Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 109 - 100 Tianyan

Chapter 109: Chapter 100 Tianyan

After greeting, Zhou Xiaohe turned and sat down in another corner of the rundown house with two cushions, joined by Li Erzhu.

Li Erzhu silently began his cultivation.

Zhou Xiaohe took out a bound novel from her travel bag and started reading it.

For a while, the snowstorm continued unabated, and the only sound left in the world was the mournful howling of the mountain winds.

Honestly,

Xu Yuan didn’t like listening to ghost stories, especially not in the current setting.

It was very cold, the stove was warm, but Xu Yuan felt his heart was chillingly cold.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan tentatively looked over his shoulder.

There was nothing else there,

he saw a pair of delicate, pale, bare feet.

They weren’t Ran Qingmo’s, and they were a bit too small.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan didn’t continue to turn around but silently turned his head back.

He wasn’t afraid, but he did feel like cursing someone.

Fighting monsters and leveling up should progressively get more difficult, right? Why did he always encounter unbeatable super-strong bosses at his current level?

From the beginning with the Flame Spirit Serpent, to Ji Qingyue, then the story’s main character and the old man, all the way to this little girl now.

Stronger backgrounds meant stronger bosses, wasn’t it?

Couldn’t he get a bit of a sense of participation?

In the midst of silence, wafts of meaty aroma gradually emerged from the black pot.

The White Fierce Bird meat was well-marinated.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, removed the black pot from the campfire using a cloth to let it cool a moment, then took out a skewer made of purple bamboo and personally started to thread the marinated White Fierce Bird meat onto it.

Three pieces of meat on one skewer, he threaded about ten skewers.

He pulled out a grill and placed half of the meat skewers on it to smoke and roast, occasionally sprinkling a handful of cumin and pepper powder.

Soon, the rich aroma of the meat filled the entire broken house.

Xu Yuan took a well-roasted skewer and, for the first time, turned his head.

Consistent with what Zhou Xiaohe said,

there really was a very cute little girl behind him.

She was dressed in light red palace attire, hugging her legs, burying her cheeks between her knees, only her beautiful light golden eyes showing.

Those beautiful eyes were intently staring at him without blinking.

After a few seconds,

the little girl’s gold eyes made Xu Yuan feel slightly uncomfortable.

It was somewhat similar to the sensation he felt when he was on Tianmen Mountain, practicing sword intent, but upon closer sensation, it was quite different.

It was as if some information had been forcefully inserted into his mind.

After a brief silence, Xu Yuan moved the skewer in his hand forward.

In the flickering firelight, the skewered meat looked charred and tender, still sizzling with its rendered fat.

The little girl glanced at Xu Yuan, then at the skewer in his hand, but she didn’t move; she maintained her squatting posture, showing no intention of taking it.

This made Xu Yuan feel like some weirdo trying to bribe a little girl with food.

After a pause, Xu Yuan softly said,

"Eat first, then we’ll talk about the rest,

"Tianyan."

He speculated this girl was the Tianyan that Ran Qingmo had mentioned before, the golden pupils were too distinctive a feature.

"....."

Upon hearing him, the little girl’s golden pupils shone briefly as she slowly raised her face from between her legs.

Her youthful face, yet as her golden eyes swirled, they vaguely cast a divine aura over her tiny frame.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan’s heart sank a little.

It really was Tianyan.

Looking at that hint of divinity in her demeanor, Xu Yuan even thought she might be the GM of this world.

Of course, that thought was just a jest.

If she really was the GM, why didn’t she appear in front of Xu Changge?

Is the GM also afraid of being too aggressive?

Thinking this, Xu Yuan shook his head slightly.

Old habits die hard.

At tense moments like these, if the situation allowed, he would always distract himself with random thoughts to alleviate the pressure.

"..."

Tianyan looked at Xu Yuan for several moments, then slightly nodded her head without speaking and reached out her small hand to take the skewer.

In Xu Yuan’s eyes, she began to eat it bit by bit.

Watching Tianyan for a second, Xu Yuan slowly turned back, glanced sideways, and saw Zhou Xiaohe on the other side watching him eagerly.

Or rather, looking at the skewers on the grill in front of him.

Xu Yuan found it somewhat amusing.

The witticism of Sun Go-Kong was not wrong; humans indeed have different sorrows and joys.

While he was worrying about how to survive, this woman was still thinking about eating meat skewers.

If she knew that the little girl behind him might be a Second Grade Primordial, or even a First Grade Mortal Transcendence, would she still have the appetite for his skewers?

Letting out a steady breath, Xu Yuan said, "Let’s eat together," and used Origin Qi to send two skewers over to Zhou Xiaohe and Li Erzhu.

Li Erzhu halted his cultivation technique, thanked him with a word, but didn’t eat, and handed it to Zhou Xiaohe instead.

Zhou Xiaohe ate the skewers with relish, one in each hand, seizing the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Xu Yuan with a beaming smile.

Xu Yuan wasn’t in the mood and answered indifferently without much enthusiasm.

However, this did not affect the enthusiasm of the big bear-like loli; his aloofness even heightened her eagerness.

From the start, Xu Yuan had noticed the way Zhou Xiaohe looked at him.

Like Ran Qingmo, who was an oblivious block of ice, was always a minority. Men lust after women, and women lust after men; if women do not, it’s probably because the man is not handsome enough.

His mind began to drift to random thoughts again....

Suddenly.

A voice from the depths of his heart, with a bass tone of a middle-aged man, came through:

"Xu lad, the girl behind you is no ordinary one."

"...." Xu Yuan.

Sir, are you being a sloth?

"Everyone’s been here for so long, and you’re just now reacting?"

Gathering his thoughts, Xu Yuan replied in his mind:

"I know, you didn’t sense her just now?"

Luo Daofan, the Saint, said with a chuckle:

"I wasn’t paying attention. I was studying the Heart Demon Knot that little devil planted in me, tsk tsk... Planting restrictions is one thing, but to go to such lengths, didn’t he consider what would happen if I undid it? Does that kid Xu Changtian really think he could still be alive?"

Luo Daofan’s voice was crisp and direct, not avoiding anything.

If you are inferior in skill and get caught in a tight spot, own up to it.

But if he could break this knot and the restriction, that Xu Changtian kid surely wouldn’t think he could still live.

Xu Yuan wasn’t the slightest bit bothered by the Saint’s straightforwardness, and continued to ask in his mind:

"What grade is her cultivation? Can you feel it?"

Luo Daofan chuckled again and replied, "I told you that girl is tricky. She might be Second Grade, First Grade, or... maybe even a Saint, who knows."

Xu Yuan pondered for a moment: "Any chance we could escape?"

The purpose of Tianyan seeking him out was all too easy to guess.

As someone who could foresee the future, if something unknown suddenly changed in the future, Xu Yuan would also personally go to investigate.

But whether the other party would eliminate this variable, Xu Yuan, he had no confidence at all.

"You’re thinking of escaping?" Luo Daofan said.

"If we don’t escape, can you and Ran Qingmo defeat her?"

"Maybe we can, maybe we can’t."

"What are you getting at here?"

"Can’t young people these days show some respect? First Qin, now you..."

"Alright, alright, Elder, can you get me out of here?"

"Hmm... Maybe we can escape, maybe we can’t."

"....." Xu Yuan.

Luo Daofan let out a sigh:

"She’s not showing any intention of harming you, why are you so nervous?"

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and said to himself:

"Old Luo, the Yantian Art, have you heard of it?"

Luo Daofan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked:

"Kid, are you saying... this little girl is practicing the Yantian Art?"

"Her name is Tianyan, and she can foresee the future, so what do you think, is she cultivating the Yantian Art?" Xu Yuan said.

"....."

As soon as these words came out, Luo Daofan suddenly cut off the communication.

After a good while,

he finally uttered a long sigh:

"So it turns out that Heaven’s Watchtower is still around."

Xu Yuan immediately asked, "Heaven’s Watchtower? Do you mean, Heaven’s Watchtower is related to the Yantian Act?"

Luo Daofan said with an inexplicable smile:

"Of course, it’s related. Hehe... not just anyone can practice the Yantian Art. In the past, only the Heaven’s Watchtower Master and those destined to inherit the Master’s position, the Saintess or the Saint Heir, could practice the Yantian Divine Art, even other Saints were not allowed to peruse it."

"..."

The weight of this statement was substantial, causing Xu Yuan’s mind to instantly connect many dots, but for now, he forcefully suppressed these thoughts.

After Luo Daofan finished, he was silent for a moment and then asked:

"Hmm... have you, young man, jumped out of that girl’s foreseen future?"

Caught off guard, Xu Yuan hesitated, then replied in a low voice:

"Not sure, but probably."

"I see... no wonder she came looking for you," Luo Daofan’s voice carried a hint of schadenfreude.

Xu Yuan frowned and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"It’s simple, she came looking for you obviously because..."

Luo Daofan’s voice suddenly stopped mid-sentence, with a teasing tone, he corrected himself and said:

"Hehe... how so? However you think it should be explained, figure it out yourself. Xu kid, we’re enemies now, do you expect an enemy to solve your puzzles? I’m going back to studying that Heart Demon Knot, you handle your own affairs."

Having said that, the Saint’s Remnant Soul didn’t give Xu Yuan a chance to speak, and immediately left the chat.

"...."

Xu Yuan’s eyelid twitched.

Riddle man, no good end for you.

But even though key information was spoken by the riddle man, Luo Daofan, the information he previously provided was indeed quite valuable to Xu Yuan.

Even though Heaven’s Watchtower had fallen ten thousand years ago, its name still circulated in the world.

The mere act of governing the cultivation realms of the world already suggested its former glory.

And the Yantian Art was almost inextricably linked to Heaven’s Watchtower.

A centipede dies but never falls; if the BUG-level Yantian Art is associated with them, does Tianyan’s appearance confirm that the Heaven’s Watchtower, which was destroyed ten thousand years ago, still has remnants in existence today?

Thinking this, Xu Yuan’s mind suddenly froze.

He suddenly recalled a fleeting idea,

wondering if this world would fill in a vast force hidden in the shadows.

Heaven’s Watchtower had never appeared in Cang Yuan, and, given the current information, it wasn’t fully eradicated.

If that’s the case,

in the plotlines of Cang Yuan,

would the tragic death of his father in those storylines be because of this mysterious Heaven’s Watchtower?

Considering this, Xu Yuan stopped reflecting.

Because it was pointless.

If his father were here now, he could speculate all he wanted, then hand over this mess to him to deal with...

"Oh, right, kid,"

Luo Daofan, who had exited the chat room, seemed to remember something and suddenly spoke up again.

"What?" Xu Yuan frowned.

Luo Daofan reminded him with a chuckle:

"If it really is the Yantian Art, then everything we just talked about, she has probably heard it all~"