Xiao Yuan had originally thought about lending a hand, but seeing those demons weren’t even enough for Anning to play with by herself, he just found a spot, sat down cross-legged, waved a hand to set up a Barrier, and settled in to watch the show.

Right now, he wasn’t going to make a move.

Anning was obviously bored out of her mind and using these demons for practice. If he jumped in to help, not only would it fail to make his wife happy, it would probably make her mad instead, so why bother.

Still, Xiao Yuan stayed very alert.

He kept his attention on those demons the whole time, afraid Anning might suffer a loss.

The four demons working together were quite confident in themselves, thinking that no matter how powerful Anning was, she couldn’t possibly stand up to the four of them joining forces.

In the end, they had only just rushed forward when Anning waved her hand and slapped a few times, almost smacking them straight into the dirt.

Every one of those slaps carried Merit Power.

The four demons were evil by nature. After cultivating for so many years, they’d killed so many innocent lives that the number couldn’t even be counted. Pure, thick Merit Power was a supremely firm and tyrannical force that restrained evil; how could they possibly withstand it.

Xiao Yuan watched the four demons on the ground who had already revealed their true forms, smiling with narrowed eyes. He leisurely stood up, picked the four of them up, then glanced at He Ji, who was still trying to struggle back into human form, and the already unconscious Hei Hu, and asked Anning, "Let me store these demons for you."

Anning nodded. "Sure."

Xiao Yuan cleanly and neatly killed all five demons and stuffed them into the Qiankun Bag.

This Qiankun Bag had been left by the original body’s master, and now it was providing Xiao Yuan with quite a bit of convenience.

He squatted down and looked at He Ji, who was glaring at him with wide eyes. "What? Not convinced?"

Anning curled her lips. "Even if you’re not convinced, you still have to swallow it."

He Ji glared at Anning. "What on earth are you?"

She was actually terrified. When Anning had been hitting the four demons just now, He Ji had also sensed the Merit Power on Anning’s body. That Merit Power was far thicker than that of any immortal she’d ever seen who had become a god through Merit, so thick that just one look at it made her heart pound in fear.

"I’m the Second Miss of the Luo Family."

Anning blinked, her face the picture of innocence. "What else could I be?"

"You... how do you have so much Merit?"

He Ji couldn’t help asking.

Anning rubbed her chin. "Who knows? But someone did tell me I’m the reincarnation of a hundred-life good people..."

"Heaven wants me dead."

As soon as He Ji heard that Anning was the reincarnation of a hundred-life good people, she let out a miserable scream and fainted dead away.

"So fragile?"

Anning picked He Ji up and shook her head in disappointment.

After a while, her interest perked up again. "A Yuan, do you think this He Ji has any pearl inside her body?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head, and Anning went ahead and pried open He Ji’s shell herself. Sure enough, she actually did find a few pearls.

She took the pearls out and played with them for a bit. "I’ll grind them into powder and drink them another day. I bet my skin will just get better and better."

Xiao Yuan put He Ji’s corpse into the Qiankun Bag as well.

He walked over to Anning’s side, wrapped an arm around her waist, and said softly, "Tomorrow you come to my home; I’ll cook something delicious for you."

"Okay, okay."

Anning knew what Xiao Yuan meant and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

She even looked up at the sky with shining eyes. "That River Wind Fairy should taste even better, right? I wonder what kind of pearls have grown in her shell? Hey, when do you think she’ll descend to the mortal realm?"

The more Anning talked, the more excited she got. "Best would be if she has lots of friends up there too. If she could bring a whole bunch of shrimp soldiers and crab generals to arrest me, that’d be perfect. Steamed crab tastes amazing."

Xiao Yuan had discovered that ever since Anning became Luo Anning, she’d turned into a little foodie.

He figured this must be a personality latent in Luo Anning’s body to begin with, but Anning becoming like this was actually kind of adorable.

She was his wife anyway; Xiao Yuan felt that no matter what Anning turned into, she still tugged at his heart.

So she liked to eat a bit more, and the things she ate had to be a bit more advanced, so what. There were countless immortals in the ninth heaven; plucking a different one every day would still be enough to feed his wife.

Up in the ninth heaven, at this very moment, many immortals couldn’t help shuddering.

They were all puzzled. The weather in heaven was great, always neither cold nor hot, so why were they suddenly shivering? Did they have some kind of illness? Should they go see a Heavenly Doctor? Or was it the onset of the Heavenly Person Five Decays?

They had no idea that someone had already set their sights on their beloved pets.

The River Wind Fairy had just returned from performing on Penglai Island and was about to rest when her heart suddenly clenched with dread.

She had a very bad premonition. She pinched her fingers to divine it, and instantly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"My child."

The River Wind Fairy burst into tears.

She had only one descendant, He Ji, and He Ji had only given birth to He Zhuzhu. Now that both of them were dead, the River Wind Fairy’s line was cut off.

"Who killed my child? Who could be so cruel? I, River Wind, swear here and now, I will never let him go."

Xiao Yuan left the Luo Family. Without lingering, he hurried straight to the Geng family.

"Mr. Geng, I’d like to ask you to help me find a house."

In the middle of the night, Constable Geng was woken up by Xiao Yuan, only to hear that he wanted help finding a house at this hour.

Fortunately, Constable Geng was a good man and also regarded Xiao Yuan as a friend of his junior brother. Xiao Yuan had also helped out in the Luo Family’s recent affair, so he didn’t complain.

He got dressed and went with Xiao Yuan to the front courtyard.

"What kind of house is Daoist Xiao looking for?"

Xiao Yuan thought for a moment. "A yard that’s a bit bigger, and rooms that are a bit more spacious."

Constable Geng thought for quite a while. "There really is a house like that. It used to belong to a rich family in Yang City, but their place got haunted. They invited a bunch of people over, and none of them could do anything about that fierce ghost. In the end, the whole family had no choice but to move out, and the house has been sitting empty ever since. Daoist Xiao has Spell skills; maybe you’ll be able to get rid of that ghost..."

"Take me to have a look."

Xiao Yuan didn’t think any so-called fierce ghost was worth worrying about. He was only concerned with whether the house was suitable.

Constable Geng went out with Xiao Yuan on the spot.

The house wasn’t close to the Geng family estate; the two of them walked for quite a while before they arrived.

From the outside, the place really was big, taking up nearly half a street. At first glance, the construction was pretty good: lots of buildings, and the back garden was full of lush flowers and trees. It was just that it had probably been abandoned for quite some time. The walls were peeling, the paint on the pillars was flaking off, and it all looked rather dilapidated.

Xiao Yuan pushed the gate open and went in, took a general look at the layout, then came back out and asked Constable Geng, "Where is the owner of this place? Mr. Geng, please help me make some inquiries. It’d be best if the title to this house could be transferred tomorrow."

Constable Geng laughed. "What a coincidence. The deed to this house is actually being kept at the government office. The owner is related to a clerk in the treasury office and asked him to look after it."

Xiao Yuan, knowing how to go about buying it, was relieved.

He went back to the Geng family with Constable Geng, and since neither of them could sleep anyway, they just brewed a pot of wine and drank. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

When the sky was just beginning to lighten, Constable Geng took Xiao Yuan to find Liu Wenshu. Xiao Yuan put down the money, and Liu Wenshu brought out the house and land deeds and helped complete the transfer.

By the time the sun was fully up, Xiao Yuan was already a property owner in Yang City.

On the way back, Constable Geng asked Xiao Yuan, "Daoist Xiao, what made you suddenly decide to buy property?"

Xiao Yuan smiled. "How can I take a wife if I don’t buy a house?"

Constable Geng almost tripped over his own feet. "You—you, a Daoist can take a wife?"

"I’m a Disciple from a secular family."

Xiao Yuan explained with one sentence, then patted Constable Geng on the shoulder. "Let me buy you breakfast."