Chapter 101.1

The skeleton monster stayed silent for a moment, but his attitude towards Wang Ke had changed for the better.

Your son?

Wang Ke didn’t see that coming. The Sacred Child is the skeleton monster’s son!

“Tell me about my son!” the skeleton monster asked.

“Of course. The Demon Sovereign appointed your son as the Demonic Sect’s Sacred Child more than a hundred years ago.” Wang Ke tried his best to remember the information he had gathered during his stay on the Divine Dragon Island.

“The Demon Sovereign? Heh. He kept his promise and didn’t proclaim himself as the Sect Lord! And he even made my son the Sacred Child!” the skeleton muttered to himself.

“Ah? The Demon Sovereign didn’t take the Sect Lord position for himself because of you, senior? I’m still too young to know, but may I know who you are?” Wang Ke asked curiously.

“Before that catastrophe, I was already the Great Yin Demonic Sect Lord!” the skeleton monster said.

Wang Ke’s eyes widened like saucers. The one before him was the previous Demonic Sect Lord?

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“Senior… the Sacred Child doesn’t age for some reason. He still looks like a seven-year-old child, and so is his mentality; he loves to sleep and play all kinds of games!” Wang Ke continued to recollect all the information he had.

“He doesn’t grow up? Humph, they stopped my son from growing up to this day? Those damned things! Tell me more!” the skeleton monster said with resentment.

“Sure. The Sacred Child is quite pitiful!” Wang Ke sighed.

“Hmm?”

“The Sacred Child stopped growing. His cultivation, age, mentality, all of it maintained a seven-year-old child scope. The Demonic Sovereign has indeed protected him, but he cannot remain by the Sacred Child’s side all the time. Many demonic disciples only appear to respect the Sacred Child, but they disdain him when his back is turned. I have called them out on behalf of the Sacred Child many times, but… But…!” Wang Ke sighed.

“Chink!”

The metal chains behind the skeleton monster’s back shook; he was obviously shaking in anger.

Wang Ke continued with indignation, “Not long ago, someone attempted to kill the Sacred Child on the Divine Dragon Island by throwing him into the Ten-thousand Serpent Pool. That’s a pool filled with venomous snakes! That person really wanted the Sacred Child dead! You are surely aware of the Sacred Child’s overall condition; such a thing would be more than he can bear! Countless demonic disciples stood around the pool and pointed fingers. No one jumped into the pool to help, even while the Sacred Child was shouting for help! But the Sacred Child is a really good friend of mine! My cultivation is weak, but I didn’t care. Even if the ten thousand snakes would bite me to death, I didn’t care. I was the only one who jumped into the pool. You wouldn’t know how helpless and dejected he bawled. Those heartless people, did they have no ears? Couldn’t they hear? I risked my life to rescue the Sacred Child. Fortunately, he’s immune to venom, but I was poisoned by the snakes and had to spend a long time expelling the venom to survive!”

Then the skeleton monster roared as he shook with explosive anger, “Who! Who was it?”

“We found out,” Wang Ke said, “The one who wanted to kill the Sacred Child was right above the pit. That person is called Tong An’an; he was the one who crafted the entire scheme. Take a look at this bunch of people; Bai Jin and the rest are all Tong An’an’s subordinates. You can asked if you don’t believe me! See if they are the ones who wanted to kill the Sacred Child!” Wang Ke pointed toward Bai Jin.

Bai Jin sucked in a mouthful of cold air. At first he thought that Wang Ke had calmed the skeleton monster and they were now safe. Little did he know that Wang Ke would turn the skeleton monster against them. You’re safe now, and now you’re going to forsake us?

“No, no siree! Senior, don’t listen to Wang Ke. He’s a big fat liar!” Bai Jin and his men shouted in horror.

“Boooom!”

A bone spike pierced one of the demons and killed him on the spot.

The rest of the demons held their breath. Lying to the skeleton monster means death?

“No, no. Senior, please hear me out. This really has nothing to do with me; Tong An’an is right above us right now! He’s over there! We’ve been working undercover in the Heavenly Wolf Sect all these years; we didn’t know any of this!” Bai Jin explained himself in horror.

“Meaning, what Wang Ke said is true?” the skeleton monster said.

Bai Jin answered with a bitter-looking face, “We don’t know the specifics. But in the past few days, Chapter Lord Tong… No, I mean, Tong An’an spoke about the things that happened on the Divine Dragon Island. Tong An’an couldn’t forget nor understand why Wang Ke could walk out of the Ten-thousand Serpent Pool and not be poisoned. Wang Ke must be lying to you!”

“Who said I wasn’t poisoned?” Wang Ke objected.

But the skeleton monster didn’t care. It wasn’t important whether Wang Ke was poisoned; he only cared about Tong An’an wanting to kill the Sacred Child and Wang Ke risking his life to save the latter.

“Tong An’an, is it? Hahahaha!” The skeleton monster let out a burst of chilling laughter.

“Senior,” Bai Jin urged, “We don’t know why Wang Ke has the Divine Dragon Branch Lord’s token and why the Demon Sovereign granted it. Even so, I can promise that Wang Ke is lying to you. He’s a righteous disciple; the Heavenly Wolf Sect Lord’s disciple even! He has no demonic Qi inside him. He’s not a demonic sect disciple, he’s a liar! You can inspect him yourself if you don’t believe me! He’s lying to you!”

The skeleton monster looked at Wang Ke.

Wang Ke’s face froze. I’ll be exposed if he really checks me! How can a Divine Dragon Branch Lord not have demonic Qi?

Still, the skeleton monster only took a glance at Wang Ke before turning back to Bai Jin and his men. “What’s wrong with him not having demonic Qi?’

“Hmm? Ahh?” All the demons’ jaws dropped.

Something’s not right… What does he mean? You are the former Demonic Sect Lord! You don’t care whether Wang Ke is part of a righteous sect? Don’t you care that he’s Chen Tianyuan’s disciple? He’s a disciple of your sworn enemy!

“The Demon Sovereign,” the skeleton monster explained, “Was a clean demon when he was my subordinate back then; he was determined not to consume any humans. No matter how harsh it was, he was unwilling to become an unclean human-eating demon. Regardless of how many times his demonic addiction tried to override his mind, he would rather self-mutilate than consume humans. He only used blood essence to overcome the addiction! And he did it! The Demon Sovereign chose Wang Ke to be the Divine Dragon Branch Lord, meaning that Wang Ke is a clean demon too. So, what’s wrong with him not being able to radiate demonic Qi?”

“Clean demon? Unclean demon?” Wang Ke was stunned.

There’s such nuance among demons? Hmm, since She Qingqing also refused to consume humans, that means she’s a clean demon too?

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Wang Ke suddenly remembered that the Demon Sovereign ordered to bar demons from eating righteous prisoners, only allowing them to be farmed for blood essence. Is the Demon Sovereign trying to convert all the demonic disciples into clean demons?

Wang Ke chipped in, “Senior, I didn’t understand it last time, but now I understand why Tong An’an and the anonymous Parlor Lord backing him wanted to betray the Demon Sovereign and to kill the Sacred Child. They are all unclean demons; they realized that the Demon Sovereign was trying to raise clean demons, and they are unwilling to let him be successful. I remember Tong An’an say that demons consumed humans by nature. They wanted to continue consuming humans, sabotaging the Demon Sovereign’s plan to make it happen. That is why they chose the Sacred Child as their target, to destroy the Demon Sovereign’s authority!

“Kekekeke! Hahahaha! How bold! How bold! Kill my son to intimidate the others? Hahaha! They are courting death!” the skeleton monster said with a chilling voice.

“Senior, you consumed humans. You’re an unclean demon too?” Bai Jin asked, worried.

“I’m an unclean demon, but I am also a father. I don’t care what kind of demons you are; whoever dares to kill my son deserves death!” the skeleton monster answered threateningly.

“Senior, please show mercy! We’re innocent; we weren’t involved in this! None of us tried to harm the Sacred Child. It was Tong An’an! He’s up there; he’s still there!” Bai Jin and the others cried out in horror.

“Senior, the Sacred Child is a good friend of mine. The demonic sect is a mess on the inside!” Wang Ke said, “I had already saved the Sacred Child twice a bit before the Demon Sovereign arrived at the Divine Dragon Island. The first attempt was at the Ten-thousand Serpent Pool; the second took place when the Snake King attacked. Although I rescued him both times, he is still in grave danger. The Sacred Child is such a nice person; his age was sealed, but I can see he’s striving to improve in every way. He has worked hard trying everything to train; alas there’s only so much he can do given his bodily limitations! He has a relentless heart, never discouraged in the face of difficulty; optimistic, no matter how difficult the situation; he will wipe away the tears and face them with a smile! He’s the most optimistic, strong, and determined person I’ve ever met!” Wang Ke piled praise upon praise.

Praising a child in front of his parents was the sure-fire and politically correct thing to do!

Indeed, the skeleton monster was in a much better mood now. “Is my son really as good as you say?”

“Of course!” Wang Ke answered, and he continued indignantly, “Senior, those people in the demonic sect are all blinded by self-interest. They looked down on the Sacred Child’s cultivation; they can’t understand that their bullsh*t Branch Lord and Chapter Lord wouldn’t even match up to a thousandth of the Sacred Child if he wasn’t bound by the seal!”