Tushan Honghong reached out and stroked the horse. This action caused the horse, which had been lowering its head to graze, to stop abruptly. Its legs trembled slightly, but its body remained still, fearing that displeasing Tushan Honghong might result in a fatal blow.
This was not only due to Tushan Honghong's terrifying aura but also the suppressive power of her bloodline.
It was merely an ordinary horse, while Tushan Honghong was an unparalleled fox demon. Their bloodline ranks were completely different.
It was akin to a human holding a rocket launcher and saying, "Dare to move?"
The horse dared not.
"Right, there's one more thing. After I take you to Tushan City tomorrow, I'll have to leave. Mo Xiaofan still needs to..."
"What?!"
Ling Feng's words were interrupted by Tushan Honghong's exclamation. Ling Feng looked.
At that moment, Tushan Honghong's hand, resting on the horse's back, froze. Her pair of green eyes fixed intently on Ling Feng, sending a chill down his spine.
"Why? Are you disgusted with our Tushan?" Tushan Honghong asked, her voice filled with agitation. "Or have you been deceiving me all along, and you also hate us demons?"
Ling Feng realized Tushan Honghong's emotions were quite unstable. The aura of a minor demon king had begun to emanate from her, scaring the two horses nearby to the point where their legs went limp and they huddled on the ground, trembling.
Ling Feng had no idea why Tushan Honghong's emotions were fluctuating so drastically. However, he had to calm her down quickly.
"That's not it! Calm down first," Ling Feng urged.
"Then why won't you enter Tushan City?" Tushan Honghong's gaze became unfocused, and she suddenly murmured to herself, "As expected, humans all detest demons. I actually dared to fantasize about peace between humans and demons."
Tushan Honghong likely didn't realize herself how unstable she was at the moment. Her aura fluctuated greatly, and the seed of hope within her heart was withering before it could even sprout.
"Calm down! I want to see Tushan, and I want to witness the Great Tree of Love, but I *have* to leave! If I truly hated demons, why would I have saved you and Rongrong?"
Ling Feng placed his hands on Tushan Honghong's shoulders, looking into her vacant eyes and shouting earnestly.
Hearing this, Tushan Honghong's expression jolted. Her volatile aura subsided considerably. She looked at Ling Feng with confusion and asked, "You *have* to leave?"
Seeing Tushan Honghong calm down significantly, Ling Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Once she was calm, they could talk.
"Sigh, my heart is weary. Why do others' systems draw partners with full affection points, while mine is truly indescribable."
Ling Feng complained inwardly. Tushan Honghong's affection points had been at sixty earlier, and they had plummeted so rapidly, directly towards twenty, making Ling Feng's heart pound.
With Tushan Honghong's current strength, even if he drew his God of War Blade, he would be no match for her.
"Phew, you know my origins. My time here is almost up."
"Tomorrow, even if I don't want to leave, I will be forcibly teleported back."
Not a single word Ling Feng spoke was a lie; they were all the truth. Tomorrow, even if he didn't wish to depart, he would be forcibly teleported back by the system.
This was a mechanism the system had implemented to prevent him from staying in one world for too long. During mission periods or special circumstances, he could remain in other worlds.
However, once a mission was completed, he only had twenty-four hours to stay before being teleported back to the Teyvat continent, including companion worlds.
It wasn't impossible to stay in other worlds, but it would require consuming wish energy to extend his stay.
Although Ling Feng wanted to see what Tushan was like and how large the Great Tree of Love truly was in reality, expending his hard-earned wish energy for this was clearly a loss.
While he might not have the chance this time, he would see it eventually. It wouldn't make much difference to postpone it.
"So that's how it is. I misunderstood you."
Tushan Honghong's eyes held a hint of sadness, but her emotions had completely calmed down. The minor demon king aura she had emitted was fully retracted into her body.
Ling Feng watched as Tushan Honghong's affection points began to rise, reaching a trust level of sixty-nine, just a step away from seventy, which signified "like."
After chatting for a while longer, they returned to the campfire. Tushan Honghong remembered Ling Feng's request and spoke to Tushan Rongrong about keeping it a secret.
The outcome was positive, with Tushan Rongrong agreeing to keep Ling Feng's secret of being a transmigrator. However, her subsequent resentful gaze and words left Ling Feng utterly bewildered.
"Brother Ling Feng is truly cunning."
Cunning?
What was cunning about him?
Without dwelling on it too much, Ling Feng lay down on the grass and began to rest. After a long day of busyness, he was physically and mentally exhausted and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Mo Xiaofan, having successfully improved his cultivation slightly, also stopped cultivating and fell asleep by the campfire.
Tushan Rongrong, however, boldly embraced Ling Feng as she slept, treating him like a pillow. But her limbs were restless, constantly moving.
After more than a minute passed and seeing that Ling Feng showed no reaction, Tushan Rongrong pouted in dissatisfaction before ceasing her movements and truly falling asleep.
Tushan Honghong did not sleep by the campfire. Instead, she sat on the branch of a large tree, leaning against the trunk, resting in a semi-awake state.
As the strongest present, she had to shoulder the responsibility of protection for safety.
...
Early the next morning, Ling Feng woke up from his sleep. He looked at Tushan Rongrong, who was clinging to him like a koala and sleeping soundly, and three question marks appeared above his head.
Ling Feng: ???
What was going on? How did Tushan Rongrong end up on him?
Ling Feng attempted to move but found that Tushan Rongrong was lying on top of him. If he moved, there was a high chance he would wake her.
Looking at Tushan Rongrong's cute sleeping face, Ling Feng felt a pang of reluctance. He sighed, "Ah, let's do a gacha pull."
Ling Feng closed his eyes and opened the system's wish panel in his mind. He checked the wish energy displayed in the upper right corner: five hundred.
"Five hundred wish energy, that can get me three draws from the normal pool... I'll do it."
Having made up his mind, Ling Feng did not hesitate. With a thought, he clicked the single draw button.
For some reason, his fingers itched whenever he saw the gacha option.
The next moment, a white light flashed.
A card with a white border appeared in Ling Feng's vision.
[Spirit-Infused Wood x100: 1-star item. Wood containing a small amount of spiritual energy.]
"What is this? It doesn't seem very useful. Can it be used as firewood?"
With the mentality that this draw might be unlucky and the next one might be a jackpot, Ling Feng immediately proceeded with his next draw.
This time, a green light flashed from the heavens.
[Siheyuan Construction Blueprint: 2-star item. With sufficient materials, it can automatically construct a large Siheyuan courtyard.]
"This thing will probably only be useful after I get the Serenitea Pot," Ling Feng mused.
"First white, then green. This is my last chance, please give me a blue light!" Ling Feng shouted internally and made his move.
*Whoosh!*
A white light flashed.
"No!!!"