by Dragon King
The characters in this popular game were well-known by almost everyone. However, it was the first time that Duan Yao saw these cartoon characters.
She was the same age as Zhao Yanzi, yet she seemed more like a child; she found everything interesting. This curiosity killed some of the hatred that she had for Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren to some extent.
“So, there is life like this outside of fighting and killing…” she thought.
Zhao Yanzi ignored her and clicked into the next level, and her shoulder touched Hao Ren’s as she played attentively.
Duan Yao sat in the back and watched quietly for a while. She understood the basic of this game, and she really wanted to try it herself. However, she knew that she didn’t have a chance. Therefore, she just sat there and stared at it.
“Here, try it yourself!” Zhao Yanzi’s hand was getting sore, so she invited Duan Yao to have a try as she noticed that the latter was staring at the screen carefully.
“I… No!” Duan Yao turned away immediately.
Zhao Yanzi offered Duan Yao the chance to play the game out of pity, but she got rejected. She rolled her eyes in anger and said, “You…”
Duan Yao ignored her and stood up. Then, she walked to the balcony outside of Hao Ren’s room.
The storm had already turned into a drizzle, and it was already brighter than before. Duan Yao looked into the distance as she knew that she would have to return to the Demon Sea with Lady Zhen soon.
Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi were her enemies, and she sure would be coming back for revenge in the future. She felt especially jealous when she saw them spending time together happily.
The drizzling raindrops automatically fell away as they got near the dress that Lady Zhen gave her.
She looked up into the sky and knew that she would never want to go back to the Cultivation World on and above Fifth Heaven.
She bit her lips and went back into the room.
Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren were playing a new game, and Duan Yao walked passed them to check out the bookshelf.
She hadn’t seen any of the books on there before; they were all in different style and alignments. She quickly took one book off the shelf as Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren were playing the game, and she secretly scanned through the book.
Hao Ren noticed that she grabbed a book, Advanced Maths, and he knew that she wouldn’t be able to understand anything. Therefore, he simply left her alone.
Sure enough, Duan Yao didn’t understand any of those ‘runes’ written everywhere in the book. She took another look at Hao Ren, finding him more mysterious.
She quietly put it back onto the shelf and picked a more colorful one.
It was a colored comic book that Hao Ren bought when he was in middle school. Duan Yao flipped through a few pages, and she found it very amusing even though she didn’t quite get it.
Since Hao Ren didn’t pay attention to her, she secretly hid the comic book under her shirt.
As a matter of fact, Hao Ren was paying attention to her every single move. He pretended not to have seen anything when she sneaked the comic book under her shirt as if it were a high-leveled technique.
It was a random comic book that he bought during his middle school years. He didn’t get the full collection, and it had been lying on the shelf for several years. There was no other use for it other than to retain some of the memory of his middle school years.
“Zi, Ren, time for dinner!” Zhao Hongyu shouted from downstairs.
“Coming!” Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren answered together.
Duan Yao was afraid that Hao Ren would notice the missing book, so she put on a poker face and dashed out of the room as quickly as possible.
Two tables were put together to make a large one in the living room, and there were many chairs set around it.
Zhao Guang had been the East Ocean Dragon King for many years, and it was his first-time dining with a big demon king.
Duan Yao sat close to Lady Zhao and looked at everyone carefully. Su Han was in a white cotton shirt with a ponytail behind her head, and She looked very agile.
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili had a very traditional Chinese hairstyle. However, they dressed casually.
Xie Yujia had a ponytail to the side of her head, and she tied it together with a hairband that had a flower on it, looking very pretty.
Zhen Congming changed into a traditional Tang outfit and looked very handsome. Little White walked around the room and hung out with everyone for a bit except for Lady Zhen; it was scared of her.
They chatted about random topics which weren’t important at all. However, they all enjoyed the chat very much.
Hao Zhonghua was Grandma’s only child, and Hao Ren was his only child. Since this was the case, Grandma spoiled Hao Ren a lot, but the house had always been quiet.
Yue Yang was also the only daughter in her family. Since both of her parents had passed away, she didn’t have many relatives on her side.
Grandma had spent many Moon Festivals with only a few people, yet this year’s celebration was especially lively, so she was delighted. Now, she wanted Hao Ren to increase the number of people in the family more.
Therefore, Grandma took special care of the girls as well.
She tried to inspect the girls for Hao Ren personally, but she realized that each one of them was good!
Su Han used to stay on her own, and it was her first-time having lunch at Hao Ren’s house; she felt a bit strange. Hao Ren’s Grandma sat on her side and held her hand as she chatted with her, and it seemed like she liked Su Han a lot.
It was also Duan Yao’s first-time dining with mortals as well. Her black eyes rolled around as if she were a little sparrow, and she looked more than she ate.
The elders liked Xie Yujia a lot; Hao Ren’s parents and Zhao Yanzi’s parents kept asking her questions about her life. She blushed as she answered each question politely.
Zhao Yanzi, on the other hand, kept chatting with Hao Ren.
Although it was raining outside, the atmosphere in the house was very nice.
Lady Zhen had some tea after lunch, and she chatted with Grandma for a bit before she said that she was going to leave.
“Don’t worry, Little Zhen. Wait until you have dinner here.” Grandma had an excellent impression of Lady Zhen, so she grabbed her wrist, trying to make her stay.
If it were another mortal or cultivator, they would have been dead. However, she didn’t mind Grandma pulling her at all. She smiled charmingly and said, “I have to go see another friend this time. Actually, I shouldn’t bring Yao with me. Is it ok for her to spend the night here?”
“Ok! Let her stay here!” Grandma answered directly.
Lady Zhen showed her trust as she left Duan Yao here. How could Grandma say no to that?
“Yao, behave yourself tonight, and I will come to pick you up tomorrow,” Lady Zhen said to Duan Yao.
Duan Yao looked at Lady Zhen in surprise as she didn’t expect her to leave her there.
“Goodbye, everyone,” Lady Zhen picked up the umbrella. She waved elegantly and stepped out the door with her oil-paper umbrella.
“I’m heading back too, Grandma,” Su Han said abruptly.
She spent the night at Hao Ren’s house and had a Moon Festival meal here too. She would have never imagined doing all these. However, she got a sense of breakthrough after slow cultivation for a while.
She needed to go back home to continue with her cultivation.
“Ay, Little Su wants to go back too…” Grandma held Su Han’s hand, not wanting her to leave.
Grandma kept it in mind that Su Han drove her to the countryside last time. After these two days, she realized how educated and reasonable Su Han was. She liked Su Han a lot.
“Yes, I need to head back. There is still something I need to do,” Su Han said to Grandma in a surprisingly gentle tone.
“Take an umbrella. Don’t get wet!” Grandma quickly grabbed an umbrella and put it in Su Han’s hand.
Su Han was a Qian-level mast
er, and the rain wouldn’t be able to get her wet at all. However, she was touched by Grandma’s gesture.
She stepped out to catch up with Lady Zhen, but the latter was already nowhere to be found.
Boom…The jade longsword that Lady Zhen enhanced made a clear sound, and Su Han stepped on it and flew away. Her speed was 30% faster than before!
Lady Zhen mentioned her mom twice, and it planted a seed in her mind. Su Han was worried that this would be the obstacle in her cultivation path, so she wanted to catch up with Lady Zhen to ask her about it. But obviously, she had already lost her.
Wang Shitong, a peak Qian-level metal-elemental dragon cultivator, got killed in East Ocean City, and the metal-elemental dragon clan’s elder came…
“What kind of situation is this…” Su Han headed to the Dragon God Shrine to investigate further.
Xie Yujia was busy helping Yue Yang and Zhao Hongyu with the table in the dining room. Hao Ren didn’t want to tire her out, so he started helping her as well.
Xie Yujia gave Hao Ren a sweet smile. Most girls liked powerful guys, but she loved the simple and ordinary side of Hao Ren.
Hao Ren smiled back at her. Xie Yujia was gentle and caring; she did great hanging out with all the elders. Su Han never initiated a conversation, Zhao Yanzi hid in the room, and the Lu sisters just helped out with the housework.
“Thank you,” Hao Ren said.
“You worked hard as well.” Xie Yujia looked at Hao Ren and replied. She only chatted with elders causally; it was Hao Ren who gathered everyone here.
“Gongzi, you won’t be so tired after tonight!” Lu Linlin and Lu Lili said as they smiled and came over to Hao Ren.
The side effects of the Poison Pill Plan were about to end tonight. It was in Hao Ren’s fate to see what realm he could break into.
Anything would be better than his original mid-tier Gen-level.
Zhao Yanzi sat on the couch and took out the gold bracelet that Lady Zhen gave her. She studied this delicate, beautiful bracelet, and she felt like the heart-shaped pendant was pretty.
There was no sign of nature essence, so it only appeared to be a pretty decoration. Zhao Yanzi put it on her smooth, slim wrist, and they made each other even more beautiful.
“Did Lady Zhen give you anything?” Hao Ren asked Xie Yujia.
“I don’t think so…” Xie Yujia answered as she wiped the table.
“Um…” Hao Ren thought to himself, “Lady Zhen offered gifts to everyone generously but only missed Xie Yujia. Maybe it’s because she is Qingfeng Hermit ‘s disciple, so she doesn’t need any special care?”
As he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a light purple mark on Xie Yujia’s right shoulder.
This purple mark was similar to the green mark that Old Grandma left on Xie Yujia’s left shoulder.
“Damn it… she gave a gift to everyone but me,” Hao Ren thought it was quite unfair. However, he suddenly noticed Duan Yao who was sitting at the edge of the couch with her arms together.
655 Breaking Through the Nine Heavens with a Though
After Lady Zhen and Su Han left, the house was still full of people. Grandma had always hoped for a house full of kids. Seeing Lu Linlin, Lu Lili, Xie Yujia, Zhao Yanzi, Zhen Congming, and Duan Yao in the living room, she felt delighted.
Without Lady Zhen’s suppression, Little White got more vivacious. After jumping on the sofa, it walked around on each beauty’s thighs.
Knowing it was a level 3 snow lion, Duan Yao didn’t dare to do anything to it since she was here all alone.
While people played cards, chess, and Play Station games, Hao Ren’s home was lively with a festive atmosphere.
Duan Yao had never felt such an atmosphere since the cultivators in Sky Mountain Sect spent all their time cultivating. The only festive occasions were the small competitions every three years and big competitions every five years, which were the group activities of the sect.
She didn’t understand the Play Station games that Zhen Congming played but understood the Chinese Chess that Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi played. With better skills, Hao Ren kept defeating Zhao Yanzi, making the latter furious with humiliation.
Standing behind Zhao Yanzi, Duan Yao wanted to point out the key steps for her, but she stopped herself after thinking that she was enemy with Zhao Yanzi.
Even though she only watched and didn’t join their activities, Duan Yao felt the relaxed, festive atmosphere with some longing.
“So, this is the life of mortals…” She looked at Hao Ren and realized that the latter who was a super master that awed the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators on Fifth Heaven had turned into a modest junior in front of Grandma.
Due to the continuous rain, Hao Ren’s family and Zhao Yanzi’s family didn’t go out for dinner. Instead, they made a feast in Hao Ren’s house.
After dinner, Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu took their leave. Grandma was reluctant to see them go, but she couldn’t ask them to stay the night.
In fact, Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu were going back to the East Ocean Dragon Palace instead of their home in the city. Lady Zhen’s proposal of demon beasts that were above level 6 never appearing at the border between the Demon Sea and the area where East Ocean had control over would have a significant impact on the troop positions of East Ocean, and they must make some adjustments accordingly.
If demon beasts above level 6 never appeared at the east or the west border of the Demon Sea, it would relieve the pressure from East Ocean, and they could relocate some key forces to other places.
As to the low-level demon beasts, the troops of East Ocean could defeat them while using them to increase the soldiers’ battle experiences. Generally, the casualties each year should decrease substantially.
Lady Zhen could prohibit the high-level demon beasts from attacking the territory that East Ocean had control over, and it meant that she held a very high status in the Demon Sea.
However, such a figure had a relationship with Hao Ren… Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu had to put more value on Hao Ren.
“Ren, we’ll go now. Zi will stay here.” When Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu walked to the door, they said farewell to Hao Ren specifically.
“Goodbye, Uncle! Auntie!” Hao Ren waved his hand.
Sitting in the living room, Duan Yao pouted with a chill in her heart when she saw Hao Ren saying goodbye to the East Ocean Dragon King and Dragon Queen.
As the Fuma of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, which was one of the key forces in the Dragon Tribe, Hao Ren was engaged to the only daughter of the East Ocean Dragon King. That showed the great value that the East Ocean Dragon King placed on Hao Ren.
Hao Ren’s background was far superior to her Sky Mountain Sect, which made Duan Yao feel lost.
Even her master, Lady Zhen, appreciated Hao Ren, so Duan Yao doubted if she could take her revenge on Hao Ren.
“It’s late. Everyone, go to bed and rest after having such a long day,” Grandma returned to the house and said with a smile.
“Zi, you and Yao are of the same age. You two can share a room tonight,” Grandma instructed.
Zhao Yanzi looked at Grandma in surprise. After all, she and Duan Yao were mortal enemies. They wouldn’t want to sit on the same sofa, let alone sharing a bed.
“Duan Yao is younger than you. You must take care of her,” Grandma added after seeing Zhao Yanzi’s reluctance.
“Ok…” Zhao Yanzi agreed with a pout.
If not for Grandma’s instruction, she had wanted to sneak into Hao Ren’s room… but not sharing a bed with him.
The two rooms on the first floor belonged to Zhen Congming and Xie Yujia respectively.
On the second floor, Grandma took one room, Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang had another, and the third was Hao Ren’s.
It seemed like the rooms were not enough for them, but Grandma didn’t order Hao Ren to give out his room.
Yue Yang and Hao Zhonghua went up to the second floor to rest after hearing Grandma’s words.
Lu Linlin and Lu Lili
looked at Xie Yujia and said, “Big Zhumu… Can we share the room with you?”
“Ok!” Xie Yujia agreed immediately.
Zhao Yanzi looked at Zhen Congming, but the latter just snorted and walked into his room with the Play Station in his hand; he wouldn’t give his room to others.
Zhao Yanzi curled her lips, thinking that Zhen Congming was not a generous boy, and that was why Wu Luoxue didn’t like him. If Zhen Congming shared a room with Hao Ren, there would be one room for the girls.
Little White trotted toward Zhen Congming’s room, but it hesitated at the door before slipping into Xie Yujia’s room.
“How about…” Hao Ren looked at Zhao Yanzi and Duan Yao and said, “You two stay in my room?”
Duan Yao looked at him in astonishment and thought while holding her breath, “Pervert! A real pervert!”
“I’ll sleep in the living room,” Hao Ren continued.
Hearing the last sentence, Duan Yao knew that she had overreacted, but she still stared at him weirdly, wondering if she would have to sleep in the room of her enemy whom she was determined to kill.
After thinking that she had to sleep on the big bed where Hao Ren had slept, Duan Yao felt uncomfortable all over.
However, she was a stranger here and didn’t have any nature essence. The safest place was Hao Ren’s home for the night.
“Hao Ren, you have been working hard and need a good night rest. Zi and Yao, you can share my room,” Xie Yujia said in a hurry as she thought that Hao Ren might not get a comfortable sleep.
Since both Zhao Yanzi and Duan Yao didn’t want to stay with each other all by themselves, they nodded to Xie Yujia’s proposal.
The Lu sisters looked at Xie Yujia, pleasantly surprised. They thought that the Big Zhumu had the final say.
It was crowded for five girls to sleep in one room, but it was only one night, and they were all slim.
“Ok. That’s settled then.” Hao Ren nodded and walked to his own room on the second floor.
According to the Lu sisters, his realm would come back after tonight, which meant that tonight was crucial.
After Xie Yujia took Zhao Yanzi and Duan Yao into her room, he could cultivate in his room without disturbance. Thinking that the side effects of the Poison Pill Plan would end soon, and his realm would come back, Hao Ren was excited.