The Demon King looked at the Wind God's handsome son with pride in his eyes. Although the father and son didn't get along in private, they still maintained a proper distance in front of all the demons.
"Xiao Jiu, has your immortal power stabilized?"
Hu Jiu nodded. "It's all ready. I'm just about to discuss the trip to the Demon Realm with my father." With that, he waved for the demons to disperse.
In just a moment, only the father and son remained in the entire hall.
The Demon King's eyes showed relief, followed by some regret, "If you weren't going to the God Realm, this position of Demon King would have been yours."
Hu Jiu rolled his eyes. If it weren't for his mother stopping him, this old man would have passed the position to him hundreds of years ago. "You don't need to be nervous about the changes in the Demon Realm. Nothing will happen."
The Demon King asked in confusion, "Why?"
Hu Jiu's lips curled up. "If I'm not mistaken, the Holy Maiden of the Demon Realm is Xiao Ge'er." Ignoring the Demon King's surprise and questions, Hu Jiu walked straight towards the Demon Realm.
"Hey! You should at least explain things in more detail." The Demon King shook his head helplessly as he watched Hu Jiu's departing figure. This kid was even more impatient than he was in his youth.
At this moment in the Demon Realm, Lu Yan was stunned by the scene that was different from what he had imagined.
The demon race and the demon race are separated by the Demon Forest, which is tens of thousands of miles away. Even with his cultivation level, it took him more than half a month to cross the Demon Forest. As soon as he arrived at the border of the demon race, he saw a large number of demon soldiers busy around the Demon Forest.
Lu Yan's heart tightened. Had those guys found out about his return to the Demon Realm? Looking at the strength of the demon soldiers, Lu Yan sneered disdainfully. They were underestimating him. Did these few shrimp soldiers and crab generals think they could deal with him?
Just then, a first-tier demon general shouted, "Measure carefully! This is related to the setup of the teleportation array and the great cause of the demon race. We cannot be careless."
"Yes, sir. We will definitely explore this carefully."
Just as the Demon Commander was about to speak, he saw a powerful demon looking at them curiously, emanating a faint pressure. In the past, he would have been on high alert when facing a high-ranking demon, but now the Holy Maiden had decreed that powerful demons could not attack weaker demons indiscriminately.
Once, a demon violated this rule, and Her Highness the Holy Maiden directly beat up the powerful demon and added him to the Holy Tower's blacklist, preventing him from entering for a long time to come.
For the demons, not being allowed to enter the Holy Tower was not only a matter of strength, but also a matter of face! After several such incidents, this rule was gradually accepted by the demons.
The Demon General cupped his hands in greeting, "Has this sir just passed through the Demon Forest?"
Lu Yan, unaware of the other party's thoughts, cautiously nodded, "So what if it is?"
The Demon Commander's eyes lit up. "That's great! Do you think the route you're taking is safe? With your strength, how long would it take you? What difficulties and dangers would you encounter along the way? Please don't mind, we're just conducting a survey, uh, a questionnaire. We're currently drawing up a map of the Demon Realm to make it easier to set up teleportation arrays here in the Demon Forest later."
The demons once crossed the Demon Forest and even bypassed most of the demon race to attack the human race, but this only happened a hundred years ago. Moreover, they did not pay attention to the changes in the Demon Forest along the way, which is why the Demon Commander asked about his situation.
Lu Yan was completely confused, feeling that something was off. After a while, he realized it was the vocabulary. A survey or questionnaire wasn't new to him, since he had always been around the shopkeeper. Where had these demons heard these terms from?
Lu Yan tried to voice his doubts, but to his surprise, the other party replied frankly, "It seems you haven't been in the Demon Realm, have you? These are all instructions given by Her Highness the Holy Maiden. With your strength, if you were to go to the capital, you would definitely be highly valued by Her Highness the Holy Maiden."
The Demon General looked at Lu Yan with envy. The other party's strength was unknown, but he was at least a high-level Demon General, or even a Demon Lord. With such strength, he could join the Holy Maiden's guard.
Perhaps because of Lu Yan's formidable strength and the significant progress he had made in mapmaking, the Demon Commander had the leisure to converse with him. Hearing the Demon Commander's praise of the Holy Maiden, Lu Yan was utterly dismayed.
This style, this way of doing things, how come it's so similar to his store manager?
Lu Yan asked in a trembling voice, "Do you know the name of the Saintess's shop?"
The Demon General glanced at Lu Yan with displeasure. "Her Highness the Holy Maiden is so noble, how could I possibly know her name? But Her Highness the Holy Maiden's surname is An, what a beautiful surname, truly befitting of her title."
It really is the store manager! Lu Yan's eyes lit up. He was incredibly curious. The demons weren't so easy to subdue. The eldest prince was foolish, the second prince was treacherous, his aunt wasn't innocent either, and there was a bunch of demon royals who were just guarding their glory and doing nothing all day. More importantly, there was the Demon King, his grandfather, who seemed shrewd but was actually incompetent.
As a cultivator, how did the shopkeeper manage to gain the trust of these demons so much?
Hearing the Demon Commander mention Demon Gods and Human Immortal Lords, Lu Yan was a little confused. He had only been traveling through the Demon Forest for half a month, how could the Demon Realm have changed so much? Seeing that the Demon Commander was unwilling to talk more, Lu Yan decided to stop while he was ahead and told him about the situation in the Demon Forest.
With the shopkeeper and two immortal lords present, the tension between humans and demons shouldn't be as high as before. Moreover, the Demon Forest borders the demon realm, and even with the teleportation array and the demons acting as a buffer, there shouldn't be any direct conflict between humans and demons.
Lu Yan knew that the other party was acting on the orders of the store manager, so he spoke frankly and without reservation.
Knowing that the shopkeeper was in the capital, Lu Yan headed straight there. As he neared the capital, the holographic ring suddenly activated. Lu Yan's eyes lit up; he had finally made contact with the shopkeeper.
Lu Yan was in such a hurry to get to the capital that he was unaware of the changes within the demon race, aside from what he had heard about the Holy Maiden from the Demon Commander. In his mind, even if the shopkeeper became the Holy Maiden, there would still be a lot of demons in the capital opposing her. Given his special status, which might cause trouble for the shopkeeper, it would be best to communicate with her beforehand.
Thinking of this, Lu Yan pressed the holographic ring.
At this moment, An Ge was listening to the First Prince report on the progress of the image-recording stone mining. The prince spoke with great enthusiasm, emphasizing that under the wise guidance of the Holy Maiden, the mining of the magic ore had achieved tremendous success.
An Ge was somewhat speechless. She had only spoken, so how could she have given such brilliant guidance? The First Prince was indeed worthy of having studied among humans. She didn't know how well he had learned in other areas, but he must have passed the art of language.
I heard that after the eldest prince reformed, he dismissed his harem and did a lot of practical things for the demon race. In addition, he took every opportunity to promote the greatness of the Holy Maiden, and his reputation among the demon race almost reversed.
An Ge glanced at Lu Qingyang with a wicked look. Was this an accident or intentional?
Regardless of the truth, the outcome is ultimately good.
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