In the middle of the night, there were far fewer pedestrians on the street, and some places were completely deserted. In front of a stationery store that had already closed, there was an old manhole cover.

"Click~"

The manhole cover, which had been moving normally, suddenly shook, and then was slowly and gently pushed open from inside. A soft, black, slug-like creature crawled out of the cover.

'Ding-dong~' At the street corner, a girl riding her bicycle home from her night shift was passing by the manhole cover when she saw the dark shape. She was instantly terrified and screamed, 'Ah!~'

The following day, the management office received a call from Yue Jiuling requesting leave. The reason for her leave was that the Demon King of the Demon Realm had suddenly disappeared, and she needed to help search for him.

"Holy crap, my king has disappeared?! How is this possible?! My king!~"

"No way? The King has actually disappeared? Can we ask for leave to go look for him too? I'm so worried about the King."

After learning of the Demon King's disappearance, Bai Xinyu and Xiao Baicai huddled together and cried. They even wanted to ask for leave to help search for him, but Director Yu refused to grant them leave.

Director Yu sat in his office looking at Bai Xinyu and Xiaobaicai's leave slips. He comforted them, "Don't worry, with Jiuling here, the Demon King will definitely be safe. We don't have many people in our department right now, and Long Er hasn't returned yet. If you take leave too, what if there's a case? Besides, people in the Demon Realm are probably looking for you. Even if you go, they might not need you."

After hearing this, Bai Xinyu could only nod and take back her leave slip. In fact, she knew that she didn't need to be involved in finding someone; she was just worried that something might happen to that beautiful demon king.

Xiao Baicai also took back his leave slip. Since Bai Xinyu wasn't asking for leave, why should he? He was just a weak little cabbage spirit, and even if he went, he wouldn't be able to help. So after thinking it through, he stopped being impulsive.

Seeing that the two of them had returned to work without asking for leave, he said, "I told you not to be impulsive. The King is so powerful that nothing will happen to him. Don't worry. Besides, haven't Jiu Ling and Chief Qi You already led people to look for him?"

Little Cabbage nodded and said, "Yes, I know that, but I'm still a little worried."

Bai Xinyu stroked Xiaobaicai's head and said, "Yes, I'm the same as you. Although we're rivals now, I'm willing to pray for the King with you."

Mu Xiaoyi couldn't help but laugh when she looked at these two 'love rivals'. She said, "You two are love rivals? Are you serious? But speaking of which, won't your demon king's disappearance cause chaos in the demon realm?"

Ye Dongfeng also said, "That's right, and they disappeared in our human realm. Could it implicate our human realm?"

Hidden with a serious expression, he said, "I don't know either. But it's only been a few days since he went missing. The demon realm probably hasn't discovered that the demon king is missing yet. At most, only some of his confidants know. I just hope he can be found soon. Although I don't go back to the demon realm often, I still know that there has been some injustice in the demon realm over the years."

"Yes, I've heard that too. Many powerful demons in the demon realm are still dissatisfied with the current demon king."

Bai Xinyu said worriedly, holding her phone.

Xiao Baicai wasn't in the mood to watch videos and learn carving today. He was staring blankly at his phone, looking like a pitiful little thing. If Yue Jiuling saw this, she would definitely laugh at him for having his heart stolen by Qingcheng.

The Divine Realm, Phoenix Clan

In a magnificent and opulent palace, a young man dressed in black sat at the head of the main hall, lost in thought.

Suddenly, a guard dressed in flame-patterned clothing entered, holding a colorful tail feather. He bowed to the young man and said, "Reporting to the Third Young Master, I have something to report."

The boy, without looking up, said, "Speak."

The guard said, "That's right, a border guard found a letter pleading for help addressed to the Phoenix Clan, so I brought it in."

"A distress message? What kind of distress message?"

The guard presented the tail feather with both hands, saying, "It seems to have been sent from the demon realm. They said that the demon king, Qingcheng, suddenly disappeared in the human realm, so they wanted to ask our clan to help find her."

"What? The Demon King is missing?" The boy exclaimed in surprise as he took the tail feather. "Then we must quickly send people to help search for him. Qingcheng is from the Light Spirit Peacock Clan, and the Light Spirit Peacocks have always had a close relationship with our clan. We must find her!"

"Third brother, who are you going to find?"

Just after the boy gave the guards the order, a voice suddenly came from inside the hall, and then a man and a woman appeared. The two of them were also wearing clothes with flame patterns, but the material and style of their clothes were much more advanced than those of the guards.

The person who had just spoken was the woman. Seeing that the boy didn't answer, she said to him, "Third brother, you still haven't said who you're going to find? And how come you're sitting in the eldest brother's seat again? Get down right now! You have no respect for your elders!"

The boy finally spoke up. He playfully stuck out his tongue at the two of them, then chuckled and got off his seat. He said to the man, "Hehe, I just wanted to sit in your chair for a bit, big brother~"

The man looked exactly like the young man. He shook his head, both helpless and indulgent, and said, "Well, how about this? Since you like sitting in this seat so much, I'll go and talk to my father and ask him to give it to you, okay?"

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