109 Extortion (2/2)
”…”
Xu Xiuying's killing intent soared. The pink miasma condensed around everyone and choke their necks. With a slight force, they would be forced to inhale the gas and die.
Yet, Xu Miao didn't faze. He chose not to do anything, but he waited for Xu Xiuying to accept his offer.
One minute passed, but it was as long as an hour. Everyone's neck was squeezed, but they endured the torture.
Two minutes passed. Their legs cramped, and their stomach churned. The fog tried to enter their orifices, but everyone used their Qi to block the fog. Xu Miao also protected Jia Shan on his back from the pink miasma.
Five minutes passed, but nobody uttered a word. The fog fight became a tug-of-war. If someone let up, they would die.
Ten minutes later, Xu Xiuying snorted and gave up.
”What a waste of time! Give me all your spatial rings. That's my final negotiation. If you're still playing with your tongue, I'll kill all of you even if I won't get anything in return!”
Xu Xiuying was serious this time. She wanted all Xu Miao and his slaves' spatial rings, including Wei Yuan's ring.
Sensing the determination and the killing intent, Xu Miao compromised and gave up his dummy ring. The rest of the girls, except Wei Yuan, threw their rings into the dirty water in the sewer.
”There, you have them. Now, let us go.”
Xu Xiuying's face grimaced as she knew that Wei Yuan didn't give up her ring, ”That bitch, too! I can see you from here. Do you wanna die!?”
Wei Yuan was still unwilling. She shouted, ”If you want to annul the alliance between my clan and your clan, go ahead and kill me! My grandfather tattooed a Life Brand on me since I was a baby. If I die, he will see your face, and his alliance will crush your sect!”
Life Brand tattoos were common spells that noble parents usually gave their children. The presence of the tattoos could intimidate local cultivators not to kill the weak children of powerhouse noble clans as the face of the children's murderer would be revealed to the parents. Then, the murderers would be hunted down, including their families and friends.
Wei Feng and Wei Xiang also had them. However, Xu Miao, who wasn't Xu Xiuying's biological son, didn't have it.
Upon hearing that Wei Yuan had this tattoo, Xu Xiuying was taken aback. As Wei Huang had gathered several 7th-stage demons to strengthen the Wei Clan, she was afraid of the consequence and the threat of multiple 7th-stage demons.
”Tsk! Fine! I won't take your ring.”
Xu Xiuying collected all rings in the sewer by using her Qi and pink gas manipulation. She checked the content inside the rings.
Aside from Xu Miao's ring, which only contained raw spirit stones as his pocket money, the slaves only had weak low-grade weapons, clothes, and a few refined stones to cultivate. However, she found interesting skill books.
They were the copies of Moon Meridian Scripture!
”You guys have been practicing an interesting technique. Ah, I see. That's why you're so adamant about protecting those trashes, right?”
Although Xu Xiuying didn't get a heaven-grade, sky-grade, or earth-grade item from Xu Miao, she obtained something precious in return for her trouble.
The succubus burst into laughter. She retracted her pink gas, ”For the sake of the alliance, I'll let you go. I can't promise that I won't tell Wei Huang about your little elopement. Have fun making babies when you can.”
”…”
Xu Miao gnashed his teeth, swallowing his anger. He regretted that he didn't have enough essence to buy system rings for his girls, and their secret manuals were robbed easily. The more his foster mother laughed, the more frustrated he was.
As Xu Xiuying was laughing and mocking Xu Miao's blunder, her phone rang.
Xu Lanying sent her a message.
[Stop playing around in the sewer. If you want your treasures back, you shouldn't waste your time in there. I've spotted a large group of women fleeing toward the Crimson River. You should hurry and get there before they reach the Sky Duck City.]
Being reminded of her primary objective, Xu Xiuying clicked her tongue. Her body flashed and disappeared, flying in the sewer toward the path where Yao Lan and her company had passed.
”…”
Everyone let out a sigh of relief. It was the longest nerve-wracking 10 minutes of their entire lives.
”We're safe,” Jia Shan wiped his sweat on his forehead. His back was also soaked that his clothes got stuck with his skin.
Despite being in a bad mood, Xu Miao was curious about Xu Xiuying's ability. He wanted to know her weaknesses, ”Senior Jia, do you know what that pink fog can do?”
”That's a demon's miasma, a succubus miasma to be exact.”
Xu Miao and everyone, except Wei Yuan, widened their eyes in surprise, ”Succubus miasma?”
”To be honest, I'm shocked, too. I never thought that Xu Xiuying is actually a succubus,” Jia Shan hunched his shoulders and back, regretting that he didn't discover this sooner. ”Well, succubus miasma is a racial ability. Anyone who inhales that pink fog will be under the miasma owner's hypnosis spell. A high-rank succubus can instantly kill everyone who inhaled the fog while the weaker ones can only make the victims their puppets.”
”That's quite an interesting ability. I meant, she's fucking dangerous, right?”
”Ha! You've realized that just now? Do you even know that you've been living in the same building as a high succubus? She could have absorbed your Yang Qi and killed you.”
”… Yeah, that's why we're running away from her. Welp, let's get going. We need to go the other way and leave this hell hole.”
Xu Miao guided the group and took another sewer route, turning away from Xu Xiuying and Yao Lan's path. At every intersection of the sewer, Xu Miao kept heading west, walking away from his initial goal.
Xu Miao changed his plans. At first, he was going to exit the sewer and head east, getting away from the Sky Duck and Mountain Goose City. But now, Xu Miao set off toward the west of the continent, where the capital city was located.
As for the loss of manuals, Xu Miao would make more copies of the scripture for the girls later.