Why Do You Want to Be the Demon Son?

As dusk approached, everything returned to rest, and the light of the spiritual water reappeared.

The Nether Capital slowly grew quiet, and the chaos caused by the struggle between the demon gods gradually faded.

However, the fervor ignited by the reappearance of the demon son continued to escalate.

Outside the courtyard...

Those people remained waiting.

Inside the courtyard...

The golden giant dragon and the small priest were still healing.

In the room, the High Priest Jin Qing had long since awakened, also sitting cross-legged to circulate her qi and repair her physical body.

That battle had cost her dearly, especially the Crimson Demon's final spear strike, which had nearly claimed her life.

Though she was now awake, her foundation had been damaged, and her strength had plummeted.

Xu Xian sat on the terrace, watching the shimmering lake light with boredom as he silently calculated his next move...

The small priest's gaze would occasionally steal toward him, filled with innocence, confusion, and even a hint of wariness.

After experiencing the events of the day, she found herself increasingly unable to see through or understand the youth before her.

She had personally thrown him into the Nether Pool, only for him to vanish mysteriously, and then, more than a month later, he had suddenly reappeared without warning.

He had even personally saved them.

It was complicated.

Everything had started because of him, and everything had ended because of him. She did not know whether to feel lucky or sad, nor did she know whether to feel grateful or hateful.

Even now, she still did not know who he truly was.

Perhaps she could only find out once her sister woke up.

Now that things had reached this point, there was no longer any room for retreat.

As the night deepened...

Jin Qing pushed the door open and stepped out. Xu Xian heard the movement but had no intention of moving at all.

He remained lazily seated in the rocking chair, holding wine in his hand and admiring the lake light of the Nether Pool.

Looking at the ten-colored long hair trailing behind him, Jin Qing's expression shifted as a hazy glow floated around her. Just as it had been during the day, there was no sign of a disguise.

Every strand of hair was connected to the boy's body, and his aura emanated from them.

She had tested Bai Mang more than once and had made countless conjectures about his identity.

She had doubted his purpose.

She had questioned his identity.

She had even hypothesized that he was not a demon.

However...

Bai Mang would always perform a series of unexpected events, deviating from her desired outcome time and time again.

Primordial demon script,

Seeing through her,

Using her,

Vanishing into thin air,

Manifesting sanctity,

The Immortal-Demon Bai Mang,

Each of these events, one after another, refreshed her understanding and denied her guesses.

No matter how suspicious she was by nature,

She could find no evidence to prove he was not a demon.

Setting aside the demon script, he had survived the Nether Pool unharmed.

He could even condense nether fire and walk on nether water as if on solid ground.

Everything served to justify his name; he could only be of the demon race.

Because only the demon race could achieve such things.

And achieving manifesting sanctity with only a sixth-rank cultivation was a method she could not have imagined in her wildest dreams.

The only possibility she could think of was that he was not actually at the sixth rank, but was instead above the ninth rank, even above her.

That was why she could not see through him.

But if that were truly the case, why had he done those things?

He could not have done it all just to toy with them. She did not believe anyone could be that bored; the logic did not hold up.

Otherwise...

Then the story he told was true. He was truly the descendant of the Demon Lord, or he had truly fallen off a cliff, met the Demon Lord, and received his inheritance.

However, at least one thing was certain: he was very strong. Not just in terms of strength, but also talent. He was a unique existence that the Demon Abyss had not seen in tens of thousands of years.

She was certain that he was the variable she had been waiting for, the opportunity and fortune the demon race had awaited for millennia...

Letting her thoughts run wild, she walked straight to the boy's side and sat elegantly in another chair. Without speaking, she followed his lead and watched the Nether Pool.

Xu Xian glanced at her from the corner of his eye. The disheveled woman he had carried back had now changed her clothes, regaining her usual nobility and grace.

Even though her aura was chaotic, her imposing presence had not diminished in the slightest.

He did not speak, only taking small sips of his wine, waiting for her to be the first to break the silence.

After a long while...

Jin Qing took a deep breath, staring straight ahead, and asked slowly, "How did you do it?"

"Which thing are you referring to?"

Was it vanishing into thin air, or manifesting sanctity?

Jin Qing gave him a deep look and said, "Which one would you rather tell me?"

Xu Xian took a sip of wine and said nonchalantly, "I do not want to talk about either!"

Jin Qing lowered her eyes, as if she had expected this. Secrets could not be revealed to others. She had only mentioned it in passing and did not truly expect an answer.

She asked again, "Since you chose to vanish, why did you appear again?"

Xu Xian smiled slightly and exposed her thoughts, "You want to ask me why I saved you, right?"

Jin Qing chose to remain silent, acknowledging it.

Xu Xian teased, "It is simple: the classic hero-saves-the-damsel trope."

Jin Qing's eyes were full of doubt. "Hmm?"

Xu Xian said bluntly, "Or, you can just think that I took a liking to your beauty and fell in love with you."

Jin Qing gave a bitter smile.

"Hah!"

She shook her head helplessly.

In her heart, she thought that such words could only fool a silly girl like Chi Ji.

Xu Xian tilted his head. "You do not believe me?"

Jin Qing relaxed her brow and said faintly, "I admit I cannot see through you, and I cannot prove that what you say is definitely wrong. But I know that you are not the kind of fool who acts on impulse, and you are certainly not the kind of person who works for nothing."

Xu Xian just looked at her without speaking.

Jin Qing's gaze did not waver as she continued, "Tell me, what do you want to get from me?"

She paused for a moment and added deliberately, "Do not say you are after my feelings, and do not say you crave my body. I am not that easy to fool, and you are not that vulgar!"

Xu Xian was stunned for a moment. What a blunt conversation; it even made him feel a bit embarrassed.

In front of her, he felt like a raw recruit.

He felt somewhat awkward!

"Ahem!"

He performed a tactical throat-clearing and asked, "Do you usually talk to people so bluntly?"

Jin Qing furrowed her brows, and after a moment of contemplation, she said, "If you do not find it troublesome and do not mind wasting time, I can also accompany you in speaking in circles and testing each other..."

When Xu Xian heard this, he thought about it. This woman, Jin Qing, was not simple at all. If he really talked in circles with her, there was no telling who would play whom.

Besides, they had already put on an act back in Vagrant Alley. Just thinking about it gave Xu Xian a headache.

He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let us just be direct. I am tired of acting too."

A flash of triumph crossed Jin Qing's eyes, and she did not forget to follow up, "So, what is it that you seek?"

Xu Xian got straight to the point, "I want you and your sister to support me. I want to be the demon son who stands above ten thousand and below only one, ruling over the Demon Abyss."

Jin Qing was somewhat surprised. She had never thought that Bai Mang was someone who loved power.

Given his personality, shouldn't he think that the position of the demon son was a lot of trouble?

Besides, it was a thankless task.

Had he turned stupid?

Or was he lying?

Or had he been faking it all along?

She could not help but ask, "Why do you want to be the demon son?"

Xu Xian looked at her and spat out four words:

"To make money!"