Am I a bad person? They all want to kill me?

She stood up, waved her cloak, and walked towards the palace gate first.

"Istaru, wait."

However, at this moment, Lin Qing'an called her.

"what's up?"

Istaru tilted her head slightly and glanced at Lin Qing'an with a cold expression.

"cough~"

Lin Qing'an coughed lightly, pointed at Xuexia who could barely stand, and said calmly.

"Ishtar, do you have any healing magic? Yukino is having difficulty moving right now, so..."

"Tsk~"

Istaru sighed lightly and said with displeasure: "Lin Qing'an! I am a devil! Not a priest! You actually expect the devil to know healing magic?"

"Well~ I certainly wouldn't count on ordinary demons, but you are different, Istaru. You are the king who commands billions of creatures in the demon world. In my heart, you are omnipotent."

Lin Qing'an complimented with a smile.

"Tsk~"

There was still some dissatisfaction in Istaru's eyes, but her slender white neck was already raised.

"Hmph! You know what's going on."

Istarusu waved her hand, and shot an extremely pure black light into Yukinoshita's chest.

All of a sudden, Yukinoshita's buttocks no longer hurt, her legs were no longer weak, and she felt more energetic... Oh, no, she was quite energetic, just that her eyes were a little dazed.

"Thank you~"

Seeing Xuexia return to normal, Lin Qing'an thanked her with a smile.

"Humph!"

Istaru turned around and walked out of the hall without paying any attention to Lin Qing'an.

Lin Qing'an smiled and followed leisurely.

Behind him, Hayasaka Ai and Yukinoshita, who had just finished their class, did not dare to be negligent. They hurriedly took small steps and followed Lin Qing'an closely.

After walking out of the palace and standing outside, Lin Qing'an saw the lonely castle in front of him at a glance.

The pure black castle stood out like a sharp sword in the barren white sand plain.

The huge color difference between black and white makes the entire castle look even more lonely and arrogant.

"Is this the 'Flame Demon's Palace'?"

Lin Qingan asked softly.

"kindness."

Istaru nodded slightly. "This is the first castle I chose for you. Let's go in and take a look. Do you like it?"

Lin Qingan: "Okay."

Istaru didn't get angry this time. She waved her hand, took Lin Qing'an and the other two away from the dragon carriage, and slowly landed at the door of the "Flame Demon's Palace".

After falling to the ground, Lin Qing'an bent down with interest, grabbed a handful of white sand on the ground, and looked at it carefully.

The light and fine white sand has extremely small particles, which are even finer than the finest refined salt.

"It's a bit desolate here..."

Lin Qing'an casually brushed away the white sand, then raised his head and looked into the distance.

Within his limited field of vision, everything was gray.

Gray, it is the gray sky of the demon world.

White refers to the white sand plain.

Apart from this, there are no other colors, and the monotony makes people feel that the whole world is dead silent.

"It's a scorched earth plain after all. It's normal to be desolate."

Istaru stood beside Lin Qing'an and looked into the distance with him.

Looking at the endless white sand plain, Istaru's eyes couldn't help but show three parts of emotion, three parts of yearning, and four parts of regret.

"Lin Qing'an, do you know? Three thousand years ago, the Scorched Earth Plain was not like this..."

"Oh?"

Lin Qing'an was intrigued. "What was this place like three thousand years ago?"

Istaru looked into the distance, and said with a distant look in his eyes: "Three thousand years ago, when the Scorched Earth Plain was still called the 'Scorching Sanctuary', there were magma and volcanoes everywhere, and countless fire demons were born, grew, and fought here."

"In the purgatory of blood and fire, the Flame Demon Clan prospers extremely well, and every generation can produce a 'Flame Demon Lord' who is as strong as the Demon King."

"Prosperity and power have always been the catalysts of ambition. As written in those stories, after countless generations of accumulation, there was a 'Flame Lord' who became arrogant. He thought he could replace the Demon King and become the new Lord of the Demon Realm."

"Then......"

"The 'Scorching Sanctuary' is gone, and has become a scorched earth plain."

"After losing the most suitable place to survive, the Flame Demon Clan gradually weakened. Today, the Flame Demon Clan's overall strength is not even among the top ten among the many clans in the Demon Realm."

Listening to Istaru's explanation, Lin Qing'an pinched his chin and asked with interest.

"Was it the Demon King at that time who destroyed the Burning Sanctuary?"

"kindness."

Istaru nodded and said with some emotion: "The demon king has mastered the laws of life and death to an extreme."

"According to the records of the royal court, after she killed the 'Flame Demon Lord', in order to prevent the Flame Demon clan from rebelling again in the future, she directly took action and drained the vitality of the entire 'Scorching Sanctuary'."

"In less than a hundred years, the 'Scorching Sanctuary' turned into the scorched earth plains we see today."

Lin Qing'an smacked his lips and couldn't help but sigh, "So cruel, so strong. By the way, how big is the 'Scorching Holy Land'?"

Istaru: "It's a little bigger than the Sahara Desert in your world."

"Hi~"

Thinking about the area of ​​the Sahara Desert, Lin Qing'an took a deep breath and couldn't help but sigh again.

"So strong! So cruel!"

You should know that the area of ​​the Sahara Desert is more than 9 million square kilometers, which is the size of the United States and three Indias.

In other words, if that devil is still alive, she can turn the entire United States into a barren desert at any time as long as she wants!

"Yeah, it's really strong..."

Istaru's eyes were full of longing.

"By the way..."

Lin Qing'an turned around and looked at the castle behind him. "Is this 'Flame Demon Palace' the residence of the 'Flame Demon Duke'?"

"That's right..."

Istaru suppressed the longing in her eyes, turned around and looked at the castle with Lin Qing'an.

Lin Qingan: "Is it? What do you mean?"

Istaru: "The residence of the 'Flame Demon Grand Duke' at that time was called the 'Flame Demon Holy City'. It was even larger than the Forbidden City, the largest royal building complex in your world."

"But later, the 'Flame Demon Holy City' was gone. Well, it was that demon king who did it. She used the law of death to turn the entire 'Flame Demon Holy City' into flying sand. Only a few palaces survived."

"The 'Flame Demon's Palace' in front of you is one of them, and the reason why it survived is actually very simple."

"Because... it was the residence of the 'Flame Demon Duke' when he was young. The demon king thought there might be something valuable in it, so he deliberately kept it."

078. "The Establishment of the Crystal Palace"

"But judging from subsequent records, there is nothing here."

After listening to Istaru's explanation, Lin Qing'an nodded slightly.

"I see... What a pity..."

Istaru glanced at Lin Qing'an, not bothering to ask him what he was regretting, and went ahead on her own.

"Come on, come in and take a look. If you are not satisfied, we can go to the next one."

"Row."

Lin Qing'an took a step forward and followed Istaru into the dark interior of the castle.

.........

An hour later, on the observation deck on the top floor of the Flame Demon Palace.

Lin Qing'an looked at the door behind him and said in astonishment.

“It’s fucking huge!”

Although the entire Flame Demon Palace has only six floors, the height of each floor is extremely outrageous. Roughly estimated, the height of each floor is more than ten meters.

The rooms in the Fire Demon's Palace are also large and numerous. In addition to functional rooms such as the kitchen, meeting room, basement, warehouse, etc., there are 281 bedrooms alone.

The entire Flame Demon's Palace is as big as a maze. If it weren't for Istaru leading the way, he might have to wander around in there for a long time before he could get out.

After all... there are no directional signs inside the Flame Demon's Palace, and the corridors and rooms are all exactly the same. It's really easy to get lost while walking around.

"How do you feel? Are you satisfied?"

Lin Qing'an looked at Yukinoshita and Hayasaka Ai and asked.

Hayasaka Ai thought for a moment and said, "Except that it's a little big, it's pretty good in every way."

"Yeah." Yukinoshita hummed lightly, indicating her secondment.

Seeing that neither of them had any objections, Lin Qing'an turned to look at Istaru.

"That's it."

Istaru: "Aren't you going to watch the rest?"

Lin Qingan: "I'm too lazy to look at them. They're all castles anyway, so I guess they won't be much different."

"There's still some gap. The remaining two aren't as big, but they're in better places. One is in the succubus's territory, and the other is in my Demon King's Castle. Are you sure you don't want to go and take a look?"

Istaru's eyes flickered slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking.

When Lin Qing'an heard the word "succubus", he was slightly moved, but then he changed his mind.

He couldn't even handle human girls like Yukinoshita, let alone succubi.

If you want to try it out, just ask Istaru to send two over.

And the most important point...

Lin Qing'an walked to the edge of the observation deck, looked at the barren white sand plain, and said with a distant look.

"This is it. I like places where there is no one. It's safe enough."

"My Demon King's Castle is also safe, but... since you chose this place, then forget it. According to our previous agreement..."

Istaru paused and said, "I will send you 200 ghost maids to take care of various daily affairs."

“A ‘magic mirror’ for you to work remotely.”

"A set of magic arrays is set up in the Flame Demon Palace to resist the erosion of the demon world's aura."

"An ordinary dragon cart, used by the Flame Demon Palace to transport daily supplies."

"Finally, there are...some rare kitchen utensils."

"That should be all. Do you need anything else? Let me know."

Istaru crossed her arms and looked at Lin Qing'an with a cold expression.

Lin Qing'an pinched his chin and thought for a while, then turned to look at Yukinoshita and Hayasaka Ai.

"Do you think there's anything missing?"