Spring and Autumn (Part 3)

Along the way, Sandy was wondering what gift Su Xuan would give her?

It was the same exquisite clothing, or expensive pearls, or other treasures, the gifts that a certain fox gave her seemed to always be these things.

But Su Xuan took her and teleported to another place.

He was standing on top of a tall mountain. Below him was a city. Outside the wall was a powerful barrier that could be seen to have been set up by Su Xuan's spiritual power.

Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Fireworks are constantly being set off above the city, and the entire city is brightly lit.

"...Su Xuan, what is this?"

Su Xuan said: "Yaoshan County."

"What?"

Su Xuan turned around and looked at her, and said, "You once said that you hoped there would be no war in the four realms."

【So I will give you a place without war. 】

Sandy's throat was slightly hoarse, and she lowered her eyes to look at the town at the foot of the mountain.

This city is located in the deepest part of the demon world and is the most heavily guarded place. Sandy felt many different auras, including those of humans, demons, monsters, and ghost cultivators.

He walked in front, leading Sandy down the mountain.

"Most of them are escapees. The Immortal Realm and the Demon Realm are often at war, and because all the spiritual veins in the Underworld are concentrated in Bai Ren, ghost cultivators from other places have been fighting among themselves for cultivation. Many people have nowhere to go and often wander around the edge of the demon world. Seeing this, I was annoyed and simply brought them all here."

He said that he was upset, but when Sandy looked at the barrier outside Yaoshan County, she felt that Su Xuan was wrong.

He was clearly protecting them.

A certain fox is too stubborn, but in fact he is very soft-hearted.

Sang Dai followed him all the way down the mountain and listened to Su Xuan introduce Yaoshan County to her.

When they arrived at the city gate, the guards saluted them.

"My Lord, Madam."

It seems that not only the people in the main city, but the entire demon world recognizes the nine-string hairpin on her head.

Su Xuan responded without denying it and walked in with Sang Dai.

Yaoshan County was not small, on the contrary, it was very large and spacious. As soon as she entered, she saw a several-story attic standing there.

Sandy asked, "How big is this city?"

Su Xuan said: "The area behind Yaoshan County is also the territory of the demon world."

What this means is, if there are too many people, just build the wall and then expand it later.

Sandy was silent. It was such a simple yet useful approach.

Many people recognized Su Xuan along the way. He was too flamboyant, and his clothes and hair were particularly eye-catching. However, there was also a particularly good-looking swordsman following him. His temperament was cold and gentle, which formed a sharp contrast with the sullen-faced Su Xuan.

In fact, the people in Yaoshan County all knew that Su Xuan had allowed them to live in this place. He didn't care about anything else and there weren't too many rules. The only rule was that no one could be killed when entering, so he arranged for demon soldiers to guard the place.

Su Xuan provided them with a place to live, but in fact he seldom came here. Most of the time he came here just to strengthen the barrier. After the barrier was reinforced, he turned around and left without saying a word.

This made the people of Yaoshan County, who were originally terrified and worried that the Demon King might have some plans against them, gradually calm down.

Yaoshan County was established ninety years ago. Its borders are gradually expanding and the population is increasing. It is very peaceful here, with no killing and no war.

It is not possible for everyone to get along with each other in harmony. After all, humans, demons, monsters and ghosts have different living habits. For example, humans like sunlight, but ghost cultivators cannot see sunlight, and demon cultivators tend to have bad tempers. Therefore, it is not realistic for everyone to get along with each other in harmony. Therefore, the division in Yaoshan County is clear and specific.

Different people live in the four places of east, west, south and north.

But there has never been any fighting or war.

Sandy followed him and asked, "What do you want me to do with you?"

"Do something."

"What is it?"

"Meet some people."

A quarter of an hour later, Sandy finally understood what Su Xuan meant.

He brought her to the outskirts of the city. It was late at night, with fireworks going off one after another and crisp laughter in the large courtyard.

Su Xuan pushed the door open and looked up at the female cultivator who was squatting in the yard and helping the children weave lanterns.

"…My Lord?"

Although he calls you Lord, he is actually practicing alone.

"Um."

Sandy was completely stunned, looking at the children in the yard in disbelief.

The oldest one looked only eleven or twelve years old, about the same size as her and Su Xuan back then, and the youngest was still in swaddling clothes.

"Su Xuan?"

"Come in."

Perhaps it was because Su Xuan always had a sullen face and actually looked a bit fierce when he wasn't smiling. Also, the nine-tailed fox was tall and too majestic in front of a group of children. The courtyard, which had originally been filled with clear laughter, suddenly became as quiet as a chicken.

The female cultivator in charge of guarding the place stood up and saluted towards Su Xuan: "My Lord."

Su Xuan had only come here twice, both during the previous severe cold season in the demon world. He came here to set up a magic circle to ward off the cold. Since then, only spirit stones and food were delivered regularly every month. He himself seldom appeared, so his sudden arrival tonight caught everyone off guard.

Sandy happened to be looking into the eyes of a child, a little demon cultivator. The demonic energy on his body was not that strong. He looked at her quietly with a pair of blood-red eyes.

Sandy had never been stared at like this by a demon cultivator before. Most of the demon cultivators she met in the past wanted to kill her, but this little demon cultivator might have grown up here. He did not have that kind of murderous aura, but only the clarity of millions of children.

She smiled at him gently, and the little demon cultivator blushed. He hugged the female cultivator's waist and hid behind her, but one eye secretly peeked out, as if he was secretly glancing at her.

"This is Huaying, who is in charge of taking care of the children." Su Xuan explained to Sang Dai calmly, and then said to Huaying: "Tonight is Mid-Autumn Festival, I will bring someone to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with them."

Huaying was stunned and looked at Sandi.

"This is... Madam?"

Sandy: “…Uh, this…”

"I've seen the lady!"

Huaying saluted with a loud voice.

Some children were playful and followed suit, bending over and performing an awkward salute, saying crisply, "Hello, Madam!"

Sandy's cheeks were flushed, and she tried to explain: "Don't, don't salute, I'm not yours--"

Su Xuan did not give her a chance to explain. He walked up to the female cultivator, took the baby in the cradle from her arms, and handed it directly to Sang Dai.

"hug."

Sandy: “…”

Huaying: “…”

The baby in the cradle opened his eyes and met a pair of cold, glass-colored eyes.

After a moment of silence, there was a loud cry.

Sandy asked anxiously, as if holding a gunpowder: "Why is she crying?"

Su Xuan seemed to be at a loss as well, and hurriedly called out to Hua Ying: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and comfort her!"

Huaying's eyes twitched, and she came forward to take the child, holding him and patting him skillfully, and soon she coaxed the child back to normal.

Sandy said sheepishly, "I'm sorry, I didn't hold her well."

The swordsman was so polite that he exchanged a glance with Huaying, who then looked at Su Xuan.

Huaying muttered: "Madam, it wasn't you who made her cry..."

Sandy: “Ah…really?”

Su Xuan: “…”

He gritted his teeth and said, "You little ungrateful bastard, you've been raised in vain."

Sandy just found it funny.

She took the child under Huaying's guidance. This time she didn't cry. Instead, she stared at her with a pair of dark eyes, biting her fingers, and her hands were covered with her own saliva.

Su Xuan did not go over, perhaps because he was afraid of scaring the child again. He went to the corner of the yard and found a place to sit down.

The brave children looked at him. Su Xuan knocked on the stone table with one hand and asked, "Why, am I good-looking?"

A child nodded honestly: "It looks good."

Su Xuan laughed out loud, glared at the swordsman in the distance, and whispered, "It's nothing to make you think it looks good, it's real skill to make her think it looks good."

But as soon as Jian Xiu arrived, he attracted everyone's attention. He held the child as if he had found new fun. He teased the baby in his arms with a smile on his lips, and chatted happily with Hua Ying beside him, completely forgetting about a certain fox.

Su Xuan didn't feel angry, on the contrary, he felt soft-hearted.

He smiled and waved to the children beside him.

"Come here, I'll show you how to make lanterns."

Growing up with Liu Lixue, he was a man who went up the mountain to pick fruits and went down the river to fish. As a result, Su Xuan also learned a lot of things from them, such as how to weave lanterns, make flower lanterns, and weave grasshoppers. The vines were skillfully wrapped in Yingbai's hands, and an exquisite lantern was soon made.

There was a cry of surprise.

A child asked: "Wow, the lantern made by the Lord is so big, why is the cane not broken?"

Su Xuan raised his chin slightly and said proudly, "I'll teach you the secret."

Sandy heard the noise and looked back.

A group of children gathered around a stone table in the corner. A young man in a wide black robe sat beside it. There were many rattan sticks on the table. He lowered his eyes and bent and fixed the rattan sticks calmly and skillfully.

The usually cold man now had no expression, but his aura was gentle, making him look much more approachable.

A group of children gathered around him. The children did not know what distance meant, nor did they know what the identity of Lord Xiao meant. They just felt that the person in front of them was playing with them, just like these female cultivators were there to take care of them.

Some people held onto Su Xuan's arms and leaned over to look, while others lay on his legs and put their heads into Su Xuan's arms to look. In short, from Sang Dai's perspective, Su Xuan looked like he was surrounded by a group of children.

If it were someone else, Su Xuan would have kicked that person out of the demon world long ago, making that person fly for days without being able to come back.

But at this moment he looked calm, without any sign of anger, and allowed the children to lie on him or surround him.

The baby in her arms raised her little hands and rubbed her saliva on Sandy's face, and she immediately came back to her senses.

Hua Ying, who was standing by, quickly apologized: "Sorry, ma'am, the child is too young and it was not intentional."

As she spoke, she was about to take the child.

Sandy dodged with a smile and held the baby in her arms: "It's okay, she's still too young."

But the rest of his eyes looked at the people in the distance.

In fact, she seldom saw such gentle emotions in Su Xuan. It was not a gentle voice in his heart, but a gentle person.

Hua Ying said, "The Lord actually seldom comes here, nor does he often come to Yaoshan County, but the spiritual stones and supplies are always delivered regularly every month, no more, no less. Most of the children here were picked up by the demon soldiers outside, and some came to the border of the demon world on their own and were sent here by the Lord. Madam, the child in your arms was picked up by the demons when they went to clean up the battlefield during the immortal-demon war two months ago. It was only alive at that time."

Two months ago, when the demon world and the fairy world went to war, Sandy also participated in the battle.

It is obvious that the child's biological parents must have died in the war, otherwise she would not appear alone on the battlefield.

Sandy lowered her eyes and looked at the child in her arms who was still spitting.

Hua Ying smiled and said, "I never thought that I, a person from the fairy world, would end up in the demon world to take care of these children."

She reached out her hand and touched the baby in the cradle, and said to Sandy: "But my husband died in the war, and my child was stillborn. I was crazy at that time. It was the Lord who asked me if I was willing to come here to take care of these children?"

Sandy looked at her.

Huaying's eyes turned red, and she said, "I have been here for 90 years. Many of my children have grown up and started their own families, but they come back every month to play with these children and help me with some things. I have many, many children, and I am the mother of many people."

She raised her head and shed a tear: "This is no longer a job for me. The Lord pays me a high salary every month. It seems that he is worried that no one will take care of these children if I leave. In fact, I don't care about that at all, and I will not leave."

"For so many years, the demon world is the only one that has not had a war. Only here can they and I survive."

Huaying leaned over and kissed the sleepy baby in the cradle.

Sandy didn't know what to say.

She knew that Su Xuan was a very good monarch, and that he had never started a war since he ascended the throne, but she did not know that Su Xuan had built a city in the demon world to shelter some people who were not demons at all.

Su Xuan is not only a good monarch, but also a very good demon.

Caught off guard, she looked at Su Xuan.

She was holding the baby, and he was surrounded by a group of children.

Fireworks exploded one after another in the night, and the laughter in the yard was as clear as silver bells.

【This is a gift from me to you, Dai Dai.】

As a teenager, she hated war because she had to go to war, she had no time for herself, and her body was very tired.

As she grew up, she hated war because she had seen too many deaths and lost too many partners, and her heart was tired.

So what Su Xuan gave her was the gift that Sandy wanted most when she was a child. Even today, now that she has grown up, her original intention remains the same.

A world without war, without death, peaceful and secure.

She no longer has to practice swordplay constantly or go into battle frequently, nor will she lose her partners or loved ones in combat.

Sandy narrowed her eyes and smiled at Su Xuan.

Huaying said: "Madam, we all want to live a good life."

Sandy smiled and nodded: "We will all live well."

After playing with the children for half the night, when the Mid-Autumn Festival was completely over and the children went to bed in the second half of the night, Sang Dai and Su Xuan walked out of the yard.

They walked side by side on the path. It was already late at night, and except for the guards on duty, there were far fewer people on the street than in the first half of the night.

Sang Dai suddenly said: "Su Xuan, I like you very much."

Su Xuan turned around, stood tall and looked at her with his hands behind his back.

Sandy added, "I like it very much."

Su Xuan asked back: "What do you like?"

"I like the demon world."

"What about the fairy world?"

"Well, the fairy world is not as peaceful as the demon world. There is no monarch as good as you."

A fox couldn't hide his smile at all: "Really?"

Sang Dai approached him and said, "Su Xuan, I like the demon world you have governed, where there is no war, no death, no intrigue, and no family destruction. So, I will walk the road ahead with you. The four realms will never perish, even if I die--"

Su Xuan covered her mouth, his warm palm against her lips, to stop her from speaking.

She smelled a light herbal scent on him, a very pleasant scent, as if Su Xuan had had this scent on him since a long time ago.

"Sande, don't say anything unlucky."

The swordsman only showed a pair of eyes, looking at him ignorantly and obediently.

Su Xuan's Adam's apple rolled, his eyelashes trembled slightly, he withdrew his hand that was blocking her lips, and pinched her face.

There was not much flesh on the swordsman's face, but his skin was very smooth and white, so Su Xuan didn't dare to use any force.

He took his hand back and said, "You will not die, Guixu will not be destroyed, the four realms will be fine, you can investigate whatever you want, the demon world is behind you, you are not alone."

【So Dai Dai, you can go your own way. 】

Sang Dai's eyes were sore, but the smile on her face grew bigger and bigger: "Su Xuan, do you think I'm stupid?"

Su Xuan said coldly: "It's quite stupid."

【Silly and blind. 】

Sandy laughed again and said, "Well, I mean the other side."

She said, "Now that my innocence has been proven, I am a person with awakened heavenly spiritual roots. I can live my life in the demon world in peace, without worrying about the Guixu spiritual vein, the four realms, or my master's affairs. As long as I avoid Guixu, I can live my life in safety, away from everything."

"But I insist on investigating the destruction of Guixu's spiritual veins and proving my master's innocence. Even though I know the destiny that Senior Lingyin mentioned, I still want to be associated with Guixu. It is very likely that I will really end up in the situation Senior Lingyin described. Do you think I am stupid?"

Su Xuan stared at her intently, taking in the sword cultivator's slightly red eyes.

The night wind ruffled the swordsman's black hair, causing the tassels hanging from his pearl hairpins to sway.

He suddenly raised his hand and smoothed the swordsman's hair away from his face.

"Sandei, a person with a Heavenly Spiritual Root Awakening is very stubborn. You can be independent and do what you think is right. The Sandei I know will only move forward and never retreat."

Sang Dai was the one who dared to take Su Xuan, who had not yet formed a golden elixir, with her, even though they had not yet formed a golden elixir, and risked being hunted down by the demon world in a desperate attempt to fight for their freedom.

Sang Dai was the one who dared to resist the Ten Thousand Killing Array alone with a half-broken golden elixir, and without any protection or preparation, she dragged her newly detoxified body to endure the great thunder tribulation.

In Su Xuan's eyes, Sandy has always been brave and strong.

Su Xuan likes Sandy like this.

Everyone will like Sandy.

"People in this world are so ignorant. Maybe you and I can't tell right from wrong, true from false. If we don't walk to the end, who knows whether the path we are walking is right or wrong?"

Su Xuan pulled out the twisted pearl hairpin and put it back on for her, his expression calm: "So, just go your own way, the path you choose will never be wrong."

Even though he knew about the destiny that Ling Yin mentioned, Su Xuan never persuaded Sang Dai to give up all these things and live a quiet life with him in the demon world.

Because Sandy wouldn't do that. Sandy would never stop.

He wanted her to live, but if she chose a dead end, he would not stop her.

"Sande, go your own way."

[Whether it's the immortal path or the underworld, I will be with you. 】

Sandy suddenly lowered her head, covered her eyes and rubbed them.

The swordsman said in a low voice: "Ah, the wind is too strong, it's a bit blinding."

Su Xuan was anxious, and lowered his head to look into her eyes: "Is it serious? Let me blow it for you."

Sandy raised her eyes, there was still a gleam of water in them, and the area around her eyes was red.

"It's not serious. I have already rubbed out the dust."

[Dade...]

Sang Dai took a deep breath, put on a smile again, and asked, "Su Xuan, I still want to see the demon world. Let's not sleep tonight."

Su Xuan stood up, lowered his eyes and asked, "Are you not sleepy?"

"We, the Heaven-level spiritual root awakeners, are very stubborn."

She was imitating what he had just said.

Su Xuan suddenly laughed out loud: "Since you are so stubborn, why don't you come with me and do something else?"

He leaned down and moved closer to her, until their noses were almost touching.

Sandy smelled the fresh scent of grass and wood on him. The night wind blew up his silver hair, and a strand of it brushed against Sandy's face, making it feel smooth and cool.

She met his eyes.

【I want to kiss. 】

Sandy clenched her fists: "I..."

Su Xuan suddenly laughed and poked her nose: "Idiot."

The figure in front of him disappeared, replaced by a nine-tailed fox with fluffy and smooth hair.

He had shrunk a little, but was still much taller than Sandy.

The nine-tailed fox looked down at her from above and said, "Come up."

Sandy smiled and nodded: "Okay!"

The nine-tailed fox leaned forward slightly, and the swordsman jumped onto his back nimbly.

He turned around and quickly jumped onto the cliff beside him. The tall nine-tailed fox was exceptionally light and agile, running swiftly along the cliff.

Sandy hugged his neck and rubbed his furry ears.

The nine-tailed fox was too fast, and the cold wind cut on her face like a blade. Sandy silently set up a spiritual power shield to isolate herself and Su Xuan from the cold wind.

"Sandy, this is the demon world."

The dots of light were like a chessboard with stars on it. There was a powerful barrier above the vast demon world that was so vast that one could not see the end of it. The nine-tailed fox stood on the top of a mountain, and the swordsman on its back stood up to look at the demon world in the distance.

"Sandy, where are you going?"

Sandy pointed to the southeast: "Let's go there first."

"good."

The nine-tailed fox leaped down the mountain again and ran through the woods. The demon cultivators saw a silver shadow running quickly, but before they could see what it was, it had already disappeared.

Sandy pressed her face into his fluffy hair. The night wind was too cold, so Su Xuan increased the karma fire around them.

The long blade grew larger and turned into a cloak, which was draped over the swordsman.

She felt warm.

"Su Xuan, thank you."

The voice was so low that she thought Su Xuan couldn't hear it.

But the nine-tailed fox paused for just a moment, then continued running towards its destination.

Wherever Sang Dai pointed, Su Xuan would go.

The true body of the ancient beast could teleport thousands of miles. With his great speed, he took Sandy to see most of the demon world in one night.

Until dawn, the nine-tailed fox slowed down and walked in the woods.

The demon palace is just in the distance. You can go home if you walk a little further.

Su Xuan stopped and turned his head to look at Sang Dai who was resting on his neck.

The swordsman has fallen asleep.

The figure of the nine-tailed fox disappeared. The young man in black robe carried the sleeping swordsman on his back, pushed her head against his neck, and pressed his cheek against the swordsman's. He suddenly wanted to laugh.

"Still stubborn."

I was so tired that I fell asleep before I finished looking at the entire demon world.

Although he said this, Su Xuan calmly carried the swordsman on his back and walked towards the Demon Palace.

The guard at the door was about to salute, but he spoke first: "Don't disturb her sleep."

The demon servants decisively shut up.

After bringing the person into the main hall, Su Xuan took off her shoes and outer robe and put Jian Xiu into the quilt.

He had seen her sleeping many times, and during the month she was recuperating in the Demon Palace, he also slept with her in his arms many times.

But there has never been a moment like this, with his heart so calm. He sat on the edge of the bed and gently touched the swordsman's cheek.

The swordsman remained motionless.

Su Xuan smiled and took the sword cultivator's hand.

"Dede, I should be the one to thank you."

Thank you for existing in this world.

He felt extremely happy and delighted at her birth.

Su Xuan leaned over and gently kissed the back of Jian Xiu's hand.

Touch and go.

"Dade, I can only bear it for a little while longer."

So, accept him quickly.

His mating season is about to come. Will he be able to marry a wife at the age of 133?

Su Xuan poked her forehead and brushed her hair away.

"I really like you."