latelenovela Chapter 8 Going to the Demon Bureau
Chapter 8 Going to the Demon Bureau
"Oh, this is called a flowerpot. With this, I can take you to explore the demon realm! Chuchu, are you scared?" Lu Jinyan looked at Chuchu nervously after she finished speaking.
"Don't be afraid, I believe in Yan Yan. Yan Yan can do whatever she wants!" Chu Chu said earnestly, shaking the petals.
Lu Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Chu Chu's affirmation. To be honest, she was really afraid that Chu Chu would disagree. She carefully used a small shovel to remove the soil around Chu Chu.
To be honest, Lu Jinyan was actually a little nervous. She was afraid that she might accidentally hurt Chu Chu's root by shaking her hand, so she was very careful. By the time she had almost finished shoveling, she was covered in sweat.
This digging work is really exhausting. Lu Jinyan wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at the pot and thought it was about time, so she put some soil in the flowerpot, then secretly buried the Transformation Pill in the soil, and finally carefully moved Chu Chu into the flowerpot.
Throughout the entire process, Chu Chu did not utter a single word, nor did she try to stop Lu Jinyan. She seemed completely unconcerned about whether doing so would hurt herself.
She trusted Lu Jinyan completely. She said that this would get her away from here, and that she wouldn't hurt her, so she believed her.
Lu Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief only after successfully transplanting Chu Chu into the flowerpot. She was touched by Chu Chu's unconditional trust in her.
When she saw her appear with a flowerpot and shovel, she only asked what it was and then didn't ask any more questions. She didn't even ask where it came from. She had even thought of a reason, but unfortunately, she had no chance to use it.
"Phew! Alright, now we can adventure together!" Lu Jinyan hugged the flowerpot to her chest, a happy smile on her face!
Chu Chu also felt a warm feeling in her heart, and not only in her heart, but also in her body!
After resting for a while, Lu Jinyan felt much better, so she picked up the flowerpot and left the forest. Both of them were excited and chatted non-stop along the way.
Midway through, Lu Jinyan went to the river to wash her face. Because her face was covered in mud, she finally saw what she looked like and was so shocked that she almost fell into the river.
The woman reflected in the water had exquisite features, eyes like stars, red lips and white teeth, and long hair that cascaded down like a waterfall. Lu Jinyan was momentarily at a loss for words, unsure how to describe her.
In short, she was very beautiful, extremely beautiful. She dared to say that this was the most beautiful person she had ever seen in her more than 20 years of life. She couldn't believe that such a face now belonged to her.
I don't know if I'm lucky or just lucky.
The two wandered around in the woods several times. When Chu Chu asked for the last time when they could leave, Lu Jinyan plopped down on the ground.
She simply couldn't walk any further.
"This lousy place, it's all the same everywhere! We've been walking for so long, and we still haven't gotten out!" Lu Jinyan muttered to herself.
"Host, do you think it's possible that you've been going in circles?" The system stared at Lu Jinyan speechlessly. She had warned her before that she was going the wrong way.
But Lu Jinyan insisted that it was impossible, and then kept chatting with Chu Chu, completely ignoring what she said.
"...Why didn't you say so sooner!" Lu Jinyan was exasperated!
"I told you, but you wouldn't listen!" The system rolled its eyes and ignored her.
Lu Jinyan was momentarily speechless. She sighed. Well, it was her fault. She was too excited and ignored the system's words.
"Ahem, well, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have disobeyed you. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me. Do you have any way to get me out of here?"
"Yes, there are maps in the system shop, fifty points each. Would you like to exchange for one, host?" The system's eyes lit up at the mention of points; she was just over two thousand points away from leveling up!
"Change!" Lu Jinyan chose to change the map without hesitation. Fifty points weren't expensive, and she could afford it! It was better than wandering around the forest like a headless fly!
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully obtained a mini-map. Fifty points have been deducted. Your current remaining points are 1970!"
As the system announced, a map appeared before Lu Jinyan's eyes. The thoughtful system also told her that only she could see the map, so there was nothing to worry about.
With the map as a guide, Lu Jinyan rested for a while and then continued on her way. Along the way, she encountered many intelligent little demons, but she did not linger and instead chose to keep moving forward.
After walking for about three hours, Lu Jinyan finally emerged from the forest. It wasn't that she walked too slowly; it was simply that her physical condition was too poor, and she had to rest every now and then.
This can't be blamed on her. Because her spiritual root was damaged, the original owner's hope of transforming into human form was already very slim. Now, she has barely succeeded in transforming into human form with the help of the transformation pill given by the system, but her body is still very weak.
The system said that this would require gradual conditioning, and once she leveled up, there would be better pills available, allowing her to slowly improve her health.
Finally out of the forest, Lu Jinyan and Chu Chu were both very excited. However, this was only the beginning, because she needed to find a teleportation point in the nearest village as soon as possible, and then teleport herself to the Demon Bureau in the county town.
Lu Jinyan glanced at the map; the nearest village was about an hour away. She needed to hurry and get there before the Demon Division closed for the day.
It took her five or six hours just to get out of that forest. It was already quite late, and since she was just a little demon without any magic powers, it wasn't very safe for her to walk on the road so late.
Now that she's so beautiful, she doesn't dare to be too flashy, lest she run into a bad guy and be in big trouble!
So she rested at the intersection for about ten minutes before continuing on her way. Chu Chu would chat with her from time to time to distract her.
An hour later, Lu Jinyan was so excited that she almost cried when she looked at the small village not far away. If she continued walking, her legs would be ruined.
Upon entering the village, Lu Jinyan successfully located the teleportation point using the system's map and spent two demon crystals to teleport herself to the town.
It has to be said that the system did a really good job in this respect, actually rewarding her with demon crystals, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to use this teleportation array.
Without the teleportation array, it would take her at least two or three days to walk to the town, and just thinking about it gave her a headache.
After paying, Lu Jinyan stood in the teleportation array holding the flowerpot containing Chuchu. In the blink of an eye, she was already in town when she opened her eyes.
I have to say, the efficiency is truly outstanding!
However, she didn't have time to appreciate her surroundings before she rushed along following the map. She headed straight for the Demon Bureau and finally arrived at its entrance with just over ten minutes to spare.
Standing at the gate of the Demon Bureau, Lu Jinyan looked around at the scene before her. The Demon Bureau didn't seem to have anything special about it; it was just an ordinary house.
If it weren't for the map, she probably wouldn't have been able to find this place. It looked like an ordinary house, and there was no one guarding it. Lu Jinyan stepped inside.
There was no one in the courtyard. Inside the main hall, an old man with white hair and beard was tidying up something. When he saw someone coming, a smile appeared on his face.
"Oh, someone's here, little girl. You've come at just the right time. If you had been a quarter of an hour later, this old man would have closed the shop!" The white-bearded old man smiled as he stared at the little girl in front of him.
"Hehe, Grandpa is right, I arrived just in time!" Lu Jinyan replied with a smile.
"Little girl, you have a sweet tongue. Tell me, what brings you to the Demon Bureau? Are you here to apply for a demon token or to buy land?" The white-bearded old man's eyes narrowed into slits with laughter at the address of "Grandpa."
Lu Jinyan stared at the old man in front of her, who was grinning from ear to ear, and smiled back. The system said that this was a demon that had been cultivated from an old locust tree, and that it was already several hundred years old.
"Grandpa, I want to apply for a demon token!"
"Alright, alright, little girl, come here!" The old locust tree spirit led Lu Jinyan to the table, then went around to the back and sat down, taking out two notebooks from the side.
"Girl, do you have a name? If not, this old man can help you choose one for five demon crystals!"
After the old locust tree demon finished speaking, he squinted his small eyes and looked at the little girl in front of him with a kind and amiable expression. Although the little girl had no cultivation, judging from her clothes and appearance, she should not be an ordinary child.
Her clothes and accessories, though not particularly eye-catching, weren't cheap either; she might be able to make another profit today.
"Grandpa, I have a name, my name is Lu Jinyan!" Lu Jinyan's lips twitched. So he wanted to make money off her. No wonder the old man's face was all smiles when she came in!
“Lu Jinyan? Hmm, not bad, it’s a good name! Girl, take a look, is it these three characters?” The old locust tree spirit wasn’t unhappy that Lu Jinyan didn’t ask him to buy a name. He still had a smile on his face and wrote three characters on a piece of white paper next to him.
Lu Jinyan looked at the three characters above and shook her head: "No, it's this Jin, not this Jin, and Yan, it's the Yan of Yanran, not the Yan of Yanyan!"
Lu Jinyan shook her head. Although they sounded the same, the characters were different. In her spare time, she had exchanged many books from this world through the system and learned some of the characters from this world, so she could understand them easily.
The old locust tree didn't say much, and handed the pen in its hand to the little girl in front of it.
Lu Jinyan picked up the calligraphy brush on the table and rewrote her name on the paper. She had heard this name for more than 20 years and did not intend to change it!