Chapter 53 (Part 2)

Calling him a genius was not excessive. Putting everything else aside, just with this brain of his, there were probably few people in the Demon Realm who could compare.

“Thank you for your praise, Senior Demon Mother. This junior only made a reasonable analysis. This junior’s master has met both seniors before!”

Yu Yu struggled to sit up and salute.

“Don’t move. You need to rest properly.”

The Demon Lord held him down. Judging by his outward appearance, he was only a young man, but Yu Yu knew that this Demon Lord was even older than his master.

When Qingyang had met the Demon Lord, he had already looked exactly like this.

And the Demon Mother too. When Yu Yu turned toward her, he found that the look in her eyes as she watched him had become even kinder.

Huh? Although he knew he was the kind of person everyone loved inside the sect, how come it was the same in the Demon Realm after he left the sect?

Was his charm really that great? Even the Demon Mother had not escaped it.

“Child, do you have any family?”

The Demon Mother suddenly asked.

“No. This junior is an orphan, and not someone from this world. Seniors should have been able to see that.”

Yu Yu had long known that his body carried Blue Star’s mark, and he also knew that these big shots could all see it, so he had never planned to hide it from the start.

“So it was my illusion after all!”

After hearing that, the Demon Mother was somewhat disappointed, but she quickly rallied again. She had already searched for over a thousand years. How could it be so easy to obtain news?

“Senior Demon Mother, do you feel this junior resembles someone you know?”

After all, Yu Yu came from Blue Star, that age of exploding web novels. There were all sorts of novels online. Judging from the Demon Mother’s reaction, this was very much like a family-recognition scene in a novel.

“Yes, and also no.”

The Demon Mother shook her head. “I don’t know what he looks like. When he left me, he was still too small. I only thought you looked a little familiar, so I asked.”

“So that’s how it is. Then this junior definitely isn’t him. This junior grew up on Blue Star. Although I’ve become small now, this junior is a native Blue Star person through and through.”

Yu Yu nodded. He was not a native of the Holy Feather World, so no matter how anyone tried to find lost kin, it could not land on him.

“Yes. He was born in Holy Feather. He naturally carried Holy Feather’s mark from birth, unlike you.”

Although the Demon Mother had seen that Yu Yu had two marks, she also knew there were differences between the two.

The mark of Holy Feather on Yu Yu’s body was not as bright as the one from Blue Star. It was very likely something the Holy Feather World had given him when he transmigrated here. Matters of people from other worlds transmigrating to another world were not common in the cultivation world, but they were not unheard of either.

If Yu Yu himself was someone from the Holy Feather World, how could he have gone to Blue Star? Besides, her child’s age did not match this child’s either.

“And my child has Five Element spiritual roots, not water-wood spiritual roots.”

The most important point was his spiritual root attributes. Yu Yu was completely different from her child.

“Senior Demon Mother, please don’t be sad. As long as he is still alive, he can always be found. Since the other party has spiritual roots, even if they are five spiritual roots, he can still cultivate.”

Yu Yu reached out and gently patted her arm.

He did not pat her hand because he felt that he was a man. Even if his appearance had become small, his soul had not changed. He could not take advantage of a woman.

Through the fabric was much better. Besides, what he patted was her arm. Surely no one would come up with any dirty thoughts, right?

The Demon Lord saw that his adoptive mother’s mood had sunk again. Every time she went out searching with hope, only to return disappointed, she became like this.

“Mother, let us leave. This child needs to rest.”

The Demon Lord’s words woke the Demon Mother from her thoughts. Now was not the time for her to sink into sadness. Her child was still waiting for her to find him.

“Right. Child, you need to rest more. We won’t disturb you. Once your body recovers a little, we’ll talk about returning to the immortal cultivation world.”

The Demon Mother stood and left Yu Yu’s temporary residence together with the Demon Lord.

The two quickly disappeared from Yu Yu’s sight. Powerless, he lay back on the bed and continued resting.

“Five Element spiritual roots. I hope Senior Demon Mother’s child is still alive!”

Yu Yu naturally hoped that the other party was still alive. Otherwise, the Demon Mother would be too pitiful. But he also knew that for Five Element spiritual roots, cultivating above Soul Transformation was still very difficult.

A thousand years had already passed. If the other party had not advanced to Soul Transformation, he should have reached the end of his lifespan two hundred years ago.

To be even crueler, if the other party had not even reached Nascent Soul or Golden Core, he would have died even earlier.

The Demon Mother knew this in her heart as well, yet she still insisted on finding her child. Even though she had to spend a great deal of effort, it had never made her choose to give up.

A mother’s love was truly great.

On the other side, the Demon Mother and Demon Lord had already returned to the main hall.

“Mother, Little Brother must be all right. Haven’t you always felt that Little Brother is still alive? Mother and child are connected by the heart. Little Brother must be like you, searching for you too! Perhaps no news is good news. If the people who stole him really wanted to kill Little Brother, they definitely would have leaked word of it so you would know. Otherwise, wouldn’t their plan to make you grieve have failed?”

The Demon Lord comforted the Demon Mother, whose eyes were red. Back then, if the Demon Mother had not adopted him and raised him, he would have died long ago.

So for this past thousand years, he had accompanied the Demon Mother down to the lower realm to search for his adopted younger brother without complaint or regret.

“Yes. It must be like that. He must still be perfectly well. It’s all because I, his mother, was useless and let someone snatch him away.”

The tears the Demon Mother had been holding back all this time finally fell.

A thousand years. She had searched for a full thousand years, from the upper realm to the lower realm, yet she had never once seen the child’s figure.

“How could we blame Mother? If anyone is to blame, it’s that scumbag. If he hadn’t abandoned you and Little Brother, you two never would have run into bad people.”

The Demon Lord held the Demon Mother’s hand and took out a clean white handkerchief to wipe away her tears.

“He should be blamed. That’s why, after all these years, I have never let him live comfortably.”

When the Demon Mother thought of that scumbag, the hatred in her eyes was like the waters of the Heavenly River, impossible to cut off. If the other party appeared before her, she would eat his flesh and drink his blood to dispel the hatred in her heart.

“I wonder how things are in the upper realm. Down here, we can’t receive any news from above.”

The Demon Lord sat beside the Demon Mother, tapping his fingers lightly on the tabletop.

“We wait. Once I find your younger brother, we’ll take him back with us.”

The Demon Mother shook her head. Ever since she had descended to the lower realm, she had also lost contact with those above.

“Mm. We’ll definitely find him. Mother, don’t be sad for now. Otherwise, if Little Brother finds out, he’ll definitely blame me for not taking good care of you.”

Naturally, Yu Yu knew nothing of the conversation between the Demon Lord and the Demon Mother. He spent several days recuperating in his room, then borrowed a few spirit stones from the Demon Mother. Although demon cultivators did not need spirit stones and usually cultivated with devil stones, that did not mean the Demon Realm had no spirit stones. After all, they still had to trade with cultivators, and the other party only accepted spirit stones.

Thus, only after Yu Yu absorbed the spiritual energy inside the spirit stones did he open his storage space and take out supreme-grade spirit stones to recover his spiritual energy.

It was just that his injuries this time had been rather severe. Although his wounds had recovered, a small amount of spatial force still remained inside his body. His spiritual energy recovered slowly as well, so for the moment, he had no way to leave the Demon Realm and send word back to the sect.

There was a barrier between the Demon Realm and the immortal cultivation world. The two realms could not communicate with each other, so his message-transmitting jade slip could not send out any messages at all.

Because of that, he had no way to tell everyone that he was in the Demon Realm and that his master and the others did not need to worry.

“Don’t worry. I’ve already told the demon cultivators under me that as soon as any of them go out, they are to deliver word to the Taizhen Immortal Sect.”

The Demon Lord could see that Yu Yu was very worried, so he told him about his arrangements.

The Taizhen Immortal Sect was not a small power. Even as the Demon Lord, with an entire realm supporting him, he did not dare ignore the Taizhen Immortal Sect. Otherwise, if they misunderstood and thought the Demon Realm had abducted Yu Yu, it would be bad if it sparked a conflict.

“Many thanks, Senior Demon Lord. I’ve brought trouble to the Demon Realm. If there is anything this junior can do, Senior, please feel free to instruct me.”

Yu Yu was very grateful that the Demon Lord and the Demon Mother had saved him and were now even helping him send a message. He only hoped there was something he could do for the Demon Realm, so he could repay them at least a little.

“If it isn’t too much trouble, I’d like to ask you to keep Mother company for me.”

The Demon Lord stated his purpose for coming. He had been thinking about this matter for the past few days.

Seeing that Mother rather liked Yu Yu, even though he was not his younger brother, the Demon Lord still hoped Yu Yu could spend more time with the Demon Mother.

Perhaps with Yu Yu’s company, Mother would not keep thinking about his younger brother.

It was not that the Demon Lord was jealous of his younger brother. Rather, whenever the Demon Mother thought of her child, she could not help crying, and he was worried about her health.

“That’s fine. This junior has nothing much to do right now anyway. If Senior Demon Mother does not mind, then this junior will keep Senior company and chat with her.”

Yu Yu did not mind. Before his injuries fully healed, he could only absorb a little spiritual energy each day. He estimated that it would take him a year to fully recover.

This spatial force was far too troublesome. He needed to recover his spiritual energy while expelling the remaining spatial force.

The Demon Mother could not help him with that either. If she could, she would have helped him draw out all the spatial force when she treated his injuries.

“Of course I don’t mind. You’re so adorable, I’d love to keep you in the Demon Realm for a few more years!”

After hearing why Yu Yu had come, the Demon Mother spoke in pleasant surprise.

Perhaps because of that sense of familiarity, the Demon Mother had a very good impression of Yu Yu. If her child had not been snatched away, he should have been about the same size as Yu Yu when he was five years old.

Their appearances could be different, but as for personality and the like, she hoped that child would be similar to Yu Yu too.

Because Yu Yu’s looks and personality were truly the type elders liked very much, and he himself had received an education on Blue Star. When it came to pleasing women, he still had quite an advantage.

“Beautiful lady, will you accept my flowers? Will you go on a date with me?”

After his spiritual energy recovered to ten percent, Yu Yu grew a type of devil flower unique to the Demon Realm. Aside from looking pretty, it had no other use. As for why he could grow devil flowers too, Yu Yu said he had no idea. Go ask the Heavenly Dao.

The person was not even taller than the bouquet, yet he carried the flowers over to the Demon Mother.

“Hahaha, thank you for the flowers, Little Lingyu. I like these flowers very much.”

The Demon Mother accepted the flowers, smiling like a blossom herself.

Ever since her child had been lost, she had not smiled like this in a very long time.

“As expected, girls should smile more. Senior Demon Mother looks even prettier when you smile.”

Yu Yu sat beside the Demon Mother and took out a plate of spirit fruits, setting it on the table.

“Spirit fruits from the immortal cultivation world. I haven’t eaten them in a very long time.”

The Demon Mother looked at these familiar spirit fruits. Once, she had eaten plenty of them too. Before that scumbag had abandoned her and her son, she could eat such spirit fruits whenever she liked.

“Then would Senior like to try one?”

Yu Yu picked out the spirit fruit with the least spiritual energy and gave it to her. It was not that he was stingy. It was only because spiritual energy and demonic qi could not exist in a person’s body at the same time. Eating too much would affect the Demon Mother’s body.

“All right. I’ll try one.”

The Demon Mother accepted the spirit fruit. Eating a small amount was fine. With her current cultivation level, she could quickly expel the spiritual energy.

One large and one small sat together eating spirit fruits.

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