Daughter of the Dao and Devil Venerables

CHAPTER TWENTY (PART I)

Chapter 20 Part 1 – The Demon Merchants (I)

Lu Yaoyao heard the voices and turned her head curiously. What she saw was a group of tall ‘people,’ each one with a complete human form, although their appearances looked mediocre. Only the two women among them looked pretty in comparison. However, what Lu Yaoyao saw every day since her birth was her two handsome fathers.
Facing men like Lu Qingyu and Yao Jiuxiao day and night, Lu Yaoyao’s standard had become much higher without her realizing it. Therefore, even if the two woman’s looks were above average, they were still mediocre in her eyes.

Lu Yaoyao ate the delicious egg custard and pricked her small ears to listen.

As the cold air was dispelled and the lobby gradually got warmer, the newly-came group began to chat among themselves, and the inn’s lobby instantly became noisy with their voices. This group of demons all had cultivation bases at the Demon Core and above. Their transformed forms were perfect, and they looked exactly like humans. However, their atmosphere made people felt inexplicable discomfort.

Lu Yaoyao instinctively felt that these demons were different from Cangshan’s residence, but she couldn’t say clearly what exactly was different. She simply knew that she didn’t like this group, but she was interested in their conversation.

This group of demons was merchants. They traveled between two realms, bringing the commodities from the Human Realm such as rare spiritual herbs, talismans, and elixirs to the Demon Realm to be resold at a high price. They earned huge profits from their trades, which they then used to obtain resources for their cultivation.

Not every demon was so lucky to have a fortuitous encounter. Some of them would never have seen a secret realm in their entire lives, or couldn’t even find a precious spiritual item beneficial for their cultivation.

Some clever demons learned the way humans doing business and thus were able to amass wealth in the Demon Realm. Of course, compared with humans merchants, these demons bore even higher risks. At any given moment, they might encounter stronger demons who robbed them of their goods, or they might meet dishonest business partners who forced them with unreasonable demands.

But this group of demon merchants was in an excellent position. They had done this business for years and had built a fixed channel, so they no longer had to take big risks.

However, although these demons looked like regular merchants on the surface, in fact, they also dealt with living demon cargo. The group caught weaker demons and sold them to the underground human market to be exchanged with a large amount of cultivation resources and wealth.

There were many ways to used enslaved demons. Those who were yet to transform were suitable to be mounted spirit beasts. After demon slaves transformed into human form, they could be re-trained as either pets or servants if they were good-looking. There was no shortage of such demands in the Human Realm.

The demon group finally noticed a very eye-catching cub and adult demon sitting in the lobby. From the appearance alone, these two were extremely excellent in every aspect. When the group saw the duo, their eyes lit up with unconcealed greed.

One of the two beautiful females was a snake demon. She looked at Lu Qingyu with a pair of seductive eyes, which never failed to bewitch any male demons. She twisted her slender waist and was about to walk over when a heavy cough rang in a warning. The snake demon looked back and then sat down reluctantly.

Other demons in the group also restrained themselves suddenly.

The buffalo demon and weasel demon came out of the kitchen with a large plate in one hand and quickly went back and forth to fill the three large tables with food and wine. The group began to eat and chatted.