“Hmm, it’s been well-maintained,” the young man said softly, stroking the massive energy hub of the Celestial Monitoring Instrument.
“It’s a waste to leave it here… Don’t worry, I’ll take you back.”
After all, this was one of his greatest works.
He waved his hand, sending a magic talisman into the energy hub. He patted the instrument again and nodded.
“Don’t disappoint me. I don’t like fighting.”
He turned and left, taking a light step and in an instant arriving at Beiju Luzhou.
He made a hand seal, and countless formation flags flew out in all directions.
Having done all this, the young man sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes.
【Milord…】 Yu Wenhua Ji’s nervous but respectful voice came through the communication stone.
【Can I send people over now?】
“It’s fine,” the young man said. “Oh, by the way, just send a few unimportant people.”
【Unimportant?】
“Yes, the kind it doesn’t matter if they die.”
【It doesn’t matter either way】 Yu Wenhua Ji laughed.
Packing up couldn’t be done in just a few minutes.
The Dragon tribe had lived here for thousands of years, deeply rooted. It wasn’t simple to uproot quickly.
But they were moving as fast as they could because Qiao Xiaoxian said there was no need to bring ordinary wealth and items—they had plenty of money.
So they would only bring things of sentimental value.
“There’s no need to rush. Lord Li wants us to bring back as many combatants as possible,” Qiao Xiaoxian said. “We’ll stay here for a few days to wait for any of our Demon Race brethren who wish to leave Beiju Luzhou. Then we’ll go back together.”
“That sounds good,” the old dragon sighed in relief. “Your return was too sudden. We haven’t had time to prepare.”
“I understand.”
“Everything else is manageable, but we cannot leave behind the ancestral ashes and soul pearls. And lifting the Dragon Tomb Seal will take some time,” the old dragon said.
“At least three days. Why don’t you take Little Ke’er on a tour of the clan grounds? There’s not much to see, but the East Mountain has accumulated snow. You used to love rolling in the snowdrifts there when you were little!”
Qiao Xiaoxian’s face reddened. She glanced at Jiang Ke’er out of the corner of her eye and said shyly, “Clan Leader! That was when I was a child! Don’t bring it up again!”
“Haven’t you grown up yet…”
“Anyway, stop talking about my childhood!”
“Yes, yes!”
Jiang Ke’er didn’t seem to be mocking Qiao Xiaoxian. She kept a straight face and said, “Then let’s go check out East Mountain.”
Qiao Xiaoxian reluctantly dragged Jiang Ke’er to the foot of a small snowy mountain.
“Is this East Mountain?”
Jiang Ke’er first wore a look of emotion, then suddenly clutched her stomach and burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, so this is where you rolled in the snow? Oh my god, that’s hilarious!”
Qiao Xiaoxian’s cheeks flushed with embarrassment. She irritably tried to cover Jiang Ke’er’s mouth.
But before she could touch her, Jiang Ke’er’s joy turned to sorrow. She laughed so hard her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
Even lying on the ground, Jiang Ke’er kept laughing. Even more annoyingly, she deliberately started rolling in the snow.
“Is that how you rolled? Like this? Like a maggot? Haha… mmm…”
Jiang Ke’er rolled back and forth, over and over.
As she rolled, her expression gradually turned serious.
‘It… actually… feels pretty nice…’
She couldn’t stop.
The soft white snow crunched beneath her.
She felt like she was rolling in thick velvet. Aside from being a bit cold, the experience was fantastic!
Jiang Ke’er transformed into her fox form.
‘Hmm… a little addictive…’
She suddenly understood Qiao Xiaoxian a bit.
Between mocking Qiao Xiaoxian and cosplaying as a maggot herself, she resolutely chose the latter.
Qiao Xiaoxian was initially annoyed, but seeing Jiang Ke’er like this, she was caught between laughter and tears.
“What are you doing?”
“Don’t talk. I’m communing with nature.”
Jiang Ke’er was having a blast.
She rolled from one end to the other.
The most exciting part was rolling down the snow slope from the top.
This entire slope had no protruding rocks, and the foot of the mountain had a very safe buffer zone, as if it had been meticulously designed.
Jiang Ke’er looked at Qiao Xiaoxian in surprise. “Did you do this? Are you crazy? Only crazy people would like this weird game…”
Having said that, Jiang Ke’er tumbled down.
Vertically, horizontally, diagonally.
It was way more thrilling than a slide.
A bit dizzy, though, and likely to waste lunch.
Her favorite move was to hug her tail tightly, flatten her ears, curl into a ball, and then roll forward with all her might.
The snowflakes on her fur stuck together, growing more and more until she became a giant snow fox ball!
When the snowball rolled out of the buffer zone and hit an obstacle, it would explode with a bang, and Jiang Ke’er would leap out of the snowball, sparkling!
‘I feel like an idiot.’
Thinking this, Jiang Ke’er rolled again.
‘Meow, that’s so satisfying.’
The only problem was that as she played more, too much snow accumulated near the rock wall, and occasionally the snow fox ball wouldn’t break on impact.
Then she had to trouble Qiao Xiaoxian to reach into the snowball and pull out Jiang Ke’er, whose eyes were spinning.
But soon Jiang Ke’er got bored.
She shook her head, transformed back into human form, and asked with a thick tongue, “Where were we just now?”
“You said only crazy people would like this game,” Qiao Xiaoxian answered honestly.
“Emm… next topic.”
“I need to pack up some things too. If you’re free, come with me,” Qiao Xiaoxian said, turning around.
‘Pack things? She’s going back to her room?’
Jiang Ke’er was indeed curious.
One of the major reasons she came to Beiju Luzhou was to learn about Qiao Xiaoxian, to see what kind of person she was.
She wanted to find clues to prove that Qiao Xiaoxian was a big fat liar, so that she would no longer have any pity for her.
If she had to express her progress in percentages, Jiang Ke’er’s current completion… was probably negative one hundred percent.
After everything she had seen and heard along the way… ‘Sigh, forget it.’
‘How can there be such a perfect person in this world?’
‘Could she really be an Overlord Protagonist?’
‘Fake! All fake!’
‘There must be something fishy!’
‘Today, I, Jiang Fuermo Ke’er, will uncover your dirty past bit by bit!’
‘I’ll tear apart your beautiful mask and reveal the ugly face full of lies and deceit inside!’
A person’s living space is the easiest place to expose their true state.
‘And now, the opportunity has come!’