TBOUMTBDK Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Taste, Heart’s Agitation

“Um, not that kind of like?” Yun Xia couldn’t help but ask.

An He suddenly laughed, reverting to his usual self, and said in a casual tone, “What do you think?”

Yun Xia gave him a strange look. “You don’t mean that kind of like, do you?”

“After all, Your Venerable… has never been this good to anyone before.”

Yun Xia shrugged. “Just liking a little pet. You can be as good to it as you want, right?”

An He pondered. “So that’s what you think.”

Yun Xia smiled frankly. “Isn’t it?”

At that moment, someone came to take over, and the two walked together towards their residence, not continuing the topic.

But Yun Xia remembered the sensation the Demon Lord had left on his lips a couple of days ago.

He shook his head, dispelling the memory.

In the afternoon, when he received the big package of barbecue supplies, he immediately went to find the Demon Lord!

When he entered, the Demon Lord was still in his study, Xiu Wu standing guard on the side. Seeing him come, his expression changed.

Yun Xia generously grinned at him, and said to the Demon Lord, “Your Venerable, my things have arrived. When will you be free?”

The Demon Lord met his expectant gaze and smiled. “Then let’s go.”

Saying that, he got up and stepped forward.

Xiu Wu was very surprised. The way His Esteemed Lord smiled was… how should he put it? Very normal. Without gloom, without coldness, and without madness.

But this kind of normalcy was abnormal on the Demon Lord.

He watched as the Demon Lord walked up to Yun Xia and grabbed his arm.

Yun Xia suddenly made a face at him.

Xiu Wu: “?”

Before he could react, the next moment, the two disappeared from the spot.

Xiu Wu: “…”

So annoying!

Yun Xia only felt a blur before his eyes, and the surroundings changed. They went from the Wanmo Palace to the mountains and forests, standing on the edge of a cliff, overlooking an endless stretch of green forests and mountains.

“Wow!” He couldn’t help but exclaim.

The Demon Lord chuckled. “Wow what?”

Yun Xia didn’t want to seem so surprised, so he put the things in his hand on the ground and began to prepare.

The view here was open and the scenery was excellent. Barbecuing here was great!

“Don’t rush, let’s cultivate first.”

Yun Xia’s eyes widened, and he immediately dropped his things and ran back to the Demon Lord’s side. “Okay, okay! How do we cultivate?”

The Demon Lord smiled at him slightly, took his shoulders, walked to the very edge of the cliff, and lightly pointed downwards. “Jump down.”

Yun Xia: “…………?”

No way, coming in so hard right off the bat? He wasn’t the kind of little bird learning to fly!

“Your Venerable, please think twice! Perhaps we can change to a gentler method. If I fall straight to the bottom, wouldn’t it be hard work for you to pick me back up and heal me?”

Looking from a distance, the scenery felt very good, but now looking at his feet, he knew that beauty came at a price. His legs went weak just from one glance.

“The best and fastest way to cultivate Flight is in the air. Remember the key points I told you, and you’ll learn quickly.”

After saying that, he began to list the key points one by one, explaining them very simply and clearly, but saying it and doing it were two different things!

This was completely different from what he imagined!

“Your Venerable, well, what I imagined was practicing in the air after I learned it, not learning in the air! I… I have a fear of heights, Your Venerable!”

“Fear of heights?” The Demon Lord found his trembling appearance very interesting, and admired it for a while.

“Don’t worry, I won’t let you fall to the ground. First, experience it well, and remember what I said.”

Afterward, he was like a heartless teacher, smiling as he pushed Yun Xia down.

Yun Xia wasn’t prepared at all, and felt a sense of weightlessness come over him. The sound of the wind whistling in his ears, the Demon Lord’s figure getting further and further away from him.

His mind went blank, struggling in the air.

A string in his heart stretched to the limit, adrenaline soaring.

He didn’t know when he would land, completely losing his sense of time.

Yun Xia, calm down! Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. If you can’t breathe, then don’t breathe for now. Think about what the Demon Lord said…

He tried his best to remain calm, trying hard to control his body, but the instinctive fear and panic still messed him up. Only now did he realize that he was more afraid of heights than he thought!

His heart was pounding wildly, about to explode the next moment.

Just then, a figure appeared beside him, falling with him. “Concentrate.”

It was the Demon Lord’s voice.

Yun Xia immediately stared at the Demon Lord’s face.

Under the Demon Lord’s gaze, Yun Xia slowly regained his senses.

As long as he had him in his sight, Yun Xia wasn’t afraid.

…

A quarter of an hour later, the two appeared high in the sky, Yun Xia’s feet supported by an invisible plane.

As soon as he felt solid ground, Yun Xia knelt down and, in a rebellious act, hugged the Demon Lord’s leg.

Pretending to sob, “Your Venerable, you’re too heartless, sob sob sob…”

Just now, he had been falling continuously. When he was about to reach the bottom, the Demon Lord would lift him back up to a higher place to continue falling, until he successfully stopped himself in mid-air.

The wind in the high sky blew Yun Xia back and forth, but the Demon Lord stood leisurely, as if unaffected. He looked down at the person hugging his leg like he was holding onto a life-saving straw, and softly asked, “Still afraid?”

Yun Xia still didn’t dare to look directly down, but it was much better than before.

“I didn’t even dare to bungee jump before, but I ended up bungee jumping for so long at once, I’m really awesome…”

The Demon Lord listened to his muttering and saying things he couldn’t quite understand, and asked, “Since you’re afraid, why do you still want to learn?”

“There’s a saying, I don’t know if you’ve heard it, the worse you are, the more you want to play.”

The Demon Lord thought for a moment. “The more you lack something, the more you desire it?”

Yun Xia’s eyes lit up. “Yes, that’s what I mean! Your Venerable, you’re so smart.”

The Demon Lord said with a smile, “You’re also very brave.”

Yun Xia looked at his smiling face, his heart still pounding wildly. He couldn’t help but touch his chest. Why was it still beating so hard?

“Really?”

The Demon Lord nodded. “Of course it’s true. Don’t you believe me?”

Yun Xia stared blankly at him, a strange impulse surging up.

He suddenly stood up, stretched out his arms, and shouted in the wind, “Your Venerable, look at me, I’ll do it myself one more time! I will definitely fly back to your side myself!”

After saying that, he fell straight down, his eyes clearly and brightly conveying a sentence: I can make you look at me in a new light.

The Demon Lord understood. He watched Yun Xia fall by himself, watching that straight falling figure, the smile on his face fading, his eyes deepening.

He looked down at his own chest.

It seemed to vibrate inside.

It was a strange feeling.

The beauty stood in the high sky, his long sleeves swaying in the wind, like an immortal, like a cloud. He tilted his head in confusion, a little puzzled. It seemed that something had changed, but it also seemed that nothing had changed.

He remained silent until Yun Xia’s voice came.

The familiar figure flew towards him stiffly but relentlessly, with an excited smile on his face, his eyes full of him. “Your Venerable! Look at me, I’m amazing, right!”

His chest filled, it was a feeling of fullness. The Demon Lord raised his hand and grabbed the person who was unsteadily crashing towards him, his voice slightly hoarse. “Yes, amazing.”

…

Yun Xia practiced for a long time, and initially mastered the essentials, able to fly for a short time.

Flight wasn’t some profound art, but it wasn’t simple either. It required good control and endurance, and was also very draining.

When he returned to the cliff, he was so tired that he didn’t want to move, only feeling dizzy and lightheaded.

“Your Venerable, please wait for me for a while. I’ll rest first, otherwise I’m afraid I’ll burn myself.”

After a long time, he finally recovered. When he got up, he was surprised to find that the Demon Lord had built a campfire, the flames burning brightly.

Next to it was a pile of neatly stacked wood, cut to roughly the same length, and there was a place to sit.

Yun Xia walked over and asked a stupid question. “Your Venerable, you know how to make a fire?”

The Demon Lord glanced at him, probably also feeling that the question was too stupid, and didn’t say anything, but the surrounding forest burst into flames, like a huge torch.

Yun Xia: …??

The trees were probably saying: Do you have a problem?

“Don’t… I was just being quick-tongued, terrified that you would help me personally. Please put out the fire, put out the fire.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the fire disappeared. Yun Xia carefully looked around. The trees were still green, not a bit burnt.

Yun Xia flattered him and sat down, clapping his hands. “Your Venerable, you’re really amazing!”

Saying that, he untied the big bundle and took out the things inside, including various seasonings, meat kept fresh in ice, other foods, and skewers, plates, and other tools.

He marinated the meat and wanted to wash his hands to prepare other things, but found there was no water. So he said to the Demon Lord, “Your Venerable, can you do me a favor and get some water?”

The Demon Lord sat aside, propping his head up, watching his various movements, and glanced to the side upon hearing this.

Yun Xia followed his gaze, and a stone next to him had been hollowed out, filled with water, and the water was gurgling out.

It was even running water!

He happily cleaned his hands and began to prepare the other ingredients.

While preparing, he chatted with the Demon Lord. “Your Venerable, can I ask you a question? How long has it been since you last ate something?”

The Demon Lord lazily said, “I don’t remember, it must have been a hundred years.”

Yun Xia was shocked. A hundred years!

As far as he knew, in the Immortal Realm where the Male Lead was, those immortals would occasionally eat something. Even if they didn’t eat ordinary food, they would eat some immortal fruit or drink some immortal wine.

As someone who grew up in a society where food was the most important thing, Yun Xia couldn’t imagine not eating anything for a hundred years.

Suddenly he felt a little sorry for him.

He sincerely said, “Your Venerable, I suddenly feel that my barbecue is too vulgar and not worthy of you.”

The Demon Lord curled his lips. “As far as I’m concerned, everything is the same. Who I eat with is more important.”

Yun Xia was stunned, his heart starting to stir again.

What was going on? It wasn’t the first time the Demon Lord had been good to him or gentle to him, but how could he be like this today…

He continued to handle the things in his hands, awkwardly changing the subject, chatting while starting to barbecue.

The aroma of the food wafted over, and Yun Xia’s heart calmed down a little.

“It smells so good. Although I doubt your sense of taste is still there, your sense of smell should still be there, right? Can you smell the aroma?”

The Demon Lord didn’t answer, continuing to watch his movements as always, his expression gentle.

Compared to the aroma, he seemed more interested in Yun Xia.

Yun Xia didn’t care whether he spoke or not, and said to himself, “Although I haven’t barbecued for a long time, I can guarantee you that it will definitely be delicious. My goal today isn’t to make you regain your desire for food, but at least to awaken your taste buds, hehe.”

“How delicious is it?”

The Demon Lord actually opened his mouth and asked.

Yun Xia was very surprised, thinking that he had achieved half of his goal. He grinned foolishly. “Gaga delicious!”

The Demon Lord was actually amused by him.

The beauty smiled gently, without a trace of gloom between his eyebrows. At this moment, they were like two friends who had run into the mountains to steal food, chatting about random things while waiting to eat.

The mountain breeze was clear, the sky high and blue, and occasionally the faint howls of magical beasts could be heard in the distance – this place was somewhere in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts.

At this moment, Yun Xia felt that he should be very close to the Demon Lord.

If there was no Demon Palace, no those things, no betrayers, and no those who wanted to disintegrate the Demon Realm, he wondered if the Demon Lord at that time would also be like this.

Yun Xia looked at him with a silly smile. “Your smile is so beautiful.”

The Demon Lord raised his eyebrows slightly, and Yun Xia said again, “You won’t ask me how beautiful it is, right?”

The Demon Lord shook his head helplessly.

Yun Xia brushed on seasoning while turning the skewer of lamb leg, and after grilling for a while, he felt that it was almost ready, and said to the Demon Lord, “Your Venerable, I’ll try a bite first, and taste it for you first.”

Saying that, he couldn’t wait to blow on it and bite into it.

The meat was grilled just right, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with oil sizzling, but it was too hot. Yun Xia hissed while holding the meat in his mouth, not willing to let go.

At this time, the Demon Lord appeared beside him, gently holding his hand that was drooping down because of the weight of the lamb leg, brought it to his face, and gently blew a breath.

The cool wind took away the scalding heat, but it turned into even hotter air that entered Yun Xia’s mouth.

“Be careful, it’s hot.”

Yun Xia froze completely.

The Demon Lord turned his head and tore a piece of meat from the lamb leg in his hand, slowly chewing it, carefully savoring it while looking at Yun Xia’s face.

“The taste is indeed good.”