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"Is this for me? A hush payment?" Dongdong's expressionless little face blinked her large, dewy, almond-shaped eyes, and then she immediately grabbed the grain spike and seized it in her little hand.

Watching the little girl, who clearly looked happy but stubbornly kept a straight face, Tan Shuchang squinted his eyes slightly, revealing a bit of the whites.

It was a half eye-roll.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you're the Secluded Spring Blood Demon!" Dongdong, having obtained a spirit-communicating treasure, immediately expressed her sincerity.

This sincerity, however, made Tan Shuchang feel she was somewhat naive.

"I'm not the Secluded Spring Blood Demon." Tan Shuchang glanced at her sideways, then said lightly.

"I know you aren't!" Dongdong nodded her little head, looking as if she were proudly keeping her promise.

"..."

Not wanting to deal with her craziness, Tan Shuchang decided to go to the sinister game world and take the device capable of summoning the Nine Orifices Martial Demon to place it in the Snake Desire Realm.

The strength of the Nine Orifices Martial Demon should not be underestimated; if two appeared, it might become possible for Tan Shuchang to let one escape.

Thus, the Snake Desire Realm was somewhat safer.

It was just unknown whether the Nine Orifices Martial Demon could find the sinister game world; if not, he would have to think of another method.

Hopefully, the Nine Orifices Martial Demons could be a bit more formidable.

However, Tan Shuchang had just planned a trip to the sinister game world when he saw the little girl in front of him suddenly show curiosity in her eyes and then vanished into thin air.

But within two or three seconds, the little girl returned.

"Guess where I just went! A place called the sinister game! Could it be something from the Land of Yin and Darkness?" Dongdong curiously and excitedly spoke nonstop.

A silent Tan Shuchang: "..."

Then he said, "Whether it's from the Land of Yin and Darkness, I don't know, but if nothing unexpected happens, you won't be able to go to this place called the sinister game a second time."

As he spoke, Tan Shuchang tried communicating through the Greedy Rule.

As expected, that feeling of something being separated by a barrier suddenly appeared again.

Although the Jiawu Realm didn't have the Ghost Heavenly Way, the pathways of the Land of Yin and Darkness being in this world meant that, presumably, an abnormal existence like the sinister game could sense the presence of the Land of Yin and Darkness.

"How did you know that?" asked Dongdong, puzzled, "Have you been there before?"

"I haven't, I just guessed based on how quickly you returned," Tan Shuchang replied.

"What do you mean by that?"

Keeping a straight face, the little girl tilted her head and glanced at Tan Shuchang. Although her facial expressions didn't change much, her meaning was clear.

"If you don't believe it, you can wait and see if this sinister game calls for you again," Tan Shuchang said casually, but he also felt a tinge of indescribable sensation in his heart.

No wonder the Black King and the Destructive King don't seem to care much about the sinister game taking off.

Because it's not an occasional event.

But a frequent one!

Since his first experience with the sinister game fleeing, he had comprehended the "Twenty-Four Seasons" twice during this period, and each time, the sinister game had fled.

No wonder, a sinister game failing to establish even a proper monetary system. With this running pattern, that there were so many players before, and even players advancing to a higher level, was all thanks to the diligent work of the Destructive King and the Black King.

"What time is it now?" Tan Shuchang then remembered to ask.

"What do you think it is, looking at the big sun?"

"I've just come down the mountain; my sense of time is a bit confused," Tan Shuchang delicately expressed the immortal species' inevitable plight.

"You've been in seclusion for ten months." Because his words were too understated to sound boastful, the little girl happily answered the question.

For in her ears, it sounded as if Tan Shuchang had come to find her right after coming down the mountain.

Upon hearing this, Tan Shuchang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

His comprehension of the "Twenty-Four Seasons" had lasted from last October until this August.

Ten months had passed in the blink of an eye, yet he felt it not at all.
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"Indeed, in the pursuit of immortality, the years are inconsequential."

Tan Shuchang felt moved to comment.

He had anticipated this, but still, the realization brought a touch of emotion.

Then, he felt the little girl looking at him again.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"At only twenty-one, you shouldn't act so aged," Dongdong pouted and muttered before asking, "When were you born?"

She had asked about this Demon Cultivator's past but found out that when he was with the Tan family, whether he celebrated his birthday depended on the mood of the great lady of the Tan household.

On a whim, they would celebrate it for Tan Shuchang, regardless of whether it was actually his birthday.

So after making inquiries, the little girl was even more confused because, during the ten years with the Tan family, his birth date never repeated.

"I forgot," Tan Shuchang thought for a moment. He remembered, but still said so.

Because it was meaningless.

Having attained immortality, he did not need to concern himself with how many years he had lived, unlike those who had not attained immortality. He only cared about how far he could go on this path of immortality.

"How can you forget that?" Dongdong was surprised.

"What is there not to forget, I have attained eternal youth," Tan Shuchang replied with a light laugh.