Chapter 49: In four days, I’ll pick a new immortal sword.

The takeout arrived.

The stone table was piled high with xiaolongbao, like a small mountain, emitting a fragrant aroma.

Su Li’er kept her head down and said nothing, her enthusiasm for xiaolongbao completely gone.

“Isn’t Little Li eating?” Song Ruoxue asked.

“Mmm… Little Li doesn’t want to eat.”

Speaking weakly, Su Li’er glanced at the demon sword clinging tightly to her arm, her little eyes filled with resentment and dissatisfaction.

This little action did not escape Song Ruoxue’s eyes. She sighed softly, “The demon sword’s demonic nature and most of its divine sense have already been destroyed by me. Even if Little Li uses it… it won’t have any effect.”

“Sect Master, don’t comfort me anymore! I don’t want to use a demon sword!” Su Li’er bit her lip resentfully. “I’m not some demon, I will absolutely not use it!”

As she spoke, she stood up shakily and quickly left.

As she left, she left behind a hasty sentence, her voice extremely soft.

“Little Li wants to go and change her clothes… I’ll be right back.”

The small back quickly returned to the bedroom not far away.

—Clang.

The door closed. The demon sword followed all the way and was shut out. It emitted a faint black mist and tilted its sword body, as if it were puzzled about something.

This scene made Song Ruoxue’s brows furrow even tighter.

“The demon sword, its origin is unknown, but its material is surprisingly good. It was forged from high-grade divine meteorites and likes people who go against the righteous path of immortal cultivation the most!” Tang Yingyue stroked her chin and said to herself.

It was a well-timed remark, spoken only after Su Li’er had left.

It was undoubtedly expressing a certain meaning.

“Little Li will not have any problems,” Song Ruoxue said.

“You don’t even have confidence in what you’re saying. The facts are right in front of you, aren’t they?” Tang Yingyue hugged a pillow nonchalantly.

Song Ruoxue calmly stared at Tang Yingyue.

“You seem to know something?”

“Mmm… I guess so, but this is just my guess.”

“Tell me what you know.”

“Please forgive me for refusing.”

“If you don’t talk, you’ll get the sword!”

Song Ruoxue summoned her sword in a second, her eyes slightly cold.

Tang Yingyue waved her hands innocently and quickly explained.

“It was your little junior sister who told me not to say anything!”

“…”

“What? You want to hear it?” Tang Yingyue showed a frivolous smile.

“Speak,” Song Ruoxue prepared herself mentally.

From the strand of fox fur she saw this morning, to Su Li’er choosing a sword… everything was full of strangeness.

‘And the matter of Little Li seeing a shadow dart into the woods… this was also strange.’

As she thought this, Song Ruoxue’s heart began to race. An extremely terrifying thought appeared in her mind.

‘A nine-tailed fox was lurking in the Sword Sect, and that nine-tailed fox had yet to be found… this was very strange, wasn’t it?’

‘With that nine-tailed fox’s rebellious personality, was there a need to hide?’

‘Many, many suspicious points could not be explained…’

What on earth is the answer?’

“Actually, I fed your little junior sister something,” Tang Yingyue turned her head away, her eyes flickering. “Perhaps it was that thing that temporarily attracted the demon sword.”

“Something?” Song Ruoxue’s brow twitched. “What thing?”

“Dragon’s saliva.”

“…?”

“And it was quite a lot. It was just yesterday. There’s still a large amount of dragon power remaining in your little junior sister’s body. It’s very possible that it would attract a demon sword…”

As Tang Yingyue spoke, she felt a cold sword being pressed against her neck.

That’s right, that sword was Song Ruoxue’s. Her face was full of anger, and the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly.

“So it was you who did something.”

“It was just a deal with your little junior sister. She gave me spirit stones to save my life, and I gave her a good fortune. It’s reasonable.” Tang Yingyue’s pupils glowed with a golden light.

She gently pressed against the cold sword with her slender fingers and said unhurriedly, “Most importantly, I was trying to verify something. Don’t you want to hear it?”

The cold sword was put away and disappeared into the void.

This silent reply was also a reply from Song Ruoxue. This was her personality.

Tang Yingyue tactfully continued, “Dragon’s saliva has another use. It is used to make demon-kin go berserk. During this period, no matter how good their disguise is, they will uncontrollably revert to their original form and lose most of their mobility.”

She stopped there.

Song Ruoxue’s brows relaxed a lot. In just a short sentence, she had figured out many things.

She naturally knew the uses and side effects of dragon’s saliva.

‘What this useless dragon said was not false.’

After absorbing the dragon’s saliva, at a critical moment in advancing to a higher realm in the future, it would have a miraculous effect. Even a high-realm cultivator could experience a semi-cheat-like advancement efficiency… this was indeed a good fortune.

“Alright, I was overthinking it,” Song Ruoxue shook her head and said with a sigh, “I shouldn’t have suspected Su Li’er.”

“This is your business. If you want to apologize, you should apologize to her, not to me.” Tang Yingyue casually opened a bag of xiaolongbao and ate them with relish, mumbling indistinctly, “And… the effect of the dragon’s saliva is not necessarily accurate, because my essence blood was not added to that dragon’s saliva. It can only be considered a semi-finished product, you understand?”

The mood that Song Ruoxue had just calmed down was once again stirred up.

Tang Yingyue, however, continued to joke.

“If it were me, I would have stripped Su Li’er naked. Maybe this child is hiding some kind of tail?”

Song Ruoxue thought for a moment. “How long can the power of dragon’s saliva remain in the body?”

Tang Yingyue replied without thinking, “It will be completely absorbed in five days at most. You can have her choose an immortal sword again at that time.”

Song Ruoxue’s thoughts were in a whirl.

‘Five days. Yesterday counted as one day. Does that mean there are still four days from today?’

‘In four days, the demon sword will automatically leave Little Li…’

—Rustle.

The sound of light footsteps was heard. Su Li’er had changed into a new set of clothes. She wore a turquoise long dress and a furry coat, with a thin layer of snowflakes on her head.

“What are the Sect Master and Big Sister Dragon talking about?”

As she spoke, Su Li’er obediently took a seat. She also opened a bag of xiaolongbao and ate them with relish, her cheeks puffed out like a hamster.

Beside her, the jet-black demon sword was still clinging tightly to her.

Song Ruoxue smiled gently. “The useless dragon and I discussed it. It seems this demon sword was attracted by the power of the dragon’s saliva.”

Su Li’er was slightly taken aback. “The Sect Master… knows?”

Song Ruoxue nodded. “Dragon’s saliva can remain in the body for up to five days.”

Su Li’er observed her expression. Seeing that the big ice block Sect Master was not angry about this, she let out a long sigh of relief in her heart.

Song Ruoxue glanced at the demon sword. “There are still four days from today. After four days, Little Li can choose an immortal sword again.”

Su Li’er blinked her eyes, and even the speed at which she was eating the xiaolongbao stopped. So the reason I attracted the demon sword was because I absorbed the dragon’s saliva!?

‘That’s great!’

‘You scared me to death. I thought it was because I’m a nine-tailed fox!’

“Mmm-hmm, then I’ll have to trouble the Sect Master~~”

Her worries were resolved. Su Li’er’s xiaolongbao tasted much more fragrant, and she ate one after another with great enjoyment.

Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling.

The wisps of black mist on the demon sword seemed to be slowly drilling into her pores, and her whole body was filled with a strange feeling, as if she were soaking in a hot spring.

For some reason, Su Li’er felt that a certain connection had been established between her and the demon sword in the shadows.

She could sense its emotions, its state, and… a full, unwavering loyalty.

‘No!’

‘Unwavering… loyalty?’