Chapter 140
In the following period of time, Shi Nian hung out with Bai Xiaoya, leaving Lu Bo Ting to play chess with Bai Xiaoyaâs ice-cold Dao partner.
He managed to get a sentence, âYouâre not bad.â
The character of a chess player is an indicator of the character of a person, so Gu Chen was probably examining him.
Even though she looked cold, she was still protective of her people.
In the past few days, Lu Bo Ting had been able to get a clear picture of the cultivation world, especially of the Sword Sect. He had also met the sect leader and several elders in the sect.
He also went to an auction with Shi Nian.
The auctions here were somewhat similar to the intergalactic ones, but it was impossible to say that they were exactly the same.
The biggest difference is that there were many people wearing black robes to hide their identities, and several people left the auction immediately after winning something.
They were all worried about being robbed.
But Shi Nian was not worried at all. He was bidding openly, as if he was afraid they did not know he was back.
âWhoâs that? So arrogant. â
âWho else could it be? Havenât you heard that the little phoenix of the Sword Sect transformed? â
âYes, but I donât know what he looks like!â
âWeâll all know soon enough.â Another man said, âIt is said that one of his portraits can be sold for a thousand spirit stones, and there is still a stream of buyers.â
âThere are also a lot of people with bad intentions, arenât there?â
The crowd was silent for a moment at these words.
After all, he was a phoenix. If one could really catch himâ¦. but it wasnât worth the risk of offending the Sword Sect.
However, some sects had some brave disciples before.
But now, there are fewer who would dare. After all, so many people went down without success, not to mention the fact that Bai Xiaoya and Gu Chen were willing to even turn the whole cultivation world over in retaliation.
The Sword Sectâs people are not to be messed with, and the little phoenix is even worse.
Lu Bo Ting followed Shi Nian, looking at the curiosity in the people around him. He couldnât help but say, âI heard them all talking and trying to guess who I am.â
âDonât they all know youâre my Daoist partner?â Shi Nian looked around, âWho is so blind that they canât see me holding your hand?â
Lu Bo Ting: ââ¦â
Heâs still like this even after being educated by Bai Xiaoya for so many days.
But he likes Shi Nian, and he naturally likes all of him.
Even when he is silly and clueless.
He went on to hint, âBut thereâs no proof, thereâs onlyâ¦â
âHow can there be no proof?â Shi Nian said, âDidnât we receive a certificate? I listened to you and we had an engagement and even a wedding party. â
Lu Bo Ting: ââ¦â
We are not in the same world.
He heard that there was a big ceremony to tie the knot and some kind of real Heavenly Dao to recognize the contract, so he wanted to do it again.
However, Shi Nian didnât understand at all, and acted as if he was being unreasonable.
âCome on, letâs go back.â
With that, the duo headed back to the Sword Sect.
Several junior disciples greeted them, and Lu Bo Ting even met a few of his own disciples.
Jiang Xinshi, who was said to be in retreat earlier, came up and said, âWhat? Youâre the little phoenixâs new found daoist partnerâ¦. you canât think I am stupid and coax me with lies! â
âNo, no, no, no way.â Jiang Xinshi shook his head in a serious manner, âLittle Phoenix has always liked bright colours. This look is not his kind ofâ¦.â
Lu Bo Tingâs face was already too dark to look at.
Shi Nian didnât want to turn over old debts and hurriedly interrupted, âJiang Xinshi, you forget that I burned you as you ran all over the mountain? To the point of your trousers being burned off? â
Jiang Xinshi: ââ¦â¦â
âWhy did the Little Phoenix even tell you this? Who the hell are you?!â
The young disciples around them were about to burst out laughing. It was so rare to see the true disciplesâ jokes.
They explained it to him one by one, and the bewildered Senior Brother Jiang was finally enlightened.
âWhat? Itâs really the little phoenix? You guys didnât lie to me? â
There was a female cultivator passing by with her sword over there, and Shi Nian explained to Lu Bo Ting, âThat is the Sovereignâs first apprentice. She is said to have been with the old sovereign from back then. Her parents lived in the town under the mountain next to him. She should have just returned from an outing. Iâll introduce you guys later.â
âUgh?â Jiang Xinshi also saw her and immediately shouted, âSenior sister Qiu, senior sister Qiuâ¦. come quickly, come quickly. The little phoenix turned into a person. Didnât you used to like him the most?â
Lu Bo Ting: âLike you the most?â
ââ¦â¦â Shi Nian coughed dryly, âEveryone likes me. Whatâs wrong?â
I can see that.
The entire Sword Sect plays by your rules.
Even though he hadnât been here long, Lu Bo Ting had heard much about Shi Nianâs âgreat achievements.â
After hearing them, he only concluded that this little phoenix was still alive and well without having been killed or receiving any great punishment, purely because he was too favored.
But then again, his little phoenix deserves to be unscrupulous and highly favored.
Upon hearing about the little phoenix, senior sister Qiu immediately rushed over, âWhere is he? Where is he?â
When she saw Shi Nian, she was about to pinch his face, âNot bad, not bad, really good looking even as an adult⦠eh?â
Lu Bo Ting raised his hand and blocked her hand. Sister Qiu immediately looked over, âWho are you?â
âSenior sister Qiu.â A junior disciple said, âThis is Little Phoenixâs daoist partner. His name is Lu Bo Ting.â
âWhere did he come from? How come I donât know him?â
âHeâs just been brought back. You were outside, so how could you know? â
Jiang Xinshi said, âI just found out about it too.â
It was unnatural to pinch someoneâs face in front of their daoist companion.
Senior Sister Qiu coughed dryly and immediately put on a cool and collected look, âGood, itâs very good that the little phoenix found a daoist companion.â
The crowd: ââ¦â
Lu Bo Ting was also a little helpless. Shi Nian huffed and pulled him along, and just ran away.
Behind him came Jiang Xinshiâs shout, âLittle Phoenix, I collected some delicious spirit fruits earlier. You have time to come find me. Ah, letâs eat together.â
âAre you the only one who has them? I have them too.â Senior Sister Qiu was unwilling to show weakness.
Shi Nian waved his hand to indicate that he heard, and turned his head to pull Lu Bo Ting back to the cave, asking him if he was jealous.
Lu Bo Ting didnât expect him to bring it first, so he decided to settle the score first.
He felt refreshed after settling the score.
He suddenly wanted to eat rice cakes, so he went down the hill to buy some.
He met Jiang Xinshi on the way, and the latter saw him and came up to say hello. He also asked, âBy the way, when are you going to return to the demon world? I also want to accompany you! â
Lu Bo Ting was stunned for a moment, âHuh?â
âYou donât know?â Jiang Xinshi said strangely, âBut I heard my master say that Little Phoenix was prepared to take you back to the demon world with him!â
âActually, he tried once before, but at that time, he was not humanâ¦.anyway, he didnât manage to go into the boundary. I donât know if it will work out this time, but if it does, this Daoist couple status of yours will be considered as real.â
Lu Bo Ting instantly felt that there was something he didnât know about.
He didnât need to inquire because Jiang Xinshi was a talkative and thoughtless person. He told him everything himself.
It turns out that marriage contracts in the Cultivation World are for human cultivators only, while the demon race also has its own way of doing things.
The specifics for demon cultivator contracts are certainly not too clear, but they seem to require one to enter a cave of some kind. The demon and human groups have not been in contact with each other for many years, so there are no records.
Lu Bo Tingâs heart fluttered.
It was not that Shi Nian did not understand his hint; he had already had the idea for awhile.
The cold and hard aura around his body softened a lot.
After descending the mountain, he carefully picked out some rice cakes for Shi Nian and saw that there were roasted demon beast meat vendors next to him, so he bought a lot more.
âFifty skewers?â The shopkeeper said in shock, âDaoist, are you sure?â
Lu Bo Ting nodded.
The shopkeeper: âWhy donât you take a look at our shopâs portions? We donât give small portions. â
âI know.â Lu Bo Ting took out his spirit stones to pay the bill. âYou grill them!â
What else could the shopkeeper say? He could only get all the ingredients he had taken out today and prepare to grill them together.
He wasnât boasting earlier; his skewers were indeed very large.
To put it mildly, one skewer was as long as a manâs arm.
Other cultivators would buy one skewer at most, and the women could not even finish eating one.
The sight of Lu Bo Tingâs fifty skewers was truly breathtaking.
But luckily, he had been moving with Shi Nian a lot, so some of the spectators soon recognised him.
As soon as they heard that they were for Little Phoenix, no one was surprised.
Fifty skewers were more or less, not much at all.
When they got back, Shi Nian ate them beautifully.
âI havenât been here for a few years, but Iâve already got a new love for this skewer!â
The big meat skewers really tasted different from the small ones.
Shi Nian felt that the spices used on the skewers tasted so good as soon as he ate them!
A skewer is so expensive, but itâs worth the price.
Lu Bo Ting saw that he liked them, so he went back to the shop and ordered many more.
They wouldnât go bad when put in the storage pouch anyway, so they could be taken out and eaten at anytime.
There were other delicacies, and he ordered some of them too.
After all, when they go to the Demon World, there might not be so many shops selling these snacks and cooked food there.
He didnât tell Shi Nian that he already knew about it; he just silently prepared himself. Until one day, Shi Nian got up early in the morning and dragged him down the mountain.
Bai Xiaoya also followed along with Gu Chen. Jiang Xinshiâs wish did not come true because he was sent to deal with an incident at a small sect under the Sword Sect two days ago, so he was not at the Sword Sect at the moment.
When the four of them got into the flying magic treasure, Shi Nian looked at Lu Bo Ting: âWonât you ask where you are going?â
Lu Bo Ting was amenable, âWhere to?â
âIâm taking you to the Demon World to meet my parents.â Shi Nian tilted his head in triumph, his eyes shining brightly.
âIâm going to tell them that their baby is back, and heâs brought back another little baby.â
Lu Bo Ting, who was now a little baby: ââ¦â
Last time he couldnât break the boundary to go back, but he was now stronger and also took on human form. Not to mention that he came back from another world through his own power.
It was no longer a problem to get in and out of the demon world.
The boundary really didnât stop him this time, and he went in with Lu Bo Ting. He turned back and waved his hand at Bai Xiaoya and Gu Chen, âSee you later.â
They werenât demons, so they naturally couldnât enter the demon world. So Bai Xiaoya and his partner were there just to see them off and make sure they really went back to the Demon World.
Shi Nian and Lu Bo Ting entered the demon world and found that the air inside was quite good and the spiritual energy was also very abundant. It felt as if they were on top of a mountain of spiritual stones.
But there was no demon next to the boundary. Shi Nia had a vague impression of his childhood home.
âI remember playing over here when I was a child.â
If he hadnât been so close to the boundary, he couldnât have been tricked out.
When he went further in, it became clear why. There was another boundary on this side.
It was a very simple one. At most, it could stop young demons who were still weak.
When the two crossed this second boundary, there was a lot more activity inside.
There were many young demons playing, and some older demons had released their forms to bask in the sun. Many demons are too lazy to maintain their human form in the demon world, so their original bodies felt much more natural.
So when Shi Nian and Lu Bo Ting appeared, they instantly attracted the demonsâ attention in unison.
Shi Nian told Lu Bo Ting, âLetâs change into the other forms.â
Lu Bo Ting naturally would not refuse, and the two transformed into their original forms on the spot.
This time, there were even more demons looking over.
It turned out that it wasnât just because they maintained their human forms, but because they were unfamiliar. When they transformed into their original forms, a bunch of demons instantly gathered around them.
âPhoenix and dragon?â
âWhere did they come from? Iâve seen the phoenixes and dragons in the demon world. Thereâs no such thing as them! â
Shi Nian waited until they were almost done talking before revealing his identity, âAs for him, heâs my daoist companion that I brought back from another world.â
The news instantly spread throughout the demon world.
Not long after, the Phoenix and Dragon Clans arrived. These two clans always had few offspring, and pure-blooded phoenixes and dragons were even fewer.
An old dragon of the Dragon Clan was still saying, âGood, this little dragon is good. Although we have intermarried with other clans, we have never been with a phoenix before. â
The Phoenix side was much more excited. Their little phoenix that had been missing for years was back!
Ever since something happened to the little phoenix last time, the demon world had added another barrier inside. If it werenât for the fact that the older demons couldnât get out once they reached a certain level of strength, and the younger ones would have a crying nest of little ones by the time they could go out, demons would have already been sent out to look for Shi Nian.
After the excited acknowledgement, Shi Nian proudly introduced Lu Bo Ting to them.
âYou guys help take a look for an auspicious day. We want to get married in the demon world.â
Of course, there were not so many ritual signs in the demon world.
âJust go into that cave, stay for a few days, and then come out.â
Simply throw yourself inside the cave and itâs done.
Shi Nian: ââ¦â
Wonât you tell us something, like whatâs going on inside, what the rules are, what the process isâ¦?
But no, nothing.
The two had to go all the way in, and then they saw a bright light flashing inside. Inside was a large, irregularly shaped stone chamber, and the walls were covered with the claw marks of various demons.
They were strangely stacked in pairs and never tangled with other claw marks.
There were some simple words written next to them. Shi Nian and Lu Bo Ting read them and realised that all these were claw marks made together by pairs of demon daosit couples.
So they went and made one too.
âThatâs it?â Shi Nian wondered, âDoes it need so long just to make a claw mark?â
Only to see Lu Bo Ting pointing further ahead. Shi Nian followed and took a look. Crap, what a big bed!
It seemed to be at least 20 to 30 meters. No wonder they made such a big cave, otherwise, the bed would not even fit.
The bed was made with a kind of jade, and it was glowing with light. Shi Nian thought it was a platform when they first came in.
Stay a few daysâ¦.
Good lord, it was finally clear what would be done during those days.