Chapter 2 First Steps into the Demon Realm

The dark red sky was gloomy, but it seemed to be daytime.

The land resembled the bottom of a scorched pot, with only a few tenacious weeds and magical plants growing in the distance.

But this is the demon realm.

Sinbei City was just a small city in the Demon Realm, usually quiet and peaceful, but recently it has suddenly become lively.

"Hey, have you heard?"

"I heard, I heard! Is it true that the City Lord's Trading Company got a human cultivator cub and is going to auction it off?"

"It's definitely true! Look, our city has seen a lot more demons from other places lately. I bet they're here because of this!"

The demon who spoke nodded confidently, as if he could already see the grand scene at the auction two days later.

At this moment, Su Yu, the cub who was about to be sold, had just slowly woken up from a daze.

"It's so noisy—"

Su Yu rubbed her head, fully waking up.

A crimson expanse came into view—the cloth covering the cage.

He remembered that when he fell in the darkness, the sky in front of him suddenly turned dark red. When he realized that he was about to hit the ground, he immediately used his spiritual power to try to slow down. However, his spiritual power, which had always been obedient, became sluggish, causing him to crash directly to the ground.

Fortunately, his body was much stronger after cultivation than it is on Earth; otherwise, it wouldn't have been a matter of just a few days in a coma.

Su Yu sat up in the cramped cage and stretched her body. She was somewhat surprised to find that most of the injuries she had sustained from the fall had been treated.

Su Yu tentatively reached out towards the cage door, but was quickly jolted back by the electric current emanating from it.

"[Well,]" the system said pitifully, "[Host, you were found and picked up not long after you fell down. What bad luck!]"

Su Yu felt a throbbing vein on her forehead.

[Wasn't this your mistake? How am I supposed to get to the Spirit Realm now?]

At this point, the system perked up, proudly announcing: [Don't worry! I contacted the main system backend while you were unconscious. Although there have been some changes to the plot, the world generation progress isn't a major issue. Host, you can stay in the Demon Realm and make your grand entrance when the plot unfolds.]

[What changes?]

[Oh, it just means there are a few more possible storylines, like siblings meeting but not recognizing each other, or a love-hate relationship, etc. Don't be mean, there's still a happy ending.]

[knew. ]

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief; her immediate priority was to find a way to escape as soon as possible.

Demons are mostly vicious creatures, and he didn't want to be sold off; becoming a tonic or a slave was neither a good thing.

The spiritual energy emanating from the human cultivator was as conspicuous in the demon realm as a flashlight in the dark. It's likely that the demon merchant who was planning to sell him sensed the spiritual energy and discovered him when he fell unconscious.

Spiritual power is useless in the demon realm; on the contrary, it will bring disaster.

With her thoughts racing, Su Yu lowered her eyes, a coldness settling between her gentle and refined features.

Xiaoqi was a little sad that she couldn't help.

Su Yu took a deep breath and said in a somewhat numb tone:

We still need to bring the guards over first.

Su Yu pondered for a moment, then tentatively absorbed some of the dissipated demonic energy.

Xiao Qi obediently shut her mouth, not daring to disturb her host.

The demonic energy entered the body and collided with the original spiritual energy. The two sides immediately began to tear each other apart violently, desperately trying to expel the heretic from the body.

Su Yu quickly forced out some more demonic energy, trying to feel as weak as if she were about to die, and called out in a weak but loud voice, "Help, help me, is anyone there...?"

"I...I can't take it anymore..."

Outside the cages, out of Su Yu's sight, were the goods that the City Lord's Trading Company was preparing to auction together. In addition to magical artifacts and cultivation techniques, and baby demon beasts, there were also three groups of huddled-together demon slaves locked in three large cages.

Hearing the cries for help coming from the cage in the middle, most of the slaves remained indifferent and numb, while some subtly diverted their attention.

The door to the warehouse was rudely pushed open by the guard, who swaggered in, muttering impatient curses.

"Damn it, which little bastard doesn't want to live and is causing trouble for grandpa?"

As he passed by the group of slaves, the guards waved their fists in a show of intimidation. Only when they saw the slaves huddled together in panic did they feel a little better.

The guard, who was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, immediately recognized the voice as coming from the cage containing the human cub.

The voice was very weak; it probably wasn't faking it.

Fearing that something might go wrong with this novel auction item and he would be held responsible, the guard, despite his impatience, decided to thoroughly investigate what kind of trouble the cub was causing.

The guard squatted down with a dismissive attitude and lifted the red satin covering the cage.

As long as it doesn't die before it's sold, that's fine.

The room was dimly lit, and the cage was pitch black, but the cargo's breathing was unexplainedly weak and rapid. The guard prepared to put down the satin and report to his superiors to have the merchant's doctor examine it, so that at least the cargo would appear healthy before going to auction.

However, before the satin could fall, two fair arms reached out from the pitch-black cage, tightly gripping the guard's neck and slamming him towards the cage.

Caught off guard, the guard's large, fleshy face slammed into the railing, making his face look even more ferocious from the impact.

Realizing he had been tricked by a brat, the guard glared furiously at the somewhat disheveled Su Yu inside the cage, struggling fiercely and even opening his mouth to threaten him, channeling his magic to teach Su Yu a lesson.

Su Yu interrupted the guard before he could make a sound or take any action.

The guard inexplicably stopped struggling, but his eyes were filled with terror.

Staring at his prey, Su Yu slowly revealed a seductive smile, a smile that seemed somewhat incongruous on the young boy's face.

"Look into my eyes..."