Li Molin said calmly, "Now that the ancient treasures that have been hidden will be revealed one after another, if I'm not mistaken, the outstanding young disciples of the Yuandao Sect will definitely come down the mountain in the next few days, and Liang Yihan will definitely come down the mountain."

"What if he just doesn't come down the mountain?" Liuli pressed.

After a moment of silence, Li Molin slowly uttered four words: "Set the mountain on fire."

"Great!" Liuli chuckled, her mischievous side suddenly awakened, and she said with great interest, "Let's go set a fire right now!"

Li Molin couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, saying, "It's late tonight, and the disciples of Yuandao Sect are probably already in meditation. Even if we set fire to the place, we might not be able to lure out many people. Let's set the fire tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Liuli was disappointed.

Just then, Ji Jue finished grilling the meat and handed it to Li Molin, saying in a deep voice, "Young Master, have some grilled meat."

Li Molin smiled and shook his head, gesturing with his chin towards Liuli, and said in a low voice, "Give it to her, I won't eat it."

"Oh." Upon hearing this, Ji Jue handed the roasted meat back to Liu Li and said, "Here you go, miss."

"Okay." Liuli happily took the roasted meat and asked first, "Ahua, do you want some more?"

Ahua shook her head and said obediently, "I'm full, thank you, sister."

Liuli nodded, lifted the roasted meat, blew on it to cool it down a bit, and then took a big bite and chewed it without fully tasting it.

Li Molin glanced at her eating habits, shook his head, and smiled.

He looked up at the sky, leaned against the big tree behind him, closed his eyes and silently recited the demonic cultivation technique, drawing spiritual energy into his body and converting it into demonic power, storing it little by little.

Yu Ke and Ji Jue glanced at Li Molin's appearance and then left one after another to find a place to cultivate.

Ahua looked up at Liuli and said obediently, "Sister, I'm going to sleep too."

Liuli chewed on the roasted meat and mumbled, "Mmm, okay."

A flash of light enveloped Ahua, and she transformed into a tabby cat. She curled up on Liuli's lap, and soon began to purr softly.

Liuli sat by the fire, happily munching on roasted meat until she heard Ji Jue's thunderous snoring in the distance. Only then did she toss the bone aside and sigh with satisfaction, "Delicious..."

It was late at night, but Liuli was wide awake. She idly stroked Ahua's soft fur, glancing listlessly at Li Molin, and whispered, "Li Molin, are you asleep?"

Li Molin didn't move. Liuli leaned forward, raised her voice, and continued to ask, "Li Molin, are you asleep?"

Li Molin's lips curled slightly, his eyes slowly opened, and he asked in a low, husky voice with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"If you're not asleep, why don't you talk to me?" Liuli said with a grin. "I'm not sleepy at all."

"Okay, what do you want to say?" Li Molin smiled at her, his eyes shining warmly in the firelight, like a pool of spring water.

"Um..." Liuli hesitated for a while, but couldn't resist her curiosity and asked cautiously, "In Yuntai Cave, I kept hearing you talk about your mother, she..."

Li Molin's expression changed, and a layer of sadness appeared on his face.

Seeing through her expression, Liuli quickly shook her head and said, "If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. Just pretend I didn't ask, okay?"

Li Molin remained silent for a while, then looked at Liuli through the firelight and asked in a low voice, "Do you really want to know?"

Liuli hesitated for a moment, then nodded obediently and said, "Yes, I'm very curious."

Li Molin's lips curled into a complex and unpredictable smile, and he said in a low voice, "Then... I'll tell you a secret."

He stretched out his right hand toward Liuli, and a blue light emanated from his hand. As the light spiraled upwards and dispersed, a seven-colored flower bloomed at the top of a green grass about half a foot tall. The flower was fresh and delicate, swaying gently on Li Molin's fair and slender palm.

Liuli was startled. She could condense such a flower with her own spiritual power, but while the flower had plenty of spiritual energy, it lacked vitality. Buddhist power could also conjure a flower, but Buddhist flowers were solemn and dignified, ultimately lacking a touch of worldly charm.

"The Daoist arts!" she blurted out in surprise.

“Not bad.” Li Molin clasped his hands together, and the flower vanished instantly. A strange smile played on his lips as he murmured, “Taoist magic.”

The flickering firelight cast deep shadows on his face. A low, hoarse laugh escaped his throat as he slowly said, "I studied Taoist magic with my mother until I was seven years old. Then my mother left and never came back. Only after that did I begin to practice demonic arts."

“Liuli, my mother taught me a lesson: when you live in this world, there will always be someone who is most important to you. Even if at first you feel that you can’t live without her, your life will still go on even if she is gone, and you will still have to live.”

Liuli asked curiously, "How does your mother know Taoist magic? Who is she?"

Li Molin tilted his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky through the gaps in the trees. He replied in a low voice, "I don't know which sect she belongs to. I only know that she is a disciple of the Central Plains Taoism."

Liuli became increasingly puzzled and pressed for an answer: "How could disciples of the Central Plains Taoist sects be involved with demons?"

Li Molin said quietly, "I heard my mother say that she met my father in Magpie Bridge Town on the Qixi Festival. At first, she didn't know that my father was a demon. She said that he was a spirited and ambitious young man, just the kind of person she admired the most."

Liuli continued, "Then why did she leave later?"

“I don’t know.” Li Molin shook his head blankly and said, “I don’t know what went wrong in her relationship with my father. I only know that my father once knelt down and begged her not to leave, but I can’t imagine how she could be so heartless… She still left.”

"Oh." Liuli nodded, thought for a moment, and then softened her tone to comfort him, "Don't be sad, your mother must have her own unspeakable reasons."

"Liuli." Li Molin turned to look at her, his gaze deep and unfathomable, and said softly, "Will you leave me one day too?"

At that moment, he looked very vulnerable and insecure, just like a child.

Feeling a pang of pity, Liuli hesitated for a moment before smiling and saying, "No, as long as you don't send me away, I'll stay with you, okay?"

"Okay." Li Molin smiled, his eyebrows curving into crescent moons, his expression filled with the purest joy of a child.

"Alright, alright." Liuli stretched and said lazily, "I'm sleepy too, I'm going to sleep. We're going to set the mountain on fire first thing tomorrow morning!"

Li Molin nodded and said gently, "Alright, goodnight."

"Relax!" Liuli carefully picked up Ahua and placed her on the soft grass beside her. She stretched her numb legs, moved back a little, leaned against a big tree, and closed her eyes.

Li Molin looked at her small face in the moonlight, and his eyes gradually softened.