Chapter 0047

Chapter 47: Mu Rong Ya: My whole self is yours, so you have to give me

“You are acting suspicious. What are you painting?” The little demoness narrowed her eyes.

“I won’t tell you,” Mu Rong Ya said with a small, teasing smile.

“Let me see.”

“No.”

She put the scroll away with gentle hands, all grace and poise.

“I’m curious too,” Zhou Tong said, surprised. He had planned to help dissolve Mu Rong Ya’s Unwarranted Calamity later, but now it seemed there was no need. “What exactly were you doing just now?”

“It is a secret,” Mu Rong Ya said, her cheeks pink. “Even little one cannot look.” If Zhou Tong learned that she had secretly been painting him, she would not have the face to meet him.

“Alright, alright,” Zhou Tong said with a laugh. He took out two jade tokens. “I used the leftover materials to make two protective charms. Keep them with you. They might be useful one day.”

He handed the jade tokens to the little demoness and to Long Ling Yun. Each token held Zhou Tong’s own spirit power. It could resist heart demons and mental attacks, and might save a life in danger.

“You put thought into this,” the little demoness said, smiling as she accepted hers.

“Thank you, Senior Brother,” Long Ling Yun said. She cupped the jade token with both hands and hid it next to her heart like a treasure.

Mu Rong Ya watched from the side with hopeful eyes. Seeing none for herself, she lightly tugged Zhou Tong’s sleeve: “Where is mine?”

Zhou Tong’s brow twitched. “You want one too?”

“They both have one. Why don’t I?”

Mu Rong Ya sounded like a jealous girl, stubborn and cute.

“That is a protective charm,” Zhou Tong said. “With your strength, do you really need something like that?”

“Then… when you took me as your teacher, we never exchanged keepsakes,” she said.

“You also—” Zhou Tong began, but then he met Mu Rong Ya’s bright eyes and fell silent.

“You even put a Joyous Union Lock on me. That means you already took my whole self and gave it to you,” she said softly. “Is that not enough?”

Zhou Tong coughed twice. She had a point, and he could not refute it.

“Then… give me some time so I can prepare it well,” he said.

Mu Rong Ya lit up with joy: “It cannot be worse than the previous keepsake. It has to be at least ten times better.”

“Alright, alright, I will listen to you,” Zhou Tong said, amused. He realized she was competing with Mo Liu Su.

“Little one, you are the best,” Mu Rong Ya said, satisfied. Her gaze returned to the warship. “Little one, you should give the ship a name.”

“Call it the Red Dust,” Zhou Tong said. “Everything is ready now. It is time to go to the Heavenly Dao Domain and bring our family home.”

At that, Mu Rong Ya trembled with joy. She had waited many years for this moment.

“Qiao’er, hold on a little longer,” she whispered. “Your master is on the way to save you. Your junior brother is amazing. He will make those who bullied you pay.”

As she spoke, the ship leaped up. With shocking speed, it shot toward the sky. The three women were excited, but Zhou Tong sat cross-legged on the deck, seeking a path to a breakthrough.

For him, raising his cultivation posed no real difficulty. In his previous life he had nearly become a Dao-being and had crossed all disasters and tribulations. He would not hit any bottlenecks. But becoming an emperor was far from easy. He needed to push his cultivation close to the Dao, train his spirit power to the Emperor Realm, and step into six stages at once.

These six stages were the Six No Emperor Realm: No Knowledge, No Form, No Self, No End, No Limit, and No Enemy. In his past life, Zhou Tong could not fully enter any of them. He had put half a foot into No Knowledge, reaching the level of understanding all laws. Now, reborn and rebuilt, he felt the No Knowledge stage loosening. Perhaps one battle would be enough to break through. He looked forward to it.

Near Red Dust Mountain, deep in a forest, a coffin stood before Liu Yan. She knelt on both knees and prayed with all her heart: “Great Holy Heart Devil Sovereign, your loyal servant invites you to return.”

Right then, something moved inside the coffin. With a boom, the lid blew off and a strong aura rushed out. Strangely, the aura was not foul or evil. It carried a hint of holiness, completely different from the air of the Heavenly Devils.

A small girl stepped out, carved like jade and powder, very cute. Her voice was complicated as she looked at Liu Yan: “Liu Yan… I did not think you would still follow me.”

In the past, she had been a supreme venerable among the devils. Because she refused to slaughter humans, other devil sovereigns schemed against her and killed her. Now, living a second life, she would break clean with the Heavenly Devils. She was now a pure human.

“Lord Holy Heart,” Liu Yan said quickly, “the other devil sovereigns may have already guessed that you succeeded in reincarnating. They will send people to hunt you now, so we must move you to a safe place.”

She had not finished when a rush of evil energy swept in.

A cold voice laughed from the shadows: “Who would have thought that the Holy Heart Devil Sovereign would fall to such a state? This is a gift from heaven.”

Liu Yan and the little girl both changed color. “Not good. The minions of the other devil sovereigns are here,” Liu Yan said. She snatched up the reincarnated Holy Heart Devil Sovereign and ran straight toward the Joyous Union Sect.