The Emperor God Wife Is Naughty
132. Altar of Soul Sacrifice (1)

The few days since the party was held, Yu Zainan continued to experience the unlucky day that befell her life. From his face that was made charred until his hair burned, unfortunately he did not manage to find the perpetrator who continued to be nosy. Every day, his face continued to be gloomy, even during meetings between the leaders of the region.

As the King of the Dragon Race, he must not show any shame. But those successive misfortunes kept raining on him until he had to stand with a miserable look in front of the leaders of the region.

Who does disgusting tricks like this, no one knows. They just know, almost every day there are always 'gifts' sent through various media. Yu Zainan had dodged, thinking himself clever enough to avoid all the traps and catch the perpetrator, but the result was that he was hit by his own trap.

Now that he was standing in front of the leaders of the region, his face was still very dark.

"Whoever finds the perpetrator of this crime, Mr. Yu will give him a great reward!" The black-robed man announced what poor Yu Zainan wanted to say.

All the dragons began to fuss over the impromptu announcement. They start looking for ways to catch the perpetrator who made their Master Yu face a miserable predicament.

Jian Wu was just silent, too lazy to respond to Yu Zainan's stupidity. Who else could do it without getting caught other than Xie Ran and his friends? Those kids are really childish. Thinking that Pei Xi was also participating in this childishness, he was even more upset.

His gaze was directed at the relaxed Xie Ran with a small dragon on his shoulder while eating a snack in his hand regardless of the commotion he created himself. Jian Wu narrowed his eyes, what good is that diner girl? He rarely talks as if he does not know how to talk, only knows how to eat and have fun.

"Elder Bai may have an opinion. This problem, if left unchecked will complicate the entire race. Mr. Yu got a lot of small traps right now, maybe in the future he will get a trap that can be life-threatening. That means, there's a traitor at the top of the lava."

Xie Ran looked at Jian Wu, then smiled. "Oh? I just heard you speak, it turns out that Counselor Jian was quite capable of thinking about this possibility and uncovering it in general. If this troublemaker is not caught soon, it will indeed cause trouble."

Inexplicably Jian Wu felt Xie Ran was insinuating him blatantly, saying that he was mute because he had only recently spoken in public. But he could not show such open hostility.

He breathed in holding back the emotions silently. "Then, does Elder Bai have a solution?"

"Advisor Jian overestimated my abilities, I am only an Elder and do not interfere in minor matters like this. I'll just get out, if a small problem becomes a big deal. Why didn't Counselor Jian alone provide a solution to Master Yu?"

"Elder Bai is indeed very concerned about self-esteem." Jian Wu said cynically. How dare the little girl reverse her words shamelessly. On what basis?

Xie Ran ignored Jian Wu's dislike of him. That's just natural. His position in the Lava Continent was higher than Jian Wu, it made sense for Jian Wu to be envious. He was used to such creatures.

Xie Ran's view was directed at Yu Zainan who was frustrated, afraid that if he returned to the residence it would get another surprise that—may—this time will burn his entire house.

"He looked very frustrated." Long Yun on Xie Ran's shoulder almost howled happily.

Jian Wu could not understand the words of the dragon until he only knew that the dragon on Xie Ran's shoulder seemed to growl foolishly. He can only sneer in the heart.

While moving Long Yun into his arms, Xie Ran spoke, "Have it, don't mess around anymore."

"What does Master pity?"

"Just bored."

Xie Ran's gaze became serious when he saw Yu Zainan. It seemed like he was going to continue his plan after acting quietly for a few days. Yu Zainan was no longer suspicious, she could react. It was just that it still had to be careful of Jian Wu's presence.

"Sir Yu, regarding the matter I said earlier, is it ready?"

Yu Zainan turned her head towards Xie Ran, then nodded slowly. "Chairman Bai take it easy, everything is ready."

"For the rest, it's better that I take over as the first favor I give." Jian Wu did not want to lose so interrupted Xie Ran who wanted to talk. The preparations this time should not fail because of Xie Ran, he had to be very careful.

"Then I leave it to you." Yu Zainan could only sigh. His strength was nothing compared to the two beings in front of him who were comparable to a Demon King. If only he had the strength of a Demon King, he would not have to worry.

"By the way, does Elder Bai know where the location of the soul sacrifice altar is? If not, we can go together." Jian Wu put on a thin smile that looked sincere.

"Good." Xie Ran had no other choice. The location of the soul-sacrifice altar that Yu Zainan used to burn down the Lava Continent was deeply hidden. If it could be closer to Jian Wu, he could more consider what Jian Wu deserved to watch out for or not.

While behind Xie Ran, Pei Xi frowned. Jian Wu's attitude was a bit strange, in contrast to Jian Wu who was so terrible a few days ago.

Jian Wu hated Xie Ran, definitely not going to make things any easier. Moreover, Jian Wu did not divulge their identity at all, instead choosing to be with Xie Ran as if he was going to be close. What's the motive for doing this?

Xie Ran and Jian Wu went to the altar together after the meeting in the hall. Only the two of them, as well as one demon bodyguard pointed the way. No conversation or 'friendliness' was shown in the hall just now.

Until they finally arrived, the demon bodyguard left the humans and fairies in the same place.

Xie Ran watched the altar intently. There is a round stage as big as an arena with rune carvings. Those runes gave off a familiar feeling.

Xie Ran seemed to have felt it when fighting against Huai Mao. Back then Huai Mao set up a sacrificial formation, were these runes the same runes Huai Mao had made? But the difference is, the rune is not used as an ordinary formation but a large altar for sacrifice.

Don't know what purpose 'he' wants the souls of the dragons. Everything in the world has a reason. As Xie Ran sacrificed his own life for power, one wanted the soul of another being also definitely had a purpose not far from strength and power. But what's the real purpose?

"Bai Long'er ... Or do I just call you Xie Ran?"

Xie Ran was silent for a while. He had guessed, it was not easy to hide from a fairy, let alone that the fairy was not an ordinary fairy. Apparently Jian Wu already knew his identity and remained silent without making any suspicions. It seemed, Jian Wu would be a dangerous figure.

Looking at the unsurprised Xie Ran, Jian Wu chuckled. "Indeed worthy of being called Miss of the Xie Clan, it must have been expected that this would happen. Unfortunately, you are in the wrong place. Whether or not your true purpose is coming to the Lava Continent, you should not be here and know too much. Know it? Better not to know than to sacrifice your own life."

"Indeed, I should have left already," Xie Ran replied, then looked at her with a smile. "It's just that I was suddenly interested, how an impartial elf suddenly appeared on someone's side. I'm even wondering how you and my friend got to know each other."

"Do you know?" Jian Wu felt Xie Ran was really something. He had not interacted with Pei Xi for a long time since the boy had rejected him, and he was also convinced that when he spoke to Pei Xi, no one eavesdropped.

"Just guess." Xie Ran blinked his eyes. That's right, it's really a surprise.

"Then do you hate him for hiding something from you?"

"Everybody has secrets, so do I. After all, your relationship is not good, why should you bother with it? I should have pityed you, frustrated at not being able to reach for something that was in sight."

"Xie Ran, being too smart won't save you. You know what I mean?" Jian Wu pulled next to his brows, intending to threaten.

"I know very clearly. Since I don't have a chance to live quietly, why don't you just gather all the people who want to kill me?"

Jian Wu increasingly frowned. This woman really doesn't know what's good for her. If only he could kill this boy now.

"If there's nothing to talk about, Counselor Jian can continue his duties. Make sure there are no mistakes, or it will be very detrimental to Mr. Yu." Xie Ran let Jian Wu go to the altar.

Jian Wu felt he had been ridiculed so many times, but he could not touch Xie Ran now, could only swallow the bitterness and do what had to be done. At the right time, he would definitely retaliate.

When Jian Wu went through Xie Ran, entering the altar to conduct an examination, he recalled something. Iris Amber glanced at Xie Ran who was still smiling at her, she also smiled as if she returned Xie Ran's smile.

He muttered, "Bai Long'er, yes. I want to see how long you're gonna keep using that name."

Xie Ran automatically did not hear Jian Wu mutter, but he felt that there was something the woman was planning. For details, he will know for himself.

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Other than looking at the soul sacrifice altar, Xie Ran found nothing else interesting. The altar was indeed as powerful as Huai Mao's, perfectly suited to sacrificing the entire dragon race. But he had nothing else that made him even more suspicious.

Jian Wu was extremely vigilant. He could not even be compared to the clumsy and lazy Yu Zainan. Jian Wu already knew his identity, it was certain to have a very unfortunate plan that Xie Ran could not guess his plan. If you wanted to uncover it, it would definitely not be that simple either.

"Ranran, did he do anything to you?" Pei Xi suddenly came with an anxious look. Although he knew Xie Ran was very strong, it would still be difficult to fight Jian Wu.

Xie Ran shook his head. "Where are the others? There are a few things to discuss regarding the altar of soul sacrifice."

"They're inside." Pei Xi walked side by side with Xie Ran into the residence.

"Have you found anything?" Yan Yao asked.

Xie Ran looked at Pei Xi at a glance then answered Yan Yao's question. "Jian Wu already knows our identity."

Everyone is silent. Except for Pei Xi, they all looked extremely shocked and started to worry if their existence was revealed so as not to be able to proceed with the plan straight.

"Just calm down, Jian Wu was good enough not to reveal it, at least for now." Xie Ran smothered his chest lightly, looking unconcerned. Different from others who are so anxious.

"Ranran, what should we do? Jian Wu concealing it couldn't possibly have no other motive. He must have a plan." Zhong Xiaorong started to fidget.

"You guys met in person before, did he threaten you?" Yan Yao thought Jian Wu might just threaten this stubborn Xie Ran. Otherwise, why bother hiding the enemy by his side?

"I'm not that easy to be threatened." Xie Ran snorted. "Before being at the altar of soul sacrifice, I thought Jian Wu did not really take me to the altar of soul sacrifice. There is nothing other than the runes that Huai Mao has ever worn, I believe the original soul sacrifice altar is somewhere else."

"Where is that?"

Xie Ran smiled mysteriously. "The stomach of the volcano."

Suddenly a cold air flushed over them all after Xie Ran's sentence entered the ears. How can that be extreme? Putting a formation and an altar on the belly of a merapi mountain filled with lava, did they want to make an apocalypse!

Different from the reaction of his friends, Xie Ran actually chuckled. "Suddenly I remembered something. I've heard that dinosaurs went extinct due to volcanic explosions and asteorid hits that caused the whole world to evolve. It seems like 'he' wants to make a new evolution while sacrificing those souls, and become a real god."

But the question was, if it was the power to become a god, why would it be able to suppress Qu Xuanzi and the Demon Emperor? But it could be that this figure was truly a god, yet wanted to go to the world that Xie Jin had told him where the peak of the gods were. That makes sense.

"Dinosaurs? What's that thing?" The six of them looked at him confused. Is there a name of a creature so strange and alien as if from another world? Why have they never heard of it?

"Dragon and big lizard." Xie Ran did not know how to explain it, so he called it an animal that had similarities. For a moment he forgot that he had moved.

They just nodded in understanding, no longer asking. Although curious, Xie Ran looked lazy to explain, so they chose to be in a safe position.

"You're gonna derail the formation? If the formation was active, the mountain would erupt even worse and cost many lives. No one can stop him" Pei Xi said.

"If I make trouble on the formation, will the mountain erupt?"

"You're going to get into the belly of the mountain?"

"I'm a dragon, why can't I?"

They were again kept silent. Right, Xie Ran can be a dragon, but that doesn't mean he's really a dragon, right? Although he was resistant to heat, the belly of the volcano was not something to be taken lightly!

"You do something for me." Xie Ran started to share the tasks.

Xie Ran explained that, each of them will all be scattered in the three regions of the Lava Continent to ensure the condition of each volcano slope. There were many volcanoes on the Lava Continent, the largest of which was the lava peak, should be where the actual Altar was located.

Xie Ran was going to the lava peak with Zhong Xiaorong. Zhong Xiaorong had ice heavenly magic that could create trouble at the center of the strongest formation for Yu Zainan to accept his help without Jian Wu knowing. After that, Xie Ran could control the center of the altar.

While the rest split up to do the same to other altars in each area including the area that Xie Ran had just visited. Each altar branch was at the foot of the mountain and had the most guarded forbidden location. With Xie Ran's direction, they would enter easily without any demonic hindrance.

Less than two days before the time of the sacrifice arrived, the entire altar had been defaced unnoticed. No one was suspicious as very hardly anyone checked the altars, convinced that their security was very strict. Even the examining demon could not find anything wrong.

Until finally at the top of the lava, Yu Zainan went to the stomach of the volcano. When he was about to lay down the formation core for tomorrow's sacrifice, he felt something was amiss.

Looking back at the altar surrounded by lava, he frowned. There was a cold air on the altar that made the energy around chaotic. He wanted to ignore it, was about to lay down the formation core for tomorrow's installation, but suddenly a flash of white light flashed past his hand until the formation core fell to the edge, barely splashing with lava.

Yu Zainan growled furiously then turned to look. But his anger was stifled when he saw the existence of the beautiful girl leaning against the mountain wall quietly. Her blue iris looked at Yu Zainan emotionlessly.

"Why did you do that?" Yu Zainan did not understand. Has Bai Long'er changed his mind?

"Didn't you feel like there was cold air around the altar? If you do, there will only be an ice storm, the dragons will not be destroyed, but frozen. Formation failed."

Yu Zainan was a bit surprised. He was a bit careless today and felt very embarrassed. Fortunately, Bai Long'er said that his life was saved.

He went to the altar to check. Looking at the runes engraved on the stone floor, then feeling the cold stone as if it was not within the belly of the volcano, he frowned. It was true, it was fortunate that he did not lay down the formation core directly.

"How did it happen?" Yu Zainan frowned.

"Your subordinates are incompetent to check, almost something unwanted happens. If the formation fails, you know what will happen." Xie Ran spoke in a threatening tone.

Yu Zainan sighed, then looked at Xie Ran who was standing upright looking at her. "They deserve to be punished. For this matter, you know the cause?"

"When the formation was paired, the hot temperature inside was irregular and floating in the air, not up to the formation runes. If that happened, the Lava Continent experienced winter when the formation was activated. To regulate this heat temperature, it must be well controlled with the fire element. Incidentally, I have the element of fire. But I can't just use it."

"Whatever the conditions are, I'll do it as long as you don't cross the line as long as you help me."

"Why not just ask Jian Wu?" Xie Ran squinted his eyes. This Yu Zainan was between stupid and not stupid.

"Jian Wu is unbelievable. He did something as he wished, unable to even properly guard the altar until it was like this. For these few days, just knowing how to organize and punish, did not look like a fairy at all."

"You hate him so much?"

"Slight vigilance is not a bad thing, it should not be easy to trust others. You also have to keep your own words, don't disappoint 'her'."

Xie Ran smiled deeper and deeper. "I won't disappoint 'him'."

"Then I leave this altar to you."

"It's all for 'he', I'll do my best."

Yu Zainan smiled with satisfaction and left. He is too lazy to do complicated things, it is better to leave it to those who are more competent. To those subordinates, he would teach them a lesson.

Inside, Xie Ran snorted full of sneers at Yu Zainan. He just said the original thing was believed, it was very stupid. But with this, his work will be faster. Soon, he will be back with his grandparents.

"Grandfather, grandma, wait for me."

***

The Dark Region had become so desolate since the arrival of the demons. The dragons hid in the darkness, not daring to go out if they did not want to be made into demon slaves. They could only remain silent and settle in one place until it was time to go to the Spirit Forest.

Jian Wu walked down the street, ignoring the many pairs of eyes behind the bushes paying attention. He continued walking without looking, focusing on what was waiting ahead.

Until the thin fog began to be felt, it had reached the border so it had to stop its steps. His gaze remained shady and emotionless when he saw the silhouette of someone appearing behind the fog.

"You've come." A faint smile appeared on Jian Wu's face.

The man behind the fog did not reply, only continuing forward until his slender figure was seen very clearly. His silver hair was fluttering in the wind. The bright blue iris was so firm, ice-cold and as deep as the sea made anyone lun mesmerized at first glance.

"Tomorrow is the time to make a soul sacrifice, I've explained it to you in detail. You know what to do."

The man glanced at Jian Wu with dislike. "Why should I obey you?"

"Because, I have something interesting to tell you." Jian Wu's smile deepened, increasingly looking mysterious and full of evil intentions. He will not let go of anyone who stands in his way.