The system stammered, "Actually, I noticed a few days ago that Chongming often went out, especially when you were asleep."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yaohua asked.
The system sighed, "You like your master so much. If we didn't catch them in the act, you definitely wouldn't believe it. So I had to look for an opportunity."
Yaohua bit her lip. "They didn't do anything too excessive. Maybe they were just simply discussing matters."
The system said in frustration, "Host, don't be so naive! He's just an ordinary mortal now. What matters could he discuss with the demons?"
Yaohua naturally knew this and fell silent, her mind in turmoil.
She stared intently at the fox girl. She looked about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a bright red flower ornament between her eyebrows. Dressed in red, she had crescent - shaped eyes when she smiled, looking extremely charming and lovely.
"The fox clan is best at bewitching people. You're not wronged to lose, host!" the system comforted.
Yaohua was a bit hurt. "Am I really no match for this fox girl?"
The system sighed. "Well, men are always fickle."
"Chongming is not such a person!" Yaohua immediately retorted. Then she said dejectedly, "Maybe his feelings for me are not love but kinship. That's why he can easily fall for someone else?"
Seeing her in a low mood, the system comforted her, "Host, don't be too angry. Although the fox girl is good - looking, you're not bad either! She just uses her fox - like charm to win the man's heart. As long as you learn the methods I taught you well, you still have a chance."
"What should I do now?" Yaohua asked.
The system said, "Naturally, you should rush out and ask Chongming if he has really changed his heart. Caught off guard, he will surely tell the truth."
Yaohua nodded but didn't take any action.
Time passed bit by bit. By the time the fox girl was about to leave, she still hadn't moved a muscle.
The system urged, "It'll be too late if you don't go now! Host, be more assertive."
Yaohua shook her head. "Don't be impatient. I believe my master is not such a person. I'll ask him first."
Ignoring the system's repeated urgings, she didn't show up in front of Chongming until the fox girl had left.
Chongming was a bit surprised to see her there. "You got up so early today?"
"If I hadn't woken up early, I wouldn't have known that you had gone out and had a tryst with someone else," Yaohua said sourly.
Chongming laughed. "When did I have a tryst with someone?"
Yaohua questioned, "Who was that fox girl who just left?"
Chongming looked calm. "She's a lobbyist sent by the God - Lord, Hu Meier, the princess of the fox clan."
Yaohua was shocked. "The God - Lord has found this place?"
If the God - Lord discovered that Chongming couldn't use his spiritual power now, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Chongming pondered, " Chenyu only told others outside that I'm at a bottleneck in my cultivation. The God - Lord only thinks that I'm here for self - cultivation and doesn't know that my cultivation has been sealed."
Yaohua let out a sigh of relief. Then she wondered, "So the fox girl is a lobbyist? What does the God - Lord want to do?"
Chongming took her hand, and they walked back together. "He wants to attack the cities occupied by the demons, but he has no capable subordinates. So he wants to persuade us two to put aside our differences and serve him."
Yaohua pouted. "He has a lot of nerve! He did so many bad things before. It's already magnanimous and merciful of us not to hold him accountable, but he actually wants to go a step further and ask for our help."
Chongming nodded, clearly in agreement with her. "It's good that he has the intention to save the common people. But the timing isn't right yet. With our current strength, we can only defend Henan Prefecture and the Heavenly Realm. If we send troops rashly, we may not only fail to capture other places but also lose our own."
"How did you reply to the fox girl?" Yaohua couldn't help asking.
A smile played on Chongming's lips. "I told her to go to Chenyu. As long as Chenyu agrees, we'll go together."
Yaohua burst out laughing. "Master, you're so cunning."
The temper of General Chenyu is much more difficult to deal with than Chongming's, and he has high combat power. If the God - Lord angers him, he may get beaten up.
When they returned to the small courtyard, the atmosphere was quiet and beautiful.
Yaohua suddenly remembered that in the secret realm, she had seen the God - Lord lock Chongming's bones at the bottom of the Tianhe River. At that time, she only thought that the God - Lord hated Chongming extremely. Now, she wondered if this had something to do with the ancient gods trying to possess Chongming's body.
Thinking of this, she murmured, "It would be great if General Chenyu could beat up the God - Lord. I suspect that the God - Lord also knew that those ancient gods had ill intentions, which is why he was so mean to you."
Chongming closed his eyes to rest. "The God - Lord was still young at that time. He probably didn't know these things."
Yaohua said indignantly, "Whether he knew or not, we should make him pay the price."
However, Chongming felt a bit pity for the God - Lord he had always supported. "To err is human, to forgive divine. The God - Lord has already been punished. We don't need to pursue this matter. I believe he won't do inappropriate things like before."
Yaohua didn't agree with his view but had no choice. "I hope so."
The system suddenly asked, "The ancient gods had ill intentions? What was that about? Why don't I know?"
Only then did Yaohua remember that the system had been in a deep sleep at that time and didn't know that the ancient gods were trying to return to the Heavenly Realm by using Chongming.
But she didn't want to tell the system about this, so she started to make things up. "Don't you know? The God - Lord is the son of the previous God - Lord."
The system slowly typed out a question mark. "Really? No wonder Chongming is so tolerant of the God - Lord."
Seeing that he believed her, Yaohua let out a sigh of relief. "The purpose of the previous God - Lord raising Chongming was to use him to maintain the God - Lord's rule over the Three Realms!"
The system couldn't help scolding, "I didn't expect the previous God - Lord to be so despicable and shameless."
Yaohua secretly agreed with him in her heart and cursed the previous God - Lord.
Chongming saw that she suddenly fell silent, and his eyes flashed. Yaohua's current state was as if she was talking to someone else, but there was clearly no one around!
Yaohua came back to her senses and smiled at Chongming. "Why do you keep staring at me? Let's go home."
Chongming waved the rabbit in his hand. "It'll be dinner time soon. This is the game I just hunted."
Yaohua said excitedly, "Then I'll go pick the vegetables."
After deciding to live here, they had opened up two acres of vegetable fields behind the small courtyard, where many seasonal fruits and vegetables were planted.
When she got to the vegetable field, she was in a dilemma. "System, the vegetable seeds you gave me can't be inferior, can they?"
The system said speechlessly, "How can you slander me like this? Products from this system are always top - notch."
"Then why are these vegetables growing so slowly?" Yaohua questioned.