Chapter 148 Touching every single hair on my body is like hearing me say I'm bad...

"Is it a secluded place for cultivation?" Bai asked.

Zhong Jiuli nodded. "When she returned, she left a divine thought in my sea of ​​consciousness, which recorded a secret realm that might help us break through."

"Is it related to the Endless Sea? I've always thought this place was a bit outrageous. Such a vast sea, and it's full of powerful demons. It's quite unusual."

“Hmm, perhaps it was a contingency plan she left for the people of Kyushu years ago. It’s a secret realm that only True Immortals can open,” Zhong Jiuli said.

Bai's eyes drooped. "Huh? May I go in?"

Zhong Jiuli was amused by her appearance and reached out to rub her head. "You're clearly in human form, but you still look like a little tiger. Your ears droop when you're unhappy? I brought you here, so of course I couldn't just leave you outside."

"Hehe." Bai chuckled, then transformed into a fluffy little tiger and snuggled into Zhong Jiuli's arms. "Let's hold each other, that way you can fly faster."

Zhong Jiuli held her tightly, his body shimmering with celestial light, and his speed suddenly increased, like a shooting star streaking across the dim sky.

About an hour later, the outline of an island appeared where the sea met the sky. The entire island was shrouded in mist, and a faint spiritual light could be seen flowing across it.

The island's perimeter was teeming with dark, monstrous beasts, and countless sea creatures relentlessly attacked the island's protective formation.

"We're here." Zhong Jiuli woke the little tiger who was dozing in her arms. "Is this the place?"

Bai opened his eyes sleepily, glanced at the island below, and said, "I think so. Shall we go down and take a look?"

With a thought, Zhong Jiuli waved her hand, and the wind and clouds changed color. With a palm strike, countless sea beasts in the dark mass were killed or injured.

After clearing out the monsters from the outside world, the two descended downwards.

When the two landed on the island, Su Lan had already led her disciples to greet them. The girl looked tired, her eyes were slightly red, and her voice was filled with excitement, "Sect Master Zhong, Boss Bai, what brings you here?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye swished his tail smugly, "Now that I'm the boss, I definitely have to check if my little sisters are alright. Is your sect alright?"

Su Lan smiled and pulled the two female cultivators beside her to her side, introducing them as, "These are my master and mistress, they are both doing well."

Bai also glanced at the two female cultivators. They looked to be in their early twenties, but their demeanor was extremely calm, suggesting that they had been cultivating for quite some time.

The two female cultivators first bowed to Zhong Jiuli, saying, "Greetings, Sect Master Zhong." Then their gazes fell on the little white tiger. The purple-clad female cultivator, whom Su Lan called her Master's wife, said with a hint of a smile, "I've often heard Lan'er mention Bai Xiaoyou's unparalleled prowess in the Nine Provinces Genius Battle. I never expected him to be so... adorable."

Bai froze instantly, only then remembering that she was still in her original form. She quickly retracted her bared white teeth and hid her head in Zhong Jiuli's arms, inwardly wailing that her lifelong reputation was ruined.

Zhong Jiuli rubbed her head and said to the three of them, "Dongzhou has become a hell on earth. It's not a good place to stay. It's best to leave as soon as possible."

“I came back earlier to take my master and mistress away,” Su Lan replied, a look of helplessness in her eyes. “However, the situation in Dongzhou is too bad. We tried to break out several times, but we were unable to leave this place.”

"Then pack your things, Zhong Jiuli and I will see you off." Bai Ye's muffled voice came from Zhong Jiuli's arms.

She curled herself into a ball, always speaking with her back to the group, exhibiting a somewhat ostrich-like mentality, as if this way no one could see her true form.

Su Lan and her two disciples were not the type to be overly polite. They knew they couldn't break through on their own, so they dispersed and quickly packed up all the important items in their sect.

With Zhong Jiuli's current cultivation level, opening a cross-state teleportation channel is not difficult. She directly tore open the void and sent the three masters and disciples into the channel.

"Alright, everyone's gone. Can you lift your head now?" Zhong Jiuli coaxed her gently.

Bai then lifted her head from her arms. The fur on one side of her cheek was flattened. She shook her head to fluff up the fur again before muttering softly, "You didn't even remind me before bringing me down like this."

"What? Is there anything shameful about our young hero's appearance?"

"Sigh~!" Bai sighed. "It's not that I'm ashamed to be seen, it's just that it doesn't fit my image as the tall and mighty number one genius of Kyushu. In their hearts, I should be mighty and invincible, not this fluffy little ball."

"Oh?" Zhong Jiuli narrowed his eyes, pinched her ear, and his voice became more dangerous. "Whose heart do you want to be so powerful and invincible?"

When his ear was grabbed, Bai Ye's body trembled, and he quickly softened his voice and acted coquettishly, rubbing his head against her palm, "I was wrong, I was wrong!"

"What I mean is, I can be whatever I want in front of you. But in front of other people, I still need to maintain a certain image!"

As she spoke, her voice grew softer and softer, her tiger-like eyes constantly stealing glances at Zhong Jiuli's expression. "Actually, I just want to be a cute little tiger in front of you."

Zhong Jiuli snorted softly, said nothing more, picked up Bai Ye and flew into the air, heading towards the depths of the Endless Sea.

"You're not angry, are you?" Bai tilted his head back, cautiously probing.

"Does she seem like the kind of woman who's prone to jealousy and nitpicking?" Zhong Jiuli looked down at her, a smile in her eyes.

Bai shook his head so hard it was practically a rattle drum, "No way! No way!"

"That's it."

"But..." Bai also twitched her ears, "Why are you holding my ears and won't let go?"

Zhong Jiuli paused slightly, coughed lightly, and casually released her hand, changing the subject: "Be careful, the Endless Sea is much more dangerous than when we came last time."

"Such a terrible way to change the subject again, Zhong Jiuli. You're lucky you met me, otherwise you'd never have a relationship or kiss a girl in your life," Bai thought to himself.

"Don't you dare make fun of me in your heart."

Bai's eyes widened, her face completely innocent. "What did I do?"

“Every single hair on your body is secretly talking bad about me.” Zhong Jiuli’s eyes were full of laughter, and she was about to say something more when her expression suddenly turned serious.

The next second, she moved swiftly, taking Bai with her and leaving the spot.

"boom!"

The space they had just been in instantly shattered, and countless dark blue jellyfish-like creatures emerged from the broken space, their tiny tentacles thrashing wildly, swallowing everything in that sea area.

Even the air was distorted and deformed, as if those jellyfish could devour even space itself.

"What are these things?" Bai stared at the strange creatures emitting an eerie blue light.

"The blue jellyfish is one of the most ferocious creatures in the Nine Provinces."

Bai Ye's gaze drifted towards the depths of the sea, where he could see a massive, island-sized, transparent jellyfish slowly swimming in the water. The smaller, dark blue jellyfish were all splitting off from its internal body.

"It doesn't seem to match the description in ancient books."

"Perhaps it has been contaminated by something, let's avoid it." After saying that, Zhong Jiuli carried Bai Ye and disappeared into the void. They traveled tens of thousands of miles through the void before returning to the sea.

They hadn't gone far when a terrifying sight appeared in the sea ahead, so the two stopped.

Ahead, the entire sea was dyed a blinding red, like an endless pool of blood. Countless sea monster carcasses floated on the surface, broken pieces of flesh and scales rising and falling with the blood-red waves.

"Why do I feel like we're playing a level-based game? We're passing one level after another?" Bai Ye muttered to himself.

As she spoke, a golden light flashed in her eyes, and her gaze pierced through the layers of blood waves, revealing a void rift spanning thousands of miles hidden beneath the crimson waves. The rift was enormous, and void demons were constantly emerging from it.

“It’s a passage left by the Void Demon Clan. There are many Void Demon Clan members hidden in the seabed,” Bai said in a deep voice.

"Seal off this passage first."

Zhong Jiuli raised her palm and slashed forward, her vast immortal power transforming into a blade of light that spanned the heavens and earth. As the palm struck, the vast sea split open, the waves surged back, and a spatial rift hidden deep in the seabed was revealed.

Seeing this, Bai immediately formed hand seals, urging the power of the void to transform into chains of Dao principles, which wrapped around the crack in an attempt to repair the massive fissure.

Just then, another mutation occurred.

With a deafening roar, the crimson waves churned violently. A skeletal skeleton, thousands of miles long, emerged from the depths of the sea, its enormous, empty eye sockets burning with two ghostly flames.

As soon as the skeletal behemoth appeared, it raised its stark white bone claws and lunged at the two of them.

Bai also snorted coldly, golden light flashing in her palm as she struck at the bone claw. As soon as the fist struck, a huge white tiger phantom appeared behind her, meeting the bone palm head-on.

clang!

The two palms clashed, producing a resounding boom. The terrifying impact completely cleared away the surrounding seawater, and countless void beasts perished.

The vast sea was completely empty, exposing the seabed.

"These are the withered bones left behind after the fall of the ancient demon emperor," Zhong Jiuli reminded him.

"Understood. Perfect, I'll use it to test my current strength." Bai Ye uttered a low shout, her body flashing with light as she transformed back into human form and donned her dark gold battle armor. Holding the Great Black Blade, she transformed into a streak of dark gold lightning, charging straight towards the skeletal behemoth.

Although the armor was not yet repaired, Bai felt that his cultivation had been greatly improved after putting it on, and every sword strike he made resonated with the laws of heaven and earth.

The dark gold divine light and the pale white skeleton fought fiercely on the sea.

Seeing that Bai was still able to handle the situation, Zhong Jiuli stopped being distracted. She formed hand seals, and thousands of Daoist chains appeared around her, each chain containing supreme immortal power that suppressed all heavens.

"go!"

She gave a clear shout, and thousands of chains moved simultaneously, heading towards the spatial rift.

The situation in Dongzhou was indeed extremely dire. Too many creatures had perished in this sea area, and the dense aura of bloodlust had made the interdimensional passage incredibly stable, allowing even powerful beings like these to cross over.

Even with Zhong Jiuli's current cultivation level of Immortal King, sealing it would be somewhat difficult.

Fortunately, the two arrived not too late. If they had arrived any later, the Void Demon Clan might have been able to open a breach in the Eastern Continent and launch a large-scale attack to invade the Nine Provinces.

"Roar!" The skeletal behemoth roared, and a terrifying death aura rose from its pale white skeleton. It abandoned Bai Ye and turned to attack Zhong Jiuli, trying to stop her from sealing the crack.

"Your opponent is me!"

Bai roared, his dark gold armor glowing, golden flames rising, and he became like a blazing sun, wielding his heavy sword, Dahei, as he leaped down to slash.

This sword strike, delivered after the initial attack, landed on the head of the skeletal behemoth, its blade imbued with the true fire of the sun.

Click!

With a cracking sound, Bai unleashed a full-force sword strike, sending the skeletal behemoth reeling backward. A fine crack appeared on its stark white skull.

In that brief moment, Zhong Jiuli had already completed the seal. The void rift that stretched across the seabed was completely closed, and no more void demons could step out from there.

Without further ado, the two of them simultaneously attacked the skeletal behemoth.

Zhong Jiuli raised her hand and casually grabbed at the sea below. Boundless water elemental energy responded to her call, condensing in her palm and transforming into azure water elemental longsword. She then pointed at the sword, and the power of Yin flowed from her fingertips, freezing the water sword into a crystal-clear ice divine sword that exuded extreme cold.

"I've already cleaved a crack between your eyebrows!" Bai shouted a warning, his dark gold armor glowing as he charged towards the skeletal behemoth once more.

Two figures, like the two poles of yin and yang, rushed towards the giant skeletal beast.

One black and one white, one yin and one yang, two extreme beams of light pierced the skeletal behemoth's brow almost simultaneously.

"boom!"

The Yin energy within the Ice Crystal Divine Sword and the Yang energy contained within the Great Black Sword exploded simultaneously inside the giant beast's head, instantly shattering the leaping soul fire.

The colossal skeletal beast froze in place, its soul fire extinguished. Its stark white skeleton then disintegrated like an avalanche, turning into countless fragments that crashed down towards the seabed.

"Phew~ This thing is pretty strong. I really couldn't have beaten it without you." Bai sheathed his heavy sword and looked at Zhong Jiuli. "But weren't the demons who came before all pretty weak? How come even the remains of the Demon Emperor can get here now?"

Zhong Jiuli gestured for her to look around, "Too many living beings have died here. Let's go, we must speed up."

"Understood." Bai replied, transforming back into a little tiger and snuggling into Zhong Jiuli's arms.

The two continued their journey into the depths of the Endless Sea, encountering numerous powerful sea monsters along the way. Zhong Jiuli pushed her way through, slaying several ferocious beasts before finally subduing the crazed monsters.

After flying for several hours over the boundless sea, the seemingly endless sea finally revealed its end.

This scene was indeed somewhat like Truman's voyage to discover the boundaries of the world. Bai also began to have a more realistic sense of the fact that they were all in a bottle.

She nestled in Zhong Jiuli's arms and murmured softly, "To be honest, this is the first time I've ever seen what the other side of the sea looks like with my own eyes."

Why are you curious about this?

“Because every child is curious,” Bai said. “There’s also a nursery rhyme that’s sung all the time: ‘Over the mountains and over the sea, there’s a group of Smurfs…’ But when I actually got here, I found out there was nothing there.”

Zhong Jiuli guessed that what Bai Ye was talking about came from her world. Her eyes were full of smiles, and she decided to satisfy the child's curiosity.

"No one can say anything, just watch carefully." She raised her hand, her fingertips shimmering with ethereal light, and gently touched the void in front of her.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to be awakened.

Countless dazzling rays of light descended from the heavens, like a flowing river of stars or ten thousand bright lamps falling from the sky.

All the points of light landed in the direction Zhong Jiuli pointed out, forming a gate of light in front of them.

Inside the door, light and shadow shifted, vaguely revealing another independent world.

"Look, there really is another world at the end of the sea." Zhong Jiuli smiled gently at the little tiger in her arms. "Little tiger, would you like to go on an adventure with your sister?"

"Yes!" Bai responded loudly.

She was almost completely captivated by Zhong Jiuli's move.

Although Bai knew perfectly well that there was definitely another world here, the way she opened it in such a cool way was rather romantic.

"Let's go!" Zhong Jiuli hugged her tightly and stepped into the portal.

The portal slowly closed behind them, revealing a dazzling passage that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Countless streams of light converged into a rainbow of light, emitting a soft and dreamlike glow that illuminated the entire passage as if it were a dream.

The light shone on the two of them, like a flowing, colorful veil.

Bai's eyes widened, reflecting the magnificent scenery in her tiger-like eyes. She lowered her voice and said, "This place is so beautiful. It really feels like we've arrived at the legendary end of the world."

“It is beautiful, but she left us with more than just this,” Zhong Jiuli replied softly.

She carried Bai Ye and hurried through the passage. About fifteen minutes later, a soft halo appeared at the end of the passage.

The two walked through the halo of light, and the scene before them was even more dazzling than the passageway.

"This is..." Bai Ye stared at the towering lotus platform in front of him, somewhat astonished. "Could this be the Dao Platform transformed from the Chaos Green Lotus?"

Ahead, a lotus platform with thirty-six petals hangs in the void. Each petal is shrouded in a hazy pillar of light, and the very center is completely obscured by chaotic energy, within which the scene of creation and the creation of the world can be vaguely seen.

Beside the lotus platform, a pool of spiritual spring shimmered with ethereal light, exuding a captivating fragrance. Further away, a nebula was evolving at a visible pace, with stars rising and falling. Beside the nebula, another immortal tree was undergoing its cycle of withering and flourishing.

Furthermore, three thousand Great Daos manifested, forming pillars of light of various colors, some as blazing as the sun, others as serene as the moon, each pillar radiating a unique Daoist charm.

This place can perhaps no longer be called a secret realm; it's more like a sacred cultivation ground independent of all other realms. It is the greatest treasure left to future generations by another Zhong Jiuli.

Zhong Jiuli closed her eyes and sensed for a moment before opening them, her eyes filled with surprise. "It seems the gift she prepared for us is even bigger than I imagined."

"Why do you say that?" Bai asked, looking at her curiously.

"The flow of time on the lotus platform is different from that in the outside world. A hundred years of seclusion here is only a month or so in the outside world."

"Shall we go quickly?" Bai was already eager to go to the platform and experience it.

Zhong Jiuli held down the restless little tiger: "No rush, let's get you in the right state first, and I'll fix your armor for you while we're at it."

Bai obediently took out the damaged dark gold armor, while Zhong Jiuli took out the immortal essence she had previously robbed from the Void Demon Realm.

She held an object in each hand, and innate Dao fire rose from her palms. The armor and immortal essence gradually merged and reformed in her hands.

Bai squatted down and watched. The more he looked, the more he felt that his wife was really good. She could fight and she could forge iron. Such a perfect woman was actually his wife.

【You're such a fangirl, Yezai.】

"Don't talk nonsense. How can you call it being infatuated with your own wife? That's called admiration," Bai retorted.

Your infatuation is disturbing me.

"If you say one more word, I'll take your battery out."

While she was arguing with Xiao Wang, her gaze never left Zhong Jiuli's focused profile.

Lost in thought, he didn't even notice when Zhong Jiuli put away her Dao fire and walked right up to him.

Zhong Jiuli waved her hand in front of her eyes, "Look, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied, extremely satisfied." Bai nodded repeatedly without even looking at it, grinning from ear to ear.

"Little flatterer! Let's go, let's drink some spiritual spring water first." Zhong Jiuli chuckled and beckoned to her.

Bai immediately leaped into her arms.

"I think you're quite enjoying being a little tiger," Zhong Jiuli teased, rubbing the fluffy little head in her arms. "You're always nestled in my arms, you don't even need to walk anymore."

"That's because you said you liked it, that's why I transform into a furry creature for you to pet all day long," Bai muttered.

"Hmm? So, in that case, I should thank you?"

"No need to be so polite. We're family after all, and family doesn't need to stand on ceremony." Bai also generously flicked its tail. "Hey, this is the tail that feels the best. You're allowed to touch it."

Seeing her smug little face, Zhong Jiuli almost burst out laughing. She grabbed the restless tail and gently kneaded it.

"Ouch, no, it's a little itchy!" Bai cried out as he jumped off her arms and ran to the spring. "Just rub it for a bit, it's impolite to rub it any further."

The clear spring water shimmered with iridescent light, and its enticing aroma made one's mouth water.

"It smells delicious, I'll have a sip first." Bai said, bending down and burying his head in the spring water, gulping it down.

"I want to drink too!" Little Green flew out from her dantian and took root directly by the spiritual spring, extending its roots into the water to absorb the immortal energy within.

Bai also raised her head, her fur covered with glistening water droplets. She shook her head, sending the water droplets flying.

He said with some disdain, "Little Green, do you have to be so unhygienic? I'm still drinking water, and you've already stuck your foot into someone else's water basin?"

"Hee hee hee~" The little green branches swayed, and each leaf shone with a dazzling light, clearly indicating that the spiritual spring water was extremely beneficial to her.

She deliberately stirred the roots and said smugly, "If you think it's dirty, don't drink it. My foot bath water is for me to enjoy all by myself."

"Pah, I'm going to drink, I'm going to drink a lot more!!!" Bai grumbled defiantly, burying his head in his drink again and gulping it down, drinking even more fiercely than before.

Only when her belly was bulging round did she slump to the ground, completely dizzy. "No... Zhong Jiuli, this water is so strong, I feel so dizzy..."

As she spoke, beams of divine light shot out from her mouth and nose.

"Who told you to drink so much?" Zhong Jiuli was both amused and distressed. He quickly hugged her back and used his immortal power to massage her round little belly.

"Shake me, can you hear the gurgling sound of water?" Bai leaned against her, his voice sweet and sticky.

Zhong Jiuli's eyes were filled with laughter, and he did as she asked, pinching the back of her neck and gently shaking it. Sure enough, a clear gurgling sound came from that round belly, as if it contained a pool of clear spring water.

"Silly tiger, you're being incredibly stupid," Little Green mocked her from the side.

"I have a wife to hug, do you?"

"Heh!" Little Green spat at her.

Bai Ye's mustache twitched, and she was about to retaliate. Zhong Jiuli raised her hand and covered her mouth, "No arguing, aren't you feeling better?"

"It hurts," Bai replied, his words slurred.

"Then focus on refining the spiritual spring."

After Zhong Jiuli finished speaking, she scooped up a handful of water, took a few sips, and immediately felt a pure immortal aura dissipate within her body.

"No wonder you're so drunk. The ethereal energy in this spring is a bit too strong for you."

She didn't drink much, just a few sips, then, carrying the dizzy little tiger, she leaped towards the lotus platform in the distance. Her main concern was that the creature would be overwhelmed by the immortal energy.

The two of them froze the moment they entered the platform.

On a petal in the distance, a figure had already taken up a seat.