Chapter 54 (Part 1)

She did not seem like someone from the cultivation world. Or rather, she lacked the selfishness most cultivators had, and even more so the coldness and ruthlessness of demon cultivators.

It was said that demon cultivators were even more selfish than immortal cultivators.

But after staying in the Demon Palace for so long, he had discovered that everyone there did not quite match the demon cultivators’ personalities described by outside rumors.

After the demon cultivators on patrol discovered his injured self, not only did they not turn a blind eye, they even sent Yu Yu to the Demon Palace and asked the Demon Mother to treat his injuries.

There were also the Demon Mother and the Demon Lord. Without a word, they treated Yu Yu, let him stay in the Demon Palace to recuperate, and even sent word back to the Taizhen Immortal Sect for him.

Could demon cultivators like this really be the cold, ruthless demon cultivators who would leave others to die, as those outside immortal cultivators claimed?

Or had the current demon cultivators mutated? Was everyone’s impression of demon cultivators still stuck in memories of the past?

That was why Yu Yu could not understand why such a good Demon Mother would still be let down by a man.

Although he had never met that scumbag, it did not stop Yu Yu from hating him.

All men who abandoned their wives and children were no good.

Even though Yu Yu was male, he looked down on men like that. They should not have wives or children. They should grow old alone and watch other families be happy instead.

“Senior, is the Ghost Demon Tree protecting those souls?”

Yu Yu’s heavenly eye was not just for show. He had long since noticed what was strange about the Ghost Demon Tree.

It was not that it liked putting its roots outside, but that those souls liked the yin qi underground.

“Yes. Those souls are all baby girls who died young in the mortal world. Some were thrown away by their families and froze to death just after they were born, some were eaten by wild beasts in the wilderness, and some were deliberately killed.”

When the Demon Mother said this, deep sorrow still showed on her face.

A world of cultivation also had preference for sons over daughters.

Baby girls with spiritual roots were better off, since their families could use them in exchange for benefits. Baby girls without spiritual roots had much more miserable fates. Some had not even opened their eyes to look at this world before they were killed by their families.

After Yu Yu listened, he had no solution either.

He could save the ones he could see, but how was he supposed to save the ones he could not see?

Buy them with money? It seemed like a decent idea, but everyone should not forget that there were so many baby girls in the world. How many could he buy with money?

If things went badly, baby girls might instead become a tool for those people to make money.

Buying the baby girls with money would not solve the problem. People would still have to be arranged to care for them and raise them.

He also could not inspect the place often. In the end, the baby girls would still be bullied.

If the people managing a hall for baby girls were a little cruel and treated those baby girls as a way to charge fees for certain improper trades, would these bought-back baby girls not become even more pitiful?

So Yu Yu did not have a sudden brainless idea. The only ones who could truly free baby girls were women themselves.

Outsiders reaching out ten thousand times was not as good as women standing up once for themselves.

On Blue Star, which woman of the Huaxia people had not obtained the freedom and equality of later generations because of the sacrifice and courage of their predecessors?

Although there were still many man-made inequalities, compared to ancient foot-binding and never stepping beyond the inner quarters, later generations were already much better.

No attempt was useless. Women’s liberation had never been something accomplished overnight.

The Ghost Demon Tree suddenly moved. In the blink of an eye, it disappeared before them.

“What is this?”

Yu Yu watched the Ghost Demon Tree leave. This was his first time seeing a tree that could walk.

“It probably discovered the soul of another dead baby girl.”

The Demon Mother sighed. Compared to humans themselves, they were not even as kindhearted as a demonic plant.

“So that’s how it is.”

Yu Yu lowered his head. Like the Demon Mother, he felt awful and equally powerless.

“Let’s go. We’ll look somewhere else.”

Although the Demon Mother said that, neither Yu Yu nor she had any mood to continue strolling.

The adult and child returned gloomily to the Demon Palace, which made the Demon Lord rather curious.

Usually, when these two were together, they looked so happy. Why had they become so downcast today?

“Mother, what happened to you two?”

The Demon Lord walked down from the main seat.

“Senior, we just saw the Ghost Demon Tree.”

In a few words, Yu Yu explained the matter clearly.

After the Demon Lord listened, he understood. He did not know how to comfort the two of them. He was a natural-born king of the demon race and did not know much about matters in the mortal world.

However, he still had something to say about humans killing their own closest kin.

“After death, those people will definitely enter the animal path. Even if they were the baby girls’ relatives, they had no right to deprive them of their lives.”

The Demon Lord’s words made Yu Yu and the Demon Mother feel a little better. At least those people would have to repay the baby girls’ karma after death.

“And since those people harmed baby girls’ lives for the sake of baby boys, their sins will also continue onto those boys. Later, those boys will either be unable to marry wives or die at their wives’ hands.”

The Demon Lord did not understand human nature, but he understood the rules of heaven and earth very well.

“One retribution repays another. No matter what those baby girls did wrong in their past lives, if they die unnatural deaths in this life, the people who killed them will likewise not come to a good end.”

The Demon Mother’s and Yu Yu’s eyes both lit up. Compared to those people entering the animal path after death, they preferred hearing that those people would suffer misfortune while alive.

Fortunately, the Demon Lord said it. Otherwise, these two would have stayed downcast for a long while.

“Many thanks for resolving my confusion, Senior Demon Lord.”

After listening, Yu Yu felt he was all right again. Later, he would borrow the kitchen and make delicious food for the Demon Lord and Demon Mother.

Spiritual food definitely would not do, but everyone could eat mortal food.

It was just that after eating, they would have to make time to expel the impurities. Otherwise, leaving them in the body would hinder cultivation.

Do not ask where mortal food came from in the Demon Realm. The answer was Yu Yu’s space. He had collected quite a lot of things in his storage space. After all, aside from his storage space, he also had a little secret realm, so he could store even more things.

Yu Yu’s cooking skills earned praise from both the Demon Mother and the Demon Lord.

“Little Lingyu, I never thought your cooking skills would be so amazing!”

The Demon Lord patted his stomach. He had actually eaten until he was stuffed.

Mortal food had too many impurities and was hard to digest. He needed to make time to expel the impurities.

Even so, the Demon Lord had eaten quite a lot. Yu Yu and the Demon Mother combined had not eaten as much as he had.

“This is food from my hometown. I can write down the recipes, and later the Demon Lord can ask someone to make them with demonic plants and demonic beasts.” Yu Yu had never cooked with demonic plants and demonic beasts before. After all, he did not know much about the living things in the Demon Realm.

Later, he would find some books in the Demon Realm and look through them. Whether he could use the knowledge in the future or not, learning more was never a bad thing.

Time passed as Yu Yu went out with the Demon Mother every day to enjoy the scenery of the Demon Realm and made delicious food.

About three months after Yu Yu was transported to the Demon Realm, a Demon Palace guardian suddenly came in to report.

“My king, an elder from the Taizhen Immortal Sect requests an audience outside.”

The guardian handed over a visiting card.

“They finally came after all.”

The Demon Lord accepted the card.

“Invite him in!”

When he arranged for someone to deliver the message, he had already expected this day would come. Judging from the information he had gathered, the Taizhen Immortal Sect valued this disciple Lingyu greatly. He was also that troublemaker Qingyang’s final disciple. Who would dare look down on Yu Yu?

“Lingji, eldest disciple under Daoist Lord Qingyang of the Taizhen Immortal Sect, greets Senior Demon Lord.”

As soon as Lingji entered, he first saluted the Demon Lord. He was a junior, and his strength was also inferior to the other party’s, so naturally he could not put on airs and look down on the king of the Demon Realm.

Of course, Lingji himself was not that kind of person either, so his conduct gave the Demon Lord a very good impression of him.

“Qingyang teaches his disciples well. Even this king is envious after seeing them.”

The Demon Lord looked at Qingyang’s disciples, each more promising than the last, and they made him feel a little tempted to take in a disciple too. Of course, he only thought about it. The position of Demon Lord had always been passed down by bloodline, and some divine abilities could only be inherited through bloodline as well.

Disciples were not of much use in the Demon Realm. Only bloodline was what demon cultivators cared about most.

“Many thanks for your praise, Senior Demon Lord. Lingji is unworthy of it.”

Lingji inclined his body slightly. The Demon Lord’s praise did not make him so happy that he forgot the purpose of this trip.

“May I ask whether Senior Demon Lord can allow Lingji to see my little junior brother?”

Although he knew his little junior brother had been doing quite well in the Demon Realm, his injuries had never healed, so he could not leave the Demon Realm.

He could not leave because no one was there to protect his little junior brother. Now that Lingji had come, things were different.

“Lingyu went out to play with my mother. Daoist Lord Lingji, should you not mind, you may wait here for a while.”

The Demon Lord did not make things difficult for Lingji and told him truthfully that Yu Yu was not in the Demon Palace.

As for when he would come back, probably around mealtime!

“Naturally, Lingji does not mind. Many thanks to Senior Demon Lord for telling me.”

Lingji did not care about this bit of time, so he sat in the main hall and waited for his little junior brother to return.

“Eldest Senior Brother!”

As soon as Yu Yu returned to the Demon Palace, he heard a demon attendant tell him that his eldest senior brother had come. He immediately let go of the Demon Mother’s hand and rushed toward the main hall.

“Little Junior Brother.”

When Lingji heard his voice, he immediately turned and caught Lingyu as he charged over.

“Little Junior Brother, are you all right?”

Lingji held Yu Yu and checked him from head to toe. He discovered that the injuries on his body had already mostly healed. He only needed to return to the sect and recuperate properly, and he would recover very soon.

“Eldest Senior Brother, I’m very well. Senior Demon Lord and Senior Demon Mother have taken very good care of me.”

Yu Yu said this with a beaming smile.

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