“I’m sorry, but today’s bento are all sold out. Please come again next week.”
That night, the bright moonlight gently shone on the ground, making everything seem especially quiet.
However, at the night market beside the Spiritual Martial University, a chorus of wails could be heard.
“Damn it, how are they all gone?”
“In the end, I still didn’t get a second serving?”
“Su Boss, you should hurry home and rest. You’re really tired.”
“Su Boss, how about I wash the pot for you?”
But despite their wails, no one got overly emotional.
Because from today’s line, everyone could see that Su Qi, who had been busy as the cook, was truly exhausted.
After all, she had been cooking since 5 PM. Although today’s bento was a stew, with just one dish, and the pot she bought in the afternoon was very large, making it much easier to cook.
But no matter what, with Su Qi’s soft little arms and Strength of only 7 points, it was still too much for her.
The rising steam and her drained stamina, beads of fragrant sweat trickling down her hair, gave Su Qi a touch of sexiness and a hint of pity that made it hard to scold her.
Many customers who hadn’t gotten a second serving found it hard to blame her after seeing this.
“Thank you all for your support. We’re closing up now.”
“Little Ling, Senior Sister Lin, I’m going now.”
After expressing a little contentment, Su Qi first cleaned up the stall and disposed of the trash with the help of the two little ones and the girls, then said goodbye to the two young women.
Then she headed straight for Muyang Community with her elder sister and Elder Sister Wen Yin.
Xixi~ Ningning~ On the way home, Su Qi wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt that Su Xixi, this little bunny, perhaps because she liked the stew, or maybe because she saw many people and was excited, was now using ‘Dragon Language’ to talk with Little Red Pupil, occasionally using her fluffy little hands to make a big circle.
In response to Su Xixi’s adorable behavior, Little Red Pupil’s big eyes turned into starry eyes, occasionally letting out cute exclamations.
Watching the two little ones communicating constantly and full of energy, Su Qi couldn’t help but think that children were truly cute, and their happiness was real happiness!!
Unlike adults, who can only find happiness by…
‘Ahem… That’s not right, what am I thinking?’
“Lulu, Xiao Qi, I’m going home now. You’ve had a long day. Remember to rest early and don’t stay up late.”
Before they knew it, Su Qi and the other two had returned to Muyang Community.
When they reached the 15th floor, seeing Su Qi’s exhaustion, Gu Wen Yin patted the two little ones on the head, didn’t stop by the Su residence, simply said a quick goodbye, and went straight back to her own home.
But Su Qi, seeing Elder Sister Wen Yin secretly wink at her before entering her door, couldn’t help but pause in surprise.
‘That little gesture from Elder Sister Wen Yin just now—could she be planning another sneak attack and carry me to her house tonight?’
‘No, that’s not allowed.’
‘If this happens every day, won’t I get used to it?’
‘Will I really become a plush ball?’
With this in mind, looking at her elder sister who had walked into the entryway, Su Qi hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively.
“Elder Sister, are you cold when you sleep at night?”
Su Lulu, who was taking off her shoes, heard Su Qi’s question.
Her deep peach-blossom eyes were momentarily stunned.
But in the next second, they turned to delight.
‘Ohoh~ There’s an unexpected surprise today!’
‘Hehe, as expected, having a brother turn into a cuddly, fragrant little sister is just too cute.’
“I’m cold. I’m very cold when I sleep at night.”
However, even though Su Lulu really wanted to just hug Su Qi and the two little ones and sleep soundly, before that, Su Lulu had an important matter to attend to.
Click~
After closing the door, Su Lulu looked at Su Qi, who was wearing soft little slippers.
She slowly placed her hands on her chest, and while making a ‘rubbing hands like a fly’ JPG gesture, a cute $$ expression appeared in her eyes.
“Xiao Qi, give me your phone. Big Sister will help you see how much you earned today!”
Seeing Su Lulu’s excitement, Su Qi felt mixed emotions.
‘It seems… my elder sister is about to start her spendthrift shopping spree mode again.’
But helpless as she was, as a little money-grubber and a debtor, Su Qi was also curious about how much she had earned after Su Lulu’s reminder.
And as she opened her phone and looked at the balance linked to the payment code, both Su Qi and Su Lulu’s matching peach-blossom eyes widened significantly.
They let out a gasp of amazement. “Wow~”
And just as the Su sisters were excited about their little earnings, at the same time, in the Fourth Layer, the members of three high-level Adventurer Teams were feeling conflicted.
The temporary leader of the three high-level teams—the Hero—was now standing in front of a bottomless hidden passage.
In the morning, after a meeting organized by the Adventurers’ Guild, at noon the Hero Team, along with two other A-rank Teams, began exploring the Fourth Layer to map the area.
There was no denying that the strength and abilities of the monsters in the Fourth Layer were far greater than those in the Third Plane.
Almost every monster gave the impression of being a mini-boss from the Third Plane.
Thanks to Ye Fufu, a high-level Saintess, although everyone was injured, there were no casualties.
After a series of explorations and dodging monsters, stumbling along for nearly 16 hours, the three teams finally, after many twists and turns, arrived at the entrance to the Demon King’s Castle.
The entrance to the Demon King’s Castle, just like the passage to the Purple Serpent Area that Su Qi had explored before, was concealed by rocks and weeds, making it hard to find.
But unlike the previous mysterious passage, this passage was not solid ground—it was a Teleportation Array.
If a greedy adventurer who came here for the first time were to recklessly enter, they probably wouldn’t come back.
The reason the Hero was so certain now was very simple: after arriving, they had captured some wild monsters and thrown them into this mysterious passage.
Whenever a monster descended the steps to a certain height, its body would emit a white light characteristic of a Teleportation Array.
Teleportation Arrays were not uncommon in the perilous Saint Ruins.
As high-level adventurers, they had seen many such teleportation traps.
The real reason that gave the Hero and his party a headache was this:
Before this expedition, the Adventurers’ Guild had specially brought a high-precision camera device, and considering there might be teleportation traps, this device had technology that could absorb some of the Teleportation Array’s energy.
Just now, when they threw down a Lizard Beast, this high-precision camera was also tied to the monster.
After it was teleported, a short 5-second video appeared on the terminal on the other side.
Through the Demon King’s Castle’s mysterious passage, the teleportation destination was not on land, but in the sky.
In the wide-angle, rapidly descending view, although it was only five seconds, everyone was shocked to discover that the Fifth Plane, where the Demon King’s Castle was located, was home to many powerful and evil monsters: legendary two-headed dragons with incredible brutality, Alatenes that looked pure evil, purplish Hell Scorpions, and so on.
And these were just the monsters that could be seen at a glance due to their large size.
Moreover, in the forests around the Demon King’s Castle, there were clearly many ferocious beings hiding.
Facing these monsters, though they had never dealt with them, just one look made many adventurers feel a chill in their hearts—that instinctive wariness of the strong that comes from years of adventuring.
And these monsters alone were already overwhelming for the adventurers.
But what shocked the adventurers present even more was that in this so-called Fifth Plane, there were two structures that could not be ignored.
One was a towering tree that seemed to connect to the sky.
The tree was incredibly thick, emitting waves of holy Spiritual Energy.
But upon closer inspection, its leaves and branches were not lush, even starting to turn yellow.
At the top of the tree swayed a beautiful fruit that looked luscious and tempting.
On the other side of the giant tree, as if in stark contrast like a movie of light and darkness, stood a black castle.
The castle had a pointed European medieval design.
At the castle’s base, as if trying to plunder the tree’s nutrients, waves of black aura continuously clashed with the pure white Spiritual Energy.
Beside the black castle, countless black monsters were attacking the towering tree.
But it seemed to have little effect.
Perhaps because the teleportation distance was too far, only this much scene was transmitted in the five seconds.
Yet this simple five-second view made the Hero and all the adventurers present feel a chill of fear.
It seemed everything was real: the Demon King was real, and the World Tree was real.