Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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In order to quickly develop an antidote for the Devouring Sorrow, You Jingyan became the captain of the snake demon-catching team, leading demon hunters out every day to search for snake demons.
The snake demons in all directions were suffering terribly, until they heard that snakes and eggs were being taken back to Medicine Spirit Valley, then the demons could no longer contain themselves.
“Now the Demon Slayers dare to be so domineering, completely disregarding our demon race.”
“That’s right, I think Medicine Spirit Valley has become a snake den!” said the white snake demon. “Our white snake race has all submitted to the Demon King, why doesn’t he step in to do anything? More than ten of us white snakes have already been captured.”
“As the Demon King of the demon race, how can he sit idly by and do nothing about such a thing? We should report to the King.”
“Wait,” another demon asked, “So where is our King?”
Another demon weakly replied, “The King is in Medicine Spirit Valley…”
“……….”
“What?! Even the King has been captured?”
“Ah,” the demon scratched his head, “He just went there to sleep…”
And so the demons discovered— the snakes in the south had all been captured, and Shen Jue was sleeping in Medicine Spirit Valley.
The snakes in the north were scattering everywhere, and Shen Jue was sleeping in Medicine Spirit Valley.
The snake eggs in the east and west were almost all taken, and Shen Jue was still sleeping in Medicine Spirit Valley.
The snake clan, finally losing patience, exclaimed, “How did this demon king become king? Did he sleep his way to the top?”
Shen Jue, known to outsiders as the Demon King who “slept his way to power,” lazily lay on the soft couch, his eyes half-closed, after finishing the fruit pudding made by You Xu. “Ah, then give the order: snakes, come to us; other clans, report them, and those who help with the hunt will be richly rewarded.”
You Xu thought to herself, “How are you so ahead of your time? You even know about developing a group of demons.”
Shen Jue was the only heart-eating fox in the world, and had even reached the Nascent Soul stage. Many demons thus willingly submitted to him, making him the most powerful figure in the demon clan. Even though he was in Medicine Spirit Valley, his orders still carried immense authority and were highly enforced.
Under the powerful alliance of the Medicine King and the Demon King, the snake-catching operation became enormous, with all snakes, large and small, being taken to Medicine Spirit Valley for capture.
Even the snake demons themselves eventually said that a snake’s life without visiting Medicine Spirit Valley was incomplete.
Although the Devouring Sorrow poison was unique to the Southern Phosphorous Serpent clan and had no antidote, serpent demons had all created similar poisons to varying degrees. While these poisons combined their own venom, resulting in slight differences, You Jingyan was able to extract the common components and then find the corresponding antidote.
After several days of effort, the Medicine King You Jingyan finally broke the Devouring Sorrow poison.
Shen Jue drank the antidote, but its effects were not immediate.
You Jingyan kept track of the time. Seeing that two hours had passed and the antidote should have taken effect, he asked, “How is it?”
Shen Jue now clearly felt that the pain in his chest had lessened several times over, returning to normal muscle pain. This pain was nothing to a demon. So he smiled casually, “It really works. Thank you, brother.”
Upon hearing that it worked, You Jingyan breathed a sigh of relief. But upon hearing the last two words, his brow twitched. “What did you call me?!”
Shen Jue slightly raised his eyes, his smile unchanged. “Brother.”
You Jingyan clenched his fist, his eyes narrowing. “Dare you call me that again?!”
“Brother,” Shen Jue said casually, drawing out the last word.
“Spit out your medicine!”
Seeing You Jingyan roll up his sleeves, looking ready to fight, the steward rushed over and grabbed him. “Valley Master, let it go, let it go.”
You Jingyan turned and glared at him: “What do you mean let it go? Don’t think that just because he’s injured, I won’t dare to fight.”
“No,” the steward added softly, “I’m afraid you can’t beat him…” What if you lose face and can’t back down?
You Jingyan: “…………”
….
What bothered You Jingyan the most was that there was an extra person at his and his sister’s family reunion dinner.
Three meals a day, rain or shine, Shen Jue would come without fail, even during his naps and rest periods, he would wake up on time and never miss a meal.
You Jingyan was puzzled; he had never seen a demon clan member eat so regularly every day.
“Ah,” Shen Jue explained, “to recuperate.”
You Xu felt sorry for him and piled everything into his bowl, filling it to the brim.
You Jingyan thought with a heavy heart, his younger sister had never served him any food since they were children. Seeing You Xu pick up a duck leg and try to put it in Shen Jue’s bowl, he couldn’t help but cough.
Okay, ignored.
You Jingyan coughed again casually.
Okay, no reaction, his sister just hadn’t noticed.
You Jingyan coughed twice more, his voice hoarse, and You Xu finally looked at him with concern: “Brother, the weather is hot, but you still need to take care of yourself.”
You Jingyan subtly moved his bowl closer to You Xu.
You Xu: “…”
Her gaze drifted across You Jingyan’s face as she picked up a piece of pig’s trotter for him.
Shen Jue slightly raised his narrow, fox-like eyes, exchanged a thoughtful glance with You Jingyan across the distance, and also moved his bowl closer to You Xu.
You Xu: “…………”
Would her future meals be for enjoying delicious food? No. Would they be for satisfying hunger? Even less so.
She was now just an emotionless food-serving machine.
If there were any feelings involved, it would surely be the deep affection a father has for his two children.
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