Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Treacherous maidservant

After years of toiling and doing menial tasks, her seduction plan went down the toilet, and she changed tactics. To achieve her goal she turned to a darker path. Mo Xi chose to join forces with Demon King Xiang’s enemy, locked in a dark dungeon deep in the mountain. The alliance was dangerous, but she was willing to risk everything for a chance at power.

She grabbed a dazzling black cloak in her room and stepped out into the silent night. The red moon cast its eerie glow, and the maidservant’s eyes gleamed with a fierce resolve. She would find a way to rise again, no matter the cost. The path she had chosen was treacherous, but she was determined to walk it.

She moved silently through the shadowed forest. She put on the cloak pulling the hood to cover her face. It was a relic gifted to her by the late demon king. It was meant to conceal her presence as she snuck around in the passageways. She used it to spy on the other concubines and report to the demon king. Now she used it to sneak into the dungeon to see her new beloved she was conspiring with to take down the half-blood.

Xiang Yu wasn’t merciful to his enemies. Most of them died the most gruesome deaths and the few who were unlucky enough to survive were thrown into this place of torment and despair. It was a place where those who offended the demon king died a painful and slow death. It was at this place where the infamous demon general Bai Jiang was imprisoned. The general, a formidable enemy of Demon King Xiang, was bound in a cruel display of power.

Chains, thick and unyielding, held him suspended from the ceiling, each link connected to the stone walls, restraining his waist, limbs, abdomen, neck, and chest. Some of the cuffs were embedded into his flesh the wounds unable to heal. Below him, a salty pool reflected the dim torchlight, adding to the chilling atmosphere. Each day he was taken down and his body would fall into the salty pool subjecting him to a torturous pain before giving him food in small portions and water. The food and water was just enough to keep him alive.

What was his offence? What was so bad that he deserved such cruelty? He wreaked havoc in the northern realm the first year Xiang Yu took power. He orchestrated random attacks at first, sending his minions to blast explosives through the city, making sure there were as many casualties as possible. He intended to hold the realm ransom and force the demons to go against their nature and deliver their demon king into his hands. The northern realm was living in fear for two months until Xiang Yu caught the general.

Xiang Yu knew that this general wasn’t smart enough to think of such a plan. In the past, he fought with no strategy but chaos, so who was the brains behind him? He offered the general an easy death if he told him who sent him but he kept his lips tightly shut. He only let it slip that her mistress was a goddess after Xiang Yu cursed his backer. Xiang Yu had a feeling that his backer was his long-lost sister. Years after that, he kept the general alive to lure her out, but she never showed her face. It seemed the general was disposable.

He knew he had to do something to get the result that he wanted. Thus came Mo Xi. She had no idea that she was a pawn in a much larger plot. He had someone put her on duty to send food for the general for a week, and just like that she took the bait. Whenever she came here to see the general, Xiang Yu knew all about it. He even made it easier for her to sneak in.

"That mongrel is taking her pets to the mortal realm. I overheard them planning their trip," informing him of her true reason for visiting him. The entire time her voice was barely above a whisper. _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}