In the Ten-thousand Blood Pool's valley!

It was just as mentioned by Long Yu, a blood pool was found at the very center of the valley. There was turbulent blood roiling, and waves of blood Qi rose from the pool toward the Blood Nourishing Dragon Array in the air.

Zhu Hongyi, seemingly unconscious, was chained up at the center of the pool, with half his body submerged. Waves of blood mist surrounded Zhu Hongyi's head.

"Zhu Hongyi? We actually found him?" Tong An'an exclaimed in surprise; he never would have imagined walking blindly into the former.

Wang Ke was similarly shocked.

He turned and said to Tong An'an, "Good; you did well in finding him. Quick, go back and send word about this! Long Yu and I will keep watch here!" He didn’t want the fellow to find out about the Demon Sovereign's treasures. "Me?" Tong An'an uttered in astonishment.

Tong An'ans face froze.

Tong An'an turned around and immediately left the valley. "You want me to go and find She Qingqing? You must be joking; I'm not crazy! I need to find a safe place to remove the Lightning Bead from my stomach! " Tong An'an muttered to himself in excitement. He couldn’t do it in front of Wang Ke; now he had nothing to fear since he was alone.

And so, he ran off to find a secret place and disarm the bomb inside him.

Meanwhile, in the blood pool's valley— Wang Ke didn’t care if Tong An'an escaped; his main goal was to make him leave.

Long Yu didn’t reply. She looked into the blood mist with a worried face.

"What's wrong? Is it over there?" Wang Ke was so excited he wanted to get there immediately.magic

"Don't go!" Long Yu stopped him immediately.

Wang Ke took a few steps forward, to be immediately rooted to the spot with a stunned look. He had no idea what the blood mist had been veiling, based on his previous position; he finally got a clear look once he took those steps… He saw a woman sitting on a throne, holding a wine glass. She was looking at Wang Ke and Long Yu in slight fascination.

"Zi... Zi Bufan?" Wang Ke was appalled.

"Yo? They found this place? Didn't Se Yutian say that no one can enter? Did he only say it as a joke?" said Zi Bufan after taking a sip of her wine. She chuckled coldly while fastening her gaze on the two intruders.

She also saw Tong An'an leave, but she didn’t think much of it, as it really didn't matter in her eyes.

"Parlor Lord Zi, why are you here?" Wang Ke asked, wary and grim looking.

Zi Bufan reasoned with a chuckle, "Why am I here? Why are the two of you here? Let me think… I remember he sent Zhu Yan off, back when we were capturing Zhu Hongyi. Se Yutian asked Tong An'an to capture Zhu Yan, but in the end…! Looks like Tong An'an is the one who revealed the information about this place!"

"Parlor Lord Zi," Wang Ke said curiously, "I remember that you expressed feelings for Zhu Hongyi! Why did you team up with Se Yutian to attack him? I really can't wrap my mind around this!" While pondering on the matter, he also repositioned himself to protect Long Yu, as though worried that Zi Bufan would make a sudden attack.

Instead, Zi Bufan mocked him, "Yo, how long has it been? You already got yourself a new cultivation partner, huh? You don’t care about Zhang Li'er anymore?"

"There's nothing between Zhang Li'er and me. Don't spout any more slander my way!" Wang Ke objected.

Zi Bufan continued, "I knew it. Any man with lips is a lying jerk! You once said that I'm just like Zhang Li'er, so why should a woman make things difficult for another woman! You even took a hundred palm strikes for her sake! But now you found yourself a new darling while she’s not looking? I’ve got to admit that she doesn't lose to Zhang Li'er in terms of beauty! But she doesn't seem to have any cultivation… Heh, Wang Ke! You really are crafty when it comes to deceiving girls, huh!"

"There's nothing between Ms. Long Yu and me! Don't make things up!" Wang Ke retorted with a stare.

"Nothing? Kekeke, and you really think I’ll believe you?" Zi Bufan chuckled in disdain.

Wang Ke's face turned black. "Fine, fine. I'm in a good mood today! Stay and witness a new dawn!" Zi Bufan laughed as she sipped her wine.

She really seemed to be in a good mood. She showed no anger, even after noticing the intruders.

"What are we supposed to be witnessing?" asked Wang Ke curiously.

Zi Bufan answered proudly, "The moment Zhu Hongyi falls deeply in love with me!"

"Uhh? Parlor Lord Zi, have you been drinking more than usual?" Wang Ke was astonished by what he heard.

Long Yu looked at Zhu Hongyi with narrowed eyes. "Se Yutian's Enamoring Spell!"

"Enamoring Spell?" asked Wang Ke curiously.