Desperate Love: Rebirth of the Demon King

She, Yu Xiaobai, wanted to eat chicken, but couldn't she catch one herself? Thinking of this, she walked into the woods.

After going around in circles, Yu Xiaobai didn't see a single chicken feather. All she could see was gray snow. She had no choice but to walk into the village in the dark.

"Biluo Village... Well, this name sounds nice." She murmured softly as she looked at the archway at the entrance of the village and quickened her pace towards the village.

The village was not large, with roughly a dozen households. As night fell, everything was quiet, and every household lit up an oil lamp. The faint light shone through the window paper onto the ground, inexplicably warming people.

From time to time, you can hear a dog barking or two coming from someone's house.

Yu Xiaobai came to a walled house, stopped, took a deep breath, and then shouted at the top of his voice.

After a while, the gate slowly opened, and a boy about twelve or thirteen years old appeared at the door. The boy stared at Yu Xiaobai with vigilant eyes.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaobai showed a kind smile on his face.

"Brother, does your family have chickens? Can you sell two to your sister?" Her tone was very kind, which made people feel good about her.

The boy did not relax his vigilance because of Yu Xiaobai's friendliness. Instead, he frowned.

"You come here in the middle of the night to buy a chicken? Are you a thief?" As the boy spoke, his eyes never left Yu Xiaobai.

"Don't get me wrong, little brother. I am a disciple of the Immortal Sect. I was ordered to come here for training. As it was getting late, I rested in a dilapidated temple outside the village. Suddenly, I was craving for chicken, so I thought of coming to the village to buy some." She said truthfully.

"Are you a disciple of the immortal sect?" the young man asked with a look of distrust.

"Of course." Yu Xiaobai nodded.

"Since you claim to be a disciple of the immortal sect, you must have mastered a lot of magical spells, right?" the young man asked again, his words revealing his doubt about Yu Xiaobai's identity.

"Of course!" Yu Xiaobai nodded without hesitation.

Seeing Yu Xiaobai so confident, the young man had an idea and immediately put forward a more demanding request.

"Well, if you are really a disciple of the immortal sect, use magic to transform yourself into my appearance and see!" After saying that, he raised his chin provocatively, obviously not believing that Yu Xiaobai could do it.

After hearing this, Yu Xiaobai was stunned at first, and then he carefully looked at the young man in front of him.

"I just want to buy two chickens to roast, I'm not here to perform." Yu Xiaobai wanted to refuse.

"Then just get out of here, liar," the young man said nonchalantly.

"Wait, I'll change, I'll change right away." Yu Xiaobai gave in.

She chanted the transformation spell, and a faint light shone around her. In the blink of an eye, she transformed into the appearance of a young man as if by magic.

"Wow, you really know magic? Then can you catch monsters?" The boy asked with wide eyes and full of curiosity.

Yu Xiaobai was caught off guard by this sudden question, and a look of embarrassment and helplessness appeared on his face.

It's true that she can catch monsters, but she has never really caught one. According to Lan Moqiu, she herself is a monster, a dog monster.

"Um... I guess." Yu Xiaobai answered reluctantly.

"If you help my family catch monsters, I'll give you a chicken for free, okay?" When the young man heard that Yu Xiaobai could play monsters, he excitedly pulled her hands and said.

Hearing this, Yu Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a headache. She originally just wanted to come to the village to buy some chicken, but she didn't expect to meet such a troublesome boy.

At this moment, she really wanted to turn around and leave, but looking at the boy's sincere and eager eyes, she found it difficult to refuse.

After hesitating for a moment, she decided to understand the situation first.

"I have to see what kind of monster it is..." she said with a wry smile.

She thought to herself, I'll first see what kind of monster it is. Since my senior brother is here, I can ask him for help if I can't handle it myself. After all, the purpose of coming out to the trial is to help the people exorcise monsters.

As if he could see that Yu Xiaobai was not very willing, the boy put on an extremely enthusiastic smile, took Yu Xiaobai's arm and walked into the house.

"Sister, it's cold outside. Come inside and talk. Come inside and talk." As he spoke, he dragged Yu Xiaobai into the house without saying a word.

"A Quan, who is this girl?" an aunt asked as soon as he entered the room.

It turns out that the boy's name is A Quan, and it seems that the people in this room should be his parents and sister.

"Mom, this is the fairy sister who came out from the immortal gate for trial. I would like to ask her to help us catch monsters." A Quan said seriously.

"A Quan, what kind of joke are you talking about? This girl doesn't look very old, how could she catch monsters?" the girl said jokingly.

"Sister, don't underestimate this fairy sister. She can become like me." Ah Quan happily praised Yu Xiaobai to his sister.

Yu Xiaobai's cheeks turned slightly red when he said that. It was really embarrassing that she was given the title of Fairy Sister for just the most ordinary transformation.

"Little girl, how old are you? Why are you still wandering around so late?" A Quan's mother asked Yu Xiaobai.

"Auntie, I am a disciple of the immortal sect. I rest in the dilapidated temple outside the village at night. I wanted to come to your house to buy two chickens to eat. A Quan insisted that I catch monsters." Yu Xiaobai said in an honest manner.

"Are you alone? Aren't there many people taking the trial together as disciples of the Immortal Sect?" A Quan's mother asked again.

"Mother, how did you know?" asked A Quan's father.

"You are confused, father. Don't these disciples from the immortal sect come out every three years? This is not the first time we have encountered them." said A Quan's mother.

"Auntie, you are right. I have many senior sisters and brothers in the dilapidated temple. There are more than twenty of us." Yu Xiaobai said carefully. He didn't expect that this dilapidated temple was a must-pass place for the immortal disciples to undergo trials.

"Aying, go catch some chickens and bring them back to this little fairy!" A Quan's mother directly instructed her daughter.

"Okay, mother, little fairy, please come with me!" Aying said politely to Yu Xiaobai.

Little Fairy? Yu Xiaobai really likes this title, it sounds much better than calling him Master or Taoist Fellow.

Yu Xiaobai followed Aying to the yard. Aying took her to the side room, where they saw dozens of chickens locked up. In the night, it looked pitch black because of the white snow.

The chickens heard someone approaching and started clucking.

"Little fairy, how many do you want?" Aying asked again.

"Two will be enough. Can you help me kill them? I can give you money." Yu Xiaobai said awkwardly.

Although the chicken is delicious, she doesn't know how to cook it.

"Sure, I'll help you kill it and clean it up." Aying agreed readily.

Yu Xiaobai followed her and caught two big hens, and the two returned to the kitchen in the yard together.

"There is some dry firewood here. Help me make a fire and boil water while I kill the chicken." Aying ordered straightforwardly.

Yu Xiaobai obediently helped her light the fire and boil water. Ah Ying went out for a few minutes and when she came back she wiped the necks of the two chickens.

As the firewood started to burn, the whole room instantly became much warmer.

"Isn't this much more comfortable than staying in a dilapidated temple?" Yu Xiaobai said happily as he looked at the fiery red flames.

"Little fairy, aren't you practitioners forbidden to eat meat?" Ah Ying squatted down beside Yu Xiaobai and asked curiously.

"Some people can only eat vegetarian food. It seems that they can only eat vegetarian food inside the mountain gate. When they go out for the trial without the supervision of the supervisor, they can naturally eat meat." Yu Xiaobai answered seriously.

"I see. In the past, disciples from the immortal sect came to our house to buy chickens, and I helped them kill them." Aying said seriously.

"So that's how it is. It seems you are very good at killing chickens?" Yu Xiaobai said admiringly.

"Dad is in poor health and seldom goes out. My brother A Quan and I often go up the mountain to find some game and sell it in town for money to support the family. Mom raises chickens at home and I take them to town to sell. This way we can support our family, save some dowry for me, and save some money for my brother to marry." A Ying said seriously, her face full of happiness.

"You are so awesome." Yu Xiaobai praised sincerely.

It was freezing and snowy, and she didn't even want to touch water, but her sister was willing to catch and kill chickens for her and then clean them up just for a little money.

"It's not that great. I just do it for my livelihood and my family. I am willing to endure it no matter how hard it is." Ah Ying said seriously with a look of anger on her face.

The two chatted for a while, and Aying got up to check the water on the stove.

"Okay, let me help you first." Ah Ying said, and she quickly put the killed chicken into the wooden basin and used hot water from the stove to scald the chicken feathers.

Yu Xiaobai watched her carefully as she plucked the chicken, cleaned its internal organs, and brushed it for a few minutes. Then two clean white raw chickens were placed in front of her.

After Aying finished dealing with all these, she found a hemp rope to help Yu Xiaobai tie the chicken, and then wrapped some salt in oil paper and gave it to her.

"You have to put some salt in the roast chicken to make it taste good. Wait a minute." Ah Ying said, and took out a small bottle, poured some things in it and handed it to Yu Xiaobai.

"What is this?" Yu Xiaobai asked puzzledly.

"This is the wild honey that my brother and I collected in the mountains. It will be very delicious if we brush some on it when roasting the chicken." Aying explained seriously.

Yu Xiaobai couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he thought of the honey-flavored roast chicken. Aying was really thoughtful.

"This is for you." Yu Xiaobai took out a gold ingot and gave it to Aying.

"Little fairy, this is too much. I can't accept it." Ah Ying immediately refused the gold given by Yu Xiaobai.

"But I only have gold, and this is the smallest one." Yu Xiaobai said truthfully.

She was right. Before she left, Long Xiao only gave her gold, and it was not a small amount at that, because Lan Moqiu was a rich man.

"In that case, you can take the chickens with you, but forget about the money." Ah Ying looked at the two chickens in Yu Xiaobai's hands with some sadness. She was obviously reluctant to part with them, but she didn't want her gold either.

"How about?" Yu Xiaobai felt that she couldn't take advantage of Aying, what a good girl. She squeezed the gold in her hand hard, split it in two, and handed the smaller half to Aying.

"That's not too much, is it? You must take it, otherwise I don't want this chicken." Yu Xiaobai said, putting the chicken back on the chopping board in angrily.

"Little fairy, I will accept the gold, and you can take the chicken!" Ah Ying said hurriedly.

"That's right!" Li Xiaobai picked up the chicken with a smile and walked out.

"Go slowly, little fairy." Aying said behind him.

"Aying, you are a great girl and you will be very happy in the future." Yu Xiaobai said sincerely, then turned and walked out of the yard and walked towards the ruined temple.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he met Zhou Ze who came to look for him.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, where have you been?" Zhou Ze looked at the two chickens in her hands with surprise.

"Brother Zhou Ze, I actually want to eat roast chicken too." Yu Xiaobai said.

"Don't go out alone next time, it's very dangerous. Did you buy this chicken from a farmer?" After Zhou Ze gave her instructions, he asked about the chicken in her hand.

"Yes, the girl from that farmer's family is a very good person. She not only helped me kill the chicken, but also helped me clean it so cleanly." Yu Xiaobai said seriously as he walked.

"It does look quite clean." Zhou Ze couldn't help but think of the pheasant in Tong Yi's hand, with a section of chicken feathers still stuck in the chicken meat. When it was roasted, the smell went straight to his head.

"By the way, Senior Brother, the family I bought the chicken from asked if I could help catch a monster?" Yu Xiaobai recalled what Ah Quan said. He was in a hurry to buy the chicken and didn't ask him what kind of monster he wanted to catch.

"We came out to gain experience to exorcise demons and protect the safety of the people. If there really is a demon, we will naturally get rid of it before we leave." Zhou Ze said after thinking for a while.

"Then why don't we not leave tomorrow and go to his house to ask again?" Yu Xiaobai asked tentatively.

She had never been around this senior brother, and she thought he was very strict and never smiled at anyone. He seemed to be a little more humane when he was with Sa Yulong, and she didn't know if he was as upright as the rumors said.

However, over the years, he has never bullied Yu Xiaobai and has always been well-behaved and polite.

The two walked into the ruined temple. Tong Yi and the others' chickens and rabbits were not yet cooked, and the smell of burnt chicken feathers was not very pleasant. Mo Xiaotan and other female disciples were still pulling out the chicken feather stems vigorously. It seemed that when it came to eating, women really paid more attention to details than men.

With the help of Zhou Ze, Yu Xiaobai put the two chicken racks on the fire and started roasting them.

Yu Xiaobai is very good at roasting chicken. When she went on outings in the suburbs, she often participated in various barbecues.

She deftly heated the fire to the most suitable temperature, and kept turning the stick in her hand to ensure that every side of the chicken was evenly heated. She used pine needles to smear honey on the chicken, and within half an incense stick of time, all the boys came towards her roasted chicken.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, what are you applying? Why does it smell so good?" Xing Fang asked Yu Xiaobai with saliva drooling.

"Wild honey. Brush the chicken with honey while roasting. The roasted chicken will be very tender and fresh. I can eat one by myself." Yu Xiaobai said proudly.

"This looks so delicious!" Xing Fang said while swallowing his saliva, and the others also came over one after another.

"Huh, what's so great about that?" Mo Xiaotan's group then put the cleaned chicken racks on the fire.

"Why are they both roasted chickens? Hers is mouth-watering, but mine is disgusting?" Tong Yi said with a depressed expression, looking at the chicken on his fire.

The chicken was roasted black and was completely inedible.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, is this from you? Where did you find the honey?" Xing Fang couldn't help but ask.

"...I won't tell you." Yu Xiaobai raised his eyebrows at him and said proudly.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, just tell me, please." Xing Fang immediately begged shamelessly.

"I accompanied her to look for it, but there were no more. It's very dangerous to look for wild bees at night." Zhou Ze said with a straight face.

"Got it, big brother." Xing Fang shrank back into his fire with a wronged look on his face and continued to roast his chicken with feather stems in its meat.

Everyone was working in groups to roast chicken and rabbit meat, only Zi Yan was sitting quietly aside, eating the dry food in her hand.