World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 247 - 153: Drunk and Confused! To Bloody Shore Lost City!

Chapter 247: 153: Drunk and Confused! To Bloody Shore Lost City!

"Didn’t your entire tribe migrate south? Why have you come back?" Suo Lun asked.

Meng Tuoluo said, "Our tribe has several thousand or even tens of thousands of people, and there are always some who have grown accustomed to living in the hundred-thousand mountain range and refuse to move south, so they stayed behind. Then Zhi Ning and Zhi Li, in their hunting decrees, doubled the bounty on the heads of the Serpent Spirit Tribe and dispatched master hunters specifically to kill our people, shattering the Black Widow myth. Thus, in just a few short months, a swarm of hunters came and slaughtered our tribe down to the last member, Heilie Castle being the most ruthless among them."

No wonder Meng Tuoluo had gone to trouble Heilie Castle and even specifically went to their home to become married.

"Husband, thank you for saving me. You truly are the most artistically talented person I’ve ever met. You were able to send me secret messages using special rhythms and melodies amidst the sound of the drums," Meng Tuoluo said. "What was the piece you played?"

"Ambush from Ten Sides," Suo Lun said.

"Wow, that is indeed the best name and the best tune. It’s a pity I didn’t get to hear it all. Play it in its entirety for me," Meng Tuoluo said.

"However, even if I had not covertly informed you, you wouldn’t have been in any danger. You had the situation completely under control," Suo Lun said. "Plus, you should have known that Turing Duo had set an ambush to kill you at the wedding feast."

"I didn’t know," Meng Tuoluo said, then pointed at Suo Lun’s head and continued, "I’m not like you, who thinks and rethinks everything before acting, preparing backup plans for everything. When I heard that the people of the Serpent Spirit Tribe had been wiped out, I immediately returned from the Barbarian Domain. After learning that Heilie Castle was the one that slaughtered them most fiercely, I decided to have a bloody wedding there. Perhaps, I suspected that Zhi Ning and Zhi Li would send masters to kill me, but as for the ambush at the wedding feast, I had no clue."

Then, she leaned her cheek against him and said, "So husband, your covert warning was indeed what saved me. It allowed me to detonate the gu insects at the most opportune moment to block those Dragon Samurai’s assault."

"Gu insects?" Suo Lun was suddenly startled, as these eerie things were the most terrifying.

"Yes, I’ve already placed a gu in you. If you dare betray me in the future, heh heh..." Meng Tuoluo pretended to sneer.

"As if I’d believe that," Suo Lun said. "There’s one thing I’m not sure if I should ask you?"

"If you want to ask, then ask. If you know you shouldn’t ask, don’t ask," Meng Tuoluo said. "Are you curious to know why I, a human, am able to become the chieftain of the Serpent Spirit Tribe?"

Suo Lun nodded.

Meng Tuoluo explained, "Every Barbarian Tribe has a totem. Some totems are living, some are dead. The totem of the Serpent Spirit Tribe is an unimaginably huge poisonous serpent. It’s so large that it far exceeds anything you can imagine, and it’s impervious to swords and spears, having lived for hundreds of years.

After my tragic wedding, with nowhere else to go, Zhi Ning invited me to the Rage Wave Kingdom. So, I came, but I found that all the cities in the human kingdoms were much the same, and I was unhappy, so I decided to run away to a place where no one knew me. That’s when I went to the hundred-thousand mountain range and accidentally infiltrated the Serpent Spirit Tribe and was captured. Although my martial skills were high, there were traps and deadly poisons everywhere in the tribe.

Then, they decided to throw me into the demonic cave to feed me to the Serpent Spirit totem. But after they threw me down, the totem serpent caught me in its mouth but did not swallow me. Instead, it spat out a pearl to me and brought me back to ground level. Then, all the people of the Serpent Spirit Tribe knelt before me, and I became their chieftain."

With that, Suo Lun understood.

"Husband, why did you come to the hundred-thousand mountain range?" Meng Tuoluo asked.

"To find you," Suo Lun said.

"To find me? To rekindle our past?"

Suddenly, Suo Lun’s breath hitched, and he quickly dodged, saying, "Don’t make fun of me."

Then, Suo Lun asked, "Do you know about the Bloody Shore Lost City ruins?"

"I do..." Meng Tuoluo said. "It’s an ancient ruin within the Barbarian Domain, located in the Soul-breaking Mountain Range."

"Can you take me there?" Suo Lun asked. "I need to retrieve something from inside to save someone’s life."

"Sure, but what will you give me in exchange?" Meng Tuoluo asked.

Suo Lun was taken aback, exchange?

Meng Tuoluo explained, "Of course, yesterday you saved my life. But a few months ago, you also absorbed a lot of my dragon power, and I didn’t kill you for it, so we’re even now. Now, you want me to take you to the Bloody Shore Lost City, which is very dangerous, so you need to offer something in exchange."

"Well, what do you want?" Suo Lun asked.

"I?" Meng Tuoluo’s beautiful eyes darted around, only to realize she didn’t want anything at all. It seemed she was just getting by day-to-day, as if she had no desires left, even for the advancement of her martial prowess, feeling somewhat indifferent.

"I don’t know," Meng Tuoluo said. "The only thing that holds some meaning, or rather, a responsibility for me now, is taking care of my tribe’s people."

"How is life for you since migrating south to the Barbarian Domain?" Suo Lun inquired.

Meng Tuoluo shook her head, "The Barbarian Domain faces constant slaughter and survival of the fittest. If your tribe is weak, you’ll be bullied and go hungry. If it wasn’t for falling out with Zhi Ning and Zhi Li, who would want to go to the Barbarian Domain? Despite all the scheming and plotting, the human kingdoms at least have some order and rules; compared to the Barbarian Domain, they are practically heaven."

Suo Lun said, "Then... then will you lead me to the Bloody Shore Lost City for five thousand Gold Coins? Will Gold Coins be useful over there?"

"What do you think?" Meng Tuoluo said. "No matter where you are, Gold Coins are things that drive people crazy. Five thousand Gold Coins, deal."

She then stretched out her hand, asking for the money directly.

"I don’t have it on me; it’s buried somewhere in Tianye City," Suo Lun said. "I also have a lot of Gold Coins in my territory. I’ll owe you for now and write you an IOU, delivering it personally later."

"If it’s an IOU, then the price has to go up," Meng Tuoluo stated.

"Fine, then six thousand," Suo Lun said.

"Deal," Meng Tuoluo agreed. She then got up from bed, went to the table, and wrote an IOU stating that Suo Lun, the City Lord of Tian Shui City, owed the chieftain of the Serpent Spirit Tribe, Meng Tuoluo, six thousand Gold Coins in full, and so on.

"Sign it," Meng Tuoluo handed the debt slip to Suo Lun.

Then, Suo Lun couldn’t help but compare her with Yan Nai’er. Both were equally foolishly devoted, but Yan Nai’er was much more reserved and serious. Even if she was hurt by love, she never indulged or fell into darkness.

On the contrary, the role Suo Lun was playing seemed no different from that scoundrel who had betrayed Meng Tuoluo.

Suo Lun signed his full name on the debt slip.

"Deal, I’ll take you there," Meng Tuoluo said, then sashayed to the wardrobe and began selecting clothes, repeatedly asking Suo Lun which one looked good.

In the end, she had tried on every piece of clothing in the wardrobe but still wasn’t satisfied.

Suo Lun randomly picked out a piece of men’s clothing to wear, then casually picked another and gave it to Meng Tuoluo, saying, "This one, it’s the best looking."

"You bad thing, taking advantage of me," Meng Tuoluo’s delicate fingers poked Suo Lun’s forehead, and then she put on the clothes he picked for her.

After putting it on, Suo Lun got quite a shock—she was a stunning beauty, like a bamboo viper personified.

It was another set of snake-skin attire, and it was made from bamboo viper skin at that. The outfit clung to Meng Tuoluo’s figure, showing off her curves in gleaming emerald, irresistibly enchanting.

"Where are we now?" Suo Lun looked around and realized they were in a cave.

"Cunning rabbits have three burrows, and I have more than three—I’ve got over a dozen. This one is just one of them," Meng Tuoluo said. "Alright, time for breakfast."

Then, she opened a cupboard, threw over a sizzling grilled steak, and began to drink deeply from a wine jug by herself.

"You drink alcohol for breakfast. What about lunch?" Suo Lun asked.

"Drink wine," Meng Tuoluo said.

"What about dinner?" Suo Lun asked in astonishment.

"Drink wine," Meng Tuoluo replied, "Grape wine for breakfast, fruit wine for lunch, rice wine for dinner. All day long, living a drunken dream, it’s such a delight."

With that, she took a gulp, then stepped forward, wrapped her arms around Suo Lun’s neck, kissed him on the mouth, and passed the grape wine from her mouth to his.

The wine was indeed fine, made even sweeter by its passage through the lips of a beauty. Even the inherent tartness of the grape wine became particularly captivating.

"You don’t have to do this; too much wine isn’t good for the brain," Suo Lun said. He then devoured the steak, adding, "You should eat something. You’d better drink less in the future."

Half an hour later.

"Drink..." Suo Lun, holding a wine jug, kept clinking jugs with Meng Tuoluo, gulping down wine.

The two of them had drunk five jugs of wine, each weighing two pounds.

They drank haphazardly, pouring wine into each other’s mouths, mostly Meng Tuoluo pouring into Suo Lun’s.

They tried all sorts of positions, straddling his neck to pour, mouth to mouth, etc.

In any case, she was determined to get Suo Lun drunk.

"Alright, breakfast is over; time to set off," Meng Tuoluo said.

By this time, Suo Lun was already swaying, barely able to stand, when Meng Tuoluo picked him up with one arm, walked out of the cave, and they both mounted a huge beast and began to cross the massive Ambush from Ten Sides mountains.

For the next several days and nights, Suo Lun and Meng Tuoluo traveled day and night. After crossing the snow-covered Ambush from Ten Sides, they entered the Barbarian Domain.

However, Suo Lun was being plied with wine all day, every day, sleeping in Meng Tuoluo’s arms.

Hence, he never saw what the peak of Ambush from Ten Sides looked like, nor did he see what the Barbaric Wilderness Continent looked like.

And all his clothes were changed as well. He was dressed in the attire of the Serpent Tribe. Even his face was painted with various tattoos, and he was decorated with all kinds of beast teeth, disguised in the manner of the Barbarian Tribes.

Later, Meng Tuoluo remembered Suo Lun’s words that drinking too much wasn’t good. She couldn’t bear to see him drunk every day, so she directly spiked his wine with a pill, causing him to pass out entirely.

Anyway, she just wouldn’t let him open his eyes to see the Barbarian Tribe.

...

Day and night they traveled, covering thousands of miles.

Until one day, a peculiar smell suddenly rushed into Suo Lun’s nostrils, jolting him awake.

"We’ve arrived. Just ahead is Bloody Shore Lost City," Meng Tuoluo said.

Suo Lun shook his head vigorously to clear it, stood up from Meng Tuoluo’s arms, and looked ahead.

Was that... Bloody Shore Lost City? The Dragon Mark relic was inside there?