Chapter 104 Part 2

From beginning to end, Die Bing's smile remained light and appropriate, no one could tell what she was thinking.

Even Zhou Yin, who is knowledgeable and experienced, felt his eyes were opened wide upon arriving at the North Sea Ruins.

This place is detached from the Taichu Continent, not belonging to the Three Realms, yet one can still see the sun rise and set, the moon wax and wane. It's just that due to the barrier surrounding the North Sea Ruins, the sunlight and moonlight appear especially gentle. The four seasons are like spring, day and night are balanced. The blessings of the ancient deities have extended for tens of thousands of years, making the North Sea Ruins like a paradise, becoming a happy land for the demon beast clan.

Naturally, there are mountains and rivers here, it's just that the rocks are not reddish-brown, but dark gold in color. And the water is not transparent, as if dyed by moonlight, with a faint layer of frosty silver.

Golden mountains and silver waters, dazzling lights, glowing jade pots, sounds of phoenix flutes, stars like rain, rain like flowers, flowers leaving shadows, shadows leaving fragrance, colorful and crystal clear - this is Nuwa City of the North Sea Ruins, more beautiful and lively than any imperial city in the human world.

Words can hardly describe it.

Looking down from amidst the clouds, this feeling is even stronger. Even someone like Zhou Yin who rarely shows his emotions on his face couldn't help but reveal a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Zhou Chen naturally captured it and couldn't resist boasting in his ear, "Before I arrived at the North Sea Ruins, this place was not like this. Although this is where the roots of the demon beast clan are, it had long been dilapidated for some time. I had them rebuild it."

Zhou Yin let out an "en" and a faint smile appeared on his face. The smile was very slight, but it made Zhou Chen bloom with joy.

Even if thousands upon thousands of people revered and worshipped him, it couldn't compare to a single smile from the person in front of him.

They were not far from the north city gate. From above the clouds, they could see the city gate was open and quite a few people were already standing there, solemn and orderly, flanked by the Demon Beast Emperor's royal guards in heavy armor, an imposing sight.

Zhou Yin glanced at him.

Zhou Chen gave a light cough, "It's your first time here, I wanted you to receive a grand and formal welcome."

Undeniably, no matter how extraordinary, the Vermilion Bird is ultimately a bird. And among male birds, there is always a bit of a show-off nature. Up to now, he was very satisfied with Li Ying's tactfulness.

As they got closer and closer to the city gate, he grabbed Zhou Yin's hand and lightly leaped down. Instantly, dazzling brilliance and emerald thunder flashed, the sky-covering golden feathers soared into the air, carrying Zhou Yin in a dive.

Everyone only felt their eyes were suddenly filled with a flowing, colorful golden hue, as if even the night sky was illuminated. Although Zhou Chen now only had the cultivation of late Nascent Soul stage, the oppressive might of the ancient divine beast made everyone present involuntarily tremble, kneel, and prostrate.

"------ Welcome back, Your Majesty!!!"

The Vermilion Bird let out a long cry and slowly landed, transforming back into human form.

"Rise."

The crowd gradually got up. Earlier, Zhou Yin had been standing on the Vermilion Bird's back. Awed by the Demon Beast Emperor's might, they hadn't paid attention to the figure above. Only now did they notice there was an additional person beside Zhou Chen.

Due to their racial characteristics, coupled with everyone cultivating, the demon clan naturally had no ugly people, especially those in high positions. At least at first glance, Zhou Yin saw those with handsome and masculine appearances, those with elegant and otherworldly bearings like fragrant grasses and orchids, and there was even a beautiful woman who, if placed in the human world, would be a world-toppling beauty.

Little did he know, while he looked at the demon beast clan as such, the demon beast clan crowd was also looking at him in astonishment.

They originally thought His Majesty the Demon Beast Emperor's grace was already unmatched in the world.

But looking at this human cultivator standing shoulder to shoulder with His Majesty, he was actually not inferior in the slightest. Even his aura was not suppressed by half a bit. But taking a closer look, this person's cultivation was only at the mid-Core Formation stage.

The crowd respectfully stepped forward to pay their respects. Zhou Chen naturally also had to introduce Zhou Yin to them, "This is my Dao companion, named Zhou Yin. From now on, you shall treat him the same as you treat me."

At these words, everyone was shocked and the gazes towards Zhou Yin carried many meanings.

Dual cultivation companions do not necessarily have to be male and female. The demon beast clan acts with a bit more casualness compared to humans and would not make a fuss over this matter.

But Zhou Yin only had Core Formation cultivation, the gap with the Demon Beast Emperor was a bit too large. They wondered why the Demon Beast Emperor would give up the outstanding green phoenix and instead choose this human cultivator. This was the part that puzzled everyone.

But Li Ying was attentive and noticed that Zhou Yin's surname was the same as the Demon Beast Emperor's. And judging from how the two interacted, they must have long been familiar with each other.

Facing so many high-level demonic cultivators, this human cultivator actually showed no timidity at all, remaining as unperturbed as clouds and wind, not even changing his expression. Clearly his mind and nature were steadfast, not ordinary at all.

Thinking this, he couldn't help glancing over at Die Bing again and saw that her smile had become much fainter than before. Her beautiful eyes swept over Zhou Yin and a cold light flashed through them. He couldn't help sighing inwardly.

I'm afraid the next few days in Nuwa City are going to be quite lively.

Zhou Chen didn't care about what others thought. To him, their opinions weren't important. After introducing the elders to Zhou Yin one by one, he took his hand and walked into the city, pointing out the sights along the way. His attentiveness left bystanders in awe.

The two walked side by side at the front, with Zhou Chen occasionally whispering in his ear. Their hair was sometimes tousled by the wind, as if intimately brushing against each other. Although they didn't engage in any overtly intimate actions, it seemed to surpass all the intimate gestures in the world.

Die Bing only glanced at them once before lowering her brows and eyes, remaining silent and hidden among the crowd, following behind.

"Ah Yin, are you tired?"

"I'm alright."

"Why don't we head back to the Palace first, and I'll accompany you out another day."

"Sounds good."

Zhou Chen gave him a gentle smile, then turned around and dropped his smile, saying indifferently, "You all have duties to attend to, there's no need to follow. You may disperse."

The others responded in unison and withdrew, leaving only Li Ying, who said with a smile, "May I ask Your Majesty, will Sir Zhou be sharing a bedchamber with Your Majesty?"

Zhou Chen replied, "Naturally."

Li Ying said, "In that case, I shall have someone arrange it. Please rest in the side hall for now."

He was perhaps the most tactful of them all, never showing the slightest surprise at Zhou Chen's appearance from beginning to end.

Zhou Chen said, "You can just instruct the maids to handle this. Come back later, I have something to discuss with you."

"Yes, Your Majesty."