Chu Danfeng's first reaction was that the guy who "asked for a title" had finally come to his door. He stood up from the bed, picked up the sword and pushed the door open - his natal folding fan moved at will, and he had already achieved the unity of man and fan. The lethality was too strong, so it was not appropriate to attract too much attention at this time. The sword was enough to deal with the little demon disciple.
Kicking open Ji Pan's door, Chu Danfeng saw the room was in a mess.
The tables and chairs were overturned, tea spilled all over the bed, the pillow was torn into pieces and there were blood stains. Ji Pan, a burly strong man, was frightened to the point of tears and a black bruise on his eye. He huddled in a corner, trembling.
Chu Danfeng looked around and asked, "Is that thing gone?"
Ji Pan sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go."
At this time, Tang Yingdong and Mo Lin also rushed over. Tang Yingdong rushed in front with a sword in hand. There was a hint of excitement and anticipation in his tone, "Is it the 'withered branch' who came to 'ask for a title'?"
Ji Pan finally realized it belatedly and felt ashamed. He said with a very reluctant "hmm", gritting his teeth, "That thing is really worthless, it always plays dirty tricks! If you are not careful, you will fall into its trap, otherwise-"
"…" Chu Danfeng, "Now that it has set its sights on you, I'm afraid it won't give up. With its ability, it shouldn't harm your life. You should be more cautious. Mo Lin, help your Senior Brother Ji with his wounds."
But having said that, Chu Danfeng still couldn't help but worry, and when Mo Lin was treating Ji Pan's injuries, he knocked on the child's door.
What is this "safest inn"? It's not reliable at all! Will the child be in danger
Hua Tingxuan's room was empty except for the bulge in the bedding on the bed. Hearing the noise, the child poked his head out from under the quilt, blinked his big dark eyes, and called out "Senior Brother" aggrievedly.
Chu Danfeng felt relieved, but also a little distressed. He walked over and sat beside the bed, rubbing his little head: "Are you scared?"
Hua Tingxuan took advantage of the situation and crawled into his senior brother's arms: "Xuan'er is scared."
Now he has long arms and legs, and when he acts coquettishly, he can hug Chu Danfeng's waist completely. Fortunately, his voice hasn't changed yet, so there is limited sense of disobedience. He hums and moans, "Brother, can you sleep with me?"
"…" Chu Danfeng sighed, "Okay."
Even if it is taller, it is just a ten-year-old kid. That's all. Anyway, the fact that that thing could easily sneak into Ji Pan's room means that this inn is not very safe. You have to be more careful when you go out, not to mention that the monster market is open and there are all kinds of people.
Let’s talk about sleeping in separate rooms after we return to Lixu Peak.
The No. 1 room in the inn is spacious and comfortable, and the large carved bed can easily accommodate two adult men, but Hua Tingxuan insists on sticking to Chu Danfeng, hanging on him like an octopus.
Chu Danfeng tried to tear the child off his body several times but failed, and said angrily: "If you do this again, go back and sleep by yourself."
The kid then let go of him reluctantly and went to the end of the bed to play mushroom.
Chu Danfeng: “…”
… He’s quite good at pretending to be pitiful.
He couldn't stand Hua Tingxuan's bullied look, so he coughed and explained, "It's mainly because it's too hot. We're so close together that we're sweating all over."
Hua Tingxuan turned his head and said seriously: "Young Senior Brother doesn't stink, even his sweat smells good."
As if to prove it, he rustled over, buried his face in Chu Danfeng's neck, took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly, "It smells good."
"…" For some reason, he always felt that the child's behavior was not very dignified, and he looked a bit like a perverted pervert? ? Before he could think about it carefully, Hua Tingxuan retreated to the foot of the bed again, pulled the quilt to cover himself properly, yawned softly, and said in a soft and sweet voice: "Little brother, Xuan'er is asleep."
Chu Danfeng thought: Sure enough, I over-interpreted it with my dirty adult thinking! Sixth Junior Brother is only ten years old, what can he understand? What's more, I am also a man, what's so awkward about it
So he closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully. He felt a little hot in his sleep, as if something was sticking to him.
It was not until the next morning that Chu Danfeng felt that the naughty kid had hugged him again, with one arm around his waist and one hand grabbing his butt.
"… … … "Hold.
After Chu Danfeng woke the child up with a dark face, Hua Tingxuan explained carefully and aggrievedly: "Xuan'er didn't mean it. I fell asleep and just felt it was soft..."
"…" Chu Danfeng's face darkened, "Okay, shut up." The more he explained, the more embarrassed he became. He was a grown man, why should he be soft? He shouldn't be soft in any way!
It seems that I am too lazy, my retirement life is too lazy, I have kept myself physically fit, but cultivation is too hard, if it doesn't work, I should just practice some strength cultivation...
The 'dead branch' had not come back yesterday, but Ji Pan had stayed up all night again, and his dark circles were even heavier. The three-day deadline had not yet arrived, and there was still no news from Mr. Huang San. The few people had not yet handed in the brocade box and completed the mission of the master, so they did not dare to walk around randomly and only moved around near the inn.
The same is true for Chu Danfeng.
However, he suddenly remembered that he had a lame "chick" with blue feathers hidden in his sleeve. He was afraid that the young bird would fall out in a place where many monsters gathered and be taken as a snack by a passing monster, so he set up a restriction. However, he had completely forgotten about it.
Chu Danfeng turned out his outer robe and just as he untied the restriction, a young bird with light blue wings and a white belly rolled out with a "chirp chirp" sound.
Although Chu Danfeng didn't understand bird language, he could easily read "anger" from its high-pitched calls.
"Alright, alright," Chu Danfeng said, "It was my fault for forgetting you, but I have no ill intentions. I will set you free now."
The little blue bird tilted its round head and stared at him suspiciously. Hei Dou's eyes were full of distrust. He was even wary and exploded himself into a ball of fur, chirping threateningly.
Chu Danfeng thought this thing was a bit noisy, so he didn't waste any more time talking to it and suddenly opened the window: "Fly."
The little bluebird seemed to find it hard to believe that the man would not eat it. It stood there for a moment, then flapped its little wings and flew away.
Chu Danfeng released the bird, then went out to look for the waiter with great interest - since he was already here, he didn't want to miss out on the delicacies of the demon world. To be honest, the flavors here are rather strong, and a handful of chilies are sprinkled on all food when frying, stir-frying, or deep-frying, and salt is also used generously. It was completely different from the raw meat and blood-drinking food he had imagined.
Paired with the local specialty "monkey wine", it is very enjoyable.
Hua Tingxuan was about to follow him out, but suddenly stopped and watched his senior brother leave before closing the door and casually setting up a barrier. He said in a deep voice, "Come out, what's the matter?"
His expression changed instantly. How could he still be the obedient and sweet little junior brother
In a flash of black robe, Ghost Yue Lao suddenly appeared from the void, with a pair of sharp jackal claws extended out, bowed respectfully, and said hoarsely: "Your Majesty, that bird seems to be of great origin."
Hua Tingxuan was not surprised at all: "It has the blood of an ancient mythical beast, but it's just a hybrid, as useless as that half-blood demon that asked for a title." No, it's even more useless than that one. This bird can't even do basic magic and allowed itself to be caught by an ordinary little demon. No one knows how it produced a demon pill.
Seeing his master looking at him with a look that said, "That's it? You're here to disturb my time with my junior brother?", Ghost Yue Lao said hurriedly, "The different attributes of the true essence in the body conflict with each other, so that it can't exert its strength. This is a common problem for mixed-blood monsters. However, that bird is really not simple. Last night, I quietly explored its sea of consciousness and found that it was born from the divine bird Bifang and the demon dragon. It absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon for thousands of years before breaking out of the shell..."
"Is this true?" Hua Tingxuan became serious.
Sneaking into the sea of consciousness and snooping into other people's privacy is Gui Yue Lao's specialty, and the information he finds out will never be wrong.
Ghost Yue Lao: "Exactly. Do you need me to replace the demon pill in Master Huang San's hand without anyone noticing? Isn't this bloodline better than the Yin Shen Stage demon pill?"
More than just better? There is a world of difference. The demon pills of ancient beasts are hard to come by, but...
Hua Tingxuan pondered for a long while, and finally shook his head, "A demon pill of this level will lose its efficacy if it is taken out after the bird is killed, and it will be no different from ordinary spirit and flesh, unless..." Unless the bird is willing to offer the demon pill to the junior brother, not to mention whether it has enough intelligence to understand the matter of 'offering the demon pill', even if it understands, it will not offer it - the demon pill is like the inner pill of the cultivator, it is the thing of life, how could anyone be stupid enough to give it up
"Forget it, this road is blocked. I can't let my junior brother take risks. Let's not mention it again." Hua Tingxuan made a decision, then opened the door again, changed his expression again, and chased out, hurrying to serve his senior brother.
The moment he opened the door, Gui Yue Lao hid his figure perfectly as he was well-trained, but he was still a little confused - his master's habit of speaking half of his words was really annoying, what exactly did he mean by "unless"
What difficulties can't be overcome? That's the offspring of the Bifang bird and the demon dragon! Using its demon pill to nourish Chu Danfeng's dantian to form a new pill can greatly increase his strength. More importantly, this is different from the ordinary cauldron body. It has the blood of the lustful dragon blessed by the ancient divine bird. How superb! If you practice dual cultivation in the future, it will definitely make people feel so happy that they can't stop!
What a pity! If he doesn't take it out and use it, and keeps it on the little bird, this 'top-grade cauldron body' will probably be wasted - according to his observation, the bird will not survive tonight.
It has to be said that Ghost Yue Lao's predictions were accurate in some aspects. Chu Danfeng stayed in the lobby of the inn for the whole day. He tried the monkey wine as he wished and ate the signature dishes of the demon clan. He was licking his lips and slowly going upstairs to his room when he heard a series of "chirp, chirp, chirp" sounds.
He pushed open the door of his No. 1 room and, as expected, saw a familiar blue and white fur ball standing pitifully on one leg on the noodle rack. When it saw Chu Danfeng, it cried even more pitifully, as if asking for help, almost like crying and complaining.
Chu Danfeng: “…”
Hua Tingxuan: "Little Senior Brother, look, there's a small hole in the window paper. Did it get chased by the monster after it was released, and in desperation it broke through the window paper and hid in here to escape?"
That's possible. Even though this inn isn't as safe as the ring-necked pheasant spirit waiter boasted, it's still one of the largest inns in the Monster City, and it's one of the top-notch inns. Ordinary monsters wouldn't openly 'break into a house and rob' for a small bird and cause such trouble.
"Tsk, you're quite smart." Chu Danfeng stretched out a finger, wanting to touch the little blue bird's round head, but it was very alert, and flew high up before he could touch it.
It turned out that the little blue bird had been "hunted down" by various monsters of all sizes too many times and didn't trust anyone. It was afraid that Chu Danfeng would go back on his word and wanted to dig out its monster pill to eat with the wine.
Chu Danfeng didn't care. He looked up at the little blue bird and said, "You can stay here, but don't call at night, or I'll throw you out!"
Hua Tingxuan said after careful consideration: "Young Senior Brother, that bird might be of some use..."
"Hush!" Chu Danfeng burped slightly and said in a voice that he thought was very small but was actually very loud, "That bird is too weak! And it's lame!"
Little Bluebird: “… ?”
Chu Danfeng: "I understand now. As long as it is in the demon world, releasing it anywhere is equivalent to sending it into the tiger's mouth. Why not take the stupid bird away and release it to the human world when we leave? Maybe it can still save its life."
The three-day deadline came in a flash. Mr. Huang San was more willing to give face to the leader of the Shuangji Sect and actually replied to the formal invitation. Chu Danfeng and his party then tidied up their appearance a little, not wanting to embarrass the sect.
Except for Ji Pan who was worried about the "title request" and looked decadent and haggard, the other four were radiant, especially Chu Danfeng and Hua Tingxuan. One of them was fanning himself and smiling, handsome and elegant, with a face as white as powder, while the other was not yet tall but was not at all stage-frightened and had a good aura.
However, Mr. Huang Sanye's arrogance was just as rumored. He did not show up immediately, but the little demon in the mansion invited a few people to the side hall to wait.
While waiting, Gui Yue Lao hid in the dark and communicated with his master in secret, reporting the progress: "Everything is under control. Mr. Huang is drinking tea in the inner room now. There is nothing important, so he should be here soon."
Hua Tingxuan also sent a secret message and replied, "Huang Sanmao is still the same, he likes to put on airs."
Ghost Yue Lao couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know him?"
Hua Tingxuan said casually: "It happened in my previous life. We had a little quarrel... He broke both of my legs, but later I skinned him."
Ghost Yue Lao: “…” You call this a little disagreement?
At this moment, Tang Yingdong screamed, still looking out the window, and whispered, "Here it comes!"
The next moment, a little demon dressed as a servant came in. Although he bowed, he was not respectful enough and even seemed to be urging her: "Everyone, the master wants to see you."