After dinner, having taken his leave of Liu Xuan, Chen Hao sent Lin Huashan's maidservant arranged by Liu Xuan away, on the pretext of wanting to personally escort Lin Huashan home.

No sooner had they left the main building in the city than Lin Huashan turned on Chen Hao, her anger palpable as she demanded, "Why did you agree to the marriage proposal Liu Xuan suggested?"

Chen Hao shook his head helplessly, sighed, and said, "If I hadn't agreed, I would probably have to face you every day at meals. With that bitterly aggrieved look of yours, do you think I could still have an appetite? And not to mention me, you could have objected when I agreed just now, if you were really unwilling."

In an instant, Lin Huashan's face turned red, and after thinking for a moment, she retorted, "You know very well that I was being coerced by him!"

"Given that, and you still blame me. You're not unaware that knowing you were being coerced, I agreed to this marriage for your own good. Really, you can't recognize someone's goodwill!" Chen Hao said with a light laugh. "It seems he plans to treat me the same way he treated your father. First, he wants you and me to marry, then to have a child, and finally, use you both to threaten me into dealing with the sand rock demon."

"So, what should we do next?" Lin Huashan asked, staring at Chen Hao, "You're not really planning to marry me, are you? Let me tell you, I'm not the least bit interested in you!"

"Haha!" Chen Hao laughed heartily, "Don't speak as if I'm the one interested in you. The feeling is mutual. Anyway, it's a long way off until we're supposed to actually get married. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. At worst, I'll just take you and run away, escaping to someplace else. Once we reach somewhere safe, we can go our separate ways."

Lin Huashan snorted in anger, her face ashen.

After a short silence.

Walking along the desolate streets filled with gusting sand, Lin Huashan suddenly asked in a low voice, "Don't you ever plan to return to your world?"

"Not planning on it!" Chen Hao's tone was very firm, "Unless she comes looking for me, and then..."

"And then what?"

Chen Hao's face darkened and he said no more.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert was vast. Coincidentally, a sudden gust of wind blew, causing Lin Huashan to shiver with cold, forcing her to take shelter behind Chen Hao and to cling closely to his body.

Turning his head to look at Lin Huashan, Chen Hao teasingly said, "Hey, don't take advantage of me now!"

After huffing, Lin Huashan raised her hand and slapped Chen Hao's back hard, then pressed her body even closer to him.

Time flew like an arrow; ten more days passed.

Seeing that Ye Yuqiao had yet to arrive, Chen Hao was starting to feel desperate, even though only sixteen hours had passed in the real world.

Gradually, Chen Hao began to tire of life in Yanluo City. A place without life goals and pressures was too unreal for him, only suitable for a brief vacation, not a long-term stay.

Chen Hao set a deadline for himself. If Ye Yuqiao did not come looking for him within a year, he would help Lin Huashan escape the city first, and then go face the sand rock demon himself. There is nothing more despairing than a death of the heart.

Unfortunately, his heart was nearly dead; fortunately, it was just about to.

Since he had agreed to the marital arrangement broached by Liu Xuan, these past two weeks he could go to Lin Huashan openly. Arguing and bickering with Lin Huashan turned out to be much more interesting than dealing with the overly respectful maidservants.

The night had deepened.

Within Yanluo City, the wind cut like knives, whistling incessantly.

In his sleep, Chen Hao suddenly heard frantic cries, so he instantly got up from bed, put on the wool outerwear gifted by Liu Xuan, and stepped out of his room. Standing atop the high building, he followed the sounds to the north side of Yanluo City, where he saw flickering lights and chaos on the streets.

"The Night Demon is attacking the city!"

"Run for your lives!"

In the midst of the blaring wind, Chen Hao vaguely heard many people shouting such words.

"Young Master Chen! Things are bad—the Night Demon is attacking again!" Suddenly, Liu Xuan's urgent voice came from behind him.

"The Night Demon?" Chen Hao looked at Liu Xuan with a puzzled expression, "Where is it?"

Liu Xuan clasped Chen Hao's hand and led him to the corridor on the west side of the main building in the city, then pointed to the sky above the area where Lin Huashan's family lived, saying, "Did you see those turquoise eyes? That is the Night Demon! Its skin color is the same as the night, and you can only locate it by those glowing eyes!"

Chen Hao's gaze followed the direction of Liu Xuan's pointing finger and quickly spotted the enormous turquoise eyes in the sky. Around the turquoise eyes, the night sky twisted, sketching out the irregular outline of the Night Demon's form.

"Just now, that Night Demon was still in the north of the city, and now it has moved to the west!" Liu Xuan said anxiously on the side, "I only hope it leaves the city sooner rather than later."

"Not good!" Chen Hao's eyes suddenly shone with sharpness, realizing that Lin Huashan might be in danger. Without another word, he rushed down the building towards Lin Huashan's home.

Watching Chen Hao leave, Liu Xuan's face revealed a sinister smile, thinking to himself, "It's time for me to see your true capabilities."

Five minutes later, Chen Hao arrived at Lin Huashan's home and saw Lin Mo's Yin Soul standing outside the door; he immediately stopped in his tracks and gasped, "How did I forget that she has a ghost of a father!"

"Run away quickly!" Lin Mo suddenly yelled at Chen Hao.

"Ah!" Chen Hao was confused, wondering if Lin Mo was speaking to him.

Suddenly, Chen Hao felt a demonic aura pressing in from behind. He turned around, only to see those huge green eyes swooping towards him, the atmosphere swirling violently around them.

In a moment of urgency, a purple fire dragon burst forth from Chen Hao's left eye, charging directly at the green eyes.

In the instant that the purple flames illuminated the night sky, Chen Hao finally saw the Night Demon's shape. It was a round and bulging sphere, which reminded him of a Soul Devouring Beast.

"Ying, ying!" The Night Demon let out a sharp, piercing screech, and then those green eyes disappeared into the night, vanishing without a trace.

"Where did it go?" Chen Hao asked himself.

"It seems the Night Demon came prepared and also left prepared," Lin Mo's Yin Soul spoke, having already appeared silently behind Chen Hao.

Chen Hao twisted the corners of his mouth bitterly, finally understanding the situation.

Indeed!

On the following day at noon, Liu Xuan called for Lin Huashan to dine in the main building of the city and proposed to hold a wedding for Chen Hao and Lin Huashan within three days.

Thinking it too dull to stay in Yanluo City, and preferring to leave sooner, Chen Hao agreed to Liu Xuan's proposal.

After lunch, while escorting Lin Huashan home, Chen Hao told her to pack the important belongings from their house in preparation for their escape from Yanluo City the evening before their wedding.

Two days later.

The yard given to Chen Hao by Liu Xuan was decorated with lanterns and streamers, red festive colors everywhere.

The night deepened.

After dinner, and pretending to be busy with preparations, Chen Hao took the chance to slip out of the courtyard while everyone else was occupied.

After leaving the courtyard, Chen Hao deliberately took a dark and secluded path to the meeting place he had arranged with Lin Huashan in advance.

When he was about to reach a crossroads.

A flash of sword light, carrying a dazzling yellow glow.

Instantly, Chen Hao's heart surged with excitement; that was his Evil-Banishing Moon Sword.

"Is it you?" Chen Hao's voice trembled as he asked, "Have I finally waited for you?"

Subsequently...

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