Chapter 169: Please Pay For It Yourself

Chapter 169: Please Repay Yourself

“Why wait for the next meeting?”

Sisi had already taken a detour and crawled out of the dog hole, when suddenly Tang Wanzhuang’s languid voice came from behind her.

Sisi froze on the spot.

Sticking her head out of the hole, she saw that left and right, shadowy figures of the Demon Suppression Division’s elite blocked the way completely, so tightly that not even a fly could escape.

Sisi’s eyes darted around, and she crawled backward, retreating back into the dog hole.

“Crash!” The sound of humanoid puppets shattering rang out as Zhao Changhe slashed his way out with his blade, reaching out to grab.

The back collar of Sisi, who had just crawled out of the dog hole, tightened as she was lifted up by Zhao Changhe. A slender hand brushed past, and in an instant, Tang Wanzhuang sealed all her vital acupoints.

Sisi wanted to manipulate the puppets but couldn’t muster the strength; all the puppets began to stand dumbly.

Zhao Changhe said, “Brother Wu, toss a rope in here. This one doesn’t respond to acupoint sealing.”

Sisi: “...”

A hemp rope was thrown into the hole.

Zhao Changhe grabbed Sisi’s hands, and Tang Wanzhuang personally tied her up tightly, bundling her like a zongzi and tossing her aside.

In an instant, she went from a little demoness who had succeeded in escaping to a prisoner. Sisi hadn’t even reacted yet; she was completely dazed.

“Everyone is putting on a show, everyone is scheming. But you youngsters, do you really think the First Seat of the Great Xia Demon Suppression Division is just a laborer to be toyed with?” Tang Wanzhuang coughed lightly and sighed, “If that were the case, do you think the Four Symbols Sect and Maitreya Sect would fear me for any other reason? An alien demoness, you’ve underestimated the heroes of the Divine Land far too much.”

Sisi: “...”

Tang Wanzhuang said, “The sudden tremor today made me suspect someone was up to something. You were the most likely culprit around. Considering you’ve contributed quite a bit before, and Young Master Zhao is close to you, I didn’t want to fall out with you directly. I still brought you in... I already hinted to you that Weiyang had cleared the bodies at the entrance, hoping you’d realize the situation was hopeless and give up. But your mind was full of the sword seal, and you never thought about what that meant...”

Only then did Sisi realize: since the Demon Suppression Division had come to clear the bodies at the entrance, why did they leave right after? To give the adulterous couple inside some private space?

Of course, they were stationed at the entrance, ready to respond to any emergency!

But the fight inside had been so intense, and Tang Wanzhuang never called for reinforcements, giving everyone the illusion that no one was outside...

Sisi’s face turned purple with frustration.

“This place has only one exit. As long as the Demon Suppression Division guards outside, waiting for the enemy to make a move is enough...” Tang Wanzhuang coughed, her face flushed from forcibly suppressing the aphrodisiac, but she still spoke softly, “I truly didn’t know you were so familiar with this place, knowing the location of the sword seal and the nature of the sword guard... But resolving this sword guard wasn’t as hard for me as you imagined. You say I’m strong, but you still underestimate how strong I am.”

Sisi said, “So you and the sword guard were just stalling, waiting for me to retrieve the sword seal?”

“I don’t know what Young Master Zhao was thinking. As for me, that’s exactly it. I’m not familiar with this place. If I tried to retrieve it myself, I wouldn’t know if there were other restrictions I hadn’t uncovered, so I couldn’t act rashly. Since you know so much, it’s best to let you bring it out.” Tang Wanzhuang sighed, “I don’t know why you thought a group of puppets could block the passage, and you even had the leisure to tell stories instead of using the brief obstruction to flee quickly... Is it because you like him, trying to defend yourself somehow? Well, no need for interrogation—you’ve already explained everything.”

Sisi didn’t dare to look at Zhao Changhe’s expression. Her face flushed red, and she remained silent.

She had indeed underestimated the heroes of the Divine Land, especially this sickly woman. Her outward appearance was more deceptive than others, always making her seem easy to bully. But in truth, she was one of the most terrifying people in Great Xia. Holding up a decaying empire alone, suppressing all the demons of the world—was that easy? Thinking carefully, the word “kindness” might not even be closely associated with her. Someone too kind and easily bullied could never hold this position.

“Actually, none of this matters. We were going to explore the Sword Tomb anyway. Since we got the sword seal and the tomb is unharmed, we can overlook your little deception and let you go. Besides, you still have a sense of shame, so you’re not beyond redemption.” Tang Wanzhuang’s expression gradually turned angry as she spoke, “But you shouldn’t have... to compensate for your own guilt, drugged me and offered me to Young Master Zhao, using my chastity as your bargaining chip... That’s going too far, young lady.”

Sisi pouted. In her moral framework, she really didn’t care about others.

The only thing she cared about was Zhao Changhe.

Tang Wanzhuang smiled faintly: “Worried about his feelings? Don’t want him to resent you? But by doing this, you never asked if he wanted it.”

Sisi glanced at Zhao Changhe. He had been standing silently by, hands tucked in his sleeves, watching. When he saw her look over, he snorted and turned his head away.

Sisi thought Zhao Changhe actually wanted it, but whether he would admit it was another matter...

Tang Wanzhuang finally dropped her smile: “Since you feel guilty... then please repay yourself!”

As she spoke, her slender hand trembled. The aphrodisiac poison she had been suppressing and expelling was forced out of her palm. Then she flipped her hand and slapped it all into Sisi’s mouth.

“Mmph mmph mmph!” Sisi, who had been calmly accepting her fate, began to struggle violently.

Zhao Changhe’s first thought was that Tang Wanzhuang was really strong—much stronger than Yue Hongling...

This poison was probably a special concoction from Sisi’s ancient spirit tribe. Even Zhao Changhe’s special poison resistance found it hard to suppress, which was why Sisi was so confident it would work on Tang Wanzhuang. But Yue Hongling couldn’t even suppress the lower-grade aphrodisiac from the Maitreya Sect, while Tang Wanzhuang not only suppressed this stronger gu poison but also expelled it completely.

If Sisi had made many mistakes, the biggest one was that mortals couldn’t understand gods. A martial artist at a few acupoint levels couldn’t fathom a freak who had opened all three secret vaults. The gap in their levels was bigger than the gap between humans and dogs. How could such a scheme succeed?

Including him... How could Sisi have calculated his poison resistance, or the cheating of the Heavenly Book and the Eye of Hindsight, turning even the suppression of the sword domain into his home ground?

Sisi had taken her own poison, and in an instant, her eyes became misty and seductive, her body writhing unconsciously, breathing heavily and moaning.

Bound by the rope, her writhing only accentuated her figure under the tight restraints, enough to make anyone’s blood boil.

Tang Wanzhuang glanced at Zhao Changhe and coughed lightly: “She’s yours to interrogate. Whether you want to release her, kill her, or do something else... it’s up to you.”

Then she raised her voice: “Demon Suppression Division, enter. Carefully inspect the surroundings, confirm the spatial nodes, and prepare to seal this place. Be careful not to trigger any restrictions.”

The members of the Demon Suppression Division crawled into the hole one after another, all keeping their eyes straight ahead, not looking at the bound Sisi, and dispersed to survey the area.

Tang Wanzhuang crouched in front of the sword guard, still bound by the Spring Water Sword Qi, and said softly, “The tomb is no place for such matters. I’m not like that alien demoness who would ruin the scenery. Why don’t you return to your guest courtyard? If there’s any discovery here, I’ll share it with you later.”

Zhao Changhe didn’t stand on ceremony. He grabbed the writhing Sisi and quickly left the Sword Tomb.

Tang Wanzhuang was truly magnanimous—not only did she hand over the person to him, but from start to finish, she never took the sword seal from Sisi’s arms. She even left the sword seal to his decision.

Zhao Changhe appreciated it, but he also had a headache.

Now, this little demoness... how should he deal with her?

“Thump!” Sisi was thrown onto the bed in the guest courtyard. Zhao Changhe closed the door.

Sisi was still tied up like a flower, her hands behind her back, writhing and breathing heavily on the bed. Her peach-blossom eyes glanced at Zhao Changhe standing by the door, filled with a misty spring water and an indescribable complexity.

She knew that Zhao Changhe was different from Tang Wanzhuang... Tang Wanzhuang had expelled the poison, but Zhao Changhe hadn’t yet. He was only suppressing it.

But now... did he still need to suppress it?