Chapter 256: Rather than Chu Jiutao

Within a tribe in the Demon Race World, a young girl wearing a long dress strolled inside.

The girl wore a mask, and behind her followed two women also wearing masks.

Behind them, snow-white fox tails swayed like silk ribbons.

Inside the tribe, several tall, brawny men with tiger heads and human bodies looked toward the three women.

They were the Striped Tiger Clan.

The children of the Striped Tiger Clan lay in their mothers’ arms, poking their heads out to cautiously observe these three older sisters.

“Your Highness, please follow me.”

A maidservant stepped out from within the Striped Tiger Clan.

The maidservant had a comely face and healthy bronze skin; her thighs were firm and powerful, possessing a wild, explosive beauty.

The only Striped Tiger Clan characteristics on her body were the ears on her head and the single tail behind her, making her look like a combat-ready beast-eared girl from an anime.

Without refusing, the young girl nodded and walked toward the largest wooden house in the tribe, which was where the Striped Tiger Clan Chief resided.

High upon a seat within the wooden house, a three-meter-tall burly man stared directly at the three women.

Wildness and danger filled the entire wooden house.

It felt as if this burly man might pounce at any moment and tear the three of them to shreds.

“The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan… I didn’t expect that there really was royalty still alive.”

Looking at Chu Yaoyao, the Striped Tiger Clan Chief spoke slowly, his deep, resonant voice vibrating in one’s heart.

“At the time, I thought the royalty of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan had all died out.”

“Indeed, they are mostly dead; now, I am the only one left.”

Chu Yaoyao removed her mask, revealing an exquisitely beautiful face, and looked at the Striped Tiger Clan Chief without the slightest fear.

“The Striped Tiger Clan has served as the guards of my Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan for ten thousand years. I have come to ask what the Striped Tiger Clan’s current thoughts are.”

“Your Highness, the era of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan has already come to an end.”

The Striped Tiger Clan Chief shook his head.

“Years ago, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox ancestor saved the ancestor of my Striped Tiger Clan from dire straits.

To repay that kindness, my Striped Tiger Clan swore to guard the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan until the Dynasty fell.

Now, the Dynasty of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan has vanished. We have not violated our oath; the debt of gratitude has already been paid in full.”

“Yes, you did indeed fight until the very last moment and sacrificed much for our Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan. The debt is indeed paid,” Chu Yaoyao nodded.

“Then why has Your Highness come this time?”

“I have come to find you to discuss mutual interests, rather than relying solely on past relations,” Chu Yaoyao spoke calmly.

“Oh?” The Striped Tiger Clan Chief seemed to gain a bit of interest. “I wonder what Your Highness can promise our Striped Tiger Clan?”

“If my Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan successfully takes its revenge, the Striped Tiger Clan, as ministers who supported the Dragon, shall have its own vassal state. Furthermore, there will be no need to pay tribute for five hundred years; you will only need to report to the Imperial Capital once every ten years.”

As the personal guards of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan, the Striped Tiger Clan was extremely loyal and responsible, but Chu Yaoyao knew that the Striped Tiger Clan had always desired to be enfeoffed as nobles.

Rather than being like they were now, huddled in such a small tribe.

Although the Striped Tiger Clan was square with the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox royalty and had completely repaid the kindness from back then,

it was precisely because the Striped Tiger Clan was truly loyal that they had caused a great deal of trouble for the Heavenly Frost White Snake Clan at the time.

In one particular battle, the Clan Chief of the Heavenly Frost White Snake Clan—the current Demon Emperor—had almost died at the hands of the Striped Tiger Clan.

Although the current Demon Emperor had not ordered the extermination of the Striped Tiger Clan, nor had he restricted them,

the Striped Tiger Clan knew very well that it was impossible for them to enter the court as officials; otherwise, they would surely be ostracized with all the court’s might, let alone be granted titles of nobility or high office.

In Chu Yaoyao’s view, since she was promising the Striped Tiger Clan a future where they could be enfeoffed, there was a possibility the other party would agree, especially since both sides had ten thousand years of history.

The Striped Tiger Clan Chief narrowed his eyes. A silence fell over the wooden house, but eventually, the Striped Tiger Clan Chief simply smiled:

“If it were before, I might have truly agreed to Your Highness’s proposal. However, Your Highness has, after all, come too late.”

Just as the Striped Tiger Clan Chief finished speaking, a woman stepped out from behind a screen.

The moment the masked women behind Chu Yaoyao saw that girl, spiritual energy exploded within the wooden house as ice-cold spikes shot toward her.

The Striped Tiger Clan Chief reached out and squeezed, instantly crushing the ice spikes into powder.

“Your Highness! This is my Striped Tiger Clan’s territory. For Your Highness to attack my honored guest, isn’t that a bit excessive!” the Striped Tiger Clan Chief roared in anger.

The two women behind Chu Yaoyao ignored the Striped Tiger Clan Chief and intended to strike again.

As Nine-Tailed Celestial Foxes of the Jade Purity Realm, they were fully confident they could block the Striped Tiger Clan Chief and kill this girl!

It could be said that half the reason the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Clan had been defeated lay with this girl!

But just as the two Jade Purity Realm women were about to strike again, Chu Yaoyao reached out to stop them. Her fox-like eyes looked at the girl before her, filled with killing intent:

“She Qiqi, long time no see!”

“It has been a long time, Second Princess.” She Qiqi smiled with curved eyes and looked at the two great experts behind Chu Yaoyao. “Are you really not going to kill me? Maybe I didn’t even bring a single guard.”

“Since you guessed I was coming, why didn’t you set an ambush to kill me?” Chu Yaoyao didn’t answer her question but asked one in return.

“Because the one who came was Chu Yaoyao, and not Chu Jiutao.”

She Qiqi walked toward the Striped Tiger Clan Chief’s throne, and the Striped Tiger Clan Chief actually stood up to let her sit.

However, She Qiqi didn’t sit at all. Instead, the seat burst apart, and a maidservant stepped out from the shadows, brought out a new chair, and then vanished from the spot.

Cold sweat had already broken out on the foreheads of the two women behind Chu Yaoyao.

They hadn’t sensed the other party’s presence at all before, which meant that the maidservant was at least in the Late Stage of the Jade Purity Realm.

Regarding the destruction of his stone seat, the Striped Tiger Clan Chief showed no resentment whatsoever; he stood beside She Qiqi like a guard.

Propping up her chin, She Qiqi looked at Chu Yaoyao playfully:

“Little sister Yaoyao, only your sister is worth my killing. You… emmm… are still as cute as ever.”

Chu Yaoyao clenched her fists and then slowly relaxed them. “Since when did the Heavenly Frost White Snake Clan accept the Striped Tiger Clan?”

“You’re wrong.” She Qiqi yawned. “The Striped Tiger Clan didn’t join the Heavenly Frost White Snake Clan; they joined me.”

“What did you promise?”

The corners of She Qiqi’s mouth curled slightly. “A position as a vassal lord, plus a life.”

Chu Yaoyao’s willow-like brows furrowed.

“Alright, little sister Yaoyao, don’t always frown; it’s easy to become ugly.” She Qiqi propped her chin with her fair palm. “By the way, how about we have a competition?”

“What kind of competition?”

“To see who can overthrow the Heavenly Frost White Snake Clan faster, how about it?”