The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Shi Tian was in a terrible state.

He finally understood what it meant to be caught in the crossfire when you're just sitting at home.

In fact, once Li Ji left, he was no longer under the control of his elders and wanted to go to the brothels in the city to seek pleasure.

But thinking of the consequences if Li Ji returned and found out about this, he forced himself to hold back.

Moreover, during the time Li Ji was away, he handled city affairs very seriously and did not listen to his father's old subordinates, insisting on using the people left behind by Li Ji.

He thought that Li Ji would surely praise him when she returned.

Unexpectedly, the first thing I did upon meeting him was to be brutally beaten.

Shi Tian, ​​covered in bumps and bruises, ran howling through the council hall, leaving Shou Zhu, who had come with him, dumbfounded.

After being baptized in blood, Yun Yici and the others could only describe the scene of Shi Tian being beaten with one word: awesome!

Shouzhuo returned with them.

He still didn't want to give up the idea of ​​inviting Li Ji Di Zhao to visit Shuangluo City, so he took the initiative to say that he would accompany everyone back to meet Shi Tian.

However, this time Shouzhuo was careful and parked his demon ship in Jiuqi City.

If Shitian is as insane as Jiuying's former subordinates, to the point of wanting to kill him and frame Li Ji, he should also consider his father.

However, none of the tense confrontations occurred; instead, Shi Tian was being unilaterally beaten down by Li Ji...

Shouzhuo gazed at the sky in silence, and suddenly felt that the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan was not so terrifying or unapproachable after all.

Shi Tian initially wanted to fight back, but seeing that Li Ji was truly enraged, he could only plead for her as he ran: "Aunt Li, why are you treating me like this?"

"I have been acting cautiously these days and have never done anything out of line!"

"I changed what you asked me to change!"

"These cultivators are still here, so please give me some face!"

Li Ji cursed him, "Give you face? What face do you have left? I ask you, where are the Nine-Headed Serpent's former troops left by your father?"

Shi Tian stammered, "They...he..."

He was suddenly startled.

After Li Ji left, some of Jiu Ying's former followers came to him, saying they wanted to help him become the true demon king of Jiu Qi City so that he would no longer be controlled by Li Ji.

Those Nine-Headed Serpents with different bloodlines were all taken in and left in Jiuqi City by his father, so he was naturally not as close to them as he was to Li Ji.

Shi Tian immediately told them to get lost.

He hadn't seen them make a move lately, and he thought they had behaved themselves.

Could it be that Li Ji punished him because he was a former subordinate of Jiu Ying?

Shi Tian suddenly stopped and knelt down in front of Li Ji: "I don't know, Aunt Li, please tell me."

Li Ji was exasperated and slapped his face to the side: "I have been kind enough to guard Jiuqi City for you and your son for more than two hundred years, and I almost died at the hands of your Jiuying clan!"

"My relationship with your mother is solely that of your mother. I owe you and your father nothing. And don't come crawling back to me again!"

Enraged, Li Ji kicked Shi Tian away again: "Do you know that on our way back, five of the Nine Infants' former subordinates sent five men to ambush us?"

"They keep saying they're following your orders!"

"Tell me, which demon king in the demon realm can do what you have, not even knowing that your subordinates are outwardly compliant but inwardly disobedient!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Tian was speechless with astonishment, so much so that he forgot to get up from the ground.

After realizing what had happened, he knelt on the ground and swore to the heavens, "I really didn't know about this! I absolutely did not have such a rebellious thought!"

“In my heart, you are almost like my mother. How could I send someone to kill you?”

Shi Tian was telling the truth. His mother was a cultivation fanatic, and his father was busy conquering territory. Li Ji was the only warmth he had in his childhood.

After all, he was a child she had watched grow up. When Li Ji heard Shi Tian say that, she couldn't help but think of what Shi Tian looked like when he was a child.

She softened for a moment, but quickly hardened again: "You do not possess any of the qualities a demon king should have. Forcing you into this position would only harm you."

“If we were in each other’s shoes, you wouldn’t be the Nine-Headed Demon Child. Without your parents’ support, you would have died at the hands of those former Nine-Headed Demons sooner or later.”

"During my trip to Qingqiu for the post-sacrifice ceremony, I encountered many newly transformed demon cultivator cubs. Although their cultivation levels were not yet high, their minds were clear."

"Spoiling a child is like killing a child. When you were young, I felt sorry for you and didn't discipline you strictly. Now that you're older, I can't control you anymore."

“On the way to Jiuqi City, I informed your mother of the whole story.”

“Your mother had already left seclusion in the Nine Infants Clan’s territory. Hearing news of you, she was heartbroken by her past neglect of you, so she will come to help you govern Nine Qi City.”

"She will only return to her clan's territory when you have matured."

At first, Shi Tian nodded and admitted his mistake like a chicken pecking at rice, wishing that Li Ji could take back the title of Demon King.

Upon hearing that his biological mother was coming over, Shi Tian turned deathly pale with fright.

Li Ji beating him was just a minor scuffle; his mother was really going all out.

After beating up Shi Tian, ​​Li Ji no longer cared about staying in Jiuqi City and directly took Wen Fuyue and her group to the Ling Clan.

Shouzhuo followed the others out of Jiuqi City, still looking completely bewildered.

To express her gratitude for his help, Li Ji personally escorted him back to the demon ship and said that she would definitely visit him to thank him in person later.

Bai Ruo then said that he had to return to Qingqiu to report back and hoped that Shou Zhuo could give him a ride along the way.

Seeing that inviting Li Ji and the Emperor to Frostfall City was hopeless, Shou Zhuo couldn't think of any excuse to continue following them.

The middle-aged male demon cultivator was unusually quick-witted and said in front of Li Ji and the others, "Lord Shouzhuo suffered quite a fright on this trip. Even if we go to Qingqiu later, the Demon King will not blame us."

"Moreover, I've heard that the underwater scenery is quite unique. Why don't you take a trip underwater to relax, Lord Shouzhuo?"

Their city of Frostfall is inland and not by the sea. They live a simple, secluded life and have never actually been to the bottom of the sea.

Since they've already said that, it would be impolite not to take the initiative to invite them.

After obtaining the Emperor's approval, Li Ji took the opportunity to invite Shou Zhuo and Bai Ruo to visit the Ling tribe's territory.

Bai Ruo thought about it and realized that with Bai Wu in Qingqiu, it wouldn't matter if she went back later.

If we can find some rare items at the bottom of the sea and give them to the divine tree, then our trip won't have been in vain.

So he agreed.

However, considering that the territory of the Ling tribe is only so big, Li Ji's servants and Shou Zhuo's servants are still on the demon ship.

The group returned to the familiar sea in a grand procession.

Ling Wanren, who came to greet everyone upon hearing the commotion, was dumbfounded. There were only so many people when she left, so why were there so many more when she returned?

However, she had long since become obedient. Regardless of what she thought in her heart, she still respectfully presented Bai Ruo and the others with the water-repelling scales, and then welcomed them back to their clan's territory.

Shouzhuo looked at Lingwan, who was extremely respectful to the imperial edict, with great interest.

He asked the imperial edict, "Is this Lingyao clan your subordinate demon?"

The Emperor decreed: "This territory was originally occupied by someone called Wulin. I thought it was a good place, so I took it over."

Shouzhuo:......

He wasn't surprised at all that the imperial edict would seize territory; what he was curious about was why a fire phoenix would think of seizing territory in the sea.