The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

Chapter 170 Being Used

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Puppet seed couldn’t grow without absorbing spiritual power. Once it was mature, the host’s spiritual power would have been drained.

Without spiritual power, the host would become a puppet for the puppet seed. The puppet had not spiritual power but it had a strong body and natural strength.

For example, Gu Hai’s cultivation level was one star of Lesser Heaven God, so when he became King of the Netherworld’s puppet, his body could withstand one star of Lesser Heaven God’s full-force blow. And because he couldn’t feel anything, he would not feel any pain no matter how his body was attacked. He would look as usual. Only with a closer look, his eyes would be found hollow and empty.

When it was dawn, Gu Hai had become a puppet. No matter what orders King of the Netherworld gave him, he would never disobey. Even if the order would harm the Shenma Family, he would do it anyway.

The people of the Blue Jade Family only knew that Gu Hai was seriously injured, so they were quite confident about this competition.

Until the end of the game, no one noticed Gu Hai’s unusual behavior, but some people were confused too. By reason, Gu Hai should be very angry after losing the competition, but he was not angry at all. His stiff appearance looked as if he had been blown by something, with a poker face.

He attended the second round of the competition. King of the Netherworld didn’t let him lose deliberately, so he won but his family lost the other two rounds. Therefore, the control right of Transmission Ritual still went back to the hands of the Blue Jade Family. Therefore, Gu Hai was not to blame for the loss of the competition. Therefore, the Shenma Family only thought that he reacted like that for suffering a big blow, but the three men in a black rope found something was wrong with him.

“Why hasn’t Gu Hai taken action yet? Isn’t the competition over?” A terrible voice came from under a man in a black rope. From his voice, one could recognize his fury.

“There seems to be something wrong with Gu Hai,” the old man said with a sullen face.

The third man in a black rope also nodded. “I feel that something is wrong with Gu Hai now too. He clearly didn’t look like this last night.”

“Could it be that the Blue Jade Family did something to him?” The second black-robed man guessed.

“No, it shouldn’t be done by the Blue Jade Family. If it is really done by the Blue Jade Family, then Gu Hai wouldn’t win at all. Besides, the Blue Jade Family are not that competent,” the old man immediately denied this possiblity, but even he was rather confused.

“From the way Gu Hai looks, he is very likely to be compelled. In terms of Gu Hai’s capability, he can’t be easily compelled. Probably, the ringleader has been plotting for a long time and maybe the one who can easily access him without being suspected is his relative only,” the third black-robed man analyzed.

“Do you suspect that this is an internal struggle within the Shenma Family?”

“It is possible,” the old man said.

“But in this way, Gu Hai’s plan can’t be carried out…”

The three of them all became silent. No one expected that the original plan as sure as a gun would be suspended because of Gu Hai. And Gu Hai was the most important part of the plan. Therefore, since he was compelled by a mysterious person, the plan should be cancelled then.

“It seems that we can only do it in our own way. As for Gu Hai, we will deal with him after we succeed. If we fail, we will inform other clansmen. It takes us so much effort to help the Shenma Family become an influential family in Xingyuan City. We can’t lose this pawn,” the old man tightened his cloak and said in a deep voice.

“Okay, but how to draw the master of the Netherworld away? If we don’t solve this problem, we probably won’t be able to implement our plan. As far as I observe these days, the master of Netherworld and the teenager in red almost never be apart.”

“Rest assured. I’ve already had a way to deal with that young man. We will figure it out by then.” The old face in the cloak seemed sinister and fierce. The old man had made up his mind to kill the young man in red even if it was found by the master of the Netherworld, who used to be their God, but after that incidence, the Nether Family couldn’t hide anymore. The God and Demon Kingdom would be the stage where they rose and stepped onto the peak of the pyramid.

After the competition ended, the Blue Jade Family immediately held a celebration.

However, Lan Moyu did not forget King of the Netherworld’s request. He had to send them to the central region tomorrow. He had already guessed that his precious daughter couldn’t get her love. In order to prevent her from being hurt for getting more obsessed about the young man, he had to send them away as soon as possible. Therefore, he had already made according arrangements while others were celebrating.

Somehow, Lan Lingyu learnt that her father was making arrangement for Feng Xi and King of the Netherworld to leave, so she went to him right away.

“Daddy…” Lan Lingyu looked at Lan Moyu complainingly.

Stared by his precious daughter, Lan Moyu felt a headache. Every time when his daughter was protesting something, she would look at him in this way, without saying anything opposing. However, faced with her complaining look, her uncles and aunts would usually succumb to her. He was not an exception.

Lan Moyu really wanted to fulfill his daughter’s wish, but he knew that if he didn’t go hard on his daughter this time, she would suffer more in the future. Therefore, he was determined to pretend that he didn’t see his daughter’s facial expression. He coughed twice and changed the topic, “Lingyu, why don’t you celebrate with others? I have a lot of business to deal with. You go and have fun yourself. I’ll join you later.”

“Father, I like him,” Lan Lingyu wouldn’t buy the speech that adults always adopted.

When her family wanted to change the topic, she would come straight to the point and catch them off guard. Therefore, although she looked shy and introverted on the surface, in reality, she was really stubborn once she made her decision. It was fair enough to say that she was rather assertive.

Lan Moyu really felt a headache when he heard his daughter’s words. However, for the sake of his daughter’s happiness, he could not compromise.

“Lingyu, listen to me. I know you like him, but you and he are sure to end up sepreating from each other. And I can’t tell you why for now, but please trust me, I’m doing this for your own good, so just listen to me for once, okay?” Lan Moyu held his arms around Lan Lingyu’s slender shoulders and bent down, persuading her patiently.

“Okay, noted.” Lan Lingyu lowered her head and looked very calm. Her inner thought couldn’t be seen through from her pretty face.

Lan Moyu’s heart ached when he saw his daughter’s sad face but he couldn’t weaken.

“Father, why don’t you go back to your business? I will leave first.” Lan Lingyu lowered her beautiful eyelashes.

“Mmm, you go first. I’ll catch up later.” Lan Moyu knew that his precious daughter was very obedient. Although he was sorry for her, he had to do so. Watching his daughter leave, Lan Moyu finally started to arrange the Transmission Ritual.

As she walked out of her father’s room, Lan Lingyu was about to pass a small courtyard filled with flowers. A figure swayed under the moonlight attracted her attention.

“Who is there?” Lan Lingyu stopped and looked around. Finally, that man turned around and looked at her but his face was hidden in the shadow under the tree.

Hearing her question, the man didn’t answer. Instead, he muttered as if soliloquizing, “What a poor girl! Even your free choice is deprived by your family. If I were you, I would follow my heart and give it a try. Even if the result proves me wrong, I won’t regret anyway. At least I’ve tried. However, if I don’t even dare to give it a shot, I won’t have a chance at all.”

“Who are you? You eavesdropped on my conversation with my father,” Lan Lingyu shouted softly, but she was certain about her latter statement.

The man smiled and said, “Don’t be angry, Ms. Lan. I just happened to pass by and hear a part of your conversation, but I am very curious about your resignation to the fate, so I can’t help standing up and talking about it with you. Of course, if you find I am wrong, you can just ignore me.”

Lan Lingyu was a stubborn girl. Unless she really gave up forever, she couldn’t stop thinking about it. Although her father asked her to give up, her mind was still swayed. Now that she heard what this man said, she suddenly wanted to try hard bravely, but that would be a violation of her promise to her father.

Lan Lingyu instantly fell into a dilemma.

The man seemed to see through her predicament and then said, “Actually, you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Do you have a solution?” Lan Lingyu asked.

The man couldn’t help but laugh. “It’s not a solution, but you can ask that man out and then ask him on your own. If he likes you too, then your love will be resonated. At that time, even your father can no longer object.”

His words brightened Lan Lingyu’s eyes. Indeed, if she only asked him and talked with him, it would not be a violation of her promise to her father.

“Thank you…” Lan Lingyu raised her head and wanted to thank that person, but when she looked over, the man disappeared and couldn’t be found in the courtyard either. However, she was too emotional to suspect anything. For her, she only thought that the man left without a word just lest that he be found by her father and punished by her family.

Knowing that there was leeway for her love, Lan Lingyu couldn’t wait to implement her plan. When she returned to her room, she wrote a note. She asked a servant to send the note to Feng Xi while the other people were busy celebrating. Then she went to the place mentioned on the note.

Lan Lingyu, who left happily, did not notice that she had been made use of!