Lunch was still plentiful and consisted of dishes she liked, but without the Demon God by her side, the taste of the food was much less appealing, leaving Liu Lanyan with no appetite.
Liu Lanyan pursed her lips, ate a little, and then had the maid take the food away. After tidying up, she turned around and went to the place where she cultivated every day to find the Demon God.
Within the Dustless Abode, Liu Lanyan could go wherever she wanted, and no one dared to stop her.
Of course, there were still people secretly watching Liu Lanyan, just worried that she might be in danger.
Upon reaching the small pavilion in the woods, the demon god, who was sitting cross-legged there, sensed her arrival, slowly opened his eyes, gazed at her, and a faint smile slowly appeared on his face, revealing his exquisitely beautiful eyes.
Dressed in pure white, surrounded by a rich spiritual aura, amidst swirling mists, her captivating smile momentarily stunned Liu Lanyan, causing her heart to skip a beat and her cheeks to flush with a familiar warmth.
He cursed under his breath, "Damn it, why is she so beautiful?"
It made her heart race; how awful!
Also, she's already incredibly good-looking, so why does she keep laughing for no reason?
That's outrageous!
Liu Lanyan kept grumbling to herself, while the demon god in the pavilion looked at her inexplicably, noticing her cheeks suddenly turning red and her eyes that seemed both coquettish and reproachful.
The demon goddess blinked strangely. What was wrong with her?
Her expression was so strange that he couldn't figure out what she was thinking.
As the demon god thought this, the smile on his face vanished, and he fell into confusion.
Seeing the blank expression on the face of the person who had been laughing so heartlessly, Liu Lanyan felt relieved. That's more like it.
Why would a grown man look like that?
That guy made her heart race!
"Master, shall we cultivate?" Putting aside her strange feelings from before, Liu Lanyan walked over with a smile and sat down next to her.
"Hmm, cultivation." The demon god nodded hesitantly, still pondering what Liu Lanyan had been thinking.
However, it seems that women's thoughts are really not easy to guess.
She was feeling gloomy just a moment ago, and now she's suddenly happy. What's going on in a woman's mind?
"Cultivation," Liu Lanyan said happily, then lay down to prepare for sleep.
For her, this kind of cultivation was nothing more than a nap. This was the cultivation plan that the Demon God had set for her from the very beginning.
Let the spiritual energy of heaven and earth cleanse her meridians and gently unblock them.
The demon god believed this was the best method, and it wouldn't require Liu Lanyan to work too hard.
Of course, if other cultivators knew that someone was cultivating in this way, they would immediately vomit blood uncontrollably and cry out in anguish, "What a waste! What a waste!"
Who would use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth like this? This is not cultivation; it is a complete waste, a shameful waste.
Fortunately, no one saw it, and no one said anything, so Liu Lanyan used it with a clear conscience.
Liu Lanyan lay on the couch with her eyes closed. After a while, she heard the Demon God softly calling her name: "Lanyan..."
"Hmm?" Liu Lanyan, who was just drifting off to sleep, responded impatiently.
"You didn't eat much at noon. Did you not like the food?" Who would have thought that the high and mighty god of the demon realm would care about such a trivial matter as how much a person eats?
"Mmm," Liu Lanyan replied affirmatively.
"Just tell them what you want to eat." The demon god frowned. He never expected that Liu Lanyan would go hungry or be unable to eat properly in his place.
How could such a thing happen?
"I'm missing some dishes to go with my rice," Liu Lanyan mumbled sleepily, struggling to stay awake while trying to answer the demon god's question.
"What dish?" the demon god asked hastily.
Could it be that Lan Yan's tastes have changed?
Even if things have changed, he still doesn't believe that he can't cook the dishes that Lan Yan likes in his Wuchen Residence.
"You," Liu Lanyan muttered, then impatiently turned over and went to sleep.
He's so noisy.
I can't even get a proper night's sleep.
With her face turned inward and the clamor of the demon god gone, Liu Lanyan finally breathed a sigh of relief and happily went to play chess with the Duke of Zhou (a figure in Chinese mythology associated with dreams).
The demon god didn't react for a moment, staring blankly into space. It took him a long time to understand the meaning behind Liu Lanyan's words.
Once he understood what was meant, the corners of his lips lifted, and his smile grew wider and wider until it became a smile that was completely out of character for him, almost "foolish".
Does Lan Yan mean that she ate less because he didn't eat with her?
Without him by her side, could she even eat comfortably?
Is this her way of hinting to him that she wants him to have meals with her all the time?
Hmm, it doesn't seem like a hint, it's a direct statement.
The more the demon god thought about it, the happier he became, and he looked at Liu Lanyan with great excitement.
Then, the demon god did something very foolish: he stared intently at Liu Lanyan for half an hour without moving an inch.
When Peng Zhen arrived, he saw such a bizarre scene that he was so frightened that he squeezed his eyes shut for a moment, and when he opened them again, the terrifying scene was still there.
Can someone tell him why the Lord's smile is so eerie?
"Lord." Peng Zhen took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and called out with courage.
The demon god's smile vanished, and he reverted to his aloof and superior deity of the demon realm, asking, "Have the arrangements been made?"
"Everything is arranged. We'll have news soon." Peng Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This was the Lord's true nature. That last one was too terrifying and frightening.
Peng Zhen glanced at Liu Lanyan, who was sleeping even more soundly than usual in the pavilion. There was no hostility in his eyes, but rather a sense of relief.
"You've observed this?" The Demon God glanced at him and immediately understood what Peng Zhen had done. Peng Zhen was absolutely loyal to him, and he would try his best to find out about any other issues, even the slightest unstable factor.
"Yes." Peng Zhen knew that he couldn't hide this from the Demon God, so he answered honestly, "Last night I went near Miss Liu's bedroom, and Miss Liu didn't notice."
As he spoke, Peng Zhen looked at the sleeping Liu Lanyan again. Anyone could see how soundly Liu Lanyan was sleeping.
A cultivator can easily enter a meditative state when cultivating in a place where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant.
Similarly, when a cultivator is injured, it is easier for them to integrate into the environment of spiritual energy in heaven and earth. It is a bodily instinct that cannot be controlled by human will.
Seeing Liu Lanyan sleeping so soundly now, it's clear that last night's events had caused her considerable harm; otherwise, she wouldn't have failed to notice his arrival.
In the past, no matter how much Liu Lanyan slept, she would sense his presence and withdraw from her cultivation state of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth whenever he appeared.
This time, it seems his injuries were truly too severe; he arrived, yet Liu Lanyan didn't even react.
"Aren't you afraid she's faking it?" the demon god asked, half-jokingly.
Peng Zhen shook his head: "I believe in the Lord."
He trusted the Lord's judgment of people, therefore, he also trusted Liu Lanyan.
The demon god smiled, waved to Peng Zhen, and Peng Zhen understood and left.
The demon god looked at the sleeping Liu Lanyan, his smile fading, and reached out to gently pull up Liu Lanyan's sleeve.
The clothes provided by Wuchenju were made of very good material, light and soft, so when she was gently pulled up like this, Liu Lanyan, who was fast asleep, did not feel anything at all.
As the sleeves were slowly pulled up, revealing fair wrists, and following the white skin all the way to the elbows, the demon god's eyes suddenly darkened.
He already knew what would happen, but when he actually saw the veins and bulging veins on Liu Lanyan's elbow so clearly visible, his heart still couldn't help but clench violently.
It felt as if his heart was being pricked by a dense barrage of needles; the intense pain made him involuntarily flinch, and he gently lowered Liu Lanyan's sleeve.
He moved back a little and then gently exhaled the breath he had been holding in.
I finally felt a little better after exhaling the pent-up anger in my chest.
However, the scene I had just witnessed kept replaying in my mind's eye.
Liu Lanyan's skin was so white it was almost transparent, and her blood vessels were clearly visible.
This is after just one night's rest; if he had seen it last night, the situation would have been even more serious.
Indeed, the power of light is not so easy to cultivate.
Fortunately, he intervened last night. If he hadn't, Liu Lanyan would have been half-dead, if not dead.
She's not a careless person; she must have tried her best to erase the traces.
However, there was still no way to proceed. It seems that... she had a worse night than him.
A demon's constitution...cultivating the power of pletely contradictory things, sigh...
The demon god gazed thoughtfully at Liu Lanyan, then laughed, but there was no joy in that laugh; instead, it was mostly bitter.
"Lanyan, you never expected that I would actually go and investigate, did you? If it were before, I would never have done such a thing."
The demon god tilted his head slightly, closed his eyes, and became lost in his own emotions.
In the past, he would never have checked himself unless Liu Lanyan asked. Presumably, Liu Lanyan still believed this, which is why she felt so at ease sleeping peacefully beside him.
But, Lanyan... thousands of years have passed, and I have changed.
There are some things I'll look up even if you don't tell me.
Because I never want to repeat the same mistake again.
Having already understood Liu Lanyan's situation, the Demon God had his own plans. He had no intention of telling Liu Lanyan that he knew about her situation.
Liu Lanyan had a comfortable nap in the afternoon, and the Demon God had dinner with her in the evening. Sure enough, having someone by her side made her appetite better.
Just as they finished eating, a maid came in and presented a letter with both hands.
The demon god took it, opened it, and frowned slightly.
"What happened to the Liu family?" Liu Lanyan asked casually while eating her after-dinner snacks.
"You guessed it right away." The demon god smiled and handed the letter to Liu Lanyan. Liu Lanyan took it, glanced at it casually, smiled indifferently, and put it aside without comment.
"The Liu family has always preferred to rely on the power of others; they never put in any effort themselves," Liu Lanyan commented succinctly.
Liu Jinli was able to become the Grand Elder only because of her father's connections.
They went to great lengths to climb up to Yu Jinshuo in order to secure their own status.
Now that Liu Xinya is the wife of a demon general, Liu Jinli has to pay even more attention to her.