Desperate Love: Rebirth of the Demon King

Yu Xiaobai silently turned the roast chicken and began to wonder in his heart. What had Zi Yan experienced in the past two years of separation? Or was this just her personality?

But she remembered that snowy night when they first met, Zi Yan was obviously a lively and cheerful girl. She did not even show any timidity towards Jin Xuan, who was the emperor at the time.

"Forget it, if you can't figure it out, then forget it. She doesn't care about me anyway, so why should I always think about her?" Yu Xiaobai persuaded herself secretly, but she changed her mind and thought, when the chicken is roasted, should I give her a chicken leg? She was still too sentimental.

The chicken was roasted. Yu Xiaobai sprinkled salt on it, gave half to Zhou Ze, and began to slowly enjoy the satisfaction brought by the honey roasted chicken.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, I didn't expect you to have such skills." Zhou Ze couldn't help but praise after taking a bite of the roast chicken.

"Big Brother, have you not eaten chicken for a long time?" Yu Xiaobai asked revealingly.

Zhou Ze was stunned and nodded awkwardly. He had been stationed at Yunji Mountain Villa for many years, so he could only eat vegetarian food. The immortal sect abstained from the desire for food, so he set an example and strictly disciplined himself. However, once he left the mountain gate, the masters would not discipline him too strictly.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, do you have half a chicken left?" Tong Yi dropped the blackened and inedible chicken in his hand and squatted down beside Yu Xiaobai with a flattering look on his face.

"Well, there's still half a chicken." Yu Xiaobai repeated his words.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu, I think that Senior Brother has had enough, and you should have had enough too. What about this half chicken?" Tong Yi said as he reached out to take it.

"No, go play somewhere else." Yu Xiaobai roared in disgust.

She was holding a grudge. This guy had often acted as Mo Xiaotan's lapdog and bullied her.

"Junior Sister Xiaoyu..." Tong Yi looked at Yu Xiaobai with a pleading look.

"Sister Zi Yan, do you want to eat chicken?" Yu Xiaobai ignored Tong Yi and looked at Zi Yan on the side.

Okay, she admitted that she was a bitch and always tried to please others but they ignored her.

"I'm full, you should save it for breakfast tomorrow morning!" Zi Yan rarely answered her, and her tone was not so cold anymore.

"Okay! Well, Big Brother, I'll share it with you, and you can't give it to others!" Yu Xiaobai gave the remaining roast chicken to Zhou Ze, but deliberately told him not to share it with others.

Tong Yi felt aggrieved, but he dared not lose his temper due to his identity as the apprentice of High Priest Yu Xiaobai. He could only return to his fire with a sullen smile.

After eating and drinking, everyone gathered in groups of three or five around the fire to meditate.

Zhou Ze leaned quietly against the door, shouldering his responsibilities as the eldest senior brother.

Yu Xiaobai was sitting uncomfortably. He looked at this and that but couldn't fall asleep.

"When did you follow the high priest?" Zi Yan suddenly spoke, scaring Yu Xiaobai.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Yu Xiaobai asked in surprise. This was the first time that Zi Yan took the initiative to talk to her.

"Aren't you asleep yet?" Zi Yan said, getting up and sitting next to Yu Xiaobai.

"Shouldn't you call Lan Moqiu godfather?" Yu Xiaobai asked, looking him in the eyes.

"Shouldn't you also call him Master?" Zi Yan asked back without flinching.

"I'm used to calling him that. He won't get angry even if I call him that in front of him." Yu Xiaobai said with some pride.

"Hehe...you win." Zi Yan chuckled, and her expression was no longer as cold as before.

Only now did Yu Xiaobai dare to stare at her seriously.

"Xiao Yu, actually I know very well that the reason why the high priest adopted me as his adopted daughter was only for the sake of His Majesty. I will not get carried away by this, so I chose to return to Yunji Villa to practice. The high priest allowed me to return to Yunji Villa as his adopted daughter, and I am already very grateful." Zi Yan said seriously, with no expression in her eyes.

Only then did Yu Xiaobai understand why she decided to go to Yunji Villa as soon as Lan Moqiu announced that he would adopt Zi Yan as his adopted daughter. It turned out that this was what he was thinking in his heart.

"Lan Moqiu is a very good person. Even if you don't go to Yunji Villa, if you want to learn magic, he will definitely let Long Xiao teach you." Yu Xiaobai immediately spoke well of Lan Moqiu.

"Although I don't know what kind of person the high priest is, I believe what you said. That's why I don't want to owe him more. I can't afford it." After Zi Yan said this, she looked at Yu Xiaobai seriously for the first time.

Yu Xiaobai was a little stupid, she couldn't think so deeply, nor could she think so far ahead. Just like when she woke up she was a dog, she accepted her fate and became a dog. After exchanging souls with Zi Yan, she became the target of bullying, but he gritted his teeth and persisted.

During this period, she had been passively choosing her own life, passively being the person that others wanted her to be. Who was she? What path should she take? It didn't matter what she thought in her heart.

"He only adopted you as his adopted daughter in name, and you still feel you can't repay him. Then, won't I never be able to repay what I owe him in several lifetimes?" Yu Xiaobai murmured in a low voice.

"It can be seen that the high priest is really good to you, at least unlike me." Zi Yan said with some sadness.

Yu Xiaobai had to admit that Zi Yan was right.

However, she felt that Zi Yan shouldn't be so sad. At least Jin Xuan must like her, otherwise how could he make her the queen in the future? And Ruofeng, that silly boy, still misses her after three years.

"Don't be sad. You are so powerful now. These people don't dare to mess with you anymore. Things will get better and better in the future." Yu Xiaobai thought and comforted.

"Well, things will get better and better in the future." Zi Yan agreed with Yu Xiaobai as if to comfort herself.

The two stopped talking. Zi Yan closed her eyes and began to rest. Yu Xiaobai looked at the fire in confusion, and random thoughts began to run through his mind.

Will the eldest brother go to Aying's house to catch monsters tomorrow? I wonder what kind of monster will appear this time.

I don’t know where that silly boy Ruofeng has gone, Ruofeng?

Thinking of this name, Yu Xiaobai's heartbeat suddenly quickened. In the last moment before she fainted in the cold pond, she seemed to feel very hot, and she began to take off her clothes frantically.

She knew that this was the "abnormal undressing phenomenon" that occurred at the last moment before the person froze to death, which meant that she was on the verge of death. It was Helan Ruofeng who stopped her from taking off her clothes and put his clothes on her, which allowed her to survive and hold on until she was rescued.

"Xiao Yu, you can't take it off, you must not take it off. We won't die, and Master will definitely save us. Xiao Yu, you have to hold on, Xiao Yu, hold on a little longer..." Helan Ruofeng's voice kept lingering in her mind.

"Silly boy, you only remember your Miss Zi Yan." Yu Xiaobai complained in his heart and fell asleep tiredly.

The next day, when everyone woke up and started to prepare to set off, brother and sister A Quan and A Ying ran towards the ruined temple.

"Little fairy, little fairy..." Ah Ying started shouting from a distance.

"Are you... from the village?" Zhou Ze asked when he saw the brother and sister.

"Yes, little Taoist priest, my name is Aying, and this is my younger brother Aquan. Last night a fairy came to our house to buy chickens. She said she could help us catch monsters." Aying bowed respectfully towards Zhou Ze and explained her purpose exactly.

"Since Junior Sister Xiaoyu has agreed, we will naturally help. May I ask what kind of monster do you want us to catch?" Zhou Ze did not shirk responsibility and asked directly.

"Actually, we haven't seen what kind of monster it is, but my brother insisted that it was a monster." Daying said seriously, looking at A Quan.

"Here's the thing. I have an uncle who is twenty-nine and still unmarried. About three years ago, my uncle suddenly came back and said that he was lucky enough to meet someone he liked, but that girl was the only daughter in the family and had a fortune to inherit. She asked my uncle to marry into the family and not to return home again." Aying said carefully.

"My uncle never came back after that time, but he would send a letter home every six months. My father went to the city to find a Taoist priest to divine for my uncle, and the Taoist priest said that my uncle had been possessed by evil spirits, and those letters were sent back just to confuse the family, and they were not written by my uncle." A Quan went on to say seriously.

"Have you brought those letters?" Zhou Ze asked.

When A Quan heard this, he hurriedly took out a stack of envelopes from his chest and handed them to Zhou Ze.

Upon seeing this, all the disciples gathered around, and Xiaobai also joined in the fun.

Zhou Ze opened one of the envelopes and saw the words

The letter read: "My dear brother, I am writing to you as if I were seeing you. I have been married into the wealthy Zhu family in Chancheng for some time and everything is going well. My wife Zhu Ji treats me very well and my life here is going quite smoothly. My wife is virtuous and kind, and her family treats me very well and takes great care of me. I feel very happy. I hope you don't worry about me. I am doing well. I hope you are in good health and everything goes well at home. I respectfully send you this."

"This is just an ordinary family letter, there is nothing unusual about it." Zhou Ze said seriously after reading the letter.

"Let me see it?" Yu Xiaobai took the letter curiously.

"Little fairy?" Ah Ying was very excited when she saw it was her.

Zhou Ze opened several other letters one after another. The contents of the letters were almost the same as the first one, saying that he was living well in the Zhu family in Chancheng and asked his brother not to worry about him. He did not say when he would be back, nor did he ask his brother to visit him.

"Senior Brother, what about those?" Yu Xiaobai asked.

"They are all the same." Zhou Ze handed all the letters to Yu Xiaobai.

"Let's discuss whether there is anything strange?" Yu Xiaobai turned around and asked everyone present.

"In my opinion, this uncle, what's your uncle's name?" Tong Yi asked A Quan.

"Lin Hongwen, my uncle's name is Lin Hongwen, the character for "Hong" means "shuangmulin"." Ah Quan said as he picked up a wooden stick and wrote three words on the ground.

"In my opinion, Lin Hongwen must be living a very comfortable life after marrying into the Zhu family. The Zhu family is wealthy, and Lin Hongwen has a good life. Naturally, he doesn't want his brother to take advantage of him, so he never mentioned going home and didn't let his brother see him." Tong Yi talked about his personal opinions in a torrent of words.

"I also agree with what Tong Yi said. Once Lin Hongwen became rich, he wanted to sever his ties with his family." Liu Junsheng immediately echoed.

"I don't think so. Maybe Lin Hongwen has not forgotten his brother, but the Zhu family is domineering and won't let him go home or let his brother visit him?" Mo Xiaotan said.

"Do I need you to tell me this? Didn't Lin Hongwen say this before he married into the family? Once you marry into the family, you can never go home again." Yu Xiaobai looked at Mo Xiaotan as if he were an idiot.

"You? Say another word?" Mo Xiaotan was angered by Yu Xiaobai and pointed her finger at her from a distance.

"Put your hand back. Believe it or not, I will give you a discount." Yu Xiaobai said to Mo Xiaotan fiercely.

"How dare you? Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are the high priest's apprentice. I, Mo Xiaotan, am not someone who is easy to bully." Mo Xiaotan felt that he was right and pointed at Yu Xiaobai viciously.

"Stop arguing and talk about business." Zhou Ze looked at the two of them speechlessly.

"Hmph!" Mo Xiaotan was afraid of Zhou Ze, so he could only snort coldly and stop talking.

"Senior brother, let's talk about business." Yu Xiaobai deliberately and affectionately took Zhou Ze's sleeve and said.

Zhou Ze shuddered instantly. This Junior Sister Xiaoyu was indeed smart, but it took her smartness to control the evil girl Mo Xiaotan.

"Do you know your uncle's birth date?" Zhou Ze turned and asked A Quan.

Ah Quan shook his head in confusion.

"I heard from my father that my uncle's birthday was... August 28, the 21st year of Qingde, at 1:15 in the morning." Aying said after thinking carefully.

"This time you go down the mountain for the trial, you must demonstrate the results of your three years of learning. Now you should use Lin Hongwen's birth date and horoscope to divine whether he is safe and sound now." Zhou Ze looked at all the disciples and said sternly.

When everyone heard about divination, they immediately became nervous. In the past, at Yunji Villa, they only treated divination as a game to play in their spare time. Now that they were really going to use it, they felt particularly excited.

"Senior Brother, my master didn't teach me this... divination." Yu Xiaobai raised one hand slightly embarrassedly.

In fact, she learned it during the year at Yunji Villa, but she never tried it again after leaving.

If everyone knew what they would do in the future, it would be so boring. Life becomes interesting because it is full of unknowns.

Zhou Ze looked at her in surprise. The specialty of Lan Moqiu, the high priest of the Crescent Moon Dynasty, was divination, but he did not pass it on to his only disciple. It was really a joke.

"Since you don't know how, just watch!" Zhou Ze stopped forcing her and looked at the others carefully.

At this moment, everyone took out their own divination tools.

Xing Fang and his companions had tortoise shells, Mo Xiaotan and his companions had yarrow and copper coins, Tong Yi and his companions had cups, copper coins, and even animal bones and other strange divination tools.

They were all concentrating on divination, once, twice, three times. Some people got the same result every time, while others got it different every time. Those who got it different every time frowned, not knowing what they were getting. Those who got the same result every time were confident.

Zi Yan used twelve copper coins and had divination three times. The first and third results were the same, but the second was slightly different. So she was also confused about whether the divination result was good or bad.

Aying and her brother and sister and Yu Xiaobai were all watching curiously from the side, and Zhou Ze had a frown on his face, not knowing what to do.

"Senior Brother Zhou Ze, why do you have that expression?" Yu Xiaobai couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.

"How can the art of divination be treated so lightly?" Zhou Ze said with a look of disappointment.

"This happens several times in a row, which one should I press?" Yu Xiaobai also found it a bit ridiculous.

"Big Brother, I have divined three times. One and three are Li Gua Jiusi and four in the Wind and Thunder, all of which are very bad luck. Two is trapped in a marshland and water, which is not a good sign either. Therefore, therefore..." Zi Yan hesitated and did not dare to say anything more.

"Big Brother, this is pretty much what I predicted."

"mine too……"

"mine too……"

Several people started to speak one after another, but because Aying's sister and brother were present, they did not say it directly.

"'Very bad' means something bad. Does it mean that Lin Hongwen encountered some danger?" Yu Xiaobai asked curiously.

In fact, after Zi Yan said so much, she only understood two words...very bad.