The Game with Fairies

Li Muyang, who had gotten up with the food container, chuckled and said, “You have your own spiritual rice provided by the sect, why are you always thinking about mooching off my meal?”

“Go on, go back and cook for yourself. If you want to eat my rice, you still have a long way to go.”

Li Muyang carried the food container his sister had brought while humming a cheerful tune and entered the tile-roofed house.

Li Yuechan watched his retreating figure and sighed.

“Sometimes I really can’t tell if you’re stingy or generous…”

Shaking her head, the girl turned and left.

Calling him stingy? He nearly went broke buying spiritual medicine to save her.

But calling him generous? Yet, he wouldn’t even share his spiritual rice with her.

The girl sighed silently and turned to walk down the mountain.

The setting sun’s afterglow bathed her, and on the empty mountain path, a sudden voice of an old woman echoed,

“Your brother… there are some peculiarities about him.”

This abrupt voice was completely unexpected as if a sinister whisper had come from the heavens.

Although Li Yuechan was alone on the deserted mountain path, she was not afraid of the sound of the voice.

Instead, her eyes brightened.

“Senior!”

Li Yuechan exclaimed in a low voice, surprised. “You’re awake?”

The woman’s voice chuckled, “Yes, I’ve finally awakened. After absorbing so much essence from low-level demonic cultivators and resting for so long, I’ve finally stabilized my soul and woken up.”

With a sigh, the woman continued, “Little girl, you’ve suffered these past days. I vaguely sensed your terrible condition while I was asleep, but it was a critical time for my recovery, and I couldn’t be distracted unless it really couldn’t be helped. I had planned to help you completely clear the demonic energy from your body after waking up…”

The girl on the mountain path smiled and shook her head,

“Senior, you don’t need to worry. My brother has already healed me. Although it cost a lot of money, I will definitely earn it back for him in the future. As for you, Senior, the fact that you’ve repaired your soul is already great news. I won’t mind.”

The girl reassured the woman with a smile.

The voice from the void chuckled, “What a broad-minded little girl you are. I indeed didn’t misjudge you. If it were my unworthy disciple from before, he would probably have resented me for ignoring him.”

There was a hint of bitterness in the woman’s voice as if it evoked some unpleasant memories.

As Li Yuechan walked along the mountain path, she glanced back at the distant tile-roofed house and curiously asked,

“Senior, you mentioned earlier that my brother has some peculiarities… What kind of peculiarities?”

The girl deliberately changed the subject.

After a few seconds of silence, the woman’s voice finally said, “Your brother, inconspicuous as he may seem, is more troublesome and dangerous than all the stewards in this Outer Sect.” �

“I can vaguely sense that he carries a powerful talisman, at least of the low-grade spiritual talisman level.”

“And the killing intent of that talisman is astonishing. Even though it hasn’t been activated, it gives one the feeling of a thorn in the back, far beyond the standard of something made by an ordinary talisman master. It’s very likely the work of a talisman Grandmaster.”

“Moreover, his aura is stable, unlike that of an ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivator. From my observation, he is likely very close to the Foundation Establishment stage.”

The woman concluded, “With such cultivation and such a talisman, there are hardly any in the entire Demon Refining Sect’s Outer Sect who could suppress your brother.”

The old woman’s gaze was incredibly sharp, and she happened to be a Grandmaster in the art of talismanic magic, extremely sensitive to the aura of talismans.

She immediately noticed something extraordinary about the young man before her.

Upon hearing the old woman’s words, Li Yuechan blinked in surprise and said, “My brother is nearing the Foundation Establishment stage?”

The girl turned to glance at the small house again, her face full of disbelief.

“Senior, could you be mistaken? My brother was still a mortal three months ago and only reached the Qi Refining Realm Third Layer last month.”

“Even if he truly has exceptional talent and outstanding aptitude, he could at most reach the Qi Refining Realm Fourth Layer in one month, right?”

The girl couldn’t help but be skeptical.

However, the old woman’s voice said, “That’s why I said your brother is somewhat peculiar.”

“His cultivation speed is too fast, so fast that it’s somewhat eerie. Even the descendants of those large clans, when they reach the age of cultivation and spare no expense using various spiritual medicines and items, can only hope to match his pace.”

“And here in the Demon Refining Sect’s Outer Sect, where cultivation resources are scarce, there is only a little low-quality spiritual rice distributed each month.”

“With such resources, it’s impossible to have such a rapid cultivation speed.”

“That’s why I say there’s something peculiar about your brother. Not only is his cultivation progressing extremely quickly, but he also possesses a talisman with an astonishingly powerful aura of killing intent.”

“All of this is not something an ordinary person could possess.”

“Your brother must be hiding some kind of secret,” the old woman said with certainty.

The girl on the mountain path silently pondered the information given by the senior.

After a while, she smiled and shook her head, “If my brother truly has a cultivation close to the Foundation Establishment stage, then I’m happy for him.”

“As for secrets… I, his sister, also have secrets I haven’t told him.”

“Anyway, I know he’s my brother, the one who spent all his money and went through great hardships to save me.”

Saying this, the girl turned to look at the small house halfway up the mountain and sighed softly, but her eyes were filled with determination.

“As long as he’s my brother, that’s enough.”

The girl’s soft murmur scattered through the woods.

The old woman chuckled and said, “I didn’t tell you to harm your brother… little girl, why are you reacting so strongly?”

“By the way, if I remember correctly, he’s not your blood brother, right? No blood relation?”

“Since you two are so close, why don’t you just marry him? It would be perfect to share your secrets with him. Then you can progress together as husband and wife. Your future prospects will be boundless.”

The old woman said cheerfully.

At these words, the girl’s face turned bright red, and she became embarrassed.

“Senior!”

The girl stamped her foot in shyness and ran off.

“What nonsense are you talking about!”

With her cheeks burning, the girl walked briskly along the mountain path, while the laughter of the old woman echoed in her ears, seemingly very pleased with teasing the young girl’s reaction.

However, there was something the old woman didn’t say because she wasn’t entirely sure herself.

She had a vague feeling that she saw traces of some ancient demonic technique on Li Muyang.

That technique, which was said to have been lost for many years, came from the Black Cloud Village…

Thinking of this, the old woman sighed deeply.

If the secret about Li Yuechan’s brother really had something to do with Black Cloud Village, that would be extremely dangerous.

But she couldn’t be certain it was indeed the demonic technique from Black Cloud Village.

It might just be a similar trace of some demonic technique.

Logically, the things from Black Cloud Village should no longer exist in the world.

That terrifying and eerie village’s best fate would be to remain buried in the river of time and never to reemerge.

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