Ten years later, Demon Realm Forest.
Amid the mountain forests ringed by towering peaks, a wooden house stood in the vast wilderness, especially eye-catching.
In the courtyard, Ning Yechen wore a pair of homemade sunglasses and reclined in a rocking chair, holding a glass of freshly squeezed immortal fruit juice. He looked lazy and content.
As the rocking chair swayed gently, he leisurely basked in the sun.
Now this is living!
Sleeping until he woke naturally every day, with no one to disturb him. No need to go to school or work, and no need to fight and kill.
When he was hungry, he ate the immortal fruits, immortal herbs, and spirit medicines he had grown himself.
When he had nothing to do, he could even go fishing in the lake where he raised fish.
A carefree and joyful life~
Compared to fighting and killing every day, going around the various realms to kick in doors and challenge others, this was the life he longed for!
The only fly in the ointment was that he had lived here alone for over a hundred years, and he truly was beginning to feel a little bored...
There were no phones in this world, nor many forms of entertainment. Repeating the same routine every day had grown tiresome even over a century.
Though there were a few fellows who could keep him company, they were scared stiff of him, which made them utterly uninteresting.
This made Ning Yechen unable to stop himself from recalling that enchanting dream from ten years ago...
Over the past ten years, whenever he got bored, he could not help thinking of that night.
The growth he experienced that night had been deeply etched into his mind, making it truly difficult for him to forget...
Had he been single for several hundred years and grown lonely...?
Ning Yechen could not help making that guess.
Otherwise, it was hard to explain why he had recently kept recalling that night...
At the time, he had only wanted to save that woman's life. He had not wanted to disrupt his secluded life, and had not thought much of it.
Yet now, it had instead become something he could not let go of...
But he did not even know her name. They probably would never meet again...
Ning Yechen shook his head, cast aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, and closed his eyes.
Since he had decided to live in seclusion, he should not think so much...
Just then, Ning Yechen suddenly snapped his eyes open.
Someone was coming!
His divine sense clearly sensed one—no, two figures approaching this place!
Someone had actually managed to walk all the way here?
That really was rare...
Interesting!
He had lived in seclusion here for a hundred years. Aside from that woman barging in ten years ago,
no one else had ever found this place.
As though he had discovered some amusing pastime, Ning Yechen's lips curled slightly upward. He clapped his hands, and the barrier enveloping the area around the wooden house immediately dispersed.
He wanted to see what they had come for...
Within the dense forest, a woman with a graceful, exquisite figure and breathtaking beauty walked slowly among the trees.
Her face was somewhat pale, and she seemed exhausted.
On her back was a little girl no more than three or four years old, whose delicate features made her as adorable and beautiful as a doll.
The little girl had a head of glossy black hair. Her chubby baby face was framed by delicate, exquisite features, and her bright, spirit-filled eyes curiously looked around the forest as she asked the woman in a soft, sweet voice,
"Mother, where are we going?"
"Didn't Yeye say she wanted to see her father~?"
"Mother is taking you to find your father..."
Luo Ruying turned around and gave the little girl on her back—her daughter—a gentle, loving smile.
Though her face bore a kind and affectionate smile, a trace of sorrow and worry flickered through her eyes.
After ten years, she had never imagined that one day she would bring her child back down to the human realm to search for the man from that night...
Strangely, she had followed her memories and wandered for so long, yet she could not find that wooden house from before no matter what...
Had he already left...?
That made sense...
For an ordinary mortal, ten years was already a very long time.
Perhaps he had long since moved away, and perhaps he had already married somewhere else...
At that thought, the sorrow in Luo Ruying's heart could no longer be concealed and appeared on her face.
If she could not find him, what should she do?
"Really?"
"Mother, are you taking Yeye to find Father?"
Upon hearing that Luo Ruying was taking her to find her father, Luo Hongye became overjoyed. She immediately pressed her face close to Luo Ruying's and asked again and again.
"Mm! We're going to find Father!"
Seeing how happy her child was, Luo Ruying could not bear to shatter her hopes and smiled as she went along with it.
As for whether she could truly find Ning Yechen, she herself had no confidence at all.
After Luo Hongye's joy subsided, a huge question arose in her tiny head. Lying on Luo Ruying's back, she tilted her head and asked,
"Mother, didn't you say Father died when Yeye was born?"
"Uh..."
Luo Ruying was momentarily speechless, not knowing how to answer.
After Luo Hongye had become old enough to understand things, she often tugged at Luo Ruying and asked where her father was.
At the time, Luo Ruying had lied and told her that her father had unfortunately passed away when she was born...
Now that she was suddenly saying she would take her to find him, it really was rather strange...
"Yeye, actually... actually, your father isn't completely dead yet!"
Luo Ruying racked her brains, but this was the only excuse she could think of.
Luo Hongye blinked her big, sparkling eyes and actually believed Luo Ruying's words. She asked with innocent sweetness,
"So Father is still alive, right, Mother?"
"Right! That's right!"
Luo Ruying hurriedly nodded in reply.
She had thought she had muddled through it, but Luo Hongye unexpectedly continued asking,
"Then why hasn't Father come to find Yeye and Mother all this time?"
"Does Father not want Yeye and Mother anymore...?"
As she spoke, Luo Hongye's eyes reddened, and crystal-clear tears swirled in her eye sockets.
Luo Ruying was startled. She quickly took Luo Hongye from her back and held her in front of her, patting her back as she coaxed,
"No, Yeye."
"How could your father not want you?"
"He, he... he was actually seriously injured and has been hiding here to recover!"
"He didn't tell Yeye because he was afraid Yeye would worry!"
This was already the most suitable excuse Luo Ruying could come up with.
She could not exactly tell her that her father did not even know she existed...
Luo Hongye did not doubt Luo Ruying's words in the slightest. She immediately stopped crying, her little face full of worry.
"Is Father okay, then?"
"He's fine, he's fine..."
Luo Ruying said with a faint smile.
Just then, Luo Ruying abruptly stopped walking. Her expression turned incomparably grave and serious as her sharp gaze swept the forest around her.
There was the aura of a demon beast...!
And it did not seem weak!
When she had come ten years ago, she had not noticed that this place harbored demon beasts with such formidable strength!
In her current condition, she did not know whether she could handle them...
Luo Ruying tightened her hold on Luo Hongye with one arm while the other reached for the Immortal Sword at her waist, ready to respond to an ambush at any moment.
Yet in the next instant, all the faint demon beast auras around them suddenly vanished, as though they had scattered and fled in all directions, disappearing without a trace.
Why had all the auras vanished...?
Had they sensed her aura and become afraid?
Just as Luo Ruying was puzzled, an exquisite wooden house suddenly appeared not far before her!
How strange!
She had not noticed a wooden house there just now. It was as if it had appeared out of thin air!
Though Luo Ruying's heart was filled with confusion, seeing the wooden house from her memories still made a delighted smile spread across her face.
She had found it!
This was the place!
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