Back in the room.
The white snake on Jiang Huai’s neck slithered down, coiled on the bed, and burrowed into the quilt. A glint of light flashed, and the white snake resumed its form as Bai Li. However, she was too lazy to dress and was tightly wrapped in the quilt, with only her small head peeking out.
“That Yin Lingsu is at the fifth level of Void Refinement. It’s not a good time to make a move here. We’ll step on Ji Qingchen’s head when we get to the secret realm. If we don’t encounter him there, we’ll do it after we come out.”
Jiang Huai spoke softly to the girl on the bed, but Bai Li buried her face deeper. “Consider it my personal feud with him. You don’t need to be so concerned.”
“What do you mean? Your affairs are my affairs!”
“I’m worried you’ll get into trouble.”
“That shows you don’t understand. My master, Chu Xianning, is an eighth-level Mahayana cultivator. The entire Moon Wheel Sect only has one peak seventh-level cultivator, and my master alone is enough to crush their entire sect. Furthermore, my mother-in-law is at the mid-stage of the eighth realm and is the Sect Master of the Qingxuan Sect. In terms of background, very few in the Eastern Region can compare to me.”
“It’s not you causing trouble… your master also has her concerns…”
“Why are you becoming so nagging?” Jiang Huai winked at Bai Li on the bed. Bai Li looked up at him, “When I was in the Fiery Demon secret realm, many people said… you had already crippled your cultivation and that your sect and master had abandoned you.”
Jiang Huai chuckled helplessly. “How could that be? My master dotes on me very much.”
“That’s good then.” Bai Li’s expression eased slightly. She rolled over and mumbled into the bed, “My wound still hurts a little. Can you take a look?”
Jiang Huai approached the bedside, lifted the quilt, and saw that the wound on the girl’s smooth, slender, and snow-white back had mostly healed. Jiang Huai extended his fingertip and gently touched the healed wound. “Does it hurt or itch?”
“Both hurt and itch.”
“Then I’ll need to apply some more medicine.” Jiang Huai took out the medicinal liquid he had prepared earlier and gently spread it evenly on the girl’s smooth, snow-white back. Bai Li narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling the cool medicinal liquid gradually warm up under Jiang Huai’s massaging fingertips. Her body felt much more comfortable, as if she were soaking in warm water.
She had been on the run, carrying Jiang Huai’s spirit sword with trepidation. The moment she saw him, she suddenly felt at ease.
After Jiang Huai finished applying the medicine, Bai Li’s calves dangled lightly, kicking the quilt high. As a result, Jiang Huai looked down along her waistline, and indeed, the girl’s buttocks appeared more shapely and delicate. She turned her head to look at Jiang Huai. “You should come up and sleep for a while too.”
“I still have a few small things to attend to.”
Jiang Huai sat on a nearby chair, took out ten Fire Explosive Talismans he had bought earlier, along with some spirit liquid for drawing talismans, and a special brush for drawing talismans. Dipping it in the spirit liquid, he modified the Fire Explosive Talismans. Before long, the ten Fire Explosive Talismans were transformed into Fire Dragon Talismans, more than doubling their lethality and doubling their fire-breathing speed.
Talismans and formation arrays in this world were fixed rules that had been modified by Tenth Realm Immortal Venerables who had attained the Dao and ascended in the past. What Jiang Huai was doing now was more like adding something of his own to the world’s laws. His pill refining formation arrays were also based on his understanding of these laws.
After modifying the talismans, Jiang Huai carefully put away the ten Fire Dragon Talismans. He turned around and saw Bai Li lying on her side in bed, watching him intently. Jiang Huai winked at her. “Put on your clothes.”
“You’re the one being nagging.” Bai Li giggled and lifted the quilt to put on her clothes. After she was fully dressed, Jiang Huai got into the warm quilt. Bai Li, in her human form, was also warm, unlike her cold true form. The quilt was already very warm. Bai Li snuggled up to him, wrapping her arms around his waist. Jiang Huai lowered his head, looking at the charming girl in his arms. She had already closed her eyes and fallen asleep.
Jiang Huai glanced at his system’s pending tasks. The previous one was:
[As Chu Xianning’s direct disciple and Luo Yueguan’s only son-in-law, how can you tolerate someone bullying your little pet like this? Grind Ji Qingchen into ashes, burning him until not even scumbags remain.]
[Reward: 5 Low-level Experience Scrolls, 500 Points.]
Below this task was the next one, newly released.
[Bai Li has the bloodline of the Snake Clan and possesses a trace of the Void Refinement power of an ancient Snake Ancestor within her. Obtaining her prime Yin can allow one to master some Void Refinement divine abilities. Bai Li, through years of interaction with you, has come to rely on you. The Snake Clan is defenseless against Snake Scent Flowers. In the grilled fish you prepare for her next, add spices made from Snake Scent Flowers. While she is consumed by desire, relieve her lust.]
[Lolis have three virtues: delicate physique, soft waist, and easy to push down. For the bad snake who likes to scare you by returning to her true form, you should discipline her severely until she can no longer leave you.]
[Reward: 1 High-level Experience Scroll, 100,000 Points.]
Jiang Huai sighed. What kind of perverted tasks were these?
Looking at the girl before him, apart from her unusual tongue, she was no different from a human. In all their previous encounters, whether intentional or unintentional, Jiang Huai had seen her body several times, yet he had never harbored any strange thoughts.
The dog system was always playing tricks on him.
Her injuries had not fully healed, so she needed to sleep longer. Jiang Huai, however, felt somewhat unable to sleep. He idly watched the girl’s small face for a long, long time. Her delicate pink face was quite cute, but she drooled even in her sleep.
Jiang Huai took out a handkerchief and gently wiped her tender pink lips.
It was a long time later before he felt sleepy. He closed his eyes.
…
He woke up in the evening.
The secret realm of Dragon Burial Valley was about to open. Jiang Huai gently shook Bai Li in his arms. Bai Li slowly opened her eyes. Hearing him say they were leaving, her body transformed into a white snake again, this time coiling around his arm and hiding in his sleeve. Jiang Huai packed all her clothes neatly and got up to leave.
Before the entrance to Dragon Burial Valley, ripples began to appear around an ancient tree. Jiang Huai took out the ticket he had purchased earlier, handed it to the Yin family members guarding the secret realm, and then entered with the crowd.
The area before him was pitch black, followed by a slight sense of dizziness. When his vision cleared again, Jiang Huai looked up. The sky was a vast expanse of blue, and he had already entered the Dragon Burial Valley secret realm.
According to the strategy guide, the Dragon Burial Valley secret realm was vast and divided into four areas. Everyone who entered Dragon Burial Valley for the first time would be sent to the fourth area. The first area was the burial ground of the ancient dragon, and it was also surrounded by ferocious beasts influenced by the dragon’s blood and bone marrow. The closer one got to the dragon’s corpse, the more ferocious the beasts encountered would be, and the higher the quality of spirit herbs found.
Dragon Burial Valley was open for seven days. Seven days later, all living outsiders would be teleported out. If someone died inside, they would be buried forever in Dragon Burial Valley, becoming a part of the secret realm.
Jiang Huai looked around. He was currently in a mountain range. Soon, he found an empty cave with no one around. He placed Bai Li’s clothes aside. Bai Li, coiled around his arm, transformed back into human form and put on her clothes one by one. Jiang Huai kept watch at the cave entrance the entire time. By the time he heard her footsteps, Jiang Huai turned around, and the girl had already slung her spirit sword over her back.
Jiang Huai did not take out his sword. After all, the aura of Ye Ning’s sword was too sharp; not only would it easily frighten ferocious beasts, but it would also attract covetous gazes. After packing their belongings, Jiang Huai and Bai Li set off together.
Every time they explored a secret realm, Jiang Huai always felt like he was that little girl picking mushrooms, relying on luck to identify valuable ones. With Bai Li by his side, Jiang Huai would occasionally pick edible spirit fruits and share them with Bai Li. At this moment, both of them were holding a peach in their hands, and Jiang Huai was leading the way, steadily approaching the dragon’s corpse.
About an hour later, Jiang Huai stopped and looked at a spirit flower on a distant cliff.
Bai Li followed his gaze. Jiang Huai explained softly, “Purple Leaf Flower. It’s a valuable item worth five thousand spirit stones and is beneficial to your physique. It’s usually guarded by snake demons.”
“Wait for me.” Bai Li leaped up and began to climb towards the Purple Leaf Flower. Jiang Huai stood at the foot of the cliff, watching the girl in a black qipao, her legs wrapped in black silk, climb the mountain wall. Soon, she reached the vicinity of the Purple Leaf Flower. From a crevice in the mountain wall, a purple snake immediately appeared, flicking its tongue at Bai Li.
The strategy guide mentioned that most of the demonic beasts in Dragon Burial Valley were influenced by the dragon’s blood and were more ferocious. Before Bai Li could exchange a word with the snake demon, it spewed a stream of purple venom towards her.
Bai Li immediately activated her spiritual energy shield, but the venom began to corrode her shield at an extremely fast speed. In an instant, Bai Li reached behind her, drew her sword, and pointed its tip at the snake demon’s vital spot. The sword’s edge parted its scales. Before the snake demon could struggle, it was already dead.
Bai Li quickly plucked the spirit flower and returned to Jiang Huai’s side, handing it to him.
All spirit herbs picked in the secret realm were temporarily entrusted to Jiang Huai’s safekeeping. After leaving the secret realm, Jiang Huai and Bai Li would discuss how to divide them.
“The Purple Leaf Flower is beneficial to you. If we can find Purple Vine Grass and Purple Luo Fruit, we can refine a Purple Extreme Pill for you, which will allow your spiritual energy to have some poison effects in the future.”
“Since there’s Purple Leaf Flower here, we should have a chance to encounter Purple Vine Grass and Purple Luo Fruit as well. Let’s explore this area more.”
“Okay.” Bai Li nodded gently.
In the secret realm, she always did as Jiang Huai said.
The two of them spent several more hours in the vicinity of the fourth level and finally found all the spirit herbs Jiang Huai had mentioned. It seemed their first day in the secret realm had been particularly fruitful. Night fell in the secret realm, and Jiang Huai and Bai Li found a natural cave by a waterfall in the mountain range. Below the waterfall was a lake.
With no one around, Bai Li’s clothes were stained with blood when she slew the snake demon earlier, so she went to bathe. Jiang Huai had prepared a nightgown for her. He lit a bonfire and watched from the side as the girl shed her clothes and her porcelain white body slowly entered the lake.
