A Useless Person's Rise to Power: The Demon King's Addiction to Pampering

In the following days, Xiao Lingyuan passed by that road every day, and the girl stayed on that tree branch, constantly talking to him, until she eventually followed him shamelessly.

Xiao Lingyuan remained silent, it was unclear whether he acquiesced to or opposed the girl's behavior. He continued with his own business, ignoring what the girl was doing beside him.

Until one day, he spoke.

"You go."

His first words were to tell the girl to leave.

The girl paused for a moment, then said in a coquettish tone, "I don't want to leave, young man, why are you trying to drive me away..."

"You should know that I am a member of the Ling family."

Xiao Lingyuan turned around directly, looked at the girl indifferently, and said in a cold tone: "Since you know I am a member of the Ling family, you must be after what I have. What? Trying to deceive me again?"

As he spoke, Xiao Lingyuan's voice was almost a roar.

The girl's smile froze. She composed herself, flicked her pinky finger and lowered it to her side.

"How did you know?"

The girl asked, "I seem to have transformed myself perfectly, how... could you recognize me..."

"You'll never know, out of consideration for our past relationship, I won't kill you. Get out of here."

Ling Yuan's voice was cold, and the girl's heart was even colder. She felt as if Ling Yuan had peeled off her skin and stomped on it several times.

The girl arrived with great fanfare, but left without a trace.

Xiao Lingyuan turned around, unable to control himself, and let out a deep breath, forcing back the tears welling up in his eyes.

he thinks.

If the girl will hate him, so be it. The people of the Empire have already arrived in the Monster Forest today. It's... very dangerous here.

Xiao Lingyuan knew that his parents' deaths had nothing to do with the girl, but he couldn't help but feel angry. However, his parents were already gone, and no matter how much he felt angry, it was useless. So Xiao Lingyuan chose not to see the girl.

Unexpectedly, the girl appeared in front of him again.

What exactly is she trying to do? Huh?

Xiao Lingyuan wanted to question the girl, but all the words he wanted to say turned into a single sentence: "You can leave now."

Xiao Lingyuan was still reluctant to part with it.

He couldn't bear to part with the beautiful girl, so delicate and lovely, so unwilling to let her die with him, so unwilling to let the girl he loved disappear from the world...

Even though she had lied to him before, he still couldn't bear to let her go.

The deep reluctance to part ultimately turned into a sigh. His parents were dead, and he couldn't convince himself to forgive the girl, but he could choose to let her leave.

The girl will live a very good life.

As for all of this, let him bear it himself. After all, the girl was once his wife, and she just needs to stay out of the way.

Ling Yuan had no idea that the girl had already cultivated to the level of a God Venerable. Even more unexpectedly, the girl did not listen to his words and leave. Instead, she stayed by his side and secretly watched everything.

Ling Yuan, who was only at the Immortal Master level, was completely unaware of where the girl was hiding. He was busy with his own things and sat in the center of the Demon Beast Forest, waiting for the empire to send someone.

The imperial forces arrived quickly.

Dozens of people came in a grand procession from the depths of the Monster Forest, some riding tamed monsters, floating in the air and flying with the group.

Upon seeing Ling Yuan, everyone tacitly attacked without saying a word!

"boom--"

A loud bang followed, and dust billowed up.

A silver-white barrier suddenly rose from the ground within a radius of ten feet around Xiao Lingyuan!

All the elemental and martial arts attacks struck the barrier, but because the attackers didn't go all out, the barrier remained completely undamaged!

Amazing!

Some people stared in astonishment, but most were filled with greed. The Ling family's mastery of formations far surpassed their mastery of barrier techniques; what they coveted was what the Ling family's sole heir possessed.

This time, however, the empire did not intend to kill the people; they wanted them alive. As a result, many people were disappointed, and some even prepared to bribe the imperial family to obtain some secret manuals of formations.

However, the next moment, they had no thoughts at all.

Within ten feet of Xiao Lingyuan was a protective barrier, while another barrier rose up a full mile away!

Then, the young Lingyuan, who was sitting in the center, made a gesture and slapped his hand on the ground!

Spiritual energy was poured into the formation, the formation was activated, and everyone was enveloped in it. A storm suddenly arose, as if it would kill everyone inside!

Apart from the leading deity and immortal master who managed to steady themselves, the others were swept into the storm in panic!

"not good!"

The leading deity spoke in a low voice and summoned his weapon. The weather changed drastically. He could no longer spare Xiao Lingyuan's life. This formation was the strongest killing formation and was bound to annihilate everyone. He had to fight back.

Otherwise, no one from here would have made it back alive!

Xiao Lingyuan's expression changed slightly within the formation as he observed the movements of the deity, calculating the chances of dodging the attack.

In the end, he underestimated the strength of the God. Not to mention whether the barrier could withstand this attack, the formation would probably be destroyed as a result!

He assumed only a celestial master would arrive, and thus made insufficient preparations; now…

All we can do is fight!

Xiao Lingyuan gritted his teeth, stretched out a hand, and forced out a ball of red energy from his body. It was neither elemental power nor martial arts power. The more concentrated his energy became, the stronger it grew!

The girl who had been watching from the sidelines for a long time suddenly changed her expression.

It's a life-burning technique!

Since there is a technique for restoration, there must also be a technique for burning life. The techniques for burning life and restoration are one and the same. There is a chapter in the technique for restoration that mentions—

By offering one's own life as a sacrifice, one can heal the dead, exchange one's life with the heavens, or use it as a ritual to exchange for power from the heavens!

This chapter describes how someone forbade their family from practicing forbidden techniques, and also prohibited them from using these techniques to change their fate.

But Xiao Lingyuan secretly learned it, though he didn't use it to defy fate for others, nor did he accept any so-called reward.

He learned this skill back then only to protect someone he wanted to protect.

But... that person...

Xiao Lingyuan was slightly distracted.

The God's move was already prepared, and the wind blades had little effect on him. Just as he raised his sword to strike the God, a figure that should not have appeared appeared in front of Xiao Lingyuan's barrier!

"Ding--"

The girl's hands moved rapidly, summoning a spirit snake to fight against the god. Several condensed ice blades also appeared around her as she looked at the god!

The two collided, creating a strong tremor, and the spiritual energy in the air fluctuated in a way that was visible to the naked eye!

The scale and momentum were absolutely enormous!