Not stupid
"Don't be afraid." Ignoring Rong Yan's wishes, the wolf demon forcefully pulled him onto the coffin lid.
The wolf demon leaped around, while Rong Yan stood frozen, as if a wooden chicken, and fine cracks crawled onto the coffin.
With a crack, the coffin shattered, and the two men lost their footing and fell into the shards.
"ah!"
The woman's limp body slid out of the coffin, appearing in a bizarre posture.
Rong Yan retreated in alarm, hurriedly saying, "She fell out."
"what to do?"
"Don't look at me." It wasn't afraid at all; it was just a dead person, and it had seen plenty of dead bodies since it was a child.
The two slowly came to a stop, shaking off the bits of debris from their clothes.
He tentatively moved closer and reached out to touch the woman's hand, feeling its icy touch.
The wolf demon reached out its claws and grabbed, bending the woman's body and tilting her head even more violently.
Oh no, oh no, I've messed up.
The wolf demon desperately tried to salvage the situation, but he didn't pay attention to his movements, and with a crack, there was a dull thud as flesh and bone separated.
The woman's neck was broken, completely broken.
"Catch her quickly—" The wolf demon supported the woman's body, urging Rong Yan to hold her head.
"How can this be?" Rong Yan said, unwillingly, but felt like ants were crawling all over his body as he wrapped his arms around the woman's head from behind.
His head was heavy, held together by only a thin layer of skin. Rong Yan's arms gradually went weak, and just as the wolf demon was pondering how to reattach the head, a dark shadow burst out of the cave entrance.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
The two men were terrified and, forgetting all about the woman, they suddenly let go and ran away with their heads covered.
The city lord was certain he hadn't misheard. He slashed open the gate, and a dark figure rushed towards him, knocking him to the ground.
"City Lord——"
Dark figures emerged in unison from the hole beneath the ice coffin, and as they saw people being injured, they fell to the ground one after another.
The city lord kicked aside his subordinate on the ground and stepped into the ice chamber.
The ice coffin in the center of the ice chamber was broken, and the body had been disturbed.
He bent down to examine the body; the woman was face down. He turned the body over, revealing the woman's unseeing eyes and her severed neck.
He was immediately consumed by rage, clenched his fists, and summoned his magical artifact.
Rong Yan and the wolf demon huddled in the corner, watching the man approach. Rong Yan mustered his courage, tilted his head back, and suddenly said, "Don't kill us—"
The city lord paused, looked at Rong Yan's face clearly, hesitated for a moment, and his murderous aura dissipated.
He stopped abruptly in front of Rong Yan, and as he took another step, a flying sword in the distance, accompanied by a gale, blocked Rong Yan's path.
The Nuo opera mask on his face was shattered, and the falling fragments landed on the ground, revealing only the tip of the iceberg.
Rong Yan didn't recognize this person, and he didn't understand why this person was staring straight at him.
"We didn't mean to," he explained humbly, only to be met with a question from the man.
"May I have your name?"
"He is my junior brother." Lin Yueyao flew over, having sensed it beforehand and arrived first.
When Wen Qing blocked the city lord's path, Lin Yueyao recalled the magical artifact and replaced it with herself.
"Now that the person has been found, I'm taking him with me."
The city lord put on a new mask, and apart from Rong Yan and the wolf demon, no one else had ever seen his face again.
He didn't tell them to leave. A large group of people knelt outside the ice room, awaiting his orders. He still asked, "What's your name?"
Seeing the tense situation, Rong Yan didn't know what to do. The wolf demon secretly pinched him.
The flesh on his waist was being squeezed so tightly that Rong Yan couldn't bear the pain and his face contorted in agony.
"My name is Rong Yan."
In that instant, the city lord swayed, and to confirm his conjecture, he channeled his spiritual power.
Lin Yueyao immediately interrupted, "What does the city lord want to do?"
The city lord glanced at her and said, "You can rest assured, fairy, I won't take his life."
She wasn't afraid of being stared at and let people pass freely.
The city lord's spiritual power slowly flowed into Rong Yan's crown chakra, and a force lifted him up, raising his hands.
A short while later, the spiritual energy dissipated, and Rong Yan collapsed to the ground, only to be caught by Lin Yueyao.
“Nianci’s child won’t be a good-for-nothing.” His words were filled with disappointment as he left with his hands behind his back, only to turn back again.
"So be it, meeting is fate." He released a wisp of spiritual light, which flowed into Rong Yan's body.
I felt a warm current fill my whole body, and my vision became much clearer.
"Say thank you," Lin Yueyao reminded him.
He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, senior."
The woman's corpse was still lying on the ground, and it was too scary to stay there, so Lin Yueyao led them away first.
The city lord watched them leave the cave, then looked at the corpses on the ground and began to repair them as if they were precious treasures.
The shattered ice coffin was restored to its original state thanks to the shadow's efforts, and the large hole remaining in the ground led to the abyss below.
Shadow reported that during the pursuit of Rong Yan, they discovered this escape route.
Based on Rong Yan's cultivation level and the wolf demon's strength, it would be impossible for them to dig this tunnel in a short time; it is very likely that someone else did it.
As for who it was, the city lord knew and also told Lin Yueyao.
Emerging from the cave, all traces of the burned Blackwater City had vanished.
The three of them walked down the street and needed to find a place to rest.
Going to a tavern would be bad luck, so after a moment's thought, Lin Yueyao found another inn.
After a whole day of fussing, Lin Yueyao didn't ask him where he went, how he was kidnapped, what happened afterward, or why the city lord's cave appeared.
Upon entering the inn, Lin Yueyao generously booked two rooms, ignoring the wolf demon.
Rong Yan took the key and went upstairs to his room.
Lin Yueyao instructed him from behind, "Wash yourself and change your clothes."
He obediently nodded a few times, thinking that his senior sister disliked him for not being clean, and went back to the room and immediately started to fetch hot water.
Just after he entered the room, Lin Yueyao went downstairs and called the wolf demon, who was pacing back and forth outside the door, into the room.
Rong Yan climbed into the bathtub and scrubbed himself repeatedly until his arms were red before he stopped.
He stood up, soaking wet, with small arms and hands, and his body hair not yet fully grown.
Stepping out of the bathtub, he saw the wolf demon clinging to the screen and instinctively covered his chest. "What are you doing?"
The wolf demon wagged its tail and said openly, "The Moon Fairy told me to follow you. From now on, you are my master, and I am your subordinate."
It spun around in place, then revealed itself in human form, offering a warm handkerchief and clothes, saying, "I don't have a name yet."
"Master, you need to help me think of one."
Rong Yan was a little unaccustomed to it for a moment, "How did Senior Sister convince you?"
"The Moon Fairy said, if you become my master, you will provide for my meals for the rest of my life."
This is too hasty! Rong Yan slowly put on his clothes. There must be a reason why his senior sister did this.
In short, it won't harm him.
Lin Yueyao settled the wolf demon beside him and asked about everything that had happened in the past two days.
Lin Yueyao sat in the room and recounted the whole story to Master Xuantong.
The paper crane on the table seemed lifeless. She added a touch of spirit to its eyes and relayed, "Master, have you seen Rong Nianci?"
A small, delicate golden paper crane drifted down to the windowsill, and the words of Master Xuantong slowly drifted out—
"I have seen you. I met you once when you were this age. Now that I think about it, I have some recollections of you. You were quite good-looking."
"Does Master think she bears some resemblance to Rong Yan?" She had never met him.
"Well..." Master Xuantong sat in the peach grove, using magic to keep the peach blossoms blooming continuously.
"There are some similarities. Does my beloved disciple suspect Xiao Yan'er's identity?"
"Just a guess," she added, without making it clear, "Master, please make your arrangements soon."
Rong Yan, Rong Nianci.
"Same surname, do you think that's possible?" The wolf demon washed up and rolled around on the bed.
"I don't know the person you're talking about at all." Rong Yan started making the bed, and before resting, he made sure to close the doors and windows to ensure they wouldn't be opened from the outside.
"I was just saying. Although I don't know them either, things don't always go as planned."
The wolf demon's words made some sense. Rong Yan was focused on making the bed and taking care of himself, so he wasn't paying any attention to the conversation.
He was an orphan, and his only adoptive parents had died, so he had no biological parents left.
Years ago in Lanxi Town, he slept with his parents, so he was used to sharing a bed with the wolf demon.
It's like suddenly getting intimate with a demon, and suddenly feeling a chill down your spine.
Fortunately, the wolf demon doesn't snore. I forgot to name the wolf demon before going to sleep, until the wolf demon woke me up early in the morning.
"Master, Master, what is my name?" The wolf demon got out of bed, returned to human form, pulled back the covers, and shook him desperately.
Rong Yan was shaken awake, got up and gave him a resentful look, then immediately lay back down and pretended to be dead.
"Don't sleep. I don't have a name. Get a name before you sleep." The wolf demon dragged him off the bed.
Rong Yan was at his wit's end; disturbing his sleep was incredibly annoying.
"Annoying," he said, and quickly went to bed to catch up on sleep.
"Fanfan, what's that name?" The wolf demon stood on the ground and reached out to pull at his blanket.
Rong Yan, hiding under the covers, added, "It's the 'annoying' kind of annoyance."
"What kind of name is that?" He didn't care. "Think of another one."
Rong Yan fell asleep, while Fan Fan stood with her hands on her hips, so angry she was practically fuming.
"Annoying?"
At lunchtime, Lin Yueyao heard this name and found it strange.
Feeling wronged and believing that her owner didn't care at all, Fanfan took the opportunity to complain, "This name doesn't sound good at all."
"It doesn't fit my domineering style at all."
Lin Yueyao stared at him, looking him up and down, and said while eating, "He looks like a turtle."
Fanfan was speechless. He didn't dare to refute Lin Yueyao at all, and instead looked at Rong Yan with pleading eyes.
"I think this name is quite good. What do you think, Senior Sister?" Rong Yan asked, seeking consensus.
She poured herself a bowl of tea and said casually, "If you don't like it, then change it."
"Okay, okay," Fanfan readily agreed.
"Silly."
"Pfft—" Rong Yan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Dull-witted and clumsy," Lin Yueyao continued to stab.
My mood plummeted. "What kind of good name is this?"
"This is it." Lin Yueyao decided.
"This is it," Rong Yan echoed.
Fine, for the sake of grilled fish, for the sake of making a living, he will endure it.
Benben didn't say anything, he was so angry that he stuffed his mouth full of rice, making it bulge out like a bulge.
It's just a name; Benben is trying his best to accept it.
He stuffed himself with a big chicken leg and vowed to eat grilled fish for the rest of his life.
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