"In the blessed grotto of the Ye family on Yingning Mountain, the vast space had long since been filled with all kinds of unknown mystical materials and treasures from the demon realm."
"Yet on Ye Yu’s face, there wasn’t a trace of a smile; he even pushed ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) away the items that had just been brought to him."
"I told you, these aren’t what I want. It’s not that they’re bad items."
"I can see you’re sincerely trying to help me find something, but what I need more are cultivation techniques, understand?"
Luo Ning’s expression grew serious. After holding back for a long moment, she finally uttered two words.
"No!"
"You have to understand, the demon realm isn’t like the mortal or heavenly realms that have immortal sect inheritances."
"The demon tribe believes in the survival of the strongest, claiming mountains as their kingdoms."
"You can enter my demon mountain, and if you do tasks for me, I’ll give you protection. That’s as simple as it gets."
"But you want my cultivation techniques?"
"Dream on!"
"Unless you’re my lover or my son, there’s no way I’d just give away cultivation methods like that."
"This leads to the demon tribe’s cultivation technique inheritance being extremely strict."
"There’s basically no cultivation technique circulating in the market."
"So even though Luo Ning is the Demon King of Yingning Mountain, she truly has no extra cultivation techniques to give Ye Yu."
"As for her own cultivation techniques?"
"Sorry, they’re quite special, and Ye Yu can’t learn them anyway."
"Therefore, Luo Ning’s answer will always be just two words: no!"
"There really isn’t any!"
Ye Yu couldn’t help but sigh lightly, then waved subtly at Luo Ning.
She snorted coldly and walked straight out.
At the entrance of the blessed grotto, Ye Chuang, Lü Hongying, and Ye Wanqing stood side by side, looking at their demon king’s serious expression, barely daring to breathe.
They could only watch as Luo Ning transformed into a streak of light and left the place.
After she left, the three looked at each other.
After much consideration, they headed straight to Ye Yu’s room.
"Yu’er, what exactly are you doing? The Demon King favors you; that’s a blessing for our Ye family. Why do you refuse her every time?"
Hearing this, Ye Yu, who had been chewing on some herbal roots, froze on the spot.
"What blessing? What refusal? What are you talking about?"
Ye Wanqing placed her hands on her hips and said seriously, "Brother, don’t pretend to be clueless."
"Who on Yingning Mountain doesn’t know the Demon King likes you?"
"Why are you hiding it from us?"
Ye Yu’s expression grew incredibly strange.
"What’s going on? Why are the family members in this dream thinking so oddly?"
"Always unpredictable, huh?"
Little did he know, it wasn’t the Ye family members’ minds that were strange, but Luo Ning’s recent behavior had become so abnormal that it forced people to overthink.
Since the day she met Ye Yu,
That very night, Ye Chuang was promoted to Deputy Demon King of Yingning Mountain.
She also took out mystical materials and treasures from the demon mountain and flooded Ye Chuang’s son with gifts.
Such a strange move naturally stirred wild speculation.
Unexpectedly,
Since then, Luo Ning had been searching everywhere almost daily for mystical materials and treasures, not using any herself, but giving them all to the Ye family.
To be precise, all those items ended up in Ye Chuang’s son, Ye Yu’s hands.
Once or twice, maybe there were other reasons.
But if she gives gifts every single day, that’s truly abnormal.
So some demons on Yingning Mountain speculated that perhaps Demon King Luo Ning had taken a liking to Ye Chuang’s son, Ye Yu.
"Hey, don’t say it’s impossible!"
"Ye Yu really is a striking demon!"
"Especially with his golden hair; he looks quite handsome."
Moreover, many noticed Luo Ning spending increasingly longer times inside Ye Yu’s room.
The demons immediately began to chime in.
After observing various situations, most thought this possibility was the strongest.
However, another voice emerged.
It claimed that although Demon King Luo Ning did often visit Ye Yu recently, her expression upon leaving was usually unpleasant. Why was that?
This puzzled many demons.
"Yeah, if she really liked him, why does she look so unhappy when she leaves?"
At this moment, a centipede demon on Yingning Mountain stood up.
He had existed for thousands of years, with hundreds of partners, and a very rich romantic history.
He was known as the undefeated Casanova of Yingning Mountain.
After careful analysis, he concluded: this is a game of love!
Demon King Luo Ning does like Ye Yu, but the flower falls with feelings unreturned.
Ye Yu doesn’t like Luo Ning, so he rejects the Demon King’s advances every time.
In this case, Luo Ning naturally feels unhappy.
But even so, the daily gifts never stop.
What do you call this? Ye Yu abuses me a thousand times, yet I treat Ye Yu like my first love.
What else could explain this except love?
Think about it, really think about it!
Moreover, Ye Yu must be a master of love affairs, on par with me.
He knows that what’s too easy to get won’t be cherished, so he’s toying with the Demon King’s feelings.
Ye Chuang really did father an extraordinary son!
The centipede demon’s unique explanation instantly enlightened the crowd.
For a while, they all started cozying up to Ye Yu.
Some even deliberately hinted, "Your son’s almost good enough, stop toying with the Demon King’s feelings."
"If one day she falls for someone else, your whole family will be in danger!"
At first, Ye Chuang was somewhat puzzled.
But after hearing their explanation, he agreed it made sense.
If Demon King Luo Ning didn’t like Ye Yu, why would she come every day with gifts?
Therefore, Ye Chuang also confirmed one thing: blond hair is indeed better than white hair.
Today, he again saw the Demon King leave with a dark face.
So he came over with his wife and daughter to persuade Ye Yu.
"Stop refusing. If it really doesn’t work, just yield to the Demon King!"
After listening to his father, mother, and sister’s advice, Ye Yu almost spat blood.
"My god, you’re all so imaginative, why don’t you write web novels instead, huh?"
Ye Yu covered his face with one hand, took a moment to compose himself, then decided not to explain anymore.
He immediately pushed them out of the room.
Giving them one reason: he wanted to be alone.
But naïve Ye Wanqing even asked at the door, "Brother, who is Jingjing? Is it because of Jingjing you won’t accept the Demon King?"
Honestly, Ye Yu nearly died of frustration.
After finally driving them away, Ye Yu sat alone in the room and let out a long breath.
"No, just staying here like this isn’t going to work!"
"I have to improve my cultivation quickly."
"Otherwise, relying only on chewing these mystical materials, it’d probably take a hundred years to break through."
After thinking it over many times, Ye Yu finally decided to start automatic cultivation again!
For safety, he deliberately left Yingning Mountain under cover of darkness to find a secluded place, preparing to fight hard.
