After wandering through Eternal Night Monarch City for a long time, Luo Ruying witnessed countless strange and wondrous things from the Demon Realm, experienced the warmth of its people, and tasted its unique delicacies...
Yet after walking for most of the day, they had only explored a fraction of the city.
The vast Eternal Night Monarch City, capable of housing ten million citizens, remained largely unexplored—they hadn't even covered a tenth of it.
Luo Hongye was already so full that her belly rounded like a drum, unable to eat another bite...
Luo Ruying couldn't help but marvel, "As expected of the capital of the Demon Realm."
This magnificent and prosperous city rivaled any place in the Immortal Realm.
As they continued strolling leisurely down the street, Luo Ruying noticed a palace in a corner of the city, adorned with bones and weapons.
The towering structure was crisscrossed with iron chains, its decorations of grinning skulls and human bones grotesque and terrifying. Countless blood-stained, broken weapons jutted from its walls and spires.
Even from a distance, the palace exuded a chilling, bone-chilling aura that made one's skin crawl...
From the very beginning, Luo Ruying had vaguely sensed that Ning Yechen was deliberately and subtly guiding her away from the terrifying Execution Palace.
This only piqued her curiosity.
"Husband, what is that place?" Luo Ruying asked, pointing at the towering Execution Palace in the distance.
Ning Yechen was momentarily speechless. After a brief hesitation, he decided it was best not to tell her yet.
He feared that if she became too curious and insisted on investigating, it might lead to trouble.
"My dear, that... is actually a themed hotel... with a horror theme!" Ning Yechen said after a moment's thought.
"Why would a horror-themed hotel need to erect a barrier?" Luo Ruying asked, looking at the Execution Palace again with confusion.
Even from a distance, she could sense multiple barriers enveloping the palace, completely muffling any sound. She hadn't seen anyone enter or exit.
"Because... hotels can get a bit noisy..."
"So, the barrier is for soundproofing, to avoid disturbing others," Ning Yechen added with an awkward smile, continuing his explanation.
Luo Ruying had a keen sense that Ning Yechen was up to something again. She tugged Luo Hongye's hand and headed toward the Execution Palace.
This startled Ning Yechen, who hurried after them.
*If my wife and child see this, they might have nightmares tonight!*
"My dear, that inn isn't usually accessible to ordinary people..." Ning Yechen tried to dissuade her as they walked.
To his surprise, Luo Ruying retorted, "Not even me?"
Ning Yechen was speechless.
How could he argue with that? She was his wife, the First Lady of the Demon Realm. By rights, she could go anywhere, and entering the Execution Palace should be no problem.
After a moment's silence, Ning Yechen nodded. "Of course you can, my dear..."
"But I don't recommend it..."
Luo Ruying's eyes narrowed, her gaze fixed on Ning Yechen. He seemed truly reluctant to let her approach that place...
Luo Hongye, standing on the ground, looked up at the swaying skeletons hanging above the Execution Palace. She pointed with her small hand and asked, "Daddy, are those bones?"
"It looks like a real person..."
"Uh... Yeye, don't be scared. It's just a fake, only for decoration~"
Ning Yechen crouched down and patted Luo Hongye's head, offering an awkward smile.
The child was still young. No matter what, he couldn't let his precious daughter carry any psychological trauma! Though she would eventually learn the truth, for now, he had to protect her innocent and romantic heart!
Luo Ruying also looked up, staring at the various skeletons hanging in the air. They looked disturbingly real...
Just then, a man wearing a white apron, his entire body covered in stitches and sutures, slowly dragged something unknown toward the Execution Palace.
The white apron was stained with blood, nearly black. Countless bizarre blades, hammers, axes, and other tools hung from his waist, clinking with each step, producing a chilling, shuddering resonance.
The thing he dragged was a bloody, mangled mess, leaving a long trail of crimson blood on the ground. The man's face, however, wore a disturbingly ecstatic grin as he muttered to himself, his voice rambling incoherently:
"How many more are left for today...?"
"Who should I go 'play' with first~?"
"Xiao Li? No, he's about to die again. The Left Protector said he can't die..."
"Mortals are so fragile~ They don't last long when you 'play' with them..."
"Let's go with Xiao Ming today~!"
"Right! Didn't the Demon Lord bring me a new gift yesterday~!"
"Today I'll 'favor' him~!" *Hehehe~*
Staring at the horrifying scene before her, Luo Ruying turned to Ning Yechen beside her and asked blankly:
"Husband... is this really an inn...?"
"Ahem, yes, my dear..." Ning Yechen cleared his throat and replied.
"His clothes are covered in blood, aren't they?!" Luo Ruying pointed at the bloodstains on Tian Xing and demanded. *This doesn't look like a proper inn at all!*
"My dear, he... is actually one of the inn's chefs. It's normal for him to have some blood on him..." Ning Yechen explained to Luo Ruying with a serious expression.
"Then that's a corpse he's holding, isn't it?!"
Luo Ruying frowned, then pointed at the corpse in Tian Xing's hand.
"That must be freshly slaughtered... ingredients!" Ning Yechen explained again.
Even he didn't believe his own words...
Naturally, Luo Ruying found it even less convincing.
That was clearly a human leg he was holding!
Tian Xing, alerted by their conversation, turned and his eyes lit up when he saw Ning Yechen.
"D-Demon Lord...?! Your arrival is truly the greatest honor for this Tian Xing!"
Dragging the corpse, Tian Xing instantly appeared before Ning Yechen and prostrated himself, his face alight with fanatical reverence.
Standard Demon Realm etiquette involved a slight bow with a hand over the chest, or a single-knee genuflection for greater respect.
Yet Tian Xing knelt on both knees, arms spread wide as he sang praises to Ning Yechen.
This was his boundless gratitude for Ning Yechen's decision to keep the Execution Palace operational.
Moreover, Ning Yechen rarely visited the Execution Palace. To witness the Demon Lord's personal presence here felt like an unprecedented honor!
Luo Ruying was startled by Tian Xing's frenzied, pathological demeanor and quickly shielded Luo Hongye behind her.
From Tian Xing, she sensed a terrifying, suffocating aura...
This man's cultivation was at least that of an Immortal Emperor!
The pungent, coppery smell of blood washed over her, and his bizarrely split eyes made her entire body feel as if its flesh, blood, and bones were being flayed away!
Her intuition told her that if he attacked, he could peel off a person's entire skin, intact and without damaging a single drop of flesh!
Upon closer inspection, she saw countless stitched seams crisscrossing Tian Xing's body, each patch of skin completely different from the rest.
She couldn't even imagine how many people's skins had been stitched together to form this monstrous form...
Ning Yechen noticed Luo Ruying's dazed expression, born of terror. He reached out and clasped her slender hand, offering her an apologetic smile.
*This is why I didn't want my wife and children near the Execution Palace...*
*This guy is one of the Demon Realm's most twisted and terrifying existences...*
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