Chapter 8:

Yao Yao rested her chin on her hand and watched as Chong Yan crouched in the distance, dealing with the fish and sheep.

Those two starry eyes.

Even if she were to go somewhere else, she would definitely take Chong Yan with her, right?

Misunderstandings among children should be quickly resolved and reconciled.

At this moment, Chong Yan had his back turned to Yao Yao, so she couldn’t see how ruthlessly he dismembered the fish and sheep with his sharp bone spurs, but she felt a sense of satisfaction welling up in her heart.

Such a considerate little demon.

Although the faces of those fish seemed lifeless, and the rock sheep appeared to be resentful, they were emotionally rich and didn’t resemble ordinary ingredients. But when cooked, they still smelled delicious.

Yao Yao, with her Qi cultivation level, would occasionally feel hungry, and she never expected the little demon to go and catch food for her. Truly, raising a demon was a way to fend off old age.

Feeling the power fluctuations from the ancient ice flame that Chong Yan used to roast the fish and sheep, the demonic presence within her surroundings felt a bit overwhelmed and crawled away.

Fish demon, sheep demon, you shall rest in peace.

Yao Yao sat cross-legged, waiting for the grilled fish and sheep legs. She remembered the character card she had received earlier and opened it in her spiritual sea to take a look.

This time, the card sent by the store was related to her.

—Ji Rong: Junior Sect Master of Chang Sword Sect.

–Outstanding talent, renowned for the Supreme Sword Art, currently known to have cultivation at the half-step Deity Transformation stage. Father is the former Sect Master Chang Liu, mother is the Divine Physician Ya Yue, and sister is the fiancee of the Sword Saint of Spirit Continent.

The introduction on the card was quite detailed, as Ji Rong played an important role as an antagonist who turned from the righteous path to the demonic path in the main storyline of the Spirit Continent. However, Yao Yao didn’t pay much attention to the details. She dumbfoundedly stared at the photo of Ji Rong on the card, blinked her eyes, and almost cried.

He…he…he…looks like both dad and mom.

He resembles mom and dad.

Yao Yao had deliberately avoided thinking about it since she entered the game, but now she burst into tears.

She had been away from her parents, who loved her, for so long. She missed them so much.

Chong Yan walked over while holding the roasted fish and saw her reddened eyes, instantly freezing in his tracks.

The ancient demon’s face remained expressionless, but he appeared at a loss.

He placed the slightly burned fish and sheep leg behind him.

“No, it’s delicious.”

“I’m sorry.”

Yao Yao raised her tear-streaked face.

After a moment of silence.

Yao Yao held the grilled fish in one hand and the sheep leg in the other, eating while feeling sad.

Her brother, who was a combination of her mom and dad, didn’t have a good ending in the plot either.

Because of Yao Yao’s infatuation, even when she was weakened and bedridden from having her blood drawn, she never said a word against her brother’s fiancé. So when Ji Rong came out of seclusion to see her, he discovered that his sister was nearly drained and went mad.

The genius sword cultivator, who was originally more powerful than Li Cangyan, had an unlimited future in the Sword Sect. However, his Dao heart shattered on the spot, he fell into demonic cultivation, slaughtered the disciples of Wuji Sect, and was finally shot dead by the protagonist and righteous cultivators.

Yao Yao hated it.

Fortunately, the blood-drawing wouldn’t happen anymore.

Yao Yao let out a slight sigh of relief and took another bite.

The texture of the fish meat and the sheep leg was different from the fish they usually ate. The sheep leg was as tender as if it had been running every day, and the taste wasn’t particularly rich, but it was greasy.

As Yao Yao was halfway through her meal, she suddenly realized that although the blood-drawing didn’t happen, something even more terrible had occurred.

In the eyes of outsiders, she was probably already dead in the Forsaken Abyss.

Yao Yao held the sheep leg and was dumbfounded.

She turned to Chong Yan with a serious expression, “I need to go to the Spirit Continent.”

Apart from her brother’s situation, she also needed to resolve the issue with the male lead, who had drugged her.

Chong Yan quietly looked into her eyes, then subconsciously clenched the hand that he had washed with ice water several times.

So, she still had to leave.

“So,” Yao Yao said, “come with me, Chong Yan.”

Chong Yan was momentarily stunned, then understood after a pause. For the first time in his life, he received an invitation.

So, she didn’t want to abandon him.

However, he couldn’t go.

Yao Yao thought that Chong Yan was an anti-social demon. She had raised him for a year in the game, and his usual range of activities wouldn’t extend beyond a mile, and is always alone.

Therefore, Chong Yan was not ready to go to the Spirit Continent for the time being, and she understood.

“There are many fun things in the Spirit Continent,” Yao Yao tried to recall the game opening she had skipped before and the background introductions she had skipped to the end. “There are bustling markets, street performances, and if you don’t like crowds, you can go and enjoy the mountains and the sea.”

Chong Yan’s pale fingers tightened slightly.

Yao Yao gestured and said, “And there’s ice everywhere in this place, with no soil for growing flowers. We can bring some soil from the Spirit Continent and plant the seeds here.”

Chong Yan’s eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he remained silent.

It’s possible to raise them.

It’s just a bit difficult.

After Yao Yao finished eating the fish and sheep, she wiped her mouth and got up with a roll. Chong Yan also slowly stood up.

Her small head gradually lifted as she stood up, and she looked up at his lowered eyes. Her round deer-like eyes were clear and intimate.

Pointing to the long ladder behind them, Yao Yao said, “And that’s not difficult to climb. We can go up slowly. You go first, and I’ll protect you from below. Don’t be afraid.”

Chong Yan remained silent for a long time.

She had almost fallen just now.

And her hands were rubbed red.

The ancient demon struggled for a long time, finally lowered his gaze to the girl, and said, “Close your eyes.”

“Okay.”

Her eyes were so round and bright, and he repeated once again, “Close your eyes.”

“Okay.” Yao Yao obediently closed her eyes.

In the instant her eyes closed, Yao Yao felt a chilling wind swirling around her.

The wind around her wasn’t strong, but the distant wind was howling loudly.