"So sweet, so delicious!"
The little girl was so excited that the bangs over her forehead sprang up.
Seeing that she no longer stammered when she spoke, Xu Yi was overjoyed. He knew the spiritual soil had worked, and hurriedly took out another small handful, about seven or eight grains, and held them to Qiu Wa's mouth.
Her pink tongue curled around them, and the spiritual soil went into her mouth once more...
After feeding her fifty or sixty grains in succession, color gradually returned to Qiu Wa's pale cheeks. Suddenly, she yawned, reached out to hook her arms around Xu Yi's neck, and fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing her condition improve, Xu Yi finally let out the breath he'd been holding. He took out a wool blanket from his camping supplies, tied it into a bundle over his shoulder, and carried Qiu Wa on his back. Only then did he close the wooden case and put it into his Sumeru Ring.
At last, Xu Yi turned his gaze to Ghostfire Venerable's face. "Did you hurt my niece?"
Ghostfire Venerable gave a cold laugh. "What a joke. How could a human and a demon be related? That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard."
His smile vanished. He stared sinisterly at Xu Yi. "Boy, don't try to play games with me. This demon plant was ours first. It was bad enough that you stole it by force, but now you're pretending it belongs to someone else. Heh, you've picked the wrong place for that little trick. I advise you to leave the demon plant behind, or I'll make sure your soul scatters into oblivion!"
"Enough nonsense!"
Xu Yi had just darted forward when red light flashed before his eyes. A net of light sprang into being out of thin