Chapter 1291 Yaoyao’s Changes (1/2)

The tightly shut doors sealed off the outside noise, creating a silent atmosphere.

Carrying Tuntun, Yaoyao casually sat down on the steps, her slender hand ruffling Tuntun’s shaggy head before pulling its ear into all kinds of shapes. Her cold, beautiful face was still pretty much emotionless, but Zhou Yuan could sense that she was not in a good mood.

He walked over, seated down beside her and placed her hand in his own. He did not speak, silently keeping her company.

Yaoyao leaned over, placing her face on Zhou Yuan’s shoulder. After a long time, she finally said in a soft voice, “While you and Tuntun weren’t around, I felt myself becoming less and less human and I just can’t seem to care much anymore...

“Do you know that I’ve even begun to become distant to Grandpa Hei. I clearly didn’t wish for it, but I always feel slightly alienated when I’m facing him.

“Only when I see you and Tuntun will I feel some emotion, making me feel that I’m still human and not an indifferent god that watches over the mortals.”

Zhou Yuan hugged Yaoyao’s shoulder, his eyes full of tenderness and self-reproach. Although he had always mockingly called himself the all-heavens king of relying on his woman, he had been doing all he could to improve himself. He had repeatedly experienced near-death fights, enabling himself to constantly evolve, progress and grow stronger.

He believed that a day would come when he would no longer need Yaoyao to stand in front of him, but instead shield her from all the storms that came their way.

Unfortunately, he was still far from achieving this goal even till now.

Zhou Yuan softly said, “Yaoyao, I will always be there no matter what happens.”

Tuntun also softly barked in her arms as if saying it would be there too.

Yaoyao smiled faintly, clearly feeling a little better.

Upon seeing her mood had improved, Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and asked, “Why do you suddenly want me to participate in the Ancestral Dragon Pill production? Although their words were unpleasant, they were justified. Xu Beiyan has been coordinating with you for two years and should be much better in producing these pills.”

Although he had made himself appear confident earlier, it was all an act. No matter how arrogant he was, he did not feel that he would be better than Xu Beiyan, who had two years of experience.

However, there was one thing he had been genuine about. If he failed to do better than Xu Beiyan, he would not shamelessly hold onto the role because it would only draw anger from the majority and would not be worth it.

Yaoyao responded, “I don’t like that Xu Beiyan. I’m naturally aware of his intentions over these past two years, and although his performance is adequate, I’m really getting a little tired of him. He keeps playing his flute outside whenever I want some peace and quiet. If I did not have some rationality left, I would have already made him disappear.”

Zhou Yuan began to sweat. He honestly felt that Xu Beiyan was top tier in every aspect, but Yaoyao was clearly someone who could not be measured by common sense.

Hence, he weakly said, “Yaoyao, if I met you now instead, I feel that I would have been killed countless times for all the things I did to you in the past.”

Yaoyao rolled her eyes at him, “There aren’t that many what ifs in this world.”

She paused for a moment before continuing, “You will be highly paid for assisting me in the Ancestral Dragon Pill production. As long as we succeed, you will obtain several pills every month. You could say that I’m fighting for your benefit, because the Ancestral Dragon Pill is an excellent item that you will definitely need from now onwards.”

The other Nascent Source and Law Domain experts would likely need to take several trips into the Outerspace Battlefield to obtain a few Ancestral Dragon Pills and risk their lives countless times. In fact, All-Heavens City estimated at least one casualty every mission. From this, one could see just how costly it was to obtain Ancestral Dragon Pills.