Chapter 45
The demon took revenge, holding a small ball of hair in his palm and walking up with heavy steps.
He knelt down on one knee in front of Xie Zuo and Huo Yao, and said solemnly: “My name is Zhen, and I am one of the ten attendants of the former Demon King. Thank you so much for saving me. I will always remember your kindness.”
Xie Zuo opened his eyes wide and took a closer look at Zhen. No wonder he was still quite imposing even though he was tortured terribly, and his behavior was not as rough as that of ordinary low-level demons.
The former Demon King, Xie Xiao, appointed ten famous Demon Attendants, all of whom were highly powerful and loyal to her, and each of them stationed in one territory of the Demon Realm.
Xie Zuo had been imprisoned by Huo Yao since he was born. Seeing his “fellow villager” now, he couldn’t help but wonder about the current situation of the demon world, “How did you end up like this?” Xie looked at him deeply.
“After the death of the late king, the little demon king is nowhere to be found, the demons are leaderless, and we, the ten demon attendants, are also in internal strife. Today, the demon world is torn apart and war continues. I was plotted against, and I was forced to leave the territory with my wife and children, and went into exile. Only then…”
Looking at the fallen fellow in front of him, Xie Zuo became more and more determined to return to the demon world.
Xie Zuo asked him: “What are your plans next?”
Zhen lowered his head and kissed the little hairball in his palm, then put it in front of Xie Zuo: “I want to continue to look for my wife. It is inconvenient to carry him with me. In order to repay I will give it to you for your kindness.”
Xie Zuo said with a black line on his forehead: “Are you going to rely on us? I won’t take care of your children.”
Zhen looked at Xie Zuo sincerely with a pair of blue eyes: ” It is the offspring of me and the Lei Ze beast. It is my greatest sincerity to let him by your side and be able to withstand the thunder punishment of the heavenly tribulation for you.”
Thunder punishment… Did this guy see that they are not ordinary mortals?
The little white and gold hairball opened its eyes. They were a pair of blue eyes from its father, which were big, round, and moist.
It stared at Xie Zuo, seeing that Xie Zuo didn’t seem to want it, and let out an aggrieved “chirp”, its big eyes deformed by tears.
Xie Zuo’s heart was hit again. How could there be such a cute thing in the world! He couldn’t help but stretched out his hand to touch it, and the little furball immediately jumped on his shoulder.
“Don’t rely on me,” Xie Zuo warned it while rubbing its soft little body with his fingers, “Get down quickly.”
“Ji!” the little furball barked again, and jumped to the ground with a “paa”. Then onto Huo Yao’s shoulder.
“Poof-” followed by a flash of light, the hair all over the little hairball exploded, and it suddenly grew into two sizes.
The little hairball looked confused and looked up at Huo Yao.
Huo Yao lowered his head and looked at it seriously.
“Hahahahahaha, I’m so crazy. Hahaha, I’m laughing so hard!” Xie Zuo burst into laughter, “What’s going on?”
“It has the blood of the Leize Beast, and it reacts when it touches me.”
The little hairball’s belly swelled up and he made a “rumbling” sound of thunder, which meant he was angry.
Zhen glanced at his son one last time and said, “It’s called Lei Ya. Using the mother’s surname, I entrusted it to my benefactor.”
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Zhen’s figure disappeared, and Xie Zuo said angrily: “This treacherous guy!”
Huo Yao said: “It doesn’t matter, if you like it, just keep it.”
Xie Zuo crossed his arms, “I don’t like it, I want you to keep it!”
“Let’s raise it together.”
“No!”
Huo Yao greeted with a small halo of light on his fingertips. “Lei Ya, come and eat.”
Lei Ya looked at it curiously, rushed over, and swallowed the ball of light in one mouthful. “Ji—!”
Xie Zuo saw it falling to the ground and twitching, and said anxiously: “What are you giving it to eat? It’s still so small!”
Huo Yao said with a smile in his eyes: “It can’t be seen by people like this, so it has to change its form.”
A strong golden light burst out from Lei Ya’s body, and after the light dissipated, it turned into a fat cat with a round head and round stomach, with white and gold stripes on its body.
“Meow~” Lei Ya tremblingly lifted up her four new legs and rubbed against Xie Zuo’s feet.
So soft, fat, and covered in fluff! Xie Zuo still couldn’t hold it back, bent down to pick it up, and stroked its big head back and forth, “Be more honest, or I will eat you.”
At this time, a small homing pigeon made of paper flew into the air. When he arrived in front of Xie Zuo, it said in Mu Rong’s voice: “Brother, where have you been? You must come back, otherwise how can you explain to the teacher!” This was the paper stand-in Mu Rong specially used to convey messages.
Xie Zuo blew at the little carrier pigeon, “I know, let’s go back now.”
The little carrier pigeon, which was a little droopy, came to life again, flapped its wings and flew away happily to deliver the message.
Huo Yao once again used the flash technique to send him and Xie Zuo back to the inn.
Xie Zuo put Lei Ya, who was already asleep, on the wooden ledge outside, grabbed Huo Yao who was about to leave, and whispered: “Don’t leave.”
There were no lights in the room, and through the moonlight, Huo Yao could clearly see the blush on Xie Zuo’s face. He reached out and stroked his cheek, “Are you sure?”
Xie Zuo stood up on tiptoes and kissed him, “Hug me.”
Huo Yao immediately hugged him in his arms, “This is what you said!”
Xie Zuo struggled for a moment, “Go take a shower first…”
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The next day, General Huo’s personal guards sent a message to Imperial Teacher Wen that the prince was feeling unwell and needed to rest for two days before setting off.
When Imperial Teacher Wen received the news, he stroked his beard without saying anything. When the guards retreated, he immediately called Mu Rong, “Your Highness is unwell, why is General Huo the first to know?”
Mu Rong said with a bitter face: “He’s been here all this time. The prince always accompanied by General Huo himself, so it is not surprising that he knew first.”
Imperial Teacher Wen thought for a long time, “Let me go and see for myself.”
Mu Rong did not dare to stop him, and was afraid of causing trouble, so he had to follow and think about it as he walked. Filled in all kinds of terrible scenes.
Xie Zuo had a fever, his forehead was hot, his body was falling apart, and he couldn’t even lift his fingers.
He put an ice towel on his forehead, stared at Huo Yao accusingly, and said hoarsely: “You… are not human!”
Huo Yao felt guilty and squeezed his hand, “You have a good rest.”
Xie Zuo said angrily: “Otherwise? I’m almost dead!”
“Don’t talk nonsense.” Huo Yao kissed his cheek comfortingly.
“Meow~?” Lei Ya jumped on the bed and looked at Xie Zuo with his head tilted, as if he was studying why he became like this overnight.
“Stupid cat.” Xie Zuo snorted.
Lei Ya nuzzled him and laid his head on the pillow next to his.
At this time, Mu Rong’s little homing pigeon flew over again, “The teacher will be here soon, you… hurry up and pack up!”
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As soon as Imperial Teacher Wen entered the courtyard, he saw Xie Zuo walking out awkwardly, with Huo Yao half behind him. He looked like he wanted to help but didn’t dare to help.
“Imperial Teacher.” Xie Zuo was about to salute, but Imperial Teacher Wen hurriedly supported him.
Although Imperial Teacher Wen was stern, he really loved Xie Zuo. “Your Highness, what’s going on?” At the same time, he carefully observed Xie Zuo’s nose and mouth to see if there were any signs of poisoning.
After observing it like this, he saw something was wrong. It didn’t look like poisoning, but it looked like…excessive debauchery, overusing the body.
Xie Zuo was born handsome and elegant. At this moment, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of love, and there was still a thin layer of red on his fair neck that had not faded away.
After all, the old man had been through it all, and he complained in his heart that Xie Zuo didn’t know how to control himself. He helped him into the inner room, criticized him implicitly and tactfully, warned him not to indulge in women too much, and then left without any regrets.
As soon as Imperial Teacher Wen left, Xie Zuo relaxed and laid motionless on the bed.
Huo Yao came back from seeing off Imperial Teacher Wen. Seeing his pitiful appearance, he was really upset: he shouldn’t have been so indulgent last night, and hurt him like this.