MD Ch 2 Part 8

The cave ceiling was incredibly high, providing ample space for Ah Jiu’s palace-sized body to lower and turn its head. He was currently sitting like a human, his hindquarters on the ground, his long, powerful claws extended. On a shelf made of unknown material lay thick skewers, and impaled on them were none other than snakes. The lizards had been brutally skewered, yet due to the tenacious vitality of demonic beasts, they were still twitching feebly.49e293f85f15f4f6

Ah Jiu 7f048e4588 had placed 881d492d89 a cauldron 960ee77986 filled with 3e0638d4e4 Fire Crystals 441941f99b beneath the 252bfaf013 shelf. He occasionally breathed fire 15bc8d2553 to control the heat, 8128706bb5 expertly grilling the skewers b6c3e7533b back and forth. He was d33abc0121 a seasoned 3735489523 professional.fb9e6cc24693ac14

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Even though he knew I had arrived, he didn’t even turn his head, continuing to oil and salt the grilling meat. Holding back my laughter, I asked,0c578e149a69f91c

“Ah Jiu, are you angry with this Lord?”aeffbe1484480158

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Ah Jiu was over fc0bf4df6a three hundred years old, 94e95c0a2f but a Vermilion Bird 44d35c0eb3 only reached adulthood after a3e98ca052 five hundred years. In other dd5bb6918e words, despite 53d5598c12 his enormous c2887b32e5 size, his c1af57cb3d mental capacity 0d00b37a42 was still ae0ff098b6 that of a8835720c2 a child. At best, he was a6f6f8bfe7 a powerful young man 654bfa66a9 in the cultivation world, c0e7521e85 still far from mature 11c5a99137 compared to the old 05ba289cbb monsters of the divine db74e6927a beast families.ff9ec757695bfe8c

Adolescents were already emotionally complex, and it seemed he was sulking because I had confiscated the Reincarnation fruit in the morning and hadn’t properly explained the matter with the Azure Dragon. Upset but unable to find another way to vent his frustration, he seemed to have taken it out on these unfortunate pets.4b67c9277277a2de

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I spoke as his d735f53e86 pomegranate-colored eyes glanced at b9c3d5b4cc me before he replied.e32b8ea277871926

“If you’re going to ask me to let these go, then take me to that filthy snake bastard right now. I can devour everything in this cave within two hours! And…”8718a8fba7be0367

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Ah Jiu 01ca4a0c99 pointed to f50643e66d Song Qiyuan, 8ccbb1a2f9 who was 266d728663 lying exhausted e1cd46af95 from the 9834d816a4 heat inside 5e37354e7a the cage.3949dd14e940c825

“I’ll eat that guy as a snack. Are you scared?”a27d900d3d76011d

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Are you scared?! Ah Jiu, ec418e1aca why are d359b3b716 you so b0c2560778 cute?6c5a7132c31848b5

Seeing Song Qiyuan barely breathing made my heart ache, but I wasn’t afraid of him dying. Song Qiyuan’s lifespan was so long that he wouldn’t die unless he eliminated me.231e782c2ebef005

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“Ah Jiu, don’t make a fuss. This child is indispensable to you when you search for the Azure Dragon later, so you can’t eat him.”dea04e7ff8106a24

According to the timeline, Song Qiyuan would accidentally save the Azure Dragon’s life during his cultivation in the Abyss of Ghostly Howls. After encountering each other a few times and developing a rapport, they would eventually join forces. Their relationship would be more like friends than the master-servant dynamic between Yu Ke and the Vermilion Bird. Song Qiyuan would be 18 years old then.322bd7b67d986da9

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Wait a minute! There were c935cc0796 still 8 9a13f47cf7 years left?37b1bd51e8e9a866

Calculating it this way, 11a2529624 the road ahead seemed df6b58bcf0 daunting.049b4f752844c0e4

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“Indispensable? Are you joking? You’re saying that cripple will help me find that blue snake bastard?”f32581deea91eca8

Ah Jiu tore into the grilled snake meat, his sharp beak opening and closing, making my teeth ache just watching him. He tossed the finished skewer into Song Qiyuan’s cage. The metallic clang echoed through the cave.ddc80e87e4df5b85

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With Yu Ke’s exceptional eyesight, I noticed Song Qiyuan’s trembling long eyelashes. He looked childishly frightened, and it was rather endearing.1105e9c8fb80b1ba

However, the moment 730d7d513c he opened his 2f3f2fae81 eyes, any semblance 10f79fc348 of cuteness vanished. He leaned against the d079ee2c81 wall, his eyes devoid ebf734403e of focus and light. He slowly turned his bb8db6d4c7 head towards me and cab5b465e4 Ah Jiu, but remained e6bdf8c633 silent, his chapped lips ca608ebbdf tightly pressed together.a63f8f32e0831150

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After screaming so much yesterday, it was understandable that he couldn’t speak.bd8d0af94d742ceb

Ah Jiu, realizing 405710387a Song Qiyuan was a63d2d3df9 awake, grasped the 43a3d4c63c bars of the bc5415a9c9 cage with his 7adec756ce sharp claws. His playful crimson eyes a79ed87b6c mocked the caged boy.908c8640aec60048

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“The Demon Lord says he needs your help to find my nemesis. But I could crush you with one claw and roast you over the fire without even feeling full. What makes you so important that the Demon Lord would say such a thing?”c467d372eaef14fc

I finally understood ffa5bfb115 why Song Qiyuan dc090d2dfb in my previous 6072155e44 life hated Ah 4773a8ef6d Jiu so much.ba38e5f06755c153

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The Ah Jiu 0c5615bde8 I saw in 506290ecfc the bedchamber earlier 6c754176c4 was small and 1cdef7b069 acted cute towards e2ea406b99 Yu Ke. But the 0106a3d811 Ah Jiu 22d9da044b in front ce0d5c59c8 of me, 11105b5e2e sneering at 06754e7c2c Song Qiyuan, a297fa3828 was completely e886250aa2 different. While he was adorable, 8e12618e5e I worried that our 0a846dbd3c current treatment of Song cb5f7cdd52 Qiyuan might sow discord 1330c76762 in the future.07b678b1c4a9d960

I could hide my dealings with Song Qiyuan from Gu Jincheng, but not from the Vermilion Bird who was constantly by Yu Ke’s side. Even if I ordered Gu Jincheng to stay away, I couldn’t tell a child not to follow their guardian.20a01498856bb4d0

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Divine beasts didn’t distinguish between good and evil, only between like and dislike. Ah Jiu treated those he liked well, and completely ignored those he disliked. If he didn’t kill something he disliked, it was considered fortunate. It was understandable why he was so cruel to Song Qiyuan, someone he found utterly displeasing.ee918aebcbabe33d

“Ah Jiu, you can’t eat him. He’s still useful.”5a7d42a97dcfa7e5

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For a 837f71bc77 long while, 7e8cbf4441 I spoke dd266f287b in a dccc4fe105 stern tone, 398a138b28 filled with 834d1315c7 empty threats, 0796986a63 hoping to c76af324fc intimidate Ah 7c562de468 Jiu into 992e6b703a abandoning any 2746a626dd further resentment.9773602706193cad

“Who would eat him? He’s tasteless.”e8a2d7d0736c9022

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The boy sitting in the cage seemed accustomed to Ah Jiu’s attitude. Leaning against the wall, he opened his eyes wide and stared directly at me. His voice, though hoarse and childish, was incredibly cold.a0da8297251f6047

“Yu Ke, I didn’t know I was still of use to you. Keeping me alive for three months must mean I have some value, right?93ebcaf0bc44c034

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I don’t know what grudge you have against me, nor what grudge you have against the Song Clan. You led an army across the Heavenly River, annihilated the Song Clan in the Celestial Realm, and brought me here.b9b431caece44a5b

I’ve lived for ten years and never even seen you, never wronged you. Why… Why did you bring me here?”06a7c3b171548336

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Song Qiyuan stared at 15d57aeffb me intently, his empty 10cdba7172 eyes welling up with d15f950877 tears. His completely broken voice e6ba639608 was unpleasant to hear, 1737b0bcd4 and now he was 3ae6339d8c on the verge of a7cb54f5c8 crying.a4996ce41550e4be

As if his emotions 790ec25d5b were contagious, a lump ffa38190a0 formed in my throat, e37b464eee making me uncomfortable.5ce10ae1d91dcd49

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I approached the cage, crouched down, and met his gaze. Even though I knew he couldn’t see, I believed he could feel it.a39fc252ba3aa588

Facing Song Qiyuan, with 6fb1e63379 the cold metal bars 8206b765c1 between us, I spoke.2537a0894c76316a

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“Song Qiyuan, I’m sorry.”8e03abc742a1c58d

In this time, in 9862f95c4a this place, given our 7c0c2352c1 current identities, circumstances, and 16955035a3 experiences, my words were d9dfc5b400 undoubtedly strange. They could even be 0cbcacc22e considered insane.9d21f13abfa83006

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But I truly wanted 148e0e0a7e to apologize to Song d40338e808 Qiyuan. Everything Yu Ke ed434c372a had done was 667338cbcb written by me; 5e046dbf0f I was the 7c6b0bae2e mastermind behind it 5ea65554db all.e9c986e1a9105610

Looking at 196bf3390f Song Qiyuan d2b678d25d now, I 672b92f0e4 felt remorse f6c7997d9e for the 343ced62ef world I 4d562b9524 had created. I had c086da38dc taken everything ba42c54624 from this fb8e635993 chosen one, ed393f0581 destroyed his 440f4050dd family, subjected f10a4002e6 him to 801a9bc490 all kinds ecf1104552 of humiliation, 1b1d294b8c and forced 187eedcebf him to f3b2a4ec2b remain optimistic 17b5a20f8c on his 393a239edc path to d5bf806365 immortality.0249800f45d5d473

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Song Qiyuan wore an 09994e81e9 expression of disbelief, utterly 4b33956913 dumbfounded. His innocent, cf73083d40 childish expression b03b680b79 seemed somewhat 75595c3494 endearing, and 5545f040f0 I reached d168110c4b out to 18ff535b0a stroke his 5105655b2d dirty hair.90e7022ee9aadaa9

“You’ll leave this place soon, and you’ll gain everything back eventually. I’ll wait until you become strong.”7d49ad679dd56b9a

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After uttering these 030a776358 profound words, I c6e3e8aeaa felt incredibly pretentious.8d4bee25e492a495

They say that if you offer a drowning man a straw, he will grasp it with all his might and climb back up. I hoped my words would offer him some solace and that this world wouldn’t become too dark and lonely for him.34f4822bf62989f6

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When you eventually reach 6cdeac0d91 the pinnacle of this ee0446b2e7 world, I will disappear 272b38d15c to a place where 76e7a6b130 no one can find 9500fa3f18 me, where I can 303e0daa0e die without falling victim 16982a5696 to your hands.9c49bdb5cc01fe49

Caught off guard by my touch, Song Qiyuan flinched and recoiled, but he didn’t hurl insults as I expected. There were no cries of “How dare you touch me!” Instead, he remained silent, his lips pursed in thought.eec82827cac2800f

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He was an unpredictable 19f46fe1d5 child.3dad0cf37cca0f77

Before I could 22e45a0165 ponder further, Ah d389fe78b1 Jiu threw the 0a166d2124 half-eaten demonic beast e7f36fd623 meat in a 8e04a679bd fit of anger.8fe6fbd3456e8dab

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“Why did you pat his head?! You actually touched that filthy thing?”9291dfcc25a3e16a

Before I 90607ce770 could even 25bb560e6a stand up, d8a18f6189 Ah Jiu 27bd7aff7a flapped his 82180b38f9 wings and f7e34e6aba landed on e6bc224b20 my shoulder. His small, crimson 35f643eb7c eyes darted between fe20de26e2 me and Song 7d9e6ebce7 Qiyuan, who wore e26c560dbb a completely blank f270dd5c2d expression.11ccf4d52fc48be6

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Leaving Song Qiyuan in his silence, I exited the cave. I took a spirit fruit from my interspatial ring and stuffed it into Ah Jiu’s beak, silencing his sharp complaints.393e969173a92237

Only after we were 85157dffc9 a good distance away 81ee69e0fc did I soothe Ah c29f680721 Jiu, stroking his ruffled d93ef81160 feathers with a smile.2eaff8797c96db49

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“Alright, Ah Jiu. Don’t be angry. You won’t tell Gu Jincheng about this, will you? And if this Lord does anything incomprehensible to Song Qiyuan in the future, will you try to understand? That child is quite pitiful.”b0364d99e108ac64

Ah Jiu, 43eb87c09c having already 0b6d264ff1 devoured the e42a5ac7e3 spirit fruit, e92daac468 still seemed 4b6fabb0f7 upset despite 693e1490cc my words.7d56d607efda3df1

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“Jincheng said that boy wants to kill you! He even swore an oath! Why are you still keeping him alive? Do you still want to be nice to him? Demon Lord, are you playing games?”bae3f1a8d54389c7

That Gu 952ffcd109 Jincheng, he a577aa6614 had met dc2a567353 with Ah b9a421d6f1 Jiu before 167f7f26dc seeing me 69f4f0485d and only 7d02d44f3c then told 40c66277ef me that c31fca6532 Ah Jiu 613ec6ce3e had returned baa31f6143 this morning. He was a 805ee832a4 warrior of few 7eaf316a50 truthful words.9da474377f3a7c58

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I reached out and covered Ah Jiu’s chattering beak, explaining,084411e9dd8c1bf8

“This Lord is not playing games. Whatever you think, you don’t need to know, and absolutely do not tell Jincheng.”5aa0ba6c58024659

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“That’s completely tyrannical! You’re just bullying me into obeying you!”c30ea6ee35052d1a

Ah Jiu’s words meant he had accepted my terms, and I finally felt relieved. At least in this world, Ah Jiu was on my side, and he would obey me no matter what I said. He truly was the most obedient child under heaven.333ad4262eda7598

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Ah, a 401bdc7087 three-hundred-year-old child.273013017aacba47

I chuckled softly bab0acccdf and looked at 2a614a460a Ah Jiu again. He was staring at 9c9db26766 me, completely entranced, then 89adb99b9a quickly averted his gaze c04f279dd9 when our eyes met.de61f093003907bb

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I heard him whisper a9d9dda8ec softly,8c38aa738069dfe7

“Sigh, you’ve changed a lot in the few days I was gone. Your smile is becoming more and more beautiful.”79768f35704e7347

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…Haha, my face. I needed to adapt to Yu Ke’s persona quickly.7640a3ac8308f0f0

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