Myriad wealth?
No!
This little demon is clearly as rich as a nation!
Tens of billions of gold coins.
She's willing to spend it on resources for the Devouring faction undead. If one didn't have deep pockets and a massive cash flow, who would dare do this?
Ascension to heaven was within reach.
Youth knows not the joy of wealthy women, mistaking young girls for treasures.
Chen Yu was filled with regret.
If he had known the little demon was this wealthy, he would never have treated her so poorly. He would have diligently doted on her and kept her happy.
Now, the little demon was the password to wealth.
She was his ladder to the heavens.
Dignity?
What the hell is dignity? In this world, whoever has money has dignity.
When money speaks,
Truth itself will fall silent.
"Please forgive my past disrespect. I actually thought you were just a pitiful demon king living in a leaky shack. I never imagined your past to be so magnificent," Chen Yu said, placing his right hand over his chest with reverence. He then gently extended his right hand, palm up, cradling the little demon's feet.
Little Demon: Σ(☉▽☉"a
What is this?
What is this sudden development?
She was a bit bewildered.
Standing in Chen Yu's palm, like Thumbelina, the little demon tilted her head and blinked at him.
"Are you having a fit?"
"Great King, please bestow the password to wealth upon your devout follower!" Chen Yu declared, thumping his chest again.
"..."
The little demon remained silent for a long time.
Meanwhile, a message appeared on her wristband from the "Gourmet Soul."
〖Her Demon King's Castle is gone, what kind of get-rich-quick dream are you having, boy~~~!〗
Huh?
Upon seeing this message, Chen Yu blinked.
Bankrupt.
He slowly looked up at the slightly bewildered little demon.
"It's really gone?"
"Yes, if my Demon King's Castle were still here, why would I be here?" the little demon replied matter-of-factly. "Could it be I'm here for a secret inspection?"
Chen Yu's expression immediately changed, and he stood up.
He grabbed the little demon with his right hand.
He gently flicked her head with his left index finger.
"No money, and you're still putting on an act with me?"
"Who's putting on an act!!" the little demon exclaimed indignantly. "I was just saying I *used* to have it. I never said I have it *now*. Clearly, you're blinded by greed, only thinking about those hundreds of millions of purple gold coins and not listening to what I was saying." kAnshu伍.ξà
"I'm blinded by greed?"
Chen Yu sneered dismissively.
"Then you truly don't know me. Anyone who knows me knows I regard money as dirt and myself as having a clean conscience and upright integrity. In my eyes, money is the root of all evil, utterly useless."
Hearing Chen Yu's words, the little demon pouted.
"Heh..."
And it wasn't just her. A message from the Gourmet Soul, projected onto her wristband, appeared at almost the same time.
〖Heh~〗
"You too, joining in the fun?" Chen Yu glared at the wristband. "What, you two don't believe me? Fine. I won't argue with you two. Time will tell, and our actions will speak for themselves."
Waving his hand, Chen Yu faced east, his chin slightly raised.
He exuded an aura of transcendence.
Less than half a minute later—
"Is there really nothing left? For example, a little nest egg? Your grand Demon King couldn't have left yourself with no money, could you?" Chen Yu leaned in conspiratorially and whispered.
This sudden turn of events left the little demon momentarily stunned.
"You, didn't you just say money is like dirt?"
"Alas, it's not for myself, it's for the countless struggling beings at the bottom in the underground!" Chen Yu exclaimed with great passion. "Isn't this also accumulating good karma for you? You were a demon king before, you must have harmed many people. We have a saying that doing bad deeds erodes merit and virtue. I'm just helping you make amends!"
"You're the one who harms people! You're the one lacking virtue!"
The little demon, floating in mid-air, became agitated and brandished her trident wildly.
"I have never done anything wrong, die!"
The trident zipped through the air, stabbing towards Chen Yu twice.
Alas—
He was as firm as a rock!
The angry little demon glared ferociously at Chen Yu before retreating into the wristband, leaving Chen Yu sighing softly.
"Why are you getting so angry?"
After staring at the wristband for a while.
Seeing no response from the little demon, Chen Yu stretched lazily.
He looked up; the skeleton warrior still stood in its original position.
Devouring faction undead.
Their future growth might rival that of a black dragon.
It sounded good.
Unfortunately, Chen Yu was short on cash.
Even with the little demon's billions, she hadn't cultivated a single peerless Devouring faction undead. Chen Yu's few thousand gold coins were merely a drop in the bucket.
Sensing Chen Yu looking at him, the skeleton warrior tilted its head.
"Brain doesn't work well either."
Muttering to himself, Chen Yu rested his chin on his hand.
It seemed he really needed to start a class.
He glanced towards the divisional camp. The bee woman was still diligently fertilizing.
"Noa!"
He called out softly, and Noa, who was fertilizing, trotted over with a smile.
"My Lord Knight."
As she approached Chen Yu, she was panting slightly, her cheeks flushed, her chest heaving gently, and fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
Seeing this, Chen Yu raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you so tired? There's no rush with the planting. If you feel it's too strenuous, take a break. Your health is the most important thing."
"It's fine!"
The bee woman shook her head, her face full of smiles.
"I was like this when I used to grow flowers. It's not strenuous at all."
"Alright, then you set your own pace," Chen Yu smiled faintly and said, "Noa, actually, I wanted to discuss something with you."
"Discussing something again? What is it?"
The word "again" caused Chen Yu's smile to freeze.
It made sense. He had just discussed farming with Noa, and now he needed to bother her with something else.
Alas!
It was indeed a shortage of manpower.
If he could capture more orcs in his camp, the situation would be much better.
Of course—
Chen Yu was not worried about this at all.
He firmly believed that after the rat envoy returned, a bounty would surely be issued, and soon a large number of orcs would flock here.
At that time, it would be Chen Yu's time for phased takeoff!
"It would be best if they brought more resources," Chen Yu muttered softly. Noa, beside him, looked confused. "My Lord Knight, what did you say? I couldn't quite hear."
"Ah..."
Chen Yu chuckled and said.
"Nothing, just talking to myself. It's like this, Noa, the matter I wanted to trouble you with, you actually already knew when you first arrived at the camp."
"I knew?"
Noa blinked, then her small mouth opened slightly.
"Teaching knowledge!"
"Ah, that's right," Chen Yu smiled in agreement. "I'm planning to formally include this matter in a proposal. From now on, our camp will officially establish an academy, and you will be the first tenured teacher of our enterprise, with the title of Senior Teacher, and concurrently the Dean of the Academy!"
Chen Yu extended his hand to the bee woman, solemnly stating.
"Dean, shoulder the future of the enterprise's education!"