Eat peaches

Most of the sect disciples within the Immortal Gate territory have arrived, but those from the distant continents at sea are still on their way.

Futu Mountain has beautiful scenery. After finishing his meal, Benben climbed to the top of the mountain as night fell.

Face up to the sky, a bright moon overhead, a tickle in the throat, an uncontrollable urge to shout.

After brewing for a while, Benben revealed its true form, tilted its head back, and let out a series of incomprehensible barks.

"Woof—woof—"

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Benben tried to bark again, making a whimpering sound in his throat, until he was hoarse, but it was still a strange dog bark.

After several howls, curses echoed from the small house nestled in the valley.

"Damn it, if I catch you, I'll skin this dead dog alive."

Benben didn't dare to bark or make a sound. He drooped his ears, sat on his hind legs, braced himself with his legs in front of him, and his tail swept from side to side intermittently.

That's a classic dog sitting posture.

Sitting atop the mountain, the cold wind whipped his fur, Benben looked at the moon with a forlorn expression, feeling that he would never be able to howl like a wolf again in this lifetime.

Just then, a hand grabbed the edge of the cliff and slowly climbed up.

Benben stared intently at the hand, barking loudly and smelling a familiar scent.

The Blood-Clad Silkworm slowly crawled up the cliff, and as expected, it reached the edge. After finally finishing, it looked up and saw a silly dog ​​staring at it blankly.

The silly dog ​​looked strangely familiar, picked up his hand, and forcefully pulled it down.

"Ahhh—" The blood-clothed silkworm rolled down the mountain, its screams echoing throughout the valley.

The people inside the hut could no longer bear it. They burst out of the door with a bang, grabbed a wood-chopping knife from the woodpile, and tucked it into their waistbands.

The woman, still wearing her clothes, rushed out to stop them, snatched the machete, and put it in a corner.

"Go back inside quickly, be careful, it might be a jackal."

The man had just caught his breath.

The blood-stained silkworm fell rapidly, its robe rustling loudly as it caught the wind.

He fell into the ditch with a splash, getting soaked, and felt a tearing pain in his wrist.

Two rows of clear teeth marks left a lingering smell; it was Benben.

The Blood-Clad Silkworm climbed up again with renewed vigor, while Benben stood guard beside it.

He smiled and said, "I am..."

"Ahhh—" Benben kicked him in the face, sending him crashing to the ground.

"Yes..." Benben kicked him in the head.

"Ahhh—"

"You stupid idiot—" Blood-Clad Silkworm was so angry he was about to vomit blood. With one last breath, he finally climbed up the cliff. "If you have the guts, kick me again."

"You are..." Benben stared at him for a long time, sniffing hard, her ears perked up, and her tail wagged vigorously. "Are you the Crown Prince?"

Benben transformed into human form and pulled him up. The Blood-Clad Silkworm sat limply on the ground, exhausted and unable to speak.

"Brother Crown Prince, why do you look so different?" Benben sat around him.

Blood-Clad Silkworm explained, "The Crown Prince is an imposter; this is my true appearance."

"So that's how it is." Benben only knew that he was a demon, but he didn't know what kind of demon he was.

"Brother Crown Prince, why are you climbing mountains in the middle of the night?"

It's a long story, Blood-Clad Silkworm sighed, turned over and sat cross-legged, "I came here for Wen Weijun."

"What do you want with your master?"

The two spent a joyful time in the palace, their hearts filled with happiness. Blood-Clad Silkworm secretly told him, "My master instructed me to protect Wen Weijun closely."

"Who is your owner?" Benben asked curiously.

Do you know Blackwater City?

"Of course I know." But what does this have to do with Blackwater City? Benben may look silly, but he's smart too. "Brother Crown Prince, your master isn't that masked man, is he?"

How do you know? Have you seen it?

"Of course," Benben answered honestly, though it was only a brief encounter in the heat of the moment.

What made Benben even more curious was why they would choose to climb up the wall in the middle of the night instead of taking the perfectly good road. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

Blood-Clad Silkworm sighed, looking distressed, and patted its clumsy head, "That's because I'm a demon."

"It will be discovered if you're not careful."

"Is that why?" Benben thought it was some kind of unavoidable predicament, but now it seems there's nothing to it.

With a quick reach, she pulled a juicy peach from her pocket, handed it to him, and let him eat it.

Blood-Clad Silkworms only eat human blood, but occasionally they will change their diet and find some beef and mutton to nourish themselves.

I've never eaten peaches before, let alone know what they taste like.

"Eat, eat," Benben urged him, explaining considerately, "These are peaches grown by Master. Each peach contains a lot of spiritual power, and it can also neutralize the demonic power on your body. If you eat this, others won't know you're a demon."

Hearing this, Blood-Clad Silkworm was overjoyed and took a big bite of the peach.

The flesh is smooth and tender, bursting with sweetness and juice with every bite.

"You can't eat it raw like that, you have to peel it first." Not liking his boisterous way of eating, Benben took out a peach and demonstrated how to gently peel off the skin.

The peaches have thin skins and are very juicy; once peeled, they release a rich peach aroma.

The blood-clothed silkworm ate until its hands were wet, and after finishing one whole, it still wasn't satisfied. Just then, Benben finished peeling it neatly and put it in its mouth.

The two demons ate the soft, rotten peaches, enjoying a leisurely time under the beautiful moonlight.

It was late at night. His senior sister's room was next to his. Although he said he wanted to stay and sleep with her, this was Mount Futu, not the Misty Sect. There were many people coming and going, and it was a noisy place.

So it's best to sleep separately to avoid gossip.

It's already this late, and I still can't see Benben. She should be in her senior's room.

Presumably, his senior sister has fallen asleep, so it's inconvenient for him to go to the next room to disturb her. He'll settle accounts with Benben tomorrow.

I turned off the lights, took off my shoes and socks, got into bed, and closed my eyes next to my pillow. Not long after I lay down, hurried footsteps came from the yard downstairs, clattered up the stairs, and knocked urgently on the door.

"Master, Master!" Benben shouted anxiously from outside the door.

Rong Yan calmly picked up the outer garment from the screen. "That damned idiot, he woke up my senior sister. I'll teach him a lesson."

I put on my coat and got up to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Benben was out of breath, and Rong Yan smelled an unusual odor, knowing that something serious had happened.

"What's the panic?" he said indifferently, closed the door, and left the room with Benben.

Just as they were leaving, the doors and windows of the opposite room gently closed.

To avoid alerting others, Rong Yan did not use his sword but climbed to the mountain peak on foot.

The silkworm, who had eaten too many peaches, clutched its stomach and cried for help, clearly having overeaten.

"My stomach hurts so much, it hurts so much..." Blood-Clad Silkworm was covered in sweat from the pain, curled up on the ground, and rolled around in agony.

If it weren't for Benben watching over him, he probably would have fallen off the cliff again from the pain.

"What's wrong with him?" Rong Yan frowned.

"He ate a peach, and then this happened," Benben explained carefully.

Rong Yan picked up the scattered peach pits from the ground and examined the kernels; they were peaches from the Wenyuan Palace. Although these peaches had the effect of enhancing spiritual power, they should not be eaten in large quantities, especially not as a meal.

Moreover, the Blood-Clad Silkworm is a demon, its entire body filled with demonic power, which clashes with spiritual power, creating two opposing forces within its body.

If the meridians cannot withstand the pressure, there is a possibility of the body exploding.

Although Master allowed Benben to eat it, he only allowed him to eat one every three to five days and never more.

This silly thing, feeding so much at once, it's practically asking for trouble.

I gave Benben a hard knock on the forehead, making a loud thud.

Benben didn't dare to argue back, rubbing his head, feeling incredibly wronged.

"Go to the side." Rong Yan told him to go away, and Benben obediently did so, walking obediently behind a rock.

A flash of inspiration appeared on the edge of the cliff, sparks and lightning flashed, so bright that it was hard to open one's eyes.

Rong Yan used a talisman to dissolve the spiritual power accumulated in the silkworm demon's body, while retaining a portion to conceal its demonic aura.

The silkworm demon, who had been unconscious, gradually regained its senses. It absorbed the power of the talisman, and its abdominal pain slowly disappeared, replaced by a refreshing aura.

Blood-Clad Silkworm opened its eyes, tears of gratitude streaming down its face, "Wenwei-jun, you are so kind."

"Since everything is alright, please leave." Rong Yan showed no mercy.

"How can that be?" Blood-Clad Silkworm exclaimed excitedly. His master had instructed him to protect Wen Weijun closely. If he left, what would he do if something happened to Wen Weijun?

"Aren't you leaving?" Rong Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, looking him up and down.

Although he didn't know where his senior sister had taken him after catching him, Rong Yan believed that his senior sister had her reasons.

Blood-Clad Silkworm awkwardly explained, "I finally got to see Benben, can't I stay a little longer before leaving?" Although it was his master's order, Blood-Clad Silkworm thought it was better not to say it, so he lied and said he was going to visit Benben.

Rong Yan didn't say anything. After all, Benben was a demon, and spending all his time with cultivators meant they couldn't really get along.

Or perhaps it was because of his half-demon nature that he put himself in others' shoes, and he pretended not to know, saying, "Do as you please."

The silkworm in its blood-stained coat was moved to tears.

It was dark then, some time before dawn. Rong Yan flew down the mountain peak with Benben and returned to his dwelling.

Unbeknownst to the two, another person had also returned to the room shortly after them.

The person was Lingfang. She returned to the room, tiptoed onto the bed, her face calm but her heart in turmoil.

The master of Wanjian Manor is dead, and my senior brother has to go back to handle his uncle's funeral arrangements. The sect leader is also unwilling to see her now.

Even the Xu brothers, Xu Yourong and Xu Youruo, avoided her.

Lingfang didn't understand why, ever since Rong Yan passed the test, everything had changed.

Even in one class, Master Chengshan didn't hold back in praising Rong Yan.

The junior sister, who was once the center of attention, was gradually neglected, while Rong Yan, who rose to prominence later, became the focus of everyone's attention.

How could she not be indignant?

In private, she always secretly observed this junior brother and found that he was always hanging around Lin Yueyao.

With a smiling face, he never made enemies.

Such a person is too simple, to the point that he is not simple at all.

Lingfang privately believes that Rong Yan has a problem.

She couldn't enter the Wenyuan Hall, but in the disciples' quarters on Mount Futu, she secretly witnessed Rong Yan's struggle with the wolf demon.

I stand guard by the window every day just to observe him.

Persistence pays off, and she finally seized the opportunity to follow Rong Yan and take in everything that happened on the mountaintop.

Although it's not enough to prove that Rong Yan harbors malicious intentions, given time, she will surely gather enough evidence.

Her intuition told her that Rong Yan was a very dangerous person and that he would cause great chaos.