CHAPTER 2

Zhan Xiaoyu walk leisurely on the night street. He wearing a red and black attire with a straw hat. The bustling night doesn't even bother him.

"Young master, come and try our new dishes. We are having great promotion since our country won the war!!" A pretty girl with slander body greet him.

"Really? What can you serve me then?" Zhan Xiaoyu put on his charming smile.

"Anything you want sir! Just enter our restaurant first." The girl seems so joyful and quickly pulls him inside.

Zhan Xiaoyu smirked. His eyes wander around the small stall he just step in. There's only three tables of 4 chairs fit in. He casually sit on one of those empty chair. There's just around 3 people are enjoying their food there.

"Sir, what would you like to have?" Ask the girl who drag him inside earlier.

Zhan Xiaoyu stare at her. He display a smile on his face.

"Can I have you then?" Ask Zhan Xiaoyu being silly.

She jolted her eyes. Didn't expect this kind of joke.

"Sorry sir? We just serve food and drinks here." She replied awkwardly.

"But you look delicious tho."

She blushed.

"I'm just kidding. Serve me everything you have." Zhan Xiaoyu surrender.

"E.. everything sir?!"

"Not including you for sure. I want the best liquor as well."

She bite her lip. Flabbergasted. "Okay sir. Just wait a minute."

She hurriedly run into the kitchen.

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The night is sure gonna be long tonight. Wang Yizhan already wander around for almost half of the day. Yet, he found nothing. Is it really nothing to be worry about? No, his instinct is always correct. There's must be something!

He sighed and sit by the street. Seeing how happy everyone here makes his heart calm. As he eyes wander around, a man in red and black outfit caught his attention.

He start to walk slowly, following the guy.

"F*ck! I think I got something. So, he just a normal people?" Wang Yizhan mumbling by himself as he see his target being drag into a small stall.

He sighed and ready to leave.

"Growll!!Grrrr!!" Something inside him starts making sounds.

"Guess I need something to eat too." He changed his path and walk towards the same stall.

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"Young master, have a seat! Have a seat! What would you like to have?" A young girl approach him as soon as he step into the stall.

"Just anything will do. I would like some tea also." Reply Wang Yizhan.

He purposely glare at the man he saw earlier. His table is already full with every type of dishes.

As he about to move to the other table, he heard someone call him out.

"Hey young man! Seems like you're alone. Would you like to join me?" Zhan Xiaoyu lock his eyes on the young man wearing all white ahead.

"Don't be shy, I happens to order a lot today. I can't finish them all. What a waste."

"If you can't finish them, why bother ordered a lot." Wang Yizhan stare at him.

"Well, I just can't make a choice. My bad. Would like to help me then."

Wang Yizhan clench his teeth. He still doubting this guy intention.

"Ehh, young lord. It's my treat don't worry. Besides, there's only three table inside here. One already full back there. While I'm being here, there's only one table left. It's gonna be troublesome for the owner if his other customers don't have a table left. Am I right?" He smiles.

Wang Yizhan glare at him. Somehow, he can't even denying that. He brings himself sit in front of the guy.

Zhan Xiaoyu grinned.

"Come help yourself." He give a pair of unused chopsticks to him.

Wang Yizhan takes the chopsticks and began to eat quietly. He sometimes stare at his surrounding in case he saw someone unfamiliar.

Zhan Xiaoyu notice that. He drink his last drop of liquor before asking for more. He can helped but want to drink more since he actually can't get drunk. It's already his tenth bottle but yet he still sober.

"Young man, are you searching for someone?" Zhan Xiaoyu ask before drink another bottle of liquor.

"None of your business." he replied.

Zhan Xiaoyu smirked.

"I am Zhan Xiaoyu. And you?"

"Yizhan." He replied avoiding his surname as nobody in this city has Wang as their surname. Eventually, everyone will know his identity right away if he tell it.

"Only Yizhan?"

"That's all you need to know."

"You must be not an ordinary person then." Zhan Xiaoyu gives him a bottle of liquor that he already drink half of it.

"Come, drink some."

"I'm not drinking."

"Lightweight" Zhan Xiaoyu laugh.

Wang Yizhan glare him intensely. Annoyed.

"I'm done. Thanks for the meal." He stand up and place some money under the plate.

Zhan Xiaoyu stare at it before taking it.

"Ayy, Yizhan! I told you it's on me!"

"I'm not taking anything from stranger." He about to leave before Zhan Xiaoyu grab his arm.

"What's my name?" Zhan Xiaoyu ask.

"What you want?" Wang Yizhan ask in angry.

"Take your money back. You know my name so we're not stranger." He replied before leaving the stall. He already paid beforehand.

"What a ignorance?" Wang Yizhan clench his jaw. Angry.

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Zhan Xiaoyu take a stroll far from the bustling city, the sound of flowing water river somehow calm him down. He gulp another bottle of liquor in his hand. Mesmerizing the peace he rarely get to see.

For the whole 300 years of living, being trapped by his own father, he miss lots of moments and experience. But, thanks to his powerful demon bloodline, he easily grasped every power of his ancestors. Others demon can't even get to envy but only fear the dominant.

"&$&##&#&" Xiaoyu heard some unclear words, of course not a human.

Concentrating his power on his ear, the words becomes visible to him now.

"It's great that's the first defense is now broken.. Our tribe now can make our move easily. Hahaha! Let's see how long this weakling cultivator can survive."

The others continue.

"Just hoping that our lord can break their inner defense and conquer this world. I can't wait to spit on their faces."

"Now that we're here, even the demon king can't stop us. Hahahaha!!"

"What does the demon king know? He just obsessed with his son, afraid that his son will surpass him. Hahahaha."

Xiaoyu smirks. Whatever others demon do are indeed not his problems. The royal clan can wipe out them at once if they goes out of control. But since demon doesn't lives as monarchy, what's the point?

Human? Why must he even care about the most weak creatures? They are easy to deceive and trampled on. Consider it's luck that they still can live to this century.

As he began to move, a black crow with red eyes fly to him. It's a messenger from demon world. Even though the figure looks like a crow but it's actually not a real crow. It's just a disguise to spy over the human world. The crow lands on the ground before turning into a little demon. It's height just reach Xiaoyu waist.

The messenger bows before begin to talk. "Young prince, your majesty is on his way to your residence. We need you to go back asap."

"I got it. You may leave." Xiaoyu replies.

What he want this time?! In this 300 years, he only visited me twice. Once when I was born and the other time is 200 years ago to jail me.

He sighed before disappear into thin air.

Image of the messenger crow as a boy. The image is not mine. Got it from Pinterest ☺️

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