The campfire blazed as three seven- or eight-pound grass carp, skewered on wooden sticks, gave off a rich fragrance.
They casually snapped off two thin branches as chopsticks, pinched up steaming, fragrant grilled fish, and stuffed it into their mouths. The flavor stirred their taste buds so thoroughly they nearly swooned with bliss. Even Yang Mu's thousand-year iceberg face looked ready to melt.
Eating grilled fish in the wild was simply eating grilled fish. Its scent would not summon some peerless hermit expert, nor would it lure demonic beasts.
Bai Yujun had already eaten several fish raw in the water and was full. She was only eating now to satisfy her cravings, and after finishing the fish, her whole snake body felt wonderfully comfortable.
"Phew~ I'm so full~"
Xu Ling lay beside Bai Yujun, rubbing her belly and humming contentedly.
Yang Mu sat off to one side meditating. From where Bai Yujun lay, she could see Xu Ling's enticing curves when he turned his head—though it would have looked better if he had not been holding a fish bone in his mouth. He had learned to pick his teeth with fish bones from Bai Yujun.
Gazing up at the sky, Xu Ling began to dream.
"Big White."
"Hmm?" Bai Yujun rested her head on her arms, drooling at the sight of birds flying overhead.
"Do you think we'll become immortals? Once we become immortals, we can live forever and roam free. How many years will it take? A hundred? Five hundred? Or a thousand?"
Become an immortal? Then she would be a demon immortal too.
"Time stretches on for who knew how many years. I might need even longer. I seem to be sixty-seven or sixty-eight this year already."
"Cough, cough..."
Xu Ling choked on her saliva, while the meditating