"No, mortals stink so much, I don't like them." Yu Rongling's face darkened as he refused, but under the watchful eye of his older brother, he didn't last three seconds.
Yu Rongling obediently took Xiao Yitian from my arms, mumbling complaints, "Little girl! Consider yourself lucky, for this Snake Immortal is personally holding you. This will be your bragging rights in the future."
Out of Yu Longting's sleeve flew a yellow talisman, which he affixed to the door.
The door swung open, and immediately a fierce wind rushed out.
Yu Longting stood there, unmoved, his eyes as cold as ice.
Out of the living room came a slender and graceful beauty who looked haggard; different from when we met a few days ago, she now seemed much older, walking unsteadily, "The array will take three more days to complete, why have you come early?"
This version of Immortal Liu was like a beauty in her twilight years.
But I knew that someone like her wouldn't easily age, especially not at such a rapid pace.
Unless, her mana was overdrawn.
"I'm here to settle accounts with you. I allowed you to stay in Spring Wind Town out of pity, but how dare you cause trouble and be a nuisance to me and my wife?" Yu Longting moved past her side and walked straight in, taking a seat on the sofa.
"What trouble have I caused now? I've been very well-behaved this time," said Immortal Liu with a full belly of grievances, collapsing onto another sofa and pouting in a grievance-filled manner.
Yu Longting tapped his finger on my knee, "In front of me, you can drop the act of innocence. I just want to know why you sent the Snake Servant to hook people's souls—what was your purpose?"
"So you knew about that, huh. The little girl was just too adorable, I couldn't help myself, so I made my move," Immortal Liu coyly lowered her gaze towards her fingers, "I intended to borrow her for a few days, then I'll return her. I won't cause you trouble."
"Return it now," Yu Longting demanded, word by word.
Immortal Liu's face grew cold, "Snake Lord, are you even one of us snakes? I can't seem to tell!"
"What about him doesn't resemble a snake?" I blurted out without thinking.
Immortal Liu's gaze swept over me, scrutinizing me from top to bottom, and she let out a cool remark, "We snakes do as we please, we do whatever we want. But Snake Lord here!! A cotton ball popping out of the gutter, getting mad at me over a mortal. I'm just playing with a soul, not keeping it forever, why press so hard? Is this different from those full of righteousness and morals on Mount Wutai?"
"Yu Longting is worried because the girl's body lacks a soul, and she'll die within two days," I said, looking at Immortal Liu earnestly. She was not a bad person, so I hoped she would take pity and volunteer to return Yitian's soul.
Immoral Liu stood up abruptly, "Damn it, there's no way she'll die in two days. I made arrangements for a parasite... Oh, I see now, your husband forced my little snake out of that girl's body."
Immortal Liu rolled her eyes, "That's a mess you two made. Why do I have to take the blame? Fine, fine, fine, consider me unlucky. I'll return it, just follow me~"
What really was it—Yu Longting's gaze, piercing like deathly laser beams, was simply too fearsome and terrifying.
With a mere glance from him, Immortal Liu turned ashen, reluctantly giving in to compromise.
She got up to lead the way, noting that Yu Rongling was also following along.
Only then did she belatedly notice Xiao Yitian in Yu Rongling's arms.
But she merely narrowed her eyes and said nothing more.
We followed Immortal Liu at a slow pace.
She seemed injured, coughing as if about to cough her lungs out.
Upstairs was a room made up like a cave, pitch-black inside; without night vision, you could see nothing at all.
By a particularly lifelike artificial pond, there coiled a translucent small snake.
The snake's bones were solid, but its flesh was like that of an undergrown fish, completely transparent.
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A cute little girl with buns in her hair was scooping up water from the pond to drink.
She got up, picked up a few small tomatoes from the stones by the small river, and fed them to the half-transparent small snake, "Little snake brother, eat fruit."