Chapter 2196: Sowing Discord, Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill

Upon hearing this, Lady Li angrily glared at Pei Kuang.

Pei Kuang naturally gave her a reassuring look. The loyalty of Lady Li, just conquered, showed signs of failing at this moment, but Pei Kuang didn’t mind for the time being. He didn’t believe Sikong Jingzhen dared to kill Pei Yusheng.

To this, Sikong Jing laughed: "Alright, but I also need to keep your youngest son for a month before returning him to you. However, you can rest assured... I will not harm him and guarantee he’ll be returned intact."

This was obviously a hidden meaning. Pei Kuang replied, "What do you mean?"

"Want to know? If you first send my Uncle Yao to me, I’ll tell you."

Sikong Jing shrugged, then continued as Pei Kuang was puzzled: "Actually, keeping your youngest son with me is more beneficial, rather than leaving him with you..."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yusheng and Lady Li’s expressions changed slightly, suddenly realizing something.

Meanwhile, Pei Kuang’s gaze narrowed, and he sneered: "You intend to sow discord between my son and me. You’re overthinking this. I, Pei Kuang, am not so easily manipulated."

He too realized something but wouldn’t reveal it openly.

In response, Sikong Jing sneered...

"Forget it, consider it a freebie from me... Surely, Lord Pei has long heard that your youngest son intended to devour Pei Yupo. This is a message I released but it’s absolutely true!"

"Pei Yusheng must have denied it before, but do you believe it?"

As Sikong Jing’s voice fell, the expressions of Pei Yusheng and Lady Li became even more unpleasant.

Devouring Pei Yupo is no longer a big deal, but the real issue is Pei Yusheng’s Third Grade Saint Body has devouring attributes.

Pei Kuang was unaware of this, a fact that would indeed threaten him.

If Pei Kuang knew the detailed circumstances, he would worry about being accidentally knocked out in a dream by Lady Li, only to be devoured by Pei Yusheng!

Sure enough, Pei Kuang’s posture instantly straightened.

He had indeed inquired but had been denied by Pei Yusheng and his mother.

Though he wasn’t really bothered, since everything was still under his control, Sikong Jing’s blunt revelation nevertheless unsettled him.

Seeing Pei Kuang’s reaction, Sikong Jing laughed again...

"At that time, your youngest son revived Pei Yupo whom I had killed, then planned to devour him, and it must be the same origin for the devouring to be beneficial for your youngest son, so Lord Pei... you should understand."

Pei Kuang’s body trembled again, his gaze falling on Pei Yusheng, who shivered slightly under Sikong Jing’s sword.

Sikong Jing continued: "Lord Pei, you know where I came from within the Deserted Sea Forbidden Land. I have some understanding of Pei Yusheng’s Sacred Body, which is capable of reverse devouring. Would you be interested to learn about it?"

Lady Li and Pei Yusheng’s pupils shrank wildly, they continued to stare fiercely at Sikong Jing...

From their perspective, Sikong Jing had emerged from the Blood Demon Array within the Desert Sea Absolute Array. The insignificant Mold Ghosts were also people captured from Canghai Wujiang, so Sikong Jing surely knew a lot about Canghai Wujiang.

Pei Kuang slightly closed his eyes, then immediately opened them again.

He smiled and shook his head, saying: "I’ve known this matter for a long time. Yusheng has told me everything, and we share a deep father-son bond... Your terms don’t stand, let’s talk about something else."

In front of so many people, Pei Kuang naturally had to display a deep father-son bond, had to openly trust Pei Yusheng.

This matter could be addressed later...

And Sikong Jing couldn’t help but laugh again, without revealing the truth: "So that’s it, I was making a fuss over nothing."

He clearly saw that Pei Kuang was putting on a facade, then Sikong Jing leaned forward slightly and said: "Then, send my Uncle Yao over, surely I could have a few words with him?"

With the words said, Pei Kuang and Sikong Jing coldly stared each other down.

Under normal circumstances, Pei Kuang would never agree to such a termless exchange, but Sikong Jing stated it outright.

The implied meaning was obvious: Send my Uncle Yao over, and I’ll tell you how to deal with Pei Yusheng’s devouring method; that would be the exchange...

Or rather, I’ll tell Yao Yulou the method, and when you capture Yao Yulou, you can find out.

Being far from an ordinary individual, Pei Kuang naturally heard the implications in Sikong Jing’s words.

After hesitating slightly, Pei Kuang finally nodded.

He softly replied: "Alright, consider it a gesture of sincerity from me, after all, my treasured son is still in your hands."

With that, he looked towards Yao Yulou, directly extracting him from Jiang Wanyou’s embrace and throwing him to Sikong Jing.

To Pei Kuang, Yao Yulou was no longer very useful.

Although he could still threaten Jiang Wanyou with him, Yao Yulou’s parents were still in his grip, also able to threaten Jiang Wanyou. Moreover, he never thought Sikong Jing could escape...

Send him away, then snatch him back.

Jiang Wanyou did not cry out, she merely remained calm.

The condition of Yao Yulou’s Dantian had been barely handled, Jiang Wanyou understood well that Young Master Sikong intended Yao Yulou by his side to ensure his safety before initiating action.

Now Yao Yulou was too close to Pei Kuang, too dangerous.

Pei Kuang would never imagine that the cold and ruthless Young Master Sikong would be so concerned about Yao Yulou’s life.

Pei Kuang would only assume Young Master Sikong wanted Yao Yulou simply to destroy the hope of the Evil Charm.

Thus, Yao Yulou’s weak body ended up on the beast chariot with Sikong Jing and others. Lady Li initially wanted to seize him as a hostage but ultimately did not dare defy Pei Kuang’s decision.

She well understood Pei Kuang’s current anger and fear towards them as mother and son.

Thus, Yao Yulou smoothly landed in Sikong Jing’s hands.

Of course, Sikong Jing immediately sensed the aftermath of the removal of Yao Yulou’s Dantian, his expression slightly changed as he lightly infused True Qi to protect Yao Yulou’s recently harmed Dantian.

But he did not speak with Yao Yulou, instead he looked up at Pei Kuang...

Just as Jiang Wanyou thought, Sikong Jing required Yao Yulou because he was too close to Pei Kuang; he had to move him to his side, lest a sudden outbreak left Yao Yulou surely dead!

Now, however, there were no problems. Although Jiang Wanyou was also very close to Pei Kuang, he would absolutely not kill her.

Pei Kuang would only protect the hope of the Evil Charm Sacred Body.

At this moment, Pei Kuang was unaware of the overwhelming Demon Intent brewing within Sikong Jing as he questioned: "Now, I still want my youngest son back immediately, I don’t want to wait a month. Continue negotiating."

He still wanted to know what tricks Sikong Jing had up his sleeve.

And just as those words were spoken, before Sikong Jing could respond...

Qian Ta suddenly shouted while testing the chess pieces from the Thousand Prison Tower: "When did you reach the Venerable Realm, why didn’t you report your Martial Arts Realm... are you the traitor?"

The words shocked everyone!

Instantly, everyone including Pei Kuang and Sikong Jing looked.

They saw Qian Ta facing a masked, fat man chess piece from the Thousand Prison Tower, the latter’s entire body was emitting True Qi of the Venerable Realm, a power detected by Qian Ta.