Li Rong spoke with utmost seriousness, her expression solemn.
Although Yang Kai didn't know what swearing an oath in the name of the Great Demon God meant to her, he could feel her sincerity from her tone and demeanor.
Was she frightened by Golden Ren's One-Eye? Otherwise, why would the owner of the Demon God Castle suddenly change her attitude so dramatically? Yang Kai furrowed his brow, unable to figure it out.
But this guess was somewhat absurd. Li Rong was, after all, a Saint Realm powerhouse; her courage couldn't possibly be that weak.
He nodded slightly and smiled. "No need to be so tense. I believe you."
Li Rong couldn't help letting out a soft breath, looking considerably more relaxed. After a moment, she regained her usual dignified bearing and said gently, "I've already witnessed your methods. Hmm, from now on, our Demon God Castle will provide you with all the necessary support. Just focus on researching alchemy here; you don't need to worry about anything else."
As she spoke, Li Rong waved her hand to lift the restrictions on the stone chamber and turned to leave.
After walking a short distance, she turned her head back. "Oh, right. If you feel cooped up here, you can have Wan'er take you out for a stroll. No one in the Demon God Castle will restrict your freedom."
"Understood," Yang Kai's eyes flashed.
After Li Rong left, Yang Kai secretly shook his head. He had keenly sensed that the woman's attitude toward him had changed somewhat. Although she tried hard to hide it, this shift was evident in her expression and words.
Unable to figure it out, Yang Kai didn't bother racking his brains and went back to refining pills with his head down.
Outside the stone chamber, Li Rong walked out slowly, glanced back, and a faint look of excitement appeared on her face. Wan'er rushed up in a hurry and asked concernedly, "My Lady, is everything alright inside?"
"It's fine," Li Rong shook her head gently and instructed, "Take good care of him."
"Okay."
Li Rong said no more. Her graceful figure swayed, and she vanished from sight.
Half an incense stick's time later, in a secret chamber deep within the Demon God Castle, the stone door was pushed open and Li Rong hurried inside.
This chamber was covered with countless barriers and restrictions. It held the most valuable treasures of the entire Demon God Castle, and over the years, only its master was qualified to enter.
Li Rong walked familiarly to a corner after arriving here. From a shelf there, she took out a thick tome. This book had been untouched for a long time, covered in a thick layer of dust. Li Rong seemed to be in a great hurry and didn't care much about that. She reached out, wiped the dust clean, and began flipping through it.
Before long, Li Rong's beautiful eyes fixed on a certain page of the tome. She stared at it blankly, her breathing gradually quickening, her expression also faintly becoming agitated.
For a long, long time, Li Rong finally closed the tome, shut her eyes, and took a deep breath to calm the excitement within her heart. She pondered carefully for a very long while.
When she opened her eyes again, Li Rong was calm once more, as if she had made some resolution. Her profound gaze returned the tome to its original place, and she quickly walked out again.
The next day.
Yang Kai was in the middle of refining pills when the stone chamber's large door suddenly opened. Following that, under Wan'er's lead, a large group of demon race members crowded in.
Yang Kai's expression changed. He didn't know what was happening, and his Yuan Qi became unstable for a moment. The pill furnace in front of him suddenly erupted with a cloud of black smoke, completely ruining the medicinal ingredients being refined.
Wan'er started shouting, directing the demon race members as they busied themselves within the stone chamber.
Yang Kai watched for a while, his expression becoming peculiar.
He realized these people weren't here to cause trouble for him. Instead, they brought many items and were decorating the stone chamber.
An extremely wide bed, looking incredibly comfortable, was carried in and placed in a corner of the chamber. Others brought tables and chairs, while some set down kettles. Several maidservants in their attire placed platters of delicious food and rare wines on the tables.
Soon, a mouth-watering aroma wafted through the stone chamber.
Moreover, with this group's decoration, the originally cold, desolate, and monotonous stone chamber underwent an earth-shaking change, suddenly giving rise to a cozy feeling.
Yang Kai's brows were tightly furrowed, his mind full of doubts.
After they finished, Yang Kai beckoned to Wan'er. "Come here."
Wan'er glanced at him and walked over somewhat reluctantly, tilting her small head. "What is it?"
"What's the meaning of this?" Yang Kai asked, gesturing at the changes before him.
"Orders from Lady Li. She told us to take good care of you."
"Even so, there's no need to go to this extent, right? What are you plotting?" Yang Kai looked warily at her. The fact that the people of the Demon God Castle didn't restrict his freedom and provided medicinal ingredients for his alchemy was already satisfactory. Li Rong suddenly treating him as an honored guest like this made Yang Kai a bit alert.
"I was wondering the same thing!" Wan'er huffed, looking him up and down. "Did this despicable, cunning human say something he shouldn't have to Lady Li, tricking her?"
"She's not someone who's easily fooled," Yang Kai scoffed.