Human Splendor Amid Demon City

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Having served as a commander-in-chief for so many years, Ying Li was certainly not just all muscle. No matter how worried he was about the situation, he wouldn't openly show it. His expression quickly returned to composure, and he smiled, "I'm getting old. When I was young, I didn't need to recuperate from this kind of injury and could still keep fighting. Now, I don't have the energy if I don't lie down for a few days."

Qin Yi casually remarked, "Demons live much longer than humans, right? I don't think Hawk Commander is that old."

Ying Li said, "There are many kinds of demons. The one I transformed into a demon, like the Door Gang, has no Root Bone talent. Its cultivation is very difficult, and it may never be able to condense its core in this lifetime. After a few hundred years, it will eventually wither and degenerate, turning back into a Door Gang without any Spiritual Qi. At that point, it is no different from being dead... The Door Gang itself can only be considered its skeleton."

Qin Yi had only made a casual remark, but unexpectedly, Ying Li actually explained it to him in detail, which made him think about the topic. He didn't care whether the Gang Jing lived or died; what he was thinking about was Qing Cha.

The tea leaves that have been enlightened, like Qing Cha, were said by my Senior Sister to be very difficult to cultivate. The Immortal Palace only regarded her as a little maid, and she wasn't even considered a disciple when she was registered.

Even the big-headed boy transformed from the pine tree at the gate might have a better future than Qing Cha, because their true forms are complete living beings, far superior to a tea leaf. Besides, pine trees, rooted in the soil, can grow for countless years; they won't die unless they suffer natural disasters or man-made calamities. Qing Cha, on the other hand, wouldn't suffice...

Will she soon turn back into a tea leaf?

This is absolutely unacceptable; we must find a way to deal with it in the future...

Ying Li continued, "Azure Hawk like me are somewhat similar to you humans. Our lifespan is limited by our physical form; it's whatever it is meant to be. The only difference is that our lifespan is extended through cultivation. Under the same cultivation level, it's not necessarily longer than yours. And I'm already over eight hundred years old this year, so I'm afraid there's not much room for further improvement."

Ying Li must be at the sixth or seventh level of Core Formation? It took him eight hundred years to reach this level, which is a bit slow... Qin Yi can't be called slow, because he is already the strongest person in the White Kingdom, second only to the king. There are countless other monsters who are even slower than him, which shows how difficult cultivation is.

"After the Three Meridians were unified and the Demon City was brought together, the situation has improved a lot. Hawk Commander will definitely be able to break through again." Ye Ling spoke from his shoulder, "Now everyone's cultivation speed is much faster than before. It was really amazing that Hawk Commander could condense his core under the previous conditions. Now it's even more of a piece of cake."

"Yes." Hawk Commander bowed slightly respectfully. "Your Majesty is a man of great talent and strategy. Only by unifying the Demon City can we have the possibility of revival. If we were still at the level of producing even a Core Formation cultivator, we would only be able to hide under the protection of Kunpeng, barely surviving, and never be able to break out."

"It's fine if we don't go out," Ye Ling said, looking up. "We're going to protect the best Kun Kun in the world!"

Qin Yi almost threw her off his shoulder.

Ying Li's face twitched twice, and he said earnestly, "Young Master, how many times has the King confined you with this idea of not going out? Don't you feel any remorse?"

Ye Ling smiled apologetically, "If you're going to put me in solitary confinement, you'll have to wait until my brother leaves. While he's here, I need to stay with him, so I can't put him in solitary confinement."

Ying Li clutched his wound, feeling like he was about to vomit blood.

Qin Yi suppressed a laugh, suddenly realizing that while Ye Ling's clumsy antics were cute to him, perhaps to Cheng Cheng he really was a naughty child...

She needs to be authoritative and say "nee-nee-nee-nee" when she wants to be dignified, and she needs to be defensive and crouch down with her hands on her head when she wants to charge into battle. Raising this successor must be a real headache for her...

Ying Li took a few breaths, clearly aware of Ye Ling's character, and didn't bother arguing with the brat. He continued to Qin Yi, "The last type is the Divine Beast Bloodline, like the Young Master. Even if her Soaring Serpent bloodline isn't pure, she's already different from other demons. Her cultivation will be very fast, and her lifespan will be very long. But precisely because her cultivation is too fast,... her growth seems to have encountered some problems."

Qin Yi coughed twice but didn't say anything.

Ying Li continued, "Therefore, the bloodline of the Demon Race is the most fundamental and important thing. No matter how talented you are, you will never be able to devour the moon if you only have the bloodline of a mongrel. The Great King's bloodline is no longer pure, which has caused many problems over the years; the Young Master's bloodline is also not pure, which led the Great King to risk his life to enter the secret realm of the Teng Snake Remnant Soul, in an attempt to perfect her. The Great King's injury and today's chaos all stem from this."

Qin Yi squinted, finally understanding what Ying Li was trying to say after all that beating around the bush.

Ye Ling's character clearly makes it difficult to win over the masses; the demons' loyalty remains firmly with Cheng Cheng, and they also acknowledge Cheng Cheng's descendants. Ying Li of Qin Yi is perhaps more serious than his wariness of any formidable enemy.

Frankly, although this was directed at him, the intention was still respectable, and Qin Yi felt no hostility towards it, nor did he need to argue with them. He was more uncomfortable with this theory of bloodline, which stemmed from differences in his upbringing. Of course, the Demon Race might indeed require bloodlines, and he had no grounds to refute that.

Qin Yi remained silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "Hawk Commander, why worry so much? I went to the Demon City merely to cultivate. At least I can be considered a friend of the Demon City, right? Does Hawk Commander not wish to acknowledge me?"

Ying Li remained silent for a long while, his expression somewhat complicated. "You are more than just a friend of the Demon City. This time you saved the King's life, which means you saved the entire Demon City. If it had nothing to do with bloodline, I wouldn't even bat an eye if you wanted to take my life to vent your anger."

"What would I do with your life?" Qin Yi chuckled, taking out a bottle of pills and placing it on the bedside table. "My pills may not be as effective as those from the Demon City, but they'll still be a useful supplement. Hawk Commander, get some rest. We'll meet again someday."

After leaving Ying Li's Residence with Ye Ling, Qin Yi remained silent, seemingly lost in thought, unsure of what he was thinking.

Ye Ling said on her shoulder, "I wonder what Hawk Commander is struggling with. It's so strange."

Qin Yi thought Ye Ling wouldn't understand, so he smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't understand, you don't need to."

Ye Ling said, "I don't understand. If Brother wants to be with Master, why does he have to have a baby? Can't he not have one?"

Qin Yi stumbled, and Ye Ling, who was on his shoulder, was finally flung off. She flapped her wings twice in the air, hovered in front of Qin Yi, and cried loudly, "Brother, you want my baby but not me..."

Qin Yi really wanted to slap his forehead again and just shut himself off.

With a head full of tangled mess of emotions, Qin Yi dragged the sobbing Ye Ling back to the Imperial Palace. Entering the East Palace only made him feel more withdrawn; there wasn't even a chair in the hall, Whining Creature, Echo Stone, and Sand Sculpture Gang Jing guarding the entrance. The pigeons were nowhere to be seen. Ye Ling sat on the floor, looking at Qin Yi with a pitiful expression.

"Where's the chair?"

Ye Ling pouted, "Brother used to watch me crawl all over the place, but now he wants a chair..."

"If you don't want the chair, I'll take it!" Qin Yi didn't say that directly, but instead tried a different approach, gently persuading, "Ye Ling, you're always lying down, don't you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"No, lying face down is the most comfortable." Ye Ling said, then rolled over and lay face down in a starfish position.

"..." Qin Yi's forehead veins bulged as he continued to coax, "Don't you feel that what you lack compared to your master is just like this, flattened out?"

Ye Ling suddenly looked up.

The Eastern Palace, which had never had chairs before, suddenly had a row of chairs added to its collection.

Ye Ling began to consider whether to change her cultivation posture, sitting to the side pondering, feeling very troubled.

Qin Yi did not sit down. He stood in the garden outside the palace, looking at the location of the Fragrant Aroma Hall in the distance, his mind blank, not knowing what he was thinking.

A light drizzle fell again, weaving in the air above the Imperial Palace like a dream or a wisp of smoke.

The gates of the Fragrant Aroma Hall opened, and a stunningly beautiful woman slowly emerged, dressed in white with gold rings, her feet bare beneath her skirt.

The two looked at each other through the rain, and after a long while, Qin Yi finally said, "You've emerged from seclusion?"

"We've emerged from seclusion," Cheng Cheng said in a seductive voice, her tone teasing. "Sir, your achievement is truly remarkable. How shall I reward This King?"

"There's nothing to reward you with," Qin Yi said calmly. "There's a Dumb Girl Cheng Cheng in Brocade Embroidery Workshop in the East of the City. I wonder if she's gone back yet?"

"If you go, she will surely be there," Cheng Cheng said calmly. "You might as well take a look at the beauty of this Demon City, a place of human splendor."