The Empress’s Gigolo

“Do they know we are coming?” Ren Baqian raised his eyebrows as he looked at the empress. “That Bor who we encountered before discovered us quite early. Their senses are very keen.”

Before the empress could reply, a voice was heard coming from the cave that asked, “So you know Bor! Is he dead?”

This voice was gentler and sweeter than Bor’s!”

It seemed like hearing the voice of a herdsman was a pleasure in itself.

It was like enjoying some wonderful moments in this world.

“He’s dead and died a horrible death. Don’t you want to come out and avenge him?” Ren Baqian inquired while looking into the cave.

“Avenge? No. Vengeance is a useless behavior that doesn’t help us survive! Only humans like you with complex feelings would indulge in such emotions!” Following these words, a figure appeared out of the darkness.

At about 2.3 meters tall, he was about the same height as Bor and stood there looking like a skeleton.

“Wrong! It isn’t only humans who like to take vengeance—even animals, whether a coyote or any other wild animal, know this. Maybe only an indifferent and selfish race like yours would consider it a useless behavior,” Ren Baqian retorted.

“To us, the most important thing is survival, and other things are irrelevant. You compare humans to coyotes and wild animals—doesn’t this prove that you are inferior creatures?” this herdsman added.

“Bah! You lowly trash! Are you courting death?” Qi Ziting snarled.

“Isn’t the level of a living creature based on its creativity? Those that do not create and only know how to kill and destroy are really lowly. From this point of view, humans are at the highest level. However, you only know how to kill and destroy. You have human level intelligence, but lack creativity and cannot bring about any changes to this world! Tell me, who’s really the lowlife here?” Ren Baqian spoke slowly and steadily.

“That makes sense!” Qi Ziting nodded. He felt that these words were familiar and were similar to what Ren Baqian had said in their previous discussions.

Qi Ziting was momentarily stunned before he looked fiercely at Ren Baqian and shouted, “Are you scolding me?”

“This debate is about species. Don’t take it personally!” Ren Baqian could not prevent himself from laughing.

The herdsman didn’t argue with Ren Baqian anymore and continued, “You have killed Bor and came here to find me. Are you here to kill me?”

The empress nodded and said coldly, “I’m here to kill you!”

“I still don’t know your names.”

“Remember, I am Qi…”

“Ergou!” Ren Baqian hastily interrupted Qi Ziting.

“He is Qi Ergou!” Qi Ziting glared at Ren Baqian after hearing this.

Ren Baqian returned the glare.

Are you a pig? Didn’t I tell you before? Are you that eager to have a taste of the other party’s trick?

“Oh? It seems that you know something about the relationship between a person’s name and their soul.” The herdsman standing in the darkness was surprised. “But then again, you could not have killed Bor otherwise!”

“Since you want to kill me, come in!”

Ren Baqian blocked the empress and Qi Ziting and asked, “Why don’t you come out instead?”

“You all can come in!”

“You can come out!”

“I don’t want to come out!”

“We don’t want to go in!”

Ren Baqian confirmed that the other party would be affected by the sunlight and was unwilling to step out of the cave.

“The two of you guard this place. I want to see what trick he has up his sleeves!” Qi Ziting placed one crutch on the ground and pointed the other at the cave.

“I will also go in!” the empress said coldly. Her voice was soft, but her determination was apparent.

“I didn’t expect to have the chance to fight alongside you, Xiao Ya! I want to see whether that guy can withstand us.” Qi Ziting laughed loudly.

“Your Majesty, there may be danger inside…” Ren Baqian said.

“Nobody in the world can get the better of me!” The empress cut him off.

“I know.” Ren Baqian sighed. They had waited so long for reinforcements before finally getting them, but these two wanted to barge into the territory of the other party.

“The other party is more suited to a dark environment. Plus, you have to be careful since the jade-waisted slaves are also inside.” Ren Baqian was rendered helpless by their cavalier attitude—they knew that there were traps, but still wanted to barge in. However, this was because they were very confident of their abilities.

“I know!” The empress waved her hand.

Qi Ziting tapped his crutches on the ground and flew like a bullet into the cave with both of his crutches wavering in the air. In a flash, the herdsman disappeared without a trace.

As his crutches hit against the cave wall, the whole cave trembled.

“Be careful! This is a cave, and it will collapse if there’s a misstep!” Ren Baqian shouted hastily.

However, Qi Ziting continued chasing and disappeared around a corner where there was a big boulder.

The empress also joined in the chase.

Ren Baqian sighed, turned around, and called out, “Bring in those boxes!”

Ren Baqian opened one box, took out some glass bottles filled with liquid, and put them under his armpits. He held a torch in one hand and said to Ba Man and Xiong Yue, “Please take these things and follow me inside!”

The three of them entered the cave and saw a long corridor as they turned the corner. The curses of Qi Ziting could be heard echoing around.

Ren Baqian switched on his torchlight to shine in front. At the end of the corridor, which was 30 meters away, there was another corner.

After this corner was an upward slope.

The three of them followed the sloping path past six or seven corners. They were getting closer and closer to the location where the sounds were coming from.

After passing a long path that was 100 meters, they discovered that the scenery was changing.

Countless cyan lights were dancing in the air and presented a beautiful picture in the darkness.

Behind this beautiful scene, however, was a murderous atmosphere.

These jade-waisted slaves were no longer harmless beauties.

In front was a large cave of about 10,000 square feet. Numerous stalactites hung down and reflected the cyan rays.

The jade-waisted slaves were concentrated in two places in the cave. One cluster seemed to form into a ball and was where the loud voice of Qi Ziting could be heard coming from.

In the other area, they seemed to form a cyan ribbon that fluttered in the air. Occasionally, it would change shape and head in a certain direction.

With the cyan light indistinctly illuminating a red streak, it could be seen moving at a high speed as if it was chasing something.

Bang!

Boom!

The route that was taken by the empress was filled with flying stone fragments.

“Grrr!” Qi Ziting shouted. His waving crutches generated a wind that sent the demonic butterflies flying everywhere.

With Qi Ziting positioned in the eye of the storm, his surrounding resembled a whirling hurricane.

Even from Ren Baqian’s position, a strong wind could be felt blowing against his face.

Large portions of the jade-waisted slaves were spun around due to the wind generated by the crutches and fell to the ground. They gradually shrank before withering into grey ashes that were blown all over the cave by the wind.

Ren Baqian could see the power of Qi Ziting’s move with one glance. In a blink, hundreds of the jade-waisted slaves had fallen.

However, the number of jade-waisted slaves here was more than what Bor had. It was estimated to be at least 20,000.

Ren Baqian quietly took out a glass bottle marked as Pesticide No. 1 and threw it at the area around Qi Ziting.