He heard a cold voice say, "Cross your legs, close your eyes and meditate."

Silver Ring: "I have no knees."

Huo Fei: "...Alright, that's fine. I'll close my eyes and meditate."

Silver Ring blankly uttered an "oh," and obediently closed her eyes.

As soon as she closed her eyes, the sound of the white-haired monk chanting sutras came in from outside the iron gate. The moment the Buddhist chanting began, the silver-ringed man's forehead twitched slightly, and he immediately fell into a deep sleep.

To others, she was indeed asleep, but to Huo Fei, she was meditating. Similarly, because her mind was not yet clear, she did not know or remember that the essence of the sun and moon had been poured into her body during her meditation.

After Yin Huan had completely fallen into deep thought, Huo Fei gently pressed his index finger on Yin Huan's forehead. A surge of demonic energy suddenly rushed into the space between Yin Huan's eyebrows as his finger pressed down.

At the same time, the faint golden light of merit and the essence of the sun and moon surrounding the silver ring seemed to be drawn to it, rushing towards the spiritual platform.

As more and more essence of the sun and moon entered her body, a mysterious green totem gradually appeared on the center of her forehead. The totem appeared and disappeared intermittently before finally vanishing completely. The moment the totem disappeared, she, who had been completely unaware, immediately regained consciousness.

No, she couldn't be considered fully conscious, because her eyes were still tightly closed. But she was different from usual at this moment, because she had regained consciousness.

In the past, she would sleep soundly like a little pig while chanting scriptures every night, completely unaware of any changes in the outside world. But now, she clearly knew that she was in a thick fog.

The fog was thick and dark, without a glimmer of light. Silver Ring felt a chill run down her spine, unsure of where she was.

Just as she was getting anxious, specks of golden light suddenly flew from afar. The light, like sparks, slowly gathered and gradually dispelled the thick fog, finally illuminating the entire sky.

At that moment, Yin Huan's vision suddenly changed, and everything in front of her suddenly turned pitch black. However, within this darkness, there were colorful, shimmering points of light.

The light spots were of many colors, red, yellow, blue, and green, dancing and fluttering in a dazzling display. Among them were even a few streaks of purple light, which Silver Ring recognized as identical to the purple light that had entered her body that day.

Silver Ring was a little confused and had no idea what these things in front of her were.

Just as she was filled with doubt, Huo Fei's deep voice, like a thunderclap, suddenly entered her ears from all directions: "Incorporate the essence of the sun and moon that you have seen into your demon core."

Upon hearing this, Yin Huan subconsciously followed his voice and began to absorb the colorful light spots in front of her into the demon core.

After inhaling for a while, Silver Ring felt something was amiss. Why was it that only green light spots were being absorbed into her body, while other light spots were avoiding her like a flood, no matter how much she inhaled, she couldn't absorb them all?

Silver Ring was somewhat displeased. She took a deep breath and then exerted her strength towards the points of light, trying to suck them all into her stomach.

She took a deep breath, but unfortunately, apart from the gradually decreasing green light spots, the other colored light spots still avoided her.

Silver Ring tried for a while, then gave up in frustration. She realized that the points of light seemed to dislike her.

——

After a night of cultivation, as dawn broke, Yin Huan gradually awoke from her meditation. The moment she opened her eyes, her emerald green pupils shone brightly, as dazzling as the brightest stars in the night sky.

As if it were an illusion, the dazzling light flashed like a cold star and disappeared in the blink of an eye, and then it had calmed down.

Huo Fei stayed by her side all night. Apart from dispelling the dense fog on Yin Huan's spiritual platform at the beginning, he did not interfere with Yin Huan's cultivation again.

Previously, he hadn't made a move because he thought Silver Ring was a snake demon, and helping him open his spiritual platform would affect Silver Ring's later cultivation to some extent. But now it's different.

Yin Huan is a descendant of Nuwa, and her path as a demon is inherently different. Even if he helps her, it won't have much impact on her later life.

Huo Fei looked at Yin Huan, who had regained consciousness, and felt a slight sense of admiration. A descendant of Nuwa, truly extraordinary. He had merely cleared her spiritual platform, yet he had inexplicably exhausted his demonic energy. Fortunately, Yin Huan possessed a strong ability to draw upon the essence of the sun and moon, and after stopping, he seized the opportunity during the surge of this essence to quickly regulate his breathing.

Yin Huan exhaled a deep breath, looked up in surprise, and stared at Huo Fei with delight: "I can feel the essence of the sun and moon, and also, I finally have demon essence in my demon dantian."

Huo Fei smiled and said, "From now on, just cultivate like this."

Silver Ring flicked its tail, opened its bright, sparkling eyes, and asked curiously, "How did you help me?"

At this point, Yin Huan felt a little strange. Her elder brother had a high level of cultivation and had long since attained human form. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be someone who didn't know what Huo Fei knew.

But why does her elder brother always seem to only half-understand when he teaches her cultivation?

Could this be the difference between different demons?

Upon hearing this, Huo Fei's brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of inscrutable darkness appeared in his eyes.

The descendants of Nuwa and Tengshe... No one knows what earth-shattering changes happened to them that turned these two great demons, who should have been blessed with extraordinary talents, into this state.

Tengshe Luomang appears to be highly skilled and shrewd, but... in certain matters, he has lost the instinctive talents that a great demon should possess.

This method of clearing the mind of others from clouded perception is something anyone with profound skill can do. But he... not only failed to see Yin Huan's situation, but he also never considered helping her. Moreover, subconsciously, he seemed to hold a certain preconceived notion about Yin Huan's cultivation level.

Never mind, I'll talk to him again after he returns from the desert, and maybe I can find out the key to the matter.

Author's Note: I foolishly looked up the story of the White Snake and Xu Xuan, and then I was shocked. Holy crap, in the "Stories to Awaken the World," Xu Xian's name is Xu Xuan, a weak scholar who lusts after beautiful women. The White Snake absorbs yang energy, and Xiao Qing is a male carp spirit, not a green snake spirit.

Later, Fahai subdued the White Snake and inscribed a poem to warn people against being obsessed with beauty.

This is completely different from the original adaptation of The Legend of the White Snake.

My understanding of love from childhood... has been completely overturned. Such a beautiful love story, and here it turns out like this... I feel like I'll never love again.

I don't know if I'm misunderstanding something, but I've gleaned something unspeakable from these cautionary tales.

I feel heartbroken.