"Dad, I get it. I'll be back soon. You guys be careful and take care of Sister Baozhu." With that, Zhu Qiangqiang transformed into his true form, a chubby little pig the size of a person, and quickly ran back the way he came.
Seeing how serious Zhu Ganglie was, the other piglets dared not make a sound. They exchanged glances, unsure of what had happened. However, out of habit, they knew to stay close by and avoid causing trouble.
Zhu Ganglie cautiously moved step by step towards the direction of Hao Yun Lai, but he did not stray too far from the area where he could protect the piglets. He scanned the surroundings, found a rockery to hide behind, and watched Hao Yun Lai with vigilance.
After an unknown amount of time, another group of people who had discovered the situation here arrived. Seeing Zhu Ganglie in hiding, they sneered.
"So cowardly!"
"Let's go, we'll scout the situation first."
"Qingchan, aren't we waiting for Bai Qian-daren and the others?"
"Bai Qian hasn't ascended to the throne yet, so he's not the Demon King. Besides, they should discover this place soon. Let's go check it out first, maybe there's something good in these shops." As soon as Qingchan finished speaking, Bai Qian arrived with a group of demons.
Bai Qian's icy gaze swept over Qingchan and the other demons, his tone unreadable.
"The position of Demon King has always been held by the strongest. Qingchan, if you don't agree with me being Demon King, I can give you another chance. We can fight sometime, no matter life or death, but don't cause trouble at a time like this."
Qingchan was momentarily speechless and remained silent. The younger demons of his faction, seeing this, cautiously retreated.
The leader of the stubborn faction from his own sect, Hui Tai Lang, whom he had favored, had lost to Bai Qian, who was from the neutral faction, in the Demon King election. He was simply a bit unwilling. He wasn't stupid; his strength was insignificant, and fighting Bai Qian would be suicidal.
At this moment, Zhu Ganglie emerged with the piglets and joined Bai Qian.
Bai Qian selected a group of strong demons and together they headed towards Hao Yun Lai.
As the group of demons approached the vicinity of Hao Yun Lai, they cautiously fanned out to investigate as instructed by Bai Qian.
After a while, screams of pain echoed from all directions.
Hearing the sounds, the demons quickly retreated outside the area of Hao Yun Lai and reported their findings to Bai Qian.
The final investigation results shocked them.
One, within a certain range of Hao Yun Lai, divine sense could not be used for detection.
Two, although the shops could not be entered, the shop rules of Hao Yun Lai automatically appeared in their minds.
Three, attempting to force entry into the shops resulted in a backlash.
Four, entering recreational areas like parks and squares did not cause injury.
"Bai Qian-daren, this Hao Yun Lai is too strange. There isn't a single living creature inside. We really don't know how this place appeared."
"This must be the work of human cultivators. They must have found a way to come to our demon realm."
"Bai Qian-daren, human cultivators are very cunning. They haven't revealed themselves yet, so they might be plotting something bad. The Demon King just failed his ascension and is severely injured, and now human buildings have appeared out of nowhere. What a coincidence.
I suspect human cultivators are monitoring us with some kind of device. We should destroy this place and thwart their plot."
"Yes, many of our demon clan have been injured by the sudden lightning strikes from this place."
"Doesn't Hao Yun Lai have shop rules? Those who were injured were all trying to force entry and violated the rules, triggering the anti-theft devices created by humans. There's a medical clinic here, we can wait until eight o'clock when it opens. Perhaps the human cultivators can even heal the Demon King's injuries."
The demons voiced their opinions one after another. Bai Qian pondered for a moment, "Alright, stop arguing. You're all chattering so much my head hurts."
Finally, Bai Qian selected powerful demons from each tribe to surround Hao Yun Lai, conducting a comprehensive surveillance from land, water, and air. He then took the injured demons back to He Lian Tian's clinic.
"Uncle He, please help treat their injuries."
He Lian Tian turned and saw the injured demons, frowning slightly. He began to work again.
"Was this caused by lightning? What happened again? You guys, can't you let me have some peace? I just finished treating the Demon King, and now something else has happened."
"Uncle He, they were indeed struck by lightning." Bai Qian nodded helplessly, then explained the matter of Hao Yun Lai.
He Lian Tian's eyes lit up at the mention. After preparing the medicine for the other demons, he spoke to Bai Qian privately.
"If there really is a medical clinic, perhaps the Demon King can be saved."
Bai Qian nodded. "Yes, Uncle He, I think so too. Even if there's a glimmer of hope, I want to try and save Bai Li."
"I know you regard Bai Li as a brother, but you can't be too hasty. There are good and bad human cultivators; don't fall into a trap. However, bringing a medical clinic to our demon realm doesn't seem like they're here to cause trouble. Combined with the many shops you mentioned, it all seems like they're here for business."
He Lian Tian pondered for a moment and then said,
"How about this, when it's almost eight o'clock, I'll go to that Hao Yun Lai with you. But those demons who have a strong dislike for human cultivators should not go to Hao Yun Lai for now, to avoid conflicts and delay the Demon King's treatment."
"Don't worry, Uncle He."
...
It was a little past seven in the morning. Luo Yunshi woke up and was the first to notice the appearance of the Hao Yun Lai shop in the demon realm. After getting up and washing up, she, along with Xing Yi and Da Li, instantly arrived at the demon realm's Hao Yun Lai.
After sensing the surrounding spiritual energy and temperature, she nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad, the spiritual energy in the demon realm is abundant! It's almost comparable to the spiritual energy of the Cang Ling Realm."
She then checked the demon realm map and the location of Hao Yun Lai, and used her divine sense to probe the situation outside.
The demon realm occupied large tracts of forests, deserts, oceans, and a portion of human-occupied architectural complexes. Hao Yun Lai happened to be situated in the wide Yellow River, close to the human architectural complexes.
What? In the river?
Her divine sense extended outwards. A group of animals were staring intently at Hao Yun Lai, their eyes filled with wariness and vigilance. There were also demon birds circling in the sky, seemingly monitoring Hao Yun Lai, and every animal's cultivation level was higher than hers.
Are the animals in the demon realm all this strong? Luo Yunshi was surprised for a moment.
However, no matter how high their strength, she wasn't worried. The only thing that concerned her was the biased hostility of some demon races towards human cultivators.
It wouldn't be too big of a deal if it affected her earning money, as in this world, not making money or even slacking off would at most delay her system upgrade by a few days. But if it affected her ability to save the world and gain merit points, that would be problematic.
Luo Yunshi took out the shop management robots and planting robots she had purchased earlier from her system backpack.
The male robot managing the shop was set as Luo Yao Yao, to manage the demon realm shops from now on. The planting robot, Planting No. 7, continued to cultivate medicinal herbs on one mu of land.
Since it wasn't yet eight o'clock, the opening time, and the animals didn't seem to have any intention of entering the Hao Yun Lai area, Luo Yunshi decided to have the housekeeper robot prepare ingredients and then live-stream the cooking of a few new dishes.