The Hidden Demon Lord: The Empress Demands Responsibility
Chapter 11

He is merely a mortal, one cannot blame him...

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"Father will find you something tasty~"

Ning Yechen dotingly rubbed Luo Hongye's little head, then walked with practiced ease beneath a dense stretch of vines.

The vines were hung full of grapes that sparkled like crystal.

Each grape was the size of a child's palm, limpid and translucent, the flesh visible within.

"Th-this is Crystal Grape...?!"

"So many of them..."

Luo Ruying stared in astonishment at the vast, lush expanse of Crystal Grapes, and they were growing so well!

Although Crystal Grapes were common in the Immortal Realm and were everyday fruit snacks, their flesh contained abundant juice and could even restore one's spiritual energy.

In the human realm, every Crystal Grape vine should have been extremely precious and rare.

This huge Crystal Grape orchard once again refreshed her understanding of immortal fruits in the human realm.

Ning Yechen casually picked a Crystal Grape and fed it into Luo Hongye's mouth, asking with a smile, "Yeye, is it tasty?"

"So sweet~"

"So tashty~"

Luo Ruying bit into the Crystal Grape and smiled sweetly.

Once Ning Yechen was happy, he picked another big bunch of Crystal Grapes and fed them to Luo Hongye one by one.

Luo Ruying had originally wanted to stop him. After all, this was very likely some senior's Immortal Medicine Garden.

They had already accidentally taken the Seven-Colored Glazed Flower. If they took away other immortal herbs or immortal fruits, it would be rather inappropriate...

But when she saw Luo Hongye in her arms eating so happily, and the father and daughter were right in the mood, the words that had reached her lips were no longer easy to say...

With so many Crystal Grapes, that senior probably would not quibble over this little bit they ate, right...

Luo Ruying comforted herself like this in her heart.

Just then, as Ning Yechen was about to eat a Crystal Grape himself, Luo Ruying's expression turned flustered, and she hurriedly grabbed his arm.

"Y-you can't eat that...!"

Although the spiritual energy contained in Crystal Grape juice was not much, to a mere mortal with no cultivation at all, it was still fatal!

One careless mistake, and his body could burst and he could die!

Ning Yechen looked puzzled. Why couldn't he eat what he had planted himself...?

But in the next second, he remembered that in Luo Ruying's eyes right now, he was a mortal, so he indeed could not casually eat this kind of immortal fruit...

He usually ate them by the catty, but now he could not even eat a single grape...

Otherwise, she would notice something amiss, and if he was careless, his identity would be exposed...

Although he felt a little regretful, seeing Luo Ruying look so nervous for his sake still made Ning Yechen very happy inside.

To make the act a little more convincing, Ning Yechen pretended not to know and asked, "Wife, why can't your husband eat it?"

Luo Hongye also widened her big eyes and looked curiously at Luo Ruying.

It was as if she were asking why Yeye could eat it, but Father could not.

"Because this fruit is actually an immortal fruit. If you eat it, you'll be in danger...!"

"Many things here cannot be eaten directly!"

"You have to promise me that from now on, you won't casually eat anything here."

Luo Ruying warned Ning Yechen with a solemn expression.

She was already astonished that Ning Yechen had managed to live here until now.

Using some Immortal Herbs and Spiritual Medicine to cook medicinal porridge for breakfast wasted most of the spiritual energy, and that was one thing. But if he ate them directly, she feared his body would have burst and he would have died long ago!

"All right, I'll do as Wife says~"

"Thank you for your concern, Wife."

Ning Yechen answered with a smile.

Luo Ruying's face flushed slightly, and she turned her head away.

She also did not know why she was so worried about him...

Perhaps because this fellow was the child's father...

The other little cutie holding Crystal Grapes in her hands also heard Luo Ruying's words, and she was so frightened that tears welled in her eyes, just short of crying.

"Mother, then is Yeye in great danger...?"

"Yeye won't be greedy anymore... boohoohoo..."

"Yeye, don't cry, mm? It's all right~"

"As long as she didn't eat too much, Yeye would be fine."

Luo Ruying hurriedly held Luo Hongye and gently patted her back, coaxing her.

"Really...?"

Luo Hongye looked up at Luo Ruying with watery eyes and asked.

"Really."

"Mother won't let anything happen to Yeye either!"

Luo Ruying comforted her softly.

Luo Hongye had her bloodline, and her constitution was different from that of ordinary people, so naturally she would be fine.

Only then did Luo Hongye stop sobbing and peacefully nestle in Luo Ruying's arms, asking in a small, hopeful voice:

"Then Mother, can Yeye still eat...?"

"Of course!"

"Yeye can eat as much as she wants~"

Before Luo Ruying could speak, Ning Yechen smiled dotingly.

He took another Crystal Grape and fed it into Luo Hongye's mouth.

Luo Hongye, who had just been crying in fear, immediately broke into a happy smile again.

Luo Ruying also smiled faintly, both helpless and doting.

Forget it... As long as the child was happy...

After Ning Yechen finished feeding Luo Hongye, he plucked another one and held it to Luo Ruying's lips, that doting smile still on his face.

Luo Ruying's cheeks reddened slightly, and she parted her red lips to eat it.

It seemed she was gradually getting used to being fed by someone too...

Led by Ning Yechen, the three of them walked and ate along the way, basically tasting every edible immortal fruit and immortal herb they passed.

Most of the time, Ning Yechen was feeding the mother and daughter, Luo Ruying and Luo Hongye.

Before long, the three of them arrived before a wide lake.

The lake water was clear to the bottom, ripples spreading across it, sunlight shining on the surface in glittering waves.

From time to time, several Silver Hawthorn Spirit Fish leaped out of the water.

The moment Luo Ruying walked to the lakeside, she could feel an extremely dense and pure spiritual energy!

At first glance, she realized that this entire lake was formed from natural spiritual liquid!

Such a vast natural spiritual lake was especially rare; even drinking a single mouthful could increase one's cultivation by quite a bit!

No wonder so many Silver Hawthorn Spirit Fish could be raised here...!

This Immortal Medicine Garden had truly given her far too many shocks...

This could not help but make her care even more about exactly who the senior capable of creating this Immortal Medicine Garden was.

Not far from the spiritual lake lay a large stretch of cultivated land, divided into several sections, each planted with various crops, their growth especially enticing.

Luo Ruying walked into the fields with shock filling her eyes and casually cupped a stalk of rice, bringing it close to smell.

The rice in her hand was crystalline and translucent, containing faint spiritual power, and a light spiritual aura seeped into her nose.

This was a paddy field irrigated and planted with spiritual liquid!

"D-did you plant this...?"

Luo Ruying turned back to look at Ning Yechen and asked.

For it to grow so vigorously, it definitely needed to be regularly irrigated with spiritual liquid.

An ordinary person would absolutely never waste such precious spiritual liquid to water these crops!

That senior would absolutely never commit such an act of wasting pure spiritual liquid!

Then it could only be Ning Yechen, who lived nearby!

Ning Yechen nodded proudly and smugly.

"Wife, didn't your husband plant them well!"

This was grain he had painstakingly cultivated!

In order to enjoy the pleasures of food, he had even specially planted quite a few crops.

Seeing Ning Yechen's smug expression as he waited for praise, Luo Ruying's cheeks could not help twitching lightly, her heart aching.

That was precious natural spiritual liquid!

Yet he had actually used it to grow grain...!

It was simply recklessly wasting heavenly treasures!

Too wasteful!

Luo Ruying sighed helplessly, repeatedly admonishing herself in her heart:

He was only a mere mortal. He didn't know how precious spiritual liquid was. She couldn't blame him...

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