Chapter Three Hundred Eighty-Four: Measuring the Wealth of the Demon Clan, Winning the Heart of the Immortal Medicine Lord
Time seemed to stretch endlessly.
When the Fire Ape finally woke up, the first thing it saw was Young Master Sang’s mischievous grin.
“Hey, you’re awake?”
The Fire Ape was so startled it nearly had a heart attack, pleading in terror:
“Lord! I was wrong! I shouldn’t have provoked you guys; I know now that I’m blind…”
Well, well. Looks like being a coward isn’t just a human thing.
“Relax, your life is not important to us,” Young Master Sang said leisurely, casually tossing a dagger in his hand.
“Just a quick question.”
“What does your transformed self look like?”
The Fire Ape hesitated for a moment before its giant ape body shrank down into a bald dude with a scruffy beard.
Young Master Sang: “…So ugly.”
The bald guy forced a grin: “Well, most forms of the Demon Clan are random; I didn’t choose this…”
Turning to Shi Qingyan, Young Master Sang suggested, “How about we just grab a fox demon to impersonate? I can’t stand this ugly visage.”
“Were you not keen on pretending to be a pig demon before?” Shi Qingyan teased with a smile. “What’s wrong now, feeling ugly?”
Seeing the cheeky look in Shi Qingyan’s eyes, Young Master Sang knew she was holding a grudge and couldn’t help but pout.
“Nian Nian, buy all the information on this Fire Ape.”
After knocking the Fire Ape out again, Young Master Sang murmured to himself.
“Thanks for the business~” Nian Nian snapped her fingers, and a flurry of information appeared before Young Master Sang.
From birth to personality to growth history, every detail about the Fire Ape named “Chaya” was meticulously presented.
Young Master Sang only glanced over it but managed to get the gist.
Chaya was quite the unfortunate fellow. He was supposed to stand out in the Fire Ape Clan, but there was always that “perfect kid” from the tribe who overshadowed him.
The clan leader’s son, Mu Nala.
They were the same age, both a bit over two hundred years old, which is young for the demon clan. When Chaya was just starting his nascent stage, Mu Nala was in his transforming stage, and by the time Chaya reached his, Mu Nala had already advanced further.
At this point, Chaya finally reached the transforming stage while Mu Nala had already breached the combining stage.
To add salt to the wound, the childhood sweetheart Chaya harbored feelings for admired none other than Mu Nala.
Poor Chaya was forever the clown, diligently courting his childhood friend yet continuously ignored.
Daydreaming about the old saying, “Thirty years in the east and thirty years in the west,” he hoped for a day when he’d no longer be underestimated.
Too bad, that day never came.
Instead, he ran into Young Master Sang.
“Being the eternal second-fiddle is a skill too,” Young Master Sang sighed after finishing the info.
Disguising himself seemed doable.
With Nian Nian around, there was no worry of being exposed.
Next up, following the young elites of the Fire Ape Clan to the gathering of demons.
Luckily, since Chaya had an ongoing feud with Mu Nala, the clan’s young talents isolated him.
So, they sent him off to this remote area to help the Rhino Demon just before the gathering.
Chaya’s original plan was to deal with the Rhino Demon’s issues and then head straight to the Myriad Thunder Abyss to reunite with his teammates.
During this time, he’d be all alone, making a perfect facade.
“But the distance to Myriad Thunder Abyss is… farther than I imagined.”
Young Master Sang murmured, “Looks like I need to pick up the pace.”
He casually tossed the unconscious Fire Ape into a cave, then touched his forehead, activating his mask mode as he slowly morphed into Fire Ape Chaya’s appearance.
“What about you? If Chaya suddenly has a fox demon following him, that might raise some eyebrows.”
Shi Qingyan puffed her cherry lips in annoyance, taking a long while before huffing, “No need.”
“With my current Blood Demon powers, even lingering close to you, the Fire Ape Clan won’t be able to detect me.”
“As for whether anyone will notice in the Myriad Thunder Abyss… that’s another story.”
“So are you seriously not considering becoming a Rhino Demon?” Young Master Sang asked earnestly. “Then I’d have an excuse, saying I met my fated love in the Rhino Clan, and no one would suspect you.”
“Absolutely not! Dream on!”
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Meanwhile, in the far west of the Demon Clan, at the Myriad Thunder Abyss.
The Myriad Thunder Abyss is a realm cloaked in perpetual thunderclouds. The mountains shimmer in a deep purple, nurtured by continuous lightning.
At the mountaintop shrouded by thunderclouds stood a serene ancient palace.
Inside the palace, countless little demons scurried about, frantically counting mountains of spirit stones, while the lanky Ying Huan monitored the ongoing chaos.
“Master, we have a total of two hundred million and seven hundred thousand spirit stones. The excess…”
“Forget the loose change; give them all to the Immortal Medicine Lord.”
The Dragon Lord waved his hand casually: “We need the Immortal Medicine Lord to see our sincerity and the strength of our Demon Clan if we want her to willingly stay among us.”
“Master, I’ve always had a question,” Ying Huan said in confusion, “Why not just capture her and bring her to the Demon Clan? Why go through all this effort to serve her?”
“Because you clearly have no brains.”
Long Xiao shot Ying Huan a fierce glare: “Do you think I don’t know capturing her would be quicker and easier?”
“But capturing her won’t do any good. When the gods and demons descend, can our demons keep her safe? As long as the Immortal Medicine Lord herself doesn’t want to stay, there will be plenty of gods and demons willing to take her away.”
“Then we’d be wasting our efforts.”
“Remember, our goal is to make the Immortal Medicine Lord fall in love with the Demon Clan’s environment and feel a sense of belonging. Even if the gods and demons come, she will still want to stay with us.”
“If she stays, we won’t have to worry about the future being embroiled in the conflict between gods and demons.”
“Even all those eager gods and demons wanting to have her will start casting olive branches our way, and we won’t have to pin all our hopes on the one behind us now, hoping they’ll keep their promises.”
Ying Huan woke up with realization, quickly kneeling in submission: “Master is wise.”
Long Xiao reiterated: “Remember, once you go, no matter what requests the Immortal Medicine Lord makes, don’t refuse, and report to me at once.”
“Fulfill what we can and find ways to accommodate what we can’t. It’s called measuring the wealth of the Demon Clan to win the heart of the Immortal Medicine Lord!”
“In short, we must make sure the Immortal Medicine Lord has a good impression of our Demon Clan, understood?”
“Understood! Master!”
“Then hurry and take the stuff! If you’re late and make the Immortal Medicine Lord unhappy, I’ll hold you accountable!”
“Yes!”
Watching Ying Huan hastily gather the towering spirit stones and rush off, Long Xiao fell into contemplation.
“Two hundred million spirit stones won’t be enough to satisfy the Immortal Medicine Lord.”
“But what treasure does our Demon Clan hold that can attract her?”
Suddenly, he thought of something.
“Ah, the Ten Thousand Year Blood Demon Dan! She would definitely love that!”
But in the next moment, he looked regretful. “Oh no, I already promised the Ten Thousand Year Blood Demon Dan as a prize for this gathering…”
“Breaking that promise won’t be easy to explain to the other demon clans…”
Thinking it over, Long Xiao finally found a solution.
“Someone, call Huan’er!”
