So their current relationship is just that of partners.
Or, in Qin Junyang's eyes, it would be more accurate to describe him as a gluttonous food king and his portable blood bank of delicious food.
A mischievous thought arose in my mind to tease the other person.
He retorted to Qin Junyang, "What kind of question is that? Does that mean I can't have someone I like?"
"I didn't say you can't have someone you like." Qin Junyang felt inexplicably unhappy.
He thought for a moment and said, "But the fact that you were able to wake up from the illusion so quickly means you don't really like him."
After he finished speaking, he seemed to be convinced by himself, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
He then added to Yu Tang, "In that case, that person is really quite pitiful."
Chapter 10
The villain is resurrected for the ninth time (10)
Yu Tang was amused by Qin Junyang.
"Think whatever you want."
He wiped Qin Junyang's hands clean, and the surrounding purple smoke completely dissipated as the evil spirit disappeared.
The original room was revealed.
The little girl, Juanjuan, spread her arms to block the old woman's bedside. The gray protective shield she created had been eroded by purple smoke, which had consumed a lot of her soul power, making her body more transparent.
"Where is that big bad guy?" Juanjuan asked Qin Junyang warily.
She had been hiding inside the old woman's body, constantly fighting against that ghost, and hadn't dared to rest for so many days.
She was afraid that if she let her guard down, her grandmother would be taken away!
"I crushed it." Qin Junyang stretched out his jade-white hand and made a grasping gesture in mid-air.
Approaching Juanjuan, he threatened her: "If you dare to speak rudely to me again, I'll crush your head too."
"You...you're scaring ghosts!" Juanjuan trembled in fright. Thinking of how Qin Junyang had crushed such a powerful ghost, her voice immediately turned extremely panicked: "You're a big bad guy too!"
Qin Junyang walked forward step by step, leaving Juanjuan with nowhere to retreat. But she still held back her tears and gritted her teeth, saying, "If you want to eat, eat me, don't hurt Grandma!"
"Alright..." Yu Tang couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop him: "You have to have a limit to scaring ghosts."
At this moment, Yu Tang finally had time to take a closer look at the child.
Juanjuan had no malevolent aura; in fact, she possessed a faint spiritual quality, indicating that she was a kind-hearted ghost.
I've stayed here all this time to protect this family.
"Kid, you're so easy to fool." Qin Junyang stopped in his tracks, his smile smug and tinged with a hint of arrogance.
"I have no interest in eating the soul of a weakling like you."
Yu Tang was exasperated by his childishness.
After explaining to Juanjuan, I drew two more talismans to wake her up. I fed one to the old woman and watched as her complexion gradually recovered.
Finally, he slowly opened his eyes.
The old man was getting on in years, and his eyesight had long since become cloudy and unclear.
She reached out and grasped at the air, the first name she called out was: "Juanjuan, is that you?"
"Grandma bought you some brown sugar, it's in the third drawer of the bedside table, remember to take it..."
"Grandma—" Juanjuan, who had been holding back her tears, let them fall as she hugged the old woman tightly and burst into tears.
Yu Tang sighed softly.
Then open the door and let the shopkeeper in.
He handed another talisman to the shopkeeper and instructed him to give it to Juanjuan's mother.
He explained Juanjuan's existence to the shopkeeper, who thanked him while wiping away tears.
He said that Juanjuan died five years ago from the plague. The little girl was only six years old at the time, and her closest person was her grandmother.
The shopkeeper never expected that Juanjuan would not enter the cycle of reincarnation and would stay with them and watch over them all this time.
So, Yu Tang thought for a moment, then picked up his brush and drew a talisman to reveal his true form. He glanced at Qin Junyang beside him and said, "I want to drip a drop of my blood so that Juanjuan can have enough time to say goodbye to her family before entering reincarnation."
Ordinary manifestation talismans have a very short duration, but Yu Tang's blood is special and can extend the duration.
But he remembered Qin Junyang's requirements for him, so he asked the other party in advance.
Qin Junyang glanced at him indifferently and snorted.
"You want to waste it again."
Seeing Yu Tang's somewhat disappointed expression, he reached out and handed it to the man again: "Use mine..."
Yu Tang was surprised.
She stared blankly at Qin Junyang, making him feel inexplicably embarrassed.
He quickly added, "Humans use your talismans, and ghosts use my blood; consider it payment for the food and wine and for obtaining the Heart-Questioning Zither."
Chapter 11
The villain is resurrected for the ninth time (11)
Qin Junyang is right.
His blood is indeed more suitable for ghosts to absorb.
What's even more amazing is that his blood and Yu Tang's spiritual power are very compatible. After they merged, it actually made Juanjuan's soul, which was covered by the manifestation talisman, more solid.
After persuading Juanjuan to leave her family and enter the cycle of reincarnation, Yu Tang turned to Qin Junyang and said, "Looking at it this way, the two of us working together are quite formidable."
"That's because I'm amazing." Qin Junyang didn't hold back in praising himself.
Yu Tang didn't argue with him, but instead summoned his longsword to take him away. However, as soon as he stepped on it, he swayed and almost fell.
Qin Junyang quickly helped him up: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired." Yu Tang then remembered that he had flown for two days without sleep to find Qin Junyang.
Then he was drawn into an illusion and spent a lot of spiritual energy drawing talismans.
It would be strange if they didn't overspend.
However, this place is still within the territory of the Yan state, and they should not stay there for long.
So, Yu Tang simply rubbed his temples, then enlarged the longsword again and called Qin Junyang up.
"I'm sleepy..." Qin Junyang grabbed his hand, pulled him close, yawned, and said, "I want to sleep..."
"Take me to bed!"
Yu Tang asked him, "Are you a ghost or a god? Didn't you say you never get tired? How come you're sleepy?"
"I said I'm sleepy, and I mean it. I just want to go to sleep now."
Qin Junyang stubbornly ordered him, "Go find an inn and book a room!"
Yu Tang looked him over suspiciously for a moment, then suddenly understood.
Qin Junyang wanted him to rest, but he didn't say it directly.
So they came up with this roundabout way, which is quite endearing.
He smiled and agreed, then took Qin Junyang to a nearby inn.
The inn offers rooms at three price levels: Heaven, Earth, and Human.
The most expensive rooms are the "Tianzi" type. Yu Tang took his money bag to the waiter and calculated that he could probably stay in a "Tianzi" room for one night.
He figured that given Qin Junyang's temperament, he would definitely want the most expensive one.
He then began to say, "One room..."
“The space between the characters for ‘human’…” Unexpectedly, Qin Junyang grabbed his sleeve and interrupted him.
After the other side finished taking notes, he glanced at Yu Tang, stretched out his hand, and said, "Why order a top-class room if you don't have money?"
"Let's go, take me upstairs to sleep."
Yu Tang accepted the money pouch, unable to hide the smile on his face.
Holding Qin Junyang's hand, she led him upstairs, pushed open the door to the room, and Qin Junyang lay down on the bed, patting the blankets beside him.
"Come up and keep me company."
Yu Tang wanted to tease him, so she said, "Even though you're such a big guy, do you still need someone to sit with you to fall asleep?"
Qin Junyang snorted through his nose, and in a fit of exasperation, he increased the force with which he slapped the bed.
"Stop talking nonsense and get on here, or I'm not going with you."
Yu Tang suppressed a laugh and lay down.
His body was truly exhausted. After closing his eyes for a while, he fell into a deep sleep.
Qin Junyang heard the even, long breathing beside him. After lying down for a while, he turned to his side and carefully examined Yu Tang's face.
He was the one who told Yu Tang to go to sleep, but he found it unbelievable after Yu Tang fell asleep.
Does this person really believe he won't run away?
However, he then thought that if he really wanted to run away, Yu Tang couldn't stop him.
This mortal must have known this to be able to sleep peacefully, right?
The more I think about it, the more sense it makes.
Qin Junyang was once again impressed by his own comprehension ability.
After enjoying himself for a while, Qin Junyang found it boring again.
He reached out and gently brushed his finger across Yu Tang's pale face, finally stopping at her soft lips, where he touched them.
Then, almost as if possessed, she put it on her lips and dabbed it.