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.c36ea9e02fe3d182

Ah Jiu 3c780b13d3 had placed d1c1861858 a cauldron c76c98c30d filled with 33ceeef5f5 Fire Crystals 3f94a99bc9 beneath the b70f9aa5b2 shelf. He occasionally breathed fire 63f1a3e1da to control the heat, d55a08820d expertly grilling the skewers 363bff0c48 back and forth. He was a b92acb525f seasoned professional.4595e4dca10251c7

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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,6ced8a430d759f6e

“Ah Jiu, are you angry with this Lord?”92431fe7730c66c2

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Ah Jiu was de0ee52178 over three hundred 740e8b9575 years old, but bf4f0f6b18 a Vermilion Bird a1e455567b only reached adulthood cf7283d053 after five hundred 94ebe414da years. In other words, despite d322b5afb3 his enormous size, his c784d3758a mental capacity was still 466bb64dc7 that of a child. At best, 62e256d0c9 he was 44a55aa8cd a powerful ac4374f9a7 young man f2486d2bbc in the 8a40a2710e cultivation world, 9671e42c9e still far 84cc447bfa from mature 0399b6c845 compared to 32654488ca the old fe7f7517ce monsters of 7d1ee10e9d the divine 1842d78d3d beast families.bdaf8160adfbf04c

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.945738ad5fbef191

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I spoke as 83d19da453 his pomegranate-colored eyes af16f69b2d glanced at me cb62c1e794 before he replied.1dff7932d95f5625

“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…”bd62209df148fea9

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Ah Jiu feffeb8ffa pointed to aa8635f08b Song Qiyuan, 8d14282771 who was 505d35dd30 lying exhausted 66235b30c9 from the 5fa2df148b heat inside a7c3f0fa8f the cage.deef0dc0c565c927

“I’ll eat that guy as a snack. Are you scared?”0478c2877fe45efc

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Are you scared?! Ah Jiu, why are 2ba09d86d2 you so cute?0496b09f51ea8702

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.acf1d122c5e462d8

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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.”b029b8dd20cef2cc

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.9d64668d0017d37b

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Wait a minute! There were still 85fc87c901 8 years left?999d791d539203a7

Calculating it b064d107f5 this way, e56c497412 the road 943b2b66c9 ahead seemed d5f1ba8e98 daunting.1b25de66d0773acb

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“Indispensable? Are you joking? You’re saying that cripple will help me find that blue snake bastard?”813b4b154823e44d

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.fcdb36aff8869fb8

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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.37a82ec39394499c

However, the moment he 9cfd1cd323 opened his eyes, any b12c384fe5 semblance of cuteness vanished. He leaned against d0d8c99e45 the wall, his 5ee67e032d eyes devoid of f1ef2aafa7 focus and light. He slowly turned e330de6b16 his head towards cbfe291361 me and Ah 10e24e5139 Jiu, but remained 9d1e212e10 silent, his chapped c7399475ef lips tightly pressed 54df7b8003 together.e0c5876edd1ae0e1

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After screaming so much yesterday, it was understandable that he couldn’t speak.d6e189f73faee801

Ah Jiu, realizing Song 968c6f4585 Qiyuan was awake, grasped 9430253940 the bars of the edd945aca8 cage with his sharp 4d0256aa93 claws. His playful crimson fe5215e72f eyes mocked the e73db37a7d caged boy.cd7ede1db5c3a8cd

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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?”01604b3bbc63e911

I finally understood 69687b7f12 why Song Qiyuan acdb2a6c5f in my previous 345acca8c0 life hated Ah 4fe1d5bc5d Jiu so much.3056cd05e3858098

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The Ah Jiu I 4222dd0a4d saw in the bedchamber 3433a7eeaa earlier was small and 20d5501611 acted cute towards Yu f7332f26aa Ke. But the Ah Jiu c44b0d40f9 in front of me, e9eded773c sneering at Song Qiyuan, 126922cfc4 was completely different. While he badbea88f8 was adorable, f3a515dbd6 I worried c994df8467 that our 5d58765f81 current treatment e8200f82c4 of Song b22f41c108 Qiyuan might b405992f84 sow discord e1403b188a in the 09c5938506 future.b80adf1545b0fc16

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.49ed3e5863394f7f

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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.92e9e2a12e63494b

“Ah Jiu, you can’t eat him. He’s still useful.”3450c40fef02823c

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For a long while, 57d1bc338e I spoke in a df3f5a514c stern tone, filled with da92f93f9d empty threats, hoping to 673096e981 intimidate Ah Jiu into a752b335b6 abandoning any further resentment.7a4bc749f270aacc

“Who would eat him? He’s tasteless.”a0a924a9f430b6d8

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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.3c1ada1dd4a5a227

“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?d1ef8cc01fe94af4

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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.98d733679802d18e

I’ve lived for ten years and never even seen you, never wronged you. Why… Why did you bring me here?”8cc91a074f7ca926

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Song Qiyuan stared ad22a84ef0 at me intently, 2d7c64ba78 his empty eyes 9576479814 welling up with 2f83050b4d tears. His completely broken 59e197c0b3 voice was unpleasant 2a1e4c2dc5 to hear, and caaba63794 now he was b1795d3308 on the verge 7d5146f9ea of crying.fbd1b81cd298a1c0

As if his emotions 415dca91b8 were contagious, a lump 2c2b0fa169 formed in my throat, 0f4498cfac making me uncomfortable.01bce4f2d62ac82b

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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.9d727d95d85ba50b

Facing Song ef8f764fd4 Qiyuan, with 66ff23dd5b the cold 3f3779f183 metal bars 9df21dc742 between us, eca18e6e8c I spoke.57726708998d6105

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“Song Qiyuan, I’m sorry.”fa0979f6348611e1

In this time, 1a2bce56df in this place, 212a026a25 given our current f7bf98e593 identities, circumstances, and b6c7ab13fd experiences, my words efedd5f987 were undoubtedly strange. They could even be 2edcf39dba considered insane.41f3d2ac774e95c2

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But I truly 70b678ba03 wanted to apologize 8a58a8f768 to Song Qiyuan. Everything Yu Ke had 52b9df7bc9 done was written by 29853eaff3 me; I was the 954ce23eb3 mastermind behind it all.2b9fb11dea766292

Looking at 161ec0d135 Song Qiyuan 46d085c276 now, I 8dc85466b6 felt remorse c36c8ea7a6 for the 39cd22685e world I 911d633b3a had created. I had taken 1c29001b09 everything from this c930ec2f36 chosen one, destroyed 95ea9d427d his family, subjected 62b93f6aae him to all 5c03768826 kinds of humiliation, 64c17eeb60 and forced him df32c54726 to remain optimistic 1933347947 on his path e434cf9a82 to immortality.10ada11bab2c8c41

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Song Qiyuan wore 22a9016ea7 an expression of 1972636193 disbelief, utterly dumbfounded. His innocent, a4f3307e47 childish expression 924e441868 seemed somewhat e794f4e00c endearing, and 1b9abcbac8 I reached 081ba78e29 out to 1e893abb89 stroke his 4fa8e2f6cc dirty hair.b81ea217b71918b7

“You’ll leave this place soon, and you’ll gain everything back eventually. I’ll wait until you become strong.”cdd4b78ca69a8519

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After uttering these profound 24863035ce words, I felt incredibly 3ec2df2239 pretentious.8c8b306ee7486cf8

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.dbdf01404035a3ef

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When you eventually reach 922e6ae700 the pinnacle of this cf42ada2b7 world, I will disappear b1c90a9ebd to a place where 9004f67162 no one can find b342aafd03 me, where I can 01f1817ad1 die without falling victim 5e007014ca to your hands.b8d6a2b27ae0b0ec

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.50efaceb85f885e2

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He was an 87120d5723 unpredictable child.96adffd56a2a9af4

Before I could 1b3ff5c4cf ponder further, Ah 02eb61e941 Jiu threw the 088e44a017 half-eaten demonic beast 4491d91072 meat in a 89b44ae2ce fit of anger.cc336f2810da4a73

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“Why did you pat his head?! You actually touched that filthy thing?”6cfb733bac767684

Before I could 2974034f87 even stand up, aa7fda30e7 Ah Jiu flapped bc7b94095d his wings and ba621a4062 landed on my 000080f958 shoulder. His small, 931cdc01d9 crimson eyes 76d17179dc darted between 883261b094 me and 364b96142b Song Qiyuan, 3b9b4f5b38 who wore c528c9c211 a completely 524841d792 blank expression.261f76ee86aeece3

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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.d3b788e66496b411

Only after dfcba70ace we were f1a3d8ff0c a good 2dffd1b9d0 distance away 065fa07a3e did I 82d2214850 soothe Ah 13a497227a Jiu, stroking 001ce130f9 his ruffled 7859673558 feathers with f679cb25c4 a smile.a819b5f90b60f28d

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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.”8a7a4943b95d68a3

Ah Jiu, having already 06fc2b8d9f devoured the spirit fruit, 4a73576d14 still seemed upset despite 8967047d21 my words.9c09740166d9f7c1

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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?”08e91e656ef8e77c

That Gu Jincheng, b6e9e69a69 he had met 28469a0b44 with Ah Jiu 51f9818e56 before seeing me 9e979ef989 and only then 32af88ee12 told me that ca96e27aa0 Ah Jiu had 02d2b5cf1e returned this morning. He was 6e50638afd a warrior b17fc711c0 of few 2db4bef51f truthful words.2c1400da2bf92c2e

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I reached out and covered Ah Jiu’s chattering beak, explaining,32a9edb47627738c

“This Lord is not playing games. Whatever you think, you don’t need to know, and absolutely do not tell Jincheng.”a02385b5e9bca25b

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“That’s completely tyrannical! You’re just bullying me into obeying you!”b9f7735ba72b46fd

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.e54ad6783f781721

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Ah, a 9f397e9def three-hundred-year-old child.b0d1557c79922414

I chuckled a19ce0557a softly and ee1bd07967 looked at 57b63e7e77 Ah Jiu b3538f7c15 again. He was ab95915f73 staring at 53537c3778 me, completely e42e030cb0 entranced, then d9fd57cf5b quickly averted eade908856 his gaze 71231c8998 when our fe8579809b eyes met.6536286143b614b5

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I heard him whisper 124bb7d0de softly,2a94208d30bb6e7d

“Sigh, you’ve changed a lot in the few days I was gone. Your smile is becoming more and more beautiful.”1383ffaa8f682156

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…Haha, my face. I needed to adapt to Yu Ke’s persona quickly.49e9d86235aa5c61

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