Baby Serendipity: The Whole World Fell In Love With Me-Chapter 702 - 701: The Demon Emperor Leads the Expedition Personally
Chapter 702: Chapter 701: The Demon Emperor Leads the Expedition Personally
"Su Ji, how are you reflecting in there?" the Demon Emperor asked leisurely, without a trace of sympathy for Su Ji’s plight.
Su Ji lowered his head and replied meekly, "Grandfather Emperor, Su Ji has understood his mistake. It was wrong of me to interfere with Grandfather Emperor’s decisions."
The Demon Emperor was very satisfied with Su Ji’s compliance and his face was full of smiles.
"It’s good that you’re sensible. Grandfather Emperor still likes you very much, after all, in the entire Demon Clan, only you and Grandfather Emperor share a close bloodline." The Demon Emperor paused for a moment before mentioning the issue of resurrection, "As for your parents... Under the leadership of Grandfather Emperor, not many of our clan have perished, so bodies are naturally hard to come by. You should preserve your parents’ Demon Pills well, and Grandfather Emperor will have a word with Lord Pig. I will make sure to expedite the matter, how about that?"
Su Ji replied respectfully, "Yes, I will follow Grandfather Emperor’s wishes."
The Demon Emperor nodded, "Alright, you and Little Mianmian must have things to say to each other, so I won’t disturb you any longer."
With that, he turned and left.
As he left, he gave Hei Ling a meaningful glance, signaling Hei Ling to listen in on what the two children were saying.
Hei Ling nodded slightly and stood in the room, not leaving.
Mianmian saw the Demon Emperor depart and immediately ran to Su Ji’s side, worriedly checking his body for injuries. When she saw that his feet were torn and ragged, she covered her mouth, her eyes reddening.
Su Ji also noticed his feet.
In the waters of the Water Prison, there were some non-sentient carnivorous bugs. Being locked up there, even flesh and blood like his could not employ any magic. In such conditions, those bugs naturally nibbled at his flesh.
Fortunately, those bugs could not survive out of the water; otherwise, being thrown into the Water Prison would have been his end.
How strange are the ways of the world.
The Demon Emperor, though related by blood, didn’t show any concern for his well-being, his words filled with warnings. In contrast, Su Mianmian, who had no relation to him, burst into tears immediately upon seeing him hurt.
"I’m not in pain," Su Ji soothed Mianmian, "It’s alright, when we go back, I’ll have the Imperial Doctor prescribe some medicine for me."
Mianmian thought for a moment and then took out a treasure the Demon Emperor had awarded her, "I heard from the Imperial Noble Consort that to see the Imperial Doctor, one must offer something valuable to get good medicine. These were given to Mianmian by His Majesty the Demon Emperor, and he has allowed Mianmian to give them to others as gifts, so I will give this to you. You can use it to have the Imperial Doctor prescribe good medicine for you."
Su Ji, seeing the box full of jewels and treasures Mianmian had, did not decline the help and readily accepted her support. Knowing that he could not stay in the room with Mianmian for too long, or it would displease the Demon Emperor, Su Ji received the gifts and then told Mianmian they would meet again next time.
Mianmian obediently waved goodbye to Su Ji, watching as he left.
After Su Ji had gone, she hugged the Soul Lamp and silently poured out her grievances to her parents within the lamp.
The Demon Clan was truly frightening—grandfathers who disliked their grandsons sent them to languish in prison. If possible, she really did not want to stay there.
Why did she have to encounter Wu Chenzi? If Wu Chenzi had never seen her, maybe none of this would have happened?
She could have been a carefree little friend in Xinghua Village, not needing to do anything she didn’t like.
That night, Mianmian missed her parents profoundly.
On the next day, Mianmian heard other news about the Demon Emperor.
At night, the Demon Emperor suddenly attacked the Wolf Clan, accusing them of plotting a rebellion. Almost the entire Wolf Clan was exterminated, with no survivors.
When that consort came to relay this, she was crying uncontrollably, "That was my family. Little Mianmian, from today onwards, I no longer have a family."
She was a consort the Wolf Clan had presented to the Demon Emperor.
After becoming a consort, not only did she not live a better life—having been framed by the former Empress and the Crown Prince and rendered infertile—now, her entire family had been killed by the Demon Emperor.
Although the consort harbored great dissatisfaction with the Demon Emperor in her heart, she dared not voice more.
She feared the Demon Emperor had arranged for others to listen outside, and if they heard her cursing the Demon Emperor, she wouldn’t survive either.
And it was not only the Wolf Clan; during a court session, the Demon Emperor also executed the leader of the Leopard Clan, claiming that the chief had disrespected him. Anyway, the accusations all came from the Demon Emperor himself, and the many courtiers dared only anger but not speak out.
When the Demon Emperor was young, he wasn’t yet the Demon Emperor; during the struggle for the position, he rose to power by stepping over the blood of his brothers. Back then, some within the Demon Clan did not support him, and he had borne a grudge in his heart ever since.
Now, considering himself unmatched in battle, the Demon Emperor chose to strike at the two clans he resented the most, decimating them completely.
The many demons felt a shared unease and dared not go against the Demon Emperor any longer. It was at this time the Demon Emperor proposed sending an army to attack the Human Realm, intending to turn it into the dominion of the Demon Clan.
He instructed his subjects to contact some demons cultivating in the Human Realm, seeking to collaborate from within and outside to conquer the human domain.
With the Demon Emperor’s command issued, no one dared to disagree.
Before long, the Demon Clan’s grand army was assembled and the Demon Emperor led the troops personally, deciding to first massacre a city to give the Human Emperor a taste of his power.
His assault was so sudden that the Human Realm was caught off guard, and indeed, the people of an entire town were slaughtered.
Mianmian had seen villages massacred, bodies strewn on the ground, but she had never witnessed such a scene directly. She had already quietly told herself not to be afraid, but seated in the palanquin watching non-sentient Demon Beasts ravage the Human Race, she was still in shock, her face turning pale.
The Demon Emperor cared not whether Mianmian was frightened; watching the humans’ tragic plight, he laughed wildly.
"Let this battle serve as a lesson to the Human Race that we, the Demon Clan, are coming to rule over them," he said, pausing before continuing, "That one there, don’t kill that youth; let him go inform the Human Emperor that we have arrived."
Following the command, the subordinate released the young man they were about to stuff into their mouth. To ensure he completed the task of delivering the message, they even fed him some medicine.
The man could hardly believe he had been spared and staggered onto the horse that the demons gave to him.
Before he left, he turned to look at the Demon Emperor on the palanquin and at Mianmian beside him, his face in disbelief.
The Human Emperor received the news swiftly.
The Demon Clan’s Demon Emperor had suddenly razed a town, gifting the entire population as snacks to the demons. The young messenger, having delivered the news, vomited blood, and with a pale face, he died.
Seeing such hell upon earth, had it not been for his resolve to inform the Human Emperor of everything, how could he have delivered the message?
He would have died on the road!
The Human Emperor erected a tomb for the young messenger, convened a meeting with the abbot of the protective temple to discuss resisting the demons.
It was said that a thousand years ago, the Demon Realm once invaded the Human Realm. At that time, a powerful cultivator arose in the Human Realm, organized a defense, captured the Demon Emperor, and thus halted that disaster.
That person eventually became the Human Emperor.
The current Human Emperor, while capable, lacked a high aptitude and had merely managed to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.
Lacking in power oneself, one must rely on others who are stronger.
