My Evil Imperial Wife is Too Arrogant

[BOOM BOOM!!] The sound of the explosion reverberated in the cave within the cave that was affected by the energy of the Toad’s self-detonation. The cave outside instantly collapsed, and the cave within trembled incessantly as numerous rocks blocked the entrance.

A very faint yellow smoke drifted into the cave within the cave, mixed together with the dust, making it difficult to detect.

Lou Mu Yan’s brows furrowed as she stared at the blocked entrance, then raised her head, looking at the ceiling of the cave where a hole was blasted open by the lightning, then asked Ming Xiu: “Are we going out from the top of the cave?”

The location of the cave within the cave wasn’t below the cold pond, and the sky above the cave was pitch black, so she didn’t know where it led to.

“The passage outside the cave’s already blocked. I know where the top of the cave leads to, so it’s alright.” Ming Xiu glanced at the hole casually and replied.

The two walked together and prepared to go out from the top of the cave together, while the Scarlet-Frost Jiao, whose aura was superficial now, bore pain in its eyes, then slowly looked up at Lou Mu Yan and said: “Wait.”

Lou Mu Yan turned her head and looked at the Scarlet-Frost Jiao in surprise, “Need something?”

“I beg you to take it with you.” The Scarlet-Frost Jiao touched the Jiao egg affectionately with her head, sentimental and reluctant to part with, but with firmness.

“Why?” Lou Mu Yan was very puzzled.

The Scarlet-Frost Jiao had desperately tried to protect the Jiao egg before. Although its aura was weak right now, but as long as she protected her Demonic Crystal and continued to absorb the Spiritual Force of Heaven and earth, it should survive until the being within the Jiao egg forms and breaks the shell.

The Scarlet-Frost Jiao sighed, “I can’t protect it. The Demonic Beasts that covet it aren’t just the Ice Toad. At most, I can survive until it breaks the shell, but I’ve already lost the ability to protect it.”

“Then why let me take it away? You’re not afraid that I’ll be harmful to it?” Lou Mu Yan raised an eyebrow.

She wondered why a Jiao egg would attract the coveting of other high-level Demonic Beasts. She still remembered that the Toad said that as long as it ate the Jiao egg, it could transform successfully. But under normal circumstances, the Crystal Core of a Tier 6 Scarlet-Frost Jiao was much more valuable than an unformed Jiao egg.

“I have no other choice. You just returned it to me, which proves that you don’t have a bad nature. I believe that as long as you can take it, then you will definitely not mistreat it in the future.” The Scarlet-Frost Jiao paused, then with determination in her tone, “I’d rather let it be your Spirit Pet than for it to be seized by other Demonic Beasts for refining and never be able to reincarnate.”

Lou Mu Yan felt a deep maternal love for the Jiao egg from the Scarlet-Frost Jiao. The faint fluctuation in the Jiao egg that she felt earlier when she touched it also made some softness rise in her heart. She thought for a bit, then with sincere eyes: “Alright! I will definitely treat it as a partner.”

“Thank you!” The Scarlet-Frost Jiao’s misty eyes revealed gratitude.

It closed its eyes and nudged its head. A gentle force pushed the Jiao egg before it towards Lou Mu Yan.

Lou Mu Yan took the Jiao egg with both her hands, pressed her lips, then bit her index finger. A drop of blood essence fell on the bright white fluorescent egg. Her two fingers formed seals in the air, and she chanted a spell.

Then, a layer of warm light wrapped around the one person and one egg, and a Spiritual Energy Contract Seal Talisman revolved around the Jiao egg a few times before instantly sinking into it. Immediately, it lit up brightly, and a white light shot out from the Jiao egg, shooting right into Lou Mu Yan’s forehead. The contract was completed.

“I signed a Contact of Equals with it. It will not only be my Spirit Pet in the future, but also my life and death partner. Don’t worry.”

In order to let the Scarlet Frost Jiao go in peace, Lou Mu Yan entered into a Contract of Equals with the Jiao egg in front of it.

The Jiao egg is from the bloodline of the Scarlet-Frost Jiao, so it could clearly feel the power of the contract. Its high-hung heart also settled down and once again said gratefully: “Human, a mere ‘thank you’ is an insufficient response to such a huge favour! Let these things be considered a thank you gift for taking care of it in the future.”

After the Scarlet-Frost Jiao finished speaking, it released a Mental Energy that shot directly towards the wall in the deepest parts of the cave. After a few sounds of rumbling, a crack appeared on the cave wall, and a pile of Spiritual Herbs and Spars, along with dozens of Demonic Beast Crystal Cores flew out and was placed in front of Lou Mu Yan.

Lou Mu Yan swept the things on the floor with her eyes and nodded: “I’ll accept your kindness, but I want to ask you a question.”

“Go ahead.”

“Why did that Ice Toad covet your Jiao egg? And based on what you said, there’ll be other Demonic Beasts who want it.” Lou Mu Yan had already contracted the Jiao egg, so she naturally needed to figure out the situation.

The Scarlet-Frost Jiao seemed to have anticipated Lou Mu Yan’s question and said without hesitation: “Its father is a Golden Dragon that met with misfortune and fell onto this interface. After its injury recovered, he was forced to tear through space and leave. I initially wished that after I successfully passed the Tribulation and transformed, our family could be reunited, but it seems that it’s impossible now.

“That Toad and a few nearby Demonic Beast Kings know that its bloodline contained the Golden Dragon’s bloodline, so they wanted to refine it.” The Scarlet-Frost Jiao sighed and added.

Lou Mu Yan’s eyes revealed some understanding. The Golden Dragon is a superior Demonic Beast Race. The blood essence of the Dragon Clan was exceptionally precious. After refining it, it could advance one’s cultivation base, and was indeed very attractive to other Demonic Beasts.

“Leave now, the both of you.” The Scarlet-Frost Jiao suddenly said.

Without waiting for Lou Mu Yan’s response, it glanced at the Jiao egg in her hands with yearning and sentiment, then closed its eyes peacefully and poured the last trace of Demonic Energy into its Crystal Core.

Then the Scarlet-Frost Jiao’s body gradually became transparent, and finally, together with the Crystal Core, turned into a blue light and flew into the Jiao egg. It left the essence of its entire life to its child.

Lou Mu Yan rubbed the Jiao egg she was holding in her hand and felt a powerful energy merge with the little thing within the egg. Her face revealed slight softness.

“Woman, let’s go.” Ming Xiu walked beside Lou Mu Yan, his handsome face revealing slight tenderness.

Lou Mu Yan nodded, but her face changed the moment she looked up at Ming Xiu. She immediately grabbed one of Ming Xiu’s wrists and probed it, then said with an inscrutable expression: “You… are poisoned.”

Ming Xiu looked at Lou Mu Yan in surprise but knew that she wouldn’t lie. He used his Mental Energy to probe the meridians in his body but didn’t find any oddity. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a hot sensation spread all over his body.

A fiery sensation continued to climbed up from his lower abdomen, and at this moment, if he didn’t know what poison it was, then being a man was useless.

His deep, sea-like eyes displayed a bit of silent endurance. He swept around and found that there were still a few wisps of yellow smoke near the edge of the sealed entrance.

“That damned toad.” Ming Xiu immediately mobilised the ice attribute Elemental Energy to wash his entire body as he spit those words out fiercely.

Lou Mu Yan followed Ming Xiu’s gaze with hers, and when she found those wisps of yellow smoke, her brows furrowed together tightly.

She knew that this was the poisonous gas that gathered in that Toad’s scrotum when it exploded. Even Elemental Energy couldn’t block it out. This sort of poisonous gas wouldn’t harm the human body, but once inhaled, while it would have no effect on women, but to men, it would be as if they had eaten aphrodisiac. If it isn’t relieved in time, then one would explode and die.

Her face couldn’t help but be dyed with a layer of worry. There was only her and Ming Xiu here—unless she needed to relieve him of it? She admitted Ming Xiu was special to her, but she had not yet reached the point of sacrificing her body for him, so she could only quickly think of other ways.

The yellow smoke showed its effects quickly, and after a while, Ming Xiu felt that his entire body was hot, dry, and unbearable. His lower abdomen also felt fiery and unendurable. When he smelled the faint fragrance of medicine from Lou Mu Yan beside him, he only wanted to hold her in his arms and possess her completely.

But reason triumphed over desire. He bit his tongue, sped to the place farthest from Lou Mu Yan, sat cross-legged and attempted to force the poison out.

His heart did move for Lou Mu Yan, but he would never take advantage of this situation to ‘take her’.

Translated product by May Our 梦 Come True

Note 1: ofc what is a cultivation novel without the inclusion of some sort of aphrodisiac? HAHA. But Ming Xiu’s a good man, so… let’s see what happens next chapter hahaha. 💜❤

Note 2: SNIFF My eyes still got slightly blurry as I continue to remember the backstory of the Scarlet-Frost Jiao 😭

Random Note: WordPress updated its layout and functions AGAIN (previous times it wasn’t obvious so I didn’t say anything). But after updating, the process of setting up the navigation bar has definitely changed somewhat, so if any of the navigation bars (or any other layout in wordpress) looks a bit weird or different, it’s because of the update. I will fix certain parts asap.