Recap
“You are already full?” Gu Minghuai looked at the tender red fish meat, “We can have another meal tonight.”
Rong Yu raised his head, truly worried about his health: “Aren’t you allergic to fish? Is it really okay to eat so much?”
“I concede to my fate.” Gu Minghuai looked down at the young man in his arms and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
“Afterall, who was it that made me allergic to fish but addicted to you?”
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At twelve o’clock in the evening, the lights in the bedroom were turned off. Rong Yu rested his head on Gu Minghuai’s arms, closed his eyes and prepared to fall asleep.
The Blood Jade Bracelet suddenly said: Zhang Wenfan is dead.
Rong Yu was drowsy and spoke in a lazy tone: Don’t bother me with any trivial matter.
Blood Jade Bracelet: I said Zhang Wenfan is dead.
Rong Yu replied impatiently: I heard it the first time. Isn’t this a trivial matter?
Blood Jade Bracelet: ……
It seems reasonable.
Zhang Wenfan has been absconding in other places for the past six months. He is wanted by the police and has his assets frozen. His life is very miserable. Gu Minghuai also wanted to vent his anger on Rong Yu, but then he found that Rong Yu had already planned everything, and Zhang Wenfan can not even bear Ding family and Mystic Goods’ wrath without him having to take action.
Zhang Wenfan is hiding in Tibet, and his ID card cannot be used. He can only move bricks and wash dishes to make a living. He is no longer living as glamorous as he once was. What he was like before he met Chi Yu was what he was like now, but even more depressing.
He hated Chi Yu with all his heart. It was the appearance of that fish yao that ruined everything he had now. Zhang Wenfan would never think that if Chi Yu had never appeared, he wouldn’t be able to obtain anything he used to have. He just wanted to destroy Chi Yu, so he decided to go to the Taoist priest again for help and ask him to kill the fish yao once and for all.
But before he could find the Taoist priest, he saw police running toward him on the street. In fact, they were just catching a thief on the street. Zhang Wenfan, who felt guilty as a thief, thought they were chasing him and ran away. During the hasty escape, he lost his footing, fell into a river and drowned.
A truly tragic way to pass.
Before, he was rescued from the river by Chi Yu which saved his life, but he enacted a series of horrible things to repay the carp’s kindness with pettiness. In the end, he still couldn’t escape the fate of drowning in the river. This was the cause and effect.
Rong Yu doesn’t care about these trivial matters.
There was just one thing that he had to do.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Chi Yu’s soul lamp can only burn for one more month, it’s time to get the inner dan back.
The eternal candle in the soul lamp of the Child of Luck burns all the time, and time it burns represents the remaining lifespan and luck. If an accident occurs midway through the mission, the flame will be extinguished directly without even waiting for the candle to burn out. When the soul lamp goes out, it means the complete downfall of a Child of Destiny.
The one-year period given by the Blood Jade Bracelet at the beginning is an absolute safety period. Before one year has passed, as long as Rong Yu does not play into the BE line voluntarily, Chi Yu’s soul lamp will be safe. This means that the inner dan is placed somewhere intact and there is no need to worry about it being destroyed within a year. This is also the reason why Rong Yu can be so calm.
If the inner dan is retrieved successfully, Chi Yu’s soul lamp will continue to be lit up. When the soul lamp reaches a certain brightness, the mission is successful and the original owner will return, and the world begins to move on the right track. Rong Yu has no reason to stay in this world anymore and must leave immediately, otherwise it will affect the stability of this world. His role as an aid in repairing the world will become another dangerous factor that can cause the collapse of this world.
Therefore, Rong Yu borrowed half a year from Chi Yu and sought to delay it until the last minute.
He wanted to spend more time with the man who loves him: Mr. Gu.
It’s just that he can’t delay it any longer now.
Rong Yu: Where is the inner dan?
Blood Jade Bracelet: You can find it yourself. I said I wouldn’t help you. I’ve already opened a lot of backdoors for you…
Rong Yu: Stop talking nonsense.
Blood Jade Bracelet: ……
The big devil didn’t seem to be in a good mood.
Is it because you want to be separated from the Lord God?
The Blood Jade Bracelet felt entangled.
It is an artifact that knows how to adapt. Even though the Lord God ordered it not to help the Great Demon King, the Lord God himself went to fall in love with the Great Devil… It is only following its boss, it did the right thing!
The Blood Jade Bracelet completed its self-brainwashing and decisively reported a list of addresses to Rong Yu.
Rong Yu: You’re so obedient. Okay, you can go into the blackroom for a while. I’ll break up with Mr. Gu first.
Blood Jade Bracelet: ???
Then it was thrown back into the blackroom.
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Gu Minghuai was pushed awake in the middle of the night and opened his eyes slightly: “What’s wrong? Are you short of water?”
Rong Yu looked at him and said bluntly: “I want it.”
Gu Minghuai was stunned: “Now?”
Rong Yu had a good reason: “If we don’t do it at night, do you want to show off during the day?”
Although it’s not like they haven’t done it the day before.
“Are you coming?” Rong Yu said and wanted to take action on his own, “If not, I will do it myself.”
“Wait, don’t mess around -” Before Gu Minghuai could react, Rong Yu had already straddled him, leaned over, held his face and kissed him deeply.
“…”
In the end, they did it.
Gu Minghuai felt that Xiao Yu’er was particularly enthusiastic tonight, which made him a little overwhelmed. After asking for it several times on the bed, it was not enough. Later, he carried the young man to the bathroom to clean him, and was hooked in the bathtub to continue until the hot water in the tub turned warm and then turned cold.
Rong Yu was clinging to his neck, his complexion was white and rosy, and his eyes were so bright, they were enchanting him. Gu Minghuai felt something was wrong and wanted to stop and ask him what was wrong, but when Rong Yu came up to him and kissed him, he forgot everything he wanted to ask about.
The clock is ticking, water is flowing all over the bathroom floor, and there are even slippery fingerprints on the glass of the shower room. In one word, it can be described as chaotic.
In the end, Gu Minghuai felt tired and almost drained by this demon, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep. At that time, the sky was dark and bright. Rong Yu stood by the bed and put on his clothes one by one. He lowered his eyes and buttoned up to cover the hickey marks on his neck, looking calm.
“Is the spiritual energy bar full?”
The Blood Jade Bracelet that has just been unblocked: …It’s full.
If there wasn’t an upper limit, it would’ve broken the meter, alright?
“Okay.” Rong Yu turned around without any hesitation, “Then I can go.”
Blood Jade Bracelet: You are leaving just like this without telling him?
Great Demon King, you are abandoning our Lord God!
And the big devil is obviously very reluctant to let go… yet he is so cruel.
Rong Yu walked out of Gu family’s home and stood at the door of the house where he and Gu Minghuai had lived together for more than half a year. He looked up and saw dawn breaking through the sky, golden light slowly covered the land like a warm blanket.
He didn’t look back, with a cold look in his eyes.
“Little Bracelet, there is a saying called ‘tit for tat’.”
Human life is not as long as his. The great demon king must retaliate with his anger, he has a clear distinction between love and hate, love makes life worth living while hate makes life difficult. He never had anything he couldn’t let go off, he knew when to cut off ties that would lead nowhere.
The only exception is that love and hate are intertwined, life and death are unknown, He can’t bear to stab, nor can he bear to turn the page.
Afterall, it’s just a little interest he collected.
You have to let the other person experience the feeling of waking to their person next to them disappearing without saying goodbye.
Otherwise, it will be really difficult for him to vent his anger.
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“Little Bracelet, are you sure that Taoist priest lives here?”
In front of them is a dilapidated Taoist temple. The stone steps in front of the door are covered with moss. The roof is missing a big hole.
It doesn’t look like it’s inhabited.
This place is a deserted area ten miles around. If the address given by the Blood Jade Bracelet is not accurate, Rong Yu would never believe that anyone could survive in this place.
Blood Jade Bracelet: My information is accurate, the Taoist priest lives here.
Rong Yu said in surprise: “Is this a place where people can live? Even the chickens about to be cooked in my Demon King’s Palace live more luxurious than this.”
The implication is that this place is not as good as a chicken coop.
Blood Jade Bracelet: This is not the point. The point is that the inner dan is inside.
Rong Yu stepped forward reluctantly, feeling that the dirt here had soiled his shoes.
Entering the hall in the Temple of Three Purities, there is a statue of the Three Pure Ones* in the middle. The statues are dilapidated, paint is peeling off, the beams are covered with cobwebs, it would seem that no one has repaired them for a long time, it looked desolate and miserable.
*(The Three Pure Ones are the three highest gods in the Taoist pantheon. They are regarded as pure manifestations of the Tao and the origin of all sentient beings, along with the “lords of the Three Life Principles or ‘Breaths’. They were also gods who were “associated with the sky, the earth and the underworld.” – Wikipedia
image from baidu)
The Taoist priest is not in the temple, but there are a bunch of non-human beings tied up in the corner.
A group of little carrot heads were tied together in a circle back to back, with rags gagged in their mouths, looking strange. Some have green skin, some have red ears, some have crab claws, and some have bodies curled up liked cooked shrimps. They are all grotesque shapes that humans cannot imagine. The only one who looked humanoid and carved was a little boy, but he had dragon horns on his head.
Rong Yu’s spiritual consciousness was all encompassing, and he could see at a glance the identities of the little yaos – green seaweed, red coral, shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and a little dragon cub. He glanced at it and continued to look for the inner dan as if he had seen nothing.
When the little carrot heads saw outsiders coming in, they immediately shouted out excitedly, hoping that Rong Yu would come to rescue them. Rong Yu looked around but didn’t see his inner dan. He finally came over and took off the rag from the little dragon cub’s mouth: “Little friends, are you captured by the Taoist priests? Where are the others?”
The little dragon cub emphasized the first sentence: “I am not a child, I am a hundred years old this year!”
“A hundred years old is still a child. I’m almost a thousand years old.” Rong Yu said Chi Yu’s age.
Otherwise, no one would believe him, and he would live longer than this world.
The little dragon cub was stunned and said in confusion: “Are you not a human being? But you don’t have demonic or yao energy in you…”
But that’s right, how can any human be so calm when seeing them like this?
Rong Yu thought that it was because his transformation relied on Mr. Gu’s spiritual energy, and it was not a power of this world. It would be strange for this kid to see it.
“Can you tell me the important thing?” Rong Yu interrupted impatiently, “Otherwise I’ll leave.”
“Don’t, don’t, don’t go! Save us!” The little dragon cub said in fear, “The one who captured us is indeed a Taoist priest, but, but he is also not a Taoist priest! He is a black jiao* pretending to be a Taoist priest. He has practiced Taoism for three thousand years and committed all kinds of despicable acts. He relies on digging out yao’s inner dan to cultivate by absorbing the cultivation accumulated inside. I was just playing with my friends at the beach, and he caught us! Wu, wu, wu, I’m not playing anymore, my brother must be dying of anxiety now…”
*(jiao(third tone)(蛟) is a type of creature on the path to evolve into a dragon. But not yet a dragon.
See the different types of dragons here: https://www.easytourchina.com/fact-v1739-chinese-dragon-types )
“Shut up.” Rong Yu took out a fruit knife and cut the ropes that tied them with a cold face, “You’re so noisy.”
Rong Yu: Little Bracelet, you didn’t say that the Taoist priest was a black jiao who had practiced Taoism for three thousand years.
He brought a fruit knife with him on this trip. Originally, his body was transformed by spiritual energy and his soul was the soul of the devil. This means that Taoist priests in this world who can deal with yokais cannot easily harm him. His ability and spiritual energy are blocked, but his knowledge is still there, he can still easily overpower a mortal without spiritual powers.
But if it’s another yokai, that’s a different story.
He has no power now. If he goes head-on with the other party, wouldn’t this mean that he might die?
Blood Jade Bracelet explained: This is a hidden plot, I didn’t know it beforehand.
Rong Yu: Then tell me what to do now?
Blood Jade Bracelet: Go back now and think of a solution for another day?
Rong Yu: I can’t go back now.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Why?
Rong Yu: I’m already here.
“Be careful! He’s back!” The little dragon cub shouted in terror.
“Oh? Why is there an uninvited guest in my house?” A dark-skinned man appeared at the door of the Taoist temple with an excited look on his face, “Today’s dinner is also settled.”
Rong Yu turned around and said critically: “This is your home? I was right when I said that this is not for people to live in.”
“…Why do you look familiar to me?” The black jiao squinted his eyes and suddenly remembered, “It’s you! The carp whose inner dan was so pure that it gave me indigestion and stomach ache for three days when I tried to refine it so I could only vomit it out!”
Rong Yu: It seems that this is the only area that showed Chi Yu’s luck.
Children of luck always have to be a little special.
Blood Jade Bracelet: ……
Big devil, do you realize your current situation? You still have time to think about this.
Rong Yu’s expression remained unchanged: “Since the inner dan is of no use to you, then it’s not too much for me to come and take it back, right?”
The black jiao smiled and said grimly: “It’s a beautiful thought. There’s no reason to spit out the things in my hands. I’m really curious, how did you turn into a human form without your inner dan?”
Rong Yu was as arrogant as ever: “This is not something you should be curious about.”
The black jiao laughed loudly: “A little carp dares to be arrogant in front of me, I will eat you now!” After saying this, the black jiao transformed into his true form and hovered over the entire Taoist temple, making them feel extremely small. It opens its bloody mouth and is about to swallow the little carp into its belly.
In the flash of lightning, a cluster of weak flames suddenly jumped out from Rong and his fingertips, seemingly without any attack power. The black jiao was dismissive and ignored the small flame. Its dragon skin is the hardest armor, invulnerable to water and fire, and even the true fire of Samadhi. Such a small spark is simply an insult to it.
However, an unexpected scene happened – the small flame flew out, and as soon as it touched the body of the dragon, the black jiao didn’t even have time to scream, the entirety of its huge body burned into black powder and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He was burnt to ashes, but the treasure bag he carried with him fell to the ground intact.
It only takes one minute for the cannon fodder to go offline.
Rong Yu gently blew the smoke from his fingertips and sneered slightly: “A little worm also thinks it worthy to flaunt in front of me.”
Little dragon cub: “…”
Me and my little friends are shocked.
What kind of peerless master is this!
Rong Yu: Oh, thank you Little Bracelet for unlocking the seal for me for just one second and preventing me from dying on the spot.
Even though it only unlocked about one billionth of the power, and it only lasted for one second, it was still able to instantly burn the black jiao, who is almost at the peak of the world’s combat power, into crisps. If the seal is lifted by two parts per billion, the city may be burned down. Why is it possible? Because the greater probability is that the whole world will be burned into crisps…
Even the ancient World no. 6666 regards him as its master. This small world in the Dharma-Ending Age cannot tolerate this troublemaker.
Blood Jade Bracelet: …You’re welcome.
The main reason is that it doesn’t dare to let the big devil lose his life in the mouth of the black jiao is that it is afraid the Lord God will cut it down if he knows about it.
The big devil is really crazy to bet on his life that it will unlock the seal.
He won the bet.
Blood Jade Bracelet really doesn’t dare to treat Lord God’s lover the same way he treats prisoners.
Rong Yu picked up the treasure bag that black jiao dropped on the ground and found Chi Yu’s inner dan.
The Blood Jade Bracelet transformed into an emotionless machine: You’ve obtained the mission item ‘Chi Yu’s inner dan’. Chi Yu’s eternal candle has reached full length yet the brightness is still 5% short. He still has regrets.
Rong Yu took the inner dan and left, not caring about the group of little ones behind him.
“Wow, big brother, you are so powerful!” The little dragon cub followed behind Rong Yu, his eyes full of admiration, “You are even more powerful than my brother! I heard that my brother came ashore a thousand years ago to fight with this hateful black jiao, but both sides suffered losses. It took him a thousand years of seclusion to recover from his injuries. Yet you only released a small spark to destroy him!”
“Don’t follow me.” Rong Yu hated these little brats, and he wasn’t one to raise children.
“We are going the same way as you. We have to go back to the sea. The sea is in this direction.” The little dragon cub jumped up happily, “We can finally go home!”
He hummed happily.
Rong Yu’s ears twitched: “Who taught you this song?”
Thousands of years ago, the fisherman who rescued Chi Yu and sent him home played this tune using leaves, and it was this exact tune.
Later, Chi Yu searched the world and found that there was no such ditty in the world, so he thought that the music score was lost, or that the fisherman had improvised it.
Now he heard it from the little dragon cub.
“Are you talking about this ditty?” Little Dragon Boy raised his head and said, “It was composed by my brother. He is proficient in music and composed many beautiful songs. Every time the tide rises, many small fish and shrimps in our seas are washed up on the beach. They couldn’t find their way home, so my brother composed this song and played it on the seabed every day after the tide went out. The aquatic animals who couldn’t find their way home can follow the song and go home safely. This is our sea’s homecoming song.”
“Who is your brother?”
The little dragon cub said proudly: “My brother is really amazing, he’s the Dragon King!”
The eternal candle trembled violently for a moment.
Chi Yu’s soul lamp lit up brightly.
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