Chapter 667 (1/2)

Chapter 667: Nine Nether Palace

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Before the palace, the thousands of figures were also stunned, as they stared at Nine Nether, who had just appeared. After a short while, they recovered from their surprise and immediately knelt. A respectful voice spread throughout the place: “Master, welcome back to the palace!”

Their voices were filled with intense joy. Nobody had expected that the master of their Nine Nether Palace would actually return at this moment. Originally, they had thought that the master of the Nine Nether Palace would never come back.

Hearing the deafening voice, Nine Nether was also somewhat surprised. Before she had left, there were not that many people in the Nine Nether Palace. Furthermore, she was not good at management, so most of the time, the place was a mess. On the other hand, the people here presently seemed much more imposing.

“You sisters did great. You were actually able to manage the Nine Nether Palace to become what it is now.” Nine Nether held the girl in her arms and smiled happily.

“It’s all to elder sister’s credit,” the girl in light red clothes, who seemed to be somewhat delicate, rubbed her red eyes and said in an embarrassed tone.

Nine Nether smiled and stared at the girl in black suit. The latter bit her rosy lips gently, and the original aloofness and sharpness in her eyes all vanished. However, she obviously had great self-control. Therefore, although she was very excited in her heart, she still did not forget herself. Instead, she bowed slightly and said in a respectful tone, “Master, welcome back to the palace.”

“Bing’er, we had agreed that you would call me sister.”

Nine Nether held the hand of the girl in the black suit. With some affection in her beautiful eyes, she said, “You must have had a hard time during these years. Don’t blame me, because I almost couldn’t come back as well.”

“Master…” the girl in the black suit immediately shook her head. However, seeing that the eyes of Nine Nether were widening, she quickly changed her words and said, “How can I blame sister. Before you left, you put the Nine Nether Palace under our charge. We will naturally do our best.”

“In the first place, the Nine Nether Palace is only part of the formality. You are so stubborn,” Nine Nether said, resigned. At the beginning, she was the weakest among the nine lords. Hence, towards her becoming a lord, many people in the Daluo Territory were dissatisfied at the idea. However, because of the Condor King and her own background, they did not dare say much.

But, once she left, the two sisters had probably been bullied because of their abilities. Furthermore, Tang Bing was exceptionally resilient, so even if she was bullied, she would probably just grit her teeth and mind her own business.

Clearly over these years, the two sisters had been tolerating everything in Daluo Territory. Thinking of this, Nine Nether felt sorry for them.

“Oh yeah…”

Scanning her gaze around, Nine Nether seemed to have recalled something, and frowning, she asked, “Where is Cao Feng? Before I left that time, I asked him to help you.”

Hearing the name, the expressions of the two girls changed slightly. The girl in the black suit called Tang Bing bit her lips firmly, and after hesitating for a while, she finally took a deep breath and replied, “Sister… Cao Feng, he… he already switched to become a subordinate under Lord Blood Hawk… He had already left our Nine Nether Palace…”

Just as she finished speaking, Nine Nether’s originally smiling face turned slightly stiff. The atmosphere quickly became somewhat frozen.

The delicate girl, who was in Nine Nether’s arms, also bit her lips and said angrily, “That Cao Feng is so ungrateful. After seeing that no news had been heard about you for many years, he left the Nine Nether Palace and switched to take refuge under Lord Blood Hawk.”

“At the beginning, sister, you saw that he was so pitiful, and saved him from the corpses. If it hadn’t been for you, he would not have become who he is today!”

Patting the girl’s head gently, Nine Nether sighed and said, “I know that Cao Feng places heavy emphasis on his own benefits, but I didn’t expect that he couldn’t even commit for these few years.”

Her voice was filled with some disappointment. During that time, the young man had experienced a miserable event, so she showed some compassion and helped him. She did not expect that his moral character would still be so disappointing.

“Sister, rest assured, in the future, I will definitely not let that traitor off!” Tang Bing gritted her teeth. Even though Nine Nether was not really concerned about Cao Feng’s betrayal, she could still not tolerate it.

In the past, because of a war, all of the clan members of the two sisters were killed by a hostile clan. At that time, if Nine Nether had not appeared, they would probably have ended up in a situation that was more unbearable than being killed. Thus, they had always viewed Nine Nether as their closest savior. Thus, they would not be able to tolerate anything that would harm Nine Nether.

The Nine Nether Palace was weak, and she was always a step away from breaking through to the sovereign-level. Otherwise, no matter what happened, she would not let the traitor off easily!

Hearing her words, Nine Nether only smiled. She was not too sad about Cao Feng’s betrayal. After all, in her heart, she was clearly more concerned about the two sisters before her. They had been persevering all the way, and this caused her to feel very pleased.

“Next time, I will not leave you behind easily.” Nine Nether chuckled. Then, she stared at Tang Bing and said, “Bing’er, you seem to have yet to break through to the sovereign-level?”

Back then, when she left, Tang Bing was already in the Heavenly Completion Stage, and was just a step away from the three sovereign disasters. Based on her talent and the resources in the Daluo Territory, it was nearly impossible that she had yet to break through to the sovereign-level.

Tang Bing blushed slightly and nodded gently.

“Sister Nine Nether, don’t blame my sister. These years, when she has cultivated, she has not been using even one drop of sovereign spiritual liquid. All the sovereign spiritual liquid obtained from the Daluo Territory has been used by her to train the newcomers in the palace. Otherwise, Nine Nether Palace would not have the scene it enjoys right now.” The girl in light red clothes was called Tang Rong, and at the moment, she quickly helped her sister to justify.

Nine Nether heard her words and was stunned. Then, she looked at the thousands of people, who were kneeling down neatly on the cultivation ground, and questioned, “We Nine Nether Palace should receive ten thousand sovereign spiritual liquid each year, and also, close to ten thousand from the areas under our control. That’s still not enough?”

Tang Rou was hesitating as to whether she should speak. However, Tang Bing stared at her, and she could only close her mouth.

“Bing’er, you tell me.” Seeing their subtle actions, Nine Nether seemed to have noticed something. Even her voice became more freezing.