Chapter Eighty-One: The Ancient Inherited Clan

  "I have a cousin, Water Spirit Root, who is only nineteen years old and has already reached the middle stage of foundation building. She's hundreds of times stronger than me. Why don't I introduce you to her? She has plenty of spirit stones and should be able to support you." Luo Yu continued to probe, waiting to see if it would really agree, and then she'd figure out how to deal with it later.

  The demon flower hesitated for a moment, and Luo Yu narrowed his eyes, seeing that the petals trembled slightly, apparently thinking of something.

  "Benefactor, I don't want to leave you. I know you're dissatisfied with me eating a lot, being slow to advance, and not having any use." Huā Jìng wrapped herself around Luò Yù's leg, "But actually, I'm very useful. I know that Benefactor has a space inside his body, this space needs heavenly treasures every time he advances, and me... Ah, it hurts so much——"

  Luoyu's fingers tightened around its pistil, "You know my secret, guess how I'll treat you?"

  "Cough, benefactor, I am your servant, as long as the contract is not lifted, I will not betray you!" The demon flower was pinched on its vital point and did not dare to move at all.

  "This is also the case," Luo Yu tossed aside the demon flower, "Tell me what use you have, if you can't satisfy me, I'll risk my cultivation declining and my lifespan decreasing to destroy you, so that you won't drag me down in the future and prevent me from advancing, and die old in the foundation building stage."

  The demon flower fell to the ground, quickly closing its petals, and the vine-like roots protected it in layers. "I was going to say that anyway!" Seeing Luo Yu glare at it, it didn't dare complain again: "Actually, I am also a body of the five elements, but for now, they are not yet complete. When I generate the demon dan, the five elements will be complete too. The demon dan is the treasure of the five elements, and I can offer it to you for use in advancing your space."

  Luo Yu rubbed her chin: "Actually, your own body should be better than the effect of the demon pill, can you span two or even three major ranks?"

  "You're a vicious and ugly woman!" The demon flower jumped up, keeping a safe distance from Luo Yu. If it weren't for the barrier of the law array, it would have escaped. "The demon pill is mine! After giving you the demon pill, my cultivation will drop by one rank, and my lifespan will be reduced by half. But you're still not satisfied, you even want my life! Waaah, I want to find mommy, I want to find great ancestor... waaah, they didn't say humans are so terrifying... waaah..."

  The withered flower branch trembled, and water actually flowed out from the petals. The tender leaves on the vine slowly unfolded.

  "Alright, stop crying." Luoyu frowned, she didn't know how to comfort a child. This demon flower was actually quite cunning and deceitful before, but it turned out that it was all an act, it was just a young and immature creature among the demon plants, and as soon as it heard that it would be used as food for space, it burst into tears.

  "Alright, I was just teasing you, don't be so dramatic." Luo Yu poked at the flower petals, "If you cry again, it won't be pretty."

  "Waaah, you really want me dead?"

  "No need." Luo Yu nodded firmly.

  "Then can you not want my demon pill."

  "What, you're actually thinking of making progress inch by inch? Luo Yu pinched the flower path: "You must be dreaming! Are you thinking that I won't be able to advance, and after I die, you can use me as food? As a body of the five elements, I'm probably a great tonic for you. Not to mention the space inside my body... I suppose you have a way to devour it too."

  "Cough, master I was wrong, the demon pill is mine to give, isn't it enough for me to give it?" The demon flower struggled hard, breaking free from Luo Yu's palm, wanting to retreat backwards, but shrinking back under Luo Yu's fierce and menacing gaze.

  "In ancient times, there were indeed cultivators like Master who cultivated space, although they were rare. Under the witness of their ancestors, Young Ren and Young Hong signed a master-servant contract, where Hong protected the cultivator and the cultivator fed Hong. Once Hong matured and produced a demon core, he would offer it to the cultivator. Additionally, Hong and the cultivator would sign another contract - if the cultivator died unexpectedly or was unable to advance, his body and space would be given to Hong as food, which was the price for Hong's servitude and offering of the demon core."

  Upon hearing this, Luo Yu felt as if she had swallowed a fly. This was no pampered pet, but rather a white-eyed wolf being raised to bite and devour its master.

  "Haha, your ancestors are indeed cunning, letting humans raise you up as food, and in the end, they even serve themselves up to your mouths. What a great calculation." Luo Yu's face was shrouded in dark clouds, "Don't worry, this extra contract..."

  She stared at the demon flower, enunciating each word: "I... won't... sign!" Immediately after, she coldly laughed twice, "At worst, I'll kill you right now."

  "Master, I was wrong!" Huabao hid in the layered protection of the rattan, "This additional contract was signed before the master-slave contract, and now I am unable to force you to sign it. From now on, I will be your most loyal slave, you point east, I will not hit west! You let me pull a dog, I will not chase a chicken!"

  The little black dog in the Moonlight House was sunbathing, when it suddenly let out a loud sneeze. It thought to itself, "Who is scolding me, this noble heavenly dog? If I find out who it is, I'll bite him to death with one mouthful."

  Learning of this, Luo Yu felt slightly at ease, but she still sneered coldly: "It's because your ancestors are all dead, right? No demon can force humans to sign this humiliating contract."

  "How did you know?" asked Huabao, poking her head out from behind a wicker screen.

  "You'll know once you're trapped in a small secret realm." Luo Yu said casually, thinking to herself, I'm just guessing, but based on human nature, after the ancient demon plant falls, they will definitely eliminate Hong Chui, getting rid of the powerful clan by the bedside and preventing the rise of the Five Elements cultivators in the cultivation space, why not?!

  Luo Yu didn't know that her guess was actually on the right track this time.

  In ancient times, the Red Heaven was born with spiritual intelligence and possessed formidable strength. It could devour cultivators who were one rank higher than itself in terms of actual power. If it advanced to a certain level, it could even devour an entire planet.

  Such a powerful race, even if it is scarce in number, makes the ancient races tremble with fear. At first, there were still people who made master-slave contracts with the Reds, but as they watched their children and grandchildren meet with tragic ends one by one, humans gradually gave up on this luxurious way of cultivation, and some even joined the crusade against the Reds in anger over the death of their children.

  In ancient times, humans were still at a disadvantage, but they were skilled in conspiracy and trickery, liked to shoot black guns, and would not let the red-haired people discover their small movements.

  After tens of thousands of years of struggle, the ancient tribes finally uprooted the Red Connection, and even the occasional exposed fish is no longer feared!

  The demon flower in front of me is obviously a fish that has fallen into the net, but it's just that this year it's still young and weak, with little inherited power, and the memories of this battle have not yet awakened. Even if it awakens, it won't know that the calamity that destroyed its clan was caused by human hands.