Rebirth of a Villainess 64 Path of Enlightenment 22

Accompanied by her chambermaids, the young mistress of the YuanLi sect, was announced into the hall where the fox prince sat.

"Greetings Fox Prince! I am Li Jiao, daughter of Sect Leader Li"

Xu Hui curtsied to the man that rose up on his feet when she walked into the hall, the demon lord held his composure, while looking at the woman that portrayed herself as the young mistress of the sect. He smiled amicable and returned her greeting likewise.

"Greetings Young Mistress of the YuanLi sect, I'm Prince Rong from the fox clan."

After exchanging greetings the two sat across from each other.

"Bring some wine for the fox prince!"

Demon lord Zhurong carefully watched the movement of the woman that sat in front of him. He only had the painting of the sect leader's daughter, but had never met her in person. Looking at her face, he saw the gentle beauty and gracefulness displayed by the woman that was masquerading as Li Jiao. That made me wonder who the "real" Li Jiao was, while waiting on the wine to be served.

"Forgive my manners fox prince, I hope you like drinking wine or there is always tea. I have never been to the fox clan, therefore I know next to nothing about what the people of your clan eat or drink."

"Wine is okay, I don't like to eat when I leave the fox clan. I have a weak constitution for food that are not made from my clan, but I can tolerate any kind of wine."

"I'm sorry to hear that, Fox Prince Rong. I was about to ask the kitchen to prepare us some food."

It wasn't that the demon lord couldn't eat outside food, but the impurities which were in the form of the spiritual energy that came from being around anyone that had spiritual energy for cultivation was usually highest in foods unlike wine. Wine had some spiritual energy in them from their indirect contact with anyone that possessed that form of energy, but the demon lord knew from experience that he wasn't going to eat anything that came out of the heavenly realm, due to their spiritual energy which was like a poison to him.

The mirror of Yao was suppressing his demon energy, which made him less susceptible to the poisonous environment that he was in, the mask that would have prevented him from breathing in the poison was tucked away inside the layers of the robe he was wearing.

"Fox Prince Rong, could you tell me what brings you to my humble sect?"

The way Xu Hui spoke anyone would have taken her to be the young mistress of the sect, she sat with such dignity and poise. The epitome of gracefulness!

"Young Miss Li, why don't we wait on the wine to be brought in, before I talk about the reason for coming to the YuanLi sect?"

Xu Hui could see that the fox prince was going to prove difficult to handle, although he looked very calm and easygoing.

There was one thing the BaoXu sect disciple couldn't stand, being kept waiting, now that she had been reborn, it was as if her patience was almost nonexistent. She could kill anyone that kept her waiting for too long. Although, it was only a short time since the servants had gone in to get the wine for their mistress, to Xu Hui they weren't as fast enough for her.

She was already boiling inside from the mannerless fox prince, and having to sit by him for how long was making her shifting in her seat with discomfort.

"Is your seat not to your liking? Or is it that you don't want to sit and would rather take a walk around?"

The BaoXu sect disciple thought she had hidden it well from the fox prince, her growing irritation, but for him to point it out to her, made Xu Hui realize that he was not an easy man to deal with.

"Thank you for your concern Fox Prince Rong, but I am quite comfortable from where I'm sitting."

Xu Hui had to bite her tongue from lashing out at the annoying fox royalty. She saw the knowing smile he sent her way, this made her wish like slapping the smile off his face!

They soon heard an approaching tinkling sound and knew that the wine was about to be brought inside. One after the other, the maids set the tray bearing the porcelain green kettle and small cup on the table in front of their mistress and the fox prince.

"Thank you! You may all wait by the door!"

Demon Lord Zhurong, smiled and gave a nod at the women, before facing the one that he left his kingdom to see.

Xu Hui poured the pale colored wine from the kettle into her cup, while the demon lord did the same. After lifting the cup to take a sip of the wine, did the demon lord finally open up to discuss the purpose of his visit to the YuanLi sect.

"Young Miss Li, I heard you paid a visit to the BaoXu sect, should someone as sickly as you be going to such a dangerous place alone?"

The BaoXu sect disciple looked at the man across from her, his had a cordial smile that brightened his already handsome face. Xu Hui did not know why his presence made her uneasy, he was smiling and yet there was just something that was not quite right while looking at him.

"News really travel fast to the fox clan! Who would have thought the little walk to another sect would become a fodder of gossip in another realm. You must have a lot of time on your hands to be paying attention to things like that!"

The demon lord heard the bite in her voice, while silently laughing inside him.

"Young Miss Li, if my father does not show much interest in what is going on in other realms. I, Prince Rong, have to do so, for the future of the fox clan! Show such interest no matter how insignificant would let me ensure the protection of my people."

"But there was something that I heard and I silenced others from spreading the news. Is it true that you are Xu Hui?!"

The demon lord dropped the cadence of his tone to almost that of a whisper. When the words left his mouth, the cup that Xu Hui held fell to the floor with a clatter.

"Young Miss Li, are you alright?!"

The servants heard the sound of broken cup and left where they were to see if their mistress was hurt.

"I'm..okay."

Xu Hui looked very rattled by what the "fox prince" said, "How did anyone find out that I am not Li Jiao, but Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect?! I never told anyone except Fu Zian. After I saved his life, he chose to betray me?!!!"

The BaoXu sect disciple thought that the one that betrayed her to the fox clan was Fu Zian, not knowing that the demon lord had spies about. If the demon lord already knew of her duplicity, then the GuBaiJin sect may not be too far behind on the deception, because the sect leader also had spies too in other sects.

"Leave us alone!"

"But what about the broken cup, Young Miss Li?!"

"You can return later and have them cleaned up! Can't you see that I'm having a discussion with the fox prince?!"

Xu Hui ordered the servants to return back to their post, although they did as commanded, the look of worry for their young mistress was evident in their eyes.

"You need to treat your servants better Young Miss Li?"

The mask of gentility that Xu Hui had worn for some days now, finally shattered under the influence of the "fox prince" who she didn't know of his existence until today.

"You're right! I am Xu Hui of the BaoXu sect that reincarnated into the body of the sect leader's daughter of YuanLi sect!"

"How does it feel to know that the one that killed you is walking about and actually married to the young mistress of the WuYangChen sect."

"Brother Feng is now the sect leader of WuYangChen sect?!"

"You still give him so much respect, it seems that you can take a pig out of the swine, but you can never get rid of its ugly nature."

"Who is the pig?!!!"

Xu Hui hated the man that had discovered who she was, knowing that her murderer was living a good life, while she was dying from walking the path of infernal cultivation. The bitterness taht was in her heart rose up once again, she though he had died from the massacre at her sect, only to be told that he now had a higher position and was living well.

Overcome by the emotion within her, the eyes of Xu Hui flashed to the color of crimson, which was only possible if she was either about to use the blood flail technique or was enraged.

"Xu Hui, be careful! You don't want to be thrown out so soon after waking up in your new body."

Wanting to get back at the fox prince for putting her in such a tight predicament, the BaoXu sect disciple, discretely held her hand under the table and formed them a fist with it. Instantly, the demon lord felt as if his insides were being squeezed so tight.

He began coughing blood on the table that was set in front of him, staining the robes he wore and the floor. Holding on to his belly, Demon Lord Zhurong faced Xu Hui with eyes full of pain.

"Is this something that your sect taught you?!"

Xu Hui's face reflected the confusion that was in her heart and guilt coupled with pain, she was practicing a technique that was frowned upon by her sect and hearing the "fox prince" ask made her remember how much she had strayed away from the right path.

"It is a forbidden technique."

Just that simple statement made Xu Hui shut her eyes in silent affirmation of what the demon lord said to her.

"I would do what it takes to exact my revenge on Feng Yueming!"

"You can keep looking for him all you want, but there is no one that goes by the name Feng Yueming anymore."

The demon lord wiped at his mouth with the sleeves of his robes, while speaking to the BaoXu sect disciple.

"What do you mean that there is no one that goes by that name?! Didn't you just tell me that Brother Feng isn't dead and is the sect leader?!"

"There is no longer a cultivator with the name Feng Yueming, but there is one that goes by the name Chen Yueming and he is married to the daughter of the former sect leader."

Since Xu Hui was so upset, she wasn't thinking right when the demon lord first told her that Feng Yueming was now the sect leader, even if he had changed names, his position was still the same, so as long as she knew he was the sect leader, it shouldn't matter if he wasn't going by the name she knew him as while they were at BaoXu sect.

"Being reborn as made you quite ignorant. Are you sure you would be able face him?"

The demon lord smiled at the obvious foolishness that Xu Hui was displaying in the face of hearing about her archenemy.

"I have already killed him a million times in my head, I just need to see him in person to put my thought into action!"

"I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you would never be able to kill Sect Leader Chen the way you are now!"

Xu Hui looked at her visitor with the look that read, "What is he even talking about?!"

Chapter end