Journey to the End of the Night
Chapter 104 - 104 104 The Young Lady from Shifang City

104: Chapter 104: The Young Lady from Shifang City 104: Chapter 104: The Young Lady from Shifang City Yun Rong looked at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, thinking that perhaps he was so captivated by the beauty of Miss Fang that he had become bewitched.

It must be said, the maiden was in the bloom of youth, delicately petite and exquisitely lovely, easily arousing feelings of protection and affection.

Her eyes, brimming with the clear ripples of spring water, were so beautiful it was as if she had stepped out of a painting.

The girl had reached the age of suitors, and her home had been besieged with suitors since she was ten years old, never ceasing.

Much of this was certainly due to her family background, but it had a lot to do with her natural beauty as well.

Holding a banana, the girl naturally thought the same, and with a sneer of scorn in her eyes, she involuntarily raised her swan-like neck and revealed her snow-white, proud chin, “Silly boy, she’s talking to you.”

Baili An quickly caught on, his gaze fixating on the banana, with a somewhat saddened expression, “I’m sorry, I was distracted for a moment.

Miss, the way you’re holding that banana reminds me of a White Ape I once knew.

When we first met, it also gave me a banana.”

With a clatter, the ripe banana fell out of the carriage.

The expression on the girl’s face at that moment was priceless.

Yun Rong couldn’t help but almost burst out laughing, trying hard not to clap in delight.

Just imagining that White Ape holding a banana, scratching its head and cheeks in a lewd manner, Yun Rong couldn’t help but let out an audible laugh.

This little corpse demon was indeed very entertaining.

However, as the person involved, Baili An had no idea about the gravity of the situation.

He squatted down, picked up the banana, and very tenderly tucked it into his chest, giving the girl a gentle smile.

He earnestly expressed his gratitude, “Thank you for the banana.

I will cherish it.”

He was a corpse demon and couldn’t eat human food.

But, sister Lin Yuan seemed to like bananas a lot.

The banana, plump and freshly colored, clearly a carefully cultivated fine product, would be a good treat for sister Lin Yuan.

So thought the naïve Baili An.

The girl, however, was like a cat that had its tail stepped on, immediately bristled.

She lunged through the carriage window and aggressively grabbed Baili An by the collar, rudely snatching her banana back as she shouted furiously, “You’re the White Ape!

Your whole family are White Apes!”

Baili An, completely baffled, looked innocently towards Yun Rong.

Yun Rong shrugged her shoulders, signifying her helplessness at the young man’s lack of emotional intelligence.

“Alright then, since my good-for-nothing brother doesn’t want to come home, let him be.

Here’s your deer back, the mountains are vast and rivers long; hopefully, we meet again if fate allows.”

Yun Rong no longer wanted to watch the childish spectacle, preparing to shatter the Sword Intent and depart.

At the last moment, something occurred to her, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Oh, by the way, have you practiced that Lingxu Sword Technique book you bought?”

She didn’t expect much hope that the young man would waste time and energy practicing a common secret technique; it was just her sword-obsessed nature prompting a needless question.

To her surprise…

“Um, I did, and it was indeed difficult.

I struggled all night to conjure a single Sword Butterfly; it isn’t very powerful.

Miss Yun Rong, with your profound mastery in the Sword Dao, can undoubtedly create thousands of Sword Butterflies to vanquish enemies,” replied the young man.

Yun Rong’s spine stiffened, her aqua-clear eyes frozen by shock.

Her fair hands hidden beneath her sleeves struggled several times to seize the young man forcibly and bring him back to Bai Tuo Mountain to delve into the Sword Dao night and day.

Fortunately, her rationality repressed her instincts in time, and she left without another word, casting one deep glance at Baili An before transforming into a meteor-like trail of sword light, disappearing into the distance.

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Baili An gently stroked the little deer’s head he had regained, just as Yun Rong had said, this deer had been so exquisitely cared for over the past several days by her.

The small antlers were even more brilliant and translucent, and the medicinal power of the spiritual fruit it had previously ingested had completely refined, turning into a pure demon core that slowly circulated within the deer’s body.

By then, the little deer was truly a genuine spirit beast of heaven and earth.

Leading the deer away, who could have known that under the command of the young girl in the Jade Chariot, nine unicorns would block the road together.

Baili An stopped in his tracks and slightly raised his eyebrows, “Miss, what is this about?”

A slender, finely crafted jade rod gently lifted the curtain of beads.

There stood the young girl, arms folded across her chest, an ancient-looking Sword Box strapped to her back that seemed out of place with her attire.

However, at her waist hung an exquisite Spirit Sword which appeared to be of great value.

Even without unsheathing it, the gem emitting a ghostly blue hue embedded in the hilt was noticeably priceless.

Her beauty, like the crescent moon, slightly lifted her eyebrows peering at Baili An.

Despite her youthful appearance, she was strikingly gorgeous.

Her black and white clear eyes filled with disdain and pride as she scrutinized Baili An from head to toe and said, “Mountain Realm clothing?

As far as I remember, in Kongcang Mountain, only Lin Guiyuan is foolish enough to wear this outfit.

When did Mountain Father get bored and adopt such a wild brat?”

Baili An looked shocked at the aloof swan-like young girl before him.

Her tone suggested a deep knowledge of matters concerning the Mountain Realm.

Considering this, Baili An assumed she was someone from the Mountain Realm as well and his expression softened, “Are you…”

The girl nodded slightly, “My name is Fang Geyu, from Shifang City.”

Baili An, not very aware of current affairs, didn’t know what sort of power resided in Shifang City, so he calmly nodded in greeting, “Nice to meet you, Miss Fang.”

The girl squinted her eyes slightly, seemingly displeased with Baili An’s too calm demeanor, and she coldly said, “You haven’t answered my question yet?”

Baili An thought for a moment, and not hiding anything, responded, “I entered the Mountain Realm over half a month ago, just…”

As he spoke, he quietly observed the girl, wondering whether to share some bad news about the mountain with her.

However, the girl seemed impatient as if swatting a fly and waved her hand,

“I already know about the matters of the Mountain Realm.

That old man has lived for so long, unable to run or jump, bounded by that old tree all those years, he might as well have died and reincarnated to enjoy himself.

Today, I came to take over Kongcang Mountain.”

Her cold, detached words weighed heavily on Baili An’s gaze.

Before he could speak, the girl spoke again, “Mountain Father used half of the Mountain Spirit Power to prolong Lin Guiyuan’s life.

I know he holds him dear, so I’ll let go of that half.

But the Seal of Kongcang Mountain…

it’s mine!”

Her tone was authoritative and beyond refusal.

Facing the uncompromising young girl, Baili An chuckled lightly and earnestly said, “Young lady, staying away from home for too long will worry your family.

You should head home and get some sleep.”