Chapter 4

Spring Scenery Road.

Prosperous Flower Garden.

It's a self-built community, and it's been many years.

Zhou Xu lives here.

The house belongs to his parents.

His parents once told him that they bought this house when they got married, but now it seems...

That might have been a well-intentioned lie.

He was born in a demonic sect, and by then, his parents had already been married for a long time.

As for the small restaurant his parents run, it's over an hour away by bus.

It's in a town.

When he was in elementary school, his parents ran the restaurant in the city, but as the rent got more expensive, they moved to the town.

It was when he was in junior high that they said he had become independent and didn't need much care anymore.

So, during his studies and holidays, he would go to the town to find his parents and help out.

His parents rarely came back.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to go out to hunt strange beasts in the second year of junior high.

The family still had strict rules.

Third floor.

Zhou Xu took out the key and opened the door.

The furniture was a bit old, but the place was quite clean.

He closed the door, put the key on the table, and poured himself a glass of water.

"In the past, it seemed normal for my parents to run a restaurant elsewhere, but now, it seems a bit unusual."

Who knows if they only opened the restaurant when he was on holiday?

But, his dad's cooking is really good, and the business was always good when he helped out.

As soon as Zhou Xu sat down on the sofa, his phone rang.

It was his mom.

"Mom?"

"Son, have you seen Qi Qian?" Liu Nansi's voice came through, seemingly curious.

"I have seen her," Zhou Xu nodded in response.

"Is she pretty? Mom picked her out after a lot of consideration."

"She's okay."

Zhou Xu, of course, thought Qi Qian was very pretty, but...

It was hard to say.

"Mom specially checked her out; she's very suitable for you. She's about your age, has a good figure and a refined appearance, comes from a good family, has a gentle personality, and has good talent. There's no one in the entire demonic cultivation world more suitable for you than her," Liu Nansi said with evident satisfaction, as if very pleased with her choice.

"Mom, there's no need to rush. I just graduated," Zhou Xu thought about how to gently tell his mom that the blind date didn't work out.

"Didn't I say I would help you find someone after you graduated?" Liu Nansi said irritably,

"When you couldn't find a girlfriend during your studies, did you think you would have a chance after you started working?

And how many girls are there for you to choose from?

I told you to find a suitable girl in college, someone from the same city who wouldn't go their separate ways after graduation, but you didn't listen.

Otherwise, would your dad and I have to go through the trouble of searching through the demonic sect's records, selecting and investigating one by one?"

Zhou Xu: "..."

Thank you for your hard work.

Then he realized:

"I remember you didn't let me date when I was in school."

"Of course, junior high and high school should focus on studies, so you couldn't date then. But in college, it's different; you can date," Liu Nansi started off with a patient tone but then sounded a bit regretful,

"But back when you were in school, it was a bit of a pity that we weren't called to school because of your early romance. We didn't get to see the specific situation.

Otherwise, we might have had a grandson by now."

"Mom, I'm hanging up, I need to study," Zhou Xu didn't want to listen anymore.

"Remember to call Qi Qian every day to build a relationship.

The restaurant is about to open, and we won't have time to take care of you," Liu Nansi said.

Hearing about the restaurant, Zhou Xu was quite curious:

"Mom, have you really been running the restaurant all along?"

"Or what?" Liu Nansi's tone was unfriendly,

"How else would we pay for your education? How would we buy you a house?

How would we give you a living allowance every month?

Do you still want to get married?

Okay, I'm hanging up. Remember what I said."

The call was immediately disconnected.

"It does seem quite ordinary," Zhou Xu put down his phone, unable to feel that his parents were great figures in the demonic world.

Or figures that the entire cultivation world was paying attention to.

Even he, as their son, was being watched.

"But if my parents aren't ordinary, then my unusual body doesn't seem so strange."

He then gave up on thinking.

For now, he would focus on looking at the cultivation techniques and find time to visit the restaurant later to ask for clarification.

There were two books on the table.

They were the "Heaven-Breaking Demon Body" and the "Zhou Tian Jing" that he had brought back.

He picked up the "Heaven-Breaking Demon Body," which had a greater reputation.

He could start with this one.

Qi Qian had told him that this technique could distort one's personality, so he didn't plan to cultivate it.

He was just curious about the content.

Mainly because this technique seemed very powerful.

If it's strong, why not look at it first?

His mom didn't warn him not to look at it, so it should be fine to take a look.

"Heaven-Breaking Demon Body, using the body as the foundation, absorbing the energy of heaven and earth into the hundred meridians, the blood and qi surge like waves, circulating throughout the body, over and over again."

Reading the introduction, Zhou Xu was a bit surprised. If it surges like that, wouldn't it impact the brain?

It didn't seem like that.

He continued reading.

"The demonic seed凝聚, nourished by the surging blood and qi, feeds back to the body, and on the day of breaking the cocoon, the demon body will be fully formed.

At that time, you will stand on the mountains and rivers, and your fists will subdue the nine regions."

Zhou Xu read the general introduction and felt that this demon body was quite powerful.

He also glanced at the introduction to the demonic seed.

It involves circulating spiritual energy through the body's meridians to create a seed of power.

Strengthening this seed of power strengthens the body.

"Tsk, tsk, impressive. Just reading the introduction, I feel like I've recovered a lot of my thousand-year-old power."

Feeling the changes in his body, Zhou Xu exclaimed in amazement.

After discovering his special ability, he tried to find ways to increase his power.

Later, he found that reading and doing problems would add to it.

So, his grades in elementary school were very good, and he was obsessed with doing problems.

His family was happy.

It was truly joyful learning, and learning was joyful.

Good grades made his mom happy, and when his mom was happy, his dad wouldn't get scolded, and when his dad was happy, the food he cooked was delicious.

It was a happy childhood.

This happiness could have continued if a classmate hadn't put a romance novel in his drawer in junior high.

After reading the novel, a new world opened up.

The text was long, interesting, and could make him stronger.

For example, after reading "There Might Be a Big Shot in My House" and "Fierce Dao Companion Reborn," he gained four to five hundred years of power.

From then on, he was obsessed with novels, and his grades plummeted.

It was a case of losing one's will to study.

When his mom saw his grades, she was confused.

She didn't get angry or hit him.

She just said earnestly: "Son, you're still young. You'll definitely have a beautiful wife in the future. Those who date early end up with someone else's wife. You should focus on your studies. Even if she becomes your wife in the future, if you don't do well in school and can't earn money, she will divorce you."

After hearing his mom, he didn't know whether to argue.

If he said his grades dropped because of reading novels, would he be beaten to death?

To avoid being discovered, he started studying hard again.

But it was around that time that he started going out to hunt beasts.

After all, once it was full, it couldn't be added to anymore.

He felt that not using it up while reading and doing problems was a waste.

It would be like reading and doing problems for nothing.