Wujian Restaurant.

The Three-Eyed Demon King returned to the ninth floor of the restaurant, found the scholar, and without saying a word, immediately started fighting.

The scholar had a smile playing on his lips, as if he had been prepared all along.

The two clashed amidst the city ruins, unleashing a flurry of bizarre techniques that shook the heavens and the earth, causing the entire Wujian Restaurant to tremble.

"I just came to the human world, and you bastards tried to scheme against me. I almost got killed."

"Three-Eyed Brother, don't get agitated, it was just a joke. With your abilities, how could you possibly be killed?"

"Sixiang is angry. It told me to get lost. Are you satisfied now, kid?"

"Why are you still thinking about Sixiang? I sent you to see that human, didn't you find anything more important than Sixiang?"

"It's just a forbidden technique, nothing important."

The two demon kings fought and talked at the same time, neither of them able to defeat the other, making it seem more like a friendly sparring match.

The scholar suddenly unfolded his folding fan, and with a sharp flick, sent the three-eyed monster flying far away. Then, he asked meaningfully, "Didn't you find any clues in his memories?"

The Three-Eyed Demon King, who was originally full of anger, was suddenly stunned by this question. "What clues? I have erased the relevant memories of the forbidden techniques, otherwise how could I have come back alive?"

"I'm not talking about forbidden techniques, I'm talking about the person who created forbidden techniques."

"I didn't see anything, there wasn't a single clue related to him."

"Really not?"

"Of course not! What exactly do you want?"

"It's nothing, I was just asking casually."

The scholar sighed, then turned and left, leaving the three-eyed demon king completely bewildered.

The Three-Eyed Demon King paused for a moment, then cursed, "You all have your own little schemes, don't you! I'm going to find another way out too."

...

Sky Island Orchard.

Summer Sky took the Ghost Bride on a tour of the island.

“Sixiang, look at this peach tree. It’s the peach tree ghost I told you about before. When I was impersonating Leng Manjin, I encountered another imposter, and it was this guy in disguise.”

“I remember you wanted to form a contract with it, but it voluntarily extinguished its intelligence.”

Although the ghost bride wore a red veil, it could see everything clearly.

It walked to the peach tree, gently bent a peach branch, and then tiptoed closer, just to smell the pink peach blossoms.

"If you like it, please break off a branch!"

Xia Tianqiong walked over, wanting to help the ghost bride break off a branch full of peach blossoms.

"Don't break it, it looks better when it grows on a tree."

The ghost bride quickly stopped her, then turned to look at the small wooden house next to the peach tree. "Is this your home? Isn't it a bit too frugal?"

Xia Tianqiong smiled awkwardly, "You can just say it's simple. This wooden house was only built temporarily, and I don't stay here often."

At this point, a thought suddenly struck him, and he tentatively asked, "Sixiang, didn't you say before that you wanted me to marry you? How about I build a big house here and you move in?"

His purpose in bringing the ghost bride here was to keep her with him.

His encounter with the Demon King today has instilled a sense of crisis in him.

The ghost bride turned around and faced Xia Tianqiong. Although there was a red veil between them, they could feel the ghost bride smile slightly.

"Whether you have a house or not doesn't matter, it's just that the time isn't right yet, so I can't marry you."

Xia Tianqiong asked impatiently, "What exactly is the timing? Tell me!"

"It's unspeakable."

The ghost bride shook her head, then changed the subject, "I like houses built with bamboo. Here is a seed of spirit bamboo that can be planted on the island and used as building material."

He took out a seed from his sleeve, which looked like jade and was about the size of a peanut.

With a flick of the wrist, it landed on the muddy path by the lake, took root in the blink of an eye, and quickly grew into a bamboo stalk more than ten meters tall.

The ghost bride waved her hand again, shooting out a stream of nether energy that disappeared into the roots of the bamboo.

Immediately, bamboo shoots sprouted from the surrounding land, and they quickly grew into bamboo.

In this way, it gradually spread, and lush bamboo grew in all the open spaces on the sky island.

"This kind of spirit bamboo can grow indefinitely as long as it is infused with Netherworld power; it will stop growing when the infusion stops. Bamboo shoots are also a special ingredient."

The ghost bride walked along the sky island, explaining as if she truly considered it her home.

Summer Qiong hurriedly summoned the Infant Tree Ghost and instructed it to arrange for its subordinates to cut down bamboo and rebuild a grand and beautiful house.

Next, Xia Tianqiong accompanied the ghost bride on a walk on the island, while also inquiring about some information.

"Sixiang, what does the Three-Eyed Ghost King mean when he says I am a variable in this world?"

The Bride of Ghosts pondered for a moment before explaining, "Whenever the Ghost Realm invades a world, there will be a person in that world who possesses special luck or some kind of fortuitous encounter, which allows them to turn misfortune into good fortune, rapidly become stronger, and gain the ability to resist the invasion of the Ghost Realm."

This is a glimmer of hope left to that world by the laws of heaven and earth. If this person does well, they can slow down the invasion of that world by the strange forces, or even completely preserve it. However, it could also accelerate the invasion of the strange realm, causing the world to be swallowed up prematurely.

This person is called a variable; their actions can influence the ultimate course of the world, and you are that variable.

Xia Tianqiong suddenly froze on the spot, his heart filled with turbulent waves.

I am actually a variable, and my fate is in the hands of the entire world!

I felt a strange sense of pride, thinking how awesome I was, but then I felt a heavy pressure.

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