After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

"I can offer you many benefits; I will serve you as your slave from now on!"

He was drenched in sweat, kowtowing repeatedly, begging the terrifying monk before him to spare his life.

But Zhao Gangyue ignored him.

He simply raised his hand, and the scene that had just happened to Liu Linlin was now playing out on Li Jue.

The second heart was delivered to the little glutton's mouth.

This time, the little glutton didn't even want to open its mouth.

It spat its bright red heart onto the ground and cowered back in fear and dread.

Actually, the heart isn't hard to eat for it; it's been eating it since birth and has gotten used to its taste.

But eating isn't like that.

Luo really did take it out to eat.

The atmosphere back then was completely different from what it is now.

Beside her, it felt relaxed and whole... so much so that it felt repulsed when the monk in front of it fed it.

"Not enough?" Zhao Gangyue's expression changed slightly, and he waved his sleeve fiercely.

at the same time.

The twenty guards outside also turned to ashes in an instant, their bright red hearts flying into the carriage one by one.

Soon, a small mountain made of hearts was piled up in front of the little glutton.

Zhao Gangyue stared down at the little Taotie from his high vantage point.

His expression was dark and oppressive, like a mountain pressing down on the little Taotie, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Want some or not?"

He raised his foot and kicked the little Taotie.

With a kick imbued with the power of an immortal, the little Taotie was sent tumbling over.

"You've gotten quite bold, daring to run away?"

"What? You were sold by that little girl? Where is she? Eat these hearts! After you finish eating these hearts, take me to her! Do you hear me?!"

The fierce attacks rained down on its vulnerable belly, causing the little Taotie to cry out in pain.

It was a little dazed.

It was as if the cultivator standing in front of him was overlapping with the face of Liu Linlin from just now.

However, this "Liu Linlin" is a more powerful version of Liu Linlin.

Little Zhenzhen is still the best.

The little Taotie was beaten to the ground, howling and screaming in agony.

Zhao Gangyue remained calm, but his heart, like a stone, continued its torment.

It needs to eat this heart.

That child, it also needs to be found.

He needed to find out exactly how the girl had broken the spell he had set up; she must have some unspeakable secret.

I thought this was a lower-level plane.

Finding a young Taotie is already an incredible stroke of luck.

But he never expected that there were other things worth exploring.

This time, however, Zhao Gangyue discovered that he had underestimated the little Taotie's determination.

It was beaten unconscious several times, its body covered in blood, yet it stubbornly refused to reveal the child's identity.

Zhao Gangyue then gave up his thoughts.

He forcefully shoved the pile of hearts into the glutton's mouth, slammed it shut to make it finish eating, then chuckled and said coldly.

"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I have plenty of time. I know what she looks like, I'll look for her slowly. As for you, it seems I can't keep you as a pet anymore. I'll take you with me wherever I go."

"This place is all desert, and even the quality of the cultivators here isn't top-notch. After consuming such a large number of cultivator hearts, you've only grown this little. The efficiency is too low. Let's go explore other areas..."

With a "clattering" sound, a chain appeared around the little glutton's neck, binding it.

The other end of the chain fell into Zhao Gangyue's hands.

He led the little Taotie and looked up ahead.

"Walk--"

The little glutton felt a great deal of resistance, but in the end, fear prevailed.

From an angle that Zhao Gangyue couldn't see.

The little gluttonous beast reluctantly turned its head to look at the city within a building, which was faintly visible in the sandstorm in the distance.

It couldn't go back.

I wonder if Xiao Zhenzhen will be disappointed and unhappy if she can't wait for it to come back.

But it couldn't...

The little Taotie whimpered and, driven by Zhao Gangyue, followed him eastward...

In the city within the building.

Luo Zhen really waited for several days, but the little Taotie did not return.

For the past few days, she has been peering out the window of the inn, intently watching the outside world, trying to spot Little Taotie in the crowd.

It even started to rain.

This is not common in the deserts of the West.

But the pattering rain, falling like threads along the roof ridge and eaves, made little Luo Zhenhuan seem even more pitiful and heartbreaking.

In her mind, Banlan, who always had everything under control and was relaxed and carefree, suddenly became unusually serious and surprised in her tone.

[That shouldn't be the case. I've lived for tens of thousands of years; my deductions can't be wrong... Why haven't the divine beasts returned?]

That statement.

It was clearly telling Luo Huanzhen that it wanted to come back.

Luo Zhenhuan looked disappointed.

"Perhaps it's doing well with that nun, so it's not coming back."

"It's okay. As long as it's doing well and happy, Zhenzhen doesn't necessarily need it to stay with her."

Luo Huan forced a smile.

"Although I very much hope it will choose me, I am very magnanimous and respect the choices of every life!"

She patted her little belly, clearly feeling disappointed and sad enough to cry, but still tried her best to act like a gentle and tolerant little adult.

Inside the Banner of Ten Thousand Demons, the ancient demons who were fighting suddenly stopped what they were doing.

They looked up at the sky.

The sky was overcast, and soon a heavy rain began to fall.

The Ten Thousand Demon Banner belongs to Luo Huanzhen.

Luo Huanzhen's thoughts will influence the changing winds and clouds within the Ten Thousand Demon Banner.

This rain is so heavy.

That little Taotie was really cute; anyone with eyes could see that Luo really liked it.

She has been trying to convince herself to let go of these feelings.

But the sky in the Ten Thousand Demon Banner cannot lie.

Luo was really sad.

The ancient demons put away their weapons and ran to nearby caves or under rocks to take shelter from the rain.

Each demon felt as if a stone was pressing down on its heart.

In the oppressive atmosphere, a demon murmured.

"I can't take it anymore. This is only the second time I've seen this ancestor look so dejected..."

Upon hearing this, a demon standing not far away, carrying a stone on its head, looked at the ancient demon who had spoken with surprise.

"Huh? What do you mean, the second time? Wasn't it the first time?"

"You didn't know? Oh... you seem to be a newly born demon? That's normal. Let me tell you, the first time was in the Spirit Mountain Secret Realm, when Luo Huanzhen saw the illusion of that man in blue robes with dark blue eyes who had previously entered our world being harmed. At that time, it was like the sky had broken down and a flood was pouring down on us!"