Chapter 69 Digging and digging in the little garden
As the sun sets in the city, the twilight filtering through the glass windows falls on the tatami mat. Karin pushes open the window, rests her chin on her hand, and lets the sunlight fall on her hair.
The wind chimes on the eaves moved automatically without any wind, accompanying the soft singing from inside the room.
"Like a donkey pulling a millstone, she can't get out of this circle. A frog at the bottom of a well can only see the sky above its head."
Ao Bai was driven crazy by her.
I've been in Sunset City for three days now, and ever since I woke up and received this mission, all I can hear are these few off-key lyrics!
Sure enough, the next second Karin sighed again, "He really didn't take advantage of me being unconscious to lift my veil and see my face?"
Ao Bai stretched and sharpened his claws on the window. "He's the Demon Lord. If he really wanted to see me, he could see me in a minute. Why would he need to sneak around?"
Huali thought about it and agreed.
When she first woke up, she truly felt like the sky had fallen; it was no different from being carried back to the lair by an evil dragon.
But then she thought that since she had legs, and he could bring her here, she could walk on them.
However, as soon as Huali took a step, that damned, lightning-struck, unlucky system issued a task.
"Task 3: Grow plants in Sunset City within seven days. Reward: half a star."
Huali had just woken up and almost burst out laughing when she heard that.
She figured it must be a bug in the system; what kind of task was this?
But after one night, she could no longer laugh.
Huali frowned and looked at the frozen sunset in the courtyard.
The withered branches in the courtyard, corrupted by demonic energy, looked like dried butterfly wings under the amber sky.
Ao Bai squinted as he watched the sun gradually set. "This is the seventh time the sun has set."
"Really?" Karin stared at the seeds in her hand. "It's alright, it'll be the eighth time soon anyway."
It's called sunset, but it's really just the sun setting and then returning. Time seems to stand still in this molten gold twilight, with no distinction between day and night.
No wonder it's called Sunset City.
As Huali watched the demonic crows soar across the bronze-colored sky, she murmured, "Bye, I feel like I'm going to get depressed."
No wonder Wen Jin and Wen Tingyun had twisted personalities. Putting everything else aside, no one would be normal living in this monotonous and frozen time every day.
"Are you depressed?" Zhang Dezhu walked past the rosewood window with a food box in his hand. "You eat three meals a day, each a big bowl of food, how can you be depressed?"
The painful literature about Huali at a 45-degree angle was scattered by a spoon, and she narrowed her eyes unhappily, "Why are you here instead of bringing food to Qizhi?"
The capital was in ruins, and Xiwu and Cenxi stayed there to clean up the mess.
The slaves have regained their freedom, the remaining demon soldiers have been reorganized, and Zhang Dezhu and Qi Zhi have been taken back to Sunset City.
Soon after becoming a seed, Qizhi, along with the life-giving pills given to her by Huali, recovered quickly but was still unable to move.
There are only three people in the entire Sunset City who need to eat right now.
Huali guessed that the reason they brought Zhang Dezhu back with them was probably because they valued his skills.
It was obvious that Zhang Dezhu thought the same way; his dream had always been to become the head chef of the royal city of Suoli. He thought his dream had vanished, but unexpectedly, life is full of surprises, and he transformed into the head chef of Sunset City.
Chef Zhang rolled his eyes at her, then took out a handful of seeds from his pocket. "Here, for you."
Karin quickly took it, "Is there any more?"
"That's all. These things are scarce in Sunset City anyway. I gave you all the pretty flowers. These are just eggplants and peppers for you to make do with."
"Okay, eggplant and pepper it is, as long as it can be grown."
Zhang Dezhu felt that Huali was seriously ill, but given the vast difference in their fighting abilities, he dared not say it directly and could only express it indirectly, "You haven't given up yet? Look at the mess you've made outside these past two days, you'd think the groundhogs had come to life."
Huali waved her hand wearily, not wanting to speak; saying more would only bring tears.
She jumped off the tatami mat, grabbed the seeds, and ran to the front of the courtyard to continue digging. After planting them, she quickly slapped the gold card on top.
This was a growth talisman she found in the Wanfu Sect's talismans, but the golden light was swallowed up and turned into green smoke as soon as it touched the ground.
Huali sighed helplessly, when she suddenly felt a gaze coming from her. Turning her head, she saw the Demon Lord dressed in black.
The two were separated by a window.
Wen Jin knelt down and leaned against the carved window frame where she had just been leaning, his index finger, embroidered with silver thread, tapping slowly on the windowsill, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
"Wen Jin? You've come at the right time. Come over and help me take a look." Hua Li raised a shovel covered in mud and waved to Wen Jin.
"Hiss—" Tuowu gasped, his vigilance towards Huali rising sharply once again.
Before Cuihua arrived, this courtyard was always where the master lived. Now it's like a weasel has come to infiltrate the courtyard, and the master not only didn't kill her in a fit of anger, but didn't even give her a warning.
Something unusual must be going on.
She must have done something to the Lord while he was suffering from amnesia. As the Lord's right-hand man, he absolutely cannot stand idly by; he must find a way to catch her red-handed as soon as possible.
"What are you doing?" Wen Jin glanced at the dirt on the hem of the rosewood skirt.
"Plant flowers," Huali had already prepared her answer.
"If you have too many lice, you won't feel itchy. She's lied to him countless times, so this is nothing." "There isn't a single flower or blade of grass in this sunset city. It's such a waste that such a big place is deserted. Planting some flowers and plants would be a good way to change your mood."
"Flowers cannot be grown in Sunset City," the Demon Lord said coldly. "Demonic energy permeates this place, and any plant will be corroded."
Even the most beautiful things should not exist if they are useless.
Well, she knew this unlucky headquarters system wouldn't let her off easily.
Seeing that the girl's hair was still covered in dirt, Wen Jin pursed his thin lips and disappeared a few seconds later.
After thinking for a few seconds, Karin simply stared blankly at the sky, "What to do? What to do?"
At this moment, Tuowu suddenly spoke up: "Why don't you go and take a look at the Niro Chan Palace? It's full of rare treasures."
Only the Demon Lord can open the Nero Cicada Palace. Anyone else who tries to force their way in will be blasted to ashes by lightning and fire. Let's teach her a lesson first.
Karin's eyes lit up. "Do you know where it is?"
*
On Mount Luoyun outside Sunset City, Wen Jin stared expressionlessly at the purple irises covering the mountain, then suddenly raised his hand and waved.
The flowers were instantly uprooted and suspended in mid-air in the mountains. The next second, they were all moved to a courtyard full of pits.
The moment those vibrant flowers blooming in the mountains touched the ground, they withered and faded instantly, their petals falling like burnt pieces of paper.
Wen Jin stared at the wreckage scattered on the ground, his face instantly turning terrifyingly gloomy.
He raised his hand again, and the same irises bloomed and withered once more.
After doing it three times in a row, he suddenly clenched his hands.
As dusk fell, Wen Jin's shadow was cast on the windowpane. The once slightly noisy courtyard was now as dim as a firefly about to go out after the girl's departure.
Since childhood, he had watched countless sunsets here alone. He told himself that he must become strong and never again be deceived or betrayed by anyone.
But now, these hands, which have crushed countless stars, still cannot catch a single whole flower.
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