Chapter 56.2: One Of Your Own (2/2)

However, despite feeling fortunate, he was still in a dire situation.

“You weren’t going to eat the princess? You were merely protecting her? Then why did you and the others come here?” Zhu Hongyi questioned.

“I… I’m not very sure either. My seniors brought me over! Oh yeah, the Qing Emperor mentioned something Immortal Qing said… something about the righteous sect disciples coming to kill Princess Youyue too. We tried our best to protect her, but…!” Wang Ke replied with a bitter smile.

He was giving ambiguous information on purpose, raising talking points such as “Immortal Qing” and “the righteous sect wants the princess dead” for everyone to chime in.

Indeed, the surrounding demons filled in the blanks with their own imagination, and there were many discussions.

Meanwhile, the way Zhu Hongyi looked at Wang Ke was growing softer.

Soon, Wang Ke and the others who were supposedly wanting to disrupt the Nether Demon Assembly had become its guardians. They weren’t making baseless claims; Princess Youyue had attested to it. Everyone thought that it couldn’t be fake.

“Thank you for the hard work!” Zhu Hongyi sighed and patted Wang Ke’s shoulder.

That was a sign of truly acknowledging Wang Ke as one of his own.

The scene was totally unexpected by the Golden Crow Sect’s disciples. What… Wang Ke really entered the demon ranks just like that?Am I blind?Only demons can infiltrate the ranks of the righteous sects… When has it ever been reversed?Is his mouth enchanted with some kind of divine power?He just bluffed his way in!

To match the situation, Wang Ke squeezed out two drops of tears.

“Parlor Lord, I joined the demonic sect with much ignorance. I heard many people slandering us, which made me feel uneasy and fearful. However, our branch’s big brothers really took good care of me; I found warmth in the demonic sect! But I was too useless when I tried to save them. Please promise me, Parlor Lord… Let me have the honor of taking care of my big brothers’ bodies! I don’t want their bodies to lay exposed in the wilderness. I don’t want them to be neglected by everyone after they die. I want to give them a proper burial. Please grant me this boon, Parlor Lord, don’t let anyone disturb my big brothers’ bodies. I will take care of everything. Please, Parlor Lord!” Wang Ke said with a grieving look.

The Golden Crow Sect’s disciples opened their eyes wide. They could not understand why Wang Ke had added that sentimental bit in his drama. What is he trying to pull?

Some demons looked unwilling, but no one dared to object in front of Zhu Hongyi.

“You are really loyal to your friends,” Zhu Hongyi looked at Wang Ke, seemingly surprised.

“My parents taught me since young that loyalty and faithfulness are worth a thousand pounds of gold! My big brothers passed on before me, and I can’t just do nothing about it. I think this is my only weakness, I take relationships too seriously! Please grant me this favor, Parlor Lord!” Wang Ke grieved.

“Okay then! No one is allowed to touch these bodies. They’re all yours!” Zhu Hongyi patted Wang Ke’s shoulders; he seemed to really like the young man.

“Thank you, Parlor Lord!” Wang Ke said.

After that, he shouted toward the Zhu Cultivation Town, “Shopkeeper from the Gongyi Teahouse! Find some men, bring the best coffins from the town over! Quick!”

“Coming!” the shopkeeper shouted in reply from afar.

The residents of the Zhu Cultivation Town were too far away to hear Wang Ke’s conversation with the demons. Of course, the tiny town was like a slum in the demon’s perspective; why would such wealthy cultivators care about beggars from a slum? They wouldn’t even let them come close.

Only when Wang Ke spoke did the demons open a way for the shopkeeper and his workers to carry the coffins over; they carefully placed the demons’ corpses into the coffins.

The Golden Crow Sect’s disciples were completely speechless. This Wang Ke… Is he addicted to acting?He even offered to help to bury these demons?

Zhang Shenxu and the others were still unable to understand Wang Ke’s intention, but someone did. On a hill near the town, Zhang Zhengdao had already managed to escape through the underground passage. He became too scared to go near the place where he saw the black cloud made of bats looming over the multitude of demons.

His jaw dropped when he saw how Wang Ke had joined the demons’ side with such ease, then cursed after seeing how devilish Wang Ke was.

Zhang Zhengdao almost jumped in bewilderment upon seeing that Wang Ke was put in charge of settling the matter of the demons’ corpses just by squeezing out some tears.

“Wang Ke, you have the face to cash in some earnings even in such a situation? You won’t even let the dead off? Why haven’t you been struck dead by lightning!” Zhang Zhengdao cursed at his money-grubbing friend.

All the dead demons had storage bangles, bags and enchanted artifacts… All of it was money! But now, Wang Ke had swept everything into his own pocket so openly?

Why?How can he do that?I risked my life for this mission. I was almost killed just because I ate some crane meat, and now Wang Ke has gained lots of money under everyone’s eyes?Those who are handling the dead bodies are undoubtedly his men!

“No way. I should have half of what he’s got! Half!” Zhang Zhengdao was envious.

While he engaged in envious thoughts, Zhang Zhengdao saw Wang Ke walk to confront the Golden Crow Sect’s disciples.

“Wang Ke? Are you drunk? Do you really think you’re a demon sect’s disciple? And now you’re going to show off to the Golden Crow Sect’s disciples? You’ll be a goner once they spread this information. You are Chen Tianyuan’s disciple, no one will be able to save you if you’re exposed! What trick is up your sleeve?” Zhang Zhengdao muttered to himself as he watched from a distance.

And then, his jaws dropped again.

“What the… After you took advantage of the demons, you turned to target the righteous sect? You’re even going to extract some juice out of those righteous disciples?” Zhang Zhengdao was baffled, eyes as round as saucers.