Chapter 27:

Yao Yao’s heart softened all of a sudden.

She held Chong Yan’s hand in a daze and thought,

Oh my, the little demon is so adorable.

Last time, the kiss she gave to resolve the conflict really reached his heart.

Who said Chong Yan’s heart was like ice? He clearly has emotions.

Yao Yao shook her head, blushing, feeling inexplicably happy.

But…

Kissing Chong Yan’s face felt different from kissing the big demon, the White Devil. The White Devil was a fierce beast, and holding him was like holding a large dog, but Chong Yan was Chong Yan, and he was so handsome.

His drooping eyebrows and eyes were exquisite from brow to nose, and the proportion of his jawline was perfect. When his amber-colored eyes looked at someone seriously, it was so beautiful that it made it impossible to look away.

Yao Yao looked at him, blinked her eyes, and felt as if she had also inhaled a bit of pollen. That shy and embarrassed feeling was infinitely magnified.

But his gaze was so clear and earnest.

Her curled fingers were still being held by him.

It didn’t matter anyway; the big demon was Chong Yan too, and they had already kissed before. Now he wanted a new kiss, and Yao Yao felt that they should proceed with the child’s innocence.

Yao Yao blushed for a while, finally made up her mind, and stood on her tiptoes.

Chong Yan’s pupils instinctively shrank.

She really kissed him.

This time, Chong Yan’s hand, which hung at his side, curled up.

The girl’s pouting lips gradually approached his face, and Chong Yan dared not move at all. When there was only an inch left…

“What are you doing, ssssssss?”

The big black snake quickly crawled over, its voice dark and rapid.

What are they doing? What are they doing?

Yao Yao was startled, her ears perked up. She didn’t know why, but she felt very shy. She stumbled on her tiptoes, then fell into Chong Yan’s arms, which smelled of snow and cold wood.

Chong Yan caught her steadily.

“Sssssssss…”

Wen Yu appeared in time, spitting out snake-like words, pointing and signaling with his fingers.

“Why are you so close? Are you whispering?”

He had already smelled the scent of Little Pearl. They were all good friends. Was there anything they couldn’t tell him together?

Chong Yan pursed his lips, and his amber-colored pupils slowly turned towards Wen Yu.

The icy aura on the ancient demon was actually quite oppressive, especially towards other beasts. However, the pollen from the flowers didn’t affect Wen Yu.

He just felt that Chong Yan was very annoying when he was next to Little Pearl because this person was too good-looking. Moreover, Wen Yu had experienced a night of vicissitudes and attacks from the demon of emotions, which greatly inflated his strong desire for beauty.

As a result, his entire snake body twisted and swayed, expressing a great deal of dissatisfaction.

Chong Yan’s gaze became increasingly indifferent, and the bone spurs on his fingertips began to spread.

Yao Yao was afraid they would start fighting, so she quickly calmed the patient’s emotions and said to Wen Yu, “You already look very beautiful, Little Black Snake.”

“Really?”

Wen Yu suddenly calmed down.

This was the person who gave him his first little pearl. Could she lie? Impossible.

So, Wen Yu gracefully struck an S-shaped pose. “I knew it.”

His snake tail was the most magnificent, his black scales were the most elegant, and his snake body was the most charming.

“But let’s still treat it a bit.”

Yao Yao raised her soft palm, and a light golden spiritual flow surged out.

The snake’s medicine couldn’t be stopped.

Under the warm spiritual flow’s dispelling, his emotions, which had been magnified many times, gradually quieted down.

The black snake was also a giant creature, so the dose of the demon’s pollen was relatively mild for him.

Wen Yu cheerfully said, “Thank you, Little Pearl. I feel even more beautiful now.”

Yao Yao thought, “Hmmm.” Her bloodline was impressive, but it didn’t have any anti-aging effects.

However, as she looked at her palm, it seemed that she could also neutralize the emotional toxin affecting the townspeople.

She held the somewhat unhappy Chong Yan’s hand and walked back to where they had frozen the emotion demon, accompanied by the cheerful Wen Yu.

Yao Yao was concerned about the massive emotional field that the emotion demon was feeding on because she remembered a vague part of the original plot. It was crucial to find answers.

It might be related to Chong Yan’s heart.

This illusionary emotion demon was approaching the level of a heavenly demon. After all, it wasn’t a pushover and was actively trying to escape.

But the moment the chilling aura of the underworld appeared, it played dead on the spot.

The ancient demon.

It was that ancient demon.

Even after spending thousands of years in the Forsaken Abyss, the illusionary emotion demon had never encountered the real deal. Who would have thought that it would run into him just as it began to thrive?

And who could tell it why the ancient demon’s mood was worse than before?

Yao Yao stood with her hands on her hips and began interrogating the demon about how much emotion it had absorbed.

Demons were cunning, and in ten statements, there might not be a single true. It dodged and evaded until one of Chong Yan’s bone spurs pierced through the ice, causing it to tremble and finally admit that it truly didn’t know.

It had fled from the Abyss to this place, where it discovered an enormous source of emotions to feed on, so it decided to settle here.

Chong Yan, without expression, reached out and pierced it with three bone spurs.

Quick and precise.

The large black snake realized that these bone spurs could instantly kill its snake tail, so it finally moved its tail aside.

The illusionary emotion demon had no defense against the ancient demon and quickly weakened, coughing up blood.

“I-I really didn’t lie… I really was just passing by,” it weakly protested.

Yao Yao stood up straight and discreetly glanced at Chong Yan, tugging at his sleeve.

It seemed that directly questioning the demon wouldn’t yield much. But that was alright.

Chong Yan’s bone spurs were precise, and he had essentially confiscated its tools, so it would be better to spare its life and let it go. Maybe they could find some clues by following the thread.

Because Yao Yao carefully recalled the main plot, she remembered a vague period where the traces of Li Cangyan and Su Yilin were not clearly described. At that time, after the Grand Event, Li Cangyan returned from the East Sea with a full load.

The route they took when leaving the East Sea was similar to the one they were currently taking, but there was no clear description of their route after entering the boundary between Southern and the Northern Territory.

The boundary was precisely Guanshan.

According to the plot, everyone believed that the treasure Li Cangyan obtained at the extreme depths of the East Sea was the heart of the god and demon. However, the main plot did not specify that what was actually buried there was the “Hour Glass of Azure Feathers.”

In that case, the discrepancy in information likely aimed to conceal the fact that someone had taken time and spiritual power from the sea.

The deep sea couldn’t speak, and the sea creatures left behind couldn’t speak either. Only the designated person who took the Hour Glass of Azure Feathers, Li Cangyan himself, would know the truth, but he wouldn’t speak.

However, the problem lay in the fact that if Li Cangyan didn’t obtain the heart of the ancient demon at the extreme depths of the Eastern Sea, why did he achieve a half-step ascension with the power of the ancient demon’s heart in the later stages of the plot?

So, when did he obtain the heart of the ancient demon?

Yao Yao had to suspect that there was a vague period in between.

Although Guanshan was the boundary between the two territories, the capital had always controlled the resources of the Spirit Continent, and the entire Guanshan was considered part of the Southern region. Since there were many lost spiritual beings and mythical creatures in the area, ordinary people didn’t dare to trespass. It was indeed secretive enough.

The illusionary emotion demon thrived here by feeding on a massive amount of emotions, so it might be the most sensitive part, which is the “heart.”

Yao Yao looked at Chong Yan, and he already understood.

He lowered his head, pursed his lips. He was just unhappy about being interrupted.

And Wen Yu curiously leaned over, saying, “What are you guys talking about? Why can’t I understand?”

Chong Yan remained expressionless.

He raised his hand, and the bone spurs sealed the demon’s cultivation core. Wen Yu suddenly felt his kidney ache, and he carefully protected his own snake core.

“…” He thought coolly.

Then, Chong Yan removed the bone spurs and let the emotion demon go.

The illusionary emotion demon didn’t expect to be spared by the ancient demon. It quickly transformed into hanging threads and fled.

Before disappearing, it couldn’t help but utter some harsh words.

“My big sister, the illusionary enchantress, will come to deal with you.”

It couldn’t believe that the ancient demon remained so calm in front of it.

Its big sister, the illusionary enchantress, was already the highest level of heavenly demon stage. She could turn an entire domain into a city of desire, manipulating the desires of everyone.

The illusionary emotion demon didn’t believe that the ancient demon could remain so composed, despite its sister’s ability to influence people invisibly.

But Chong Yan’s palms ignited a small cluster of icy flames this time.

The emotion demon said nothing and left in a hurry.

Just wait.

No man can escape from the enchantress.

No one cared about the rich inner world of the illusionary emotion demon.

Because Yao Yao was attempting to use her bloodline power, like when she released the small jellyfish in the extreme depths of the East Sea, to neutralize the demon’s poison.

She had never tried using her spiritual power on such a large scale, but Yao Yao slowly manipulated it, gradually feeling her spiritual flow covering the entire town, reaching its boundaries.

It turned out that her control over spiritual flow had reached a new realm.

So powerful.

Under Yao Yao’s power, the whole town gradually returned to its normal state.

Ordinary people would experience varying degrees of dullness in their brains after being parasitized and drained by the emotion demon. Fortunately, the townspeople here hadn’t been affected for long enough to become foolish.

Finally, Yao Yao was able to make a normal purchase. She bought three delicious steamed buns and shared them with Chong Yan, and Wen Yu.

The three of them sat by the roadside, eating their buns, when suddenly they felt a surge of sword energy sweeping through.

Clearly, the approaching person had formidable strength, unlike the cultivators that would appear in this border town.

To the surprise of the three of them, it was Wen Yu who recognized the person first. He peeked out and said. “Hey, it’s Pearl’s dad.”

Yao Yao, chewing her bun, looked over in confusion. “Who is Pearl’s dad?”

Then, they saw Ji Rong, dressed in blue, carrying a sword. His figure was like a rainbow, but his expression was anxious because his sword was scolding him.

“Why suddenly craving to become stronger?”

“Without spiritual stones, you still dare to practice like this. Even a donkey wouldn’t be treated like this.”

Ji Rong had come to find Yao Yao based on the location bracelet. He realized something was wrong as soon as he entered the town, but he still inhaled a bit of pollen from the illusionary emotion demon.

And under the influence of the amplified emotions, the Young Master Ji Rong wanted to become stronger.

Craving for power.

So, the already quite arrogant Ji Rong practiced ten sets of sword techniques outside the city before coming in, all the while being scolded by his sword.

The Yu Ji Sword, which Ji Rong’s parents had personally helped him draw from the Ten Thousand Sword Tomb, was a divine sword. The sword was exceptional, a rare divine weapon to encounter. However, the sword spirit of the Yu Ji Sword was a temperamental woman who had criticized Ji Rong since childhood and excelled in sarcastic remarks.

Ji Rong endured it while walking in, and suddenly, someone handed him a white steamed bun.

Yao Yao smiled and said, “Brother, here you go.”

And so, the scene changed from eating buns to four people and a sword.

Yao Yao and Wen Yu crouched in the middle.

Chong Yan and Ji Rong were on opposite sides.

Chong Yan, with a slight sidelong glance, looked at Ji Rong.

He, her family.

And Ji Rong cautiously looked at the silver-haired man on the other side.

Yes, that person.

Who could have imagined that the terrifying and bloodthirsty ancient demon, who made the whole Spirit Continent tremble in fear, was now squatting by the street, holding the steamed buns bought by her sister.

Was he truly terrifying, bloody, and wicked?

Ji Rong even saw him gently remove the bun crumbs from Yao Yao’s hair.

Ji Rong was caught in an indescribable contradiction, and he gripped the bun with a little more force.

“You always fed yourself, aren’t you gonna fed me?” Scolded the Yu Ji Sword’s spirit again.

Ji Rong remained expressionless and held her back, saying, “Say a few words less.”

Holding a bun in her mouth, Yao Yao looked up and asked, “What its snacks?”

The solemn Young Master Ji said, “Don’t worry, brother will handle it.”

Currently, spiritual mines are scarce, and commercial spirit stones are rare. However, high-purity spirit stones are needed for the circulation of swords, which are indeed hard to find.

The voice of the Sword Spirit continued buzzing in dissatisfaction. However, suddenly, she sensed a surge of refined spiritual energy.

When she looked up, Yao Yao was squatting in front of her, holding three top-grade spirit stones in her small palm.

They were in excellent condition.

“Sister, have some snacks.” The little child whispered to the Yu Ji Sword.

The Sword Spirit was stunned.

Then, the usually irritable Yu Ji Sword actually felt a bit embarrassed and softened his voice, saying, “No, this is very rare. You should keep them.”

However, Yao Yao shook her head and fed her the spirit stones.

“I still have more.”

If they were really going to enter the mountains, they might encounter buried secrets and unknown dangers ahead. Each companion was important.

So, a streak of light flashed, and the Yu Ji Sword emitted a powerful aura before trembling lightly and returning to the hands of Ji Rong.

Ji Rong was almost moved to tears, so he turned away and wiped his face.

This time, the Yu Ji Sword didn’t scold him.

She knew that Ji Rong cherished this sister of his.

But when she looked at Yao Yao who ran to the other side, she thought to herself,

Who wouldn’t love this angelic baby?

“Chong Yan.”

Yao Yao ran to find the introverted Chong Yan under the tree.

“I used your money just now,” Yao Yao apologized, pointing her finger. “I borrowed it.”

Three spirit stones for her sister, the Yu Ji Sword.

Now, the snake and her brother were fighting, discussing the question of whether the dizzying Master Ji could win against the Black Snake on the shore.

They were having a lively discussion, while Chong Yan quietly hid to the side.

It was difficult for divine beings to fit in with them.

Whether it was the snake that Yao Yao had given pearls to or Yao Yao’s family, they were all momentary strangers to him. And to them, he was probably a silent threat.

Yao Yao knew.

When there were too many people, Chong Yan would become reclusive.

He sat quietly under the tree, resembling those days and nights in the abyss.

No one could approach him.

Yao Yao cautiously looked at him.

But it wasn’t that no one could approach him.

Just now, Chong Yan even pointed at himself with her hand.

Chong Yan shook his head, wanting to say it’s okay because those spirit stones were meant for her, he didn’t…

“Muah.”

However, the girl quickly kissed his cheek.

It was as quick as a dragonfly touching the water, fleeting. Before he could react, only a ripple remained on the water’s surface.

But Chong Yan was stunned in place.

Yao Yao ran away chattering.

Chong Yan’s amber-colored pupils widened and then narrowed.

He heard a thumping sound in his ears.

It grew louder and closer.

After a while, ancient demon lifted its head. There was no expression on its face, but its wings behind it were wildly flapping.

The frozen heart, which had been frozen for thirty thousand years, beat violently for the first time.

And deep within the Ten Thousand Spirit Mountain in Guanshan, another heart started to resonate and echo.