However, once he made any comment, something would happen.

He was sure of it by now. Women were simply unreasonable in many aspects.

Take playing games for example. She was obviously very lousy at it, yet she simply refused to admit it. On top of that, she didn't even allow anyone to criticize her about it.

She wouldn't even listen to him when he tried to point out why she was doing so badly at the game.

Most importantly, so be it if she was lousy, right? Yet, she refused to give up and insisted on playing it.

The combination of such a stubborn streak, which was inherently part of a woman's nature, coupled with Silly Girl's obstinate and competitive nature which didn't allow things to slide, meant that things were utterly hopeless.

After stepping on the land mine once, the wise Wang Hu had become determined to never step on it ever again.

He would just let her do whatever she wanted.

Since he couldn't help but want to comment if he watched, then he might as well not watch.

In his boredom and lack of interest in returning to his cultivation right away, he scanned the area outside the room with his divine senses. The two little fellows were currently having the time of their lives in the quadrangle. Since he was with them every day, he naturally wasn't in the mood to play with them either.

Suddenly, his gaze flickered, and he looked at Ling Shuang who was rapidly approaching from afar.

Her aura…

A bit of joy came over him right away. He got up and walked out of the room. When he reached the hall, Ling Shuang just so happened to be speaking with the two animals standing guard at the door and requesting an audience with him.

"Come in," Wang Hu sat on the throne and said dispassionately.

Ling Shuang entered the hall. Her shoulder height had reached ten meters tall, and she carried a frosty and icy-cold aura around her as usual.

Her enormous body still seemed as incredibly light-footed and nimble as ever as she walked.

"Greetings, my lord."

She lowered her head slightly. Her cold and indifferent voice sounded rather respectful.

Wang Hu nodded slightly. Then, he asked dispassionately, "Why have you come, Ling Shuang?"

"My lord, I've come to request some time off so that I can attempt to break through in my cultivation," Ling Shuang answered calmly.

It was as though breaking through, which was a huge cause for joy, was nothing in her eyes.

Wang Hu's joy intensified a little.

As expected, that was indeed the case.

The corners of his lips curled upward slightly, and his voice turned a little warmer. "Do you have any confidence?"

She was going to be the first subordinate whom he had personally groomed to break through to the Divine Body Realm.

Wang Hu, who already valued Ling Shuang very much from the start, valued her even more now.

"Yes, I do," replied Ling Shuang somewhat aloofly.

Wang Hu didn't mind her aloofness at all. That was her personality. No matter how bossy he might be, he would naturally still be able to tolerate it.

Not to mention when she was such an outstanding subordinate.

The more Wang Hu looked at her, the more pleasing to the eye she was.

Reticent, capable, talented, and pleasing to the eye…

She was much better than those few other fellows.

He nodded with an approving look in his eyes. Then, he smiled and said in satisfaction, "Good. As expected, you're indeed the most talented among all the animals. I await good news from you."

"Yes, my lord." Ling Shuang's gaze seemingly gained a hint of mildness.

After a moment's thought, Wang Hu sent her a voice transmission.

Then, he said to Ling Shuang: "Wait here for a moment."

Ling Shuang didn't raise any questions. She nodded and waited quietly.

A few minutes later, a frail and gentle-looking woman in her Dao form walked out of the cave.

She was a stunning beauty with a sense of gentle frailness in her large eyes. Yet, in the depths of her eyes, there was also a hint of intelligence. On top of that, there was also an enchanting quality around her.

"My lord."

The woman bowed at Wang Hu and spoke respectfully and demurely. Then, with both hands, she presented him with a space bag.

With a wave from Wang Hu, the space bag appeared right in front of Ling Shuang. A mild and moderate Wang Hu spoke, "You're the first person in the Tiger King's Cave that's going to break through to the Divine Body Realm. Be it for official or personal reasons, I should reward you for it.

"Take it that I'm giving you a hand with these things. Other than that, I'll also impart to you some knowledge about things that you should take note of during your breakthrough."

Some information immediately entered Ling Shuang's mind as he spoke.

The woman's eyes widened. She looked at Ling Shuang in astonishment, rather envious and even jealous.

Ling Shuang closed her eyes and organized her thoughts. Then, she lowered her head once more and said gratefully, "This subordinate thanks the lord."

"Go. A successful breakthrough will be the best form of gratitude to me." Wang Hu's attitude was very positive.

"Understood," replied Ling Shuang. Then, she left with the space bag.

Silence filled the hall for a couple of seconds. Upon noticing that the demon lord seemed to be in a very good mood, the woman couldn't help but ask, "My lord, is Commander Ling Shuang really about to break through to the Divine Body Realm?"

"Yeah." Wang Hu was still smiling. Soon, he would gain a loyal Third Realm-level subordinate.

Moreover, this was also a sign that symbolized that the animals under his command would soon open the gates to the Third Realm.

Before long, there would be more and more Third Realm subordinates that were truly loyal to him.

How could he possibly not be overjoyed about that?

Thus, he had given the woman a straightforward answer.

"How impressive!" The woman remarked enviously.

Wang Hu looked over upon hearing her remark. At once, as though something had occurred to him, he glared at her a little and snorted lightly. "You actually have the cheek to say that?"

There was disdain in his voice.

The woman instinctively trembled as though she was frightened.

Two snowy-white tails immediately appeared behind her. Furry and extremely clean, they even twitched uneasily a couple of times, making them look awfully pretty and adorable.

"My lord…" She lowered her head and called out softly, somewhat aggrieved.

"Hmph. The resources that you received aren't any less than the others. Neither is your bloodline aptitude any more inferior to the others. Yet, you've only just reached peak-level Transformation Realm. How useless." Wang Hu barked huffily.

If one were to describe Ling Shuang as a good female subordinate, then this cowardly fox would be the one being served as a foil.

In terms of bloodline aptitude, the cowardly fox could be said to be the strongest among all the animals. Even Silly Girl had been fairly astonished by it.

In terms of resources, as his housekeeper, it naturally went without saying how much she received. The resources she received weren't any lousier than what Old Second and Old Third got.

Yet, she had actually only just reached peak-level Transformation Realm last month.

This infuriated Wang Hu. If it wasn't because he still found her useful and that she was still the best candidate to be his housekeeper, as well as the fact that she wasn't male…

He would have tossed her into the Lichi world to undergo training a long time ago.

The woman—in other words, Su Ling—felt rather aggrieved.

She had already tried very hard to cultivate. She had even reduced the original three hours that she spent watching television dramas every day to only two hours.

Other than that, she also needed to handle education matters every day, as well as all the Tiger King's Cave's affairs.

On top of that, she even had to think of ways to avoid incurring the vicious tigress' persecution. It wasn't her intention to allow her cultivation speed to fall either.

In fact, all she thought of day and night was to break through to the Divine Body Realm, so that she could transform into her true Dao form. When that happened…

"Alright, go and cultivate. You can wait and see how I'm going to punish you if you don't make it into the first ten to break through to the Divine Body Realm." Wang Hu barked impatiently. That cowardly fox was simply a coward that yielded only to coercion and not friendly persuasion.

The moment their days became quiet and peaceful, she would become the least motivated among all the animals. She simply needed to be forced into action.

"Understood." Su Ling gave him an even more aggrieved look. Then, after taking a look at the demon lord, she turned and entered the cave.

Wang Hu didn't pay any more attention to the cowardly fox. Instead, he sent a few orders to Old Second, Old Third, and Jun Wen.

He told them to make the necessary arrangements such that no one was allowed to disturb Ling Shuang. At the same time, he also wanted to give them a little stimulus.

They had been secretly and openly competing against one another to see who could break through to the Divine Body Realm earlier.

Being overtaken by an outsider all of a sudden—and by a female outsider, no less—was undoubtedly a huge stimulus to Jun Wen, Old Third, and the others.

An unexpected surprise might just take place.

True enough, dissatisfied voices reached Wang Hu's ears in no time.

The corners of his lips curled upward, and he turned and returned to the room in a rather good mood.

Then, he discovered that Silly Girl was still playing the same game, though she had switched to a specialized game console this time.

He walked forward. He couldn't resist the urge to take a few looks, upon which he immediately turned away and unable to make himself watch any further.

Di Baijun's gaze flicked over to him lightly. A rather unfriendly aura formed around her, and she secretly let out a cold snort before her jade-like fingers continued to tap continuously on the screen at lightning-quick speed.

Wang Hu sat cross-legged a meter away from her and got ready to cultivate.

However, he had only just gotten ready to circulate his energy when he couldn't resist taking another peek.

He secretly let out a resigned sigh.

"Ah!" Suddenly, Di Baijun let out a soft cry, and her grip tightened around the game console. At once, the game console was reduced to dust.

Not in the least surprised, Wang Hu curled his lip disdainfully. That was exactly how the cell phone or game console would end up sometimes when Silly Girl lost very badly at the game.

The next moment, he saw Silly Girl directing a hostile gaze toward him.

At once, he said, "That has nothing to do with me."

"Hmph. In that case, what were you looking at just now? It's all because you disturbed me," Di Baijun said as she glared at him.

"…can't I even look at my beautiful wife?" replied an amused Wang Hu.

"Don't laugh. I'm talking to you very seriously here." Di Baijun's expression became stern, and she spoke seriously.

Wang Hu sighed softly. Silly Girl really wasn't the same Silly Girl, who would become shy and bashful the moment he paid her a compliment, from back then anymore.

She had changed.

She had become a little harder to coax and cajole.

His expression became stern, and he said seriously, "Queen Di Baijun, I'm also talking to you very solemnly here. I'm going to tell you something: nobody, no matter who it is, can stop me from looking at my wife's unparalleled and beautiful face."

Di Baijun—whose expression looked as if it was about to mellow—quickly regained control of her facial expression, and she glared at him coquettishly and haughtily.

Then, she turned away while trying to suppress her smile.

Wang Hu smiled smugly inwardly right away.

Can't take it anymore, can you?

This is a piece of cake. Do you think you can fight with me just because you've become a little more thick-skinned?

Do you think you can compete with me over who's more thick-skinned? It won't work even if you cultivate for another few dozen, no, another few hundred or another few thousand years.

Wang Hu felt fairly satisfied after the daily flirting. He felt like he could calm himself down and focus on cultivating now.

He activated his cultivation technique and started to cultivate.

Di Baijun rolled her eyes at him again before she also followed suit and started to cultivate.

She liked playing certain games, but she was only playing them out of boredom because there wasn't anyone who could fight with her. It definitely wasn't because she was addicted to them. Even though she lost very badly at the games sometimes, she nevertheless wasn't addicted to them.

Quiet and peaceful days went by. Ever since the second day after Ling Shuang went into seclusion, a very anticipative Wang Hu would take a look at where she had gone into seclusion every once in a while.

This was because Ling Shuang had already started to undergo metamorphosis in her breakthrough.

His feelings of anticipation and his fondness toward Ling Shuang grew with each passing day.

…because this signified that Ling Shuang was even more outstanding.

On the fourth day, he received more good news. Jun Wen had approached Wang Hu and told him that he was also going to break through.

Wang Hu's mood improved even further. He also bestowed upon him some resources, the amount of which was only a little less than what he had given Ling Shuang.

After all, there ultimately had to be some differences between the first and the second.

On the fifth day, Jun Wen went into seclusion and started his breakthrough process.

In the days that followed, everyone in the Tiger King's Cave discovered that their King was in a very good mood.

However, relative to that, Wang Liang and Wang Shan weren't so happy anymore. Wang Shan, in particular, was in a huge panic.

Both Ling Shuang and Jun Wen had already started their breakthroughs, yet he couldn't catch even a glimpse of his own breakthrough. How could he possibly not panic?

Wang Hu had also noticed this, but there was nothing he could do about it.

One could only depend on themselves when it came to matters like this.

On the other hand, although Wang Liang was also rather anxious, he wasn't excessively so. What he felt more strongly was immense pressure instead.

Apart from the two of them, some other animals that had already reached peak-level Transformation Realm had also become more or less a little anxious.

When Wang Hu discovered this, he instead found the situation rather positive.

It was only right that his subordinates be self-motivated, competitive, and stubborn enough to refuse conceding defeat to others. It was only through this that the troops under the Tiger King's Cave's direct command would be able to rapidly strengthen themselves.

If all of them were like the cowardly fox, there wouldn't be anything to hope for from those under the Tiger King's Cave's direct command anymore.

In the blink of an eye, another three days went by.

This afternoon, a powerful aura suddenly rushed into the air from one of the caves.

Boom!

As though a whale sucking in water, all the spiritual energy in the vicinity started to rush into the cave.

It was then followed by a loud and vigorous roar.

Roar!

The roar resounded loud and clear throughout dozens of kilometers of where the cave was, alerting everyone in the Tiger King's Cave.

Wang Hu and Di Baijun, who were both in the midst of cultivating, awoke with a start. With joy in their eyes, the two of them stopped cultivating, exited the cave, and came to the cave where Ling Shuang had gone into seclusion.

Quite a few animals had already gathered there. It was just that they didn't dare to go near the area because of Wang Hu's order, so all of them were watching from afar.

Two minutes later, someone with a chilly aura walked out of the cave.

Tall and slender, she wore a pure white dress. Her stunning countenance was as frosty as ice itself.

There was icy cold frostiness all around her.

Wang Hu felt his eyes light up as he observed her. His gaze lingered for a moment on her unusually long and straight legs before he gazed at the figure with a look that was full of approval and free of any unusual emotion.

"Ling Shuang pays her respects to the King and the Queen."

The woman said as she cupped her fists and bowed slightly in greeting.

"Haha! This is great!" Wang Hu didn't conceal his delight at all. He nodded a few times and said approvingly, "Well done, Ling Shuang! As expected, you didn't let me and the Queen down."

There was no change in Ling Shuang's expression, save for a hint of gratitude that flashed across her cold eyes. She nodded at Wang Hu and Di Baijun as a show of gratitude.

Both Wang Hu and Di Baijun understood her personality. Ling Shuang wasn't an eloquent or expressive person. This was already enough to express her emotions.

Moreover, Di Baijun was simply fonder of such a personality anyway.