Seeing Bai Chi wake up, Xiao Hei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, Master! You're finally awake! You've been sleeping ever since we came out. I had to call you for ages to wake you up; you scared me to death!"

Bai Chi sat up, rubbing his temples. His eyes were still somewhat dazed, and he was momentarily disoriented before he could see the situation clearly again.

'Little Black, what happened to me just now?'

He felt that something was wrong with him, as if all his energy had been drained.

Was it him?

Looking at the painting on the wall, if he weren't so certain of his memory, he might have even doubted that everything he had just entered into the painting was just a dream.

His current state is very much like that of someone who has been in a long dream and is not fully awake after waking up.

'Master, didn't you just go into the painting?'

Little Black was also puzzled. Why ask it? It couldn't see what was going on in the picture, so how would it know what was wrong?

With a wave of his hand, Bai Chi brought the teapot on the table to his hand. The tea had gone cold and still had a slightly bitter taste from being over-brewed, indicating that some time had passed.

After drinking a pot of bitter, cold tea, Baiji's brain felt much better. However, when his gaze returned to the ancient painting, the urge to reach out and touch it surged up again.

Fearing that he would be drained of his life force, Bai Chi quickly looked away. Once he was fully awake, Bai Chi knew very well that he had just had his life force drained.

Although it's possible that this wasn't intentional on Yunxiao's part.

He was just a peach blossom fairy who had never been in contact with outsiders and knew nothing. How could he know that when he was with living people, he would unconsciously absorb their vital energy?

After he calmed down completely, Bai Chi began to ask Xiao Hei about what happened after he entered the ancient painting, especially how he got out.

Bai Chi had no recollection of this at all. In his memory, he was sleeping under the peach tree with Yun Xiao one second, and was woken up by Xiao Hei the next.

Moreover, from Xiao Hei's voice, he could tell that the situation was not good, and it seemed that something else had happened.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hei quickly played the video he had just recorded for Bai Chi.

Recording things casually was just a habit of Xiao Hei's. Anyway, the system has unlimited memory, so keeping them won't take up much space. Besides, these are the owner's videos.

The video begins with a figure from an ancient painting quickly disappearing into a peach grove.

The endless pink peach orchard that Bai Chi saw was nothing more than a few strokes of ink painting in ancient paintings, including the two people involved.

After the figures in the painting disappeared, a visible wisp of ink moved through the peach grove, finally stopping beside the most lush tree, and then, nothing more.

Bai Chi frowned slightly. Could this be his and Yun Xiao's movements in the painting?

The video then sped up continuously, but the image remained unchanged. Bai Chi noticed that the light and shadow in the image were changing rapidly.

The sunlight that originally streamed in through the window moved quickly in the video until it disappeared, and the darkness that followed proved the theory of incandescence.

Sure enough, a long time had passed, no wonder he felt dizzy and lightheaded.

At the same time, he secretly thought to himself that it was fortunate that he was strong enough. If it were someone else, having their life force drained for a whole night, they would probably have been dried up long ago.

He even seemed quite proud of it.

Then, about half an hour ago, the screen finally showed some movement.

Suddenly, ripples like water appeared on the once quiet ancient painting, and then Bai Chi emerged from the painting, lying down.

He landed directly on the bed, even making a 'thump' sound. The Peach Blossom Fairy in the painting probably heard it too, and her figure quickly appeared at the edge of the peach grove. Her originally calm face seemed to show some worry.

Unfortunately, he couldn't leave behind ancient paintings.

However, the next second, Bai Chi held his breath.

The peach blossom fairy, outlined in ink wash lines, suddenly raises her eyes, her gaze seemingly focusing instantly on the camera, staring straight at it with scrutiny and warning.

It's like a scary male ghost on TV discovering a viewer watching TV!

Xiao Hei was also watching the video at the same time. When he saw this, he immediately complained to Bai Chi.

"Master, next time you should tell your husband, 'People can be so scary, you know?' That look he gave me almost stopped my heart!"

Bai Chi slowed his breathing, stubbornly explaining for Peach Blossom Fairy: 'You're overthinking it. You can't see outside from inside the painting. He probably didn't mean to; he just happened to be looking in this direction.'

Xiao Hei clearly didn't believe it, and even seemed somewhat disdainful.

'Master, do you think I'm a three-year-old? If he couldn't see outside, how would he know to run to the edge of the peach grove to seduce you after Patriarch Liu left?'

Why did its owner suddenly walk into the painting? Don't think it doesn't know!

Bai Chi felt embarrassed. He couldn't really refute that statement; it was indeed Peach Blossom Fairy who came out first, and only then did he run in.

Fortunately, Xiao Hei had gotten used to it, and only muttered a few words about the fox spirit.

Bai Chi wanted to correct her, saying that this was a peach blossom fairy, not a fox spirit, but upon closer inspection, she was even more like one.

I only glanced at it, and my life force was drained for a whole night. If I weren't so capable, I probably would have died in the peach grove long ago.

For a fleeting moment, Bai Chi recalled Yun Xiao, who was a young Taoist priest a long, long time ago. In order to be with him, Yun Xiao worked hard to earn money to buy medicinal herbs, and ate all the tonic pills like candy.

He was instantly filled with panic. Could it be that this time it would be his turn to eat the 'candy'?

Then, the next second, my attention was diverted by the scene in the video.

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