Translator: kaixin/ram
The next day, An Jun Yue got up with Qing Ran as usual and freshened up, then carried the half-awake Qing Ran to the kitchen.
Qing Ran pursed his little mouth, babbling something that adults can’t understand in dissatisfaction. Two small hands rubbing at his unopened eyes, then simply rested his head on An Jun Yue’s shoulder and continued to sleep.
An Jun Yue reached the kitchen but found out that Liu Li was actually inside serving porridge. Still in red undergarments, hair scattered randomly, but his face was just as bright as before.
“Morning.”
Liu Li endured the pains of his injuries and tried to show a happy smile. Yet it was so weak that it made An Jun Yue’s heart tremble.
“It looked simple when I watched you make it, so I tried to do it, I didn’t think it would be this hard, so I at least cooked some porridge…”
Liu Li lowered his head in embarrassment. He lit the stove himself with fox fires, the pickled vegetables and whatnot were all made by An Jun Yue beforehand…
“Not bad.”
An Jun Yue took a look at the thick porridge and smiled slightly at Liu Li.
“Then I’ll bring it to the dining room.”
Liu Li avoided An Jun Yue’s gaze, carrying the tray with the pot of porridge and left first.
An Jun Yue looked at the obviously unstable figure, silently following him into the dining room.
There are a few dishes on the small round table. Liu Li took the initiative to serve the porridge, then fetched Qing Ran from An Jun Yue’s arms.
“Mom…mom…”
Qing Ran cheerfully wrapped his hands around Liu Li’s neck, pouted his lips and placed a small kiss on Liu Li’s cheek. Liu Li didn’t avoid it to tease him like usual, letting him kiss his face, he even chuckled and bit at Qing Ran’s chubby cheek. Then he blew hot breath against Qing Ran’s short neck, the ticklish little guy giggled and shook his head and kept hiding.
“Cow...poop1…”
Liu Li was taken aback, An Jun Yue, who was drinking porridge at the side, almost choked. He coughed lightly and put down his bowl.
“He probably heard it a lot, that’s why he knows.”
“...Only you will call me by my name here, I think he’s copying you.”
Liu Li habitually picks on An Jun Yue’s problems. Then properly taught Qing Ran the right pronunciation.
“Liu Li, it’s Liu Li, Liu… Li.”
“Cow… poop.”
“Liu...Li.”
“Cow… Liu… Li.”
“Qing Ran is so clever!”
Liu Li finally succeeded in teaching Qing Ran the right tone after wasting a countless amount of saliva, he happily kissed Qing Ran. He buried his face in Qing Ran’s small chest, making his voice muffled.
“Qing Ran must remember Liu Li, alright?”
An Jun Yue watched Liu Li tenderly, but felt inexplicably uncomfortable. He doesn’t hate demons, compared to humans, he’d rather get along with honest demons. There were also a few demons practicing cultivation near the cave where his Shifu cultivated, he got along with them well, too. He got along with Liu Li very happily, even considering him as a friend, but he doesn’t know what happened to Liu Li, so he doesn’t know whether to clarify the situation or not…
“I’ll be away for a while.”
Liu Li pursed his lips and looked at An Jun Yue feebly, he doesn’t know how wronged he looks right now, An Jun Yue felt like he was looking at an abandoned puppy...
“I have some things to deal with, I can’t bring Qing Ran with me. So, I’ll have to trouble you to take care of him, since you like him so much, I won’t have to worry about leaving him with you.”
Liu Li opened his eyes and sighed faintly, the hand holding Qing Ran tightened unconsciously.
“I don’t know if we’ll get the chance to meet again, if everything goes well, I will definitely find you!”
Liu Li suddenly raised his head and looked at An Jun Yue with a determined gaze, he spoke loudly and sincerely,
“It was nice to know you! I was very happy during the time I spent with you! Thank you so much, goodbye!”
Liu Li was afraid that if he stayed back he wouldn’t be able to leave, he tossed Qing Ran towards An Jun Yue, then got up quickly and ran off.
An Jun Yue leaned back to catch Qing Ran flying towards him, then looked at the bright Qing Ran in his arms who smiled without fear. An Jun Yue raised a wide smile.
“This brat, didn’t even give me a chance to speak at all!”
Liu Li ran out of the courtyard, he didn’t care anymore, he turned into a red light and flew off.
He doesn’t know when the monk will come to find him again, in his current situation, he can’t even compete with him. Even though he can’t bear to part with An Jun Yue and Qing Ran, instead of getting caught and not knowing how to deal with it, he’d better leave first!
‘I’ll find a hidden place to recuperate and cultivate first, maybe we’ll get to meet again, and continue this relationship… friendship.’
Liu Li flew to an unknown mountain. After he found a hidden cave and set up a barrier, he spit out his Neidan to cultivate.
In the area where the battle was fought last night, monk Zhi Guang sat cross-legged on the ground to meditate. His staff was stuck on the ground in front of him, emitting golden light.
Suddenly, the staff trembled lightly. Zhi Guang slowly opened his eyes, his hands formed a seal shooting Buddha light towards the staff, the staff trembled slightly and floated.
The monk staff has been in contact with the sword made from Liu Li’s Neidan before, so it remembers Liu Li’s Neidan’s ‘scent’.
The staff flew towards the mountain fiercely, Zhi Guang sneered, got up, and chased it.
“Demon, let’s see where you’ll run now!”
Both of Liu Li’s palms and fingertips met in front of his chest, the Neidan gradually glowed red in his palms.
Suddenly, he felt something being disturbed. Liu Li abruptly opened his eyes, someone had touched the barrier he set up!
Liu Li had a bad feeling in his heart, he hurriedly made a sword out of his Neidan and rushed out of the cave. Just as he flew out, a ray of Buddha light blew the cave into pieces.
“Filthy monk!”
Liu Li landed on the ground to stabilize his figure, looking angrily at monk Zhi Guang in the distance. He really wants to kill everything!
Zhi Guang didn’t say anything, coldly snorted as he raised his staff and attacked Liu Li. Liu Li was injured and couldn’t avoid it in time, he had to use his sword to force the staff away. Zhi Guang continued to pursue, his staff full with power. Liu Li’s demon energy was suppressed by Buddha power, after taking a few hits, Zhi Guang hit him on the wrist, making the sword fly out.
“Shit!”
Liu Li couldn’t care less about the burning pain on his wrist, he hurriedly restored the Neidan to its original shape. A Neidan is the root of demon energy, if anything happened to it, Liu Li would lose more than 80% of his thousand-year cultivation.
Zhi Guang of course would not let go of this opportunity, he got a hold of the Neidan first, then flung Liu Li away with his staff.
“Demon, let’s see where you’ll run now!”
Monk Zhi Guang held the Neidan and watched Liu Li fall on the ground spitting out blood.
“Monk, I have held no grudges with you, why do you have to kill me?!”
Liu Li sat down weakly on the ground, with his Neidan stolen, his own strength is not enough to resist. Liu Li looked at the Neidan with a complicated expression. Right now, he only has enough energy to detonate the Neidan, even if he can’t deal much damage to the monk, it should buy enough time for him to escape...
“Demons should be exterminated, lest disaster happens.”
“Bullshit! Humans will even resort to cannibalising each other, let alone do harm to the world. Why don’t you care about them instead? We are dedicated to practising cultivation and would never hurt others, yet you want to kill everything!”
Liu Li stared sharply at Zhi Guang who was walking towards him and smiled sadly. Once he loses his Neidan, he’ll lose his human form, ‘I’m afraid I might not be able to see An Jun Yue and Qing Ran again this time, when I cultivate my human form again, they would probably be reincarnated already.’
“Humans have their own rules, it doesn’t need demons like you to interfere, die!”
Monk Zhi Guang raised his staff high, the holy light shining brightly. Liu Li sighed softly, then was about to detonate his Neidan. Suddenly, a flash of light came from the forest, immediately engulfing Liu Li. Liu Li was shocked to see that the light forced him to show his true form!
Surrounded by the light, Liu Li turned into a fire red fox the size of an arm, shockingly looked at Monk Zhi Guang’s staff being shaken by the surrounding light.
“Who’s there?!”
Monk Zhi Guang was shocked, this light could block his attack, the person is quite talented!
“Junior An Jun Yue greets the great master.”
Liu Li, who was curled up and floating in the light was stupefied and looked towards where the voice came from.
An Jun Yue! How could it be him?!
1 Qing Ran says 'cow poop (牛泥)' here because it sounds quite similar to Liu Li↩
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