Chapter 2356 - 2046: Fine, I Agree
Upon hearing Xu Jingshu’s reminder, Yun Yudie came to her senses. Indeed, she also felt that Lu Chen might have a greater conspiracy, and it was a conspiracy against their mysterious clan.
Regaining her composure, Yun Yudie looked at Lu Chen with suspicion and asked, "Are you sure you’ll help me break through to the Heavenly Realm?"
Lu Chen affirmed, "Naturally, I always keep my word."
Yun Yudie said coldly, "Aren’t you afraid that the first thing I’ll do after breaking through to the Heavenly Realm is to kill you?"
Lu Chen replied, "You won’t. Even if you feel dual cultivation with me is a great humiliation, you’ll see the value I have and spare my life, rather than kill me."
For some reason, Yun Yudie felt that Lu Chen seemed to understand her very well. She indeed wouldn’t kill Lu Chen, as she had never encountered such a high-quality blood source capable of endlessly restoring vitality.
Yet, the thought of being manipulated by him made Yun Yudie feel very displeased.
After all, she was a Deceit King, and now she was being played by a human blood source.
If one day, her affair with a human is discovered by the mysterious clan, wouldn’t her reputation be ruined? Perhaps the mysterious clan would never accept her again.
But thinking about those things seemed useless now.
She now had only two paths: either choose to trade with Lu Chen, become his woman, endure disgrace, and settle accounts with him after breaking through to the Heavenly Realm.
Or, rather die than yield, be sealed by Lu Chen, and wait until the Heavenly Realm strong person beside Lu Chen perishes before figuring out a way to break the sealing and finally settle accounts with Lu Chen.
However, if she chose the second path, by the time she broke the sealing, Lu Chen might already be dead of old age, and seeking revenge then would only mean hitting a corpse.
Seeing Yun Yudie’s indecision, Lu Chen continued, "In the hearts of you mysterious beings, purity doesn’t seem that important, right?"
"Our transaction is wholly beneficial to you. Know this, if you cultivate as before, you might not break through to the Heavenly Realm in a hundred years."
"But with dual cultivation with me, I guarantee you’ll step into the Heavenly Realm within ten years."
Just as Lu Chen was about to continue his persuasion, Yun Yudie interrupted him by saying, "Okay, I agree."
Seeing Yun Yudie agree, everyone present was stunned, especially Xu Jingshu, Zhou Xiaoxiao, and Zhou Youyou.
Their Sect Hierarch was a Deceit King, so how could she agree to consort with a human?
If this matter spreads, what would happen to their Sect Hierarch’s reputation?
Upon hearing Yun Yudie’s words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "You’ve made a wise decision. Trust me, in ten years, you’ll realize how correct your decision is."
Yun Yudie didn’t say much more, knowing she was currently at a disadvantage. She had a premonition that through dual cultivation with Lu Chen, she might come into contact with some secrets.
In such a remote area as Dazhou, theoretically, a Heavenly Realm strong person shouldn’t appear. Yet, there was one present, who was protecting Lu Chen, and coupled with Lu Chen’s unique physique, it was clear that Lu Chen harbored many secrets unknown to her.
Most importantly, when she saw Lu Chen, she felt he was very familiar, and he knew her name from the start.
This indirectly proved that Lu Chen’s origins weren’t simple. Perhaps she had known Lu Chen before, but due to some reasons, her memories were sealed, making her unable to remember him.
However, after meeting Lu Chen, some sealed fragments in her mind slowly loosened, triggering some memory fragments about Lu Chen.
Of course, all this was just her speculation and needed verification.
Most importantly, she indeed needed to quickly improve her strength.
Currently, Dazhou’s qi fortune is increasingly weakening, and the four Deceit Kings’ power is gradually strengthening, continuing this way, her pasture plan will completely fail.
If she can break through to the Heavenly Realm, Dazhou will become her pasture, and the four Deceit Kings won’t dare to defy her as before.
Lu Chen’s gaze swept over the mysterious evil spirits in the valley, saying, "Since you agreed, let these evil spirits and mysterious beings retreat."
Yun Yudie immediately transmitted, "All of you go back."
Upon hearing Yun Yudie’s words, Xu Jingshu awoke from her dream, immediately leading the mysterious evil spirits to kneel and say, "Sect Hierarch, you must not!!"
Yun Yudie is the core of the Heavenly Fate Sect. If she leaves, wouldn’t the Heavenly Fate Sect fall apart?
And she defected to the humans, how should they deal in the future?
Knowing that humans were their mysterious evil spirits’ blood source, and even their Sect Hierarch was recruited by humans, could they continue treating humans as blood sources?
At this moment, the most bewildered was Xu Jingshu, who recalled Lu Chen’s look and words to her in Dongxing City.
Lu Chen must have desired her body. If even their Sect Hierarch was taken into Lu Chen’s harem, she surely couldn’t escape either, and she’d become Lu Chen’s plaything.
The thought of becoming a stress reliever for human blood made Xu Jingshu vaguely resistant.
Of course, she understood that dual cultivation with Lu Chen might allow her to quickly break through to the Earth Realm, but she still harbored some internal struggle, which was normal. Xu Jingshu’s mindset mirrored Zhou Xiaoxiao, Zhou Youyou, and Yun Yudie’s, as they were all mysterious beings, and accepting humans required a process.
Yun Yudie coldly glanced at the mysterious evil spirits in the valley, then said coldly, "My mind is made up."
Seeing Yun Yudie firm in her decision, Xu Jingshu realized that no matter how they persuaded, it wouldn’t work.
Their Sect Hierarch had made her choice, a choice they couldn’t sway.
At this moment, Yun Yudie suddenly thought of something and said to Lu Chen, "I need to arrange matters before I can accompany you to Zhen Nan Prince Manor. After all, I created the Heavenly Fate Sect myself."
"I don’t want to see the Heavenly Fate Sect crumble just like that."
She planned to lead the Heavenly Fate Sect again after breaking through to the Heavenly Realm, managing the entire Dazhou pasture, so the sect couldn’t just dissolve.
Lu Chen said, "You may."
As the words fell, Lu Chen glanced at Qu He, who understood and immediately retracted his aura.
Feeling the pressure vanish, Yun Yudie hesitated no more and returned to the cliff where she had been, summoning the Profound Realm mysterious beings of the Heavenly Fate Sect, issuing some instructions, and finally preparing to return to Lu Chen’s side.
At this moment, Xu Jingshu stood on the cliff, appearing somewhat indecisive.
She wanted to quickly break through to the Earth Realm yet didn’t want to be defiled by humans. The thought of being treated as a plaything made her body involuntarily tremble.
As Yun Yudie, about to leave the cliff and return to the valley, saw Xu Jingshu still standing, she understood Xu Jingshu’s thoughts and calmly asked, "You won’t go to Zhen Nan Prince Manor?"
Xu Jingshu retorted, "Sect Hierarch, are you really planning to submit to that despicable human blood source?"
Yun Yudie replied, "Do we have the right to choose?"
Xu Jingshu hesitantly said, "But if the mysterious clan learns we did such things with human blood sources, can we ever return to the clan?"