Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

As night deepened, the wind in the desolate abyss carried a chill, yet it could not dispel the lingering aroma of roasted meat in the back garden.

After finishing the last bite of chicken bone, Ye Wuhen let out a burp without any regard for his image.

He looked down at himself—his priceless dark gold robe with magical patterns was covered in mud splatters, from when he was lying on the ground being ridden by Sanbao; there was also a noticeable oil stain on his cuff, the "masterpiece" left by Sanbao when he stuffed sweet potatoes into his mouth with his dirty little hands.

Dirty.

It's really dirty.

In the past, any fool who dared to smear the Demon Lord would have been skinned alive and had their soul burned to ashes.

But now, Ye Wuhen raised his sleeve and sniffed the oil stain, a look of almost obsession appearing on his face.

"This oil was applied by Yao Yao herself." He hummed twice, "It smells so good."

"Alright, stop being disgusting."

Jiang Yining passed by and disdainfully tossed him a bathhouse sign.

"The spirit spring pool behind the mountain has been reserved for you. Go wash up quickly. You're covered in oily and muddy smells; don't let it bother the children."

Ye Wuhen took the bath token, snorted coldly, shook his robe, and tried to regain some of his Demon Lord's arrogance: "This is the scent of fatherly love! You wouldn't understand!"

He may be stubborn in his words, but his actions tell a different story.

He flashed and transformed into a streak of red light, heading straight for the forbidden area behind the mountain.

He didn't notice that in the shadows of the corridor, a pair of lifeless eyes, as still as an ancient well, were staring intently at his back.

Si Bao Jiang Jingzhi sat in the stroller, clutching Xing Jue's storage ring tightly in her hand, her short silver hair gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

There wasn't a single expression on that expressionless little face.

"Click".

Jiang Jingzhi turned her head and looked at Situ Kong, who was hiding behind a pillar.

He stretched out his chubby little hand, pointed in the direction where Ye Wuhen had disappeared, and then pointed to the storage ring in his hand.

Although Situ Kong's cultivation level has declined, his ability to read people and situations is still top-notch.

He shuffled out from behind the pillar, his face contorted in a grimace: "Sibao, that's the Demon Lord! Your father's current physique can't withstand a single punch from him. How about we find something else to fleece? Like, you could pluck a couple of hairs from Bai Ze; those are top-grade materials for refining weapons..."

Jiang Jingzhi did not speak.

He silently tucked the storage ring into his robes, his calm eyes fixed on Situ Kong.

A silent threat.

If you don't go, you won't get a single copper coin from the dividends in this ring.

Situ Kong gasped.

This kid is even more ruthless than Jiang Yining!

"Alright, alright, fortune favors the bold!"

Situ Kong gritted his teeth and pulled a handful of empty jade bottles from his sleeve. "It's settled then, a 50/50 split!"

Jiang Jingzhi held up three fingers.

"Three times seven? I get seven and you get three?" Situ Kong tried to bargain.

Jiang Jingzhi shook her head expressionlessly, turning three fingers into two.

"Two-eight?! That's outrageous!" Situ Kong roared in a low voice, filled with grief and indignation, "I'm your own father!"

Jiang Jingzhi gave him a cold glance and pretended to turn her two fingers into one.

"Deal! 28 it is!"

Situ Kong immediately slid to his knees, picked up Jiang Jingzhi, and ran towards the back mountain, saying, "As long as we make money, your mother will definitely value us, father and son!"

……

Behind the mountain, the Spirit Spring Pool.

This place was originally an abandoned pool in the desolate abyss, but after Jiang Yining transformed it with the sap of the divine tree and the top-grade spiritual veins brought from Qingqiu, it became a top-notch healing sanctuary.

At this moment, the air is filled with mist.

Ye Wuhen soaked in the pool and let out a long, comfortable sigh.

The rich spiritual energy seeped into his body through his pores, soothing the stinging pain in his meridians caused by his forced descent to the mortal realm.

The demonic energy within him naturally overflowed, turning half the pool of water black and gold, with even wisps of red demonic blood energy floating on the surface.

For righteous cultivators, this water is extremely poisonous.

But for demonic cultivators... this is an unparalleled tonic! It is a holy liquid containing the primordial aura of a Demon Lord in the Integration Stage!

Ye Wuhen was soaking in the spring water and was so drowsy that he didn't notice that downstream from the spring's outlet, two figures, one big and one small, were hiding in the bushes, doing something they shouldn't be talking about.

"Sibao, will this work?"

Situ Kong was holding a specially made funnel and frantically pouring water into the jade bottle.

That was "bathing water" flowing down from upstream, black and gold in color, and it looked a bit eerie.

"This stuff... it smells a bit rancid." Situ Kong sniffed it. "It smells like sulfur."

Sitting on the rock, Jiang Jingzhi waved her hand dismissively, signaling him to hurry up.

He counted with his fingers, and his eyes brightened a little more with each bottle he filled.

This is hardly bathwater.

This is the "Demon Lord's Body Tempering Elixir"!

This is a "baptism of a powerful being in the Fusion Stage"!

This is "divine water that allows one to comprehend the ultimate truth of the demonic path with just a sip!"

Although Jiang Jingzhi cannot speak, he has already constructed a complete business loop in his little head with his Heavenly Mystery Dao Body.

Those cultivators in the Demon Realm would risk their lives for Ye Wuhen's demonic energy, let alone a few spirit stones.

Half an hour later, Ye Wuhen got up and dressed feeling refreshed. He felt that he had taken a very thorough bath, and even the water in the pool seemed to have become much clearer.

"This spiritual spring is quite effective. I'll have Yining get more later." Ye Wuhen hummed a little tune as he walked away.

Downstream in the grass, Situ Kong was so tired that he could barely straighten his back. Looking at the three thousand bottles of sealed "holy liquid," he fell into deep thought.

"Son, if we get found out, we'll be beaten to death, won't we?"

Jiang Jingzhi calmly patted Situ Kong on the shoulder, then pointed in the direction beyond the desolate abyss.

That's the teleportation array leading to the Demon Realm Black Market.

……

three days later.

The Black Cloud City Auction House in the Demon Realm.

An unprecedented auction is underway.

The entire hall was packed with demonic cultivators, and even the private rooms were filled with elders from various demonic sects.

The air was thick with a restless and frenzied atmosphere.

"Gentlemen!"

Situ Kong, dressed in a black robe to conceal his aura, stood on the auction stage, holding a small jade bottle aloft in his hand.

The liquid inside the bottle swirled with black and gold, emanating a terrifying and chilling magical aura.

"This is the legendary Nine-Turn Heavenly Demon Elixir!"

Situ Kong's voice was impassioned, fully displaying his talent for charlatanry.

"This was retrieved by my master from the Demon Pool left behind by an ancient demon god, after venturing deep into the forbidden Demon Abyss and facing near-death experiences! Every drop contains supreme demonic laws! Even a Golden Core stage demonic cultivator, upon taking a sip, would have a chance to glimpse the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage!"

"What? You don't believe me?"

Situ Kong sneered and uncorked the bottle.

boom!

A violent aura instantly swept across the entire area; it was the genuine pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Of course, this amount of bathwater definitely wouldn't have that effect. Before leaving, Situ Kong deliberately tricked Ji Lingxiao into making a talisman that only contained aura.

The demonic cultivators present instantly turned pale, their souls trembled, and some even knelt down.

"My God! It really is holy elixir!"

"I want it! I'll offer 100,000 spirit stones!"

"Get out of my way! I'm offering 200,000! Anyone who dares to compete with me, I'll wipe out their entire family!"

The situation instantly spiraled out of control.

What was originally just an ordinary bottle of bathwater has been hyped up to an exorbitant price thanks to the idol's halo and marketing rhetoric.

Backstage, Jiang Jingzhi sat on a high chair, looking through the gap at the frenzied crowd outside, a very subtle smile playing on her lips.

The little demonic cultivator was easily dealt with.

……

The desolate abyss, the main hall.

Jiang Yining was checking this month's accounts, her brows furrowed.

"This amount of money is simply not enough to burn through."

Just then, Situ Kong walked in with a smug look on his face, followed by a large floating storage bag.

"Yi Ning, look what this is?"

Situ Kong waved his hand, and the storage bag opened.

Splash!

Like a waterfall, the spirit stones poured out, instantly piling up into a small mountain in front of Jiang Yining.

Moreover, they were all top-grade spirit stones, and even included a considerable amount of magic crystals.

Jiang Yining dropped the pen in her hand.

"You... went to rob the Demon Realm?"

"Not at all," Situ Kong said smugly, fanning himself. "This is Sibao's first profit share from a business deal."

He briefly explained the origin of the "holy liquid".

After listening, Jiang Yining remained silent for three seconds.

Then, she turned to look at Jiang Jingzhi, who was sleeping while hugging the spirit stones she had earned through a 20/80 split, and her eyes became incredibly kind.

"Good son." Jiang Yining walked over and gently tucked the blanket around Sibao. She then took the bag of spirit stones from his arms. "Mother will keep it for you. It'll be used to help you get married when you grow up."

Just then, a deafening roar came from outside the main hall.

"Situ Kong!!!"

Ye Wuhen rushed in, enveloped in a cloud of demonic energy, clutching a familiar-looking small jade bottle in his hand. His handsome face was flushed red with anger, even turning purple.

"What the hell are you selling outside?! Nine-Turn Heavenly Demon Elixir?! And strawberry flavored at that?!"

Ye Wuhen was going crazy.

He was patrolling outside when he saw several demonic cultivators secretly trading this, and they were even licking the bottle caps with expressions of ecstasy!

He grabbed it and looked at it, and realized it was his bathwater!

"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to tear you to pieces!"

As Ye Wuhen drew his demonic blade, the killing intent nearly lifted the roof of the hall.

Situ Kong shrank back in fright and hid behind Jiang Yining: "Don't be impulsive! This is to help Ningning out of her troubles! Besides... and we earned five thousand!"

"So what if it's five thousand! My innocence..." Ye Wuhen roared.

"Five thousand high-grade spirit stones," Jiang Yining added casually.

Ye Wuhen's knife stopped in mid-air.

He turned his head stiffly, looking at the pile of glittering spirit stones on the ground.

"How much?" Ye Wuhen swallowed.

"This is just the first batch." Jiang Yining picked up a top-grade magic crystal from the pile of spirit stones and tossed it in her hand. "I heard that the demand in the Demon Realm is not enough."

"Strike while the iron is hot before they realize what's happening."

"Wuhen, has your skin been feeling a bit dry lately? Would you like to soak it more? I'll add something special, how about rose scent?"

Ye Wuhen looked at the pile of money, then at Jiang Yining's kind eyes, and finally at Sibao, who was fast asleep (pretending to be asleep).

The Demon Lord's dignity shattered crisply in the face of money and family status.

"...I want to add a month's priority for room access."

Ye Wuhen gritted his teeth as he sheathed his knife. "And another thing, no strawberry flavor! That's for sissies! Change it to strong liquor flavor!"

Jiang Yining smiled and said, "Deal. Go soak tonight, don't waste it."

Situ Kong muttered under his breath, "Tsk, as long as the money is right, even the Demon Lord would jump on the bandwagon."

"What did you say?" Ye Wuhen's eyes flashed with a sharp glare.

"I proclaim that our Lord is wise and mighty, bringing blessings to all living beings!"