Daughter Of The Dao And Devil Venerables

Chapter 87 Part 2

Chapter 87 Part 2 – The Boy (II)

“…” Shen Changyuan, who saw Lu Yaoyao’s thoughts, stayed silent, unable to explain the truth to the innocent cub. In fact, there were very few cross-racial couples who stayed together because of love. Such a relationship was taboo and unacceptable by all races; thus, there was another, much darker reason behind the existence of many mixed-blood people.

Since time immemorial, light and darkness were always the two sides of the same coin. Some merchants in the human realm traded not only normal resources such as spiritual beasts and spiritual plants but also female demons and female devils in secret. And those ‘secret wares’ sold well, as there was always enough supply of rich clients with bizarre hobbies who liked to buy female demons and female devils in underground auctions for their own amusements. And demons were more popular than devils, especially the weaker ones with harmless original forms.

Because of the high demand, the merchants often came to the Demon Realm to find good-looking, harmless beast-shaped demons. After being captured, the demons would be fed with transformation leaf, forcefully turning them into human form while still retaining some demon race characteristics, such as beast ears and tails. These demons were immensely popular as pets and slaves. And these pets may, for one reason or another, eventually give birth to half-demon babies mixed with human blood.

Some of those half-demons were killed at birth, while some were thrown into the wilderness and left to die. Those with better luck would be raised and given food, but their status was extremely low.

Shen Changyuan used to be in a high position, but he at the time couldn’t tolerate even the slightest misconduct; so much filth naturally had never entered his eyes. However, it didn’t mean that he was left ignorant. “Let’s follow them.” Shen Changyuan picked Lu Yaoyao up. He didn’t want to pollute the girl’s ears with a filthy truth.

Follow the group, and they will be sure to find someone they can ask for directions. However, Lu Yaoyao and Shen Changyuan soon found out that the young master’s group was taking a different direction from the boy. Lu Yaoyao pondered for a while, then pointed in the direction of the boy, “Follow him.”

The path the boy took was very remote. He kept walking into the depth of the misty forest. After passing through a cave connected to a makeshift path, he pushed aside a thick layer of vines and bushes, revealing a hidden mountain col.

The col seemed to house a simple settlement. Across the tall and sturdy tree branches stood several simple but beautiful wooden houses, along with others made from hollowed-out tree trunks. Clearly, the owners of the houses took good care of their residences. The settlement was very remote and hidden. Without a careful search or prior information, it would be impossible to find it hidden in such a place. When Lu Yaoyao saw tree houses similar to the ones she used to see in Duanping Mountain, she was overwhelmed with nostalgia and missed home even more.

After the boy passed through the vines and entered the col, a much younger boy wearing just animal skin stuck his head out of a nearby trunk house. Seeing the boy returning, he quickly ran out and helped put vines that covered the entrance back to their position. He turned around and said concernedly, “Brother A’mu, are you alright?” Seeing Li Mu return with injuries all over his body, the boy’s eyes started to turn wet.

This younger boy was just half the height of Li Mu and was very thin. Like the latter, he also had a pair of beast ears on the top of his head. The black tail on his behind was only half-length, as if cut off.

Li Mu’s tense nerves relaxed when he saw the boy, “I’m fine, Xiaohu. Don’t worry.”

“Let’s go to Sister Qianqian. I brought the medicine back.” Li Mu passed Xiaohu and quickly went up to the tree house.