Little Fen Yang's judgment was spot on—Du Yu really couldn't get through the Mountain Fire Blade Realm's main gate.

According to the soldier guarding the entrance: "Mountain Fire Blade isn't an area Demon Tamers should be meddling in."

The soldier guy didn't mean anything by it, he was just doing his job, but Du Yu still felt a little wounded.

Especially since, right after hearing those words, Little Fen Yang's cheeky laughter rang out in Du Yu's mind.

That just makes it worse~

Unable to do anything about it, Du Yu had to trouble the soldier to deliver a message for him. In the Ancient Pine Tower Territory, Master Qing's name still carried some weight, and the soldier dude agreed immediately.

"Sigh..." Du Yu let out a breath and, seeing the soldier being so diligent, could only turn and leave.

"Du Yu, Du Yu~ Where are we going?"

Du Yu scratched his head—well, his hand ended up scratching his bamboo leaf conical hat instead: "Let's just go back to the room for now. I'll grab my phone first."

Chatting in his head, he started walking toward the parking spot in front of the Demon Pet Center.

The street was cold and quiet under the night, hardly anyone around.

But ever since Du Yu had left his room, every staff member he passed couldn't stop staring at him.

Slow on the uptake, Du Yu finally realized what was going on.

The bamboo leaf cloak and conical hat really were exquisite and brimming with style. Which, of course, made the whole getup stand out like a sore thumb.

The average Demon Tamer might just think Du Yu was wearing some special-issue bamboo gear.

But anyone who really knew their stuff would probably put two and two together—and figure out Du Yu had a National Treasure of the Great Xia—Chi Bear inside him!

Wasn't this just advertising myself to everyone?

Just telling the world, hey, this lord's got a Chi Bear?

Pulling this much attention was definitely not Du Yu's style.

"Looks like I'll have to cut back on the bamboo leaf armor." Du Yu reached the car, felt around the left front wheel, and pulled out the keys.

He wasn't really worried about his car getting stolen, since there were security cameras all over in front of the Demon Pet Center, not to mention soldiers on guard in the distance.

Besides, given the level of this car plus the level of this license plate, there probably wasn't a small-time thief out there bold enough to try.

Come to think of it, good thing he'd left the keys on the tire. If he'd kept them on him, they'd have been burned up by now.

The gray tracksuit Lin Shiwei gave him was officially off duty for good.

Earlier, down beneath the Mountain Fire Blade, when Du Yu was still conscious, his whole outfit had already been scorched to a crisp. When he woke up at the hotel, that set was nowhere to be found, and he was only wearing a bathrobe.

"Buzz~ buzz..."

Du Yu fished out his phone and trudged toward the Demon Pet Center. The moment he turned it on, it wouldn't stop buzzing with notifications.

After vanishing for so many days, the two generals from the Yan Organization had sent him a ton of messages.

Looking at the screen full of caring words, Du Yu felt a bit guilty. It was all his fault for leaving so suddenly, without a word.

Should have told his friends ahead of time…

"Du Yu." A man's voice called out from a distance.

"Hm?" Du Yu paused in his tracks, spotting the soldier guy from the gate jogging toward him.

"Yang Qingqing has replied to your message."

"That fast?"

The soldier spoke up: "You're free to leave. If you have any questions, you can ask your two senior brothers."

"Huh?" Du Yu's face froze. "She wants me to leave?"

"Yes." The soldier nodded. "Ms. Yang has some business to take care of and will be staying here for a while."

The soldier dude was quick and to the point. He delivered the message and then just nodded and left.

Watching his back as he walked away, Du Yu was silent for a long moment.

Little Fen Yang: "Poor Du Yu~"

Du Yu: "Huh?"

Little Fen Yang mumbled: "You don't even have the right to meet Aunt Qingqing~"

Du Yu: "..."

Stop, just stop kicking me while I'm down…

I mean, I at least survived a Celestial Punishment, successfully gathered my Demon Soul, and took my first real step toward becoming a god…

"Don't worry, Du Yu!" Little Fen Yang changed her tune and tried to comfort him. "Who even wants to go into the Mountain Fire Blade to cultivate anyway!

Lousy saber—we'll just ignore it!

Let's go home and train demon skills. Fire Phoenix Tree will definitely let us in."

Du Yu: ???

Five whole seconds of silence later, Du Yu said mentally, "From now on, just tell me the hard truth, okay? Stop trying to comfort me."

Little Fen Yang: "But I am being honest! Let's go find Fire Phoenix Tree and try out every demon skill until we get a full picture.

Even though the demon skills you release are super, super weak and low quality, maybe one or two of them will be unexpectedly useful?

I mean, your bamboo leaf cloak looks really nice, doesn't it~"

Du Yu: "Could you just, like, not talk?"

Little Fen Yang sounded a little hurt and down: "You don't like me anymore."

Du Yu couldn't handle Prince Yan's lazy elder-sister tone, nor did he have the heart for Little Fen Yang's sad puppy voice, so he rushed to add, "No, no, I like you—love you, even! I was just joking around."

Little Fen Yang burst out laughing: "Hehe~ I knew it!"

Du Yu rolled his eyes in exasperation.

Damn it, they're both such drama queens!

Du Yu headed back into the Demon Pet Center, checked out of the hotel section, paid for another bathrobe, then went back to his car.

Since Master Qing had flat out told him to leave, she was probably planning on staying for a long while.

No idea what's going on… Could it be that Brother Lin Chuan is about to get promoted to Demon Taming General?

Here's hoping.

If so, Master Qing would really benefit from it too.

As for Du Yu himself, he didn't really need any of that, since with the Shadow Gu Tower at his side, he was basically a walking Mother of the Demon Spirit Realm.

After thinking it over a bit, Du Yu decided to follow his teacher's orders and drove off. Only, as he passed by the Otherworld Gate, he couldn't help pausing for a moment.

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