Chapter 808: Layout

In the courtyard, Yuyuko rubbed her abdomen with a look of satisfaction, a contented smile appearing on her face.

"I'm full!"

Youki gazed at the mountain-like pile of bowls and dishes beside Yuyuko, his eyes brimming with tears; he felt as if his world were collapsing. One reason was that the Lady Yuyuko he had taken care of in the past seemed to have never once said she was full. Another reason was the worry of how he would be able to feed his lady in the future after she had tasted such top-tier delicacies.

"Thank you so much for the treat, little brother!" Yakumo Yukari swept the last plate of food on the table clean, let out a small, quiet burp, and then said to Lingyun with a beaming smile. "I have never eaten anything so delicious before!"

"Is that so? Then I really must thank the Sage of Youkai for the praise," Lingyun said in a leisurely manner.

Just at this moment, Yakumo Yukari's expression shifted slightly; she felt that the Death Qi within her body, which had always been restless, had been completely suppressed.

"I heard before that you were traveling the world, little brother, so I wonder why you came here?" Yakumo Yukari asked Lingyun with a grin.

"Since I am traveling the world, it is only natural to go and see some interesting places. I also heard that there is a powerful Saigyou Ayakashi in this place, so I came over to take a look," Lingyun said.

"Little brother, have you crossed swords with the Saigyou Ayakashi?" Yakumo Yukari asked with interest.

"That's right, I did, but although I won, I also paid a price; at the very least, my injuries have not healed yet," Lingyun said with a frank expression. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be temporarily recuperating here at Lady Yuyuko's place."

"Mr. Lingyun's injuries haven't healed yet?" Yuyuko asked with some confusion.

"It won't be that fast; after all, the Death Qi flowing out from the Underworld is quite troublesome if one gets entangled in it," Lingyun said.

"The Underworld?" Yakumo Yukari's expression shifted slightly.

"That's right, the roots of the Saigyou Ayakashi have already connected to the Underworld. Although it suffered trauma under my attack, relying on the powerful recovery ability of a plant Youkai, recovering might not be a difficult matter," Lingyun said indifferently.

Youki, standing to the side, felt the corners of his eyes twitch; Lingyun's words were far too light. Saying it suffered trauma—his half-phantom told him that the consciousness of the Saigyou Ayakashi had already been beaten to the point of near-slumber. Saying that recovery wouldn't be difficult for a plant-type Youkai—in his view, that sword scar basically had no possibility of healing at all.

"Then I wonder if Mr. Lingyun is able to completely destroy this Saigyou Ayakashi?" Yakumo Yukari asked.

"Destroy it?" Lingyun shook his head. "If the Saigyou Ayakashi hadn't taken root in the Underworld, I could destroy it. But now, the Saigyou Ayakashi has already driven its roots into the Underworld; with the protection of the Underworld, I... cannot, for the time being!"

"Cannot for the time being?" Yakumo Yukari's eyes rolled.

What Lingyun said was not that he couldn't, but that he couldn't for the time being. In other words, the future him would have the ability to destroy the Saigyou Ayakashi, even if the opponent had the protection of the Underworld.

"Then I wonder if you could stay here for a few more days, little brother? I have many questions I would like to discuss with you!" Yakumo Yukari said.

"Stay here for a period of time?" Yuyuko's eyes lit up, and she looked at Lingyun with a pitiful expression.

Watching Yuyuko's appearance, Lingyun swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

"Alright, then I will stay here for a while longer; I just hope I won't be disturbing Lady Yuyuko," Lingyun said.

"No disturbance, no disturbance!" Yuyuko said hurriedly, while her two eyes darted around rapidly, not knowing what she was thinking.

At night, Yuyuko quietly ran to Yakumo Yukari's room.

"Yukari, do you have some idea in mind for keeping Mr. Lingyun here?" Yuyuko asked.

"Nothing much, just that I don't want to let him leave for the time being," Yakumo Yukari said, pressing her chest.

"Don't want to let him leave for the time being?" Yuyuko was a bit puzzled. "Why?"

"I have some thoughts I want to verify."

At the same time, in his own room, Lingyun was pondering why Yakumo Yukari would keep him, after all, this was their first meeting. He was a human, and Yakumo Yukari was a Youkai; in this era, the two were naturally on opposite sides. However, he also had his own little motives for staying; he wanted to know what that peculiar sense of familiarity he felt from Yakumo Yukari really was, even though the two of them had clearly never met before.

Thinking of these things, Lingyun once again entered deep cultivation. Rays of light intertwined around his body, forming a cocoon of light.

"Yakumo Yukari, the Youkai of the Gap, masters the power from the source," Ruoxi suddenly stepped out from the Void. "If Brother can analyze the power of the Gap from her, it would be a great supplement for the Cloud Realm. It's just, why do I feel that Brother's power is still hidden within Yakumo Yukari, and this power is not the power of an Insight Crystal. Could it be that Brother had some intersection with her before? But I remember that Brother is clearly descending into this world for the first time..."

After muttering this, Ruoxi's body slowly floated up, her body began to glow, and one could faintly see a Light Ball slowly emerging in her hands. As the Light Ball gradually solidified, one could faintly see twelve crystals of different colors emitting light within it.

"Hah—" Ruoxi let out a delicate shout, the Light Ball shattered, and the twelve crystals within the Light Ball turned into twelve ethereal streams of light, passing through the roof and rushing into the sky. Subsequently, the twelve streams of light suddenly changed direction and shot off in all directions.

"Phew, this must be the second layout Sister made in this world; I hope it can be of use. However, using the power of the Cloud Realm in this world without Brother as a carrier is really not an easy task!" Ruoxi wiped the sweat from her forehead. "No, the power wasn't controlled well, the commotion is a bit too big. It seems a big guy is coming, I'll slip away first."

Just as Ruoxi disappeared, a huge eye suddenly appeared in the sky. The pupil hung high in the sky, possessing a kind of awe-inspiring, inviolable majesty, yet it strangely did not emit a single shred of aura.

This eye scanned downward rapidly; in that very moment just now, the owner of the eye felt that an aura not belonging to this world had appeared in this place. But the moment it arrived, there was not a trace of aura in this place, as if the interdimensional fluctuation from a moment ago had been its illusion.

After investigating to no avail, the huge eye slowly disappeared from the sky. It was an extremely lazy existence by nature; if it weren't for the suspected interdimensional aura appearing in this place, it wouldn't have bothered to crawl out of its little nest.

After the giant eye disappeared, a woman in white stepped out from the Void.

"Tsk, this little one, her methods are still too crude; if I hadn't covered it up in time, that guy Dragon God would definitely have discovered the abnormality in this place," the woman said with some helplessness.

As she spoke, the woman cast her gaze into the distance, as if seeing many different scenes.

"It seems the first batch of seeds has already sprouted. I hope you will like this gift of mine, my..."

The woman's voice grew lower and lower, and her figure gradually faded into the air. As the woman's figure disappeared, a Barrier covering the entire building also quietly shattered.