Huang Jiu's foolish words made it hard for me to get up and stop Huang Xian'er.
I glanced at Huang Jiu and thought to myself that this guy, after being so clever for his entire life, would probably end up falling for his wife.
With his current state, wanting to dominate the situation?
It was nothing more than a pipe dream.
Huang Xian'er and Huang Jiu went to their room, and I played with Tingting for a while before Su Yimei, Auntie, said:
"Yangyang, your second uncle called. He said that the family issues have been resolved, and he's planning to take Tingting back tomorrow."
I just nodded in response.
The rooms here were not enough, and second uncle hadn't returned for a few days.
Besides, living with us, a group of abnormal people, was not comfortable for Su Yimei either.
After chatting for a bit, Su Yimei took Tingting back to her room to rest.
Xiao Cui didn't speak much; in fact, she hardly spoke at all.
She just sat there quietly like a little cat.
I moved over and sat next to her, pulling out the Earth Bead I had hidden all day, intending to surprise her.
When she saw the Earth Bead, her eyes lit up with more vitality.
Seeing her reaction, Mr. Jiang probably hadn't lied.
Not only could the Earth Bead suppress her, but it was also extremely useful to her.
Had I known this earlier, I should've taken the one left by Zuo Daoran.
After all, my good fortune would run out eventually, so I should have gathered the necessary things while I still had luck on my side.
Xiao Cui's eyes showed a flicker of emotion, but she didn't reach out to take it right away. Instead, she cautiously asked, "Is this for me?"
Seeing her speak, I nodded happily.
But her hesitant manner made me feel inexplicably sad.
I really had no idea what she had gone through. A once proud mountain leader, reduced to this state.
To me, she should have been like when Huang Jiu was kneeling before her in the shop.
That was how the mountain leader should have looked.
I placed the Earth Bead in her hand, ready to ask if she knew how to use it, but before I could, the bead turned into a beam of light and entered her body.
I was stunned and quickly supported her shoulders, scanning her body with my eyes.
The Earth Bead was a precious item formed from the essence of the Earth's dragon energy, containing tremendous power.
Yet she absorbed it like that, and nothing happened.
I felt a mix of shock and relief.
At least she wasn't as weak as I thought; she might even be stronger than I had imagined.
Unfortunately,
Putting a gun in the hands of a fool who won't pull the trigger is as useless as a firewood stick.
But I didn't expect Xiao Cui to be a fighter; as long as I was there, I would make sure she wouldn't suffer any harm.
I had acted too hastily earlier, and Xiao Cui thought she had lost the Earth Bead and that I was angry. She shrank her shoulders and looked at me with a fearful gaze.
Seeing this, my heart ached even more for her.
I quickly comforted her, saying gently, "If it's gone, it's gone. If I get another chance, I'll bring one back for you."
Though I said that, I knew full well the chances of another Earth Bead appearing were almost zero.
If it did, my luck would be against the heavens.
I took her hand and, seeing her blink a few times, I assumed she was tired. I softly said, "It's late; you should rest!"
There was no sound coming from Huang Xianer and Huang Jiu's room, so I didn't dare to go to sleep either.
But Xiao Cui shook her head, saying she would wait until I slept.
I felt warm inside and tuned a TV show for her to watch, quietly sneaking over to Huang Xianer's door to listen.
It was very quiet inside.
It is said that the human heart is hard to understand, and the demon heart is even harder to fathom.
I worried that Huang Xian'er might kill Huang Jiu and take the demon soul for herself.
After all, obtaining a Nine-Tailed Demon Soul would allow even the smallest of demons to grow into an extraordinary one.
After hesitating, I still chose to believe in their marital bond and didn't knock on the door. I returned to the living room to wait.
I played with Xiao Cui's fingers, her touch soft.
This also reminded me of the two drops of ghost tears I had.
I carefully took them out and asked her to help me put them in my eyes.
Worried that she wouldn't know how, I demonstrated a few times to make sure she understood.
Clumsy as she was, after watching me a few times, she nodded confidently, indicating that she could do it.
With that, I took out the ghost tears wrapped in a yellow talisman.
As soon as the ghost tears appeared, the room temperature dropped a few degrees, but it was only for an instant before the raging Yin energy was suppressed by Xiao Cui's aura.
Xiao Cui took the ghost tears and, after observing them with curiosity, saw that I was lying on the couch, and then carefully crawled onto my chest.
Feeling the fragrance from her breath, I couldn't resist and leaned forward to kiss her lips.
Caught off guard, Xiao Cui was startled. Her face turned bright red, and she awkwardly pushed me back onto the couch.
Spirit Eyes were much more powerful than Yin-Yang Eyes, though they had some similarities, which is why the ghost tears would help enhance them.
Xiao Cui seemed clumsy, but when it came to using her hands, she was surprisingly precise. She carefully placed the two drops of ghost tears into my eyes.
Once the tears came into contact with the Yang energy, they transformed into pure Yin energy.
However, I had underestimated the amount of Yin energy within the ghost tears, and as it spread out, I couldn't absorb it quickly enough.
It felt as if two massive ice blocks had been shoved into my eyes, and my eyeballs ached unbearably.
In a panic, I used my Dao energy to refine the Yin energy, but I wasn't able to recover it quickly. Soon, my energy was exhausted.
Without the help of Dao energy, the pure Yin energy began to run rampant in my eyes, consuming my Yang energy.
In just a few seconds, a layer of frost formed on my skin.
Once the tears were inside, there was no way to remove them.
Within seconds, my body froze stiff, and I couldn't even speak.
But just then, in my blurred vision, a red light flashed, followed by a warm current that flowed through my body, neutralizing the Yin energy.
I didn't even need to absorb it—the mixed energy naturally fused into my body.
The chilling sensation disappeared, and the frost on my skin evaporated.
Aside from some soreness and pressure in my eyes, I felt no other discomfort.
I was stunned as I sat up and immediately looked at Xiao Cui.
She had put her pale fingers in her mouth, sucking on them with a pained expression, on the verge of tears.
Was the red light I saw earlier... her blood?
I pulled her hand over, and sure enough, there was a small wound.
Sigh!
For a moment, I didn't know what to say.
But once I thought of her background, I understood.
I blew on the wound and gently patted her head to comfort her, trying to alleviate her distress as she returned to watching her show.
I then activated the second level of Spirit Eyes, feeling no pain at all.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a wispy, milky-white demonic energy coming from Huang Xianer's room, swirling around the entire building.
I hadn't felt it earlier because Xiao Cui was by my side.
The demonic energy was blocked three meters away from us, unable to get any closer.
Not only around me, but also near Su Yimei and her daughter's rooms, the demonic energy couldn't approach.
It was clear that Xiao Cui had been protecting them the whole time.
I closed my Spirit Eyes, then opened them again, activating the third level.
A sharp pain immediately shot through my eyes, but it was much lighter than the second level, and completely bearable.
With the third level of Spirit Eyes, the demonic energy transformed into several small white foxes, running chaotically around the room.
I was overjoyed—at the third level, Spirit Eyes could perceive the essence of things through their aura.