What the Hell Did I Do Wrong?!

Ling Ju, standing nearby, was also startled by the sudden turn of events. She instinctively edged closer to Jing Pu.

You He looked absolutely miserable now. He was bawling with his mouth wide open, all while frantically kowtowing to Jing Pu.

There were still bits of food in You He's mouth that he'd chewed but hadn't swallowed. And he was ugly to begin with; seeing him like this, he looked less like a carbon-based life-form than ever.

He looked so pitiful.

But Jing Pu was a little confused. He... hadn't done anything to him, had he?

He... hadn't bullied him either, right?

What was going on??

However, Jing Pu quickly came around. Right, this guy seemed to have been scared out of his wits earlier.

Jing Pu hurried over to help You He up, saying at the same time:

"Get up. Don't be afraid anymore. Didn't you hear the Fairy Maiden say the Demonic Beast was gone?"

Hearing Jing Pu, You He cried even louder. I really was wrong! Stop putting on an act and messing with me! I really was wrong!

Ling Ju stood to one side, holding the white rabbit, completely bewildered. What... what on earth was going on??

She couldn't make head or tail of it!

At the same time, streaks of light appeared on the horizon. They shot forward at incredible speed and reached the sky above Jing Pu and the others in an instant.

The newcomers were none other than Ling Tiannan, Di Chen, and the others. In fact, the moment the Tribulation Crossing thunderclouds appeared, Ling Tiannan and Di Chen had rushed off to find Jing Pu, hoping to see what he made of the situation.

But when they heard from the two people working in the courtyard that Senior Jing Pu had just left, only five or six minutes ago, they immediately guessed that Senior Jing Pu might have sensed something coming and arrived ahead of time.

With Senior Jing Pu here, Ling Tiannan and Di Chen weren't afraid anymore. They promptly brought everyone over.

Only, they couldn't make sense of what they were seeing now, either. What... what had happened here?!

A Demonic Beast at the peak of Spirit Transformation was kneeling on the ground, refusing to get up as it frantically kowtowed to Senior Jing Pu, muttering things they couldn't understand.

Something about not messing with him anymore, and something about not doing that...

Had Senior Jing Pu... done something strange to this peak Spirit Transformation Demonic Beast?

But that didn't seem right. The whole thing had only taken about ten minutes. There hadn't been enough time, had there?

Or was Senior Jing Pu... just that fast?

Just as Ling Tiannan, Di Chen, Ling Ju, and the others were struggling to figure out what was happening, something even more astonishing took place. The peak Spirit Transformation Demonic Beast suddenly retched, then spat out a pill glowing with a faint black light.

Then, under everyone's astonished gaze, You He held out the black pill in both hands to Jing Pu, who was still trying to help him up. Bawling, he said:

"Senior, this is for you. Please, you have to take it. Let me go, I beg you. I really was wrong!"

Everyone found the scene before them unbelievable. That was a Demon Pill!

A treasure unique to the Devil Race. The reason the Human Race of the lower realm had allied with the Demon Race to fight the Devil Race was precisely because of these unique Demon Pills.

Demonic Beasts began gathering Demon Pills from the day they started cultivating. The longer they cultivated, the more powerful their Demon Pills became, and the pills could speed up their owners' cultivation.

That was why the Devil Race could stand against the Human Race and the Demon Race with only one race of its own.

The Northern Province had Palace Master Yu Xiu, so the Devil Race didn't dare attack. But even with Palace Master Yu Xiu, humanity could only protect itself. It couldn't launch an attack on the Devil Race, and could only defend passively.

That was because the Devil Race had Demon Pills and cultivated incredibly quickly. The Devil Race had more powerful cultivators than the Human Race and Demon Race combined.

However, Demon Pills were extremely difficult to obtain. The Human Race and the Devil Race were sworn enemies, and even when facing death, Demonic Beasts would rather destroy their Demon Pills than hand them over.

There was only one way to obtain these precious Demon Pills: catch a Demonic Beast off guard and kill it in one blow!

That was the only way. But then again... how powerful could a Demonic Beast be if it could be killed in a single blow?

This was the first time in their lives Ling Tiannan and the others had ever seen anything like what was happening today: a Demonic Beast spitting out its own Demon Pill, apologizing, and begging someone to take it.

After a moment of stunned silence, everyone understood.

Senior... Senior was truly someone to admire from the bottom of their hearts!

No wonder... no wonder Senior hadn't killed the Demonic Beast outright. He was reforming it, making it submit sincerely!

That was right... Senior was so powerful that killing the Demonic Beast would have been easy. But what would killing it accomplish?

The Demonic Beast was at the peak of Spirit Transformation. Though peak Spirit Transformation cultivators weren't as rare among the Devil Race as they were among humans, it was still a major figure.

And it was about to undergo Tribulation Crossing. Its status in the Devil Race must have been considerable. Killing it outright would only inflame tensions between the Devil Race and humanity.

Senior was truly noble. His way of thinking was beyond what ordinary people like them could comprehend!

Ling Ju's gaze as she looked at Jing Pu had now turned tender and soft. Senior really did inspire admiration in her, no matter what he did...

Jing Pu, however, was speechless. What were you all standing around staring at?

This guy was crying and kneeling. Couldn't you come down and help me pull him up?

And what the hell was this thing he'd given me?!

Jing Pu had been busy trying to help him up and hadn't looked closely. He'd just seen the man lower his head and hand him this thing. It was covered in food scraps and absolutely disgusting.

More importantly, if Jing Pu didn't take it, the guy seemed determined to stay on the ground no matter what.

This guy really had been scared out of his wits. In the end, Jing Pu reluctantly accepted the pill and casually stuffed it into his Space Bag, saying:

"Fine, fine, I've taken it. Get up already."

You He froze when Jing Pu accepted the Demon Pill, then broke into a look of wild joy.

"Senior, you're really letting me go?"

Jing Pu had no idea why this guy kept asking him to let him go. He just thought the man had been scared witless, so he helplessly went along with it.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm letting you go. Get up already."

It was like someone who'd had too much to drink claiming he could kill a tiger with a flying tackle. You couldn't very well argue with him, could you?

When You He heard Jing Pu say that, he suddenly sprang up from where he'd been kneeling and bowed deeply to him.

"Thank you, Senior! I know I was wrong now. I'll never dare do it again. Let's meet again if fate allows, Senior."

With that, You He shot off with a whoosh, moving incredibly fast.

Jing Pu stood rooted to the spot, blinking in bewilderment as he watched You He shoot dozens of meters away in an instant...

Huh??? He could run that fast?!

Five minutes later, You He stood atop a small hill, panting heavily as he looked back in the direction he'd come from.

The panic had left his face. In its place was a wildly smug expression.

"Huh? I was wrong?"

"What did I do wrong??"

"What the hell did I do wrong???"

"Like hell I was wrong!!!!"

"He's just at the late stage of Tribulation Crossing, or maybe the peak. And he thinks he can treat me like a monkey? Just you wait. Once my father comes out of seclu—"

Before You He could finish thinking, Jing Pu's voice suddenly came from above his head.

"You ran way too fast."

At the sound of Jing Pu's voice, You He's expression froze. He looked as if he'd eaten shit as he strained to look up at the sky. Jing Pu was riding the Dragon Horse overhead, holding a bag of food in one hand.

You He's mouth twitched a couple of times. He stared up at Jing Pu for a second, then stammered in terror:

"D-Dad... do you... do you still need something?"

Jing Pu: ???

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