Most of these were demon beasts. They stared at Jun Yelan, and in the next moment, they all knelt. "His Highness Jun has returned! May Your Highness reign in peace!"
Lan Yan was startled and looked at Jun Yelan. These demon beasts were paying homage to Jun Yelan!
Jun Yelan's eyes turned cold. He had revealed his wings earlier while looking for Lan Yan, which had attracted the attention of these demon beasts. He squeezed Lan Yan's hand and said in a low voice, "Let's leave quickly."
In their demon realm, these salutations were not a good sign.
Lan Yan didn't understand but listened to Jun Yelan. She prepared herself, gripping the bag at her waist, which contained all her magical artifacts.
The demon beasts were oppressed by Jun Yelan's aura and dared not approach. Some noticed Lan Yan. "Why does the woman beside His Highness Jun have no demonic energy!"
"Yes, I don't smell any either. She's not from the demon realm."
"Could she be from the cultivation realm! We've long heard that His Highness Jun was taken away by someone from the cultivation realm, and now he has returned, bringing someone from the cultivation realm back." As soon as this was said, the crowd began to panic.
The demon beasts immediately glared at Lan Yan, feeling she would be detrimental to them. "Get out! Get out!" They feared Jun Yelan less and cared more about their own interests, closing in on Lan Yan step by step.
Jun Yelan let out a roar from his throat, forcing back the surrounding demon beasts. In front of all the demon beasts, he hugged Lan Yan's waist, his eyes filled with determination. "She is the person I brought back. No one can touch her!"
Lan Yan was stunned and turned to look at Jun Yelan, finding him incredibly handsome at that moment. Her heart was also filled with warmth as she took out a magical artifact and held it in her hand.
If these demon beasts attacked together, she would throw it and run with Jun Yelan. At worst, they wouldn't come to the demon market anymore; staying on the mountain with Jun Yelan would be quite good.
The demon beasts also stopped and looked at Jun Yelan. "His Highness Jun, by saying that, do you intend to marry someone from the cultivation realm! Our demon realm cannot tolerate such a thing!"
They had been treated as they were by the cultivation realm for so long that they loathed cultivators.
"If you do not hand her over, you will be an enemy of our demon realm!"
Lan Yan looked at Jun Yelan nervously, worried he would be shunned.
Jun Yelan smiled at Lan Yan and shook his head. Then he looked at the demon beasts before him, his eyes full of coldness. "Firstly, I do not belong to the demon realm. Secondly, can you be my enemy!"
He spread his wings again, blue flames emanating from them.
The demon beasts were stunned on the spot. They indeed did not have the ability to fight Jun Yelan. However, some were still not convinced and shouted, "If you take her away, you will no longer be His Highness Jun of our demon realm."
"I never was," Jun Yelan gripped Lan Yan's waist, flapped his wings, and flew away with her. He belonged outside the Six Realms, and had no place to call home anywhere.
But with Lan Yan by his side now, he finally had a place to belong.
The demon beasts below were immediately indignant. "What kind of His Highness Jun is this! We will tell the Demon King to challenge Jun Yelan. Such a person does not deserve to live in our demon realm."
Their anger grew, and they headed to the Demon King's palace to have the Demon King deal with the matter.
However, the Demon King was still in seclusion, recuperating from his injuries.
Jun Yelan brought Lan Yan back to the mountain and retracted his wings. Seeing Lan Yan's worried expression, he smiled faintly. "This is the demon realm, and it's different from your cultivation realm. They pay homage to me, wanting me to retaliate against the cultivation realm."
In the past, he encountered such situations every time he went down the mountain, and gradually stopped going.
Lan Yan threw herself into Jun Yelan's embrace, leaning against his chest, and said with concern, "Only today have I come to understand your life in the demon realm. I thought only the Demon King dealt with you, but the other demon beasts are also pressuring you."
Jun Yelan had never felt wronged before, but now, comforted by the person in his arms, he suddenly wanted to talk. "The demon realm is like this. One moment they submit to you, the next moment they attack you."
"They know I was captured, and seeing that I could still return, they are afraid of me again. They see you and worry that I will betray the demon realm and help you against them."
Lan Yan nodded. "Actually, the cultivation realm is much the same. My mission is to tame you. They all want you dead, but if I don't, I become a traitor."
"They always think we're going to do something, but in reality, I just want you to live. It's the same for you; you never participated in the disputes of the Six Realms, yet you were captured just for staying in your own territory, and then targeted by the Demon King upon your return."
In the process of saving Jun Yelan, she was also experiencing different lives. Her heart was also changing.
Jun Yelan hugged Lan Yan back, lowered his head to touch her forehead, and murmured, "It's alright, I don't care anymore." He only cared about Lan Yan and wanted to protect her well within these Six Realms.
Lan Yan nodded. It was enough for them to know what the other was thinking. She took out the red string from last time and cut it in half, tying one half to Jun Yelan's wrist.
"No matter what the outside world is like, I will never change. I will accompany you like this red string."
Jun Yelan's eyes trembled. He took the other half of the red string and tied it to Lan Yan's wrist. He looked at the dazzling red string, his eyes becoming incredibly deep, and murmured in his heart, "Lan Yan, from this day forward, my life is yours."
He held Lan Yan's hand and silently transferred his magic power to her, so she would not be easily injured in the future. If possible, he wanted to bear all the harm for Lan Yan, just wanting Lan Yan to always be safe.
Lan Yan only felt a warmth spread through her body. She turned to see Jun Yelan's calm expression, as if nothing was wrong. She then smiled, "Then let's go in. Wait, where is Mo Mo?"
How could she forget such an important matter?
Jun Yelan smiled. "You forgot, you asked the wolf demon to protect her. She is currently returning with the wolf demon." He knew Lan Yan cared about Mo Mo and had set up a formation on Mo Mo long ago, so nothing major could happen.
At this moment, Mo Mo was holding a candied hawthorn, being carried by the wolf demon, and said with a giggle, "Little wolf, let's go to the cave next door today. We won't disturb Mom and Dad's bonding."
She had seen everything just now; Mom was carried away by Dad. They should have returned by now, and maybe they could even have a little baby.
Hearing that Mo Mo was alright, Lan Yan breathed a sigh of relief. It was all the fault of the demon beasts surrounding them earlier, which had muddled her thoughts. She needed to organize her thoughts properly.
Seeing Lan Yan's gaze unfocused, Jun Yelan smiled faintly, wondering what she was thinking again. He led Lan Yan into the cave and lay down in a corner opposite Lan Yan, his fingers resting on the red string on his other wrist.
Lan Yan lay down, then sat up, and called out to the system, "System, how is my mission going?" She had forgotten to ask about the progress.
The system looked at the messy progress bar before it and sighed. The fragments of the great god were too powerful; they had completely affected the interface.