Free Web NovelChapter 323: Chapter 319: Peace Treaty Negotiation, the Spirit Control Sect Surrenders
However, Su Ye was instinctively reluctant to do so.
’At this stage, and for at least the next twenty years, this is the only Tier 4 combatant I’ll have under my control.’
’Kill her just like that?’
’What a waste!’
Tier 4 beings were a rare sight in this region of the Outer Sea. Often, only one or two could be found in an entire large sea region!
Therefore, Su Ye was willing to show Ziyuan some respect and try to form a cooperative relationship with her.
However, what surprised him was that Ziyuan’s reaction seemed a little... off.
"Eh?"
"Yes, I agree."
The tall, mature woman with purple hair and purple eyes spoke with a slight tremble in her voice, her head bowed and her eyes lowered.
Her attitude was docile, showing her submission to Su Ye.
’So obedient?’
’Is this normal?’
Su Ye raised an eyebrow, a look of surprise crossing his handsome face.
He figured that, given Ziyuan’s status and position, she shouldn’t be acting this way, even if she had been defeated and was now his prisoner.
’Is she just feigning compliance, biding her time in hiding?’
The thought flashed through Su Ye’s mind instantly.
It was the most logical explanation he could think of.
But Su Ye still had his doubts.
’Isn’t this taking the act a little too far?’
Besides, this kind of performance...
If this was an act, it was really...
’...terrible,’ Su Ye thought, his eyes narrowing slightly.
’She can’t possibly think she can fool me with acting this bad, can she?’
’Your acting is terrible...’
Though he thought this, Su Ye’s expression revealed nothing.
He pondered for a moment, then looked at Ziyuan and asked in a deep voice.
"Daoist Ziyuan, are you sure you agree?"
"You really don’t need a little more time to think about it?"
"Mm-hm," Ziyuan said in a low voice.
’What’s going on... Her emotions are stable, no fluctuations... This doesn’t seem like an act?’ Now Su Ye was completely lost.
He used his Divine Sense to perceive Ziyuan’s emotions, but he came up with nothing.
Ziyuan’s emotions were stable and calm.
There was none of the malice, resentment, or humiliation one would expect... At most, there was just a bit of...?
’Fear?’ Su Ye mulled over the emotion, somewhat surprised.
’No way.’
’I haven’t done anything to you, have I?’
’So why are you so scared?’
’Was it because I was too rough with her before...?’
’That can’t be it, right?’
She was a Tier 4 Great Demon, nearly a thousand years old—comparable in age to Furilian. Could her mind be so fragile?
Su Ye’s expression turned a little strange.
After a long moment of contemplation, he offered a word of comfort, "Alright then... Get some good rest and recuperate from your injuries."
"Jiaojiao, take Daoist Ziyuan back," Su Ye ordered.
"As you command, Master."
CREAK.
The wooden door of the captain’s quarters opened on its own.
Jiaojiao, the loli ship spirit with black hair and red eyes, dressed in ceremonial robes, walked in humming a little tune.
Seeing Jiaojiao enter, Su Ye withdrew his gaze, his mind shifting to another matter.
For him, the matter of ’meeting Ziyuan and reaching an agreement’ was now closed, a finished Chapter.
But just then...
FWIP.
A hand clutched his sleeve.
It was Ziyuan.
Her slender, pale hand was trembling.
Ziyuan sat in her chair, her lovely head bowed and her legs pressed together. She had turned her body slightly so that her back was completely to Jiaojiao.
"Don’t..."
"Help me..."
"Huh?"
Su Ye’s eyes flickered, his expression frozen in surprise.
After Jiaojiao appeared, Ziyuan’s previously stable emotions had begun to fluctuate wildly... An intense fear had taken hold!
And what shocked Su Ye even more was that the target of this fear was actually Jiaojiao?!
’Huh?’
Su Ye was stunned.
He used [Harmony] to sense Jiaojiao’s thoughts and asked, "Jiaojiao, did you do something to her?"
’I really don’t know.’
Ziyuan’s escape skills were superb.
Even with the aid of a tracking marker, the relentless pursuit after she fled had lasted a full thirty-two hours—longer than a day and a night—before he finally captured her!
After the battle, Su Ye was exhausted.
He forced himself to stay awake just long enough to give some instructions and let some of his own blood before collapsing into sleep.
A Crystallized Core Perfected Being could indeed go for days and nights without sleep, but the problem was that high-intensity combat took a terrifying toll on one’s mind and spirit!
Moreover, Su Ye had also used [Divine Blood Proliferation], an outstandingly effective ability that could significantly boost both [Heart of the Vast Sea] and [Monarch of Calamity]!
At the same time, however, the side effects were troublesome.
The high concentration of Divine Blood had a noticeable effect on Su Ye’s temperament.
Therefore, he had to let blood immediately after the battle to lower the Divine Blood concentration and prevent it from affecting his personality... Su Ye had no desire to become a bloodthirsty monster.
And the weakness resulting from the significant blood loss only made him more tired and drowsy.
So, before he went to sleep, he had left Ziyuan’s handling to Jiaojiao... With Jiaojiao’s intelligence, nothing should have gone wrong... right?
Su Ye wasn’t so sure anymore.
Because Ziyuan’s fear was clearly genuine.
"I didn’t do anything..."
Jiaojiao sounded aggrieved.
She thought she had done a pretty good job.
Jiaojiao complained, "Master, the surgery this time was really hard. This stupid purple-haired woman kept squirming, which made it very difficult for me..."
"Hmm..." Su Ye mused.
’From the sound of it, she really didn’t seem to have done anything...’
Wait a minute?!
Su Ye’s brow furrowed. He’d found the crucial point.
"No... why was she squirming?!"
"Did you... not give her any anesthetic?"
Su Ye asked, a strange look in his eyes.
"I did."
"I even gave her five times the normal human dose of anesthetic!"
"It’s just..." Jiaojiao paused, sounding a little puzzled. "I don’t know why, but she woke up halfway through the surgery?"
Su Ye: "..."
After a long silence.
"She woke up?"
"Yep." Jiaojiao nodded candidly.
"Why... didn’t you give her another dose of anesthetic?" Su Ye’s mouth twitched.
"Huh? Doesn’t your medical manual say, ’It is not advisable to administer anesthesia a second time to the same patient, as it can easily lead to addiction and physical strain’?"
"So, I didn’t give her another dose..." Jiaojiao said honestly.
"Hiss..."
Su Ye sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.
After a long moment.
"So you’re saying you performed surgery on her... the second half of it... while she was awake and without any anesthesia?"
"Including cutting open her skull and implanting the blood-flame wafer?"
"Yep."
"Is there... a problem with that?"
Jiaojiao tilted her head and asked in return.
"Uhh..."
Su Ye’s expression was strange.
He didn’t know what to say. The whole thing... was just too absurd.
’All I can say is...’
’Jiaojiao, have you ever considered a career change to a Blood-singer?’
...
The conversation ended.
Su Ye comforted Ziyuan a little.
He managed to put the matter to rest.
After all, there was nothing he could do about it.
Su Ye knew that as an Array spirit, Jiaojiao’s intelligence was no less than a normal person’s, but she wasn’t human. She didn’t understand flexibility or improvisation.
She would execute any order from Su Ye perfectly, to the absolute letter, without any deviation... That was the mental characteristic of an Array spirit!
’Blaming Jiaojiao... wouldn’t be fair.’
’I can only say... I didn’t write this medical manual well enough...’
’My bad. I’ll take the blame!’
Su Ye sighed.
...
With that matter settled, the Ghostly Flood Dragon flew at high speed, returning to Spider Demon Island.
On the island, the Beast Tide had lost its controller and dispersed after suffering heavy casualties... The United Fleet had captured the coastal strongholds of Spider Demon Island!
They were also launching an offensive inland.
However, Spider Demon Island was enormous, comparable in size to Borneo from Su Ye’s past life. It had a mortal population of tens of millions and six immortal cities, each with millions of inhabitants!
So far, the allied forces had not managed to conquer a single one of these immortal cities.
The Weiyuan-class Spiritual Ships were traditional spiritual ships; they couldn’t fly through the sky, burrow through the earth, or sail on dry land.
Lacking fire support, the allied forces couldn’t break the cities’ Tier 3 Arrays in a short time, and the battle had reached a stalemate.
For its part, the Spirit Control Sect had no intention of counterattacking.
Mainly because they couldn’t win.
The allied forces had several Fake Core cultivators, as well as the two Crystallized Core Perfected Beings, Tianhe and Liuyun. With all four of the Spirit Control Sect’s "Shadows" gone, how could they possibly fight back?
So, all they could do was stall for time, numbing themselves with fantasy.
"Once the Supreme Elder returns victorious, these clowns can be crushed with the flip of a hand!"
’But unfortunately for them, I was the one who won...’
Su Ye sneered.
BOOM!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon shattered the clouds as it descended upon Spider Demon Island!
That day, the Spirit Control Sect surrendered.
