The thought that popped up in Su Yuan's mind made him feel extremely uncomfortable. He stood up and paced back and forth by the window. Several times, he almost couldn't restrain the impulse in his heart and wanted to rush out and hug the person tightly in his arms.
However, as soon as such a thought emerged, the words of the inner demon that day would come back to haunt his ears, forcefully dispelling that impulse.
He had promised to let go. What was he doing now?
Taking a deep breath, Su Yuan restrained himself and walked back to sit in front of the Ever - Night Cauldron. He cast a spell to break the seal.
Over the years, especially under the invasion of sin, Su Yuan was best at self - restraint and patience.
It was just that this ability had been far less effective than before since he met Zhaozhao.
The seal on the Ever - Night Cauldron was not very difficult. The main problem was that the runes on it were engraved by some ancient tribe. Su Yuan had to put in some effort to break it.
However, in the end, he managed to break it through his efforts.
The Ever - Night Cauldron opened, and inside was a round, multicolored bead. This was the very thing that everyone at the banquet Zhaozhao attended was frantically vying for.
Yes, it was this bead. What those people or demons were fighting for was this, not the Ever - Night Cauldron itself.
There had been a legend many years ago. It was said that an ancient kingdom had built many temples and supported many enlightened monks in order to refine an elixir of immortality for the king at that time.
And what those monks used was this Ever - Night Cauldron.
This Ever - Night Cauldron was originally a magical artifact refined by the leader of the eastern demon clan.
The large demon clan in the east was naturally weak in demonic power. No matter how hard they practiced, they were destined to be inferior to other races. In a world where the strong preyed on the weak, the demon king at that time was determined to change this situation for his people.
So he spent his entire demonic life trying to find a way. Finally, with the help of the medicine clan, he refined this Ever - Night Cauldron, which was said to be able to purify the body and strengthen the demon core.
However, later there was chaos in the Three Realms and Six Paths, and this cauldron was lost in the chaos.
After Su Yuan pacified the chaos and was entrusted by the Heavenly Dao to maintain the balance between the human and demon worlds, he had been searching for this cauldron, because this cauldron was crucial to the eastern demon clan.
He just didn't know how it had ended up in the hands of the human king.
Looking at the multicolored bead, Su Yuan twitched the corner of his mouth, with a hint of cold mockery.
The art of immortality, bringing the dead back to life?
There was no such thing in the world. The Heavenly Dao would not allow something that exceeded the operation of the Six Paths to exist. So, naturally, this bead did not have such effects.
Even the gods, whom people thought were immortal, would eventually fall. It was really unlikely for demons and humans to succeed in their pursuit of immortality.
However, most people in the world were stubborn. They would not believe it until they saw it with their own eyes or verified it themselves.
Su Yuan put the bead back into the Ever - Night Cauldron and sealed it. Then he informed the current demon king of the eastern demon clan.
It was time to return the artifact to its original owner.
At this moment, in an apartment on the eighth floor, Zhaozhao was lying limply on the table, listening to the tutoring teacher tirelessly repeating something like “ai po” over and over again.
She couldn't understand a single word. Her head hurt so much, and she really wanted to give up. But her cousin Song Yao was watching her like a hawk.
Zhaozhao was a coward. She didn't dare to give up. She could only lift her head with difficulty and prick up her ears to try to distinguish the strange sounds coming out of the teacher's mouth.
Teacher Liu had met many underachievers in her teaching career. So, even though Zhaozhao still mispronounced “apple” after she had repeated it several times, Teacher Liu didn't get angry. She still calmly continued to repeat it.
But, well, although she had expected it in the language class, under her calm appearance, Teacher Liu was actually a little confused.
This child clearly looked very intelligent, but why was she so slow to learn?
Fortunately, the slow - witted underachiever Zhaozhao had a good learning attitude, which was one of the reasons why Teacher Liu could be patient.
After who - knew - how - many attempts, Zhaozhao finally managed to pronounce those phonetic symbols correctly. She also made great progress in understanding the pronunciation and meaning of “apple” and was granted a short break.
Seeing that Zhaozhao was almost exhausted from the class, Song Yao, who had been a straight - A student since childhood, couldn't understand it at all. She stabbed a piece of apple with a fork and fed it to Zhaozhao's mouth, asking, “Is it really that painful?”
Zhaozhao now had a bit of PTSD about apples. She took the fork and stabbed a strawberry for herself, muttering, “It's painful.”
If she continued to study like this, she might become the first tree on Wutong Mountain to go bald because of studying.
“Cousin, why do I have to learn this... what language?”
“It's English,” Song Yao corrected her. She stabbed a piece of pear and fed it to Zhaozhao, saying, “Because you'll need it when you go abroad in the future.”
“Go abroad?”
Afraid that Zhaozhao would start asking a million questions, Song Yao didn't want to say more. She just nodded and got up and left.
“You study hard. I'll go order some supper for you.”
Zhaozhao, whose curiosity was not satisfied by Song Yao, managed to finish the day's study progress with the teacher. At the end of the class, she asked her question.
Teacher Liu thought this was a sign of Zhaozhao's eagerness to learn. So, she explained in great detail what “going abroad” meant with a very professional standard. She also popularized a lot of customs and cultures of other countries.
Zhaozhao was completely stunned.
Now Zhaozhao had really seen Teacher Liu's erudition. However, once she saw it, Zhaozhao felt a little eager. She remembered that she still had an unsolved problem and tentatively threw out an olive branch.
“Teacher, can I ask you another question?”
Teacher Liu replied reservedly and calmly, “Sure.”
Zhaozhao got excited. “Teacher, can you teach me how to seduce someone?”
“...” Teacher Liu was stunned. Her reserved mask cracked bit by bit. What had she just heard?!
For the next half an hour, Teacher Liu gave Zhaozhao a stern ideological education, telling her how a girl should respect and love herself.
It was not until Song Yao noticed that the class had lasted longer than usual and came to knock on the door to check that it ended.
Teacher Liu was so hoarse that she picked up her thermos and drank it all in one gulp. Then she looked at Zhaozhao with disappointment and left the study.
It was very late. Teacher Liu's husband came to pick her up in person. Out of courtesy, Song Yao sent Teacher Liu downstairs. Meeting Teacher Liu's hesitant look, Song Yao asked in confusion, “Teacher Liu, do you have something to say to me?”
“Miss Song...” Teacher Liu was thinking about how to start. She couldn't just tell the child's guardian that their child wanted to go out and seduce men, could she?
It sounded too bad, and she didn't think Zhaozhao was such a child.
Her husband was already coming over with a flashlight. Teacher Liu took a deep breath. Finally, she patted Song Yao on the shoulder and said earnestly, “Miss Song, no matter how busy you are, you can't ignore the child's mental health. Teenagers are very likely to be influenced by the outside world and go astray.”
Song Yao: “?”