[Ye Yu was instantly surprised. The rewards were already starting to drop?]

[But what was he supposed to do with ten thousand magic stones?]

[He had only just been born. He didn't even have a Storage Ring yet. How was he supposed to carry them? They couldn't possibly just materialize in his room, could they?]

[Fortunately, the thing Ye Yu worried about never happened.]

[The system informed him that rewards could be claimed later. He could collect them whenever it was convenient.]

[Now that was user friendly!]

[If simply being held as a child could trigger Divine Touch, then if he got more people to hold him...]

[Wouldn't he take off immediately?]

[At that thought, the newborn Ye Yu truly wanted to smirk.]

[Five years later, five year old Ye Yu sat at the entrance of a grand, imposing mansion and let out a sigh.]

[Over the years, he had learned quite a lot.]

[First, his family situation.]

[The male demon who had held him back then was his bargain-bin father, Ye Bancheng.]

[That's right. Just hearing the name Ye Bancheng sounded incredibly wealthy.]

[But in reality, his fortune was even more outrageous than his name suggested.]

[He monopolized every exchange in Nirvana Province, with businesses spanning pill workshops, construction workshops, Myriad Book City, and countless other industries.]

[It could be said that if a magic stone fell from the sky anywhere in Nirvana Province, it would have the character "Ye" carved into it.]

[That was true wealth.]

[Even across the entire Demon Realm, Ye Bancheng's fortune would rank among the top five.]

[As a top tier merchant, Ye Bancheng placed enormous importance on family inheritance.]

[Starting with names.]

[According to the family's generational naming order, Ye Yu's generation should use the character "Li."]

[So Ye Bancheng named him Ye Liye.]

[Cough, cough. It wasn't a bad name. It carried the hopes of the older generation. But if you said it quickly, it sounded a little... unfortunate.]

[Back then, Ye Yu was still too young to speak, so he could only use baby slaps to express his dislike of the name.]

[At first, Ye Bancheng didn't pay any attention. He assumed the child was simply playing with him and thoughtfully leaned closer so Ye Yu could hit him more easily.]

[But after his entire face was swollen from being slapped, Ye Bancheng immediately learned his lesson.]

[From that day onward, he permanently maintained a one meter distance from Ye Yu.]

[Because his son's slap was simply too heavy and too fierce. He genuinely couldn't take it.]

[Yet this was actually wonderful news.]

[The Demon Race valued physical strength above all else.]

[For such a young child to possess this level of power meant that all those supplements his mother had consumed hadn't been wasted.]

[He absolutely had to find a great master to teach the boy. Perhaps Ye Yu might even become one of the Demon Realm's prodigies in the future.]

[Ye Bancheng considered many possibilities.]

[The one thing he never considered was that Ye Yu's slaps were entirely because he hated his name.]

[It wasn't until Ye Yu was two and a half years old and could finally speak.]

[The very first thing he did was seek out Ye Bancheng to discuss changing his name.]

[Only to be firmly rejected.]

[You're just a little brat. You think you can change your name whenever you feel like it? The ancestors decided this name long ago. It can't be changed!]

[Can't be changed?]

[Ye Yu sneered and immediately declared, "My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven's!"]

[Of course, Ye Bancheng wasn't some brainless minor villain who would be overwhelmed by a protagonist's domineering aura and instantly kneel in submission.]

[Instead, he solemnly summoned the personal maids and sternly reprimanded them.]

["My son is only two and a half years old. Which one of you has been reading Demon Realm novels to him? I know those stories feel satisfying to read, but couldn't you at least wait until he's older and let him read them himself?"]

[The maids felt completely wronged and hurriedly waved their hands.]

[They insisted they never read Demon Realm novels and certainly had never read any to the young master.]

[But Ye Bancheng refused to believe them.]

[A two and a half year old toddler had spoken those words.]

[As a result, Ye Bancheng directly replaced all of Ye Yu's personal maids with a supposedly higher quality group.]

[As for changing the name? Not a chance.]

[This year, at the age of five, after Ye Yu spent years climbing everywhere, causing trouble, and doing everything possible to play the role of a mischievous Demon Realm child...]

[Ye Bancheng finally compromised.]

[Ye Yu could change his name back.]

[However, once he entered the ancestral shrine, the name Ye Liye could not be altered. That was an explanation owed to the ancestors.]

[Outside?]

[Do whatever you want.]

[Having finally achieved a stage victory, Ye Yu should have been happy.]

[But when he looked at the long list of unclaimed rewards waiting for him, he couldn't smile at all.]

[Scarves. Rice paper. Love letters. Hairpins. Spoons.]

[All sorts of random items that nobody would ever think of.]

[Every single one was useless junk.]

[Not a single cultivation related reward.]

[Ye Yu had a terrible headache.]

[Thinking about it carefully, it really shouldn't have been this way.]

[The scarves and rice paper had all come from his personal maids, which wasn't strange.]

[After all, they were young demon girls. Possessing such things was perfectly normal.]

[But the powerful Demon Realm experts guarding the family should have dropped cultivation, magical artifacts, or something valuable.]

[What the hell was a spoon supposed to be?]

[And those racing manuals.]

[Damn it. No wonder you people are still guards. If you're reading garbage like that every day, it'd be a miracle if your strength improved.]

[After finishing his complaints, Ye Yu found himself questioning life.]

[Could it be that Divine Touch simply couldn't grant cultivation at all?]

[Was cultivation something he had to improve through his own hard work, with no shortcuts available?]

[If that were true, this dream would be an extremely difficult one.]

[Incidentally, there was another important discovery.]

[Divine Touch only worked once per person.]

[No rewards could be obtained from a second contact.]

[Which meant every person was nothing more than a one time tool.]

[Not even a sheep farming exploit was allowed.]

[Ye Yu couldn't help sighing once more.]

[And at that moment, Ye Bancheng's distinctly old money laughter drifted over from afar.]

[Still as deep and restrained as ever.]

[The kind of laugh that sounded as though every word was backed by unimaginable wealth.]

["My precious son, come here quickly. Your father has found a teacher for you. Starting today, you'll officially begin cultivating."]

[As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Bancheng walked in from outside accompanied by a burly demon.]

[He immediately introduced the man to Ye Yu.]

["This is Yue Rongkun from the royal city of Nirvana Province. He is a Demon King Realm cultivator. He once served as chief instructor of one hundred thousand demon guards and even participated in the last Battle of Ascension."]

(To prevent people from forgetting, here are the cultivation realms again: Earth Demon, Heavenly Demon, Profound Demon, Demon King, Demon Lord, Demon Emperor, Demon Venerable, Demon Sovereign.)

["His cultivation may not be the highest, but when it comes to teaching ability, he stands among the very best in the entire Demon Realm."]

["Fellow Daoist Yue, this here is my son, Ye Yu."]

[That last sentence was Ye Bancheng introducing Ye Yu to Yue Rongkun.]

[Yue Rongkun, who had been standing there with narrowed eyes and an arrogant expression, suddenly trembled all over when he heard the name Ye Yu.]

[His eyes snapped wide open.]

[In a trembling voice, he asked:]

["What did you say his name was?"]

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