Chapter 498: Chapter 496: Two More Mortal Realm Members Recruited—Youluo: Why Did My Words Fail When His Worked?

In that instant, the two of them also took Lu Ye to be a fellow cultivator from the Nine Nether Realm.

Otherwise, how could he know their identities, and... even know about the Nine Nether Empress from ten thousand years ago!

You had to know, even among the younger generation of the Nine Nether Realm, quite a few had already never even heard the name of the Nine Nether Empress.

"If you’re also one of us, then there’s no need to scare us. Our goal is the same." That Mortal Realm Ninth Layer cultivator said.

To know so much information, this clearly Mortal Realm Ninth Layer naturally took Lu Ye as someone likewise from the Nine Nether Realm.

It was just that he wasn’t from their Spirit Realm; the Cross-Realm Teleportation Array on their side had been preserved more completely, so they could send people above the Mortal Realm over.

Thinking of it this way, it immediately felt reasonable.

Lu Ye said blandly, "Don’t overthink it. I’m not on the same side as you."

"In fact, you could say... I stand on the opposite side of you."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the two, which had just relaxed, thinking he was a fellow from the Nine Nether Realm, instantly turned clammy down their backs.

"Opposite side"... wasn’t that just a polite way of putting it?

In plain and simple terms—enemy?!

"Senior, y-you must be joking. You know so much about our Nine Nether Realm, how could you possibly be an enemy? Hehe, you must be joking, right?" The Mortal Realm Ninth Layer forced out a smile.

Lu Ye no longer looked at them, instead gazing into the void as he spoke faintly.

"No need to be afraid. It’s actually simple—I can give you two choices."

The Mortal Realm Ninth Layer summoned up his courage and asked, "Senior, what choices? Let’s hear it. If it’s something we can do, the two of us will never refuse."

If it was something they couldn’t do, then they would have to think it over.

"Join the place you ought to join, or... die."

Lu Ye’s tone was indifferent, as if he were talking about something trivial, but it made the pupils of the two Mortal Realm cultivators, who’d had some swagger just moments ago, suddenly contract.

Their first instinct was to run, but they also had a faint intuition... that once they ran, that would truly be a road of no return!

So, they didn’t dare act rashly. Wiping their sweat, they said with some difficulty, "Senior, what do you mean by this? We don’t understand."

"Very simple. You were sent to find the Nine Nether Empress, and I am of the Nine Nether Empress." Lu Ye said with a half-smile, "Put that way, do you get it now?"

Hearing this, their minds buzzed violently, and they almost cried out in shock.

T-The Nine Nether Empress’s man?!

A moment later, the two also understood that what this man said was absolutely not empty talk. Since he’d put it like that, if they tried to resist...

The only outcome would be to fall here.

After all, he’d already revealed such a terrifying piece of information; there was no way he would let them walk away unscathed.

Instinctively glancing around at the surroundings, that Mortal Realm Ninth Layer felt some fear in his heart, but couldn’t help a stray thought popping up...

The scenery’s actually pretty nice... Being buried here doesn’t seem so bad.

"You... you want us to betray the Domain Master?!" A moment later, the Mortal Realm Ninth Layer pressed down that strange idea in his mind.

"You can’t really call it betrayal. You are, by nature, people of the Nine Nether Realm. The Nine Nether Empress is the ruler of the world you belong to. Do you see a problem with that?" Lu Ye said lightly.

After listening, the two shook their heads instinctively. "No problem." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Under normal circumstances, that was indeed the case. They were all citizens of the Nine Nether Realm.

"And right now, you’ve actually already gone astray. As people of the Nine Nether Realm, you intend to lay hands on the Nine Nether Empress..." Lu Ye’s gaze instantly turned cold.

"If you don’t want to die, I can give you a chance to atone for your sins. From now on, mend your ways, and when the time is right, follow the Nine Nether Empress to kill our way back to the Nine Nether Realm together!"

"At that time, not only will you no longer be traitors, nor have your nine clans wiped out by the Empress, on the contrary, you’ll be meritorious figures."

Hearing this, the two suddenly widened their eyes, feeling even their breathing grow rougher.

To become followers of the Nine Nether Empress?!

And then not have their nine clans implicated and exterminated...

It did sound just the slightest bit tempting. After all, how terrifying the Nine Nether Empress was back then— even from the few words they’d heard, they could feel it.

She was countless times stronger than the current other Domain Masters.

If they could truly follow the Nine Nether Empress, follow the rightful orthodoxy of the Nine Nether Realm, it might turn out to be an enormous opportunity.

"Senior, can we really follow the Nine Nether Empress?" A while later, that Mortal Realm Ninth Layer who had come back to his senses asked cautiously.

If there’s a chance to be a good person, who doesn’t want to be a good person?

"Yes. I can trust you once." Lu Ye said calmly, "From now on, you will obey her orders. When the time is ripe, I will let you see the real Nine Nether Empress."

As he spoke, Lu Ye pointed at Youluo, who was standing beside him in a black robe.

After that, he had Youluo take out the same poison as before.

"You know what this is, I’m sure. But you can rest assured—if you harbor no second thoughts in the future, I’ll解除 it for you permanently when the time comes."

At this, the two weren’t very surprised. After all, they had just said they would defect; without some restraint, no one would feel at ease.

And even after feeding them the poison, Lu Ye still wouldn’t let them see Jiang Qingge so easily.

He would just let them stay by Youluo’s side first, observe them for a period later, and only after confirming there was no problem would he consider the next step.

"Alright, you two go straight back to that city from before, find the Youluo Sect in the city, and say the Sect Leader sent you. Someone will arrange things for you."

Watching the two swallow the pills, the black-robed Youluo spoke.

She still had some things to discuss with her lord husband, so she couldn’t be bothered to escort the two back.

"Yes."

The two exchanged a look, shared a wry smile, and then left.

They hadn’t expected that in less than half a day since arriving from the Nine Nether Realm, their identities had completely flipped.

At this point, even if they returned to the Spirit Realm, it would be a dead end. They might as well follow the legendary Nine Nether Empress.

Maybe there was still a way to live.

Watching the two depart, Youluo finally took off the hood of her black robe.

"How did you talk them around? When I gave them the choice just now, they didn’t seem inclined to pay me any mind."

Youluo glanced in the direction the two had gone, then looked at Lu Ye.

Clearly she’d said almost the same thing; yet when she finished, they’d practically wanted to go all out with her, while after Lu Ye finished, those two even swallowed poison?

In that moment, Youluo once again felt... her brain wasn’t quite keeping up.