At this moment, Song Yan heard a noise, and couldn't help but curiously look over. In his heart, this little fellow always surprised him, bringing a kind of unprecedented joy to his heart.

That joy wasn't tinged with any desire, but was a more complex emotion. If it had to be described... it was a kind of eternal fixation, yet newly born family affection.

Song Yan became curious and asked, "Yuzhuang, what are you going to do?"

There was no answer. Po Xu Yuzhuang struck a pose and suddenly twisted bizarrely. She flitted and jumped, spinning in place.

Song Yan was dumbfounded and immediately understood that this little fellow was imitating those dancers from Soul Capturing Valley.

"You... you saw me happy watching those dancers, so you came to dance too?"

Song Yan suddenly grasped her idea.

But the next instant...

Snap!

Thud!!

Po Xu Yuzhuang tripped over her own feet, falling flat on her face towards Song Yan, her forehead hitting the ground with a tremendously heavy sound.

She tried to get up.

Thud!!

She knocked again.

She continued trying.

Thud thud thud!!

Hey, this spate of knocking wouldn't stop.

Song Yan: ...

Finally, Po Xu Yuzhuang stopped trying to get up because her body was twisted in a strange way, her limbs intertwined like a pretzel.

Then, some roots emerged from her body, supporting her in an extremely bizarre manner to stand up again.

Then she started spinning in place again, jumping, with her eyes closed.

Song Yan's expression softened, and he communicated directly through divine thought, transmitting a message: "I will teach you to speak; with such intelligence, you can surely learn easily."

Po Xu Yuzhuang understood and stopped dancing, instead walking step by step to Song Yan's side.

Song Yan pointed to the table and said, "Table."

Then he transmitted through divine thought: "Make the same sound as me."

Po Xu Yuzhuang opened her mouth, and in a strange voice, said, "Table."

Song Yan nodded satisfactorily and continued teaching...

Everything went smoothly; he felt like he might soon gain a family member who could communicate with him.

Even though in the eyes of the powerful in the Righteous Dao, this family member was something "that needed to be struck down with a sword," and in the eyes of the world, "must die," it was still his family.

It not only wanted to cheer him up, wanted to be like him but also would stop him from "eating crap."

Even monsters have family too.

Song Yan anticipated with hope as he taught into the night, before saying, as if in an examination, "Yuzhuang, good night."

Po Xu Yuzhuang opened her mouth and said strangely, "Table, good night."

Song Yan said, "My name is not Table, now I am called Shi Huangzi, but that's my alias."

Po Xu Yuzhuang opened her mouth again, "Alias, good night."

Soon...

Their conversation became unknown to others.

Song Yan helplessly said, "Enough, I'll teach you again tomorrow."

Po Xu Yuzhuang said, "You, good night."

Song Yan asked, "Do you know what your name is?"

Po Xu Yuzhuang said, "Your dad."

Song Yan: ...

He sighed and said, "Never mind, good night."

"Never mind."

Po Xu Yuzhuang imitated him with a long sigh, then sent the Blood Corpse Jade Makeup into the coffin, running into Song Yan's arms. The roots swirled in, twisting the three bronze-colored leaves before quickly poking out one leaf beside Song Yan's head as they fell asleep together.

...

...

After two years of earnest teaching, before Song Yan comprehended the "Other Transformation Realm," he first realized one thing: Po Xu Yuzhuang really isn't made for learning. You can communicate simply through consciousness, but never imagine teaching her to speak.

She... is not even as good as a parrot!

A parrot at least can repeat some fixed phrases, whereas she would just open her mouth and spout meaningless, incoherent sentences as if people on Blue Star blindly typing on a keyboard and pronouncing whatever was typed.

And sometimes, she seemed to have a sudden inspiration, recalling some words and then proudly saying them, but it would result in bizarre consequences.

After confirming that Po Xu Yuzhuang couldn't learn to speak, Song Yan decided to let her be a little mute.

One day, when Song Yan was in meditation, Zhao Nuo appeared outside the door again.

Song Yan went straight outside.

They exchanged a glance, directly wielding their weapons to soar away from Seeking Immortal Valley.

During these two years, they became as close as brothers, always going out together.

Freely indulging, training together, hunting demons together, and splitting the earnings evenly.

Once out of Seeking Immortal Valley, Zhao Nuo smirked and said, "Old Shi, today we're not visiting the Mortal Area!"

Song Yan was intrigued, "Struck it rich?"

Zhao Nuo said, "You've been so out of touch, you don't know the situation outside! I'm telling you, a month ago I got news from a backchannel that a master from Dust Light Sect died fighting the Celestial Calamity Water Beast.

This world is tough and getting tougher. After this event, I've decided to buy a Crimson Palace Pill and consume it, to strive for an early breakthrough to the Crimson Palace Realm!

So before going into seclusion, I must loosen up thoroughly, leaving no regrets!"

Song Yan said, "Fatty, you should have done this earlier."

Zhao Nuo said, "Hey, forget about me, you should also go into seclusion and break through."

...

That day, the two roamed Soul Capturing Valley to frolic with Fairies, and then, upon the Fairy's recommendation, tasted high-end ingredients, and sampled the Profound Wine said to benefit Cultivating Profound cultivators greatly. Knowing Zhao Nuo was about to break through the Crimson Palace Realm, the Fairy also strongly recommended an elixir, claiming that "this elixir can greatly reduce the erysipelas of the Crimson Palace Pill, shorten the breakthrough time, and if you're willing to buy it, she could do some more embarrassing things."

And so, Zhao Nuo bought it.

Song Yan bought it too.

After buying and enjoying themselves, they ended up broke.

Zhao Nuo could no longer afford a Crimson Palace Pill.

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