(Note: In this chapter, ' ' indicates telepathy)
After chatting for a while, Dan Feng and Roxy headed toward Roxy's home.
They needed to rest early—tomorrow they would leave the Demon Continent, and the house in Millishion was probably finished with renovations and ready for inspection.
Roxy was still very much looking forward to seeing what their house with Dan Feng would look like after renovation.
...
"We're back." With Roxy's voice, the door curtain was gently pushed aside, and she and Dan Feng entered the house together.
"Excuse the intrusion." Dan Feng said with a faint smile.
Then Rowin and Rokari quickly moved to spread out fur pelts for sleeping.
These pelts were placed on the left side where Rowin and the others slept. Though the distance was a bit large, it was enough for Roxy and Dan Feng to rest.
Rowin spoke to Roxy and Dan Feng in the Demon God Language: "Roxy, Dan Feng, rest early. Rokari and I will be a bit longer."
Roxy and Dan Feng both nodded silently without saying much, then lay down on the pelts and closed their eyes.
This way of sleeping made Roxy involuntarily recall her childhood. That simple and pure feeling welled up in her heart, and she quickly fell asleep.
However, Dan Feng kept his eyes tightly closed—no one could tell if he was truly asleep.
Rowin and Rokari sat face-to-face on the ground, using their special communication method of telepathy to continue talking.
Rowin said softly to Rokari: 'It's really great that Roxy could come back once. Nothing happening to her is already a tremendous blessing.' His voice carried a trace of relief and gratitude.
'Yes, and this Roxy clearly looks very happy. That's enough, right, Rowin?' Rokari showed a gentle smile, looking very much like an older sister.
In fact, Rokari was indeed older than Rowin, so she could be called big sister.
'Mm, right. Tomorrow, remember to tell Roxy and the others to come back and visit us every once in a while. We will miss Roxy very much.' Rowin said earnestly to Rokari, as if afraid she might forget this important matter.
Rokari nodded, indicating she had remembered, then said: 'True. Let them come back every ten or twenty years to see us.' After saying this, the two smiled at each other, seemingly full of anticipation for this agreement.
Afterward, Rowin and Rokari lay down on the pelts together, preparing to enter dreamland.
The night passed without incident.
In the morning, Rowin and Rokari got up early to prepare breakfast for Dan Feng and Roxy.
But Dan Feng had risen even earlier—he had not slept at all last night. However, with his constitution, going several days and nights without sleep was no issue.
He had been battling Blade the whole time.
Because of becoming a Vidyadhara, his mental strength and physique had increased, allowing him to keep practicing endlessly—but it depended on whether he wanted to.
After a full night of fierce combat, Dan Feng did not know how many times he had "died," but he never gave up.
Finally, after countless attempts, he gradually mastered the techniques to counter Blade, and the battle between them grew increasingly intense.
Just when Dan Feng thought he could finally defeat Blade, the system suddenly intervened.
A flash of cold light appeared, and a woman exuding chill from her entire body materialized before Dan Feng.
Her eyes were scarlet like a blood moon, and the murderous aura within her nearly overflowed from her body.
The sword in her hand, formed entirely of condensed ice, radiated a heart-palpitating cold.
This woman was none other than Jingliu, another member of the High-Cloud Quintet.
"..." Dan Feng instantly fell silent.
This Jingliu had no self-awareness, and when she appeared, Blade also lost his self-awareness.
Then the two of them began ganging up on Dan Feng, leaving him with no power to fight back.
If he were allowed to use Cloud-Piercer and the Heavy Abyss Pearl, he might still have a chance to fight. But forcing him to use only a sword against two sword masters made victory difficult.
"Dan Feng? You're up this early?" Rowin looked at Dan Feng standing outside breathing fresh air with confusion, as if seeing something unbelievable.
Dan Feng heard Rowin's voice, turned his head, and replied with a smile: "Mm, habit."
Rowin nodded, then remembered something and said to Dan Feng: "Food will be ready soon. Could you trouble yourself to wake Roxy?"
Dan Feng answered without hesitation: "Sure, no problem."
He turned and walked back into the house, his steps light, as if not wanting to disturb Roxy who was still sleeping soundly.
Upon entering the room, Dan Feng saw Roxy lying quietly on the pelt, sleeping very peacefully.
Normally at this time, Roxy should have woken up.
But perhaps because this was the place she had slept in since childhood, the familiar environment and comfortable bedding made her sleep especially soundly—so much so that when Dan Feng called her softly, she showed no reaction.
Dan Feng slowly squatted down, leaned close to Roxy's ear, and said softly: "Roxy, time to get up."
However, to Dan Feng's gentle wake-up call, Roxy still showed no response. Her breathing remained steady, fully immersed in sweet dreams.
Seeing this, Dan Feng decided to try a more direct approach.
He carefully reached out a hand, placed it on Roxy's shoulder, and gently shook her while continuing to call softly: "Roxy, time to get up."
This time, Roxy finally reacted a little.
She let out a soft moan: "Mm~", then slowly opened her eyes, looking at Dan Feng sleepily with a dazed, not-fully-awake expression.
This look was extremely cute, and the sound she made was so soft and delicate.
"Mm~ Dan Feng... what's wrong?" Roxy asked Dan Feng in confusion. She didn't know why Dan Feng was waking her—she had been sleeping so soundly.
"Uncle asked me to wake you. Food will be ready soon." Dan Feng said slowly.
"Oh~ okay." Roxy slowly sat up, rubbed her eyes, and for some reason, that ahoge on her head instantly stood up again.
Then, under Dan Feng's gaze, Roxy obediently went to wash up.
Rowin and Rokari watched the interaction between Dan Feng and Roxy and both smiled.
'Rowin, look at them—so sweet.' Rokari looked at the scene with a face full of smiles.
'As long as Roxy stays this happy forever, we'll be satisfied.' Rowin said with a smile, also sighing emotionally.
'Don't worry. Dan Feng seems like a reliable person from what I see. He should be able to give Roxy happiness forever, right?' Rokari said via telepathy.
Rowin shook his head—who could know what the future held?
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