Chapter 61 The Demon Lord's Love and Hate

The map, the map the Demon Lord left for Betty... Annie pondered for a long time, then shook her head regretfully.

'I'm sorry, I haven't heard of it. That little bitch and I don't get along. Even if the Demon Lord really left her a map fragment, she wouldn't tell me.'

However, this information was still useful. She could report it to the Minister, or even bypass the Minister and email the President directly. If the President knew that Betty was hiding the Demon Lord's relics, she would definitely not let her off easily.

If the President already knew, then so be it. Anyway, there would be no loss.

'I didn't make myself clear.' Miao Teng'er raised her hand, her jade-like fingers reaching into her snowy white neck, and pulled out a pendant.

The pendant was a triangular piece of jade, as white as mutton fat, with small concave dots carved on the surface, like stars.

Miao Teng'er placed the jade fragment on the table and said, 'This is the map fragment left by the Demon Lord. Have you ever seen it on Betty?'

Annie stared at the jade fragment, lost in thought. Images flashed quickly through her mind, finally settling on Betty's snow-white neck, where she vaguely remembered a red string.

Her 'gaze' followed the red string down to the deep V neckline, where a piece of mutton-fat-like jade pendant was faintly visible in the cleavage pressed out by her plump breasts.

So there was such a piece of jade, which she always kept with her. So it turned out to be the Demon Lord's relic.

…Annie's expression was calm, unreadable. She asked, 'Miss Teng'er, can I learn more about the jade... um, the detailed information of the map?'

Miao Teng'er frowned slightly, glanced at her, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

'It doesn't matter if I tell you. This was left to me by the Demon Lord. You are from the Goddess Association, so you should know something about him. The Demon Lord was arrogant, ruthless, and lecherous. He had many, many women. Maybe if you look through the beauty rosters of the major organizations, you can just point your finger and find his lovers.'

Speaking of this, the face of the stunningly beautiful girl was full of cold smiles.

Annie nodded lightly, without commenting.

Clearly, the girl in front of her was also one of the Demon Lord's lovers.

'Most women are just toys in the Demon Lord's eyes. He throws them away when he's tired of them, without any lingering affection. But there are always some toys he cherishes. He left those women an inheritance. The day he dies in the Lingjing or is executed by the official authorities, that inheritance will be his gift to his cherished toys.' Miao Teng'er lowered her eyes, looked at the table, and smiled self-deprecatingly, saying, 'Gathering the fragments of this jade can lead to the Demon Lord's treasure trove.'

Annie suddenly understood. 'So, you want to collect the map fragments and find the Demon Lord's treasure.'

Miao Teng'er nodded, then shook her head.

'It's to gather his lovers and open the treasure together. The Demon Lord's valued lovers all have a certain status and strength, both inside and outside the country. It's too difficult to collect the map on your own.'

'But I believe many people should feel the same as me and want to settle things with the Demon Lord.'

Annie understood, but was still a little incredulous.

'I heard that the Demon Lord was unruly and ungrateful, and that women were like clothes to him, to be changed or discarded at will. I didn't expect the rumors to be untrue.'

How could a truly ungrateful man leave a treasure for his lovers?

Annie had seen too many truly ungrateful men.

A strange look flashed in Miao Teng'er's watery eyes, a mixture of sadness and joy, resentment and hatred. She gritted her teeth and said, 'He is more ungrateful and vile than the rumors say. I think about killing him day and night, and personally slitting the throat of this evil villain who defiled me.'

She took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in her eyes, and said, 'Can you answer me now? Lingjing Xingzhe!'

Annie did not answer, but stared at the girl and said seriously, 'You do hate him very much, but you also love him very much. I can feel the deep love hidden beneath the surface of your hatred. This is my professional talent. You can't fool me.'

Miao Teng'er raised her eyebrows fiercely.

'It's none of your business, Miss Annie. I've told you everything I should tell you. Please answer my question.'

'Yes, Betty has the same pendant. She is the cherished toy of the Demon Lord you mentioned.' Annie gave a definite answer.

Miao Teng'er nodded slightly.

'I hope you can report this to the higher-ups of the Goddess Association. If they are willing to cooperate, they can contact me at any time.'

Annie smiled, 'For me, this is a free merit.'

'You can go!' Miao Teng'er said indifferently.

Annie stood up and walked towards the door. Just as her hand grasped the doorknob, Miao Teng'er's voice came from behind her.

'Miss Annie, are you the Demon Lord's lover?'

'I am not,' Annie shook her head slightly, looked back, and said with a smile, 'I used to envy Betty, but now, I have found someone better.'

'Yuanshi Tianzun?' Miao Teng'er raised her eyebrows. She was clearly an intelligent girl.

Annie did not answer, smiled, twisted the doorknob, and left.

'Bang!'

The door closed again. Miao Teng'er sat by the window, staring blankly at the scenery outside, her eyes blurred.

'Mr. Lingjun, there's no need to see me off.' Annie got into the shuttle bus, politely declining Lingjun's farewell.

'Miss Annie.' Lingjun's face showed a solemn look. He bowed and said, 'Please keep today's conversation a secret. I beg you.'

'I will!' Annie immediately understood Lingjun's intention. Being the Demon Lord's lover was an indelible stain for any aristocratic woman.

Lingjun breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, 'Thank you!'

He waved his hand and watched the shuttle bus take Annie away.

Annie took the shuttle bus to the entrance of the villa area, her skirt fluttering, and walked gracefully towards the black car parked by the roadside.

As she approached the car, Annie suddenly stopped, a look of seriousness on her pretty face.

Through the dark car window, she saw a figure sitting inside, while the driver was smoking, ignoring the person in the back seat.

Because of the Dionysus Club attack, her spirit was particularly sensitive. She was about to return to the Fujiawan villa when suddenly, the car window rolled down, revealing a delicate and flawless face that had obviously undergone plastic surgery.

'Miss Annie, I've been waiting for you for a long time.' Blood Rose smiled and said, 'Please take a look at your phone.'

Annie slowly retreated while taking out her phone to look at the screen. As expected, there was an unread message.

[Yuanshi Tianzun: The person in the car is my Yin corpse.] (Yin corpse: undead puppet)

Only then did Annie lower her guard, open the car door, and get into the back seat.

Zhang Yuanqing then snapped his fingers. With a 'snap', the driver shuddered, as if waking from a dream.

'Drive!'

Annie ordered, looking at the Yin corpse with a joyful expression, and said, 'Mr. Yuanshi, I heard that you were demoted, imprisoned for a month, and cannot be promoted for a year. Why don't you leave the mainland with me and join the Goddess Association?'

If I go to the Goddess Association, I can only rely on "Persistent Spray" to survive… Zhang Yuanqing cut to the chase and asked, 'I have a question for you. What did that girl who talked to you just now tell you?'

Hearing this, Annie frowned slightly, showing a troubled expression. 'I promised Lingjun not to spread the contents of the conversation.'

Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand. 'I already knew that girl was the Demon Lord's lover. Lingjun doesn't want it to be spread because he doesn't want her relationship with the Demon Lord to be leaked. If you tell me, it's not considered spreading it.'

'You knew?' Annie thought about it and felt it made sense, so she repeated the content of the conversation to Yuanshi Tianzun word for word.

Miao Teng'er is indeed the Demon Lord's lover, so is her mother also one? The daughter is so beautiful, the mother must be even more charming. Tsk, the Demon Lord is simply the enemy of men. You can rest in peace.

Each beloved lover gets a piece of the map? He really knows how to play. Did he expect himself to die and leave an inheritance for the concubines in his harem?

Zhang Yuanqing's first reaction was that the treasure was the Demon Lord's compensation to the women he slept with.

On second thought, he realized something was wrong.

First of all, he could have given the "treasure" directly to those lovers. There was no need to leave a map, because many of his mistresses did not know each other.

Miao Teng'er's visit today proved this.

What if the mistresses couldn't collect the treasure map? Wouldn't his painstaking efforts be wasted?

Secondly, the mortality rate of Lingjing Xingzhe is extremely high. One day, a mistress might return to the Lingjing, which would also make the treasure map an eternal secret.

Finally, his mistresses might not cooperate, and would most likely kill each other.

Just look at who the Demon Lord's mistresses are: local orderly professions, local evil professions, and overseas orderly professions. It is not yet known whether there are overseas evil professions.

In short, how could these people coexist? Putting aside the issue of opposing camps, the identity of the Demon Lord's lover alone would be enough for them to tear each other apart.

With the Demon Lord's wisdom, he couldn't have failed to think of this.

So what was the reason for him doing this… Zhang Yuanqing thought for a long time, and suddenly understood.

Maybe this was the Demon Lord's intention. His lovers were too complex, from inside and outside the country, both orderly and evil, and they did not know each other. It would be difficult for ordinary people to gather them together, and even those big shots couldn't do it.

Following this line of thought, the Demon Lord didn't actually want the treasure to be found. He hid something very important in the treasure.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately remembered the character card exclusive reward after clearing the Killing Instance: a broken electronic watch dial.

This item was obviously damaged, incomplete, and all its attributes were question marks. Could the Demon Lord have hidden the other parts in the treasure?

Such as the watch strap!

This was in line with the principle of having three burrows for a cunning rabbit, and not putting all his eggs in one basket.

There's the Black Moon, the Little Sun, the wristwatch, and the unspecified treasure of the Goddess Association President. Sigh, how many good things has this Demon Lord hidden…

The more he hoards treasures like a squirrel, the more uneasy I feel, Zhang Yuanqing sighed inwardly.

Fujiawan, basement.

Zhang Yuanqing took out the Cat King speaker. To prevent Fu Qingyang from eavesdropping, he entered Night Roam and whispered, 'I want to know the past of the Demon Lord and Miao Teng'er, the more detailed the better.'

The Cat King speaker lay there quietly, ignoring him.

The Cat King's soul in this item was always inexplicably arrogant and rarely cooperated honestly. Moreover, it was particularly vengeful. If you threatened it once, it would always find a chance to retaliate secretly, suddenly giving you a "pa pa" audio in public, causing your social death.

Zhang Yuanqing thought about it and tentatively said, 'In the future, as long as you cooperate obediently, I will play music for you every day.'

He thought that the Cat King speaker only had a recording function. The music and audio it played in the past were all recorded.

And the Cat King in the speaker was a master musician who loved music.

Appealing to its interests might be useful.

'Buzz~' A current sound rang out, and a woman's mournful voice came from the Cat King speaker's speaker.

'Hmph, a man's mouth is a liar's trap!'

You're quite cautious… Zhang Yuanqing took out his phone and played music at random.

'Love you walking alone in a dark alley, love your unyielding appearance, love that you and I are so alike…'

The impassioned music echoed in the room. After one song ended, Zhang Yuanqing paused and picked up the Cat King speaker again.

'Buzz~'

This time, the Cat King speaker played the audio very sensibly. Zhang Yuanqing then entered Night Roam to cover up its sound.

'Let me go, you fallen one! Kill me if you have the guts!' A clear and beautiful shout sounded in his ear, sounding somewhat familiar.

Then came the Demon Lord's unique, slightly hoarse voice.

'Tsk tsk, what a pitiful little beauty. Someone in the black market is offering 20 million to take you down. I happen to be short of money recently, and you are so arrogant and don't know how to hide your tracks, so I have no choice but to use you to pay off my debts.'

'You better let me go. My grandfather is the Great Elder of the Hundred Flowers Association. If you dare to touch a hair on my head, the officials will catch you even if you escape to the ends of the earth.'

'Heh, I understand. The person who offered the reward really wants to deal with your grandfather. As for the official wanted notice, I'm not scared. Do you know my name?'

'Wha, what name…' The ethereal and pleasant noise was a little weaker.

'Demon Lord!'

'De, Demon Lord?! Are you that brutal and lecherous Demon Lord?' The girl's voice was tearful.

'…I don't like that title. If you dare mention it again, I'll let you know what a lecherous pervert is.' The Demon Lord snorted coldly, 'This is a remote and desolate place. You can't escape. Be good and stay here. I'll have to deliver you in a week.'

'By the way, there's no takeout here. If you don't want to go hungry, cook for me.'

The next few audio clips were the sound of chains "clanging" as Miao Teng'er tried to escape repeatedly, the Demon Lord's mocking interceptions, and the girl's unwilling curses, followed by obediently cooking.

'Hey, I don't think you're as scary as the rumors say. How about this? You let me go, and I'll give you 50 million.'

After a few days of getting along, Miao Teng'er, who had been defeated repeatedly but never harmed, gradually stopped being afraid of the Demon Lord.

To this, the Demon Lord just sneered and said,

'Don't come out of the room tonight, no matter what noises you hear, or you'll be at your own risk.'

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank.

Soon, a new audio clip began to play. A painful growl came from the speaker, extremely distant, and quite a distance away from the Cat King speaker.

Then, a quiet rustling sound came. Miao Teng'er in the room seemed to be awakened. She dragged her chains off the bed and slowly approached the door. With a 'creak', she went out.

Zhang Yuanqing guessed that this girl was probably planning to take the opportunity to escape.

Suddenly, a scream came from afar, followed by complete silence. The Cat King speaker fell silent.

A dozen seconds later, the buzzing sound of electricity rang out again, and a new audio clip played.

First, there was a dense and loud collision, as well as the girl's sobs and the low moans that could not be controlled in her nose.

The old bed made an overwhelmed creaking sound, as if it would collapse at any moment.

'You're actually a virgin. A wood sprite from the Hundred Flowers Association is actually a virgin. Interesting…'

The Demon Lord let out heavy breaths. Compared to the previous hoarseness, his voice was filled with deep malice, as if he had changed into another person.

'Clatter…bang…'

The sound of swinging chains and dull thuds sounded at the same time. Miao Teng'er seemed to have hit the Demon Lord's head with handcuffs. She cried and rushed off the bed, running wildly as the chains rattled, but in the next second, she fell heavily to the ground with a 'bang' and grunted.

Then came the sound of crying: 'No, please, don't…'

What responded to her was more intense collisions and heavy breathing.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing sighed. He roughly knew what had happened and guessed what state the Demon Lord was in at the time.

This happened when the Demon Lord was in the Transcendence Realm. At that time, he was not yet deeply affected by the Fallen Holy Grail. Although his temperament had changed drastically, he could still maintain a normal state most of the time.

Therefore, he only imprisoned Miao Teng'er, unlike the later audio clips, where the recreation movement began at the start.

'Pass, pass, pass!'

Zhang Yuanqing lightly patted the shell of the Cat King speaker. He could listen to the audio of the Demon Lord and Betty with a slanderous attitude, because the dog men and women were lovers, but he didn't want to listen to this kind of forced nature.

The following audio clips were similar. The two people's battlefield was sometimes on the bed, sometimes on the table, sometimes in the mountains and forests, and sometimes in the haystack.

Miao Teng'er went from the initial sobs and curses to the later half-heartedness and then to the later gentle moans, as if she had resigned to her fate.

The Demon Lord didn't send her away either. The 20 million reward was never mentioned again.

Because of the dates, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't estimate how long the two had been together, but according to Miao Teng'er's mental state changes, it shouldn't have been short, after all, love grows over time.

Until Miao Teng'er's exclamation sounded in a certain audio clip:

'You, what's wrong with you…'

Then there was heavy breathing and the Demon Lord's intermittent voice: 'Hey, I killed those guys who offered the reward for you. I got clues from them that the person behind the scenes was an elder of the Hundred Flowers Association. He was trying to use you to deal with your grandfather. The information is all on this piece of paper.'

'You, why did you do this?' Miao Teng'er said in a low voice.

'Since I've taken your body, I have to give you something in return. If you take this message home, your family won't blame you.' The Demon Lord gasped and smiled:

'I'm tired of playing with you. You can get lost now.'

He was going to let her go.

'Buzz' The next audio clip sounded. The Demon Lord laughed in a low noise.

'You say you're cheap, but you came back after I let you go. I am now the master, and there are many women, I don't lack you. Compared to a little girl like you, I prefer your mother. Of course, I'm tired of playing with her too. You take this jade pendant. I've hidden half of the opportunities in it. It depends on your own fortune how much you can get. I'm going to do great things next, and I might die. Don't come looking for me in the future. Get lost.'

The audio ended here.

'Half of the opportunity, so the treasure really isn't just some valuable inheritance, but something very precious.'

Zhang Yuanqing got the information he wanted and also understood the karma between the Demon Lord and Miao Teng'er, yes, karma.

Although he missed many details, he could fill in the blanks with previous audio clips.

Miao Teng'er developed love from hate for the Demon Lord and followed him, which then led to her mother chasing after and killing the Demon Lord. But for some reason, the mother also fell.

Also, he understood a little bit why those women liked the Demon Lord.

He wasn't simply a perpetrator. He was a very contradictory person. The Demon Lord had no pity or respect for women, but sometimes he would risk his life to compensate them.

And this was in line with the Demon Lord's expression of being eroded by the Fallen Holy Grail, sometimes sober, sometimes crazy, feeling guilty when sober, and committing violence when fallen.

So those women both loved and hated him.

What does other people's love, hate, and affection have to do with me? Anyway, the Demon Lord is already dead… Zhang Yuanqing rested for a moment, picked up the Cat King speaker again, and said:

'I'm about to enter the Lingjing soon. All the instances I've entered are ones the Demon Lord has been to. What's the next instance? Give me a hint.'