Chapter 39: My Brother Is Too Miserable!!
“Eldest Senior Brother, you have to be careful of the quicksand in this desert,” Ning Xiaoxiao said, holding the sand rat. “And be careful not to be deceived by this kind of ungrateful little beast!”
The sand rat squeaked, saying, “I wasn’t ungrateful; I was trying to take you away from that thing’s territory!”
“What is that thing?” Hearing this, Lou Yunxiao couldn’t help asking.
Unexpectedly, the sand rat looked at him and was so scared it hid directly behind Ning Xiaoxiaoās neck: “Squeak squeak squeak! You have the same aura on you as that thing!”
Lou Yunxiao pressed his lips together, his heart tightening.
He stated the key point in one sentence: “There are demons in this secret realm.”
Ning Xiaoxiao also froze for a moment, thinking of the content taught in the Sword Sect’s history.
Demons were all devoid of conscience, killing machines that slaughtered anyone they saw.
If there were demons in the secret realm, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Then we must find my brother quickly!”
“Mm.” Lou Yunxiao nodded.
Ning Xiaoxiao poked the little sand rat: “Can you lead us out of this desert?”
Seeing that Lou Yunxiao didn’t look like a bad person, the little sand rat relaxed. Hugging its two little front paws, it said arrogantly, “Hmph, I want you to apologize for wronging me!”
“Okay okay okay, I apologize, I apologize.”
Seeing her attitude was decent, the little sand rat finally sat firmly on Ning Xiaoxiaoās shoulder and said, “This secret realm is equivalent to a small world, with forests, mountains, deserts, and volcanoes. The desert we are in is the vastest and also the most dangerous. If you want to walk out, it will take at least half a month. If we encounter that thing midway, you might not survive.”
Lou Yunxiao said, “Can you tell us in detail about that thing you mentioned?”
Their younger generation hadn’t seen a real demon yet.
Everything was known from books.
So this time they had to ask clearly.
“So you call that thing a demon.” Fear revealed itself in the little sand rat’s small eyes. It said, “That thing has too many forms. At first, it just looked like a sand snake. Later, it devoured the entire sand snake clan and also devoured many of my clansmen, growing to be fully three zhang tall.”
“In these years, he ate many of your human cultivators. With a poof, the three-zhang-tall body turned into a human about your height.”
“After eating humans, he didn’t stop eating other races. Sand wolves, yellow rabbits, horned sheep… as long as he ate a demon beast, he would possess the abilities of these demon beasts and could also transform into their forms.”
“So we live in fear every day, only thinking about dodging his hunting time. Living for a while longer is a gift from heaven!”
Listening to his narration, Ning Xiaoxiao and Lou Yunxiaoās expressions darkened.
Looking at it this way, this demon probably already possessed strength far surpassing theirs.
They absolutely had to avoid its edge.
They also had to find a way to inform disciples of other sects.
Thinking this, Ning Xiaoxiao looked up, only to find that the sky had transitioned from day to night in the blink of an eye.
The little sand rat squeaked: “Bad news! Do you have fire! Quickly make a fire! That thing hates light; you’ll be safer with fire!”
Lou Yunxiao moved very fast.
A small flame flew from his fingertip, grew larger, and illuminated the surroundings.
The little sand rat added: “Find a big rock that shelters from the wind! There are very likely dust storms in the desert at night. Finding shelter will save you some suffering!”
After the two found a big rock and took cover.
Only then did the little sand rat breathe a sigh of relief.
Ning Xiaoxiao poked his little belly: “Thanks to you.”
“Hmph, if not for you looking cute, Lord Rat wouldn’t bother helping you!”
After speaking, he looked at the flame summoned by Lou Yunxiao and made a light eh sound.
“Human boy, where did you get this fire?”
Lou Yunxiao was stunned for a moment and said, “This is an abnormal fire given to me by a sister to save me.”
The little sand rat smacked his lips and said, “Then is that sister of yours a demon?”
The eyes under Lou Yunxiaoās ribbon suddenly widened.
After a long time, he asked dryly: “Why do you ask that?”
“Because I sense a very weak, very weak demon aura from this fire.” The little sand rat said, “Or maybe I sensed it wrong.”
“But if she really is a demon, being able to give you such powerful fire means she must value you very much. After all, the loss of origin fire has a very significant impact on oneself.”
Ning Xiaoxiao listened to their conversation, thinking about the sister Lou Yunxiao mentioned, deep in thought.
The orange-red flame flickered.
Ning Xiaoxiao finally couldn’t help asking Lou Yunxiao: “Eldest Senior Brother, is it convenient to talk about that sister?”
Lou Yunxiao told the truth.
Ning Xiaoxiao asked again: “Does my brother know about this sister?”
Seeing Lou Yunxiao nod.
Ning Xiaoxiao had a sudden realization.
She seemed to suddenly understand why her brother clearly liked Eldest Senior Brother but never expressed his feelings directly.
So it was all because there was someone else in Lou Yunxiaoās heart!
So even if her brother liked him, he wouldn’t pierce this layer of window paper!
He could only endure silently and give silently!
Fuck!
How could it be so agonizing?!
Ning Xiaoxiao bit her skirt hem, tortured by her own imagination to the point of wanting to roll on the ground.
Her poor brother!
Why did he fall for Eldest Senior Brother!
Over there, Lou Yunxiao was also somewhat distracted.
If the little sand rat’s feeling wasn’t wrong.
Then was Sister really a demon?
Not hesitating to let her cultivation drop to extend his life…
Ironically, it was demons who annihilated his whole family, yet it was also a demon who saved him…
And what kind of demon had both origin fire and exceedingly high cultivation?
Lou Yunxiaoās thoughts were messy.
A terrible answer was on the verge of coming out but was quickly rejected by him.
He would rather believe the little sand rat felt wrong than believe Sister was actually the demon he hated most.
…
“Achooā“
Lying on a tree with his legs crossed, Ning Ke sneezed and muttered to himself: “Who is thinking of me?”
“Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, I found it, I found it!” A bird cry came from afar, and a small sparrow flew over while chirping.
Ning Ke extended his finger, and the small sparrow landed on it.
A gigantic python head poked out from behind Ning Keās shoulder, flicking its tongue: “Panicking in front of the Lord, what does that look like?”
The small sparrow instantly shrank its shoulders, scared almost to the point of pooping on the spot.
Luckily, it held it in.
“Don’t be afraid. Speak, what did you find?” Ning Ke glanced at the python. The python immediately transformed into a well-behaved baby, losing all its fierce appearance.
As a Nine-Tailed Fox, Ning Keās bloodline suppression was extremely powerful.
The several extremely strong auras in this forest were all demon beasts. Seeing him, they all scrambled to express loyalty and were very close to him.
Ning Ke sent them to find Lou Yunxiao and Ning Xiaoxiao.
“I heard from the sand rat clan that the people you are looking for are in the desert over there.” The small sparrow said, “They are safe for now.”
“The desert… is that thing’s territory.” The python said, “Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, that thing is likely the Demon from ten thousand years ago. I heard my great-grandfather say that ten thousand years ago, the Heavenly Dao sealed a Great Demon in this secret realm, in the direction of the desert. A hundred years ago, that thing seemed to run out partially from under the suppressing stone stele, plaguing the entire desert. The desert demon beasts have no way to deal with him, and we dare not confront him.”
“If your friends are in the desert, then… I’m afraid it will be very hard to walk out.”
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