The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Hearing Chu Xiu's words, the girl looked up at him in confusion, only to meet his sincere and gentle gaze.

The girl nodded blankly, letting Chu Xiu fabricate her identity on the spot.

Master... Young Master must have his reasons for doing this; she only needs to obey.

The girl nodded to herself and continued her battle with the food on the table.

The demon general Li Long glanced at Chu Xiu with surprise in his eyes.

How could a demon general like this alligator dragon develop familial affection for a human girl servant?

This is truly unbelievable...

In the eyes of the Lilong Demon General, so-called family affection is nothing more than a cultivator's weakness, which will only delay his progress!

The reason why Li Long was so respected and loved by his demon soldiers was that he never judged the preferences and choices of others, and always chose to respect them.

“I see… She is your adopted daughter, and a defenseless human being… Since we are meeting for the first time today, I will give her this gift. If you are ordered to go to war in the future, she can stay in the camp and be safe.”

Li Long reached out and flipped his hand, and a seemingly ordinary necklace appeared in his hand.

"This necklace can conceal her aura. If you then place an object imbued with your own aura on her, others will be able to recognize her as one of your Tuolong people at a glance, and they will not dare to attack her rashly."

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow. This necklace was indeed a good item for concealing one's identity.

"Then thank you very much, General."

Chu Xiu accepted Li Long's offer and placed the necklace directly around the girl's neck.

The human aura emanating from the girl vanished instantly.

At the same time, a strange aura emanated from her body. Although it was absorbed by the necklace in an instant, Chu Xiu, who was very close to the girl, still sensed that something was wrong.

This is... the aura of an ancient god!

How could this child possess the aura of an ancient god's bloodline?!

Chu Xiu's heart tightened, and he quickly glanced at Li Long beside him. Seeing that Li Long was talking to Zhi Zhi and his expression was normal, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

fortunately……

Since this dragon was the most outstanding among the three thousand demon generals, it must have seen that demon emperor.

If he senses the aura of an ancient god on the girl, then things will be terrible.

"Young master... what's wrong?"

The girl looked up in confusion.

Chu Xiu rubbed her head, but his gaze fell on a small piece of jade hanging from the necklace around her neck:

"It's nothing... From today onwards, I'll call you... Xiaoyu, okay?"

The girl nodded obediently: "Okay."

Chu Xiu said seriously and softly, "Xiao Yu, remember this..."

"No matter where you are, no matter whether I'm by your side or not, this necklace must never be taken off!"

"Remember?"

"Xiaoyu will remember."

"good."

Chu Xiu smiled gently.

Despite her unhappy childhood, this girl has still managed to grow into a good child, which is truly remarkable...

Just as Chu Xiu was taking care of Xiao Yu in his arms while she ate, behind the guests across the table who were drinking and chatting happily, a pair of eyes radiating an eerie purple light were watching his every move.

Chu Xiu was not unaware of this.

The owner of that gaze was a young woman dressed in a magnificent purple dress.

Chu Xiu sensed a scrutinizing gaze, along with a subtle hint of hostility.

The young woman concealed her hostility well, but unfortunately, Chu Xiu's spiritual cultivation was among the best in his realm, so it was impossible to ignore him.

Chu Xiu recognized the woman; she was Hai You, the daughter of Hai Zhou, the city lord of this border city. She was of the Merfolk race and a descendant of the Merfolk race of the East Sea.

The difference between her clan and the East Sea Merfolk is that they have completed their evolution, and apart from their bloodline and some organs, they are almost indistinguishable from humans in appearance.

This evolution endowed them with the ability to survive on land, but also weakened their ability to fight in water to some extent.

In an era where the seas are now shrouded in ghostly fog, this evolution is nothing more than a form of selection.

Haiyou and Tuolong were once an engaged couple, betrothed by their families.

Originally a marriage alliance between powerful clans, Haiyou's family unilaterally broke the agreement after the Tuolong family was wiped out in an accident, leaving only Haiyou as the sole survivor.

The failure of this arranged marriage fulfilled Haiyou's wish, who had previously loathed the alligator dragon's path of becoming a demon.

Chu Xiu glanced at her, somewhat puzzled.

If you dislike the Crocodile Dragon, why pay attention to him now?

Women are such strange creatures...

This same question also came to Haiyou's mind.

She had clearly disliked the alligator dragon, with whom she had been betrothed by her family since childhood, but the engagement from a hundred years ago was broken off, and she was overjoyed for a long time because of it.

But why... when I saw him today, who seemed like a completely different person, did I still not be able to resist paying attention?

Haiyou remembered the last time he saw the alligator dragon... it was twenty years ago, when he was known as the "weakest demon general of the Spirit Control Sect," and his reputation was infamous..."

Unexpectedly, when they met again today, he was already able to sit on equal footing with a powerful figure like the Li Long Demon General, and was even treated with respect by him!

"Alligator Dragon... what exactly happened to you all these years? What could have caused you to change so drastically..."

Haiyou sighed inexplicably and downed the wine in the glass on the table in one gulp.

Memories flooded back. Actually, before she learned about the engagement, she and Tuolong were childhood sweethearts, inseparable since they were little.

However, the later Tuolong seemed to become extremely irritable and bloodthirsty due to the incompleteness of his bloodline. He even conspired with his cronies to plot against her, and the two parted ways because of this.

I originally thought that I would hate the alligator dragon for the rest of my life, and then die on the battlefield one day, ending our entanglement.

But unexpectedly, the current Tuolong is not what it used to be!

After hesitating for a long time, Hai You finally mustered up his courage, grabbed the wine pot, filled his wine cup, and then slowly walked up to Chu Xiu with the wine cup in his hand.

"Alligator Dragon... Demon General..."

Haiyou called softly.

The Lilong demon general had noticed the young city lord's hesitant gesture with her wine cup long ago, and when he saw her approach the crocodile dragon, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

As a veteran demon general, Tuolong had already held the position of demon general for hundreds of years before inheriting his ancestor's title and becoming a demon general himself.

Naturally, they knew about the highly publicized marriage between the city lord's daughter and Tuolong, a descendant of a former meritorious official.

Even more coincidentally, the alligator dragon, who had just completed his first bloodline awakening but was blinded by lust and wanted to collude with villains to brutally harm his childhood sweetheart,

It was only by my own intervention when I happened to be passing by that I was able to prevent a regretful disaster from happening.

And now, Hai You, the victim from back then, is actually taking the initiative to talk to the perpetrator, Tuo Long...

That's really interesting...

Li Long quickly asked Zhi Zhi beside him to pour him a glass of wine. The two looked at each other, smiled silently, and looked at Tuo Long with great interest.

Even demon generals find it hard to resist the allure of gossip...