In the Dragon Burial Valley’s First Area.
Jiang Huai and Bai Li arrived at the snow-capped peak of the Dragon Burial Valley.
The view here was expansive, allowing them to see almost the entire Dragon Burial Valley. He was clad in white, unstained by dust, while Bai Li wore a black Qipao embroidered with irises in gold thread. Her fair calves beneath the Qipao were wrapped in sheer, light gray silk.
Jiang Huai casually turned his head, his gaze falling upon the girl’s silvery hair fluttering slightly in the wind.
With only two shichen remaining until the Dragon Burial Valley’s closure, the two had already found numerous spirit medicines. This trip to the secret realm had been quite fruitful. After leaving, it would be time for them to part ways.
“Where do you plan to go after we leave?” Jiang Huai asked softly.
“Hmm, I think I’ll just wander around the mortal world. I’m planning to go to the next Burning Heaven Secret Realm.”
The Burning Heaven Secret Realm was scheduled for a month later. Jiang Huai silently calculated the dates. That period would coincide with the Moon Wave Continent Grand Competition, which was to be held concurrently with the Sun Crown Continent. He might not have time to participate in this secret realm exploration.
“I might be busy during the Burning Heaven Secret Realm, so I won’t be able to come then.”
“That’s alright.”
“Shall I lend you my sword?” Jiang Huai had just taken out the Yening Sword, but Bai Li merely shook her head gently. “The Burning Heaven Secret Realm only allows those up to the Fifth Level Transc to enter. Ordinary Fifth Level Transc cultivators can’t kill me now; I can always escape.”
“It’s safer to have it, anyway I…”
Bai Li reached out and tapped Jiang Huai’s head, lifting her fair face. “When will you get rid of your nagging habit?”
Jiang Huai looked at her helplessly, but Bai Li simply turned her face away. “I told you I don’t need it. I’ll be careful.”
Jiang Huai could only nod gently.
**[*End of Chapter 101*]**
Wind stirred flowers to fall, a sky full of snow. Snowflakes floated around the two of them. Bai Li silently used her spiritual energy to clear the snowflakes around them. Her fair, tender calves continued to sway gently. The world seemed to become incredibly quiet.
Bai Li was neither too close nor too far from him.
Previously, Bai Li always liked to snuggle into him, her small body fragrant and soft. Jiang Huai would gently hold her in his arms, like holding a kitten. But now, a strange distance seemed to exist between them? Where did it come from? It seemed to have started after he fed her medicine… Jiang Huai’s mind couldn’t help but wander to strange thoughts again. Suddenly, he heard Bai Li ask, “I’ve heard many people say that your future Dao Companion is very beautiful?”
“Yes, she’s quite beautiful.”
“What does she look like?”
“Shall I draw her for you?” Jiang Huai took out paper and a pen and began to draw seriously. Bai Li waited quietly by his side. After a while, Jiang Huai finished drawing Luo Qingyu’s appearance on the paper. Bai Li picked up the drawing and held it next to Jiang Huai’s face, staring intently for four or five seconds before smiling. “She’s indeed a good match for you.”
As she spoke, she tilted her small face up slightly. “You call me Older Sister. According to your Human Clan’s rules, if she meets me, shouldn’t she also call me Older Sister?”
“That makes sense.”
“That’s good then.” Bai Li stood up and stretched. “Let’s go? Let’s wander around a bit more.”
“Okay.”
Jiang Huai stood up, and together they traveled for some time more in this secret realm of the Dragon Burial Valley until the color of the secret realm’s sky began to change. This signaled that the Dragon Burial Valley secret realm was about to close. Jiang Huai gently took Bai Li’s hand, so that the secret realm would transport them both outside together.
After a slight feeling of dizziness, the Dragon Burial Valley secret realm closed.
***
The night was deep, the moonlight like silver.
As they exited the Dragon Burial Valley, the sky outside was already dim. The originally dense spiritual qi had now became sparse. When the secret realm opened, all the surviving cultivators were teleported out. A total of two hundred and seventeen cultivators had entered the Dragon Burial Valley secret realm. Jiang Huai glanced around, and there were still over a hundred people remaining.
These people would not leave immediately. Most of the Rogue Cultivators would trade their gains from the secret realm for things they needed using the local area. Jiang Huai and Bai Li should have left immediately, but Bai Li yawned and looked up at him. “I’m still a little sleepy. Will you sleep with me for a while?”
“Alright.” Jiang Huai nodded gently.
So the two of them got up and went to the Ziyun Inn to book another room. Bai Li really liked to sleep hugging him. The girl sat by the bedside, lifting the hem of her Qipao to her waist. Her fingertips carefully grasped the edge of the pantyhose below her fair waist, slowly pulling them down. Then, she moved her body onto Jiang Huai, clinging tightly to him, her slender legs entwining him like white pythons. Jiang Huai’s hands always felt out of place, finally resting gently on her legs.
The girl’s thighs were soft and slightly warm. If one poked them gently, they would sink in and immediately bounce back. Bai Li closed her eyes, her breathing quickly becoming steady.
A pair of seductive fox-like eyes peered in from outside the window, a smile in them.
***
Outside the window, a downpour began at some point.
Jiang Huai was groggily awakened by a knocking sound. Bai Li, in his arms, also woke up. The girl stretched and reached out a hand towards Jiang Huai. “New clothes.”
Jiang Huai opened his System Mall and chose a gorgeous black long dress for Bai Li. He took out two dresses, one for the little Bai Li to wear and another for the big Bai Li. The sizes were perfect. Bai Li had some difficulty wearing such dresses, so she obediently sat by the side, her porcelain-white body small and fragrant. Jiang Huai helped her tie the ribbons on her back, as if he could smell the faint fragrance of her hair.
After the dress was put on, Jiang Huai walked to the door and opened it. The person standing outside made his eyebrows furrow slightly.
It was Ji Qingluo.
Ji Qingluo stood ramrod straight, his eyes currently as dark as water. Beside him stood his Dao Protector, whom he called Uncle Qin, and a middle-aged cultivator in white.
“What is it?” Jiang Huai stepped forward first, shielding Bai Li behind him.
“May I ask if Brother Jiang has seen my younger brother in the secret realm?” Ji Qingluo’s voice was somber, carrying a tone of interrogation.
“Haven’t seen him.” Jiang Huai shook his head.
He did things cleanly. He wouldn’t admit to anything he hadn’t done.
“My younger brother did not come out of the secret realm.” Ji Qingluo’s eyes were fixed on Jiang Huai before him. “Brother Jiang, our Moon Wheel Sect has detained all the Rogue Cultivators. No Rogue Cultivator has any enmity with my younger brother. The only person who has enmity with my younger brother is you.”
“What does that have to do with me?” Jiang Huai shrugged innocently. “Maybe he was eaten by the Ferocious Beasts in the secret realm?”
“He had a Fifth Level Transc Dao Protector with him! How could he fall prey to the Ferocious Beasts of the Dragon Burial Valley?!”
“The secret realm is inherently extremely dangerous. Anything can happen. If you suspect I killed your brother, then you provide evidence. If you don’t have any, then scram and stop wasting my time.”
Jiang Huai’s tone was unpleasant.
This was not because he was particularly upright, but because as soon as these few people appeared, he saw their purpose in their greedy eyes. From the moment the door opened, their eyes had been greedily looking at Bai Li behind him.
The three Heaven-tier spirit medicines he took were far less valuable than Bai Li, who had already obtained Dragon Qi, behind him. A Spirit Beast with the potential to transform into a dragon would be coveted even by a Ninth Realm cultivator.
Now that Bai Li’s aura was stable, she could conceal the Dragon Qi. However, Bai Li had only just refined the Dragon Crystal, and couldn’t fully conceal the Dragon Qi yet. Therefore, Ji Qingluo knowing this secret was a big trouble.
“My younger brother can’t just die like this, unexplained. Brother Jiang, I am willing to believe that Brother Jiang did not attack my younger brother. However, my younger brother had a past enmity with this snake demon. I now believe this snake demon is the Ferocious Beast that killed my younger brother. I want to take her back to the sect to use Soul Searching…”
“She was with me the entire time in the secret realm.”
“Brother Jiang’s word doesn’t count. Soul Searching cannot be faked. Brother Jiang, please step aside.” Ji Qingluo tried his best to suppress his joy, but a hint of a smile couldn’t be hidden in the corners of his eyes.
He wasn’t sad that his brother was dead. He was just a good-for-nothing. If he died, he died. He had several other younger brothers, all good-for-nothings, none of whom were qualified to contend for his position as heir.
But the snake demon before him was his enormous opportunity. If he could capture her, he would have the chance to wield power in the Eastern Region and become the master of a continent in the future.
“She is my Spirit Beast.” Jiang Huai’s eyes gradually turned cold. “If you take one step forward, I will draw my sword. If you dare to touch her, I will kill you.”
“Brother Jiang, we’ve met a total of twice, and I’ve heard countless jokes from you.” Ji Qingluo no longer hid a trace of apprehension in his eyes as he had before, because his father was standing behind him.
Ji Zhongyun, a Seventh Realm Void Refinement cultivator, the Sect Master of the Moon Wheel Sect.
“I just want to take her back for Soul Searching. I naturally believe Brother Jiang is innocent and upright, but she is an alien race, and there is no slave mark of Brother Jiang on her. Brother Jiang, if you block me from taking her, then you are harboring an alien. I will have reason to suspect that you and she conspired to murder my younger brother… Brother Jiang, I only have these three younger brothers. They are my flesh and blood. If I do something irrational, I believe anyone would understand.”
“I said, if you dare to touch her, you will die.” Jiang Huai’s eyes calmly looked at Ji Qingluo before him. “I mean what I say.”
“Why?” Ji Qingluo looked around. Clearly, only Jiang Huai and Bai Li were present. One at Qi Condensation First Level, the other at Nascent Soul Early Stage, at most an opponent for the Transcends. But his father, Ji Zhongyun, was standing here. With his Seventh Realm Void Refinement power, he could crush the two before him with a single hand. Where did Jiang Huai get such confidence?
Back in the secret realm, his bluffing was one thing, but now he was bluffing without even considering the occasion?
“What? I took a step forward. Brother Jiang, what are you going to do?” Ji Qingluo smiled and stepped forward.
Jiang Huai drew his sword, the Yening Sword unsheathed. Instantly, sword light blazed, and moonlight condensed. The moment the light of Water Moon appeared, Ji Zhongyun had already moved to block it. But after a moment, he suddenly realized that his power was completely sealed, unable to be used in the slightest.
And beside Jiang Huai, space rippled, and a hazy figure instantly appeared. A hand gently rested on his shoulder.
The Luo Yueguan cultivator, clad in a purple dress, was smiling as she looked forward, her eyes filled with undisguised disdain. “It’s alright. You are my Luo Yueguan’s son-in-law. I am here. You can kill whoever you want.”
