Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The staff member’s lips twitched when he saw the swaggering Tao Wu, and he said with a fake smile, “The detention center has increased the reward measures for demons who have completed their labor reform well. Tao Wu has performed well in reform, so he can move around freely from time to time.”
Because the demon race was small in number, the Demon Management Bureau actively guided demons who hadn’t committed serious crimes to learn goodness and contribute to the development of the demon race. Now, to encourage demons serving their sentences to actively participate in rehabilitation, the detention center had adopted a labor reform system similar to that of humans, issuing each demon a registration card from the detention center and awarding them reward points based on their contributions during their sentence.
Reward points could be used for purchases at the supermarket within the detention center or redeemed for free time.
Since this new rule came out, many demons had become much more enthusiastic about participating in missions. Tao Wu himself was an ancient great demon, and after recovering from his injuries, his strength was considerable. In addition, he had a few obsequious little demons doing his work, so he now had quite a few points in his account.
His daily routine consisted of taking his younger brother for walks and buying food.
The staff at the regulatory office were used to this kind of situation, and since he was living such a comfortable life, the other demons, big and small, who were envious and jealous, but didn’t dare to steal his points, they could only work hard and actively participate in the tasks issued by the regulatory office. In fact, he set a good example for reform, so everyone turned a blind eye to Tao Wu’s behavior.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lan curled his lip, thinking to himself that the little monsters in the detention center were really ignorant.
What’s so great about currying favor with a Tao Wu?
He’s not even as good as him!
When Tao Wu saw him arrive and start nagging and trying to mess with it, it flicked its tail slightly and he asked warily, “What are you doing here?”
It’s the middle of the night, and they don’t seem to be here to see him.
Could it be that he was just bored and remembered an old grudge, so he came here specifically to mess with him?
He glanced furtively at Ying Qiao beside Jiang Lan, remembering that it was this bast**d who had summoned lightning to strike him, and immediately took a step back warily.
“I’ve come to take care of something.” Jiang Lan looked him up and down, and seeing his increasingly round body, said, “Shouldn’t you consider losing some weight? You’ve only been here a short time, and you’ve already gained two sizes!”
The Tao Wu raised its chin and proudly flapped its wings: “My little brothers all say this makes it even more majestic and handsome!”
The two handsome male demons behind him immediately nodded in agreement: “That’s right.”
He’s actually very cute, but we don’t dare say it.
“???”
Jiang Lan glanced suspiciously at the two handsome male demons behind him, wondering about their relationship: “Impressive? Handsome?”
How can such a round and chubby beast be majestic and handsome?!
Are your eyes okay?
Tao Wu noticed his skepticism and muttered in dissatisfaction, “What are you doing here? I’m going back to rest if there’s nothing else!”
I’m really craving the snacks since I haven’t even had them yet.
Jiang Lan was about to say it was nothing, but then he suddenly remembered something and said to him, “Come with me to the meeting room, I have something I want to ask you.”
Tao Wu: ???
He refused to move, glancing warily at Ying Qiao: “Tell me what it is first?”
He suspected that Taotie was too embarrassed to make a move in front of the staff and wanted to lure him to the meeting room so that he could make his move when no one was watching.
After all, he couldn’t beat him at all right now.
“It’s related to your biological father and great-grandfather.” Because there were outsiders present, Jiang Lan didn’t spell it out.
Perhaps due to the passage of time and the immense fame of the Four Fiends, many demons had forgotten that Tao Wu’s biological father was Zhuanxu and his great-grandfather was the Yellow Emperor.
If it weren’t for the fact that he happened to run into Tao Wu tonight, Jiang Lan would have almost forgotten about it.
Although Tao Wu was just an idle and good-for-nothing playboy, he should know something about Zhuanxu and Yellow Emperor… right?
Jiang Lan wasn’t really sure either, so he could only try asking.
“Just ask, why go to the meeting room?” Tao Wu hesitated, not wanting to go, then said, “Or you could have him wait outside?”
Although Tao Wu didn’t know Ying Qiao, he remembered how the other party had summoned lightning to strike him. So instinctively, he felt that this was someone not to be trifled with.
He could put up a fight against one Taotie, but he really couldn’t handle two against one.
Jiang Lan glanced at Ying Qiao and snorted, “Why are you so vengeful? I didn’t even hold it against you for lying to me and causing me to be sealed away back then.”
“…”
Tao Wu thought to itself, “You still have the nerve to say I hold grudges? You’re the one who holds grudges the most! It happened thousands of years ago, why are you bringing it up again!”
But to be honest, he was indeed in the wrong, so he could only reluctantly say, “I’ll go, but you have to tell him that he can’t keep bringing trouble upon me with a single word.” After thinking for a moment, he added, “Will he listen to you?”
He shook his fur, which he had painstakingly grown to be shiny and smooth, and thought to himself, how could he go and woo demons if he got scorched again?
His ability to run rampant in the detention center was half thanks to his imposing and handsome real-life figure!
“If I were to chop you up here, I’d have to pay compensation to the supervisor, Su. Do you think I’d be so bored?” Jiang Lan raised his chin proudly and said, “Let me formally introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Ying Qiao.”
If his boyfriend doesn’t listen to him, who should he listen to?
Jiang Lan felt that although Tao Wu had become fatter, its heart had not broadened; on the contrary, it had become more and more timid.
“???”
Tao Wu gaped, stared at Ying Qiao in disbelief: “Ying Long?”
How did they even get together?!
Long time no see, Taotie has really made something of himself!
Although he had never dealt with Ying Qiao, he had heard of Ying Qiao’s reputation.
During his time in the detention center, he overheard the powerful demons talking about Ying Long quite often. They all said that you should never mess with Ying Long. Ying Long was rich, powerful, and a strong fighter, but he was also petty. Although some demons were tempted to seduce him, they all had the desire but not the courage.
After all, there was a guy in the next district who had once tried to harass Ying Long and woo him, but Ying Long, who was in a bad mood, seized on his mistake and sent him in. Many years had passed, and he still hadn’t finished serving his sentence.
He might have to spend his retirement in the detention center.
Oh, Ying Long referred to Ying Qiao. It’s said that only this one dragon remains from the Ying Long clan, so when they talk about Ying Long, they usually mean Ying Qiao.
Tao Wu was a little scared, but also a little envious, thinking that Taotie had finally made something of himself!
The silly idiot who used to only cry out that he was hungry has now not only joined the Demon Management Bureau but also has a boyfriend!
He had heard that he was also taken back by the Dragon Palace, so he didn’t lack powerful backers anymore.
Looking at himself, his family had fallen on hard times. He had also gone from being a powerful and wealthy second-generation heir to a prisoner. Although the treatment in the detention center was not bad, it was still miserable when he thought about it sometimes!
This was probably the feeling of a former top student discovering after many years that a poor, struggling student in their class had not only been admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University, but had also found a rich and handsome partner.
I really want to eat lemons, waaaaah qaq
Tao Wu eventually went to the meeting room with Jiang Lan.
The three sat down in the quiet meeting room. The staff brought in tea and then respectfully withdrew, leaving the three of them alone to talk.
Seeing this treatment, Lemon’s eyes reddened, and he huffed and puffed, “How about I take the civil service exam too?”
The Demon Management Bureau seems to offer very good benefits.
Jiang Lan recalled that when he last visited him, he still looked illiterate, and sincerely asked, “Have you finished your academic classes?”
Tao Wu was silent for a while, then muttered, “I’ll study hard in the future, maybe I can even become your colleague.”
Jiang Lan was skeptical of his statement, but after thinking about it, he didn’t discourage him. After all, Tao Wu was powerful enough, and if he could join the Demon Management Bureau, he would be a help.
So he encouraged him, “Then work hard.”
Tao Wu nodded, remembering the important matter: “What do you want to ask?” He thought for a moment and said, “Let me make it clear first, I don’t know much about their affairs, and they didn’t like to talk to me about them.”
Back then, he was a tyrannical and domineering man, and his father, Emperor Zhuanxu, wanted to beat him up whenever he saw him, so he basically never went back.
He always conspired with Qiongqi and Hundun, along with a gluttonous beast named Taotie, to wreak havoc everywhere.
Later, he was injured and found a random place to recuperate. When he woke up, everything had changed. Zhuanxu and Yellow Emperor had long since passed away and become myths and legends.
It’s a little sad when he thought about it sometimes.
He was too direct, and Jiang Lan didn’t know where to begin. After thinking for a moment, he asked without much hope, “Do you know why the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Zhuanxu blocked the road to heaven?”
No matter how you look at it, at the time, this matter was entirely detrimental to the demon race.
Although both the Yellow Emperor and Bai Ze said it was for the long-term benefit of the demon race, their statements were too vague and unconvincing; and the drawbacks of blocking the road to heaven were too obvious, which was why so many demons opposed it at the time.
If it weren’t for the overwhelming divine punishment that descended from Heaven, there might not be just one Qian Sect now.
Tao Wu shook its head as expected: “I don’t know. They won’t tell me these things, and I don’t really care.”
“However…” He thought for a moment, then added, “I was injured at the time, and he did come to see me. Surprisingly, he didn’t try to beat me up, and he even talked to me a lot, telling me to take good care of my injury and stuff like that…”
Emperor Zhuanxu always said that he was unruly and disobedient, and that he never gave his son a pleasant look. Therefore, the relationship between father and son was not harmonious, and they might not see each other even once every few decades or centuries.
But when Tao Wu was injured, he suddenly appeared and even spoke to him in a gentle and soft voice, which made Tao Wu quite puzzled for a while.
However, he was busy recovering from his injury at the time and didn’t pay much attention to it. Then he soon fell into a deep sleep.
Looking back now, those words sounded a bit like he was making his final arrangements.
Moreover, according to the information Tao Wu obtained, Zhuanxu did indeed perish not long after that.
He kept complaining to Jiang Lan, “I don’t know what he was thinking. He cut off the road to heaven, blocked the communication between the upper and lower realms, causing the spiritual energy to leak out. In the end, he even got himself caught up in it.”
Otherwise, given Zhuanxu’s strength, he would obviously have survived to this day without any problem.
He took a sip of tea with a sigh, and asked Jiang Lan, puzzled, “What do you think he was after?”
Jiang Lan and Ying Qiao exchanged a glance, both filled with the same question: what exactly were the Yellow Emperor and Zhuanxu plotting back then?
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