“When Ye Yu left Chaos Demon City, he gained another 1,300 righteousness points.
These were all provided by the juvenile demons Lu Linian had gathered.
On average, each contributed only about four points.
That ratio was far worse than before.
Ye Yu was disappointed.
With over six hundred points remaining from before plus the new ones, he now had more than 1,900 righteousness points.
But Ye Yu did not rush to draw in the lottery. Instead, he planned to wait until after he left this place to try his luck again.
Three days later.
Ye Yu hovered above a lake, where he saw a little girl with cow horns, nibbling her finger and staring blankly at the water.
Perhaps the scene looked ordinary.
But Ye Yu sensed a Territory Demon–level crocodile lurking beneath the surface, creeping toward the girl to launch an attack.
That would not do.
Caring for the weak and slaying malicious demons certainly counted as righteous deeds!
Ye Yu flicked his finger, and a purple demon talisman appeared out of thin air.
It was the Supreme Decree Talisman—one of the Demon Arts he had drawn in the regional lottery.
At that moment, the crocodile demon found its chance and burst from the water, jaws wide, ready to swallow the five- or six-year-old cow-girl whole.
In an instant, Ye Yu hurled the purple talisman.
A massive solar beam flared in the sky, sending a golden ray that enveloped the crocodile.
The beast convulsed violently, then turned to charcoal and crashed back into the water.
The crisis was completely averted.
Yet the system’s notification, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} which should have sounded immediately, remained silent.
Ye Yu was puzzled.
The cow-horn girl also noticed him, looking up with knitted brows.
Seeing this, Ye Yu descended swiftly to her side.
From her demonic aura fluctuations, she was at most Nascent Soul Realm.
Such a cultivation level was hardly sufficient in the perilous demon world.
He gently said, “Little girl, where are your elders? It was dangerous just now—had I not acted in time, you would have been eaten!”
The cow-horn girl stared at Ye Yu for a long moment, then glanced at the charred crocodile corpse.
Mumbling, she said, “I didn’t want you to act, you bad man!”
At these words, Ye Yu was filled with question marks.
Why was he a bad man? Was this girl crazy?
He opened his mouth to explain, but the girl pointed at her skirt, wet from lake water, tears in her eyes.
“You know, I’ve been waiting here how long to fish something I can eat? Two whole hours! My feet almost pruned. Finally a fish bit, and you burned it to charcoal! How am I supposed to eat that?”
Her words left Ye Yu speechless.
He wanted to explain the stakes—like how a Nascent Soul Realm cow-demon fishing for a Territory Demon–level crocodile was a death wish, and the only possible outcome was being devoured.
But seeing the girl’s tears streaming down her face, Ye Yu held back. Everyone knows you can’t reason with someone crying—they only hear what they want to hear.
This was a uniquely female skill—and although she was still a child, she was still a girl.
So Ye Yu knew further explanation was futile; he needed to stop her tears.
He quickly said, “Crocodile meat tastes awful. Crab meat is delicious—let me get you two crabs to try?”
Sure enough, the girl’s tears halted. She still sniffled, but the sobs eased.
“Crab meat is delicious? You’ll get it for me? You’re not lying?”
Ye Yu smiled faintly but did not answer. Instead, he gazed at the lake.
At that moment, every creature in the water sensed a chilling killing intent!
Huh? Something’s off!
Moments later, five crab shells the size of millstones lay steamed on the shore.
Under Ye Yu’s guidance, the cow-horn girl devoured them with great relish.
“Big brother, you really are a good demon!”
The girl crushed the fourth shell with her fist, then, in the pause, pressed a “Good Demon” card into Ye Yu’s hand.
He was genuinely surprised.
Indeed, the girl was easily appeased.
Just feed her something, and she was happy.
Yet more surprisingly, the system’s voice sounded at that moment.
“Detected helping a hungry juvenile demon obtain food—an act of caring for the young, which is a righteous deed. Reward: 200 righteousness points!”
Wow! Two hundred points at once?
That’s incredible!
Ye Yu blinked in disbelief and looked at the cow-horn girl.
So generous?
From his long observation in the dream realm, Ye Yu had found that each demon yielded different righteousness point rewards. The stronger the demon, or the stronger in some aspect—like fortune, destiny, aptitude—the higher the points.
For example, planting seeds of righteousness in Nangong Jingtang’s heart had earned him 3,000 points.
This cow-girl’s cultivation was obviously weak—could she be strong in another way?
As Ye Yu pondered, the cow-horn girl had finished the last crab, regrettably licking her fingers.
Then she rose solemnly and bowed slightly to Ye Yu.
“Thank you for the food, Big Brother. My name is Niu Erhua. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I hope next time I come fishing here, I can see you again.”
She added, “Oh, and as a token of thanks, I have a gift for you.”
With that, Niu Erhua fumbled in her sleeve pocket, then produced a piece of mutton-fat jade pendant and placed it in Ye Yu’s hand.
The trinket was no bigger than half a palm, shaped like a cow demon. Its surface was exquisitely smooth, with shifting luster—clearly no ordinary object.
