The night is like water.
Zhu Changyang and Jun Shu sat side by side on the roof of the Demon Palace, thinking back to everything that had happened during the day, and their moods were still indescribably complicated.
Zhu Changyang sighed: "I didn't expect that the Jiufang Sect Leader is so loyal and righteous that he would go to such great lengths for a cat."
There are many pet owners with dementia nowadays, but Jiufang Ruo is truly unique in that regard.
Jun Shu did not find it strange and said, "The devil enters the Tao through desire. Only by indulging desire can one find his true heart."
Zhu Changyang blinked: "The greater the desire, the greater the ability?"
Jun Shu: “… Yeah.”
The devil's way is different from the righteous way. The righteous way emphasizes following the laws of nature and eliminating human desires. Only when one is neither sad nor happy can one achieve the great way. The devil, on the contrary, focuses on selfish desires, and is extremely happy or sad, thus stimulating hidden energy.
It is precisely this completely different way of Taoism that has caused the two paths to be incompatible and in constant conflict for tens of millions of years.
Jun Shu continued, "Perhaps when Jiufang Ruo entered Taoism, he was accompanied by this cat."
The demons' entry into the Tao is often accompanied by some strong desires.
Rudong Yaoyan is ambitious and wants to unify the two regions. Ruliying is cunning and cruel, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil. Yin Kanwei seems normal, but his indulgence in food and music is actually a kind of "desire".
In the eyes of others, Lihua is just an ordinary demon cat, but it has been with Jiufang Ruo since childhood and is very likely an important witness to Jiufang Ruo's enlightenment, which means something very different.
Zhu Changyang pondered for a while and came to the conclusion: "As expected of a demon clan, they have fallen so openly!"
The obsession with power, beauty, food, furry things, and laziness of Venerable Lihua, if you put them all together, they would almost become the seven deadly sins of the cultivation world.
Jun Shu suddenly asked, "Do you hate demons?"
Zhu Changyang was puzzled. He turned around and saw Jun Shu looking at him intently with his eyes melting with a rare hint of uneasiness.
"How could that be?" Zhu Changyang's eyes curved, he reached out and stroked his face, and said seriously, "In the final analysis, demons and immortals just have different pursuits. Seeking immortals through the righteous path is another kind of 'desire', isn't it?"
After a pause, I remembered a famous modern saying and couldn't help but smile, "As the saying goes, the more decadent you are, the happier you are!"
Jun Shu was startled for a moment, then smiled again, raised his hand and placed it on the back of Zhu Changyang's hand, lowered his eyes and said: "If I have a demon barrier, it must be for you."
The two people's hands were intertwined, as if they could feel each other's blood flowing.
Jun Shu held his hand and slowly moved forward to his lips, kissing his palm deeply.
Zhu Changyang only felt a tingling sensation in his hands and his heart was moved. He leaned forward unconsciously and met Jun Shu's eyes when he raised his eyes. He saw that those picturesque pupils had been soaked in blood at some point, revealing endless desire.
Zhu Changyang's chest was pounding, "Jun Shu... um..."
Jun Shu pressed the back of his head with one hand, lowered his head, and their lips pressed together.
Zhu Changyang fell backwards on the glazed tiles, and instinctively raised his right leg and hooked it around Jun Shu's waist.
After the kiss, both of them breathed heavily.
Jun Shu's fingers traced Zhu Changyang's neck, from his Adam's apple to his collarbone, forcing him to tremble, "Changyang, we..."
Zhu Changyang felt his mouth dry, his Adam's apple moving up and down, and he couldn't help but bite the knuckle that was causing trouble, "Hmm..."
Just then, an angry cat meow was heard in the yard.
Then came Li Ying's curse, "Jiufang Ruo really doesn't know what's good for him. Senior Sister, calm down. Let's go find the director to complain!"
Developer: “Meow meow meow!”
The charming atmosphere was broken, and Zhu Changyang regained consciousness. He calmed down instantly, turned over and sat up, saying, "Let's go down and take a look."
Jun Shu paused and said coldly: "I'm going to kill the robot guy."
"Forget it, forget it." Zhu Changyang quickly rubbed his temples, "Ignorance is not a crime."
The two of them stood up and flew down from the roof, landing in the yard, and saw the developer and Xuan Yang, who had turned into kittens, coming in from the door, followed by Li Ying and Sibao.
Li Ying kept cursing and arranging the Nine-sided Ruo.
Zhu Changyang asked: "What are you doing?"
Xuan Yang rolled on the ground, transformed into a human form, and answered angrily: "Brother Zhu, we saw that Sister Sibao missed Xiaohua, so we wanted to take her to see Xiaohua secretly, but we didn't expect to be discovered..."
"I'm sorry." Sibao scratched his head and said timidly, "I just want to see Xiaohua for the last time."
Sibao was precocious. After learning Xiaohua's true identity during the day, he knew that this stupid cat would never go back to Sijimen with her.
But she was just a child after all, and she couldn't help feeling sad when she thought that she would never see Xiaohua again.
Seeing that she was unhappy, the developer kindly wanted to take her to see Xiaohua again, and Xuan Yang and Li Ying naturally accompanied her.
Unexpectedly, Xiaohua is different now, and there are heavy guards outside her residence.
The two men and two cats failed to see Xiaohua and were instead intimidated by the guards of the Demon Palace. Fortunately, a fight was avoided.
"Director, Jiufang Ruo actually wanted to put us under house arrest. How naive!" Li Ying's eyes flashed fiercely, and he stepped forward and said, "As long as you give the order, I will immediately send a message back to the East Region and mobilize my army to kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!"
"Okay." Jun Shu crossed his arms and looked at him coldly, "Before I go out to fight, I'll kill you first and offer you as a sacrifice to the heavens."
Li Ying:?!
Li Ying changed his words in a second, "I'm sorry, Director, I remembered it wrongly. I am a junior fellow of the Industrial Sect, and I don't have any large army under my command."
Zhu Changyang shook his head and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. The jade tablet has turned into bricks."
Jiufang Ruo was thoughtful and activated a large protective formation for the sect, which not only blocked all exits, but also blocked the signal from the jade edict, making it impossible for them to pass on any messages to the outside.
He said with a worried look on his face, "Alas, Brother Wanli and the others are still waiting for news. If we can't get in touch with them, I'm afraid there will be more trouble."
Jun Shu glanced at him and said, "It's not that hard to get out..."
With his level of cultivation, he could definitely break out by force, but doing so would inevitably result in casualties.
Although he has been sleeping for ten thousand years, he is a person from two different worlds from the current Demon Realm. The demons are lustful and bloodthirsty, and there has always been internal fighting, so there is no such thing as cannibalism.
But as he got along with Zhu Changyang more and more, he gradually understood the beauty of love, and was unwilling to take action against the demons unless it was necessary.
or…
In fact, except for not being able to leave the Demon Palace, they are treated as guests of honor in all other aspects. They can even move around in most places except the bedroom of Venerable Lihua.
I guess Jiufang Ruo doesn't want to make too big a deal.
But it is not easy to convince him.
Li Ying looked at the two people's intertwined hands and gazes, and couldn't help feeling suspicious.
At this time, the developer meowed, jumped over Sibao's shoulder, picked up a bunch of green vines from her back, and spit it on the ground.
"Ah." Sibao patted his back hurriedly, "Why didn't you clean it just now?"
Zhu Changyang looked at the vines on the ground: "What is this?"
"Principal, this is the magic lantern fruit you ate during the day." Li Ying said with a look of disdain, "We picked it on the road just now."
Magic lantern fruits can be found everywhere in the Western Regions. They passed by a large area on their way to find Xiaohua. They picked some to cover their bodies and try to hide their whereabouts.
However, the moving magic lantern fruit failed to deceive the guards.
Li Ying raised his foot to kick the vine out, "Wait for me to throw it away..."
"Don't move." Zhu Changyang stopped his action, put his hands together, grabbed the vine in his hand, and moved closer to examine it carefully.
The vine had a tough stem and lush branches covered with oval leaves and soft tendrils. One end of the root was quite thick, and although most of it had been pulled off, it was still clear that the root system was very developed, with two thumb-sized fruits hanging from the remaining root.
It was the magic lantern fruit that had not been shelled yet.
Zhu Changyang perked up and asked, "Where are those magic lantern fruits? Take me to see them."
Li Ying was puzzled: "Principal, these are just cheap grass, what's so good about them?"
Zhu Changyang smiled and said, "I'm hungry, I want to get some to cook."
Li Ying: “…”
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The next morning, Yin Kanwei appeared in front of the courtyard where Zhu Changyang and his group were staying and hurriedly called out, "Brother Zhu, please come out..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly paused.
Jun Shu, the developer, Xuan Yang, Li Ying and Si Bao were seen sitting in a row on the railing of the corridor, each holding a paper bag in their hand and eating something with a "crunch, crunch" sound.
"Brother Yin." Zhu Changyang stepped forward and said with a smile, "You came just in time. I was just looking for you."
As he spoke, he stuffed a paper bag into Yin Kanwei's hand and said, "Try this."
A rich sweet aroma with a hint of milk wafted into his nose. Yin Kanwei looked down and saw a paper bag filled with golden and shiny fruits. He couldn't help but wonder, "What is this?"
"Yin Kanwei, what's wrong with you?" Li Ying sneered, "You don't even recognize the Magic Lantern Fruit?"
Yin Kanwei: "No, it's just..."
Of course he recognized the magic lantern fruit, but the method used was unfamiliar to him.
"This is the milky Magic Lantern Fruit, and there are also pepper and salt Magic Lantern Fruit and spicy Magic Lantern Fruit." Zhu Changyang laughed, "This thing doesn't taste very good when eaten alone, but it's good to process it."
After he saw the raw magic lantern fruit last night, his previous guess was further confirmed.
The seeds of this thing are actually a special nut rich in oil, but it is difficult to process and has a bitter taste. In the absence of seasoning, it is like chewing wax, so it is mostly used for refining lamps and making wine. In the Demon Realm, it is more regarded as a material than food, and no one in other continents cares about it.
What Zhu Changyang lacks the most now is condiments. Nowadays, there are various ways to process nuts. Pepper and salt, milk flavor, spicy, candied, etc. are all common flavors. If you have the patience to further process them, you can also use them in biscuits and cakes.
Yin Kanwei grabbed a few fruits and put them into his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up: "What a nice smell!" The fruits were roasted to a moderate crispness, and the perfect burnt flavor matched the unique milky aroma. The original bitterness became very light, no longer making people feel difficult to swallow, but instead became a unique sweet aftertaste.
Yin Kanwei tried the salt and pepper flavor and the spicy flavor and was pleasantly surprised. "I didn't expect this thing to be so delicious. I'll have to bring some back for my brother Jiang Hui to try."
"Of course, no problem." Zhu Changyang smiled, "We in the Industrial Sect have excellent packaging technology. I'll seal a few bags for you, and they can be stored for a long time. They won't get damaged during long-distance transportation."
"Very good." Yin Kan was happy but also a little regretful, "It's a pity that this method is a bit troublesome and difficult to popularize."
Otherwise, if it can be promoted, it will be a blessing for the Demon Realm.
"Of course it's troublesome to do it by hand. If you want to mass produce it, you must use machines." Zhu Changyang smiled mysteriously, "And this is actually just a by-product. The magic lantern fruit has a greater use."
Yin Kanwei was confused, "What else can I do?"
Zhu Changyang didn't say it directly, but kept it a secret, "I still need to discuss this with Sister Yan."
"Sister Yan?" Yin Kanwei was stunned. "Are you talking about Dong Yaoyan?"
At this point, he frowned and said solemnly, "I almost forgot, I came here to see you for something important."
Zhu Changyang: "What's the matter?"
Yin Kanwei said in a deep voice: "The leader of Dongyao Sect is here."
"Ah?" Zhu Changyang was stunned, then turned around and glared at Li Ying, "Drone, didn't I tell you not to wave people around randomly?"
Jun Shu summoned the Pi Shui Sword and said, "Sacrifice to the heavens."
Li Ying's hair stood on end, and he screamed, "It's not me, I didn't!"
Under the threat of death, he ignored the years of hatred between him and Yin Kanwei, looked over eagerly, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Brother Yin, please say something for me!"
Yin Kanwei shuddered all over and said expressionlessly, "Brother Jun, please give me some face and kill him quickly."
Li Ying:? ! !
"Yin Kanwei, you are not a human!!!"
Studio:
[Fuck, the devil brother stands up and fights back! ]
[Hahaha, the robot guy was wrong after all! ]
[No matter how charming the cross-dressing lady is, she can't compare to Elder Jiang's stunning beauty! ]
[? As expected of Pujiang, he can knock on anything... ]
(End of this chapter)