Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 199 - 095: Five-Year-Old Yanyan_2

Chapter 199: Chapter 095: Five-Year-Old Yanyan_2

Zhou Yan thought he had sensed something wrong, but when he focused his senses again, the Purple Flame Void between his eyebrows suddenly extended infinitely, and it seemed like a vast world had appeared inside.

Then, the flames of the Purple Flame Lotus Seed became incredibly lush. Suddenly, from the state of sprouting purple leaves, it grew visibly taller at a speed discernible to the naked eye.

Next, the silhouette of a woman gradually coalesced on the leaves of this Purple Flame Lotus Seed plant.

This time, the figure that formed was no longer of the same size as before, but that of a little girl about five years old.

However, when the little girl materialized, Zhou Yan’s heart inexplicably became a bit sour.

Inside the Purple Flame Void, a dirty, emaciated little girl appeared.

Her hair was dry as weeds, clearly showing severe malnutrition.

She had a cute face, but her complexion was an unhealthy, pale yellow and pale. Her face was dirty, and her large eyes carried a hint of bewildered pity.

It seemed that before this, she had been wandering alone in a cold, dark world for a long time.

Perhaps, the only thing she still maintained was those big eyes, which, though downtrodden, were still incredibly clear.

Zhou Yan felt his eyes inexplicably begin to sting, and his nose too. Tears unexpectedly appeared in his eyes.

His daughter, unknowingly suffering like this...

"Yanyan... Yanyan."

Zhou Yan’s voice was somewhat choked up, even tears glittered in the eyes of the body formed from his Spiritual Sense.

"Father King... Father King, Yanyan finally sees you."

Hearing Zhou Yan’s call, Yanyan was startled, and her previously bewildered gaze suddenly brightened. Her large eyes, which were already bright, were now as beautiful as stars.

"Yes."

Zhou Yan agreed excitedly, and then continued, "This time, Father King has brought you a lot of ’Fruits’. Eat well and don’t be hungry anymore."

Zhou Yan hugged Yanyan, but felt that her body was as light as a feather.

It had no weight!

Even in the Purple Flame Void, Zhou Yan’s own world, he knew that everything here followed mysterious rules, and there was gravity here too, so Yanyan couldn’t possibly be weightless.

But Yanyan was really very light.

Her plight, her emaciation, her weariness, and her bewilderment all indicated that her past had not been good.

"Father King, you are so kind."

Yanyan muttered subconsciously, and with a pinch in the Void, golden book pages in her hands transformed into golden runes that she quickly devoured.

After eating thirty ’Fruits’, her facial color finally gained a bit of rosiness, and the unhealthy color gradually disappeared.

The dry hair styled into two small pigtails also turned jet black and glossy.

But she didn’t speak, just sat there in a daze, seemingly lost in thought.

Zhou Yan didn’t disturb her, and he couldn’t bear to disturb her.

As a father, Zhou Yan felt he had failed terribly. He couldn’t provide a good life for his daughter but instead let her suffer so, while he was powerless to help.

It was a very painful thing.

"Father King, I miss Mother."

Yanyan’s big eyes suddenly turned red, and she spoke a sentence that made Zhou Yan’s heart skip a beat.

"Yanyan..."

Zhou Yan didn’t know what to say.

In fact, Zhou Yan had never known the answer to this question.

This world was too mysterious and unpredictable, the more he understood, the more insignificant he felt, so Zhou Yan also didn’t know where to seek such an answer.

"Father King, hugs."

Yanyan suddenly recovered from that ’sad’ emotion and then spoke in a coquettish manner.

Children’s moods change quickly, and Yanyan was no exception, which also made her seem somewhat naive.

Zhou Yan suddenly felt warmth in his heart. At that moment, he saw Yanyan looking up at him, blinking her big eyes just like that, and in those large eyes, there was a hint of an unexplained ’heartache for him.’

Zhou Yan’s heart was incredibly sensitive, and he suddenly sensed this feeling, and for a moment, he felt extremely gratified and happy.

Yanyan was only five years old but already had such a look in her eyes. He should be proud, proud! But at this moment, he still felt ashamed.

He said nothing but hugged Yanyan tightly and kissed her face, which still bore some stains.

Yanyan, tickled by Zhou Yan’s faint beard, giggled, her voice crisp and pleasant.

At this time, Zhou Yan vaguely felt that in the depths of the Purple Flame Void, the silhouette of a woman appeared, glanced silently at this place, then turned away with a thin smile.

Although the moment was brief, and Zhou Yan hadn’t focused, he suddenly felt like he had grasped something.

His Spiritual Sense suddenly spread out, sensing towards the four corners of the Void. But in the Purple Flame Void’s Heaven and Earth, there was nothing unusual.

"Father King, Yanyan is finally not hungry, but Yanyan still has some things undone, Yanyan has to go back first. Father King, Yanyan loves you."

Yanyan’s tender little hand suddenly hooked around Zhou Yan’s neck, then her little lips gently kissed Zhou Yan’s cheek, after which Yanyan turned into a flame, floating in front of Zhou Yan.

The flame carried a kind of scorching breath, almost capable of incinerating everything, but this aura was unable to harm Zhou Yan at all.

"Yanyan, where are you going back to? Is it okay for Father King to look for you?"

"Father King..."

Yanyan hesitated as if she wanted to say something but stopped.

"Yanyan, take these with you. Eat them directly if you’re hungry, don’t starve yourself again. Rest assured, Father King will bring you more ’Fruit’!"

Zhou Yan knew Yanyan was sensible, but precisely because of this, he did not want to make her uncomfortable.

If Yanyan didn’t say, it meant that where she was must be a special place, where his own strength wasn’t enough.

Even when facing Yanyan, although she had never acted out, Zhou Yan knew, in terms of combat power, he was... truly far inferior.

Even, the inscrutable depths of the Emperor Sword Lineage’s Hou Yan might be incomparable to the strength of Yanyan.

It was just a feeling, but Zhou Yan trusted such a feeling—despite Yanyan appearing so frail and thin.

"Father King... Yanyan won’t be naughty anymore, Yanyan will definitely listen carefully, be a good child, be a good daughter of Father King..."

Yanyan spoke some inexplicable words, hesitated for a moment, then turned into a blaze of light, sweeping up all the Runes.

Then, she disappeared.

Since then, all the Ancient Books in the Book Collection Pavilion outside the space Zhou Yan was in turned to ash.

Zhou Yan exited the Purple Flame Void, standing dazed as if in a trance.

After a long time, he sensed towards the Purple Flame Void again, inside, it remained as before, a piece of quietness.

Only the internal space had greatly increased.

As for the Purple Flame Lotus Seeds within that Void, they grew quietly as usual, as if nothing had happened.

But the massive amount of Origin of Enlightenment that had appeared here confirmed that everything that had happened was real.