
The horse-drawn wheels stopped accompanied by heavy rattling sounds and the knocking of the horseshoes, firmly displaying in front of the large door of the Tang Residence guarded by two bodyguards on two sides.
The two bodyguards looked towards the horse carriage, hesitating for a moment. But when they saw the beautiful figure seen from the busy curtains, they immediately rushed to help the girl get off the horse carriage.
Although in reality it was unnecessary, but to give the impression of elegance and grace, the two guards had to help the Young Miss to get off the carriage symbolized by the Xie Clan. Obviously the guest this time from the esteemed Xie Clan.
The girl did not say anything as the two bodyguards bowed to her. His gaze was shady, walking into the residence with slow steps while feeling an uncomfortable swish on his slightly painful leg. It could be seen, he had a non-mild injury, but was forced to walk normally as well as possible to cover all the wounds.
When he arrived at the spacious compound, the servants greeted him politely before being ignored again. He continued walking through the residence without welcoming family members, until finally the figure of the woman who was slightly older than him in clean white clothes stood at the end of the street with a big smile, but there was not a hint of happiness in that smile.
"Yueha's home, is the sister's trip fun? I heard that the Xie Clan treated you very well, attending Tianshang Academy with all its proud achievements. Even following the banquet of the Emperor and Prince Mingfeng to be in a high-class social environment, our cousin sister must have enjoyed it a lot." Tang Yueying spoke as if admiring and envious of Tang Yueha's performance, yet everyone in the residence knew that the woman was insinuating Tang Yueha's regression setbacks, such as failing to enter the tournament until the Emperor refused.
Tang Yueha pulled the corner of her lips quietly. "Cousin-brother is very considerate, Yueha certainly lives comfortably in the Xie Clan. During this time, Yueha learned a lot, opened her horizons to the vast world and saw many sights. If there's time, Yueha can show it to Big Brother."
Tang Yueying's smile became forced. The sentence sounded humble and harmonious, but only he knew that Tang Yueha was showing off her freedom. But on the other hand he knew, behind Tang Yueha's freedom, the girl carried the burden and pressure of Huai Mao. Even he could see Tang Yueha's pale face covered with makeup.
"Cousin's sister must be tired, go back to the room and rest. Ying'er will visit you for tea, if the sky wills." Tang Yueying went through Tang Yueha with a sweet smile that did not fade away.
Tang Yueha fixed her gaze with her lips raised, yet when Tang Yueying had passed, her smile faded into a cold glint. He was just about to continue on his way, when Tang Yueying's voice made his steps stop.
"I forgot to tell you one thing, in the western residence there is Brother Xie Ran, I asked you to treat our little sister well." After saying that Tang Yueying continued walking away from Tang Yueha whose face became even paler.
Not sure what Tang Yueha was thinking, her pale and tense face seemed strangely unchanged as her gaze decreased before pergike her room.
But before that, he went through the western residence and saw Xie Ran who was sitting casually with a book in his hand. It looked calm as if it had no problems, as well as looking very harmless and innocent like a child looking at a picture book.
Tang Yueha remained silent for a while before finally leaving, drifting away and no longer being seen.
Xie Ran glanced at Tang Yueha leaving, he chuckled while shaking his head then closed the book he had originally picked up. He had read it, and it was a romance storybook that Tang Yueying had lent him. A story that makes no sense.
"But you read it." Long Long Long suddenly said so excitedly.
"No."
"You even experienced the same romance as Lord God. Cooperate with dangerous men, as time goes by, you have a sweet romantic relationship and then marry—"
"Long Long, it seems like you've been very healthy lately, if I use your energy all day, don't know what's going to happen to you." Xie Ran spoke casually but managed to make Long Long clumsy. If that happened, wouldn't it be the same as killing Long Long and expelling him?
"Miss, I wonder why you used the scheme to destroy the Tang Family. Though you can directly destroy it, like when defeating an accomplice of another demon. But you're acting so calm, it's not your style!" Long Long Long complained, not knowing the real reason why Xie Ran was so calm.
Although sometimes he can read Xie Ran's mind or know Xie Ran's mind, he still does not understand why Xie Ran does it and sometimes his ability becomes limited since Xie Ran becomes much stronger.
"If I use direct attack means, Huai Mao will suspect that he is attacking her. By treading carefully, I can make them all as pawns that I use and prepare scapegoats, whereas I can leave after getting rid of them unbeknownst to even me who did. It was just a simple thing in a game, had your previous master never done the same?"
Long Long Long became stiff. "That .. I did not pay any further attention because all this time I rarely showed up. Despite paying attention in silence, I did not interfere much other than handing everything to the owner. You are different, because you have pure energy with the highest level and with the Lord God, you have the potential to become a Goddess."
"Very calculated." Xie Ran sneered. Meaning if his pure energy level was low and without Qu Xuanzi, Long Long would behave so haughty that no matter what he lived or died. It seemed like he had to teach Long Long a little lesson that had this high self-esteem.
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For the past few days, Tang Yueha had often gone to the western residence under the pretext of simply passing by. Despite seeing Xie Ran's whereabouts, he just kept silent and did not talk much or visit.
I don't know what to think, as if watching him made Xie Ran astonished. Did Huai Mao already know of his whereabouts and send Tang Yueha to become a spy?
"Did he have no other job but to monitor from afar? Every day I see it, it pisses me off. Miss, you don't just shut up, she must be planning something!" Long Long Long roared inside Xie Ran's mind so noisily.
Xie Ran felt his head was about to explode due to Long Long's rant. He forced Long Long out, a white mist coming out between his eyebrows forming a white dragon figure in the air, Xie Ran instantly pulled his flapped wings and hung in his hands.
"Miss! Forgive me! I won't scream anymore! Unhand me! Tolooong! Nothing the second time!" Long Long Long roared resignedly and cried. His body swayed in the air while asking for forgiveness, tears soaked his eyes until they were wet.
"The more you yell, I'll kick you further." Xie Ran threatened. Even though Long Long Long was only a spirit, he could still touch Long Long coming out of his body. With this, he could teach the immoral little one a lesson.
Long Long Long was silent as he faltered weakly helplessly hung in Xie Ran's hands. He became extremely withered, staring at Xie Ran timidly like a child admitting a mistake.
Xie Ran intended not to take matters into his mind any further and explained Long Long's question just now. "The reason I was just silent, I was waiting for the right time. If I do it now, people will suspect me and target me further. Let alone Tang Yueha paying attention, I was increasingly unable to act rashly. Let Tang Yueha pay attention, I have no problem. Until finally the fish has been lured, I can do something without anyone knowing. You just calm down, it's not long."
As soon as Xie Ran's voice fell, footsteps rang out from outside towards his room. Xie Ran let go of Long Long, while the poor dragon spirit hugged his wings which became stiff in the corner while wailing.
Xie Ran greeted him at the door, seeing the existence of Tang Yueying who was smiling kindly at him carrying a basket of cookies. Xie Ran returned his smile no less kindly without suspicion.
"Xie Ran's sister, this morning Ying'er made a cake for everyone and shared it, Ying'er also brought some cake for sister, hoping sister likes it."
Xie Ran looked at the food basket in Tang Yueying's hands, then stepped aside to make way. "Come in."
Tang Yueying walked in with joy as she spoke, "Lately, has sister been feeling comfortable? If there's anything, you can tell Ying'er. Although the Tang Residence was not as large as the Xie Clan, any resources remained not much more complete than the Xie Clan."
"It's been a hassle for older cousins, so far I don't need anything else. I'll say it if needed." Xie Ran said kindly and then let Tang Yueying sit down while she sat in front of him.
"Sister is very understanding. Here, try, Ying'er has made it carefully." Tang Yueying took out the pastries on the plate from inside the basket.
There was some cake being taken out. Without saying anything more, Xie Ran picked up and bit the small piece as he watched Tang Yueying who remained true to her wide smile.
"How's it?"
Xie Ran smiled in reply, "Enak."
"Good, Ying'er thinks it doesn't suit sister's taste."
Xie Ran ignored him and continued chewing. It's delicious, that's why he keeps eating all his cookies. As a foodie, how could he possibly refuse food in this world? Although the food was from the enemy, he still ate it without fear of being poisoned.
Looking at Xie Ran who was completely distracted by food, Tang Yueying circulated the gaze with a narrowed and hard to decipher gaze. Everyone in the Tang Residence knew Xie Ran liked to eat based on his meal portions over the past few days, including countless daily snacks.
It made her think, to distract Xie Ran completely using the food. At first he was agitated Xie Ran suspected that he was inserting poison, but it seemed he was thinking too much. In reality, he did not need to give the still-blue girl the poison that made her die faster.
Tang Yueying pulled the corner of her lips with an evil glint in her eyes. No matter what he planned, he just waited and looked at the cool Xie Ran patiently.
"Cousin brother, your cake is very good. Next time make me more, I'm not good at making cakes." Xie Ran spoke in a plain tone.
Although Xie Ran said such praise in no way made Tang Yueying feel happy. How dare this little boy ask him to be a personal chef!
Yet Tang Yueying could only subdue him kindly and looked elated. "If that's what you want, Ying'er will make more in the future for you to be satisfied."
Xie Ran nodded. "Okay, I'll wait. Brother cousin's cooking is so good, do you want to cook me every day? To be honest, my taste was very high, the servants' cooking was not my taste. In the Tang Residence, only the cousin sister's cooking is appropriate."
Tang Yueying simply maintained her smile forcibly. He lifted his body from the chair and took a basket of food to carry. "I remember, there were a few things my mother needed. Ying'er has to leave in a few days, if there's anything that sister needs, can tell Yueha."
Xie Ran put on a disappointed face. "Sister Yueha has not welcomed me or seen me lately, probably still upset that I defeated her in the arena. Brother cousin, am I not allowed to be with you?"
"This ...." Tang Yueying felt depressed. Yet he instantly neutralized her face with a charming gentle smile. "I'll tell Yueha, she'll treat you well and bring you cakes every day."
Xie Ran nodded weakly like an obedient child.
Tang Yueying sighed. Just a child who had just seen the world, he did not have to worry about whether he would cause trouble. It seemed, her impression in Xie Ran's eyes had increased making Xie Ran trust her compared to Tang Yueha. That makes him happy.
"Ying'er left." He turned towards the door to see Xie Ran who was refocused on eating. When he got to the front door, one of his hands did something on his sleeve. At that moment, a thin glint shot out unnoticed and stuck into the wall.
Tang Yueying turned her head slightly at Xie Ran who was still eating cheerfully. Her sweet smile became an evil smile before the double door was tightly shut in front of her.
Xie Ran no matter what Tang Yueying did, he simply ate without seeing anything else including Long Long who was still curled up in the corner feeling oppressed.
The little white figure only silently watched without saying a word, but his reaction changed drastically once his sharp gaze saw the silver needle stuck on the wall spewing out a clear liquid that was creeping across the floor.
The clear liquid caused the silver needle to drift away, fusing with the elongated clear liquid like running water on the floor. It followed the crack of the floor like a snake walking in its path unnoticed towards Xie Ran.
Long Long Long who was originally not so clear, became shocked when he saw that the clear liquid solidified into a small transparent snake that was even smaller in size than Xiao Caihong. The object approached Xie Ran who was eating so hard that Long Long panicked.
The wicked woman wanted to harm her nona!
Long Long Long's body floated in the air and shot towards Xie Ran to give a warning. Although he did not know what it was, he was able to sense the powerful spirit power. With Xie Ran's body, it was impossible to hold it easily when it entered his body.
"Miss!" As soon as Long Long's voice fell and he was already in the middle of the road, it had been near Xie Ran. The transparent snake stood up, about to strike at Xie Ran's feet with its mouth wide open.
But suddenly his body just fell as if squashed with something. It stuck out its tongue while struggling, but the pressure on its body caused its position to not change, only its moving head tried to break away in a state of panic.
Long Long Long blinked his eyes, he suddenly stopped in the middle of the road seeing Xie Ran's shoes pressing against the transparent snake's body mercilessly. In an instant, he forgot a few details of Xie Ran's ability so as to make his shoulders wobble.
"It's just a little snake." Xie Ran moved his legs while making sure the strange object was squeezing helplessly. He took the small object with two fingers, his eyes narrowed at the faint little snake before his eyes.
Long Long Long stood on the table, noticing the strange object that looked like a nearly invisible snake spirit. If Xie Ran did not have a pure body constitution, Xie Ran could not touch that spirit. Just as Xie Ran touched Long Long.
Thinking what kind of spirit it was for a while, Long Long's expression turned ghastly and stared at the thing in horror. He looked at Xie Ran and the spirit took turns before his mouth suddenly pulled on the spirit tail and swallowed it like eating noodles.
Xie Ran was startled, looking at Long Long who had eaten 'mie' full of questions. Why did Long Long eat it?
As if reading Xie Ran's mind, Long Long said, "It was a legendary soul-eating spirit. If that spirit enters the human body, then that soul will be stored in its stomach. Between to be digested as power, or used by others to be absorbed after a soul-eating spirit regurgitates the soul it eats. Its function is to increase strength by stealing the power of others. Tang Yueying was extremely ruthless, using you as her next prey and eating your soul to serve as strength. He knows your power is great, accompanied by legendary heavenly magic, that's why he wants to use you, making you a useless empty shell. It is only fitting that he would be willing to give you food without poisoning in order to have a reason to visit you and put the soul-eating spirit placed in the silver needle."
"The soul-eating spirit .. is that something that humans can cultivate?" Xie Ran wondered.
"Humans cannot create soul-eating spirits. It could only be possessed by demons, due to its ferocious nature and full of dark energy. The Tang Family was in inclusion with demons, it was only natural to obtain soul-eating spirits as their cultivation tool. They must have absorbed the souls of others through it. Its nature was the same as the night lotus that Tang Yueha used, but the soul-eating spirit was softer from not taking one's life, only making the absorbed person lose their mind. Also, soul-eating spirits are very nutritious for other spirits like me."
Because soul-eating spirits are often eaten by incomplete spirits to refine spirits, soul-eating spirits are becoming rare and only a few are cultivated directly compared in the wild. It existed in much of the underworld and was often used as a food for spirits such as worms that were made into fowl food.
"The Demon Race has very many rare items. If I go to the underworld, will I get anything else rare?" Flirting about the treasures, Xie Ran could not help but get excited.
"I don't advise you if you don't want to meet the Demon Emperor. As the Lord God said, the Demon Emperor had risen and was gathering power in the underworld within a sealed territory. It's not funny if you meet while you're stealing stuff."
Xie Ran nodded in understanding, as he chewed on the cake in his mouth that he had just bitten. In Long Long's explanation, he had captured many things. Other than the Underworld having more treasures apart from the existence of the Upper World, he also found an interesting soul-eating spirit from Tang Yueying. Long Long Long ate the precious thing, he wanted to know how Tang Yueying's reaction realized her tool was eaten by an immoral dragon spirit.
"Since I have eaten a soul-eating spirit, that evil woman will definitely go berserk and have trouble in her cultivation due to the death of the spirit she relies on. After all, that power was not his, it would definitely suffer a terrible backlash." Thinking of how Tang Yueying was suffering made Long Long laugh out loud. Who told you to disturb the nona? That is karma!
But Xie Ran had another thought. "It won't be that easy. The Tang Family had many supporting demons, even their military strength had some guarding demons. Tang Yueying would ask them for help and take revenge against me for the death of her beloved spirit. I want to see what he can do."
"Miss, you're not gonna shut up, are you?"
"I want to see what can be used of it." Xie Ran pulled one corner of his lips. His mind was filled with dangerous things.
Want to attack him in a sneaky way? Xie Ran could be more cunning than someone and commit atrocities beyond belief. So far, he's still too soft at every step.
Xie Ran looked at Long Long who was still confused, his smile lingered and looked calm. "We're going to meet Liena."
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...Maybe they can't get up every day. For this chapter, I finished in 3 days which is the final draft of the chapter stash....
...The reason I made a long story, because my mood is often not good. Usually I make a day can be a few chapters, that's if the mood is good again. So please be advised if it is a bit slow up....
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