Chapter 1229: Chapter 631: Not Going Back (Third Update—Requesting Pink Tickets)
Oh, how she spends hundreds of taels of silver to buy things! Changtian puts the mountain-like goods into his Storage Ring, still empty-handed, following her unhurriedly. Ning Xiaoxian imagines the scene of him helping her carry big bags, acting as a moving shopping cart.
Ah, that image is indeed full of discord, truly something that could never happen in a lifetime.
Changtian sees her smiling sneakily, shakes his head in bewilderment. Simply strolling the streets, spending a little Silver, can make her so happy and pleased? Such is a woman’s nature, something he could never understand.
Thus the afternoon wore on, every household was preparing the New Year’s dinner, with barely a few pedestrians left on the streets, most shops had already closed their doors. Only then, she contentedly stretched lazily: "Let’s go back."
Mortals these days are busy at home removing dust and purifying their courtyards. With demon servants around, Tongleng House is always spotless. She took out the peach charm she just bought, asking someone to hang it over the door.
This world doesn’t favor Spring Couplets or Spring Posts, as the New Year approaches, people hang peach charms on their doors as well. It’s a Divine Statue carved from peach wood, used to ward off evil spirits. "Classical Techniques" says: Peach is the Western wood, essence of the five woods, a wood of the Immortal. That’s why it can suppress evil energy and control a hundred ghosts. Simply put, it can ward off evil. She even specifically asked Changtian, finding the rumor to be true; the peach wood charm indeed has this effect. However—
"With us here, do we still need to ward off evil?" Changtian and the Hidden Guards all looked puzzled. What kind of evil creature would dare break into a house full of demons, especially with the Divine Monarch personally overseeing it?
"Haha, just a custom." She could only force a laugh.
"What’s next?" He followed her into the study, watching her place the newly bought Peach Child ornament on the antique shelf.
"Once it gets dark, we’ll have New Year’s dinner, and after midnight, we’ll eat dumplings." She clapped her hands, "I’ll go check if the kitchen is ready."
"No rush." He held her hand, "I have something to tell you."
She twisted uneasily, but noticed his sword-like brows furrowed, thin lips tightly pressed. She only saw such an expression when he was reviewing battle reports, and suddenly felt tense as well: "What’s wrong?"
He reached to stroke her smooth long hair on her back, pondered for a long time before seeming to decide: "Xiao Xian, do you remember our promise?"
They had made many promises. She thought for a long time: "Which one do you mean?"
He whispered by her ear: "The first one. When you just got the God Demon Prison..."
Her apricot eyes suddenly widened.
How could she forget? The first time she entered the God Demon Prison, meeting this incomparable handsome demon, they made a pact that he could send her back to Huaxia, and in return, she would help him gain freedom and escape imprisonment.
This was also the beginning of all her difficult adventures.
She glared at him, only uttered two words: "Liar!"
Changtian asked in surprise: "Why do you scold me?"
Ning Xiaoxian pouted, angrily: "How dare you bring that up! At the time, I was merely a mortal, knowing nothing, and made this pact with you. You were deceiving me from the start! Without coordinates, even if you had the ability to break open the Void, you wouldn’t know where my world is!" This fantasy world and the world she originally lived in are just two among the Great Thousand World. In this vast universe, who knows how many worlds exist, probably as numerous as stars in the sky, countless.
The most crucial point is, at that time, Changtian didn’t have the spatial coordinates of her original world, unable to locate where she was from. It’s like a GPS being sophisticated, but unable to work without receiving satellite signals. Even if he could cleave open the Void, who knows which unknown world the other end of the black hole is connected to, he might even land in the occupied Bai Yujing!
A hint of red appeared on Changtian’s jade-like face, he couldn’t help but touch his nose and said: "At that time, we had just met, I didn’t truly believe you could save me..." Even with his thick skin, he was a bit embarrassed.
Back then, when this little girl sneaked into God Demon Prison, all he wanted was for her to keep him company in conversation, to while away the solitude of tens of thousands of years. Who would believe that a mortal woman, frail and powerless, could help him escape? When he made the promise, he never truly meant it.
Yet, she actually accomplished it. Their promise, she perfectly completed her part, at the cost of her life. Such kindness, how could he ever repay?
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