The Demon Lords

To be safe, Lord Zheng ultimately decided to shove both the blade and its sheath into the Pixiu’s mouth.

The Pixiu appeared very pained and resistant; despite being a Pixiu, it seemed unaware of its ability to "swallow objects."

However, Lord Zheng always wanted to display the graceful combat scenes like Lord Jingnan on the battlefield, so he had to forcibly employ it.

At first, it was very narrow,

No matter how he pushed, he couldn’t get it inside,

The Pixiu’s tears rolled out,

But slowly, a blue glow began to appear at the Pixiu’s belly, then the blue glow started moving upwards, and finally, transferred onto the knife in Lord Zheng’s hand.

"Buzz!"

The knife,

was sent inside.

The Pixiu lay on the ground, gasping heavily, at this moment it didn’t have a trace of the imposing demeanor of a fierce beast, as if its body had been completely hollowed out.

Lord Zheng was initially a bit surprised, looking at his empty hands, then a smile emerged on his face.

It seemed,

The effect was still pretty good.

In this world, most demonic beasts actually just appear a bit strange, a little beyond that they are sentient, indicating they have spiritual qualities.

The princess’s Green Python belongs to this category;

Furthermore, there’s actually the black cat Lord Zheng frequents and the fox following Xue Three, they actually have unique abilities.

Of course, it doesn’t mean the princess’s Green Python is worse than that black cat and fox, this thing can never just be ranked simply, like when Xue Three directly assassinated the "Sixth Rank martial artist" Prince Fu back then.

If the black cat and fox were thrown in front of the Green Python, the Green Python could certainly take them both on and swallow them, because the abilities of those two are inherently not in battle.

And "swallowing objects," is the Pixiu’s ability.

Swallowing a warehouse is impossible, but swallowing a knife is no problem.

Moreover, knives and swords alike require ritual sustenance, the spiritual energy on the treasured blade can help the Pixiu stabilize its body, while the Pixiu can also help nurture the treasure.

He crouched down, patted the Pixiu’s head, then placed the dried meat Siniang brought in front of the Pixiu,

Saying:

"Tired, right? Have a good rest, then eat more when you’re rested."

After that,

Lord Zheng stood up, tidied his clothes, reached out to hold Siniang’s hand, and slowly walked away under the Pixiu’s gaze.

He was the irresponsible, cowardly scoundrel who played with someone, pulled up his pants, and left with his original spouse.

At night, following old habits, Lord Zheng took a bath, and as he was preparing to go to bed, he saw Siniang sitting behind the desk by the bed, writing a list of gifts.

No matter what, interpersonal exchanges cannot be severed; it wasn’t to deliberately flatter anyone; the relationships gained by flattering are useless at crucial moments, but there’s no need to highlight one’s lofty stance to appear like a white lotus.

Upon entering the capital this time, what gifts to bring, who to give which is something Siniang needs to consider.

Lord Zheng lay on the bed,

Turning on his side,

He looked at Siniang’s graceful and voluptuous figure from the side, and her slightly frowning brows,

It was quite like the feeling of a husband lying on the bed while the wife was calculating this month’s interpersonal exchanges beside him.

Perhaps,

This was the atmosphere of home.

Lord Zheng yawned,

And fell asleep.

After the imperial edict came, Lord Zheng still did not immediately set off; firstly, because Feng Guan and Zhang Yuanshan arrived promptly, therefore leaving ample time for Lord Zheng to return to the capital, plus their group needed to catch their breath after traveling; secondly, there were some matters Lord Zheng needed to handle.

Of course, the second reason was just a pretext, after all, the specific affairs at Snow Sea Pass were actually handled by the demon kings, Lord Zheng was more like a mascot.

But even mascots need to be brought out from time to time to make an appearance.

Therefore,

The originally scheduled military parade three days later,

Would be held as planned.

The parade location was not south of Snow Sea Pass, but north of it, even quite far north, within the snow plains, and they also invited some chiefs and elders of wild peoples tribes to come for the review.

This morning,

Lord Zheng was dressed in armor with the help of Siniang, wearing that set of imperial gifted golden armor.

Siniang laughed as she helped him dress, saying:

"My lord, this armor is fine for attending events, but you should definitely not wear it out."

"I’m not stupid, wearing it out attracts hatred value."

"Well, wait for A Ming to wake up, we can have A Ming wear it in the future."

"A Cheng said the same thing."

"Hehe." Siniang also laughed, but then seemed to recall something, saying: "My lord, the mountain chief from the study society asked for a meeting last night and mentioned something."

"What is it?"

"He said that this time the court has opened a rural examination in Ying Capital City, and according to the court’s imperial edict, we also have a quota here. After all, Jin land has been ravaged by war recently and is in need of rebuilding; this rural examination is actually not very difficult, successful candidates are directly recognized by local authorities."

"So, quite a few teachers in our study society are interested; they are originally Jin people and want to try their luck in Ying Capital City, thinking that passing the rural exam might give them an opportunity to become officials."

"Blind Man knows about this, and he’s agreed to let them go."

"And then?"

"That group of teachers went after spring, but recently they sent back letters saying they took the documents and travel permits we issued from Lord Pingye’s mansion to the academic administration in Ying Capital City but were not eligible for the entrance exam."

"I see, since this time entering the capital, I’ll pass through Ying Capital City anyway, it’s a chance to ask about it."