Chapter 122 The Demon Emperor Begs for Leftover Buns!
"Old Wan, come out and give me a hand."
Lin Yuan, holding a basin of water used for washing vegetables, shouted toward the courtyard.
"Coming, coming!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua was wiping a stone table with a rag. Hearing Lin Yuan's call, he quickly dropped the rag and trotted all the way to the main gate.
Just as he stepped over the threshold, Demon Venerable Wanhua's gaze fell upon the man in black kneeling in a mud pit, his face covered in blood.
It only took one glance.
Demon Venerable Wanhua's heart jolted, and his legs felt a bit weak.
Although he could call the wind and summon the rain in the Lower Realm, he was ultimately just a Mahayana Stage demonic cultivator. The pure Devilish Qi emanating from the man in black before him was something he was all too familiar with!
Thousands of years ago, Demon Venerable Wanhua was just a low-level Loose Cultivator. He had accidentally picked up a damaged Demon Realm Magic Treasure in a Secret Realm. It was by relying on a trace of Nine Nether Devilish Qi remaining on that treasure that he had advanced rapidly, Cultivating all the way to the Peak of the Mahayana Stage.
And the owner of that Magic Treasure was none other than the supreme Dominator of the Demon Realm—the Nine Nether Devil Emperor!
Demon Venerable Wanhua never dreamed that he would one day see this deity of the Demon Realm with his own eyes! What he found even more unbelievable was that this high-and-mighty Devil Emperor was currently being beaten until his face was covered in blood, kneeling outside his Young Master's gate like a dead dog!
Kneeling on the ground, the Nine Nether Devil Emperor heard footsteps and looked up tremblingly.
He glanced at the emerging Demon Venerable Wanhua, his brow furrowing slightly.
A mere Mahayana Stage ant from the Lower Realm?
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor had lived for countless eons and had countless Devil Kings and Demon Venerables under his command. He couldn't possibly remember some Magic Treasure he had casually discarded, let alone recognize an insignificant character like Demon Venerable Wanhua.
But what terrified the Nine Nether Devil Emperor was something else.
It was that such an ant, who wasn't even fit to carry his shoes, could walk out of this forbidden residence so boldly! Moreover, when this ant looked at the young man holding the water basin, his eyes were filled with absolute fanaticism and submission!
"Old Wan, what are you standing there in a daze for?"
Seeing Demon Venerable Wanhua standing at the door staring, Lin Yuan urged, "This beggar is injured and looks quite pitiful. Help him to the shade of that big tree over there to rest for a bit. Then go to the kitchen and get two of yesterday's leftover meat buns to fill his stomach."
Hearing Lin Yuan's instructions, Demon Venerable Wanhua's whole body jolted.
The Young Master had spoken!
To hell with whether he was a Devil Emperor or not! Before the Young Master, even the deities of the Nine Heavens had to behave! He was the Young Master's man now!
"Yes, Young Master!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua took a deep breath and walked quickly to the Nine Nether Devil Emperor's side.
He grabbed the Nine Nether Devil Emperor's arm. It looked like he was supporting him, but in reality, he was dragging his former 'idol' to a large tree not far away.
"Wait here!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua glared at him, then turned and ran back to the kitchen.
Lin Yuan sighed as he looked at the Nine Nether Devil Emperor's despondent and wretched state.
"Sigh, in this world, it's not easy for a disabled person to come out begging. Not only do they lack food and clothing, but they also easily trip and fall on the road."
Lin Yuan shook his head and casually splashed the vegetable washing water from the basin onto the bases of the stone lions on both sides of the gate.
*Splash.*
The dirty water, carrying a few withered vegetable leaves, spilled onto the bluestone slabs.
In the perception of the two stone lions outside the gate, this water contained pure vitality of creation, and those withered leaves were tainted with the aura of a supreme divine object. The two stone lions exerted themselves frantically in their hearts, instantly absorbing every drop of moisture.
After splashing the water, Lin Yuan turned and went back into the courtyard, leaving the Nine Nether Devil Emperor alone, trembling under the tree.
A moment later.
Demon Venerable Wanhua came out carrying a coarse porcelain bowl, which contained two cold, hard meat buns.
These were buns Lin Yuan had asked Demon Venerable Wanhua to make a few days ago because he thought there was too much meat from the Earth-Shaking Demonic Dragon Pig. After sitting for a few days, the dough skins had already become somewhat dry.
Demon Venerable Wanhua walked to the tree and placed the broken bowl on the ground in front of the Nine Nether Devil Emperor.
"Eat. This is an Opportunity bestowed upon you by the Young Master! Once you're done eating, leave quickly. Don't be an eyesore in front of the Young Master's gate!" Demon Venerable Wanhua warned in a low voice.
Looking at the cold buns on the ground, the Nine Nether Devil Emperor's eyes instantly turned red.
As the dignified Lord of the Demon Realm, not only was he beaten by the Ancient Ancestor as if he were a beggar, but now he was being ordered around by a Mahayana Stage ant and forced to eat someone's cold leftovers!
But when one is under another's roof, one must bow one's head.
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor tremblingly reached out, grabbed a cold bun, closed his eyes, and took a large bite.
*Crunch.*
The bun skin was a bit hard, but the moment the meat filling spread in his mouth—
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had witnessed the most incredible miracle in the world!
*Boom!*
A violent and peerless surge of Archaic Demonic Dragon blood and Qi exploded in his mouth!
The Archaic Demon King Origin contained in the meat filling, along with a surge of creation vitality that transcended the Heavenly Dao, instantly flooded his entire body!
His bones, which had just been shattered by a palm strike from Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo, frantically reconstructed under the washing of this power!
Not only were his injuries healed instantly—
But his Devil Emperor body was forced to a higher level. His bones turned into pure purple-gold, emanating a terrifying demonic majesty that was impervious to all techniques!
"This... this is the meat of the Earth-Shaking Demonic Dragon Pig?! And the Mother Qi of the Great Dao?!"
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor was losing his mind.
He no longer cared about his dignity as a Devil Emperor. He grabbed the remaining buns with both hands and stuffed them into his mouth like a hungry wolf, even carefully picking up and licking clean the crumbs that fell into the mud.
"So delicious! This is a supreme immortal medicine!"
After finishing the two buns, the Nine Nether Devil Emperor felt the Devilish Qi surging within him, and he faintly touched upon a higher Realm.
He looked up abruptly at the tightly closed gate.
He finally understood why the Great Ancestor would rather stay here as an immobile stone gate block! To be able to eat a mouthful of leftovers from this supreme existence was simply the greatest Opportunity in the entire Demon Realm for a hundred thousand years!
"Thank you, Great One, for the meal! Thank you, Ancient Ancestor, for the teaching!"
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed nine times toward the gate of Mortal Dwelling.
After kowtowing, the Nine Nether Devil Emperor left without any hesitation, turning into a streak of black light that tore through the Void Realm to rush back to the Demon Realm at full speed.
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Demon Abyss.
Inside the grand Bone Demon Palace, the Grand Elder and a dozen or so Demon Realm Elders were waiting anxiously.
*Rip—*
The Void Realm split open, and the tall figure of the Nine Nether Devil Emperor stepped out.
The aura on him was countless times more terrifying than when he left. A single trace of demonic majesty he casually emitted was enough to make the Elders present struggle to breathe.
"Welcome back, Your Majesty!" The Grand Elder was full of excitement. "Did Your Majesty successfully retrieve the god-slaying demon spear?!"
At the mention of the words "god-slaying demon spear," the Nine Nether Devil Emperor's expression changed abruptly.
"Shut up! Do not mention that iron rod again!"
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor roared.
"Your Majesty, why... why is this?" The Elders looked at each other in confusion.
"A sacred object? It's not worthy!"
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor announced loudly, "During my trip to the Eastern Desolation, I witnessed an incredible and supreme taboo! The god-slaying demon spear is currently serving as a pillar for a gazebo in that Great One's courtyard!"
The sound of sharp intakes of breath filled the Demon Palace.
"Not only that! Our Demon Realm's Ancient Ancestor is also serving as a stone lion guarding that Great One's door!"
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor took a deep breath.
"Pass down my decree! Immediately close all passages from the Demon Realm to the outside world! Build the highest-specification altar in the very center of the Demon Palace!"
The Grand Elder plucked up his courage and asked, "Your Majesty, for the altar... what should we enshrine?"
The Nine Nether Devil Emperor's eyes were pious as he said word by word, "Enshrine a... meat bun! From this day forward, everyone in our Demon Realm shall worship it day and night!"
A craze of "bun worship" that swept through the entire Demon Realm began.
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Mortal Dwelling, northern outskirts of Qingyun City.
After splashing the vegetable water, Lin Yuan returned to the courtyard.
Xiao Yuer and Xiao Lian were squatting under the Primordial World Tree, boredly playing with the mud on the ground.
"Revered Master, is there anything else fun to do?" Xiao Yuer looked up with her mud-stained face, gazing at Lin Yuan expectantly.
Lin Yuan walked over with a smile and wiped the mud spots off her face with his sleeve.
"Playing with mud every day like a little kitten. Fine, Revered Master will make a new toy for you today."
Lin Yuan went to the storage room and rummaged around for a while.
Soon, he came out holding a palm-sized piece of purple-gold wood and a rusty carving knife.
This wood was a scrap of the Primordial World Tree left over from when he had cut some to make a swing seat last time.
Lin Yuan sat down at the stone table, placed the wood on the surface, picked up the dull carving knife, and began to carve.
*Scritch, scritch, scritch.*
Wood chips flew.
In the eyes of Demon Venerable Wanhua, every stroke of Lin Yuan's knife traced deep trajectories of the Great Dao in the void!
The patterns carved into the wood represented the most fundamental Law of Wind and the Dao of Life in the world!
In just half an hour.
A simple, lifelike wooden bird appeared in Lin Yuan's hand.
"It's finished."
Lin Yuan put down the carving knife, picked up the wooden bird, and brought it to his lips.
*Whoosh—*
He blew a gentle breath, cleaning away the wood chips from the bird's surface and crevices.
The moment that breath hit the wooden bird!
*Buzz—!*
A brilliant golden light suddenly flashed in the wooden bird's hollow eyes.
On the previously lifeless wood grain, a layer of incredibly dazzling five-colored feather phantoms faintly emerged!
With a single breath of creation Qi from Lin Yuan, this wooden bird had directly transformed into a supreme divine object possessing a pure True Phoenix Bloodline!
"Go on."
Lin Yuan held the wooden bird and gently tossed it into the air.
*Click-clack, click-clack!*
Accompanied by the crisp sound of wooden mechanical gears engaging, the wooden bird actually began to flap its wings in mid-air!
It circled and flew around the Primordial World Tree with incredible agility.
"Wow! It's flying! Revered Master is so amazing!"
Xiao Yuer and Xiao Lian jumped up in excitement, chasing the wooden bird as it flew through the courtyard.
Demon Venerable Wanhua swallowed hard.
That was a living Ancient True Phoenix! And it was being used as a toy for two little girls?!
At the bottom of the pond.
Xiao Jin, the East Sea Golden Dragon Emperor, peeked out half of his head to watch the "wooden bird" flying in the air.
When he felt the suppression of that pure True Phoenix Bloodline, Xiao Jin silently retracted his head to the bottom of the pond and found the most remote corner to lie down.
"This is too much bullying!"
Xiao Jin blew bubbles dejectedly at the bottom of the pond: "The dog is an Ancient Devouring Beast, the tree is the Primordial World Tree, and now even a wooden toy is an Ancient True Phoenix! As a Dragon Emperor of the True Immortal Realm, I really am just a bottom-tier little brother in this courtyard!"