Free Web NovelChapter 1439: Chapter 111: Illuminating the Long Night with Fire
"Wow, the magic of summoning a Beast!"
On the soft cloud ground, a little girl carved from jade and marble had a serious expression on her face. Her ten fingers flew nimbly as she performed several tricks, finally forming a sword gesture, pointing earnestly forward: "Swift as a decree! Appear!"
"Woof!"
Suddenly there was a bark as a cloud blanket was lifted, and a little gray dog jumped out.
"Awoo!"
It bared its teeth, looking mighty.
Sitting before her was an exceptionally beautiful woman, who supported her forehead with her hand, speaking helplessly: "Jiang Anan, is this the secret technique you’ve been diligently researching instead of practicing calligraphy for days?"
"How is it?" Jiang Anan asked cheerfully: "Am I amazing?"
"I don’t know if you’re amazing," Ye Qingyu sighed: "I have a terrible headache anyway."
Jiang Anan leaned forward, pouting: "I noticed you were unhappy and wanted to make you laugh. Actually, I’ve caught up on my homework."
She held her treasured squirrel box, took out several stacks of paper, each with neatly written large characters: "See?"
Ye Qingyu reached out to rub her hair, speaking gently: "I’m worried about cultivation matters, not unhappy."
"I’ll ask my brother to teach you!" Jiang Anan waved her little hand, speaking grandly: "My brother is amazing!"
Ye Qingyu casually responded: "Regarding cultivation... my father is also decent!"
Jiang Anan blinked her big eyes and tilted her head, asking: "My brother is the best in the world, what rank is Uncle Ye?"
Ye Qingyu: ...
It’s hard to explain to a child the difference between the Inner Mansion Realm and the Truth-Seeking Realm, or the distinction between the best Inner Mansion practitioner and the best in the world. Moreover, the admiration a sister has for her brother is a beautiful thing that doesn’t need to be dispelled.
She could only reluctantly say: "Okay, I’ll ask your brother later."
Jiang Anan pondered and asked: "Is Chuguo far away?"
"Quite far," Ye Qingyu replied: "Why do you ask?"
"My brother said he’s gone to Chuguo, and the people of Chu cried and begged him to guide them about that mysterious thing..." Jiang Anan said, summoning her little Yun He, spreading it like a letter paper, and lying down on the ground, she began writing. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
"I’ll ask my brother to bring you a gift!"
She wrote while turning her head to Ye Qingyu, her eyes sparkling: "What delicious food does Chuguo have?"
Ye Qingyu was first moved, then amused: "Is this gift meant for you or for me?"
Jiang Anan giggled, drawing a big circle on the letter paper, writing "lots of delicious food" inside it, adding a note beside it, "two portions".
After finishing, she looked at it with satisfaction, happily rolling on the ground.
"Woof woof woof..."
Stupid Grey affectionately squeezed over, rubbing its head against her arm, making humming sounds.
She pushed it away with her hand: "It’s not for you! You didn’t hide well; everyone spotted you right away!"
Stupid Grey thought it was being praised and cheerfully shook its head.
"You’re so stupid!" Jiang Anan lightly folded the letter paper and tossed it into the air, where it turned into a Yun He that circled around several times.
Stupid Grey jumped up, trying to pounce, but Jiang Anan pressed it down with her hand.
Without knowing the exact address, sending messages with Yun He requires a response from the recipient to travel across thousands of miles.
If Yun He can’t find the person, it will float around the place where it last received a response.
That place could only be Zhongshan Country—Zhao Xuenyang, after capturing Jiang Wang, had cut off all means of contacting the outside world.
Ye Qingyu quietly cast a blindness spell behind her, preventing Anan from realizing that her Yun He wasn’t actually flying toward Chuguo.
Thinking of these things, Ye Qingyu couldn’t help but feel some sorrow.
Jiang Anan noticed and showed concern: "Why are you still not happy?"
Adults always think their moods can be hidden from children, but often they can’t. Children are most sensitive to emotions.
"Maybe I didn’t sleep well last night..." Ye Qingyu explained, controlling her expression, smiling gently: "I’m fine, really."
Jiang Anan pondered, bit her lip, and resolutely said: "I’ll share my brother with you!"
"Ah?" Ye Qingyu’s cheeks suddenly flushed: "How do we share..."
"Let him be your brother too!" Jiang Anan displayed a ’I’m very generous’ expression: "That way you can be as happy as I am!"
Ye Qingyu muttered an "oh", then returned to her composed demeanor: "You should go practice your writing now."
Jiang Anan: ?
...
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The pacifying attempt failing, Jiang Anan pouted as she walked away, with the obliviously excited Stupid Grey trotting along behind her.
Unaware of having been "entrusted with a great task", Jiang Wang set foot on the grassland for the first time.
Sweeping his gaze across, he saw a vast, expansive world—a boundless sky and earth!
It was like stepping out from a narrow room, clearing away cobwebs, clouds, and thorns, he suddenly experienced the embrace of nature.
It was so wide and limitless, capable of accommodating the freest soul.
At this time of the autumn moon, the grassland had shed its greenness, its "grass clothes" filled the view with hues of green mixed with yellow, yellow tinged with red. As the afternoon sunlight fell, it was truly a vivid autumn!
At this moment, Jiang Wang wore a cape and hemp clothing, resembling a lonely Traveler walking with a staff across the boundless grassland,
With the cape being one from that former fat and thin Human Demon Shun, the staff was acquired from Granny Bizhu’s pondering staff.
Speaking of which, there was a matching Cloud Jar with fierce poison Five-Colored Fish kept inside. However, Jiang Wang had barely used it.
Because its poison was so potent, said to be "fatal from a single kiss", Jiang Wang wouldn’t pull it out in ordinary times, but in the truly dangerous moments when he wanted to use it... he couldn’t even take it out.
Thus, the Five-Colored Fish, following Jiang Wang, had a rare tranquil time, hardly doing any work, leisurely living in the Cloud Jar, a classic case of freeloading.
Compared to Stupid Grey, it was much like a lazy dog, one moment a radiant hero.
Of course, there is a distinction.
The Five-Colored Fish was unused by Jiang Wang... Stupid Grey was just useless.
Jiang Wang strolled across the endless grassland, passing wild horses, cattle and sheep, herders, and lakes, unexpectedly relaxing and smiling, his thoughts wandering.
Not thinking about the world’s situation, not pondering the engraved hatred in Zhuang Country, not worrying about choices, gains, losses, or reputations...
He felt a rare sense of freedom.
The vast sky and earth, tranquility within.
He looked forward to reuniting with Xiao Wu and wondered how that guy was getting along with the Princess of Mugu...
According to Xiao Wu, Uncle Deng is now a Five Horses Guest, living a peaceful life. I wonder where he sells goods nowadays and how much silver coin he makes every day?
Life is filled with hardships, but one must seize small joys to illuminate the long night with a torch and sail across Ku Hai.
Meeting old friends is certainly one of them.
