"Destiny’s trials?" Chen Nan asked, puzzled, "What does that mean?"
"I’m not sure either, my master only mentioned that much, and he wouldn’t tell me the specifics when I asked."
"It seems that this set of Demon Technique is indeed not simple."
As Chen Nan spoke, he opened the storage ring, took out the painting he had acquired in the Underwater Cave Mansion earlier, and handed it to Ye Yiyi, saying, "Take a look at this."
Ye Yiyi was dumbfounded, "Is... Is that me? When did you draw this? It’s so alike!"
Chen Nan shook his head, "Take another close look."
"Is... Is this an ancient painting?" Ye Yiyi exclaimed, "But how can this person look so much like me, and what are these curly symbols beside it?"
"That should be a very ancient script," Chen Nan pointed at the ancient painting and said, "I got this a while back, in an Underground Lake that also contained an eternal cave."
Ye Yiyi’s face was full of surprise, "An Underwater Cave Mansion?"
Chen Nan nodded and recounted everything he had seen in the cave to her.
After listening, Ye Yiyi marveled, "This is incredible, to remain undecayed after death, I can’t imagine how terrifying that red-clothed woman’s cultivation was. By the way, have you asked your master about this? What did he say?"
"That old geezer never answers my calls," Chen Nan said frustratedly, "You ask him when you go back, see if he knows what’s going on."
Ye Yiyi nodded, "Hmm, I’ll ask him."
At that moment, Huo Xinya came out after her bath, laughing, "Eh? What’s this? You two didn’t get cozy while I was away?"
"You little devil, just making fun of your sister, right?" Ye Yiyi got up and walked toward the bathroom, laughing, "Brother, I’m going to take a bath first, I’ll leave her to you, you can punish her however you want, I support you."
The moment Chen Nan heard this, he burst into laughter and called out, "Thanks, junior sister!" He then charged toward Huo Xinya like a tiger pouncing on its prey.
Huo Xinya turned around and ran toward the room, trying to close the door, but Chen Nan had already squeezed in.
"You rascal, what are you trying to do?"
Chen Nan laughed heartily, lunged forward, and grabbed her in an embrace, "Little Xinxin, you can’t escape now, just give in to me!"
"Sister, save me, save me!"
Huo Xinya shouted desperately towards the outside of the door.
But by then, Chen Nan had already shut the door, and from outside, Ye Yiyi’s malicious laughter could be heard, "You little scamp, that’s for mocking me, this is your punishment."
"No, not the indecency!"
Huo Xinya struggled against Chen Nan’s embrace, waving her hands frantically.
Breathing in her fragrance, looking at the beauty in his arms, Chen Nan felt an irresistible urge to devour her.
"Xinxin, give in to me."
"But... I’m still young, I... I’m scared."
Huo Xinya looked at him with pleading eyes, gently shaking her head.
Although she had just shouted for Ye Yiyi to save her, it was only in jest, she wasn’t actually scared because she trusted that Chen Nan wouldn’t force her.
Looking at Chen Nan, Huo Xinya moved closer and kissed him on the lips, saying, "I’m really a bit scared now, wait till I’m in college, I’ll definitely give in to you. Okay?"
"Since you’re already mine, there’s no rush."
Chen Nan held her tender hand lovingly and kissed the back of her hand.
Huo Xinya looked at him worriedly, saying, "You won’t get mad about this, will you?"
"What are you talking about, if I got mad over such a trivial thing, how could I claim to love you?" Chen Nan gently pinched her nose, smiling, "Don’t think nonsense from now on. Got it?"
Huo Xinya nodded repeatedly, "As long as you’re not angry, I’m relieved."
Seeing her silly look, Chen Nan couldn’t help but smile, teasing, "So if I get angry, will you agree to give in to me then?"
Chen Nan asked, "If you’re unwilling now, why would you still agree?"
"Because I don’t want to disappoint you," Huo Xinya smiled and said, "However, if that were the case, I would doubt whether your love for me is only physical."
Chen Nan looked into her eyes and said sincerely, "I indeed like your body, but I love your soul even more. I promise you, no matter what decisions you make in the future, I will support you and will never force you to do anything you’re unwilling to do."
Huo Xinya smiled happily and said, "I also promise you, even if you force me to do something I’m unwilling to do, I will still listen to you."
"That day will never come."
Chen Nan said affectionately. But just then, his phone rang, annoyingly he took it out and saw it was Su Qingqing, that little devil.
Looking at the phone and then at Huo Xinya, Chen Nan felt conflicted.
Huo Xinya spoke calmly, "Go ahead and pick it up. It’s not like I can’t tell that you like her."
Chen Nan was startled, "Who... who said that?"
"No one needs to say it, even a fool can see it."
Huo Xinya pointed at his phone and said, "If you didn’t like her, you would have answered the call right away, you wouldn’t be hesitating while looking at me. You still haven’t picked up, which means your conscience is guilty, aren’t you involved with her too?"
"No, absolutely not!"
Chen Nan swore, raising his hand, "Heaven above and phone as my witness, although there’s some ambiguity between us, it’s definitely a pure friendship."
"Okay, I was just teasing you, even if you really were with her, it wouldn’t matter anyhow, it’s not like it’s the first day we knew about your flirting nature, both my sister and I are used to it." Huo Xinya pointed to the phone, "Are you going to answer it or not?"
Coming to his senses, Chen Nan hurriedly answered the call, "Girl, what’s up?"
"You idiot, where did you go? I just took a bath and you disappeared." Su Qingqing said angrily, "Black Chicken just told me you went out flirting, is that true? Where exactly are you?"