Chapter 220: Children, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you

Wang Wu was still a little scared, since he was the only male left here.

Fortunately, the other party clearly had no interest in him. After Diyitian Wu disappeared, he also vanished from the spot; as for what will happen next, all we can say is that Wang Wu will pray for the other party.

"Ah! Where are you going? Wait for me!"

When Diyitian Wu ran away, Great King Xuan Ruo naturally fled in panic, and the time here resumed its flow after an unknown interval.

As for Diyitian Wu, who ran off to who knows where, Wang Wu and his group stayed here another day, but Diyitian Wu still hadn't returned.

Afterwards Wang Wu tried sending a few messages to the other side, but received no reply; after some deliberation, Wang Wu and his party of demons left first.

Of course, before leaving, Wang Wu left a message for Diyitian Wu. If he returns and can't find them, Wang Wu will personally come to fetch him to his side.

According to the previous plan, the demon party first helped Chi Zhi resolve the matter she had committed; after that incident, what she had done no longer counted as a "case."

After all, with a Star Lord and a Demon Emperor nearby, such high‑level beings— even a Star Lord alone could wipe out the entire Li family maliciously.

Solving Chi Zhi's problem didn't take much time; the journey from the border to her city took just over a month. Yet for Chi Zhi, that month was excruciatingly painful.

One could even say that, compared to that month, she would rather return to serve a prison sentence lasting several thousand years.

For a demon, being able only to look and not eat is a very—no, an utterly painful thing.

Moreover, what's even more uncomfortable is that Chi Zhi isn't entirely limited to watching. Sometimes between two demons there is a bit of relative comparison—uh, as long as it doesn't cross the line.

Yet this very non‑transgression is a huge torment not only for Chi Zhi, but also for Long Qing and Long He.

And this torment continued for two months.

Diyitian Wu still hadn't returned, and his gathering signal never seemed to land. This made Wang Wu a bit worried about him, but after his master's comfort, Wang Wu temporarily set aside his concerns.

Of course, the main reason was that during those two months Wang Wu had been very busy—busy cultivating and also honoring his master.

"Master, why are you just like us demons?"

"What do you mean I'm the same as your demon race?"

The time since the ship arrived at the planet where Long Qing and the others live—also the Long Family Manor—is that the entire planet and even this star system belong to the Long family.

This star system contains twelve planets: six resource planets and six habitable planets; among the habitable ones, four require no alteration and are naturally fertile worlds.

The other two need only minimal modification to become suitable for life, and even before alteration, some life already existed on those planets.

Some sufficiently robust lifeforms that can endure the planets' extreme harsh environments. Though not originating from these worlds, they have taken deep root here.

Space truly is a wondrous place; not being in space doing… with one's master—*cough cough*. Of course, that's also wonderful.

In the marvelous void, any form of life could exist, and any environment could potentially give rise to life.

However, what's different is that the probability of life arising in this universe seems quite high, and the chance of habitable star systems appearing is also very high.

During these two months, Wang Wu never rested; each day he was either inside the ship or on the ship's upper deck.

Otherwise he was on an outer asteroid; in short, various places and environments. One can only say that at least this place lacks a black hole, otherwise Wang Wu's footprints would be left by its edge.

The quality is still a bit lacking.

But there's nothing to do; some people in this world are just like that—extremely low‑quality and never know how to protect the environment.

"But I think, isn't it a bit too frequent?" On Yu Pan's deck—though Yu Pan technically has no deck, never mind, we just called it that.

Wang Wu turned his head and asked the Yin Shenli beside him.

"What do you mean frequent? Damn, are you bored?" Yin Shenli raised an eyebrow. "I don't recall you being like this before. You still go looking for those female demons yourself; now that you're bored you tell me it's too frequent?"

"Why don't you look at how much time you spend on this each day?"

"Including day and night, it already exceeds twelve hours, Master," Wang Wu said, "It's not that I'm bored; I'm just afraid you, Master, might not be able to hold on. You've been overworking lately, and I'm a bit worried about you."

"You look down on me!???" Yin Shenli instantly erupted in fury, then grabbed Wang Wu's shoulder and slammed him down, "Damn it, I'll show you what 'can't hold on' looks like!"

In fact, Wang Wu's worries were not unfounded.

Although Yin Shenli is indeed powerful and improving quickly—currently the strongest combatant among all humans Wang Wu has encountered—she is, after all, just a human.

Humans, in this regard, have an innate disadvantage.

Due to chronic overwork, she drains her body daily; Yin Shenli's complexion becomes increasingly rosy, yet her health bar, after a period of growth, is now steadily shrinking.

Her body has likely reached its limit; if this continues, she probably won't hold on much longer.

However, Wang Wu isn't really worried about that; since his master persists, he will gladly see it through to the end.

So, on the day Diyitian Wu found Wang Wu, Yin Shenli happened to be on the third day of entering Sage Mode.

Indeed, she's not even a sage, because she's already a saint.

With no desires or demands, no joy or sorrow, nothing in this world can stir any emotional fluctuation in her.

Until Diyitian Wu's appearance.

Seeing Diyitian Wu pale, pupils trembling, body still sweating profusely, Yin Shenli naturally wanted to say something and to show some emotion.

But they didn't dare.

Because of Wang Wu's previous experience.

"Hey, Brother Tianwu, how are you? Did you get…"

Wang Wu's words were cut off, because he saw Diyitian Wu's gaze become extremely dangerous at that moment.

Of course, it wasn't murderous intent, but...

"Little Wu."

Diyitian Wu suddenly laughed, his face brightening. He hurried to Wang Wu, lightly patting Wang Wu's shoulder:

"Little Wu, during this time I learned a lot about demon society and made many friends; how about I introduce some to you?"

"You're also a demon, so you should get along with them even better than I do."

"Um, no, no need, right?"

Now the cold sweat on Diyitian Wu transferred to Wang Wu. As Diyitian Wu patted his shoulder, Wang Wu's complexion grew pale, and his smile became stiff.

"Ah, aren't you denying those demon friends some face? They're all good demons, very kind, and I think you two will definitely get along."

"Um, I still need to cultivate; lately Master has been pressing me hard on cultivation, so I barely have any time at night for anything," Wang Wu's mind raced as he glanced at his master, casting a pleading look.

But when faced with the pleas of her beloved disciple and lover, Yin Shenli chose to avoid them. An unnatural expression appeared on her face; she turned her head toward Long Qing beside her and began chatting with her.

After such a long time, Long Qing was no longer so afraid of Yin Shenli; after all, having watched the battle for so long, she had become familiar with everything.

Although Long Qing didn't know what had happened, she quickly responded to Yin Shenli's conversation.

"Yo, I didn't expect you to be this diligent," Firstday Wu said with a forced grin at Wang Wu's excuse, chuckling twice, nodding, and patting Wang Wu's shoulder again:

"Then fine, let me see the results of your recent efforts. If they satisfy me, I'll personally introduce you to a few beautiful female demon queens."

"You should know, they're very interested in you!"

"Well, what if..."

"Are you asking what will happen if I'm not satisfied?" Firstday Wu asked before Wang Wu could finish speaking.

Wang Wu snapped his head up and nodded vigorously.

"Nothing will happen; I'm not a bad person," Firstday Wu said with a smiling squint, looking at him. "But in that case, I suppose I'll put you through a series of devilish trainings."

"After all, your strength is truly poor; here it's far below acceptable standards."

"No matter what, you must reach the First Rank, right? If you want to continue adventuring in this country."

"That... that will take a long time, won't it?" Wang Wu asked.

"With your talent, plus my guidance, and plenty of real combat, it could take as short as two or three years, at most within thirty years."

"For you monsters, that's a very short time, isn't it?"

Reaching the First Rank in thirty years is indeed a short span for a monster like Wang Wu. And in Wang Wu's view, Firstday Wu's words seemed without flaw.

But somehow, he always felt—how to put it? —a vague uneasiness.

He stared at Firstday Wu, whose smile was so pleasant and sincere. He turned his head toward his master Yin Shenli, but she only cast a wandering glance, daring not to look at him.

In that instant, Wang Wu felt a stabbing pain in his heart—the pain of betrayal by his beloved.

"Master, teacher, Lili, how could you, how could you?"

"Wuwah! How could you, how could you do this to me, how could you treat me like this!!"

"Today, my hand trembles... today, my heart aches!"

"Why is this happening?... I gave everything, yet I can't get even a bit of love I want... why, why! Heaven, why do you give me this suffering!?"

"What exactly did I do wrong? What have I truly done wrong??"

"Master, master... I... I truly love you so much, why do you treat me like this!?"

"Wuh! Wah! Ya!"

"Master... Master!!!"

"Gua! Kouye! Ye! Wah! Ya!!"

Of course, the above scenes never occurred in reality, but in Wang Wu's mental world they truly stirred up a storm.

But it was useless; Firstday Wu's strength far surpassed his own, and also far exceeded his master's.

Facing this situation, Yin Shenli, as a villain and a demonic practitioner, naturally chose to protect herself first.

"This, this is also for your own good, disciple."

Perhaps unable to bear Wang Wu's stare, after a few minutes Yin Shenli finally looked at Wang Wu and stammered:

"Firstday Wu is a top expert in our Yun Guang City, second only to the city lord Wu He. If you can study under him, your progress will surely be faster."

That truly is for the disciple's benefit; honestly, there's nothing wrong with it.

Moreover, given Firstday Wu's character, he couldn't possibly do anything harmful to Wang Wu.

As for why he feels guilty and dares not meet Wang Wu's gaze, the answer is simply to play along with Wang Wu's roleplay.

Of course, Wang Wu is unaware of this; he only senses danger and something amiss.

"Kid, you wouldn't happen to think of me as someone like your master, would you?" Noticing Wang Wu's desperate gaze, Firstday Wu glanced at Yin Shenli, and his oddly friendly smile finally changed.

The previously maintained odd friendliness vanished without a trace, replaced by an extremely mocking grin.

Firstday Wu has always been a person with very twisted tastes; when there's no danger, he could be said to be the greatest danger himself.

"Ah?"

At that moment, when Firstday Wu's expression returned to normal, Wang Wu was startled, then gradually recovered.

"You, Firstday Wu big brother, you were fine all along?"

"Uh..."

Hearing that, Firstday Wu's smile froze. "Well, let's say it's fine. I fought that guy, though I didn't win, but I still defended my chastity."

"He couldn't possibly..." Wang Wu, noticing Firstday Wu's stiff expression, asked tentatively.

"He, he said he wouldn't give up." Firstday Wu's face showed a smile uglier than crying, "He said he would try to earn my approval, to make me willingly..."

"Then, Firstday Wu big brother, what do you plan to do?" Wang Wu asked.

"What else can I do?" Firstday Wu's face collapsed completely. "I can only accelerate my cultivation... otherwise I feel I'd truly collapse here."

(End of chapter)