Chapter 18: Righteous Punishment of the Demon Woman

The scene in the basement was not what Chen Runyu had imagined.

What was pressed against the wall was not Tang Ruoling, but Zhang Chi.

He was tightly bound by more than a dozen vines, unable to move. And these vines all extended from under Tang Ruoling's skirt.

As soon as the infatuated Tang Ruoling arrived in the basement, she regained her sobriety. After sealing off the entrance, she suddenly attacked. Unprepared, Zhang Chi was quickly tied up.

"You are a demon!"

Zhang Chi recognized at a glance that this method of entanglement was not some wood elemental spirit technique; it was more like something that actually existed.

Tang Ruoling could manipulate these vines, which could only mean that she was not a human but a plant demon!

Upon hearing this, Tang Ruoling scoffed. With a wave of her hand, Zhang Chi was thrown against the wall.

"Since you know, why did you say it? Are you not afraid of death?"

Zhang Chi: "..."

It's as if by keeping silent, I could've pretended this never happened.

This collision nearly made Zhang Chi spit blood. Fortunately, he had many protective treasures on him, including the ones that the second thief had stolen earlier which could secretly protect him.

However, in Tang Ruoling's hands, no matter how many defensive treasures he had, they were useless, and their destruction was only a matter of time.

All Zhang Chi could do was to warn, "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by others?"

"They think we are doing something immoral here, so how would they come to investigate?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi fell silent.

Tang Ruoling was right; although there were divine soul cultivators outside, they would not dare to use their spirit soul probing to check on the situation here.

Everyone knew what would happen in the basement; one was the girl's father, while the other was the boy's master. They both tacitly avoided this place!

"Don't try to call for help, or I will strangle you!"

Tang Ruoling threatened while a vine slowly wrapped around Zhang Chi's neck.

As long as Zhang Chi made any unexpected moves, the vine would strangle him, suffocating him to death.

Zhang Chi dared not to act rashly, but in his heart, he desperately cried for help.

"Younger brother, save me!"

It'd be more appropriate to call for your sister!

Gu Youyou didn't panic as she mocked him in her mind. She had given up control of Zhang Chi's body in advance for his performance today, and now she could take over his body anytime as long as he was willing.

The fact that the well-behaved Tang Ruoling had turned into a demon woman was indeed surprising for her. She had really misjudged her back then.

However, this might also be Zhang Chi's retribution. Who asked him to cause so much trouble for her father?

Not only was she not anxious, she even found it amusing to watch the drama unfold.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you."

Tang Ruoling looked at Zhang Chi indifferently, her anger was high now because of him; she could no longer keep up her disguise.

Not to mention being locked up for two days, she was also drugged and trapped in such an embarrassing situation.

If she were a pure demon, she could have maintained her disguise naturally and not exposed herself.

However, she was a semi-demon, with half the bloodline of the human clans. She grew up in human society, had human decency, and her own pride...

She couldn't accept doing that kind of thing with someone she didn't have feelings for, so she revealed her true form.

The human's medicine wouldn't affect the demon clans much, especially since she was a plant demon who was least afraid of poison.

But after ridding herself of the toxin, she faced a new problem.

Her secret was exposed to Zhang Chi, but she couldn't kill him.

Too many people knew that Zhang Chi had gone into the basement with her. If Zhang Chi died here, she would have to flee and become a wanderer.

Since that was the case, she had only one choice — to turn Zhang Chi into her puppet.

"Don't blame me, blame the thief who caused all this, and blame your righteousness.

In this world, if you don't have strong power but like to meddle in other people's affairs, this is the only end you deserve."

After tying up Zhang Chi, Tang Ruoling formed a hand seal, and her hand glittered with a soft green light. In no time, a water chestnut gradually took shape in her hand.

"After eating my seed, you'll belong to me."

Huh?

Turns out you're the Water Chestnut Spirit!

Plant demons inherently have the means to control puppets by making their targets consume their seeds.

This big water chestnut, green with a touch of pink, looks very tender.

Zhang Chi had never picked such a big water chestnut in the canals when he was a child, and for a moment, he really wanted to taste it.

However, as Tang Ruoling was about to stuff the entire water chestnut into his mouth, Zhang Chi suddenly became startled.

"If you stuff something so big in there, it could choke me to death, right?"

Zhang Chi's scalp went numb, but Gu Youyou remained calm and composed.

"Relax, let me handle it."

Hearing her so confident, Zhang Chi didn't hesitate. He quickly closed his eyes, relaxed his mind, and soon, his body was under Gu Youyou's control.

Just then, Tang Ruoling approached Zhang Chi, about to stuff the water chestnut into his mouth, when Zhang Chi's eyes suddenly snapped open.

Tang Ruoling unexpectedly met his gaze and suddenly felt dizzy and confused, with everything going blank before her eyes.

This is a mental blast!

Tang Ruoling never expected that a Qi condensation cultivator would have such a powerful spirit soul, outmatching her.

In a daze, she didn't know how much time had passed, but when she regained consciousness, Zhang Chi had already broken free.

Her hands and feet were bound, and her body was twisted into a humiliating pose.

"Oh my, it seems our roles have been reversed."

Zhang Chi had a smile on his face, but his smile made Tang Ruoling tremble all over.

"What do you want to do?"

"Don't worry, I won't kill you."

Zhang Chi wasn't suddenly feeling merciful, but instead, killing Tang Ruoling would be difficult to explain to the people above.

If he told the people above the truth of the matter, that Tang Ruoling was a semi-demon, how would he explain his method of breaking free?

Tang Ruoling was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and he had managed to kill her, even though she was a higher level. While there were cases of Foundation Establishment cultivators being killed by Qi Condensation cultivators, those involved the peak of the Qi Condensation stage and the weakest Foundation establishment stage, with the Qi Condensation having a certain advantage beforehand.

His killing her after the fact seemed even more absurd.

Once people knew that he had such strong fighting power, the previous justification for rebutting Zhou Ran would not seem so credible, and instead, because he deliberately hid his strength, he would become even more suspicious.

In that case, he might as well learn from Tang Ruoling's method.

Fight fire with fire.

Plant demons can control puppets through seeds, and others can control plant demons through seeds as well.

As a survival expert, Zhang Chi had read many miscellaneous books on the subject.

"Hand over your life-demon seed, and from then on, you'll belong to me."

"Don't even think about it, even if I die, I won't be controlled by you."

Hehe, have you ever heard of the Divine Dragon Nine Probes?

"..."

A battle in the basement was about to break out.

Zhang Chi wasn't originally planning to use the Divine Dragon Nine Probes, as this technique was really troublesome for the user.

But to deal with Tang Ruoling, he had to.

From Tang Ruoling's perspective, he was her lifesaver, but she didn't know to be grateful and instead tried to control him, making him bump into walls, choking him, and trying to stuff such a big seed into his mouth.

For such an ungrateful demon woman, he had to administer righteous punishment!

Fight fire with fire, now it's your turn to hit the wall!