CHAPTER 761: CHAPTER 761: THE WOMAN’S INTENTION

Speaking of which, Ye Shikai was indeed hungry. First, he was poisoned, and then he went through a round of "treatment." Although it was all just regular food, Ye Shikai didn’t mind at all and picked up his chopsticks to start eating.

"Rest well today, I will come to see you again tomorrow." The woman said lightly with a hint of relief on her face, then turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Ye Shikai suddenly called out.

"Do you have anything else?" The woman turned around, her expression turning icy again.

"I don’t even know your name yet." Ye Shikai quickly asked.

"When the day comes for you to break the worm spell, it won’t be too late to ask then." The woman revealed a faint smile, and Ye Shikai was somewhat stunned. In terms of facial features, she was more perfect than any other woman Ye Shikai had ever met, especially the smile at the corner of her mouth. It might be harder to make such a woman smile than to ascend to the heavens. Moreover, her methods had left an even deeper, unforgettable impression on him.

Bang.

Before Ye Shikai could recover from his daze, the iron door in front of him closed once again...

He had encountered many mysterious women, Ye Shikai had, but none as distinctive as her. In fact, Ye Shikai wasn’t the kind to be incapacitated by the sight of a beautiful woman. There was no other reason. Whether it was Chen Yuxin, Ji Qian, or Su Qingyu, each of them was one in a million beauties. After being around them for a long time, Ye Shikai’s aesthetic standards had been raised to an extremely high level by their extraordinary appearances. This was somewhat similar to "having seen countless women," differing in "quality" rather than "quantity." Over the years, as the Netherworld King, he had encountered many deceitful "beauty traps," but compared to those three women, those "beautiful assassins" were nothing but vulgar makeup.

"What kind of woman is she really?" Ye Shikai lay down on the bed directly. Since he couldn’t sleep or cultivate, he might as well just go to sleep. He had no idea how long this "imprisonment" life would last.

Meanwhile, Netherworld Palace was somewhat chaotic due to Ye Shikai’s "disappearance." Ye Shikai did not know that during his days at the Worm Sect, Soul Destroyer had led the Hidden Guards of Netherworld Palace in an attempted infiltration to rescue him, but they had all failed, with several Hidden Guards being seriously injured. The Worm Sect was shrouded in a large Array, similar to the Big Formation outside the Chen family mansion, with such immense energy that not even Soul Destroyer, one of the four war generals of Netherworld Palace, had a way to counter it.

In such a situation, Soul Destroyer realized something was amiss and promptly reported to Ghost. It was unthinkable that the Netherworld King had been captured by someone else. Ghost immediately mobilized all of Netherworld Palace’s generals to Yun City. Furthermore, he informed Ji Qian and Wang Kai, having them rush there as reinforcements.

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"Hey, wake up." A soft scolding suddenly sounded, and a sharp pain spread across his face, startling Ye Shikai into opening his eyes. Sure enough, he had been knocked off the bed by the woman...

"What are you doing?" Ye Shikai yelled aloud. "Don’t you have any manners?"

"I am manners, what about it?" The woman said coldly, her face full of arrogance. Ye Shikai really wondered how such a woman had become the leader of the Worm Sect. Now he knew what it meant for a tiger to fall flat and be bullied by a dog.

"You’re unreasonable, but you think you’re right." Ye Shikai rolled his eyes. "What are you going to do now?"

"Get up, time to work." The woman called out directly, and Ye Shikai had no choice. Now he didn’t even have the ability to resist and could only let her have her way.

It was his first time stepping out of the room, and Ye Shikai felt somewhat excited. He was eager to see what the legendary and mysterious Worm Sect really looked like.

As he pushed the door open, blinding sunlight streamed in. Ye Shikai instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes. After acclimatizing to the brightness, Ye Shikai finally got a clear view of the "true face" of the Worm Sect. Rather than a sect, it was more like a garden, filled with a variety of flowers and plants. The buildings of Worm Sect were classic Chinese wooden structures. Although not large, they were extremely exquisite, and set against the backdrop of the blooming flowers, the scenery was beautiful. In terms of environment, it was a perfect place for a holiday.

"Greetings to the Sect Leader." At that moment, a man in white approached and bowed respectfully before the woman, apparently a disciple of the Worm Sect.

"How’s the collection of poisonous herbs going?"

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, it’s all progressing, and the disciples are picking in the Hundred Herbs Garden."

"Good. Also, pay more attention to the cultivation of the Worm Seedlings."

"Your disciple obeys."

"Alright, you may go now." The woman said coldly.

"cough, could you take me for a tour around?" Ye Shikai asked softly. After last night, he actually had an idea of the woman’s purpose. Indeed, there was no denying that she had a really bad temper. But to Ye Shikai’s surprise and delight, the Single Love Poisonous Insect did not act up last night. This made Ye Shikai very excited. It turned out that a few of the woman’s acupuncture techniques could actually suppress the Single Love Poisonous Insect.

As long as the Single Love Poisonous Insect was resolved, a bad temper was no big deal. After all, she wasn’t the wife he was going to marry, so Ye Shikai adopted this mentality. Thinking this way, Dugu Tianke really hadn’t harmed him, and the woman did have the ability to treat the Single Love Poisonous Insect.

"Sure, let you have a look around." The woman nodded. "Come with me."

Ye Shikai arrived at the core area of the Worm Sect, the Hundred Herbs Garden. This must be the cultivation land he had seen from a distance when he and Dugu Tianke came before. Upon entering the garden, gosh, there were about one or two thousand people, all picking flowers and plants, each carrying a bamboo basket on their back.

"What do you think, Mr. Netherworld King, any comments on my three acres of land?" The woman asked with a smile.

"Exceptional." Ye Shikai murmured. The items he had seen in the herbal medicine market could almost all be found in this Hundred Herbs Garden. It was indeed a treasure trove. Ye Shikai exclaimed that, looking at it this way, the gifts he had previously given were truly "meager."

"Herbs are the foundation for cultivating poisonous insects." The woman’s words received Ye Shikai’s agreement. Many of these herbs were highly toxic, and what surprised Ye Shikai even more was that some of the poisonous plants that normally grew in tropical areas could also be found here.

"With the increase of insects recently, tell everyone to burn more mugwort," the woman commanded to a Worm Sect disciple nearby.

"Yes, Sect Leader."

"I have some other places in the Worm Sect. Would you like to see them too?" The woman said with a smile, her eyes revealing a subtle and imperceptible special color.

"Of course, I’ve been wanting to see. Oh, could you take me to see where you cultivate the worms?" Ye Shikai’s request seemed to take the woman by surprise.

"Of course. And I can even let you experience the power of those worms firsthand."