Chapter 47: Voicing Opinions.
" Ehhh..." Su Ping who was distracted, yelped when Ming Yao, who had sneaked up on him, touched him to try and get a closer look at the strange fluid, but hearing her masters scream that sounded almost similar to a moan, her expression froze.
Ming Yao and Zhen Qi unconsciously glanced towards the deeper region of the Abyssal Blood Tree grove, The others who finally had an inkling of realization followed suit as well, in that moment, Su Ping felt his spine shiver when the atmosphere turned silent, too quiet for comfort.
Ning An, Ming Yao, Yang Lan, Zhen Qi, Zhen Bi and Yi Heng suddenly released their Lvl 2 auras all at once before shooting towards the forest with bloodshot eyes. An incredible wave of killing intent enshrouded the area.
’ F*ck! Just what are they planning to do?!’ Su Ping panicked when he felt an even more greater pressure surging out from deep within the Abyssal Blood Tree grove.
’ Are they planning on fighting each other?! At this rate they’ll end up destroying the entire forest!’ Su Ping panicked.
He instantly transformed into his wyvern form before using his darkness affinity to summon dark spheres that simultaneously trapped the girls inside, Su Ping then swallowed all the dark spheres, holding them in his jaw then flying off into the air before the Abyssal Blood Millennium Tree’s pressure could reach the groves periphery.
Su Ping felt his mana rapidly draining as the girls tried their best to shatter the dark spheres but to no avail. He couldn’t help but feel sad, after all, he had endured that tortuous woman’s antics for days only to return empty handed.
Su Ping decided to fly round the base a few times until all them stopped struggling lest they destroyed the base accidentally. Only after he was sure they had calmed down, did he crash land outside the base.
Su Ping spat out the 7 dark spheres which quickly dissipated to reveal Ming Yao, Ning An, Yang Lan, Yi Heng, Zhen Qi and Zhen Bi.
Su Ping had been wandering how he would explain to them about what happened.
" Please forgive us Master, we acted out of place and almost caused you to be at ends with an ally." They all knelt on one knee, apologizing and bowing at the same time.
’ What?’ Su Ping blinked his eyes unconsciously, still trying to understand what was happening.
’ Did they actually let it go this quickly?’
Seeing that he didn’t reply, the girls seemed to grow anxious. " Master if it’s ok with you, please punish us!"
" P-punish you?" Su Ping became even more confused but finally realizing that this was a good opportunity he cleared his throat.
" Ahem... Your right, your rash behavior almost caused us significant damages. Fortunately, Li Rao isn’t one to hold grudges, moreover, you didn’t harm any Abyssal Blood Trees so it should be fine." Su Ping massaged his forehead. Honestly he was happy because it meant he didn’t need to go back and clear things up with Li Rao anytime soon.
" Li Rao? Master, who’s Li Rao..." The girls all asked at the same time.
" Oh, I forget to mention I gave the Abyssal Blood Tree grove ruler a name..." Su Ping’s voice trailed off when he felt a strong killing intent suddenly envelope the surroundings before vanishing the next moment.
They weren’t angry with the fact that he gave her a name but the name he gave her...
Su Ping knew the brief killing intent weren’t aimed at him but still, that wasn’t something you should aim at just anyone. He almost felt as if they were actually thinking of killing him for a moment.
" You all may leave, as for your punishment, I’ll be sure to decide on one for each and every single one you later but for now, making sure the faction is developing smoothly is our number priority." Su Ping said.
" B-but master... Wouldn’t it be better if we just let them roam our territory instead of offering them so much? I don’t see why we should put in so much effort to make sure they’re living comfortably." Zhen Qi suddenly asked.
Her question turned the area silent, non of the girls said anything else but Su Ping could clearly see that her question seemed to resonate with a few of them.
" It’s the masters choice if he wants his people to be happy, why should we question it." Ming Yao suddenly spoke up attracting a glare from Zhen Qi.
" I’m sure some of us understand that but we aren’t humans, were demon’s. Shouldn’t they be allowed to thrive on their own. If we don’t let them fight amongst themselves, then how will they ever get stronger." Zhen Qi shot back.
" I agree with sister Zhen Qi, This comfortable life will soon make them weak, at the time we won’t be able to muster much strength from them if we encounter another demonic faction." Said Yi Heng, her arms crossed, expression firm.
" Well I disagree. Thanks to the Master efforts, we don’t have to worry about casualties, do you think it’s easy for demons to survive on their own." Ning An spoke up.
" Tsk, just say your talking about yourself. I don’t see why the master has any need for weak demons." Zhen Bi snapped at Ning An.
"Can you listen to yourself? Your basically suggesting a fruitless slaughter. The best case scenario is if they don’t kill everyone of themselves first. Did you ever stop to think what would happen when hundreds of demons cluster themselves within a small area, it would naturally end in a blood bath–" Yang Lan glared at Zhen Bi.
" That’s enough." Just when they looked like the six of them were about to start a brawl, Su Pings calm voice snapped them out of their foolishness.
" Did you forget that I’m still here? Do you all think so little of me to the extent that you all dare to squabble like children in front of me?" The all stiffened when they felt an incredible pressure emanating from Su Ping.
" Please forgive us master!" They all hurriedly dropped to their knees again.