“Yuan’er, stay here and rest, okay? Your grandfather will find that bastard and brings him here. I’ll make him grovel before you, and I’ll engrave a slave curse on him as I did to Jia Shan’s men. He will be forever your manservant.”

Wei Huang guided Wei Yuan back to her new resident, a new villa courtyard at the back of the mountain.

Wei Yuan pretended to cry even though her grandfather’s offer was tempting. It would be nice if Xu Miao ended up as her slave, so she could monopolize him.

Still, Wei Yuan disliked the idea. She didn’t want her child to grow up and become spoiled like Wei Feng or Wei Xiang after being pampered like princes.

She had a dream. The image of a warm family, a father, a mother, and children holding hands, overcoming difficulties in life was her ideal family. As long as they were together as one, their children would grow up as admirable demons or cultivators, worthy of respect.

Staying here as a princess and raising a fatherless child might be easy for Wei Yuan, but the child would become another Wei Feng or Wei Xiang. She never wanted to see her own flesh and blood growing into one of them.

Wei Yuan slammed the door in Wei Huang’s face and locked it.

The old oni lord sighed and returned to the grand hall. He thought that Wei Yuan was frustrated because of today’s events.

Little did he know Wei Yuan would betray him. She had already stopped crying and began packing her clothes.

As Wei Yuan was busy, White Album appeared again to inform her about the changes.

‘My master has summoned me back to him. He is nearby.’

“Where!?” Wei Yuan was delighted. She didn’t expect that Xu Miao was this fast.

‘Somewhere below here.’

“Really!?”

‘I’m not sure. I have to take a look first.’

“Go then. Come back and tell me where he is, okay?’

White Album’s ghost body dove into the ground and disappeared.

…

Within 10 minutes, Xu Xiuying’s clone returned to Xu Miao, who was still standing in the sewer. As soon as she saw his condition, she sneered in disgust.

‘Yikes! Master, why did you take a shit bath? Or, did you shit on yourself on purpose?’

“Long story short, I like scat.”

‘… That’s not funny.’

“It was a joke. Don’t take it seriously. Well, help me scout this prison. I need to know where to dig and get to Wei Yuan.”

‘Oh, sure. That’s easy.’

White Album’s spirit body entered the mountain and disappeared. 10 minutes later, she returned.

‘I’ve mapped everything!’

The clone entered Xu Miao’s body, and her thoughts entered his mind. She directly transferred her visual memory into his brain.

This ability wasn’t listed in the system, so Xu Miao was surprised. He gritted his teeth as his brain was overloaded with over a thousand images within a few seconds.

It took White Album 10 seconds to upload her memory into Xu Miao’s brain, but the latter almost collapsed to the dirty water because of dizziness.

“White Album, don’t do that again…”

‘I thought you would appreciate my ability. What an ingrate master.’

Xu Miao spat, “You almost exploded my head inside out just now! You could have told me where to dig and where I should avoid instead of uploading the entire freaking YouTube website into my head!”

‘Hahaha! I never expected that you were so weak. I thought you got stronger than the last time we fought.’

White Album mimicked Xu Xiuying’s voice and tone. She had the memory of the time when Xu Miao immaturely tried to defeat her in the Isolation Space.

“Whatever. I’ll beat you one day.”

‘I’ll be waiting. If you lose, I’ll milk you again [3’

“…”

White Album opened her legs and tempted Xu Miao. Fortunately, her appearance wore the same clothes as the original Xu Xiuying was currently wearing, so nothing was revealed.

In anger, Xu Miao desummoned her and trapped White Album in his body. Letting her outside for a long time consumed a lot of Yin Qi.

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3 PM

An ice shovel, created by Xu Miao’s ice manipulation skill, dug through the cement sewer and expand the waterway to create a path that a human could squeeze through. Xu Miao cleared the path with ease after he had strengthened his physique with Yang Qi.

With White Album’s picture memory, Xu Miao followed the small pipe trails toward Wei Yuan’s bathroom. It took him hours to get there, but he reached his goal.

Xu Miao climbed into the bathroom. He peeked outside to see if Wei Yuan was still there, but he was greeted with a complaint.

“Why the hell is this shitty smell coming from!?”

The stink on Xu Miao’s body hit Wei Yuan’s nose. She mumbled and stomped toward the bathroom.

Then, her eyes met Xu Miao’s, whose body was covered with wastewater and goo.

“…”

“…”

The husband and wife stared at each other, but Wei Yuan was covering her nose.

“… Stay in there for an hour. Clean yourself before you talk to me.”

“What’s the point of cleaning myself when I’m going to get dirtied again?”

Wei Yuan rolled her eyes. She condensed a pseudo aura barrier around herself, “See this? If you’re a bit smarter, you could have covered yourself with aura barrier like this and before you’ve gone through all the trouble.”

Xu Miao’s jaw dropped. He didn’t think of that before, “I’m so stupid.”

“It’s good that you’ve realized your stupidity. Get back in there and scrub all those shits off your face. Make sure you brush your teeth 69 times and drink two bottles of detergent on the shelf!”

“I’ll die if I drink those-“

“SHUT THE FUCK UP AND DO WHAT I SAID!!”

Xu Miao shrunk back as if he were a scardy husband facing his angry wife. Normally, he wouldn’t fear a shouting woman, but it was an exception today. After all, he was at fault for being an idiot.

Wei Yuan kicked Xu Miao into the bathroom and slammed the door in his face.

“Geez, what are you going to do on your own with your peanut brain? You’ll probably die in a sewer somewhere if I’m not around with you…”

Xu Miao didn’t notice Wei Yuan’s face. She beamed with a bright smile and skipped in joy since Xu Miao fulfilled his promise of coming here to pick her up in person. She hummed while she double-checked her belongings in her spatial ring and patted her belly.

.

As Xu Miao had learned from Long Meifang, he used the spatial ring to collect goo and dirt directly from his body and dumped them into the opened hole. Then, he took the bath normally. He scrubbed himself until his entire body reddened, making sure that nothing was left under his skin.

An hour later, Xu Miao finished cleaning himself and changed his clothes. When he got out of the bathroom, Wei Yuan was waiting in front of the door. She sniffed several times, making sure that no shitty odor lingered on his body.

“Open your mouth and exhale.”

“…”

Xu Miao complied and opened his mouth. Wei Yuan sniffed him again.

“Use your cleansing technique in your mouth.”

“…”

Xu Miao followed her order. Then, he opened his mouth to reveal his uvula again.

“Pour mouthwash in your mouth and hold it until I say you can spit them out.”

“We don’t need to hold it more than a minu-“

“DO. IT.”

“…”

Xu Miao whimpered and did what Wei Yuan had ordered. He didn’t know why he had to comply with her words, but his body instinctively moved by itself.

Wei Yuan activated her aura barrier and jumped into the only giant hole in the bathroom in glee, leaving the confused husband in the bathroom. Then, she yelled, “Stop wasting my time and guide me out of here!”

Xu Miao scratched his head in annoyance. Yet, he patiently kept the complaints to himself and generated a Yin pseudo-aura barrier around himself. Then, he jumped into the hole.

As Wei Yuan had suggested, the aura warded off all dirt and grime. It even repelled wastewater from touching their bodies.

Looking at the result, Xu Miao had a wry smile on his face.

‘Welp. I’m really stupid.’

…

It took Wei Yuan and Xu Miao only 30 minutes to reach the vertical tunnel. They jumped down without caring about the world’s gravity as their bodies were strong enough to handle a bit of gravity impact.

Once they got to the ground, Jia Shan, Jiang Lan, and all girls were there.

“You’ve finally returned. I thought you had run into trouble,” Jia Shan smiled at Xu Miao, but his smile froze when he saw Wei Yuan. Deep down inside, he wanted to kill this girl to vent his anger, but he couldn’t do anything against Wei Yuan at the moment.

Still, Jia Shan’s smile distorted when he saw how the husband and wife covered their bodies with a pseudo aura barrier. He looked at his dirty hands, arms, legs, and his clothes.

“Haiz. I wish I still can use Qi.”

Jiang Lan and others had the same expression as Jia Shan. They had just realized that they could also use Qi aura to protect their bodies from wastewater and dirt.

In frustration, they glared at Xu Miao, “Master, you’re an idiot! You should have told us that we can do that! We could have warded off all this shit water!”

Xu Miao’s presence shrunk, sulking that he was indeed a super idiot.

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Under Xu Miao’s lead, the group traveled toward the northeast, turning away from the Mountain Goose City and heading toward the Crimson River. Xu Miao planned to exit the sewer system first. After that, he planned to head east, away from the Capital City.

While everyone was following Xu Miao, Wei Yuan used this opportunity to introduce herself to the group and established herself as their mistress, Xu Miao’s main wife.

Jiang Lan, Kang Yan, Pan Xiaofan, and all yin slaves simply shrugged and ignored Wei Yuan’s prideful introduction. They sneered at her, thinking that she was too full of herself. After all, these 12 girls could access Xu Miao’s Isolation Training Space and service him while Wei Yuan couldn’t.

Their sisterhood seemed peaceful at glance, but there was a hidden competitive spirit in their eyes.

As for Jia Shan, he had changed his clothes and cleaned a bit of dirty feces pieces from his body. He also brushed off Wei Yuan’s approach since she was the granddaughter of his enemy.

Xu Miao noticed the rift between the people. He separated them and piggy-bagged Jia Shan, carrying him on his back since the elder couldn’t use Qi to cover his legs and clothes from the dirt. As for the girls, Xu Miao ordered them not to bully Wei Yuan. Vice versa, Xu Miao told Wei Yuan not to get cocky.

Jia Shan appreciated the ride, but his face soon changed after they traveled for only 10 minutes.

“Xu Miao. You’re running away from Xu Xiuying, right?”

“Yes. What’s wrong?”

“Although I lost my dantian, my sixth sense is still sharp. I sense someone inside the sewer. We should hide.”

“Huh?”

After being warned by Jia Shan, Xu Miao also sensed ominous cold air from a distance. He signaled the girls to get inside a nearby small tunnel and hide.

Everyone scattered and hid. They pressed their backs on the wall behind the nearest corners.

*Drip* *Drip*

The sound of someone walking on top of the sewer water was getting closer. Also, the temperature dropped from 35 degrees Celsius to minus 10 degrees within a few seconds.

Xu Miao and the girls had goosebumps as they didn’t know why the air suddenly got colder. Snowflakes and ice appeared on the sewer wall as the freezing temperature got more intense.

Jia Shan whispered Xu Miao, “Be careful. This is not just the Yin Essence’s side effect. The leaked miasma of a demon will follow soon.”

“Miasma?”

Xu Miao narrowed his eyes. At first, the weather dropped. But now, pink gas slowly entered the main sewer tunnel and crept toward them.

“Don’t inhale the miasma. Use a turtle breathing technique or something that can protect your lung.”

“What about you, senior?”

“Pfft. I don’t even need to breathe, eat, sleep, or drink. My dantian might be gone, but my physique is still as strong as a 7th stage grandmaster. You should worry about yourself.”

“… Okay.”

Xu Miao texted everyone and told them to use the sect’s turtle breathing technique and hold their breath. As for Wei Yuan, she didn’t even need to use a breathing technique.

The pink miasma reached them and covered the entire sewer passage behind the group.

*Drip* *Drip*

A female silhouette walked out from a sewer intersection 200 meters away from Xu Miao’s location. She gazed at the places they were hiding.

“10 flies, 3 insects, and one ant… I see. Zhenzhen has gone the other way.”

Although the female voice was soft and cold, Xu Miao recognized it.

The woman was Xu Xiuying!