"Who was that Lu Dongyang from last time?"
"He's also the City Lord's son, Lu Long's elder brother. His talent is not as good as Lu Long's."
"Oh, so this Lu Long, he didn't pursue you either?"
"No, because his elder brother, Lu Dongyang, was pursuing me. He wouldn't compete with his own elder brother."
"Oh, so when you heard him return just now, you frowned. I thought he had also harassed you."
"Although he didn't pursue me, he used to help his brother Lu Dongyang pursue me. In short, I have no good feelings for this person. He once committed all sorts of wicked deeds in Wumeng City, with no bottom line. If he saw a beautiful woman on the street, he would surround her on the spot and do it right there. Therefore, this scourge was known as the 'Peerless Mad Young Master of Wumeng City,' a nightmare for countless virtuous young women."
"Heh heh, that's a bit interesting." Zhou Hong couldn't help but smile.
However, since this fellow hadn't provoked Zhou Hong, Zhou Hong was naturally too lazy to seek him out, as it had nothing to do with him.
"Zhou Hong, unless absolutely necessary, you should avoid meeting this person," Hei Xiao Lu told Zhou Hong.
"Why?"
"No reason. I just feel that this Young Master Long is very troublesome. He's now been sent to the northern border by his father through connections to become a demon soldier. I heard he performed well and was promoted to Demon Soldier Captain, with tens of thousands of demon soldiers under his command."
"Demon Soldier Captain?"
"Yes, that's a second-level demon official. The City Lord is fifth-level. When my father was still in the court of the Demon Immortal Kingdom, he was also a demon official. My father's rank at the time was fourth-level. Later, he offended someone and was dismissed. He had no choice but to return to his hometown, Wumeng City. Although he is now one of the ten Demon Kings in Wumeng City, his status is far from what it used to be."
Zhou Hong nodded. He knew very well that to cultivate here, all quotas were in the hands of the Demon Emperor. Below the Demon Emperor, there were layers and levels of officials. The higher the rank, the more quotas they controlled.
"Then, where did your father get the quota for me last time?" Zhou Hong asked doubtfully. Hei Lan the Great Demon King no longer held any official position, so naturally, he had no quotas left.
"Of course, it was obtained from the City Lord. My father is, after all, one of the Demon Kings, so the City Lord naturally has to appease him. Therefore, the City Lord will naturally give my father some quotas."
"I see."
"Zhou Hong, your cultivation will only become more difficult in the future. Your realm is still low now, so quotas are easier to obtain. As your realm gets higher and higher, it will become very difficult. I mentioned to my father a couple of days ago to see if we could pull some strings for you and get you an official position, regardless of its size, and you can slowly get promoted."
"Heh heh, thank you." Zhou Hong chuckled. He had also been thinking about these things today. Staying here forever was not an option. Moreover, even if he controlled the City Lord in the future, the City Lord was just a minor fifth-level official and couldn't provide him with much help.
"Then I'll head out first. You continue cultivating. I won't disturb you."
"Okay. I've had some insights recently. I hope I can break through."
Zhou Hong left Hei Xiao Lu's cultivation room. Zhou Hong naturally hoped she would break through. Hei Xiao Lu was only a third-grade demon human now.
Zhou Hong returned to the courtyard to bask in the sun.
Thus, several days passed. Zhou Hong had not left home during these days.
Hei Xiao Lu had been cultivating in her own room, and Zhou Hong felt a bit bored alone.
At night, Zhou Hong lay on his bed and said in his mind, "Grandpa, since ascending to the Demon Realm, I haven't entered the sub-world to reunite with my family for a long time. I didn't dare to enter easily before, naturally, because I was afraid of being discovered. Now, my strength has also reached second-grade Demon Master. It shouldn't be so easy to discover me, right?"
"I can't guarantee that. You'd better hold on a bit longer. It would be very troublesome if you were discovered," Zhou Hong's grandfather advised.
But Zhou Hong felt that it had been too long since he had reunited with his family. The last time Zhou Hong entered the sub-world was at Lian Qingyi's home. The reason he dared to enter at that time was naturally because Lian Qingyi also had a sub-world. If anyone discovered it, they would only assume it was Lian Qingyi's sub-world.
"If you really miss your relatives here, it's actually quite simple."
"How is it simple?"
"You can create a clone of yourself in the sub-world. This is your world, you can have as many clones as you want. There's no need for your true self to enter."
"But...!"
"I know what you want to say. You want to say that if your clone goes back home, you won't be able to share a room with your wives here at night, right?"
Zhou Hong looked embarrassed. How did his grandfather know everything?
"Heh heh, clones can't, but meeting doesn't necessarily mean that, right?"
"Grandpa, you can't say that. My wives from Earth and the mortal realm can't be left alone for too long." Zhou Hong said with a wry smile.
"Don't worry about that, they absolutely won't cheat."
"Of course, I'm not worried about them cheating after a long time. After all, they are my women. I can't let them suffer. Forget it, forget it. A clone is a clone. It's good to go back and talk to them."
Zhou Hong lay on the bed and closed his eyes. In the sub-world, he immediately transformed into a clone, identical to his main body.
Zhou Hong controlled the clone and quickly returned to the villa in the sub-world.
As expected, his wives hadn't seen Zhou Hong for a long time and were all feeling lonely. They rushed towards him, but Zhou Hong was only a wisp of his clone.
Zhou Hong had no choice but to explain to them, hoping they could understand.
They naturally understood and kept asking Zhou Hong when he would be able to enter freely, but Zhou Hong couldn't answer.
Thus, Zhou Hong's clone stayed at home in the sub-world for five days.
After five days, Zhou Hong withdrew his consciousness back to his main body.
"Alas!" Returning to reality, Zhou Hong couldn't help but sigh. Those few women were truly suffering. After all, letting them wait alone for so long was also a form of torture. Humans have desires, whether they are high-ranking immortals or low-ranking ants. Zhou Hong had originally told them that he could create a few fake people for them to... However, before he could finish speaking, he was berated by those women. Su Dan Novel Network.
So Zhou Hong was helpless. He would just let them wait then.
"Knock, knock, knock!" Just as Zhou Hong was smiling wryly, there was a knock on the door of his room.
"Who is it?"
"Xiao Cui, I received an invitation regarding you," a maid's voice came from outside the door.
Zhou Hong quickly opened the door and saw the maid, Xiao Liu, standing at the door, holding an invitation in her hand.
Zhou Hong immediately took the invitation and opened it. It read: "All geniuses in the top 100 of Wumeng City are requested to immediately come to the City Lord's Mansion to await orders. Anyone who dares not to come will be subjected to severe punishment. Signed, Peerless Mad Young Master Lu Long."