. She... should still be alive! What, you want to use Shrek Academy as a scapegoat!?" Qian Lingyun thought for a moment, then raised her hand to cover her left eye, switching perspectives with an undead creature in the undead demiplane.

Ever since Cai Meier was severely injured and fell into a coma by Yuma, she has been keeping Cai Meier alive by undead creatures using Soul-Destroying Powder and other strange things.

Honestly, if I hadn't been so busy lately that I'd almost forgotten about this guy being kept in the undead demiplane, I would have found Huanhua and chewed her up like a bear cookie long ago, given her appetite.

"Bring her here, and Mom will find a way to have her 'lead' us in!"

"Ah! No way! These old Shrek geezers are obsessed with Shrek's glory, how could she help us infiltrate Shrek?!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Lingyun's first reaction was disbelief. Zhang Lexuan, a young woman in her twenties, had to rely on her own skill in using the master-servant mark to slowly deceive people.

An old lady like Cai Meier, who is over ninety years old and has spent most of her life at Shrek Academy, is probably even harder to fool.

It's not that Qian Lingyun is completely unconvinced, it's just that the effort and reward are completely disproportionate.

With the effort she puts into fooling these old guys, she could probably fool countless people like Zhang Lexuan.

"You have your connections, but don't I know anyone?"

Yuma raised her head, adopting a haughty and aloof demeanor, and chuckled, "Just leave it to me, you can learn the rest!"

After speaking, Yuma took out the communication device from the bedside table, dialed a special channel, and said, "You can come and talk to my daughter about that matter in detail now, but you have to do me a favor first!"

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you!"

Who is she talking to? And who is on the other end of the communicator?

Although Qian Lingyun was inwardly seething, she couldn't help but outwardly exclaim: "Truly, in a big forest, you'll find all kinds of birds..."

After Yuma and the person on the other end of the communicator had communicated everything, Qian Lingyun leisurely raised her hand and asked, "Mom, who were you talking to just now? Do I know that person?"

"Of course you've seen it! But I guarantee you might not recognize it!" Yuma said in high spirits, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

"Is that Madam Luo Li, the one who made my wedding dress?"

Qian Lingyun looked at Yuma with a half-smile, and seeing her smile freeze on her face, she deduced that she had guessed correctly.

"ah!?"

Yuma paused slightly, awkwardly withdrawing her smile, and asked in confusion, "How did you know? You clearly..."

"Does Mother really treat me like a little girl? I'm the Crown Princess, after all. It's not like she'd really send someone to investigate this former royal tailor's background!"

The smile doesn't disappear, it just shifts. For example, right now, the smile on Yuma's face has shifted to Qian Lingyun's face.

"I really underestimated you! If you still have the soul bone set you gave me, prepare another one for me. Ask someone to help you get a proper gift." Yuma muttered, covering her face with a wry smile, then couldn't help but say:

"It's still early, let's go eat first. She's a bit neurotic, so when you see her, whatever she wants to do, don't show too much resistance!"

Oh! That's so mysterious?

But to be fair, no matter how neurotic she is, she doesn't have as many types of neuroticism as the Holy Spirit Church.

Despite her many surprises, Qian Lingyun still nodded obediently.

Judging from her mother's behavior, this Madam Luo Li is definitely not as weak as she was last time.

It's possible that he's another tough character, some old monster or something.

Tsk tsk tsk, the imperial palace of the Sun Moon Empire really has all sorts of demons and monsters!

After washing up and getting ready, the mother and daughter had a simple meal at a restaurant near the Duke's mansion.

On their way back, they happened to run into Lady Lori, who was arriving by carriage, at the gate of the Duke's mansion.

"Oh, you actually came out to pick me up! It seems the favor you need from me is definitely not simple!" Madam Luo Li stood on the carriage, staring at the mother and daughter in the middle of the road, her eyes...with an indescribable strangeness.

"Yes, that's it! I've been waiting for you for ages!" Yuma nodded, admitting it immediately.

Qian Lingyun: "..."

Mom, if you're talking nonsense, at least throw away the toothpick you're holding!

Fortunately, Madam Luo Li did not seem to care about these details. She jumped down from the carriage with agility that even many young people could not match, and she did not look as old as she appeared.

"Tell me! What do you need my help with?" Luo Li tapped the ground lightly with his cane, his gaze fixed on Qian Lingyun.

"I need you to get me a leather jacket! Given how long we've known each other, you wouldn't refuse such a small request, would you?"

"I wouldn't refuse, but you'd better prepare this 'material' for me!" Luo Li turned around, paused meaningfully, frowned slightly, and said calmly, "And this 'price'... won't be cheap."

"The 'price' is easy to discuss. As long as you're willing to help, I certainly won't renege on my debt!"

After exchanging a few lighthearted jokes with Luo Li, Yuma turned to the side, her voice sharp and clear, and repeatedly instructed, "Go inside first and bring Cai Meier to the hall. We'll wait for you there!"

After speaking, Yuma enthusiastically stepped forward, took Lori's arm, and led her deeper into the Duke's mansion...

Upon entering the undead demiplane, as expected, Huanhua was already squatting on a bare hill, staring blankly at Cai Meier.

If she hadn't known that this old woman still had some use, she probably would have already started kissing her. For more than a year, Cai Meier had been bound to the bare rock wall by the Soul-Sealing Chains, and from her perspective, she could only see a valley in this gray world.

Aside from the skeleton soldier who brought her food, water, and Soul-Sealing Powder every day, she couldn't even see a single moving object.

But today, she seemed to hear someone speaking... the owner of the voice should be a young girl, at most in her teens or twenties.

Thinking about it, Cai Meier couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. Had she been lonely here for too long? She actually imagined a non-existent girl talking to her?!

Clearly, she still thought she was hallucinating from being alone in this run-down place for so long, so she simply ignored it.

But when she saw the owner of that voice actually appear before her, she could no longer suppress her indescribable emotions and looked at the girl in front of her in astonishment.

"Vice Dean Cai Meier, right?" Qian Lingyun asked.

Although she is over ninety years old, Cai Meier looks like she is only in her fifties.

Even after spending more than a year in this dark and gloomy place, she hasn't changed much since she was captured. You have to admit she's taken good care of herself.

"Oh...like!"

Seeing someone arrive for the first time in over a year, Cai Meier trembled with excitement, and even the chains binding her shook violently.

She tried very hard to speak those indistinct words, but she could never get the right intonation.

Yes, her tongue, which hadn't been used for over a year, was starting to become somewhat unresponsive.

"Hey! Hey! I know you're in a hurry, but hold on! I'm not a good person! Hehehe!"

After letting out a few strange laughs, Qian Lingyun bowed very solemnly to Cai Meier and said with an awkward smile, "Although I don't know what you're about to encounter, my intuition tells me it's definitely not a good thing."

"Don't worry, with me here, you definitely won't become a ghost! So, I'll bow to you first, as a sign of respect for the dead!"

"Huh...?!" Cai Meier stared in disbelief at Qian Lingyun, who was clearly no good at all, and then suddenly remembered.

More than a year ago, one of the two people who suddenly appeared seemed to be the one in front of me, but it was dark at the time and I couldn't see him very clearly.

"By the way, I'm asking in advance, just in case you say I didn't give you any choice."

As if she had thought of something, while manually unlocking the Soul-Sealing Chains, Qian Lingyun turned her head again and said teasingly:

"After you die, will your soul enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls? Or be fed to other souls? Or enter someone else's stomach? You choose, and I will try my best to grant your wish!"

"?"

Are you even speaking human language? You call this a choice?

Cai Meier froze, her brown pupils slightly contracting. Judging from her lip movements... she was unsurprisingly greeting Qian Lingyun's family.

"Fine, since you won't choose, then I'll decide for myself!"

With that, Qian Lingyun snapped the last piece of the Soul-Sealing Chain, picked up Cai Meier, and left the Demiplane of the Dead.

Inside the Duke's mansion, Lady Luo Li sat in the reception hall, chatting and laughing with Yuma, but it was not hard to tell from her frequent glances toward the corridor that she was not paying attention.

Finally, Luo Li's old face twitched, and she couldn't help but slam her cane heavily on the carpet:

"Where's your daughter?! I came all this way just for her, this 'clothes hanger'! I didn't come all this way just to chat with you!"

"Hey! I know you're in a hurry, but please don't rush things. My daughter is, after all, a Crown Princess. How can you let her be shown off in public like that!"

Yuma smiled and pressed down on Luo Li's right hand, which was restless, and said nothing more!

"Laugh! You're really something! You've really cracked me up! Having a friend like you is the worst thing that ever happened to me, I've had the worst luck in eight lifetimes!"

Realizing she had been made a fool of, Luo Li was so angry that she could no longer maintain her noblewoman persona and swung her cane at Yuma.

The black snake-headed staff moved nimbly in Luo Li's hands, and even as Yuma grabbed her arm, it still managed to strike Yuma's waist at a tricky angle.

"I told you not to rush! Look at you, you're in a rush again!" Yuma chuckled as she released her grip on Luo Li's arm, casually rubbing her side where she had just been slapped.

"Although I said my daughter shouldn't be in the public eye, you can talk to her! She likes money and jewelry, and you're so rich, you should be able to afford her appearance fee..."

"What! You invited me here and now you want me to pay you?!"

Mrs. Lori no longer lived in Bengbu. Pointing at Yuma, she began by quoting the national treasure of Blue Star:

"I'm going to fucking put you inside me!"

After a barrage of profanities, Luo Li finally fell silent. There was nothing she could do; being less capable meant she could only silently endure her jerk best friend's teasing.

She must have done something terrible in her past life to have such a best friend.

"Mom, I've brought the person!"

Upon entering, Qian Lingyun tossed Cai Meier into the hall and lightly lifted her leg, using the heel of her high heel to close the open door.

"This person looks kind of familiar... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before..."

Madam Luo Li turned to look at Cai Meier on the ground. The more she looked, the more familiar she seemed, but she couldn't remember when she had seen her before.

"Have we met in Shrek City?" Qian Lingyun asked with a smile, her eyes flashing.

"Oh, right, now that you mention it, I remember! I think I did see her at the Shrek City branch. She even left me a business card. Let me see..."

Luo Li took out a small box from her storage soul tool, inside which was a large pile of business cards, like visiting cards.

"Oh, Cai Meier, the vice dean of the Martial Soul Department at Shrek Academy..."

After reading the contents of the business card, Luo Li's lips twitched violently, and she looked at Yuma: "Could it be..."

"Yes!" Yuma nodded slightly, directly confirming Luo Li's guess.

"The vice-principal of Shrek Academy... Damn it! Having you as my best friend is the result of all the bad things I did in my past life!"

Mrs. Lori stood up, ripped open the skirt that restricted her movement, and turned to jump out of the window to escape.

Unfortunately, Yuma, who is known as the fastest person below the Limit Douluo level, will definitely not let her escape.

Before she could run more than a few steps, Luo Li was caught in Yuma's arms and laid horizontally on the sofa.

"Dear sister, I didn't see anything today, and I don't know anything. Please let me go!"

"Shrek Academy is not to be trifled with. I'm just a humble seamstress, sister, please don't flatter me!"

Upon seeing the heavyweight "hostage" brought by Qian Lingyun and the other woman, Madam Luo Li lost her previous arrogant attitude and actually began to submit.

"My dear daughter, I remember you said... what kind of person in the world is best at keeping secrets?" Yuma asked with a half-smile.

Qian Lingyun, who was standing to the side, understood immediately and replied with a wicked laugh, "Of course, it's the dead. Only the dead can keep secrets, hehehe!"

Holy crap! You really are a dutiful daughter! You believe whatever your mother says?

Luo Li was internally seething with anger, but on the surface, she forced a fawning smile: "Good sister, we've known each other for decades! You can't treat me like this! You were a kid who accidentally wandered into a boy's room..."

"Shut up!"

Yuma was furious when her dark past was almost exposed, and she was so angry that she wanted to kill her!

Seeing that huge hand flying towards her at a speed that couldn't even kill a mosquito, Madam Luo Li, though utterly helpless, finally gave in to her bastard best friend!

"Stop, stop, stop! I'll do whatever you tell me to do, okay?!"

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Yuma raised an eyebrow, her expression becoming somewhat apologetic. She changed from patting to pulling, gently helping Luo Li up from the ground, and said softly, "Oh dear! Sister, why such a grand gesture! Please get up quickly, we're family, no need for such formalities!"

Luo Li: "..."

Oh my god! Given what just happened, would I dare to speak with a double standard? You're both a scoundrel and a liar!

(End of this chapter)