Chapter 3: The Second Demon King

  In the courtyard, there was a small pond, and an eleven or twelve-year-old boy was lying on the grass by the pond, holding a fishing rod. Next to him was a table with some fruit on it for him to snack on while fishing.

  The boy was fishing, but his eyes were not on the float, instead he looked up at the white clouds and blue sky.

  This young man is indeed a freak.

  On that day, after a bomb exploded, Yao Jiao died, but in another world, which is here, she woke up again.

  It was because at that time, this body was still young and foolish. To be exact, it should be said to be stupid, because when the demon horn awakened, this body was only four years old. However, before the age of four, he was muddle-headed and couldn't even call out his own name. He didn't like going out to play and just stayed in his small room, eating and sleeping. For a child, no one would say that he is foolish, but as he grows up slowly, others will definitely say that he is foolish. Fortunately, at the age of four, he suddenly became aware under everyone's gaze and became very sensible. Using some colloquialism, it can be called "great talent emerges late", but for a four-year-old child, it seems out of place.

  After waking up, the demon horn found that its name was still called Demon Horn, or "Second Demon Horn". Because, the family he belonged to had a surname of "Second", the demon horn reluctantly accepted this name. It seemed that in his previous life, he was the first demon horn, and now he has become the second one, so it's justifiable.

  Cultivation is like sailing against the current, it can't be stopped. Therefore, with awakening, a new body also begins to cultivate.

  Of course, from other people's conversations, Yaokui also understood the situation in this place.

  Now, Yaoguang has arrived at a place that seems like ancient China. There are some countries around it, and the country where Yaoguang is located is called Great Zhou Kingdom.

  The Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire has a surname 'Zi', and the country has been established for more than 800 years, making it a relatively old nation. The Great Zhou Empire has four great aristocratic families, and these four great aristocratic families hold extremely high positions in the empire. Each family head can meet with the Emperor without bowing, showing just how great their power is.

  Moreover, the four great clans in the imperial court also possessed enormous power and influence, second only to the imperial family, and this had been passed down since the founding of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

  Yao Jiao often wondered, with the four major aristocratic families having such great power, why there had never been a coup? Of course, it wasn't just this point that Yao Jiao couldn't understand, but also, the royal family trusted the four major aristocratic families unconditionally and gave them great authority. Even military power was divided among the four major aristocratic families, yet in these eight hundred years, not one of them had ever rebelled, leaving Yao Jiao baffled.

  The "second" family where Ya Jiao is located belongs to one of the four major families.

  If the current head of the family is considered to be the first generation, then Ya Jiao would already be the fourth generation. In the entire large family, he was quite inconspicuous. The current head of the family was also over seventy years old, of course, "high age" was only relative.

  Because of this, the demon king also discovered an unexpected thing, that this was actually a world of martial arts, where various martial skills were well-known among the people. And in his own sixth year, his great uncle had taken out the family's secret technique and taught it to him, which made the demon king very surprised.

  There is a special school in the clan, and Yaoguo has been there several times, but he doesn't want to go anymore. He's not interested in reciting similar three-character classics with a group of kids. When his uncle asked him about it, he used his super strong intelligence to memorize a few sentences and told his uncle that he could study on his own, giving his uncle an unexpected surprise, so he wouldn't have to go to school anymore. Of course, there's also Yaoguo's strong request for this reason.

  As for his parents, Yaojiao had never seen them before. He learned from his uncle that they were gone when he was two years old, but the specifics, his uncle did not want to say, only saying that he would tell him when Yaojiao grew up, so he never let Yaojiao know.

  "Master, it's about time," said a butler-like man who walked up beside the fishing demon king.

  "Alright, let's go." The lazy and sloppy demon slowly got up, threw the fishing rod to the ground, smoothed out his clothes, and followed the butler as he walked outside.

  The second family's house was very large, so after winding around for nearly a whole incense stick, they finally arrived at another courtyard.

  At the entrance stood two underlings, but the demon horn didn't bother with them and directly stepped inside. The housekeeper who was with the demon horn also stood outside waiting.

  The house first is a living room, going inside a bit, it will be seen that it is a study, with mahogany chairs looking very elegant.

  A middle-aged man sat in front of the desk, holding a book in his hand. When he saw Yao Jiao enter, he put down the book and smiled at her.

  The demon king casually sat down on a taishi chair at the side.

  Someone has brought tea and water for you.

  "Young girl, have you made up your mind?" the middle-aged man asked.

  "Yes, Uncle, I've made up my mind. I'll take over the family business and move out to live." Yaojiao said with a sip of tea, speaking in an old-fashioned tone.

  "Where are you going to move to? That wine house or the pharmacy?" asked the middle-aged man.

  "Don't worry about this, I'll definitely have a place to stay. My nephew isn't an idiot, can't even find a place to live? In such a big city like Beijing, if you can't find a place, just go live in a pharmacy." Yaojiao laughed and said.

  Of course, the middle-aged man also knew that the nephew in front of him was not a fool, but a clever and resourceful person. He just didn't want to cultivate or study since he was young. Otherwise, being valued by the family head and becoming a key cultivation object for the family wouldn't be impossible. Moreover, his own younger brother had left behind this only descendant, so the middle-aged man also doted on Yao Jiao with great fondness. As long as everything went smoothly and safely, that was all that mattered.

  Of course, the demon king is not unpracticed, but he hasn't practiced the family's kung fu. Instead, he has been practicing his own method from his past life. He just kept it a secret, so nobody knew about it. As for those Tang poems and Song lyrics, everyone knows them, but the demon king isn't planning to take office anyway. In his words, I'm too busy, who has time to be an official?

  In other people's eyes, Yaogao is just an uneducated and useless person who spends his days idly waiting for death.

  However, it's not working out lately. The cultivation of the demon horn has gradually reached a bottleneck and requires various medicinal materials and methods to continue cultivating. If I'm still practicing in the courtyard of the second family's main residence, I'll definitely be discovered by everyone, which is not what the demon horn wants to see. Therefore, it's better to leave early and become independent.

  There's a rule in the family, young people are encouraged to be independent and make their own way in life outside, similar to encouraging entrepreneurship. After all, they belong to a branch of the second family, if they develop well, it will benefit the second family in the future. If they don't develop well, it doesn't matter, with a big family and business, there's no pressure.

  Moreover, the family also provided a startup fund of 3,000 taels of silver. Alternatively, the family would do something worth 3,000 taels of silver for you. You could choose one of these two options. For other things, you had to find your own way. If your parents had property outside, you could inherit it accordingly. However, after that, you were not allowed to ask the family for help again. If you really couldn't make a living, you would have to return to the family and accept any arrangement made by the family without any further objection.

  Yao Jiao's father was also an entrepreneur in the past, leaving behind two industries for Yao Jiao to inherit: a wine house and a pharmacy.