TBOUMTBDK Chapter 45

Yun Xia looked as if he was incredibly enthusiastic about cultivation, with a face full of righteousness and affirmation, if one ignored his reddened lips and pink earlobes.

The Demon Lord found him endearing and indulged him, saying, “Alright, I will protect you.”

Yun Xia immediately shook his head and waved his hands, “No need, no need, there’s no need at all. I’m just cultivating, for someone as important as you to protect me…”

“This Lord is pleased,” the Demon Lord said.

Yun Xia immediately fell silent. Since “This Lord” had come out, it seemed he couldn’t refuse him.

“Okay then, but I’m not cultivating here. I want to find another place to cultivate,” Yun Xia could only compromise.

The Demon Lord was casual about this, saying offhandedly, “Mm, why do you want to change places?”

Yun Xia didn’t answer. He was joking, the bed was right here. He didn’t feel safe cultivating here.

“Just change places, Esteemed Lord. Where is the highest place in Holy City? Let’s go there! We can also look at the scenery!”

The Demon Lord smiled knowingly, not exposing him, and disappeared with him in an instant.

The next moment, Yun Xia appeared high in the air, with the brightly lit and bustling Holy City below.

He was shocked. It was so high!

Looking down, it was somewhat familiar.

“This is… the Star Demon Pavilion?”

“Mm.”

Yun Xia clicked his tongue in amazement, remembering Wei Ying telling him that every city in the Demon Realm had a Star Demon Pavilion, personally ordered to be built by the Demon Lord, with a huge investment.

“Esteemed Lord, are the Star Demon Pavilions in every city exactly the same?”

“Correct.”

“Then… why is the Star Demon Pavilion in the Demon Palace smaller than the one in Holy City?”

The Star Demon Pavilion in Holy City was the tallest building in the entire Holy City. Standing here, the scenery was indeed excellent, the lights turning into stars, spread throughout the buildings and streets, forming star rivers.

The Demon Lord liked to see him full of curiosity, so he said, “Think about it.”

Yun Xia indeed stroked his chin and began to think.

“Um… the Star Demon Pavilion is mainly a place for healing. It has many herbs, formations, and so on… The one in the Demon Palace is the same, but besides the Star Demon Pavilion, there are many other places in the Demon Palace to store these things…”

Yun Xia thought as he pondered, suddenly his eyes lit up, “I know! There are many buildings in the Demon Palace, spreading out the functions of the Star Demon Pavilion, but there is only one Star Demon Pavilion in Holy City, and it faces more people, the demon guards patrolling the towers, the demon soldiers on the city walls, and so on! So the demand is greater, right?”

The Demon Lord praised, “As expected of Little Yun Xia, truly intelligent.”

Yun Xia was a little proud to be praised, “It’s nothing, it’s nothing, not comparable to your foresight and resourcefulness, Esteemed Lord!”

The Demon Lord looked at him with a smile, the light of Holy City flickering slightly in his eyes.

Yun Xia’s heart stirred, and he quickly said, “Let’s not talk anymore, Esteemed Lord, I’m going to begin meditation.”

After that, he sat cross-legged on the top of the Star Demon Pavilion and began to cultivate, with the Supreme of the Demon Realm standing beside him.

Mo Jun Zhou stood quietly in the wind, his eyes shifting from Yun Xia to Holy City, and then from Holy City back to Yun Xia.

His expression was gentle.

A quarter of an hour later, the guardian of the Star Demon Pavilion silently appeared in mid-air, trembling slightly. Someone had actually arrived at the Star Demon Pavilion without alarming him!

This was a place personally decided to be built by the Esteemed Lord, and a place he valued very much!

The guardians of each Star Demon Pavilion had a very high cultivation base and good eyesight, their strength only slightly weaker than the average strength of the city lords.

He immediately realized that the person who came was extraordinary, and just as he was about to politely inquire, he saw the man standing there glance at him indifferently, raising his index finger to his lips.

The guardian immediately felt surrounded by an unfathomable aura. As long as he made any movement that violated the man’s gesture, he would be crushed by the surrounding majestic aura.

How terrifying…!

The guardian was covered in cold sweat. Where did this expert come from? Could it be the city lord of some city? Or even a Demon King?

What was the other party’s intention?

Just as his brain was rapidly thinking about how to notify others if the visitor was malicious, he suddenly realized that he couldn’t see the man’s face clearly.

Or rather, he saw it, but the next moment he forgot it, so although he saw it, he couldn’t recreate the other person’s appearance in his brain.

This is…

The guardian shuddered all over, his pupils shrinking sharply. This was the Esteemed Lord?!

He immediately knelt on one knee, deeply lowering his head.

The Demon Lord hadn’t appeared in Holy City for a long time, so he hadn’t even thought about it.

The Esteemed Lord appearing here, was it related to recent events?

Because of the Demon Lord’s previous indication, he didn’t dare to ask, but only glanced at the person sitting at the Esteemed Lord’s feet.

An unbelievable idea surged up. The Esteemed Lord wouldn’t be… not wanting him to disturb this demon, would he?

Before he could continue to ponder, a voice directly entered his sea of consciousness, “Leave.”

The guardian immediately nodded, disappearing from the spot the next moment.

Yun Xia didn’t notice that anyone had come. After cultivating for a while, his Divine Consciousness entered his Sea of Consciousness.

He wanted to see what was going on with the Spirit Transmission Seal.

The Sea of Consciousness was the same as he had seen it last time, with no changes. Blue sky, white clouds, grassland, and clear breeze. Yun Xia lay down in his Sea of Consciousness grassland and rolled around twice, stretching a few times, then summoned the Spirit Transmission Seal.

The Spirit Transmission Seal still looked the same as before, with nothing unusual. How could it suddenly not be able to communicate?

But Yun Xia would never go into in-depth research. He even kept the Spirit Transmission Seal separated in front, for fear of the first situation happening again, accidentally touching this thing and transmitting his thoughts to Xiao Nanli.

He stared at it for a long time, not seeing anything special, so he had to throw it aside. Then he remembered the gray bead and summoned it out as well.

Originally, he just glanced at it casually, but this glance made him notice something unusual.

The color of this bead had deepened? It had turned into a dark gray, and it wasn’t purely gray. There was also a faint blue or purple light mixed in.

Yun Xia: “…”

“What exactly are you?! How did you change color without my permission? What are you up to?”

Even he himself didn’t know what had happened.

This was the most headache-inducing thing.

The unknown was terrifying. He didn’t know if this thing hidden in his Sea of Consciousness would explode one day.

After leaving, when he returned to the Immortal Realm, he must immerse himself in the library and read more books!

Although there were many books in the Demon Lord’s study, most of them were the Demon Lord’s personal books, and not everything was available. He roughly flipped through them, and many were too profound for him to understand at all.

The Immortal Realm was different, there should be more books there.

Thinking of this, a figure suddenly appeared. Yun Xia was startled. Taking a closer look, it was actually the Demon Lord!

But he quickly calmed down. This Demon Lord was not the real Demon Lord, just a projection of his thoughts. He had just thought of this person, so this person appeared.

“Maybe I really miss you now, even though you are by my side,” Yun Xia smiled helplessly.

Sure enough, in the Sea of Consciousness, there were no secrets to hide.

He couldn’t even deceive himself.

…

Yun Xia stared blankly at the unmoving Demon Lord, suddenly realizing that his time was really running out. Three days later, Senior Brother Xiao would enter the city, and then, looking at the time for their retreat, it was estimated that it would be at most eight or nine days in total.

Eight or nine days…

Yun Xia’s Divine Consciousness suddenly vibrated, returning to his body. He hurriedly opened his eyes and swept a glance, not failing to meet the Demon Lord’s eyes.

The Demon Lord had actually been watching him.

Yun Xia’s heart felt a pang, and he got up and threw himself into the man’s arms.

Holding him tightly.

“Esteemed Lord, I’m not cultivating anymore, let’s go for a walk!” Yun Xia, without waiting for the Demon Lord to ask him, actively raised his head and said to him.

The Demon Lord rubbed his face and chuckled, “You were so determined just now, why don’t you want to cultivate all of a sudden?”

Yun Xia, “You can cultivate anytime, but the Netherflower Festival is only once every five years, I don’t want to waste time, Esteemed Lord, let’s go!”

After that, the two continued to stroll around Holy City. They had been shopping a lot these past few days, but Yun Xia didn’t find it boring at all, and didn’t find anything tedious to do.

And the Demon Lord stayed with him the whole time.

Only in the gaps of strolling, he could still detect Yun Xia’s sudden unusual emotions, but he instinctively felt that even if he asked, Yun Xia would not answer, so he didn’t ask.

Tonight, they strolled for a long time, Yun Xia pulling the Demon Lord and talking a lot. When he was finally tired from shopping, he got on a small boat with the man, and swayed back and forth as he leaned against the Demon Lord and fell asleep.

The Demon Lord saw his furrowed brows and said softly, “What exactly are you thinking about tonight?”

He pressed on Yun Xia’s forehead, wanting to enter his Sea of Consciousness.

But in the end, he didn’t go in.

The man said in a low voice, “Tell me if there’s anything in the future, I won’t enter your Sea of Consciousness again, unless it’s related to those two things in your Sea of Consciousness.”

He pinched Yun Xia’s straight nose, smoothing out his tightly furrowed brows, and pulled him into his arms.

For the next two days, Yun Xia changed his previous idleness. During the day, he often hung out with Huai Ying. Sometimes they just went out together in the morning, and then went out together again in the afternoon, only returning in the evening.

He even came back later than the Demon Lord, and then dragged the Demon Lord out for shopping, shopping for two days in a row.

On the third day, the day before Yun Xia’s appointment with Senior Brother Xiao, the Demon Lord stopped him who was about to go out again.

“You’re going out again? How come you’ve been busier than me these past few days?”

Yun Xia said with a smile, “Really? It’s okay, it’s just the newly acquainted friends I told you about, I’m going to play with them.”

The Demon Lord’s eyes were dangerous, “So close to them, so close that you spend more time with them than with me?”

Yun Xia immediately said excitedly, “Esteemed Lord, are you jealous? Hahaha, how rare, you’re also jealous…”

Before he finished speaking, the Demon Lord suddenly pinched his chin, pulling him in front of him, “I can do more things, don’t you know?”

“…”

“A gentleman uses his words, not his hands…”

“I can also only use my mouth.”

Yun Xia: “… No flirting during the daytime!”

The Demon Lord raised an eyebrow.

Yun Xia immediately grabbed his wrist, “It’s nothing, it’s nothing, Esteemed Lord, just let me go out, I have an appointment with someone, he will take me to see a very powerful person tomorrow, I must go!”

“What very powerful person?”

“I don’t know, Huai Ying said that the demon comes from a very far place, knows a lot of things, is very powerful, and very mysterious, he was also introduced by someone else.”

“Oh? So powerful,” the Demon Lord said lightly.

Yun Xia said, “Esteemed Lord, you are knowledgeable and experienced, so it must be average in your eyes, I just heard that the person also knows immortal techniques, and I am very curious, so I want to go and see.”

“Dual cultivation of immortal and demon?”

“Yes, yes, I have never seen such a person, so I want to go and see,” Yun Xia looked at him expectantly.

The Demon Lord heard this, his eyes moved, and he finally relented, “Then go.”

“Thank you, Esteemed Lord, I’ll come back and tell you tomorrow night after I see that person!”

After saying that, he turned and left.

After a while, a person appeared behind the Demon Lord.

“Esteemed Lord, the person who cultivates both immortal and demon that Lord Yun Xia said, could it be related to the matter we are investigating? One of the people we investigated is like this, and it is very likely to be him!”

The Demon Lord held a teacup in his hand, shaking it gently, without speaking immediately.

The man waited quietly.

After a long time, he heard the Demon Lord say, “Follow him secretly, especially tomorrow.”

“Yes, Esteemed Lord.”

After Yun Xia left the inn, he grinned.

–

The plan was going smoothly. The Demon Lord, hearing the keyword “dual cultivation of immortal and demon,” would definitely take action, but in order not to startle the snake and scare the person away, he would definitely send someone to follow him secretly.

That way, Senior Brother Xiao would be able to meet the Demon Lord’s people!