Chapter 49: Chu Meng'er’s Haunting Spell

"That old Wang, acting as if I'd go back on my word once I agreed," Chu Tian said with a smile as he watched Wang Dali leave.

Meanwhile, Chen Meng glanced at her clueless man and couldn't help but sigh with helplessness.

"I knew it. Sooner or later, Wang Dali was going to drag you into the Righteous Dao Alliance," Chen Meng said.

"Isn't it a good thing to join the Righteous Dao Alliance?" Chu Tian walked over to the sofa, pulled Chu Meng'er into his arms, and asked.

Chu Meng'er peeled a segment of an orange and popped it straight into Chu Tian's mouth.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Chen Meng said. "If you weren't human, I'd have wanted to recruit you into our Demon Alliance myself."

"By the way, I've noticed you've been quite busy lately," Chu Tian said, shifting into a more comfortable position on the sofa and looking at Chen Meng. "Are there really so many things for you demons to handle these days?"

"Normally, there aren't this many. I only have to look after those little foxes in the commercial city." Chen Meng sat down on the sofa as well, leaning sideways into Chu Tian's embrace. Together, she and Chu Meng'er occupied his entire chest, one large and one small. "But something big might actually happen in the commercial city soon."

"What is it?" Chu Tian asked.

"A fortuitous opportunity is about to manifest in the commercial city," Chen Meng said with a sigh.

"What kind of opportunity?" Chu Tian asked with curiosity.

"You know that river running through the commercial city?" Chen Meng asked.

"The Tianshui River?" Chu Tian asked.

"Mhm." Chen Meng nodded. "The Tianshui River is about to give birth to a spiritual treasure."

"How do you know?" Chu Tian asked.

"Water fortune!" Chen Meng said softly.

As a major river within the Great Xia nation, the Tianshui River has existed for thousands of years. For millennia, the people of Great Xia have multiplied and thrived along its banks. It is fair to say that the Tianshui River nurtured the people of Great Xia.

Therefore, as a water vein, the Tianshui River constantly gathers karmic merit and water fortune.

This accumulation of merit and fortune makes it much easier for heaven and earth spiritual treasures to be nurtured within the Tianshui River.

When such a spiritual treasure reaches maturity, it is usually accompanied by corresponding celestial phenomena—either torrential rain, lightning, or rising water levels and bursting riverbanks.

All of this serves merely as a trial for the emerging spiritual treasure.

"The Tianshui River has been calm for over thirty years. The water fortune it has accumulated over these three decades is enough to nurture a spiritual treasure," Chen Meng said. "And this spiritual treasure represents a fortuitous opportunity for cultivation. Many practitioners will sense it in the nether realms; as the day of its emergence draws closer, this sensation becomes clearer. Among the demons in the commercial city, my cultivation is already among the highest. Because I'm relatively close to the Tianshui River, I was the first to feel it. In the past couple of days, the fluctuations of this spiritual treasure should have spread beyond the commercial city. It's estimated that the city will start getting lively within the next couple of days."

"So you've been busy with all of this recently? Do you want that spiritual treasure?" Chu Tian asked.

"Can you just have whatever you want simply because you desire it?" Chen Meng rolled her eyes. "When that spiritual treasure manifests, who knows how many masters will show up. A spiritual treasure that takes decades for the Tianshui River's water vein to nurture is something countless people want. By then, heads will probably roll. These past few days, I've been arranging for the little foxes in our clan: telling those who should leave to hurry up and go so they don't get caught in the crossfire when the big shots start fighting, and telling those who shouldn't leave to mind their own business and stay obediently at home."

"You really worry yourself sick over those little foxes, acting like a true elder of the fox clan," Chu Tian remarked.

"You know, I find you demon cultivators quite interesting," Chu Tian said with a smile. "In the novels I've read, practitioners fight the heavens, fight the earth, and fight humanity; for the sake of cultivation, they contend with everything under the sun. How come modern demon cultivators are so level-headed?"

"It's not that demon cultivators are level-headed; this is just my personal way of doing things," Chen Meng replied. "When it's time to fight for something, you definitely fight for it. Just you watch, when the day the spiritual treasure manifests finally arrives, the number of people who show up will be immense. But you always have to distinguish between the big prizes and the small ones. The pugilistic world is treacherous; if things look bad, you retreat. It's not easy to set foot on the path of cultivation, and it's even harder to cultivate to human form. Life is comfortable right now, there's no need to needlessly risk your life over nothing."

"Alright, alright, everything you say is right," Chu Tian said with a smile. "I had no idea my wife was so prudent."

"That goes without saying." Chen Meng nuzzled closer into Chu Tian's arms and asked, "But speaking of which, are you interested in whatever is in the Tianshui River?"

"Hearing you put it that way, I am getting a bit interested," Chu Tian said. "After all, this commercial city is considered our home turf. If just anyone can come and go as they please, wouldn't we lose all our dignity?"

Chu Tian's words carried a deeper meaning, for at that moment, a couple of flies had appeared outside again.

Right in Chu Tian's arms, Chu Meng'er raised her head to look out the window. Her delicate little face held a hint of inquiry as she asked, "Dad, can I make a move?"

"Be careful, don't take their lives," Chu Tian said.

Chu Meng'er nodded. Her eyes instantly turned pitch black, and a massive ghost domain unfurled in a split second.

The two dark figures lingering outside Chu Tian's home barely had time to react before Chu Meng'er dragged them directly into her ghost domain.

Outside the window, two figures suddenly materialized in mid-air and then plummeted straight to the ground.

Fortunately, Chu Tian lived on a relatively low floor, otherwise the two of them would undoubtedly have been dashed to pieces.

Chu Tian and Chen Meng stood up from the sofa and walked over to the window, looking down at the two men lying on the ground outside.

Chen Meng took out her phone to check some information and said, "These two are also emissaries of the Ghost-Worshiping Cult. It seems the cult sent two batches of people for this first probe."

At that moment, the expressions of the two men lying on the ground suddenly twisted viciously. Veins popped out all over their bodies and sweat poured off them in torrents, as if they were enduring unimaginable agony.

"What did you do to them?" Chu Tian asked, holding Chu Meng'er.

"Their minds are currently inside my ghost domain," Chu Meng'er said. "I'm making them experience giving birth."

"Two men?" Chu Tian looked in shock at the two brothers who were practically dying of pain. Chu Meng'er was no longer the ignorant little ghost king she used to be; having lived among humans for so long, she was no longer an innocent novice who knew nothing about childbirth and could be easily fooled by Chu Tian and Chen Meng. So for these two to experience it, it must be the real deal. But wait, neither of them had the physical anatomy for it? They were just... going through with it raw?

"I'm making them give birth to octuplets all at once!" Chu Meng'er said earnestly.

"Brutal!" Chu Tian and Chen Meng exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

The little girl was truly ruthless.