How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

Anyway, there's a huge pile; how much do you think it can hold?

"and!"

Hei Yang asked with a serious expression, "How long do you think it will take us to finish eating all of these? Or rather, to use them all up?"

Hongli: "Ah, this..."

Seeing Hei Yang's serious expression, Hong Li chuckled twice, waved her hand, and ran away, heading into the house.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your help. I'll go help, alright? Don't be afraid, Little Fire, Mommy's coming to save you!"

"..."

Hei Yang watched quietly as the girl ran into the house, clutching her neck, a happy smile spreading across his face. He turned to look at the Five Elements Mountain shrouded in mist behind him, murmuring in a voice only he could hear.

"From now on, I will never let you be sad because of saying goodbye and separation again. I will always be by your side, Xiaoli. I swear."

"Black Sun? Where are you? Where the hell have you been?"

"Ah, I'm here, what's the rush!"

…………

"Boom!"

The airship took off again.

"Hehe, you two watch closely!"

Inside the spaceship, under the puzzled gazes of Hei Yang and Xiao Huo, Hong Li smiled smugly, took two steps back, and took out a storage bag: "Look what good stuff I brought?"

"Boom!"

A large bed was pulled out by Hong Li, followed by sheets and blankets...

Little Fire, Black Sun: "???"

Hei Yang: "No, this is your good stuff?"

"if not?"

Hongli had already made the bed and smoothed out the edges. Then she jumped onto the bed, kicked off her shoes, and lay down comfortably on the bed: "Let me tell you, I've wanted to do this for a long, long time!"

After a pause, Hong Li couldn't help but complain, "This airship, in order to maximize space utilization and reduce weight, doesn't even have a comfortable seat!"

"Um……"

Hei Yang and Xiao Huo sat on the bed and looked down at Hong Li, who was lying down: "So?"

"So you know what?"

Hongli suddenly sat up, looking aggrieved: "Back then, the airship took me away from home and flew to Five Elements City. Because there were no seats, we had to stand the whole way!"

"Uh……"

Hei Yang scratched his cheek: "Actually, you can sit on the floor, lie on the floor, crawl on the floor or something..."

"Hey! There are so many people around! Lying on the floor is so embarrassing!"

Hongli retorted, dissatisfied, "So I just sat on the floor!"

Hei Yang: "Hmm?"

"That's right, I was heartbroken and all alone back then..."

Hongli's eyes gradually became unfocused, as if yesterday was reliving itself: "Suddenly I left my familiar parents, my relatives and friends, and even Sister Xiaoqi was separated from us because there were too many people coming in later..."

I didn't want to squeeze into the crowd, so I sat on the floor, hugging my knees, feeling the coldness of the floor, thinking to myself: "Ugh, how did they leave me all alone in this godforsaken place..."

Hongli's eyes were a little red, and she muttered softly, "The more I think about it, the more wronged I feel. When I feel wronged, I miss home, and when I miss home, I feel even more wronged, and then I start missing home again..."

But she didn't dare to cry or anything, because when you're out and about, you can't do anything for fear of causing trouble, so she could only endure it..."

"and then?"

Hei Yang reached under Hong Li's neck and pulled her into his arms. Xiao Huo jumped over and snuggled up to his mother, rubbing his cheek against Hong Li's arm.

"then……"

Hongli leaned her whole body against Heiyang, took his hand, and continued, "Then, I kept hypnotizing myself, telling myself that this was just a nightmare, just a fantasy or something."

Then my mind started wandering, imagining things like, "What if there was a soft, big bed on the airship, my parents, a dark... cough cough, anyway..."

Hongli clenched a small fist and waved it, her face full of resentment: "In short, I was sixteen that year, and I was like a lackey sitting there."

I was thinking, if there weren't so many people around, I could lie down whenever I wanted, cry whenever I wanted, do whatever I wanted—wouldn't that be wonderful!

At this point, Hong Li smiled and said, "Back then, I never imagined that I would be here today, in the same place, without having to sit on the floor or feel any restraint."

Instead, they did something utterly inappropriate, outrageous, and absurd: bringing the entire bed inside.

"But I'm doing it now!"

Hongli looked relieved and snorted, "Besides, no one can say anything to me, because this is our house now, and I can put whatever I want on it!"

"Well, that's it..."

Hei Yang patted Hong Li's head and sighed, "The child has reached the rebellious stage!"

"Get up, get up, get up! You're still in your rebellious phase!"

Hongli twisted her body, rested her head on his lap, and mumbled, "Okay, I'm going to take a nap now, so don't move around and wake me up!"

"Go to sleep."

"Um……"

The Five Elements Mountain in the distance could no longer be seen.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 217: Many important institutions' facial recognition functions are not as comprehensive as those for anti-addiction systems...

Hong Butian darted swiftly through the mountains and forests.

"If only I could have run this fast when my dad and uncle were chasing me..."

Hong Butian sighed, "In that case, they won't have a chance to catch up with me at all."

"Alright, kid."

The voice from the ring casually reminded him, "Look at your head."

"I saw it a long time ago."

Hong Butian swung his short dagger overhead, slicing a black venomous snake in two. The snake's head trembled slightly, as if it wanted to spit out venom, but Hong Butian crushed it with his foot.

"This is the twenty-third wild animal I've encountered today that has actively attacked me..."

Hong Butian put away the snake's body and sighed, "Just a few days ago, the forest was so quiet it was practically deserted, but now it's bursting with life..."

After a pause, Hong Butian nodded and said, "But this is the forest I'm familiar with. The presence of wild animals and poisonous insects actually makes me feel much more at ease."

“It’s normal.”

The ring's voice gradually became more excited: "This means we are getting closer and closer to the Medicine King Sect."

Back then, we would always raise some wild animals and poisonous insects around the sect that could be used for medicinal purposes...

It seems that even after all this time I've been gone, I'm still the same as before!

"Raising poisonous creatures for medicinal purposes... just hearing about it makes me a little uneasy..."

Hong Butian said truthfully, "Now that we're here, you shouldn't hide anything from me anymore, right?"

"You said you really wouldn't let me be harmed by you after I go to the Medicine King Sect?"

"You still don't believe me, do you?!"

The ring said somewhat displeasedly, "I risked my life to help you, and now you're hesitating to ask me for help?"

"What, now that I've helped you reach the Qi Refining stage, you want to ditch me and run away?"

At this point, the ring's voice couldn't help but sound a little annoyed: "If that's really the case, then I guess I was blind and misjudged you!"

"Don't worry, since you haven't broken your promise, I will definitely come as agreed."

Hong Butian clicked his tongue lightly and said in an indifferent tone, "But if it really is fake, at least let me die knowing why, right?"

"I told you, really, stop questioning it!"

"Row."

Hong Butian nodded: "I believe you."

"But then again..."

Hong Butian asked the question that concerned him most, revealing a hint of worry: "How did you end up like this? Who did this to you?"

According to you, you were already a very powerful cultivator at that time, so wouldn't the person who killed you have been even stronger?

"Uh, this..."

After hesitating for a few moments, the ring sighed and said, "Since you've asked, I can't hide it anymore. To tell you the truth, the person who killed me was a good friend of mine..."

"Ok?"