Quick Transmigration: Leisure

Chapter 289 A Bone Woman Who Sold Her Father to Bury Him (42)

Inside the wooden house,

Song Yue's firm refusal surprised everyone.

He tentatively took Xia Youmi's hand, his eyes clear, yet concealing an emotion that could drown you in.

"Why...why..." Xia Youmi grasped Song Yue's hand, her expression one of genuine bewilderment. She rarely considered giving up; after all, she was just a frail person. It wasn't like the world forbade ordinary people from living a normal life.

Isn't Song Yue a normal human being too?

Shouldn't she be a perfect match for Xia Youmi? Even the age-old problem of lifespan—the incompatibility between humans and demons—doesn't need to be a source of great anxiety.

Just let things take their course.

Why refuse?

“You can’t live without the Ling Shu Bone.” Song Yue said, each word uttered with some difficulty.

He seems to know even more inside information than Xia Youmi and the system.

"You remember everything, don't you? You haven't explained it all yet! Tell me! Is Xiao Zhong you?!" Xia Youmi suddenly changed the subject, putting her hands on her hips and pretending to be angry.

Song Yue suddenly froze, her ears turning red, and she said shyly, "It's me!"

Xia Youmi smiled, recalling which familiar faces she could see in Song Yue's pupils that had changed over time.

“Little Red, Little Duck, Little Nine, Laifu, Stars…” Xia Youmi counted the odd things about the bone toys.

"All of these are me." Knowing he couldn't hide it from her, Song Yue admitted it all. "The withered butterfly is me, the leaf is me, the little bell is me..."

"Oh, you're so funny!" Xia Youmi teased, pretending not to understand the deeper meaning.

But Song Yue didn't let this opportunity pass by, saying bluntly:

"But those are all memories of me."

Even if I could be by your side forever, I wouldn't be able to openly embrace you.

"what."

"Song Yue, you're being incredibly cheesy." Xia Youmi hugged her arms tightly and rubbed them awkwardly.

He just couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

They looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

I couldn't tell if I was moved or stunned. This person had never left my side before. Life is unpredictable; one might only live for seven seconds, or one might have to struggle to live to seventy.

The emotions expressed here are too profound; she feels unworthy of them.

I don't know how to repay the debt.

Having gone through so much, it seems I still don't know how to process other people's deep affection and persistence.

Song Yue may have paid more than a century, but he himself has only truly gotten to know this person a few months ago.

Even with plenty of memories to build up, Xia Youmi, who is used to treating this as just a story, can still get a little involved.

The more moved I am, the more I feel indebted to them.

This melancholy dissipated as their breaths mingled, transforming into a passion that seeped into their very bones.

But gradually,

Song Yue felt a cool sensation on his lips, and the soft touch was nowhere to be found, replaced by a faint pine scent.

He slowly opened his eyes, but was not so frightened that he lost his composure.

Instead, she took another peck with a pained expression.

At this moment, Xia Youmi lost her spiritual power, turned back into a skeleton, weak and powerless, her consciousness retaining the last bit of happiness, becoming blurred.

Song Yue waited until the skeleton in his arms fell into a deep sleep before making a move.

He wrapped the person tightly in a soft blanket, ready to proceed according to plan.

You Mi is unclear, and perhaps doesn't care about the Ling Shu bone.

But he knew that without the Spirit Pivot Bone, Xia Youmi would not be able to live like an ordinary person. She dissipated her cultivation at a hundred times the speed, and similarly, dissipated her life force at ten times the speed.

Today is the third day of my 300th birthday.

His cultivation level could no longer support his human form, so he reverted back to his skeleton.

Then,

After thirty days, if she cannot retrieve her Ling Shu bone, she will not even be able to maintain her physical body. Without consciousness, how can she live a proper life?

He knew the bones wouldn't all disappear, but... but...

How can we dig up a new spirit bone? Even if we do manage to dig one up, it will take hundreds of years to nourish it.

He has finally waited for this day.

How could I bear to let go!

Now, the only option is to gamble! Gamble with everything he has, gamble with those people who are trustworthy.

......

"Snowball, please ask Captain Lin He to come here. There is something important to discuss." Song Yue's voice was hoarse, and his hesitation turned into determination.

"Okay!" Snowball didn't ask any more questions and hopped off in Lin He's direction.

Snowball hasn't been wasting its time these past few days. Thanks to its harmless nature and its rudimentary, easily detectable cultivation, it has gained the favor of many demonic beasts. It has formed friendships with them, and lending a hand is a common occurrence.

It's very popular in this back-and-forth exchange.

As a proper white bone demon, Snowball could guess about three-tenths of the situation of Xia Youmi and Song Yue.

Its only thought was that Xiaobai was doing well; it had no other desires.

Even at the beginning, they were wary of Song Yue.

He had been secretly instructing the birds that had come to Wuxiang Mountain with him to keep a close eye on Song Yue's words and actions.

They couldn't see what the problem was, so they lowered their guard and joined forces with him.

Outside the half-demon camp,

"Snowball, you've arrived. Do you need help?" Standing guard outside Lin He's tent was Lang Li, a half-demon who had a connection with them on their journey to Wuxiang Mountain and was one of the more friendly guards towards them.

Seeing the snowball softened his fierce demeanor somewhat.

"Lord Wolf Li! We would like to request that Captain Lin He make a trip over there! Please trouble you to inform the people inside the tent." Snowball said calmly, without any intention of attracting attention.

"Wait a moment, I'll go report this." Lang Li nodded to his teammate beside him and turned to enter Lin He's tent.

Before long, Lin He, dressed somewhat neatly, came out and did not ask any questions.

With Lang Li in tow, Xueqiu and others headed toward Xia Youmi's wooden house.

During these days, Lin He was constantly tormented by his conscience. He did not want everyone to have sacrificed and perished in vain, but he could not shake the stubbornness and persistence of human nature, and no one was willing to leave with him.

If they were hot-tempered, they could have easily let those reckless people destroy the place.

But it was precisely what the city lord had always taught him: to always have a kind heart and not to be controlled by bestiality or lose one's human conscience.

Only in this way can the half-demon community live well and be accepted by the world.

At last,

Reality, however, is cruel.

Seeing that Lin He was on the verge of collapse, he held onto a sliver of hope that the city lord would come to his rescue.

The fact that Song Yue and Xia Youmi were looking for him made Lin He's eyes light up again. He remembered that the city lord had said that the girl was no ordinary person; she was the one who could break the deadlock.

Previously, the beast tide issue had been resolved.

Lin He was grateful, but he assumed he had already promised the city lord he would be the one to break the deadlock. Now, however, they faced the same predicament. Although they were both low-key, they never suffered losses.

They were not underestimated or ignored; on the contrary, they attracted several teams, including the Nine Provinces Alliance, the Mountain and Sea Alliance, and the Demon Hunters, to compete for them.

There was no resolution, but those unreasonable people didn't seem angry, nor did they try to deal with them secretly.

This certainly raises questions. Should the city lord's instructions continue to be fulfilled here?

"Young Master Song, greetings."

"Captain Lin, please come in!" Since Song Yue had chosen to trust, he couldn't be timid. Snowball and Wolf Li chatted outside the door, while also keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings, not wanting any breathing creature to approach the cabin.

Inside the house,

Lin He was listening to a mysterious and unfathomable secret.

"I thought it was fake, some kind of treasure, maybe just like a rainbow or colorful clouds."

"It will be gone in a few days."

Unexpected,

That's true.