Chapter 275

Chapter 275: Trade Her for It
“Gui Lao, you were the one who led us to the Dragon Pool Mountains. Now that trouble has come, you want to push us out? That’s not right!” someone yelled.

Another snapped, “We call you Gui Lao to give you face. Don’t really think you’re something great!”

“If they can’t be hostages and we can, why? Are they your lovers, you old hag?” someone else spat.

They were already blocked in the Demonic Beasts’ lair and had been holding in their anger.

Now that they felt betrayed by Gui Lao, they stopped giving her any respect at all. They said whatever ugly words they could think of, all for one goal: not to be hostages.

Gui Lao’s face turned green as she shouted, “All of you, shut up!”

She no longer had any authority in their hearts. Not only did they not shut up, they spoke even louder.

“Enough!” Bai Mei did not want to listen to their pointless arguing anymore. “We’ll follow what she said just now. Those people will stay.”

As soon as she said this, some people were happy and some were miserable.

Bai Mei looked at Gui Lao and said, “Gui Lao, it’s your turn.”

Gui Lao’s eyes flickered, and her face, rough like tree bark, twitched slightly.

Seeing her still not move, Bai Mei grew suspicious, and her gaze became harsher.

Hua Tu and the Avian Beasts each stepped forward, their heavy pressure pouring over the sky above.

Others shouted at Gui Lao, “What are you still hesitating for! Hurry and give them back!”

“Do you want to get all of us killed?”

“Gui Lao!”

The other Nascent Soul Old Fiends were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. They had just been arguing nonstop, but now they all turned their anger on Gui Lao, urging her again and again to hand over the Demon Beast Cubs.

Under everyone’s threats, Gui Lao had no choice but to open the Spirit Beast Pouch.

More than a dozen little Demonic Beasts scrambled out of the Spirit Beast Pouch. Ah Chun was among them.

After coming out, Ah Chun looked around in panic. When she saw Yu Zhao, she pouted in grievance. Bright tears filled her eyes at once.

She cried as she ran toward Yu Zhao: “Wuwuwu, Yu Zhao, Yu Zhao…”

Yu Zhao bent down a little to catch Ah Chun, picked her up, and slowly slid her fingers along Ah Chun’s spine to gently comfort her.

The Nine-Tailed Fox’s voice was sharp by nature. In the quiet around them, Gui Lao and the others could not help but turn their eyes toward Yu Zhao.

“Yu Zhao, Yu Zhao, Yu Zhao…” [Yu Zhao, Yu Zhao, Yu Zhao…]

Gui Lao kept repeating Yu Zhao’s name in her heart. It felt more and more familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.

At this time, a Nascent Soul Old Fiend next to her suddenly said, “The First Place in this Cultivation World Grand Tournament is also named Yu Zhao.”

Gui Lao’s eyes widened.

That was right. Not long ago, the name Yu Zhao had caused a huge stir.

She was not only first in the Cultivation World Grand Tournament’s Individual Competition, but also a disciple of the Five Elements Dao Sect, and had once been a student of Master Qing Yan.

And this fox-like young woman in front of her, who walked together with Demonic Beasts, was also called Yu Zhao?

Could there really be such a coincidence in this world?

The more Gui Lao thought about it, the more wrong it felt. She pointed at Yu Zhao, her eyes full of hate, and said, “You’re not a Fox Demon. You’re a cultivator too!”

Whoosh…

The Nascent Soul Old Fiends all stared in shock. Hua Tu and the Avian Beasts, who had been comforting the younglings, also stared at Yu Zhao in surprise.

Only Yu Zhao and Bai Mei, who knew the truth, stayed calm.

Yu Zhao said, “You can go now.”

Gui Lao snapped, “You used a Demonic Beast identity to sneak into the Dragon Pool Mountains. What are you trying to do?”

She clearly hated Yu Zhao already and was trying her best to drag Yu Zhao into trouble with her.

Bai Mei said with displeasure, “This has nothing to do with you. Do you still want to leave or not?”

Gui Lao had not expected her attempt to sow discord to fail completely. These Demonic Beasts knew Yu Zhao’s real identity, yet they still did not doubt her.

Gui Lao gave Yu Zhao a long, deep look, then led the way, flying toward the outer edge of the Dragon Pool Mountains.

The Nascent Soul Old Fiends who had not been named rushed to follow.

The ones left behind also itched to move, but under the threat of the two Nascent Soul Stage Demon Beasts, they had to hold down their urge to escape.

After Gui Lao had flown out for a while, Bai Mei said to the Avian Beasts, “Na Ya, you stay and take care of the younglings. Yu Zhao, Hua Tu, and I will take the hostages over.”

As soon as Bai Mei finished speaking, Yu Zhao felt a probing gaze land on her.

Bai Mei also sensed Na Ya’s thoughts and added, “Yu Zhao is a customer of Spirit Mountain and Qingqiu Mountain. She is not the same as them.”

Only when Bai Mei mentioned the two Sacred Mountains of the Demon Clan did Na Ya reluctantly agree.

Yu Zhao had planned to hand Ah Chun over to Na Ya to look after, but Ah Chun was too frightened and refused to leave her. Yu Zhao had no choice but to carry Ah Chun along.

Before they went over, Yu Zhao walked up to the four Nascent Soul Old Fiends who had been left as hostages.

Bai Mei and Hua Tu did not see clearly what happened, but all of a sudden, four more Spirit Beast Pouches appeared in Yu Zhao’s hand.

The four whose Spirit Beast Pouches had been taken turned pale with shock and moved on instinct, trying to snatch the pouches back from Yu Zhao.

Yu Zhao did not need to move at all. Bai Mei and Hua Tu blocked their attacks.

Hua Tu cursed and shouted, “What are you doing! What do you think you’re doing! Behave yourselves!”

He grumbled nonstop, wishing he could give each of them a claw swipe.

Yu Zhao stepped back to Bai Mei’s side and handed the Spirit Beast Pouches to her, saying, “Open them. There should also be a lot of younglings inside.”

Only then did Bai Mei understand why Yu Zhao had picked these four out in particular. She asked, “You already noticed they were still hiding Spirit Beast Pouches on them?”

Yu Zhao nodded.

They had hidden them very well, but under Yu Zhao’s Soul Force, nothing could hide.

Bai Mei opened the Spirit Beast Pouches.

As expected, each pouch held seven or eight Demon Beast Cubs.

Two of them had probably struggled too hard while being caught and angered the Nascent Soul Old Fiends. When they were released now, they were already not breathing.

Bai Mei bit down on her lower lip, her expression colder than ever.

“I didn’t do it!” one of them shouted.

“Me neither!” another protested.

“Zhu Long, those two Demonic Beasts were clearly caught by you!” someone yelled.

The four pushed the blame onto each other, all afraid to take the consequences.

A low growl came from Hua Tu’s throat as he lowered his front body, as if he would leap up the next second and bite through their throats.

Bai Mei shook her head at him.

There were still younglings in Gui Lao’s hands.

This was not the time for revenge.

Hua Tu had not let hatred completely cloud his mind. He pushed down his anger and worked with Bai Mei to drive the four Nascent Soul Old Fiends forward.

Because of Yu Zhao’s identity, he also shifted some of his anger onto her. His former good opinion of her vanished.

Yu Zhao did not care at all what Hua Tu thought.

Her task was only to bring the Little Fox back to Qingqiu Mountain safely. The other Demonic Beasts were not her responsibility.

By this time, Gui Lao and the others had already reached the Outer Barrier of the Dragon Pool Mountains.

They had tried many ways to break through it, but all ended in failure. They had no choice but to keep negotiating with Bai Mei.

Bai Mei said, “We’ll still do it like we said before. You give me the Spirit Beast Pouch, and I’ll let you leave.”

Gui Lao said, “You close the light screen first. Only then will I dare give you the Spirit Beast Pouch.”

“If I close the light screen, what if you run away?” Bai Mei shot back.

Gui Lao answered, “Even if you get the Spirit Beast Pouch, you might still go back on your word.”

Both sides stayed highly alert toward each other. For a while, neither could convince the other.

In the end, Gui Lao thought of a vicious idea.

She said, “If you want to take the Spirit Beast Pouch ahead of time, that’s fine. Use her in exchange.”

The “her” she meant was Yu Zhao.