TBOUMTBDK Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Spoiling You Will Only Make This Venerable Like You More.

Inside the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, light and shadows flickered.

If one only saw the outer main and side halls, they would find it gloomy and terrifying. Whether it was the massive pillars that took several people to encircle, or the ferocious demon beast carvings on the ceiling, one would think they had entered the Yama King’s palace in hell.

However, the study at the innermost part was completely different.

The walls on the sides of the study were lined with huge, towering bookshelves, densely packed with books. The lighting was adequate, and the various decorations were mostly normal.

Most importantly, there was a curious person wandering around, occasionally saying a few words, and sometimes sighing to himself, which made the beauty leaning back in the chair frequently turn his head, his face softening.

Yun Xia only stopped after wandering around for a good while, having tidied up the scattered booklets and feeling a little bored.

He sat to one side, propping his head up, watching the Demon Lord work.

So even the Demon Lord has to deal with things late at night? He had thought he would be completely free to do whatever he wanted.

But then again, late at night or not shouldn’t matter to the Demon Lord. He could even go for days without sleeping or eating anything.

Looking at the beauty under the lamplight, he became more and more captivated. As Yun Xia watched, an unconscious silly smile appeared on his lips.

He could watch him like this all night!

Ah, no, no, he couldn’t be so decadent!

Think about the plans for the future!

Yun Xia suddenly straightened up. That’s right, cultivation!

Whether it was for self-protection or escape in the future, he needed strength. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, and the Esteemed Lord was very lenient with him, so…

Yun Xia said with a smile, “Esteemed Lord, you see, as your demon servant, I should have some strength, right?”

The Demon Lord raised his eyes from the memorial and glanced at him, “What other tricks are you plotting?”

Yun Xia walked to the huge desk, knelt on the ground, and placed his hands on the desk, looking at him like a student in class.

“I have nothing to do here anyway, so why don’t I cultivate a bit? I promise not to disturb you at all. I’ll just go to a side hall outside. If you need me, I’ll come immediately. What do you think? That way, I won’t be an eyesore in front of you.”

He held up three fingers, close together and straight, looking at the Demon Lord pleadingly.

The Demon Lord didn’t raise his head, but slightly curved his lips upon hearing this, “You are not an eyesore to this Venerable.”

Ah?

“You can cultivate here. With your level, you can’t affect this Venerable.”

Here?

Yun Xia looked behind him. That’s right, a major characteristic of the Demon Palace was its size, everything was huge. The middle of the study was a large open space, enough for him to move around.

“Thank you, Esteemed Lord! I will definitely be quiet.” Saying that, he happily got up and walked to a corner, directly sitting cross-legged on the ground.

It wasn’t that he was being reserved and not sitting on those luxurious soft chairs and couches, but he was worried that he might make some mistake and damage something here.

He recalled with lingering fear the scene of his clothes exploding…

Don’t think about it, don’t think about it, be calm!

Yun Xia closed his eyes and calmed his mind, starting to familiarize himself with the Demon Chi within his Demon Nucleus.

Time passed quickly during cultivation. He didn’t realize that it was already dawn until he woke up and found that he had been immersed in cultivation all night, and he hadn’t been disturbed at all.

When he opened his eyes, the Demon Lord was no longer there, and he was the only one in the study.

Yun Xia stretched lazily, feeling refreshed.

Should he be off work now?

Just as he was about to get up, An He came in, looking at him hesitantly, “Yun Xia?”

Yun Xia got up and smiled at him, “Good morning.”

“…Good morning.” An He looked at the study, didn’t say anything, and left the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons with him.

On the way, he asked Yun Xia how his night was.

Yun Xia only said that nothing happened, the Esteemed Lord didn’t make things difficult for him, and he had been very responsible in waiting by the side, not causing any trouble for the Esteemed Lord.

He said it very righteously, not feeling embarrassed at all, but there were some things he hadn’t said.

Returning to the demon servant’s residence from the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, Yun Xia clearly felt that the way everyone looked at him was much more respectful. After all, a demon servant who had the opportunity to directly serve the Esteemed Lord was almost the highest level among demon servants. Above that was the steward.

Yun Xia went back to his room, but his roommate was still not there. Feeling a little strange, he asked someone nearby.

That person said with lingering fear, “Have you forgotten? He disappeared a few days before you did. The steward said he was temporarily sent to the Beast Valley to work, but he hasn’t returned yet. I don’t know if he was eaten.”

Yun Xia was silent. The Beast Valley was not as simple as a canyon. It was a large primeval forest behind the Demon Palace, filled with countless demon beasts, equivalent to the Demon Lord’s back garden.

Normally, the Beast Valley didn’t prohibit people from entering, as long as you dared to go in. But ordinary demons didn’t dare to enter at all.

When something happened, a steward would usually lead the demon guards and demon servants there. If the steward returned but the demon servants didn’t, then they were basically gone.

Yun Xia looked at the empty room. This Demon Palace, this Holy City of the Demon Realm, was much more dangerous than he had imagined. Darkness was hidden beneath the calm daily life.

In the evening, it was Yun Xia’s turn to be on duty, and An He found him and went to the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons with him.

Although the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons was very large, the Demon Lord actually didn’t like having many people around. In addition to the main hall, there were also several side halls in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, with only two demon servants waiting outside.

Yun Xia: “I’m going in.”

An He quickly grabbed him, and was about to say something when he realized something and thought for a moment: “The Esteemed Lord asked you to go in?”

Yun Xia nodded.

That night, the Demon Lord was working at night again. Yun Xia didn’t know what he did during the day. He heard that he sometimes discussed matters in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, but most of the time no one knew where he was or what he was doing.

Compared to the emperors of the human realm, the Venerable Demon of the Demon Realm was more capricious and mysterious.

After Yun Xia took the initiative to talk to the Demon Lord for a while, he began to cultivate again. Mainly, he was talking about what he had felt during the day. The Demon Lord only responded to him a couple of times and listened to him without saying anything.

During his cultivation that night, Yun Xia wanted to change his method. He had already thought about it during the day. He didn’t want to just circulate Demonic Energy in his body like last night, but something more practical.

“Esteemed Lord, can I practice some… externalized, detached things tonight? Like condensing flames or grabbing things from a distance.”

The Demon Lord slowly raised his head and scanned him up and down: “Haven’t you already formed your Inner Core?”

Yun Xia trembled, almost forgetting that he wasn’t in the Restricted Pocket Dimension. Everything could be excused because his Cultivation Base was suppressed, but this was the outside world!

A Demon Cultivator who had formed his Inner Core was no longer a novice, but had a certain level of strength. What he had just said should be the most basic thing.

Yun Xia’s brain was spinning rapidly, and he tapped his fingers.

The Demon Lord looked at him, his Red Eyes filled with unfathomable depths.

“I have formed my Inner Core, but Esteemed Lord, when the Restricted Pocket Dimension collapsed that day, I happened to be on the ground, but I felt like I was hit hard by something, and my Inner Core was shaken a few times, causing me to not be able to control my Inner Core very well after I left. That’s why I said yesterday that I wanted to cultivate properly. Don’t worry, my Inner Core is fine. It’s just that my connection with it has a little problem. It’s not a big problem, as long as I familiarize myself with it.”

He was afraid that the Demon Lord would say that something was wrong with his Inner Core and offer to help him, which would be bad.

Anyway, the Restricted Pocket Dimension was gone, and it wouldn’t jump out and protest his slander.

Besides, this was entirely possible. The Restricted Pocket Dimension suppressed Cultivation Base specifically for this.

The Demon Lord looked at him deeply for a few moments, then withdrew his gaze.

“As you wish. This Venerable said last night that you can cultivate as you please. This Venerable said that you cannot affect me.”

Yun Xia chuckled twice and nodded.

That’s right, in front of the Demon Lord, even if he used all his strength, it was just like a child playing house. Could he even demolish the study?

And even if he could demolish the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, what would that be? The Esteemed Lord might not even bat an eye.

So Yun Xia completely let go and began to release Demonic Energy to cultivate. Even if he could only mobilize a little bit each time, and he would waste a lot of Demonic Energy, he could only keep extracting it. Over time, his meridians would ache faintly.

It felt like he was constantly using one arm to hold a bucket of water horizontally.

“The way you are practicing is wrong.”

A voice broke Yun Xia’s state, and Yun Xia’s body trembled, causing his Demonic Energy to dissipate.

He looked up at the Demon Lord: “Huh?”

At this time, the small ornament he used to aid in cultivation on his leg flew into the air, drawing a beautiful arc and landing in the Demon Lord’s palm.

“Not using ‘strength’ to lift it, use ‘mind’.”

The next moment, the small ornament disappeared on the spot and appeared directly in front of Yun Xia.

Yun Xia looked blankly at the Demon Lord: I’m sorry, I can’t understand what you’re saying, please say it again later.

I am a materialist, I really can’t understand such idealistic words.

The Demon Lord met his bewildered eyes filled with a trace of despair, suddenly turned his head and laughed, the corners of his eyes curving into an intoxicating arc, the black ends of his hair sliding from his shoulders with the movement of his body.

He was amused.

Yun Xia looked at his smiling face, his expression relaxed a little. He really shouldn’t use the inertial thinking of modern people to understand. If he didn’t understand, he would ask: “Esteemed Lord, what do you mean?”

“Come here,” the Demon Lord said.

Yun Xia quickly grabbed the small ornament, stood up, and walked to the Demon Lord, like a studious student.

The Demon Lord directly put down the memorial in his hand and sat up slightly.

“Chi moves with thought. Don’t separate your Demonic Energy from yourself. Wherever your mind goes, your Chi goes.”

Yun Xia had an epiphany and immediately had an association: “Esteemed Lord, when you were playing with the dog… Wolf Demon in the Restricted Pocket Dimension, was that actually what you meant by Chi moves with thought?”

Not deliberately conjuring a big hand to suppress the Wolf Demon, but moving with his heart, being able to do whatever he wanted.

It was just that the Demon Lord was too powerful, able to make Demonic Energy shapeless, colorless, and formless, unlike himself, who looked like he was releasing chakra just by releasing protective Demonic Energy.

The Demon Lord raised an eyebrow when he heard him say this: “Do you want to try it yourself?”

“Hehe, Esteemed Lord, you’re joking.”

The Demon Lord pulled Yun Xia down, and Yun Xia fell beside him, his hand almost pressing on the man’s thigh, scaring him into leaning back.

“What are you dodging? Are you afraid I’ll eat you?”

No… I’m just afraid that I won’t be able to control myself and do something to you.

Yun Xia shook his head guiltily.

“If you want to learn, learn seriously. This Venerable is not as easy to talk to as you seem.”

That sounds pretty weird coming from you.

Yun Xia nodded quickly, laughing obsequiously: “Esteemed Lord, are you personally teaching me?”

“Is this Venerable not qualified?”

“No, no, I was just thinking, you are spoiling me like this, you will spoil me.”

The Demon Lord was a little curious: “What will happen after you are spoiled?”

Yun Xia swallowed and avoided his gorgeous and deep Red Eyes.

“Uh, I might take advantage of my position, be arrogant and conceited, and then do things that make you unhappy. What will you do then?”

Yun Xia probed indirectly.

The Demon Lord’s eyes deepened, turning his face over, his voice low and magnetic, as if he wanted to suck Yun Xia into those eyes:

“Then before that, let this Venerable like you even more.”

Like me even more…

Didn’t the heart demon say that the more you like something, the more you will destroy it?

Nothing external belongs to a person forever.