Chapter 951: Southern Demon Race

He passed Eagle‑Beak Island en route and went to pay his respects to Prince Liang, expressing his gratitude.

"Don't be so formal with me! But you're progressing too fast; remember the saying 'A tall tree catches the wind'! From now on, keep quiet for a while and cultivate properly."

"Thanks for the guidance, Prince Liang!"

Ye Liuyun also realized that he should lay low for a while.

During that period, wiping out King Ning, King Xiao, and seizing Moyu was indeed showing off too much.

So he also plans to return to the academy and cultivate earnestly for a while.

Moreover, his cultivation realm was indeed too low. In every battle he relied on ferocious beasts and Yin Soul, which did little for his own growth.

After returning to the academy, Ye Liuyun first went to see the Fourth Prince and thanked him.

Then he returned to his own quarters.

Yuan Datou saw him return and was the first to run over.

"Boss, your rival's here! He says he wants to slaughter you!" Yuan Datou shouted in a booming voice.

"What are you babbling about? My rival?" Ye Liuyun found his words baffling.

"Really, it's some Demon Race Holy Son. Oh, the guy looks terrible, like a cow! He even dares to steal women from you!" Yuan Datou gestured as he spoke.

Ye Liuyun was still completely confused.

Yuan Datou's shout also attracted Liang Xinyu and the others.

"Oh, our Prince Ye is back?" Su Manning teased Ye Liuyun.

"Stop teasing me! Whatever Prince or not, just call me Ye Liuyun Shun'er!"

Yuan Datou's words were incoherent, and Ye Liuyun, too lazy to deal with him, first greeted Liang Xinyu and the others.

"Datou is right! Ling Shuang's true identity is the thirteenth princess of the Daxia Chao, already engaged to the Demon Race Holy Son. The Holy Son somehow heard that you and Ling Shuang are a couple and came to cause trouble."

Liang Xinyu then explained Ye Liuyun further, following Yuan Datou's words.

"The thirteenth princess? Demon Race Holy Son? When did I become a couple with Ling Shuang?"

Ye Liuyun had long known about Ling Shuang's background; she was certainly not ordinary.

So when he learned Ling Shuang was the thirteenth princess of the Daxia Chao, he wasn't overly surprised. Marrying the Demon Race Holy Son, he also wasn't shocked.

But Liang Xinyu's following words left him puzzled!

"Probably the misunderstanding you two caused last time spread around! And you risked your life to save Ling Shuang in the Secret Realm, which everyone saw!" Liang Xinyu continued.

"If it were you, I wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die without helping!" Ye Liuyun also didn't expect that his rescue was mistaken.

His words moved Liang Xinyu and the others deeply.

"Since it's all a misunderstanding, let Ling Shuang explain it to him; that should be fine!" Ye Liuyun thought, then felt that since it's a misunderstanding, Ling Shuang should be able to explain.

Su Manning laughed, "I'm just afraid Ling Shuang truly likes you and can't explain it clearly!"

"Then just wait for him to come to me, and I'll explain again!" Ye Liuyun said.

Liang Xinyu slowly shook her head: "The Demon Race is naturally barbaric; they won't listen to you."

"Then just fight first, then explain!" Ye Liuyun wasn't afraid of his Holy Son title.

"That guy has a Fourfold Creation realm, and many high‑rank strongmen guard him!" Wei Pangzi interjected.

"Would they dare to act in the academy?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

"Of course they would! They're the Demon Race—not the Moyu demons, but the true overlords of the southern Demon Race continent!" Wei Pangzi was a bit anxious for Ye Liuyun.

Su Manning, seeing Ye Liuyun unfazed, asked suspiciously, "You might not know about the Southern Demon Race, right?"

"What Southern Demon Race? I've never heard of it!" Ye Liuyun became curious.

Liang Xinyu continued, "The Southern Demon Race governs a vast southern part of the Central Continent, even capable of confronting the dynasty."

"Their strength far exceeds the scattered demons of Moyu."

"Even the Daxia Chao had to marry a princess to them to stabilize them. You can imagine how powerful they are!"

Ye Liuyun suddenly recalled that the Fourth Prince once told him that foreign tribe evil artifacts ran rampant in the south, and the Southern Alliance surrendered to them.

Ye Liuyun didn't know whether this southern Demon Race was also a puppet of the alien evil artifact.

Ye Liuyun now asked cautiously, "Hasn't the south been occupied by alien evil artifacts?"

"This Demon Race is the backbone resisting the alien evil artifacts, so they haven't let the alien forces expand too quickly into the dynasty. Thus, this Demon Race is an important ally of the Daxia Chao!"

Liang Xinyu conveyed the Demon Race's stance to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun already knew that not all Demon Race factions join the alien side; some even form the main force opposing them.

"So this Southern Demon Race, I must not offend! Otherwise, breaking the alliance between Daxia Chao and the Demon Race would be a grave sin!" Ye Liuyun thought.

Liang Xinyu warned him, fearing he might provoke the Demon Race and have no way out.

The Daxia Chao can sacrifice a princess, but it can't sacrifice a low‑born Prince like him.

"How about you retreat to Yi Cheng and hide for a while?" Liang Xinyu suggested cautiously.

"Hide?" Ye Liuyun, though not wanting conflict with the Southern Demon Race, hadn't expected to have to evade them.

Ye Liuyun smiled and shook his head.

Solving problems, he never hides.

If the other side is unreasonable, he doesn't mind fighting another round.

He suddenly asked Liang Xinyu, "How can the Holy Son be only at Four‑fold Creation? Usually someone called Holy Son holds a high status, shouldn't lack resources?"

"That Holy Son is only fifteen years old! His status in the Demon Race is obviously high."

Ye Liuyun was a bit surprised: "Only fifteen and already at Fourfold Creation?"

Thinking back to when he was fifteen, he was still refining his body. The gap is huge!

This comparison shows his cultivation speed is still slow!

"That big black ox is only fifteen?" Yuan Datou exclaimed, "Boss, you don't know, that big black ox is a whole size bigger than me!"

They were chatting when Xia Tianqiong suddenly arrived at Ye Liuyun's residence.

The few of them immediately stopped talking and looked toward Xia Tianqiong.

Ye Liuyun never expected Xia Tianqiong to come in person; previously, whenever she had business, she would send someone to find him.

"What, you don't welcome me?" Xia Tianqiong said somewhat unnaturally.

Ye Liuyun immediately replied, "How could that be? Of course I welcome you! I just didn't expect a rare guest like you to come to my place! Please come in quickly!"