The Perverted Evil Cultivator

Once the array stopped working, Bai Long stepped forward just in time for Zhenya to open her eyes and jump towards his legs.

Hugging his leg like she did before this, Zhenya said, "I feel so much better Master! What did you do?"

"I destroyed the lives of five women, to turn you younger."

As Bai Long said so, he pointed towards the dried up women around them which caused Zhenya to suddenly freeze.

In fact, Bai Long knew that this decision of his didn't guarantee any proper result, and that it might end up causing him more harm than benefit if Zhenya felt guilty due to her conscious. 

But, at the same time, this would also allow Bai Long to know if Zhenya placed her conscious and her feelings, in front of herself, and him. 

Looking at the five women who had turned into hags, Zhenya was unable to say anything for a while before her mouth finally opened. 

"They should consider themselves lucky for being of use to you, Master."

"Use to me?"

"Yes. If I turn younger, it means that I can live longer and serve you more. Isn't that the same as them being of good use to you?"

Chuckling towards her unreasonable explanation, Bai Long felt that Zhenya was the type of woman who'd only care about him and his orders.

Since that was the case, even if Cao Ning ended up betraying him, Bai Long would still have one woman who would be loyal to him forever.

Patting Zhenya's head whose face instantly blossomed into a huge a smile, Bai Long looked towards Linxin and said, "It's time to take over the Zheng Clan."

... 

The Zheng Clan was, without doubt, the second strongest force in the entire Bai Kingdom, after the Royal Family. 

In fact, many were under the impression that once the King died, it would be the Zheng Clan which would take over the kingdom and run it through the shadows. 

This was because, the current Second Queen was none other than the main daughter of the Zheng Clan, Zheng Yailing. And her son was Bai Shen, the Crown Prince. 

With such an impressive status inside the Royal Family, and the support of the Zheng Clan, unless Cao Hai was fighting against them with the full strength of his army, there was literally no one who could stop them.

And, this even included Bai Long, who could only use various tricks, and sneak around the shadows.

Because once he made a public appearance and revealed any of his plans, it would be game over for him, before Linxin could even call for the Yin Plundering Sect's help.

That was why, of Bai Long wanted to take over the Bai Kingdom smoothly without any complications, he needed control of all the three armies, and the Zheng Clan.

...

Like always, after the sun had set and the moon came up, Zheng Yailing used her spies to find out what the king was doing. 

Once she confirmed that Bai Wang was sleeping with one of the concubines for the night, she immediately snuck out of her courtyard and into the city.

Covered in a huge hooded robe which hid everything from the top of her forehead, to the bottom of her feet, Yailing was like a teenager who couldn't control her emotion.

After all, she was hopping in such a way, that anyone could tell she was feeling giddy.

Running nonstop, Yailing who went along the same route almost every night didn't find the slightest difficulty in arriving at her destination.

"Yoohoo! Open the door, cause I am here!"

Having shouted the same words she always does, Yailing patiently waited to hear the reply from inside the house she was waiting in front of. 

But seeing that no reply came even after a long time, Yailing stiffened with nervousness and turned around to leave.

However, before she could do that, the door slowly opened and a voice came from behind her.

"What's the hurry Second Queen? Aren't you worried about what has happened to your boy toy?"

Hearing those words Yailing knew that she had been found, and even if she ran away, she had no way to make sure the one who was speaking would stay silent.

"What do you want?"

As Yailing spoke directly to the point, Bai Long laughed and said, "I like straight forward ones like you, who don't ask useless questions. Come inside, we can talk over a cup of tea."

Gritting her teeth towards the invitation which was nothing more than forcing her to enter the house, Yailing turned around and began walking inside.

Having already seen Bai Long's face when she turned around, Yailing tried her best to not reveal any kind of emotions and kept her head down as she tried to pass him.

Unfortunately, not even a single thing tonight was happening the way Yailing wanted or hoped for

Pulling the hood back, Bai Long revealed the woman's face and said, "If you care for your precious gigolo's life, I suggest you don't try anything stupid and do as I say."

Pausing for a while, Yailing didn't say anything and continued walking inside as her eyes darted all over to find any signs or clues about what happened, and where the one she was looking for was.