Modern Cultivation : The Strongest Couple Bonded by Vampire System

Ariadne's eyes turned cold, her killing intent filled the air, and her pupils shrank, turning into reptilian eyes.

Her hand then transformed into a draconic claw.

It pierced through Yubina's body.

But instead of a wound, the body turned into a puff and disappeared.

"Interesting, so my guess was right."

'Damn it!' Ariadne cursed in her mind, realizing she had made a huge mistake.

'It seems I have gotten careless because Olivia and Quartz were here.'

It wasn't the first time Yubina tried to guess the secret she was hiding.

"Let's say what you claim is true. What do you want with the meeting?"

"I know it's true," Yubina replied with confidence.

Ariadne rolled her eyes. "Just answer."

"I swear this: I will not attack them nor share your secret with anyone, but in exchange, I want to know what your plans are.

You are not the only one cooperating with humans; I know many do.

Some even join that stupid coalition. Their goal is nothing more than greed; they fail to see the bigger picture."

"…"

"I see you are still not convinced. Don't you think it's proof enough I haven't shared your identity with anyone?"

"Are you kidding me? Since when does holding a sword to someone's neck earn trust?

And don't think I don't have countermeasures prepared. I dare you to share the news and see what happens."

Yubina put her finger on her chin, looking deep in thought, then let out a sigh.

"It seems you've taken it the wrong way. How about this then."

She raised her palm forward, and her qi then surged.

"I, Yubina, demon emperor of the fox clan, will make an oath on my beast core. As long as Ariadne doesn't harm me, I will cooperate and never betray her."

The qi reverberated, turning into a mark on her core.

This oath made Ariadne squint her eyes.

"Just what are you planning? To take a beast core oath?"

Unlike humans, beastmen have different values. They respect strength the most.

That is why, despite having a foolproof method to ensure someone's loyalty, rarely does anyone do it. Only when the other party does it on their own initiative will it be accepted.

"To cooperate, we need trust, and this should be more than enough."

'Hmm… that oath still has too much leeway. If it's a human, I would never believe it, but for an emperor to put such words…'

If word spread that she betrayed it by using some kind of loophole, Yubina would lose the respect of her clan.

After some deliberation, Ariadne decided to talk with Yubina and then let her meet with Olivia and Quartz.

The other choice was to fight to the death, one she wasn't confident she could win, and even if she did, things would just become more complicated.

Inside the castle, Quartz and Olivia saw everything that happened.

Ariadne did this on purpose to make sure they could take some preemptive measures if things grew out of hand.

"What do you think, Olivia?"

"Well, what else can we do? Meet them. But we'll keep information about Alex and the others a secret."

"Mixing truth and lies, let's do as usual then."

Olivia nodded; it wasn't the first time they negotiated, and every time, they used a good cop, bad cop strategy.

Despite the method being old and well-known, it was still very effective.

Quartz usually took the position of pushing information out of the target, while Olivia would cut it down if she saw the target wouldn't speak.

But unfortunately, this wouldn't work for Yubina.

Not only was her strength far greater, allowing her to see through their façade, but she also had no plans to hide her intentions.

Yubina had reached the limit of her strength and had already found a way to break through it. But that method required her to go to another world.

She did have a choice to go through the rift, but for some reason, she decided not to. That was why she sought an alternative.

Yubina wanted to confirm if they really came from another world. Based on the information she had gathered, she was sure they were not people from this world.

Time passed on, and without realizing it, a week had gone by.

Alex was now with Mingyue, Luca, and Emily. They were looking at the wonder of the gate.

The gate was made from jade carved with a dragon on one side, while there was a phoenix on the other.

It was so large and high that it made skyscrapers look puny in comparison. It seemed to stretch to infinity, passing through the sky.

If Alex didn't know they were in the core region, he would have thought it stretched all the way to space.

"Just who made this thing? Is it really Xueqi's ancestor?" Emily asked.

"It should be them. Well, if FengXue were here, maybe she could tell us more."

After getting a new body, FengXue was still busy cultivating. She returned back to Bai Yue Sect to focus on raising her strength.

Meanwhile, Qingwa changed ShangXi Temple into the base of their operations.

Utilizing its connections and teleportation network, Qingwa tricked them into creating communication towers everywhere.

She also spread out Bai Yue Sect members to every city with teleportation arrays, then ordered them to silently take over.

The results were very good; just this week, their communication covered almost a quarter of the whole region.

More than half of the territory had also fallen under Bai Yue Sect's control.

But not everything ran smoothly; some of the sect members panicked or got too arrogant in their missions, ending up in screw-ups. Discover hidden tales at empire

This turned into full-blown conflicts that still ended with Bai Yue Sect's victory but not without repercussions.

News spread that a sect was expanding aggressively and had possibly taken over ShangXi Temple.

Most people might have seen this information as mere gossip or entertainment, but not the sect and clan leaders.

With the crisis, they set aside their pride and hatred and decided to create a coalition.