2: Underneath A Thousand Skies

252 This Psychopathic Demon Is Pyschic (4)

Song Jia calmed her racing heart and controlled her voice so that it wouldn't tremble.

"It's Jiajia."

Fear was something that all demons thrive on. The more she behaved like prey, the more these two demon lords would act like predators.

Yanluo looked at the small demon he was holding in his hand. Short limbs and a small face, her hair that had been tied into braids swinging as she moved around, trying to avoid the hand that was pinching her cheek.

Her clear and large eyes blinked at him, appearing to be confused. Yanluo leaned closer to look at her, while a curious Songdi also took a few steps towards the bed.

"Jiajia, how old are you?" asked Yanluo.

Song Jia blinked and thought fast. Making a decision, her eyes bent like bows as she held up five fingers.

Songdi frowned. "Five hundred years? So young."

Song Jia did not correct him. She actually meant five thousand years. A demon's appearance did not depend on their age, but their amount of power. A newly born demon would have an appearance of a baby only because it didn't accumulate much power yet.

Jiajia's real age was around fifty thousand years, her peers having the appearance of a teenager. But the original host had been a slacker, more like a member of the fourth court 『Acedia』than a greed demon. Because she did not accumulate much power, she still had the appearance of a small child.

Even a demon born with a crippled dantian [1] would still look like a pre-pubescent teen. One had to say, the level of laziness the original host had, not many could compare to.

Song Jia felt that the two demon lords liked her cute appearance, so she decided to lie to them and shave off fourty-five thousand years. Who knew that Songdi would make it even more extreme and give her an age of only five hundred years.

"Five hundred years?" Yanluo frowned.

Song Jia's heart skipped a beat. If he wanted to, he could use his powers to discover her real age.

Yanluo squeezed her cheek again.

"What a talented child. Only five hundred years old and already practicing body strengthening techniques."

Song Jia, "..."

Surprisingly, the lazy original host became a prodigy in the eyes of these two demon lords.

Songdi nodded his head. "This child is a good seed. Yanluo, you should cultivate her."

The two demon lords have completely forgotten about their fight and were both studying Song Jia.

"Yes." Yanluo agreed, his golden eyes studying Song Jia from head to toe. She did her best not to tremble like a leaf. "A demon as greedy as her should make for a good minion."

And thus, Song Jia's life as Yanluo's 'little minion' began.

...

"Jiajia, you failed yet again."

Song Jia wiped her sweat away, looking at the high-ranked demon that was training her, Bao Qingtian. He was the lieutenant general of Yanluo's best corps, and also the second most powerful demon under Yanluo's army.

She had been thrown under his care by Yanluo, who ordered him to cultivate her. Unfortunately, Bao Qingtian found Song Jia to be a rather unsatisfactory student.

"Just what did Lord Yanluo see in her...?"

In terms of greed, this young demon was not greedy enough. Greed was an abyss in the soul, an insatiable pit that could not be filled up. He had given her several opportunities to absorb greed, but this young demon kept rejecting him.