"You, you dare to disobey me?" Yu Lijing slammed her hand on the armrest of the chair and stood up abruptly.
The Demon Lord shook his head with a cold laugh: "Now I am the Demon Lord, you have misused the word 'disobedience'."
"You, you..." Yu Lijing never expected that the Demon Lord would dare to oppose her.
The Demon Lord looked at Yu Xinyi: "Xinyi, you go back first. I'll send someone to find you if anything comes up." He didn't want his son involved; such a scene would definitely not be comfortable for him.
"Xinyi, don't go." Yu Lijing didn't want Yu Xinyi to leave at all; she needed support. "What's wrong with letting your uncle become the Demon Lord?"
"Mother..." Yu Xinyi was about to speak when the Demon Lord immediately rebuked, "Yu Lijing, only the Demon Lord can decide on the succession of the Demon Lord's position."
The Demon Lord's meaning is clear: he decides who will succeed him, not a former Demon Lord who has already abdicated.
"Moreover, my son Xinyi's abilities are more than enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Demon Lord..." Before the Demon Lord could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Yu Lijing's sarcasm.
"Since Xinyi can inherit the position of Demon Lord, why don't you step down and give way to a more worthy successor?"
She knew all along that the Demon Lord was simply power-hungry; she hadn't been wrong before, and she was even more certain now.
"Yu Lijing..." The Demon Lord called out Yu Lijing's name slowly and deliberately, with a severity he had never shown before.
In a daze, he was startled by the aura of the Demon Lord and realized that the ordinary man from the Demon Realm had completely changed his temperament after being tempered by the position of Demon Lord. He truly had the majesty of a ruler of a realm.
"Now that the immortal and demon realms are eyeing the demon realm covetously, do you want our son to inherit the position of demon lord at this time?" the demon lord asked through gritted teeth.
“You may not care about your son, but I do. He’s my only son in this life,” the Demon Lord said in a deep voice.
"Ha, after all these years, you haven't even had a child." Yu Lijing didn't miss any opportunity to mock the Demon Lord.
"Now that you've become the Demon Lord, haven't you used your power to gather beauties from the demon realm?" Yu Lijing's words were no longer sarcastic, but rather harsh.
Even Yu Xinyi couldn't stand it anymore and stood up, saying clearly, word by word, "Mother, all these years, Father hasn't had a single woman."
A simple sentence made Yu Lijing's body tremble, and she quickly looked away to hide her reaction: "Who knows if it's true?"
Yu Xinyi felt heartbroken; she felt heartbroken because of her father.
He didn't understand before why his father didn't marry another woman. As the Demon Lord, what kind of woman couldn't he have?
He asked his father once when he was little, and he will never forget his father's expression at that time, which was full of expectation, loneliness and sorrow. He said to him very softly but firmly, "Xinyi's mother has gone to recuperate. She will come back as soon as she recovers. Dad is waiting for Xinyi's mother. When the time comes, our family will be reunited. Will Xinyi be happy?"
I remember when he was little, he would happily hug his father and shout, "Happy, happy!"
He was pulled into his father's broad chest and heard his deep voice and strong heartbeat: "Let's wait together for Xinyi's mother to come back."
That's why he was so convinced that his mother was not dead or gone, but just hadn't had enough rest yet, and he longed for the day when his family would be reunited.
I never imagined that this day would arrive in such a terrible way.
"Is it really unnecessary? This is a critical moment for the life and death of the demon realm. I will not allow anyone to threaten the demon realm." The demon lord said in a deep voice, giving Yu Lijin a deep look.
"You should go back to the forbidden area. You're not in your right mind, and we don't know when your condition will flare up."
"What do you want to do? Seize power for yourself?" Yu Lijing asked with a sneer. "I'm not in a daze right now. I'm going to stay here and oversee things. Since there are unusual developments in both the immortal and demon realms, I can't leave."
"Whatever you want." The Demon Lord seemed very tired and waved his hand. "Go and rest. Yu Jinshuo stays."
"Why should he stay?" Upon hearing this, Yu Lijing almost jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"He disappeared without a trace. Shouldn't that be explained? Shouldn't his forces in the demon realm come out together to protect the demon realm?" the demon lord questioned righteously.
"Really?" Yu Lijing clearly didn't believe it. "He's my brother. You don't need to interrogate him."
"Yu Lijin, I am now in charge of the demon realm!" Even the Demon Lord, with his good temper, couldn't hold back and became truly angry.
"If you want to make a decision, you'd better see if you can beat me!" As she spoke, a cluster of flames suddenly burst forth from behind Yu Lijing, burning fiercely, and the powerful force pressed down on everyone in the side hall.
Suddenly, flame marks appeared on the foreheads of Yu Jinshuo, Yu Xinyi, and even the Demon Lord. Liu Lanyan looked on in surprise and turned to ask the Demon God what was going on. But when she turned back, she was shocked to find that the Demon God also had the same flame marks on his forehead as they did.
Chapter 133 Gratitude
Mo Yun turned around and saw Liu Lanyan's astonished gaze. He immediately realized what she had seen, reached out and gently touched his forehead, calmly meeting Liu Lanyan's gaze without flinching.
Liu Lanyan suppressed her surprise and smiled at the Demon God. She was only slightly surprised that the same mark as the Demon Lord and the others had suddenly appeared.
She still trusted the Demon God completely, believing that even if she had any doubts, the Demon God would explain everything to her when the time came.
"Yu Lijin, what do you think you're doing?" The Demon Lord was truly enraged, shouting sternly, "This is the royal palace, not a place where you can run wild!"
The Demon Lord stared intently at Yu Lijing: "If you want to be the Demon Lord again, kill me!"
"You think I wouldn't dare kill you?" Yu Lijing's voice suddenly rose, filled with killing intent, and the flames behind her suddenly shot up several degrees.
The temperature inside the side hall suddenly rose, and the pressure intensified.
"At this time, do you still want to fight amongst yourselves?" the Demon Lord asked coldly, remaining seated without moving an inch. "If you want to fight amongst yourselves, I'll play along."
"Sister, forget it, the safety of the demon realm is more important." Yu Jinshuo spoke up at this moment, trying to dissuade Yu Lijing.
"No matter what happened that day, I'm fine, aren't I?" Yu Jinshuo felt that suppressing the fact that he had been "assassinated" was not a good time to fight the Demon Lord.
Now he not only has the Demon Lord as an opponent, but Yu Xinyi's strength is also not to be underestimated.
Moreover, Yu Xinyi is his nephew, Yu Lijing's biological son, so there's no benefit for him to fight against him.
It would be better to go with the flow, suppress the matter, and make plans later.
“But…” Yu Lijing naturally did not want internal strife to break out in the demon realm at this time, but if she did nothing, she would have no way to explain it to her younger brother.
“You are clearly the most qualified to be the next Demon Lord,” Yu Lijing sighed softly.
“It’s the same. Xinyi has the ability, isn’t that better?” Yu Jinshuo smiled with satisfaction. “I always thought Xinyi was not capable enough, but now I know that he has always been letting me, his uncle, have the best.”
“Xinyi has such composure, do you think I would compete with my own nephew?” Yu Jinshuo comforted Yu Lijin. “Sister, go and rest first, and then we can plan the future of the demon realm.”
"That's fine then." Yu Lijing nodded. "There's no point in talking about this now. Let's resolve the current situation in the demon realm first."
As Yu Lijing's flame power subsided, the pressure in the side hall immediately disappeared, and the flame marks on the foreheads of the Demon Lord and others also vanished at the same time.
Yu Lijing turned and left, pulling Yu Jinshuo along, saying, "Come on, let's stay in the palace tonight." She reached out with her other hand to pull Yu Xinyi, but unexpectedly, Yu Xinyi dodged backward.
"Xinyi?" Yu Lijing looked at her son in confusion. Even though she hadn't seen him for a long time and hadn't experienced his growth, the bond between mother and son should have prevented them from feeling estranged.
Why is he avoiding her?
"I have some things to discuss with my father," Yu Xinyi said in a low voice, lowering his eyes slightly to avoid looking at Yu Lijing.
His words and actions clearly showed that he was resisting Yu Lijing.
Yu Lijing's lips moved. She never expected her son to treat her like this. She wanted to scold him and question him, but Yu Jinshuo stopped her.
"Sister, go and rest first. There's plenty of time in the future," Yu Jinshuo said, gesturing to Yu Lijing with his eyes.