My Arrogant Young Lady

"He's dead?" An Yao, who had caught up from behind, stopped and stared in surprise at the bulging body of the King Snake.

“Yes, he’s dead. If he hadn’t killed me, he wouldn’t have been poisoned by the King Serpent’s petrifying venom. If he hadn’t rushed to escape, the petrifying venom wouldn’t have taken effect. He was already dead when the King Serpent swallowed him.” Jumping off the King Serpent, I couldn’t help but feel somewhat saddened.

“Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. Ye Shuang deserves to die.” Wang Huan also caught up from behind and said, slightly out of breath.

"It's a pity that the Ye family nurtured him; a master above the gods has died just like that. Even if Oda Seiji used the genes of the strong to cultivate a large number of masters, there are still not many masters above the gods in this world." I sighed softly.

"It's a pity I didn't kill him myself," Young Master Bao said as he rushed over.

"Brother, you actually defeated Ye Shuang?" Wang Huan suddenly looked at me in surprise.

"I didn't defeat it, King Serpent did," I said, gently stroking King Serpent's body.

“King Serpent, it can indeed fight against experts above the gods. But without the help of experts, it probably wouldn’t have been so easy for it to devour Ye Shuang, right? Brother, what is your strength now? Why can’t I sense your strength level? Could it be that you have become a Fusion-level expert who can fight Ye Shuang?” Wang Huan asked again.

"Just a newbie, nowhere near as good as you guys." I couldn't help but laugh.

"Impossible! You're being low-key again! You must be a Fusion-level expert now, you're messing with me!" Wang Huan was furious and immediately pounced on me, making a scene.

"Haha, I'm a newbie, not as good as you." I laughed out loud.

"Impossible!" Wang Huan shouted.

We got into a fight with Wang Huan, and quickly forgot about Ye Shuang. When I rescued Li Guanghui and took him back to the hotel, it was late at night, and he looked at the scars on his face in the mirror with some anger.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at the text message he was about to send to Zhuque and wrote, "Okay, we've eliminated Ye Shuang, who attempted to betray us. I suggest she be given an important position..."

Chapter 326 The Last Thing

The next day, the sun shone brightly. The warm sun made me feel lazy, and I lay in bed, casually picking up the phone. "Who is it?"

"It's me." The voice on the other end was a gentle and pleasant female voice.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Guess?" The other person laughed, their voice even more pleasant.

"I'm hanging up now!" I frowned slightly and hung up the phone. Then, I tossed the phone aside and went back to sleep.

However, after I hung up, my phone rang again. This time, the voice on the other end sounded slightly annoyed, "Fine, you can't even recognize my voice?"

"Hehe, can't you tell?" I said bluntly.

"Fine, you really can't tell?" The girl on the other end sounded even more annoyed.

"Good my ass. It's bad..." I said lazily, squinting my eyes.

But then my heart skipped a beat. My face paled slightly, and my tone changed instantly, "My dear sister. It's you..."

Okay, this is my name now. And if anyone calls me that, it's probably only people from the Aurora region. Because I was still a little sleepy, I almost revealed my identity. Thinking about it, I felt a little uneasy. Soon, I heard the other side speak again, "How dare you speak to your master like that? Only half a month has passed, and you already want to be your master's older brother?"

"Sister Zhuque... I was just kidding, wasn't I? What's wrong? Missing me?" I quickly put on a playful smile and grinned at the person on the other end of the phone.

I could already imagine Zhuque's delicate face turning red. She paused for two seconds, took a deep breath, and said to me, "Okay, you've met a lot of girls lately?"

"No, no, I'm too lazy to talk to women. No matter how pretty a girl is, can she be half as beautiful as you? Didn't you hear how impatient I am when I talk to other girls? Only with you, Sister Zhuque, do I sound so slutty." As I said this, I laughed lewdly again.

"That's more like it," Zhuque muttered.

"Thinking about it?" I asked.

"Want...?" Completely bewildered by my question, Suzaku quickly took a deep breath and said, "Fine, can you at least show some respect to your master?"

"I miss you," I said.

"Me too..." Zhuque's tone softened slightly after hearing my words. Soon, however, her tone became serious again. "Alright, don't talk to me about these irrelevant things. This time you went to northern China, and I heard you wiped out over thirty large and small forces there, and even presented the Heavenly Demon King with 10 billion in gold and silver. Takeda Hell and the Heavenly Demon King are very satisfied with your performance and have decided to give you an important position, promoting you to one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations of Aurora, bestowing upon you the name Liu Su, and from now on, you will directly obey my orders, becoming a leader of my Zhuque Division. Furthermore, you are appointed as the guardian of Pearl City in Jiangnan, to guard Jiangnan. In three days, go to Pearl City in Jiangnan to hand over the reins to Qinglong."

"Yes!" I nodded firmly upon hearing Suzaku's words. Then, after thinking for a moment, I asked, "Sister Suzaku, will you come?"

"I won't come. In a few days, I'll be heading to the European battlefield with Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Bat to fight the strongest force in Europe, the Twelve Golden Knights. After we defeat the Twelve Golden Knights, the Demon King will hold a grand banquet to celebrate our victory. Then you'll see me," said Vermilion Bird.

"Sister Zhuque, but I haven't killed Wang Huan and An Yao yet..." I thought for a moment and said.

"You don't need to worry about Wang Huan and An Yao's affairs anymore. You just need to go to Mingzhu City and hand over the reins to Qinglong," Zhuque said.

"Okay, I look forward to the day of victory," I said.

"Same." Zhuque hung up the phone.

After I confirmed that Suzaku had hung up the phone, I couldn't help but add in a low voice, "Victory belongs to the Twelve Golden Knights. It would be best if you were all wiped out!"

After saying that, I tossed the phone aside and went into the bathroom to shower. Then, after getting dressed, I came out of the bedroom. I saw Young Master Bao and Black Dragon teaching Wang Huan and An Yao how to play mahjong. I was taken aback and couldn't help but frown slightly, saying, "You've started playing mahjong already? How much free time do you guys have? Zhuque just called me, telling me to hand over the reins to Qinglong in three days and guard the entire Jiangnan region. Get to work! Go and sell all the remaining gold and silver treasures. I need cash, lots of cash!"

"Damn, the information from the Divine Group is really accurate. They actually sent you to guard Jiangnan so quickly." Upon hearing my words, Young Master Bao immediately pushed away the mahjong tiles and stopped playing.

"Young Master Bao, what the hell are you doing pushing the cards? I have a pure suit this hand, what do you mean by that?" Wang Huan immediately became furious.

With a blank expression, Young Master Bao walked directly to my side and whispered, "Brother Xi, the prices of gold and jade have been a bit low lately. If we sell them off so quickly, we'll lose at least fifty million."

"Then what should we do? Should we make a big show of transporting it to Mingzhu City and tell the people at Aurora that I embezzled 30 billion here?" I asked.

“This…” Young Master Bao frowned slightly.

"Quickly contact some wealthy people nearby and sell everything you can. My Wang family has plenty of treasures; we don't need this much. As long as we can find some good people, we can make as much money as we can. Hurry, we only have three days left, sell everything quickly," I said.

"Yes!" After hearing my words, Young Master Bao glanced back at Wang Huan and quickly ran away.

"Young Master Bao, you son of a bitch! You took advantage of our lack of mahjong skills and cheated us out of so much money. Now, just as I was about to recoup my losses, you ran away!" Wang Huan cursed angrily as he watched Young Master Bao run off.

“Little brother, what hand did you get this time? How much money did Young Master Bao lose to you? I’ll pay it for him,” I said.

"Starting at 10,000, An Yao and I have both lost over a million to Young Master Bao. This hand is Nine Lotus Lantern; if I win by self-draw, they should each give me 1.92 million." Wang Huan is exceptionally intelligent and learns everything quickly. He learns mahjong much faster than the average person.

"Damn it. Young Master Bao is really ruthless. He actually cheated my brother and sister out of so much money? Damn it, why don't you hurry up and go ask him for the money back?" After hearing Wang Huan's words, I immediately stopped caring.

"That bitch!" Wang Huan cursed, then hurried off to chase after Young Master Bao for his money.

On this side, An Yao seemed uninterested in the mahjong game. With a cold look in her eyes, An Yao walked to my side and said, "Brother, your king snake has been acting strangely since yesterday. It came to see you this morning, saw you were asleep, and then left."

"Did the king cobra come to see me this morning?" I said.

“Yes.” An Yao nodded gently.

Since I obtained the King Serpent, it has rarely come to me except when it is extremely hungry. I was missing in Korea for a year, and the King Serpent plagued Korea for a whole year. Fearing the King Serpent would harm the people here, I immediately summoned Red Monkey to search for it for me. Then, following it to a sewer entrance not far away, I sensed the King Serpent's presence and quickly jumped in.

I walked only about a hundred meters into the sewer when I saw a large patch of dark snakeskin. Snakes are molting animals, and whenever a king cobra's power increases, its body grows larger, shedding a layer of snakeskin and growing many golden scales.

As for its growing golden scales, according to Wang Huan's superstitious beliefs, this is a manifestation of the King Serpent transforming into a dragon. A zombie, upon reaching its highest level, transforms into a Hou, capable of contending with a dragon. A snake, upon becoming a god-level expert, transforms into a Jiao. After becoming a master above all gods, it steps into the realm of cultivation, becoming comparable to the legendary dragon. After all, once a person cultivates, they are no longer an ordinary human. And a snake, upon entering the realm of cultivation, becomes equivalent to a dragon.

I merely picked up a massive clump of snakeskin from the ground and frowned, when I felt a tremendous surge of black energy rush towards me. Before I could even look at the dark figure before me, I was slammed into the ground and sent flying. Then, a gigantic golden serpent instantly wrapped itself around me. Its thick, long body nearly crushed my bones. I glanced at the serpent, its long red tongue flicking out, as if it were showing off to me. I immediately stared in shock, my eyes widening. "King Serpent, you've become a master above the gods!"

It is the Nine Dragons Exhaling Breath Pill. Legend has it that Yehenara Xiangui, the patriarch of the Ye family, spent a year refining a pill using nine of the most precious herbs in the world to create the best elixir in the world. This pill contains immense spiritual energy; just a sip is like inhaling the breath of a divine dragon, providing immense benefits. Because of its vast spiritual energy and the fact that it used nine of the most precious herbs collected by the Ye family over many years, Yehenara Xiangui named this pill the Nine Dragons Exhaling Breath Pill.

It was Ye Shuang who ate the Nine Dragons Exhaling Qi Pill. Because the spiritual energy contained in this pill was too strong, even after a whole year, Ye Shuang hadn't fully absorbed it. The King Serpent ate him, which was equivalent to consuming a Nine Dragons Exhaling Qi Pill. I heard An Yao say that this pill was effective against god-level experts. Because the spiritual energy was so strong, ordinary people or martial arts masters couldn't withstand its immense power; they would die instantly from its overwhelming potency. The King Serpent, because of my disappearance from the JG Group, harbored hatred for them. It frequently stole their medicinal herbs and even attacked their pill-transporting ships, consuming all the pills the JG Group used to cultivate powerful individuals. Now, it was already a high-level god-level expert. After consuming Ye Shuang's body, which was brimming with spiritual energy, it actually became a master above the gods, just like Ye Shuang.

Just sensing the aura of a powerful being emanating from the King Serpent, I was overjoyed beyond words. I then hugged the King Serpent tightly, too excited to utter a sound for a long time.

The King Serpent must have sensed the changes in its body after eating the Leaf Frost. That's why it came to check on me this morning, and when it saw I wasn't awake, it went to evolve on its own.

Evolving to a higher level is equivalent to being worlds apart from a god-level expert. I'm currently desperately seeking talent, and seeing how powerful the King Serpent has evolved makes me almost cry with joy.

"King Snake, I love you!" In my excitement, I could only shout out this one sentence.

Hearing my words, the king cobra seemed very happy. It couldn't speak, nor did it have the intelligence of a fire monkey; it could only express its joy in its own way, so happy that it almost broke my bones.

The King Serpent's increased strength means I have another asset to contend with Oda Seiji. I am already a master above the gods, and with my expertise in serpent formations and the presence of a powerful being like the King Serpent, I believe I can rival anyone except Oda Seiji.

I spent a long time happily with the King Snake in the sewers until An Yao came down to find me, at which point I left him. Before leaving, I made a special promise to the King Snake that I would treat him to a ginseng feast as a proper reward.

An Yao was happy for me when the King Serpent became stronger. Just after I finished showering and changing, my phone rang again.

"Wang Xi, may I invite you to my home for dinner?"

Hearing the somewhat timid voice on the other end of the phone, I knew she had mustered a lot of courage to call me. I couldn't help but take a deep breath; I knew it was time to confront her directly.

In this life, I fear there are many women I will have to let down...

Chapter 327 Destruction

Three days left. In three days, I'll be going to Pearl City to take over Qinglong's position. Although the Divine Group had already told me that Takeda Hell had recommended me to Oda Seiji, recommending me to take over Qinglong's position in Pearl City, Suzaku's sudden phone call still caught me off guard. Right now, Young Master Bao is frantically selling off my treasures. It's inconvenient for us to take the treasures to Pearl City, so we can only sell them off piece by piece to convert them into money on our credit cards.

The King Serpent has already become a dragon, and there's nothing left for us to do in the North. This trip to Mingzhu City gave me a vague feeling that once I've eliminated Wang Yuebai and his son Wang Huan, and once I've turned the entire Jiangnan region upside down again, it will be time for my identity to be revealed.

Aurora will discover my identity, and so will Oda Seiji. The moment of my final battle with Aurora and Oda Seiji is fast approaching.

But even now, there's still a world of difference between me and Oda Seiji. Oda Seiji's talent is probably the strongest among all the masters in the world. Even if I were given another ten years to work hard, and given countless opportunities, I probably still wouldn't be his match.

That's it. We can only leave it to fate.

Whether Oda Seiji is qualified to rule this world is up to fate.

Thinking about this, I felt a sense of weariness. Having just become the head of the royal family, I was immediately met with Oda Seiji launching an attack on our clan and on forces worldwide. We were almost facing the destruction of our nation and the annihilation of our family; my luck had truly been terrible.

As for these last three days before I leave the North, I still have one small matter to take care of. This small matter is for the girl who has always silently liked me.

If it were any other girl, it would be fine if she liked me. But this girl is different. She liked me when I was at my most ordinary, and her sincerity is worth my time. I know I will betray her, but I don't want her to waste her life because of me. She's a good girl. She deserves to find someone who truly loves her.

There was still plenty of time before dinner, and I felt a little ashamed thinking about how I forgot to prepare a gift for her on her last birthday. This time, it wasn't just her treating me to dinner, but her parents too. So I specially prepared some tonics as a simple gift for visiting elders.

But just as I finished buying the gift and was about to go home, my phone suddenly rang. To be on the safe side, I don't save any phone numbers except for Zhuque's. Whenever my phone has been used to contact someone or send a message, I immediately delete it. And I have the phone numbers of almost everyone I know by heart.

It was the God Group. As soon as I answered the phone, I asked, "What's wrong?"

"We've found your uncle." A girl's cold voice came from the other end of the line.

"Location?" I asked.

"The guesthouse where we had the last meeting," the girl said.

"Okay, I'll be right there." After hanging up the phone, I immediately drove there.

Having grown up in the provincial capital, I used to walk between different districts of the city to save money for transportation when my aunt didn't give me pocket money. So, I'm more familiar with the city's roads than most people. Last time, it took Wesley and the others half an hour to get to that guesthouse; this time, it only took me a dozen minutes.

As soon as I parked the car and hurriedly walked into the guesthouse, I saw my uncle.

A year ago, to escape Aurora's pursuit, my uncle fought his way back, eventually fleeing into the reed marshes he knew best in Jincheng. He hid there for a year. I don't know how the Divine Group found out about him. When I saw my uncle, I almost cried with heartache.

Good heavens, this is no longer the wealthy and arrogant uncle I used to know. After hiding in the reed marshes for a year, his skin is now tanned, unable to be dyed, and his hair has turned white. He can no longer maintain his appearance as before, and his face is lined with wrinkles. But his eyes are still the same—sharp and haughty. Even though the gods saved him, there's still no gratitude in his eyes. He was fiddling with a gold-plated lighter, and upon seeing me, he dropped it, saying, "My good nephew, I'm relieved you're alright."

Seeing that my uncle was still concerned about me even in his current state, my nose tingled and I almost cried. I quickly went forward and hugged my uncle tightly, and then hugged the uncle in the dragon robe who had protected him as they escaped into the reed marshes.

"Uncle, Uncle Long, you've suffered so much." I said earnestly, hugging them tightly.

"It's not hard, I'm just glad you're alright..." and hugged me tightly. My uncle thought for a moment, frowned, and said, "Your good-for-nothing father of yours isn't doing very well. He didn't even keep an eye on Oda Seiji, letting him go out and wreak havoc on the world again."