The Abandoned Young Lord of the Demon Clan

[Blurb]

Gui Ci is the Demon Lord’s son, but he was raised by animals. He can’t read a single character and doesn’t know how to speak at all.

When the protector found him, the little young master, who looked more or less human, was wearing a garment made of feathers, a skirt of animal fur, and snakeskin shoes, rolling around with a bunch of animals.

Protector: ...

On the way back to the demon realm, Gui Ci showed no interest in learning language or magic arts, and caused trouble every day.

The protector was at his wits’ end, but whenever he turned his back for a moment, Gui Ci would disappear again.

Protector: ?

The next time the protector saw Gui Ci, they were on a desolate grassland.

Gui Ci’s clothes were disheveled, and beside him sat a man dressed so neatly it seemed strange.

The protector’s gaze darted between Gui Ci and the man. He whispered to the person beside him, "Could this be the young... young master’s Dao companion?"

Ming Kuang: ...

Gui Ci: ? What’s a Dao companion?

Watching the man patiently explain what a Dao companion was to the young master, the protector nodded to himself, overjoyed.

At last, the young master can talk.

If you can’t do something yourself, outsource it to someone else.

The protector immediately said, "Spirit stones are no problem. Please continue serving as the young master’s tutor!"

Ming Kuang: ?

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There could only be one Demon Lord, but the Demon Lord had more than one son. After returning to Kunlun Mountain, Gui Ci found himself in an awkward position.

The Demon Lord’s other sons had heard that Gui Ci had been toyed with and abandoned by Ming Kuang, a human cultivator from Tianying Sect, the demons’ sworn enemy. They watched him coldly, eager to see him make a fool of himself.

One of his subordinates was so angry that he took a group of people to Tianying Sect and seized Ming Kuang.

Ming Kuang looked at the strange pills the demons had brought out and knew he absolutely must not eat them.

He was about to use one of his well-practiced lies to keep them calm,

when he suddenly changed his mind. He’d heard that Gui Ci was the young master of the demon race, who had been living away from home. Now that he’d just arrived in Kunlun without any connections, people would inevitably look down on him.

So he said, "I was the one who loved him without hope."

Everyone: I knew he... Wait, what did you just say?

#Why is this nothing like the rumors? #

[Reader's guide]

1. A self-proclaimed genius who thinks and acts a lot, and has never lost an argument, human cultivator gong x

A genuinely inarticulate, straightforward, and innocent demon young master shou, who tends to start fights at the slightest provocation and has a natural talent for it.

One-on-one, happy ending~

P.S. The gong appears in Chapter 7, and they officially get together starting in Chapter 9.

2. Updates according to the rankings.

[Pre-release blurb for The Unremarkable Road to Godhood, a prequel to this novel]

Ming Zhen is a cultivator from Tianying Sect, with ordinary aptitude and an ordinary background.

He is usually quiet and reserved, and never draws much attention.

Now his master is gravely wounded and near death,

and his martial uncles and elders all say that Demon Lord Gui Huan was responsible.

When a mentor who is like a father is in danger, Ming Zhen does not hesitate to step up.

He goes with his fellow disciples to Kunlun Mountain, home of the Demon Lord, to demand an explanation from the demons.

But he is only a minor cultivator with no backing,

so the demon underlings at the foot of the mountain naturally take no notice of him. They tell him they’ll pass on the message, then never return.

So Ming Zhen waits at the foot of the mountain, convinced that Gui Huan cannot possibly stay there forever without coming down.

One day, a man in a fox-fur cloak and white brocade robes comes his way.

The man’s looks and dress are so extraordinary that he must be someone of influence among the demons.

So Ming Zhen immediately steps in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the man stares at Ming Zhen in a daze, and before long his eyes turn red.

"A Nan? Is it... really you?" Ming Zhen hears him ask in a choked, trembling voice.

A Nan is indeed Ming Zhen’s childhood nickname, but Ming Zhen is certain he has never met this man.

So the man must have mistaken him for someone else.

Still, in order to meet the Demon Lord as soon as possible,

after a long pause, Ming Zhen lowers his eyes and gives a slight nod.

He might as well let the man think he’s right.

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Later, the man follows Ming Zhen from Kunlun, home of the demons, to the cypress groves of Tianying.

Whatever Ming Zhen needs to do, the man provides money and labor, practically serving him hand and foot.

But even after Ming Zhen tells him his name,

the man insists on calling him "A Nan."

At last, Ming Zhen can’t take it anymore and snaps, "How many times have I told you not to call me A Nan?"

The man pauses and asks, "Why?"

Ming Zhen says nothing.

He doesn’t want to admit he once deceived the man.

Late one night, thinking Ming Zhen is fast asleep, the man lies down beside him.

Ming Zhen hears him whisper:

"A Nan, you were the one who told me to call you that.

But you’ve forgotten it now."

[Reader's guide]

1. This is a prequel to The Demon Lord's Son Doesn't Want to Be a Ruler. The setting is continuous, but the protagonists are different.

2. A ruthless human cultivator shou x a patient demon ruler gong (?)

3. Anything could change before the story begins.

Theme: Being able to make your own choices is what makes life worth living