The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

36. The Evil Plan

Translator: Ning LL

The Four Dukes lived in the Netherworld separately and all possessed their own territories.

The Netherworld was like their nest, and the headquarters of their forces were all located in the Rest Night City to form checks and balances.

However, it was said that their sphere of influence was also extended to the God and Demon Kingdom.

The Four Dukes were the main forces under the command of King of the Netherworld, also known as the Four Families. Those families which possessed their own land had tens of thousands of years of history and even had their own cultures. Each of the families had more than one thousand experts who were at the level of the Heaven God Realm. It was said that there were even some experts in the four families whose cultivation level was above the Heaven God Realm. However, those extremely powerful experts weren’t in the Netherworld right now, but had gone to the God and Demon Kingdom.

There was no way of knowing all the truths about the Four Dukes. In the Netherworld, the prestige of the Four Dukes was second only to that of King of the Netherworld. Also, due to their powerful strength, no one was willing to offend them if it was not necessary.

The head of the Four Families was the Nether Family, which had been founded by the nether people. Since the Nether Family was from an ancient race and the Netherworld was their people’s birthplace, the status of the Nether Family could not be matched by the other three families. As a result, there was a saying going around in the Netherworld, ‘Rather offend the MCS Families than messing up with the Nether Family.’

MCS Families were the abbreviation for the other three families.

Mor Family ranked at the bottom because their family history wasn’t very long and they didn’t have so many super experts. However, it didn’t mean the Mor Family was not powerful. The status of this family was very high in the God and Demon Kingdom, and only inferior to the other three families.

Caia Family and Sura Family were not from the nether race. The power of the two families were both formidable and even greater than the Nether Family which was the so-called head of the Four Families. However, due to their races and their identities, they never dared to offend the Nether Family.

In a word, the Four Dukes were like the most powerful troops in the Netherworld.

As for the two men and the woman who had called Feng Xi a bumpkin, one was a childe, one was a lady and another man was their guard. They were all members of the Nether Family, but from a collateral branch.

The Duke who ruled the Nether Family was Lord Dark Nether. There were lots of collateral branches in the Nether Family now. However, the collateral branches of this family were also highly respected in the Netherworld. That childe and the lady both had a fire-red gem on their foreheads, which represented their mid status in the Netherworld. The purer the gem, the higher the status. Their father should be the leader of their branch. It explained why they had been so arrogant.

“So, the people who called me a bumpkin and Dongfang Ling’er are of the same kind, right?” Feng Xi pointed to his nose in surprise. At this moment, he finally realized clearly that he and those noble nether people were just natural enemies.

“Young Master, you ran into the same kind of people every time you came out. I think your guess is right. But don’t be afraid of them, since they are just three nether people. You are much nobler than them.” God of Books, having detected Feng Xi’s thought, laughed awkwardly and comforted Feng Xi right away, in case the latter might get angry.

“I have a plan. Do you want to hear it?” Feng Xi rolled his eyes when saying that. With a flash of inspiration, he had already come up with a great idea.

“What plan?” God of Books asked.

“Revenge, of course. You think I am the kind of person who would swallow insult and humiliation silently? This is the second time I come out and I have just run into those arrogant people again. Don’t you know that the one that strikes first gains the advantage? Since they all hate me so much, why do I have to respect them? First that Dongfang Ling’er, now the Nether Family, I think they just love to show how noble they are. Isn’t it true that everyone is equal? Maybe only the nether people themselves assume that they are superior to others!”

Feng Xi always had a clear head. When he had been a thief master in his previous life, he had followed the principle ‘Never attack unless I am attacked. Counterattack fiercely if I am attacked.’ After he had been reborn, he intended to keep that principle.

Although his leader backed him up now, he didn’t want to bring too much trouble to his leader. What if his leader started to be fed up with him? That would be like losing the bait along with the fish. Feng Xi had no intention to suffer that kind of loss.

The situation was different now. His leader was King of the Netherworld, which meant those nether people were all under the command of his leader. So why should he be bullied by those people? Anyway, if he couldn’t defeat those nether people, he could still ask his leader for help. He would be such an idiot if he didn’t make use of this advantage.

“Nerd, am I right?” Feng Xi told God of Books his thought right away. However, the latter was only stunned by his idea.

God of Books was speechless. He had thought that the reason why this boy was bullied over and over again was that this boy was too foolish to take advantage of his relationship with King of the Netherworld. However, now God of Books knew that this boy was well aware of his strength. Not only that, now this boy was planning to provoke the Nether Family because he had the support of King of the Netherworld. That was total madness!

God of Books didn’t know if he should call his master a boy full of guts or cunningness. Maybe both!

“Nerd, are there lots of treasures in the Nether Family? Why don’t we steal some nice stuff from them?”

Feng Xi let his imagination run wildly and completely forgot that he only had four hours of freedom. If he didn’t come back to the palace in time, King of the Netherworld or Uncle White might come to bring him back. Perhaps Feng Xi would even be grounded for a few years. By then, his great plan would only fail.

“Young Master, the Nether Family has been taken good care of by His Majesty after all. What if His Majesty gets angry with you if you lay your hands on them?” God of Books asked that worriedly.

“You silly one. Who told you I’ll make trouble for them aboveboard?” When saying this, Feng Xi couldn’t help giving a beaming smile, “Nerd, tell me this, what if those two people fail the test? What will happen to them?”

What will happen?

For noble nether people, failing the test was even more painful than killing them. Even though the man and the woman were from a collateral branch, they were still proud of their identity. Under no circumstances would them allow anyone to challenge their dignity. Actually, although there were lots of internal contradictions in the Nether Family, the members of this family were very united when it came to the matter of the race.

Anyone who dared to insult the noble nether people would be fiercely punished. The people of the upper class in the Nether Family wouldn’t sit by and do nothing. Normally they would force the one that had offended them to commit suicide or apologize to them in public. They might even put that person in jail for hundreds of years. Thus it could be seen how terrible the price could be.

However, God of Books only felt that the Nether Family was finished this time, because they had bullied the boy who was adored by King of the Netherworld. Before, no one would believe this thought of God of Books, including even God of Books himself. But now, he completely bought that.

Before God of Books had time to stop Feng Xi, the latter had already run to the Test Union.

Unlike the place where Feng Xi was going to take the test, the site where the qualification trial took place was a large training ground. Every year, there would be lots of experts coming to the Test Union. Therefore, the building of the Test Union covered a large area. The training ground was able to accommodate more than two thousand people, and the massive wall around the ground blocked the view of everyone outside of the ground.

Feng Xi’s destination was next to the training ground. This splendid building with a dome called Flying Dragon Pavilion. According to the carved railings and jade inlays of the building and the dragon and tiger patterns on the surface, it could be easily detected that the people who lived there were all of high status.

Anyone who wanted to attend the qualification trial had to pass a test first, in case someone would cover their strength and cheat in the trial. Therefore, anyone had to take a test in the Flying Dragon Pavilion before they attended the qualification trial.

Feng Xi arrived at the Flying Dragon Pavilion under the guidance of God of Books. The moment he entered the pavilion, he felt a hot wave directly blowing his face. A bunch of people were running toward the training ground cheerfully in a hurry with cards in their hands.

“It’s just a selection of guards. Why are they so excited?” Feng Xi was quite confused.

“Young Master, let me explain to you. The qualification trial which takes place every year is not only for choosing the guards. The lucky candidates might be chosen to work for the Four Dukes. That truly is a golden opportunity. You see, lots of the experts here are self cultivators. They are not like the cultivators of the big families who have powerful background and magic drugs to help with their cultivation. It is very difficult for the self cultivators to reach the next grade of their cultivation.” God of Books explained that.

“So they are competing for the positions of guards and also the favor of the Four Families, right?”

“That’s right.”

“But those three people are from the Nether Family. Why do they come to attend this trial too?”

“Young Master, you don’t forget about what happened here one year ago, do you? Yang Ming, the leader of the Green Nether guards was deprived of his nether people identity and sentenced to the Red Lotus Hell by King of the Netherworld. So his position is open now. Before there were also two job vacancies of the leader of the guards. As a result, the Test Union plans to select three leaders this time. Young Master, don’t underestimate the position of the leader of the guards. That truly is a beneficial post in the Netherworld. Not only will the leader be guided by the experts, he will also be rewarded with lots of magic drugs which are helpful to his cultivation. Even the people of the Four Families covet those benefits a lot. Therefore, the Four Families all send their disciples to attend the trial.”

“Sounds great. Maybe I should attend the trial too, what do you think?” Feng Xi had that wishful thinking again.

God of Books clutched his forehead with his hand and said, “Young Master, don’t you remember that Uncle White told you to come back in four hours? Otherwise you’ll suffer the consequences!”

“Shoot! I forgot!” Feng Xi shouted that, which made everyone else in the room look to him.

God of Books had already disappeared when Feng Xi shouted.

Feng Xi didn’t realize that it had already taken him two hours to talk with others. This was the first time he felt that time flew so fast. Now he really didn’t have time to think of anything else. Only after he took the test would he be able to carry out his great plan.

There was a place in the Flying Dragon Pavilion that was in contrast with the bustling scene. It was a platform at the corner, on which sat a heavily bearded man. There was a transparent crystal ball in front of him. Although the man seemed not busy at all, there was still no one coming up to him.

Feng Xi was in a hurry to take his test so he didn’t notice that man. However, when Feng Xi passed the man, the latter suddenly stopped him,

“Hey, buddy, please stay!”