Seeing Su Huai put away the fragments, Artemis revealed a faint smile.
"I have told you about my origins."
"May I now hear about your plea?"
"Please go ahead."
Artemis turned around and sat on the small bed that held the divine body.
"It was the third time I awoke from a long slumber..."
She gently opened her lips and began to narrate the story of a parrot clan empress who intruded into the Shenyue Palace and befriended a moon spirit girl.
The tale of the girl's encounter and mutual redemption was romantic and beautiful.
Su Huai put away the fragments of the law, stuffed his hands in his sleeves, and listened to Artemis's story in silence, becoming the most loyal listener.
But, at the same time.
...
In the northwest of the divine realm, in the wilderness ravaged by the demon race, where the rain had been pouring for days.
The muddy land was corroded by toxin-carrying black fish, with black puddles pockmarking the area.
A giant thorn bush, withered yet writhing in the night, tore at the flesh and bones left by the belligerent demons a few days ago, emitting a foul stench of decay.
Behind the thorn bush, there was a dim and shabby inn.
The rough and old wooden planks exuded a rotting smell, and the rust-covered stairs were also in ruins.
A few yellowed skulls hung at the inn's entrance.
Under the skulls stood a signboard full of human style.
If you were willing to tilt your head ninety degrees, you might be able to recognize the few flashy, faded gold characters inscribed on it:
"Lin Zhong Xiao Wu" (The Cabin in the Woods).
In the center of the signboard, three complex demon runes were carved, either by a knife or a claw.
The main body of these three runes was heart-shaped, representing three different branches in a certain unspeakable demon race.
Namely: [Slavery], [Inferiority], and [Blind Obedience].
These three branches mean lowly in that unspeakable demon race.
But in this wilderness, they can support the operation of this shabby inn for hundreds of years,
And every day is full of business, with a continuous stream of customers.
There were many customers in line, some of whom pricked up their ears to listen to the delicate sounds coming from inside the inn, while others gathered together to listen to the new owner of the inn tell secrets from outside the wilderness.
"It was many years ago."
"Because of a secret treasure, I became a human and secretly infiltrated the human world through the passage from the fallen land..."
"There was only one moon there, no so much fighting, and no need to deal with the endless black rain. As long as you have money... you heard it right, don't ask why, buddy, as long as you have money, you can buy everything in the human world."
"Power, status, fame."
"And women."
"Women!?" A low-level fallen demon with only half a wing lit up, and a few streams of foul-smelling saliva flowed from his yellow mouth.
The innkeeper grinned, showing a warm and gentle smile to the fallen demon, but unconsciously moved back a bit.
"Yes, my friend, it's women."
"I dare to say that the girls of the human race are the most beautiful and delicate female creatures in the world. You heard it right, even if I am the Grand Duke of the Succubus clan, I still have to say so."
"I was there... in that human world, pretending to be a prince of a kingdom, and also infiltrated a major human force, becoming their holy son."
"Then, using these identities, I tasted a lot of..."
"Fat, thin, tall, short, old, young... all kinds."
"I can't forget it until now."
"Pfft! Nonsense!" A one-eyed ogre spat on the ground. "Human beings are so fragile that they can't bear my stick."
"A little force will tear them apart."
No demon is willing to pay attention to the one-eyed ogre, everyone knows that even in the entire demon race, the one-eyed ogre is the most stupid kind, with a strong body and muscles, but the head as big as a watermelon has a brain not much bigger than a walnut kernel.
Deserved to be used as cannon fodder by all races.
This kind of experience of crossing the world to be the dragon proud sky to open the harem, in the imagination of the demon race, the effect is quite explosive, and the attraction is full. Now, even those demons who eavesdropped also took back their attention, looking forward to the continuation of the innkeeper's story.
The fallen demon grinned, constantly attacking the surrounding companions with a biochemical weapon.
"What happened next, what happened next?"
"Did you become a foreigner?"
"I heard that the human king can marry many... women."
"Later..."
The innkeeper raised his delicate and handsome face, with a faint, ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Later, I met a country boy."
"He was another major force's holy son, using some dirty and despicable means to take away my fiancée, and destroyed my kingdom with vicious schemes."
"He framed me, imposing all kinds of crimes on me, but everyone listened to him, right and wrong... you know, like all humans."
"Their hearts are very dirty, more disgusting than the swamp hand."
"Even if I haven't done anything, I have to accept their trial."
"And then... I returned to the demon race, and was transferred to such a remote place by the Demon King, and bragged with you guys who are addicted to the belly of the succubus all day."
Ew...
The demons scattered in a hurry, not caring about the innkeeper's insult.
After all, the demons who cared were beheaded and thrown into the thorn bush to feed the black-winged demon when the new owner took office a few days ago.
The innkeeper stretched.
At this time, a few splashes suddenly appeared on the muddy road, and a woman with snow-white skin walked slowly with an umbrella.
She held the umbrella handle in her right hand, and in her left hand, she dragged a slender knife.
There are still dark red bloodstains on the knife, drawing a deep mark on the ground.
"Master, Aier to report to you."
"The road to the southwest has been opened, and there will indeed be a treasure auction in Jiu Bao City in four days, which contains some clues about the blood spirit pill."
"As for the human you asked me to inquire about..."
"Three years ago, he did appear in the battle of the destruction of the human medicine dynasty."
"But not long after, there was no news, only some companions who appeared with him in the medicine dynasty established a new city in the ghost territory."
"That city's combat power is not high, do you need me to crush it for you?"
"No."
"Please forgive me for refusing your kindness, Aier."
The innkeeper smiled and hugged the woman's slender waist, gently rubbing the demon pattern on her lower back.
That pattern is different from the three on the signboard.
It is a simplified pattern derived from red bat wings, symbolizing [Gaze].
"Destroying an irrelevant city will only expose us to the sun, from a hidden hunter to a reckless man who has to fight."
"And... I care about destroying the Yao Wang Xian Dynasty."
"Before having absolute confidence in victory, all patience and hibernation will turn into the power of the moment of attack, only by continuously accumulating strength can we be sure to succeed."
"Aier understood."
"When do we set off for Jiu Bao City?"
"No rush, the night is still long..."
The innkeeper got up, hugged the woman, and entered the upper space of the inn.
The demons looked at their slowly disappearing figures and swallowed their saliva together.
"Miss Aier is the most beautiful magnet in the entire wilderness!"
"If I could sleep with her for one night, I would be willing to live a hundred years less!"
The fallen demon nodded subconsciously, then seemed to think of something, turned his head and glanced at the one-eyed ogre who spoke, sneered:
"Fool, she is a person of the Succubus clan..."