World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 535 - 275: The Death of Ashi Luo! (Part 2)

Chapter 535: 275: The Death of Ashi Luo! (Part 2)

Suo Lun asked, "Has there been an increase or decrease in the number of people in your mansion recently?"

Ashi Liren replied, "After Fu Yan’er’s incident, there has been neither an increase nor a decrease in people."

Suo Lun said, "I have already checked every samurai, servant, and maid in the mansion, and none of them are the spy."

Ashi Liren noticed Suo Lun’s choice of words, he said none of them are the spy, not that he hadn’t found any.

"But it doesn’t matter," Suo Lun said. "Ashi Luo will definitely come, even today, because he is in a great hurry."

Suo Lun didn’t know why Ashi Luo was in such a hurry, but he knew that he was.

Because, it took him only three days to rush back from Luan Yang City to Rou Ran City, and he had abandoned the dozens of beauties he had with him, and didn’t ride in his comfortable and luxurious caravan, but rode on horseback day and night without rest.

"Father has already secretly set out from Relic Castle, bringing along more than a dozen experts," Ashi Liren said. "He will arrive at our home by noon."

Suo Lun said, "Yuanba, Qin Qin, Anan, I have already sent them to a safe place."

Ashi Liren was startled and asked, "Won’t Ashi Luo become suspicious if the children are sent away?"

Suo Lun said, "Whether he suspects or not, he will come."

Ashi Liren asked, "Then, according to your guess, when will he probably come?"

"At nightfall," Suo Lun said.

Ashi Liren replied, "Alright, I’ll wait for him."

Then, Ashi Liren left Suo Lun’s courtyard, and Suo Lun saw her out.

At that moment, a hundred meters away outside, a hunchbacked old crone was sweeping the floor.

Suo Lun had already tested this old crone, and she was not the spy—and he had tested her more than once.

Nevertheless, Yao Xing still instinctively shot out a trace of Dragon Qi Mark, then captured the rebounding energy signature.

Then, Yao Xing was completely shocked.

"Master, this old woman sweeping the floor is the undercover spy Ashi Luo hid in the mansion," Yao Xing stated. "She’s also the one who pretended to kill Fu Yan’er."

Suo Lun was astonished. Why had she not been the spy on the two previous checks, yet today, she suddenly was?

There was only one explanation: this spy was far more formidable than he had imagined.

She wasn’t permanently stationed in the Ashi Liren Mansion; instead, she would disguise herself as the sweeping old crone when needed. She could even be a shape-shifter, capable of adopting many faces.

But if that were the case, for someone so powerful to merely serve as a spy embedded within the Liren Mansion seemed like an underutilization of talents.

When Liren passed by, the sweeping old crone undercover agent stepped aside, bending over further.

Her already hunchbacked figure appeared even more shrunken and small.

And suddenly...

Ashi Liren’s delicate body swayed gently, then she immediately stopped in her tracks and stood still with her eyes closed.

At the same time, a layer of frost quickly formed on the ground around her feet.

After a full two seconds, she opened her beautiful eyes and continued on her way.

When Liren had left, the old crone raised her head and continued sweeping. As she swept, she moved out of Suo Lun’s view, a smug smile on her lips.

However, Suo Lun was plunged into confusion!

Ashi Liren did not know that this old crone was an undercover agent, so there was no need for her to suddenly feign weakness or pretend to have been poisoned—why then did she sway like that?

There was only one explanation.

So, should he put an end to all this?

Suo Lun shook his head; it was too late to stop now. It was a terrifying situation that had already started moving and could no longer be halted.

At noon, Lord Ashimo, disguised, led more than a dozen experts into the Ashi Liren Mansion.

After entering the mansion, there was almost no communication as they went directly into the underground chamber to sit in silence, meditating and waiting for the big event to happen.

...

The old crone sweeping collected a whole cart’s worth of fallen leaves, then pushed the cart out of the Liren Mansion to a nearby garbage dump to dispose of them.

This garbage dump was large, and since spring had arrived, there were many fallen leaves, which piled up like mountains. (Many people believe that autumn has the most fallen leaves, but actually, there are also many in spring. Many evergreen trees sprout new leaves every spring, causing the old leaves to fall off.)

The old crone shoveled the leaves from the cart into the pile, and accidentally slipped, falling into the mound of leaves, burying herself completely.

A few seconds later, she climbed out of the mound of leaves like a small mountain and continued to shovel the leaves.

At this moment, she had changed into another person, although she looked exactly the same; she was the real old woman who swept the floor at Ashi Liren Mansion.

After she left, another person crawled out from the pile of fallen leaves. She was Ashi Luo’s planted spy at the Ashi Liren Mansion.

This was how the two of them completed the switch.

At this moment, she peeled off the sweeping garments she wore, and her hunchback was no longer visible. Despite wearing ragged grey-brown clothes, her figure was gracefully curvaceous, standing at a full 170 centimeters tall. When she pretended to be the old sweeping lady, she was merely around one meter fifty.

After leaving the rubbish heap, she quickly disappeared into the crowd.

In just half an hour, she changed her appearance several times, donning various outfits, vanishing like a drop of water into the vast ocean.

She indeed was the queen of disguises.

Finally, when she entered Ashi Luo’s secret base, she reverted to her true appearance, Red Cloak Mrs. Huo.

It was astonishing that with such skills and versatility, Ashi Luo only used her as an undercover agent at the Ashi Liren Mansion, truly an underutilization of her talents.

She walked softly into Ashi Luo’s room, her footsteps silent.

By now, it was afternoon, and Ashi Luo had been asleep for well over ten hours.

"Master, the sun is setting, it’s almost time," Red Cloak Mrs. Huo whispered beside Ashi Luo’s ear.

Ashi Luo asked, "How’s my sister Liren’s condition?"

Red Cloak Mrs. Huo replied, "Confirmed to be afflicted, now without the strength to resist."

"Hahaha..." Ashi Luo said, "Is everything prepared?"

Red Cloak Mrs. Huo answered, "The assembly is complete."

Ashi Luo called out, "Someone, find a few ugly women to wash and dress me."

Half an hour later, Ashi Luo had washed up and changed into a brocade robe.

He looked peerlessly handsome and strikingly elegant.

Outside his secret base, over a dozen masters from the Demon Continent, along with hundreds of Samurai, had already assembled.

Ashi Luo said to Red Cloak Mrs. Huo, "You stay behind, don’t go."

Red Cloak Mrs. Huo was taken aback and replied, "Yes."

Ashi Luo ordered, "Go sell Fu Yan’er to a brothel immediately. Tonight, have her service thirty men for three copper coins each."

"Yes," responded Red Cloak Mrs. Huo.

Ashi Luo asked, "Do you remember your mission?"

"I do, to defile Suo Ningbing for Zhi Li and to reduce Yan Nai’er to ashes, not allowing any man to touch her," Red Cloak Mrs. Huo answered.

Ashi Luo said, "After I’m done with my sister tonight, I’ll hand all the masters over to you. You go to Tianshui City and take care of business."

"Yes," Red Cloak Mrs. Huo bowed.

Ashi Luo mounted a robust beast.

"Liren sister, I’m coming..." Ashi Luo trembled with emotion.

"Depart..."

At Ashi Luo’s command,

the dozen or so masters from the Demon Continent vanished into the darkness like ghosts.

Ashi Luo rode the beast towards the Ashi Liren Mansion.

...

At this time, the breathtakingly beautiful Ashi Liren sat quietly in her spacious hall, eyes slightly closed.

Then, footsteps were heard outside.

Ashi Liren opened her eyes and, to her surprise, saw Suo Lun.

"You shouldn’t have come. Leave," said Ashi Liren. "It’s going to be dangerous soon."

Suo Lun said, "What occurs tonight may surpass your imagination; be mentally prepared."

Ashi Liren shook her head, "It doesn’t matter anymore; please go."

Suo Lun stated, "I want to stay."

Ashi Liren’s long eyelashes trembled, "He’s here!"

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..." Numerous masters, like ghostly shooting stars, flew into Ashi Liren’s mansion in the cover of night.

The earth-shattering drama had officially begun!