Chapter 1091. Meeting Zhu Zhalong. (Patreon)

Yasenia’s group traveled by land instead of moving with the flying ship. Evelyn looked at Yasenia and asked, curious. “Are you sure?”

Yasenia smiled faintly. “Remember, the one-year timeframe is not a Secret Realm timeframe. This place won’t be closed. We just won’t be accompanied.”

Evelyn and the other girls became thoughtful. 

Meanwhile, near the outer layer of the Deadly Magma Cave zone, Gong Fen was crossing her arms and biting the tip of one of her long fingernails. Her frustrated face had a touch of pitifulness, stirring the hearts of the men around her. “Young Miss Gong, why worry about that dragon woman? We should forget about her and continue our mission!”

“Right, right. It’s not like such a lowly woman can eclipse Young Miss Gong’s beauty and charm!” 

“Indeed. She can be as talented as she wants. However, Lady Gong is an heir to the Gong family! Whatever she can have, you can as well and better!”

Gong Fen looked at the last man who spoke, her eyes gaining a cold glint. “Does that mean that I am not as talented as that fat dragon woman?”

The man’s face became pale when Gong Fen pointed at him and shouted. “Grab him!”

The man’s limbs were retrained by the others, and he started stuttering. “L-Lady Gong! I was praising your family, never dismissing your great-”

SLAP!

Gong Fen used her fingernails as she slapped him, creating four long scratch marks across his face. “That’s what you get for praising that woman! Let’s see if any of you dare to do that again!?”

Her tone made a few of them feel their passionate hearts cool slightly. Still, looking at Gong Fen’s attractive curves and beauty, that fire was easily reignited. Gong Fen frowned and spoke through gritted teeth. “That stupid Dan Che as well. He was basically my lap dog! Only after he met with that poisonous woman did he start disobeying me!” Her eyes flashed with a hint of maddened hatred, and she snarled. “I need to kill her. If she dies, everything will return to normal and continue on how I planned it.”

One of the men around her asked, curious. “Lady Gong, what do we do? That woman you hate is not weak at all. Attacking her head-on is nothing but suicide.”

Gong Fen snorted. “As if my Daddy will allow me to die! Just battle with her. Once my life is in danger, my father will come running and beat her up.” 

One of the taller and more handsome men asked, his tone relaxed. “What if that woman is too strong and tries to kill you before your father arrives? Your cultivation level is low, Fan’er.”

Gong Fen looked sideways, her face and tone mellowing slightly. “Zhu Zhalong…” She threw herself in his arms and muttered, acting cutely. “But she is bullying me!”

Zhu Zhalong was from the Zhu family, a family on the same standing as the Dan and Gong families. Zhu Zhalong was especially influential among those of her own age, having shown incredible talent and strategic intelligence. He was also a handsome and scholarly guy, hitting straight at the aesthetic sense of the people in this world. 

In terms of popularity, he was even more popular than Gong Fen. Zhu Zhalong patted Gong Fen’s head and smiled. “I know that she is bothering you. However, I think there is a better way to take revenge.” 

Gong Fen blinked and looked upward, confused. “How so?”

Zhu Zhalong smiled, his handsome and scholarly face gaining a touch of evilness. “She is, after all, a woman. Won’t it be funny to have her as a mistress while you are my main wife? She will be at your beck and call, not knowing that her fate is one of not being loved.”

Gong Fen tilted her head and frowned. “Zhalong. You are handsome and very attractive. However, that fat woman doesn’t feel like someone who is easily charmed.”

Zhu Zhalong shook his head. “Don’t worry. You know that I have never failed to charm a single girl.” He touched her chin and kissed her nose. “You included.”

Gong Fen blushed and giggled. “W-Well, she won’t really do much if you try that. Right?”

Zhu Zhalong raised his eyebrow. “What can she even do? If she dares to mess with you and me, she will just antagonize both the Zhu and Gong families. Her ability to stay in the city will disappear, which is basically the same as her dying.”

“No!” Gong Fen frowned and shook her head, her face ruthless. “She must die or be humiliated! I want to drag her face through the mud and see a powerless gaze on that face of hers!”

Zhu Zhalong’s eyes flashed with a touch of disdain for a second, but he agreed with a smile. “Of course, Fen’er. Remember the other plan, though. Making her your maid should be the best option.”

“Lady Gong, Lord Zhu! We’ve spotted their group. They are going to pass through the mountain passage a few hundred kilometers from here.” 

Gong Fen looked at Zhu Zhalong and humphed. “If you fail, I am going to make fun of you for the rest of our life!”

Zhu Zhalong laughed confidently. “If I can attract someone like you, that dragon will bend her waist easily.”

Back to our girl’s group, Yasenia was approaching the mountain range with the others. Her face was slightly confused, prompting Andrea to ask. “What’s wrong, love? Is something wrong?”

Yasenia nodded. “Yes. Why are we not being ambushed? I thought that we would have been attacked by now. It is strange…”

Angel asked, her tone innocent. “Perhaps that ugly woman is scared of you, Yasenia. You were quite showy back then, no?”

Yasenia shook her head as she scooped Angel up, carrying her in her arms as they swiftly ran through the place. “I don’t think that’s the case, Baby. When humiliated in that manner, that kind of people will become even more unreasonable. They are people with weak wills, and Heart Demons easily influence and feed on their arrogance. They might become scared for a minute, but after that, they will forget about it and come at you like rabid beasts.”

Angel moved her legs back and forth, pondering as she hugged Yasenia’s neck. This position was super comfortable for Angel since their breasts would smush together. The exchange of softness was soul-healing.

Clara approached Yasenia and whispered. “Young Miss. We are being chased. Have you noticed?”

Yasenia nodded and laughed. “It seems that speaking was all it was needed to summon them.” The dragoness titled her head. “However, it is strange, right? ”

The maids around Yasenia nodded, and Doriel added to help those confused. “They have no combat or killing intent directed at us. It’s as if they are just observing us.”

Yasenia slowed down and placed Angel on the ground.  Everyone followed her pace until they came to a full stop. Then, without fear, Yasenia turned and looked in the direction of those following her. “Spying on us is not something I expected from people of such status. How about you stop hiding and come out?”

The dragoness and others saw a big group of nearly 300 people walk out from behind the hill near them. They were still inside the volcanic terrain, so there was not much vegetation to cover themselves. Only by using the differences in the height of the terrain would one be able to follow another undiscovered.

Zhu Zhalong led the group and smiled at Yasenia. His smile was charming and gentle, and his eyes glinted with a touch of intelligence. “Lady Yasenia, it is a pleasure to meet you. Sorry for following behind you during all this time. I couldn’t help but become interested when I saw you returning so much earlier than the stipulated time.”

Yasenia looked at the man for two seconds, and she had to control her facial expressions from gaining a disgusted hint. ‘This man is flirting with me? But what’s with that leering gaze? I would rather be with half a man like Dan Che than this piece of shit.’

It took two seconds for Yasenia to see through Zhu Zhalong as a person. Still, she knew that the Zhu family was similar to the Gong and Dan families, so she decided to smile and be polite. “Lord Zhu is polite. However, following a group of ladies with a bunch of men will scare us. Please don’t do that ever again.”

Her tone and smile were soft and formal. However, her words were full of thorns, as she basically hinted for him to scram off and never come back.

Of course, Zhu Zhalong was not only arrogant, but his face was as thick as a city wall. He smiled, ignoring the hints, and spoke softly. “If Lady Yasenia is worried due to your group’s strength, I have a suggestion.”

The dragoness nodded. “I see. Either way, we are in a rush, so we will leave now.”

Zhu ‘Thick faced’ Zhalong ignored her words and smiled. “My suggestion is to form a joint group. What would you say, Lady Yasenia? Also, don’t worry about you feeling like a burden to us. Saying no would be like slapping my family’s name!”

Yasenia and the other girls stared at the man with baffled faces. They have met shameless people in the past, but someone like this guy was truly abnormal. ‘He now is using his family as a way to basically force his help upon us! Shameless!’

Tatyana looked at Yasenia’s smiling face and almost burst into laughter. Others might not realize, but the dragoness’s muscles were slightly spasming, about to blurt out who knows what profanities. Still, Yasenia’s objective was between that group, so the dragoness swallowed her words and nodded. “It will be a pleasure traveling with Lord Zhu. I hope that we are not left behind in our journey toward the Mountain.”

Zhu Zhalong communicated with Gong Fen. ‘See? No woman can resist my charm.’

If Yasenia heard it, she would’ve probably spat blood and suffered internal injuries from anger. 

Gong Fen wanted to grab his arm, but since Zhu Zhalong was supposedly trying to charm Yasenia, she decided to restrain herself. 

When Zhu Zhalong was near, Yasenia’s nose twitched, and her pupils shrunk. ‘Oh? Aphrodisiac?’

Kali, who also noticed, became so cold that when some maids spotted her, they all jumped in fear. ‘Oh, Heavens have mercy. This man has angered Madam Kali…’

And so, the group started a journey together, with Zhu Zhalong trying to be as close to Yasenia as possible and speaking with her all the time.