Wu Xuan and Jin Yang were long used to Niu Da's bewilderment. If Niu Da had understood, he would not have been Niu Da.
After exchanging a smile, the two took their leave of Steward Yu.
Niu Da was completely at sea, but he still followed Wu Xuan and Jin Yang.
Not far from the gates of the Jade King's Residence, the three encountered Kuang Cang and Nian, who had also come to visit.
Jin Yang and Wu Xuan nodded in greeting, and Kuang Cang and Nian returned the gesture. Although Jin Yang was weaker than the two of them, he was still a genuine Great Demon of the emptiness (epic) realm. He was also a favorite of the prince, so they naturally would not put on airs as Great Demons.
At the gates of the Jade King's Residence, Steward Yu greeted them with his usual smile and a cupped-fist salute.
"His Highness specifically instructed this old man to await you two here."
Kuang Cang cupped his hands.
"Sorry for the trouble, sir."
Nian merely nodded.
For once, Cheng Yu was not standing before Mirror Lake. Instead, he sat in a pavilion a short distance away.
"This humble general pays his respects to Your Highness."
"Nian pays his respects to the Great Sage."
Looking at the two bowing below him, Cheng Yu smiled.
"Do you two know why I summoned you here?"
Nian gave a bloodthirsty smile.
"Great Sage, is it because of Humankind's second year?"
Cheng Yu's expression did not change at the sight of Nian, but inwardly he could not help sighing. Despite his repeated interventions, Nian had still grown somewhat bloodthirsty and unhinged.
Then Cheng Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. In his sight, the Demon Race's fortune continued drifting inexorably from him toward Nian, strand by strand.