Chapter 25 Possession Soft lips brushed against the palm

Bai also took out a dragon scale fruit from his spatial storage, carefully wiped it on his clothes, and then put it into Zhong Jiuli's hand.

Zhong Jiuli grasped the fruit, brought it to her lips, and bit down. The moment the fruit entered her throat, it transformed into a surge of spiritual energy that flowed through her entire body. After circulating for a while, the spiritual energy shimmered with a lustrous spiritual light around her.

The mycelium rooted in her body suddenly paused, as if it had smelled a more delicious prey. It abandoned devouring flesh and blood and instead greedily sucked up the newly generated spiritual energy in her body.

Bai also decisively pulled out the longsword he had taken from the mustachioed boy from his storage bag and slashed at the mycelium.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Bai Ye's attacks were clean and swift, each sword strike hitting the root of the mycelium, severing all the mycelium wrapped around Zhong Jiuli in the blink of an eye.

"Don't be afraid, I'll get you out of here." She said softly, bending down to sheath her longsword. Then, she slipped one hand under Zhong Jiuli's knees and wrapped the other around her shoulder, carefully lifting her up in her arms.

Zhong Jiuli leaned weakly against her chest, her forehead resting against the crook of her neck. The strong heartbeat of the little tiger could be heard in her ear, one beat after another, which made her feel inexplicably at ease.

How long has it been since we heard the words "Don't be afraid"?

A thousand years? Ten thousand years?

Zhong Jiuli couldn't remember.

Everyone took it for granted that she was omnipotent, never needed to rely on anyone, and was never afraid.

Only this impetuous little tiger, from the very first meeting, would strip her naked to check her injuries and would traverse mountains and valleys to find medicine for her wounds.

Even if she repeatedly insists that she doesn't need it, he will stubbornly take risks for her.

He would also... secretly call her "wife".

Zhong Jiuli's pale lips curled up slightly. Of course, she knew the meaning of this title. In mortal villages, it was a term of endearment used by people for their wives.

This silly little tiger really thinks Zhong Jiuli is one of those otherworldly hermits.

She's an ancient monster who's lived for tens of thousands of years. What kind of slang hasn't she heard? What kind of human love hasn't she seen?

She had also overheard many more explicit love confessions by chance.

"Hold on tight, I'm going to jump." The little tiger's clear voice rang in her ears, and its warm breath brushed against Zhong Jiuli's earlobe, pulling her back from her chaotic thoughts.

Zhong Jiuli's long eyelashes trembled slightly as her gaze fell upon the bottomless, dark tunnel. The tunnel before her was like a greedy maw, waiting for its prey to walk into its trap.

Bai looked down at her, her amber eyes still shining brightly in the dim light. She assured her again, "Zhong Jiuli, as long as we're together, we won't die."

"Mmm," Zhong Jiuli responded softly.

Bai tightened his arms around her waist, and with her in his arms, he jumped into the dark tunnel.

As the feeling of weightlessness washed over him and his body plummeted downwards, Bai, for some unknown reason, suddenly burst into laughter.

Zhong Jiuli looked up at her, puzzled. "What are you laughing at?"

Bai also explained with a smile, "It just reminded me of a little gadget called a roller coaster, which is quite similar to our current situation."

Do you like riding roller coasters?

"No, I don't like it. The first time I rode a roller coaster, I was so scared that I fainted. After that, I swore I would never ride a roller coaster again or go to an amusement park."

Zhong Jiuli stared intently at the smiling little tiger. There was no fear in her eyes, only nostalgia for the roller coaster.

The descent seemed endless. After what felt like an eternity, the two fell silent, with only the whistling wind in their ears.

Suddenly, the ground beneath their feet gave way, and the two of them finally slipped out of the Soul-Eating Demon's throat, falling heavily into a huge hole.

Bai Ye stood up, supporting himself with one hand while still tightly holding Zhong Jiuli's waist with the other.

"This hole must be its stomach, right?" Bai said in a low voice.

Her gaze swept across the cave. The ground was littered with skeletons, some still bearing fragments of not-yet-completely-rotted clothing, indicating they were human. Most of the remains were those of demonic beasts, and various mushrooms crawled all over them.

"It seems this Soul-Eating Demon really has killed many people," Bai sighed.

Zhong Jiuli looked down at the ground and noticed a fresh drag mark winding forward, clearly left not long ago.

She pointed to the ground and said, "Look at the ground."

Bai also looked down at the ground, following her words. She also noticed something amiss and guessed, "Could it be that someone else was swallowed by the Soul-Eating Demon and isn't quite dead yet?"

"I don't know, perhaps we can go and take a look."

"Okay." Bai said, then strode forward.

The true size of the Spirit Devourer was unknown. This cave seemed to be a real mountain cave. The two walked along the cave on the soft fungus-covered ground. After walking for about an hour, a rhythmic knocking sound suddenly came from afar.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!" It sounded like a dull thud from a blunt instrument.

After turning a corner, they finally saw the source of the sound.

It was a figure from behind, a familiar figure, wearing a long red dress with the sleeves rolled up high, revealing a section of fair and white wrist, slender fingers gripping a thick thigh bone, swinging the arm to smash it down hard.

The impact of this scene is no less than that of Lin Daiyu uprooting a willow tree.

"Liu Xianyue? What are you doing here?" Bai exclaimed in surprise.

Liu Xianyue turned around at the sound, her face, though smudged with dirt, still dazzlingly bright. Upon seeing the two of them, she casually stuck the large bone stick into the mycelium and rushed to them in a few strides.

Bai Ye, her fingertips stained with red nail polish, was about to touch Zhong Jiuli's face when she quickly stepped back to the side, avoiding her hand.

"Hey!" Liu Xianyue pouted, about to explode, "What's wrong with you, little rascal?"

Bai also protected Zhong Jiuli, wrinkling his nose in disgust, "You just touched a dead person's bones and you're going to touch her? Did you wash your hands?"

Liu Xianyue angrily flung her sleeve and withdrew her hand, no longer arguing with Bai Ye. She took a few steps closer and looked at Zhong Jiuli's pale face, asking in rapid succession, "What happened to you? Where are you hurt? How did you get so badly injured? Even your lips are bloodless."

Zhong Jiuli shook her head gently, "It's nothing, just a minor injury. But what are you doing here?"

"Don't even mention it." Liu Xianyue stomped her foot angrily and said through gritted teeth, "I've had the worst luck in eight lifetimes. As soon as I stepped into the secret realm, I had the misfortune of falling into the lair of the Spirit-Eating Demon. Before I could even run away, this old monster let out a 'roar' and swallowed me whole."

Bai couldn't help but interject, "You're quite resilient, aren't you? It's been several days already, hasn't it? You're still not completely digested by the Spirit Devourer?"

Liu Xianyue rolled her eyes coquettishly and raised her chin triumphantly: "I may not have much else, but I have plenty of pills. Even if I have to stay here and waste ten or eight years with that big mushroom, I can afford to wait it out."

As she spoke, she took out a white jade bottle and tossed it into Zhong Jiuli's arms, "Here, little one, feed your sister Zhong her medicine."

Just as Zhong Jiuli was about to take the white jade bottle herself, Bai took the medicine bottle first.

With only one hand free, she brought the medicine bottle to her lips, bit off the stopper with her teeth, and then held the open bottle to Zhong Jiuli's lips.

Zhong Jiuli looked at her with a complicated expression, wondering if this person even knew what she was doing. She had just bitten the bottle neck and was now holding it to her lips.

She pursed her lips, a hint of shyness flashing in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Bai Ye saw that she refused to take the medicine, tilted his head and looked down at her, his amber eyes full of confusion. "Don't you like this pill? How about you eat Dragon Scale Fruit?"

"No need." Zhong Jiuli sighed softly, but finally opened her mouth and leaned slightly to let her take the pill into her mouth.

Her lips brushed against the slightly damp bottle opening. She quickly turned her face away and said in an unnatural tone, "Put me down. I need to meditate and regulate my breathing to expel the mycelium from my body."

Bai looked around and finally found a spot with less mycelium. He even took off his outer robe and placed it under Zhong Jiuli, saying, "Then you can meditate here."

After Zhong Jiuli closed her eyes and entered a meditative state, Bai Ye, dressed in a white undergarment, walked towards Liu Xianyue.

Bai saw her swinging a large bone and hitting it with great enthusiasm from afar, so he asked, "What are you hitting?"

Seeing her approach, Liu Xianyue shoved the large bone into her hand, shaking her aching wrist and saying, "You've come at the right time. I've been working on this for two days straight, it's exhausting. You take over."

Bai then realized what she was doing.

Before her lay a huge humanoid skeleton. Although the skeleton was humanoid, it was not human. It was more like some kind of humanoid beast, because in addition to its long limbs, a long tail was also dragging along the skeleton.

A heavy, jet-black sword was lodged in the skeleton's chest cavity. Intricate patterns of laws flowed across the blade, and a crimson glow flickered intermittently. The hands, reduced to mere knuckles, gripped the blade tightly, as if the skeleton had tried to draw the sword before dying.

"Do you want to pull out this sword?" Bai asked.

Liu Xianyue looked at her with an expression that said, "What else do you think I'm doing? Am I just idly cracking bones for fun?"

After saying that, she suddenly leaned close to Bai Ye's ear and said mysteriously, "Actually, falling into the belly of the Soul-Eating Demon isn't all bad. Hehe, do you know how many storage bags I picked up on my way in?"

Bai's eyes lit up at her words, and he glanced down at the storage ring on her finger: "You want to share half with me?"

"Dream on." Liu Xianyue slapped Bai Ye on the back of the head, making her stagger.

She curled her red lips into a smile and said in the tone of a wealthy landlord ordering his servants to work, "Hurry up and do the work for me, little one. If you can pull out this sword, I might consider giving it to you."

"I keep my word." Bai said, then reached out and gripped the sword hilt with both hands.

"Hey, don't touch it..." Liu Xianyue's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, ultimately unable to stop the impetuous little guy.

The moment she gripped the hilt, the dark hilt suddenly became scorching hot, burning Bai Ye's palm like a branding iron. She finally understood why Liu Xianyue had used a large bone to strike it; the sword was actually drawing away her life force.

She could clearly feel her blood flowing backward in her veins, and her spiritual power surged toward the sword like a burst dam.

"Ugh...it hurts." Bai groaned, trying to let go, but found that his fingers were rooted to the hilt and stuck to the sword.

The crimson patterns on the sword lit up one by one, the crimson light flickering like breathing, as if some terrifying being was about to awaken.

"You stupid tiger!" Liu Xianyue's voice changed with anxiety. She grabbed a large bone club and swung it down at Bai Ye.

With a loud thud, the bone club landed squarely on Bai Ye's elbow, failing to knock her off the greatsword, only eliciting a muffled groan of pain.

"Liu Xianyue, don't make things worse, I can do it myself." Bai was in so much pain that he was gasping for breath, and his forehead was soaked with cold sweat.

No one knew exactly how much force Liu Xianyue had used, but she felt as if her bones were about to be broken.

"Bullshit! You little tiger, there's no way you can take down the evil spirit parasitizing this sword. Watch me!" Liu Xianyue shouted, and with a flick of her wrist, a crimson lotus bloomed in her palm.

The red lotus was formed entirely from flames, each petal lifelike. She tossed the red lotus away.

"Red Lotus Karmic Fire, burn!"

With a loud "boom," the moment the red lotus fell, it immediately burst into a raging fire wave. The flames spread along the sword with great intelligence, and in the blink of an eye, they engulfed Bai Ye and the entire heavy sword!

From within the sea of ​​fire came Bai Ye's scream: "Ouch, Liu Xianyue, you were sent by the enemy, weren't you?"

"Oh, I didn't mean to burn you." Liu Xianyue exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this; she only wanted to burn the evil spirit possessing the heavy sword.

Bai also sensed something was wrong; the remnant soul of that skeleton was about to emerge.

"Quickly, Liu Xianyue, get away from here!" Bai Ye turned around and shouted. Just as she finished shouting, a hideous humanoid black shadow suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​fire.

The shadowy figure was over ten feet tall, surrounded by thick, inky black smoke. Its blurry face had only a pair of scarlet eyes. The moment it appeared, the originally crimson karmic fire was dyed blackish-purple, making it extremely eerie.

Bai was trapped in place and could not move, watching helplessly as the dark figure opened its arms and pounced on her.

Seeing this, Liu Xianyue secretly thought to herself that things were going to get really bad. This evil spirit was using her karmic fire to refine the sword, and it wanted to come out of the heavy sword and take the little tiger's body.

She wanted to take back the karmic fire, but at this moment the karmic fire had been turned into its own by the evil spirit and was completely beyond her control.

Although the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire can burn away all evil spirits in the world, it's only effective if the master's cultivation level is too low. If her true form were here now, this evil spirit would be incredibly bold to even glance at her.

Bai stood frozen in place, her mind reeling. Deep within her consciousness, the hideous black shadow was tightly wrapped around her primordial spirit, its jaws agape as it bit into her shoulder.

"Do you even have a mouth? If you bite me, I'll bite you back!" Bai roared, opening his mouth wide and biting down at the shadowy figure.

She took a bite and immediately spat it out, "Ptooey, ptooey, ugh~ Did you grow up eating poop? Your soul smells so bad."

"Hehehe... Junior, it is your honor to be possessed by me." The dark figure let out a strange laugh.

Bai Ye is currently only at the Qi Refining stage, and he has no power to resist the primordial spirit of such an old monster.

Soon, the shadowy figure gained the upper hand, and the pervasive black mist gradually filled Bai Ye's sea of ​​consciousness.

Just then, a golden light shone in the darkness.

The magnificent Scripture of Great Creation appeared out of thin air, moving without wind, its pages rustling, and golden characters flew out of the book, transforming into a small, golden tiger in mid-air.

Bai Ye saw this scene and immediately perked up, shouting, "Xiao Jin, save me!"

Little Jin gave her a disdainful look, opened her little mouth, and let out a soft, childish "Awoo!"

Although the roar was childish, it contained earth-shattering power.

"No... I have waited for ten thousand years!" The black shadow roared unwillingly, but that was all it could do. After roaring, it turned into black smoke under Xiao Jin's roar, leaving not even a trace behind.

The moment the shadow vanished, Bai's primordial spirit, which had been swallowed by it, returned to its original form.

Bai touched his intact primordial spirit and looked at the new supernatural powers that had appeared in his mind with some surprise.

Unexpectedly, this eerie black shadow turned out to be a powerful being from the legendary Void Clan. Legend has it that the Void Clan suddenly appeared in ancient times; they are extremely mysterious, appearing and disappearing in the most bizarre way.

It was as if they had suddenly stepped into the Kunxu Continent from another realm. At that time, everyone on the Kunxu Continent turned pale at the mention of the Void Clan.

The Void race's supernatural abilities are simply too bizarre. They are most adept at traversing the void, and their racial supernatural abilities can kill without leaving a trace. With a single thought, they can escape into the void and take the head of an enemy thousands of miles away.

Bai glanced at it briefly and then stopped looking. Now was not the time to comprehend supernatural powers. She looked up at Xiao Jin in the air and flattered her, "Wow, Xiao Jin, you're so strong!"

Xiao Jin didn't even bother to glance at her, and directly transformed into golden characters in the air again, flying back into the Great Creation Scripture.

Fire overseas.

After sensing the abnormality in the outside world, Zhong Jiuli, who was meditating, forcibly interrupted her breathing and appeared next to Liu Xianyue in a flash, staring intently at the slender figure wearing only a white undergarment in the black flames.

Her expression was more solemn than ever. Someone had actually tried to possess the tiger cub; she would not allow such a thing to happen.

Zhong Jiuli forcefully channeled her energy, and a point of silver light condensed at her fingertips. Although the light was small, it caused the surrounding space to begin to distort.

"Are you crazy?" Liu Xianyue hurriedly reached out and grabbed her wrist. "This avatar simply cannot withstand the backlash of time reversal. For a little tiger, you're going to destroy your ten-thousand-year-old foundation?"

The silver light at Zhong Jiuli's fingertips flickered, making her pale face appear even paler. The backlash from forcibly interrupting her meditation came so quickly that the spiritual energy in her dantian was now uncontrollable, like a wild horse, and her internal organs were in complete disarray.

"Cough..." A trickle of bright red blood slid down the corner of her lips. Zhong Jiuli gasped and said, "I want her to live."

Her right hand, which was forming a hand seal, trembled uncontrollably, and the silver light at her fingertips grew weaker and weaker. In fact, even if Liu Xianyue hadn't stopped her, she wouldn't have been able to use the technique of reversing time and space.

Even so, Zhong Jiuli stubbornly stared in the direction of the sea of ​​fire, her dark pupils reflecting the figure bathed in flames. Her fingertips twitched slightly, as if she wanted to gather the last bit of spiritual power.

Even if Bai is possessed, as long as she leaves the secret realm, her original body can still reverse cause and effect and save her.

But Zhong Jiuli didn't want to take such a risk. If something unexpected happened, the little tiger might never come back.

Just as she was about to burn her essence and blood to forcefully circulate her energy, a burst of golden light suddenly erupted from the sea of ​​fire.

The dark figure let out a heart-wrenching shriek, its twisted form disintegrating inch by inch in the golden light, and the black flames swirling around Bai Ye receded like a tide.

Bai Ye's consciousness returned to his body. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Zhong Jiuli's pale face, and the blood on her lips looked so glaring.

"Zhong Jiuli." Bai ignored the pain from the burns on his body and rushed forward, reaching out to catch Zhong Jiuli's swaying body. "What happened to you? Weren't you recuperating? How did you get injured again?"

"I'm fine, but my internal energy is a little disordered."

Bai Ye couldn't tell from her appearance that she was alright. Zhong Jiuli looked extremely weak, weaker than ever before.

She looked at Liu Xianyue, wanting to know what had happened.

Liu Xianyue said irritably, "She's never seen what a roasted tiger looks like. She was meditating when she smelled the roasted tiger and couldn't wait to come and see what was going on."

"You keep talking nonsense, no wonder you've been single for so long," Bai retorted, picking up Zhong Jiuli and returning her to the spot where they had been, placing her on his robe.

After settling Zhong Jiuli in, Bai also sat down cross-legged and looked inward at his dantian, where he saw that Xiao Lü had already grown five tender green leaves.

"If I pluck a leaf, Little Green shouldn't notice, right?" Bai thought to himself.

If even the saliva of a small green plant has such powerful effects, then its leaves must be even better at healing wounds.

Without hesitation, she secretly activated her cultivation technique, using her spiritual power to create a small hand, which stealthily reached out to touch Little Green.

The little spiritual hand had just touched Little Green's leaf, and before it could even exert any force, a flash of green light appeared on Little Green's body, and the little spiritual hand was instantly shattered.

"What are you doing, you stinky tiger?" Little Green said angrily. She was digesting the spiritual energy of the Dragon Scale Fruit perfectly well, so why was this guy sneaking around touching her?

"I want a leaf," Bai said somewhat guiltily.

I'll slap you across the face!

The moment the words left his mouth, a tender green leaf appeared on Bai Ye's head and smacked him hard on the forehead with a crisp "smack".

The slap was extremely powerful, sending Bai flying backward and rolling several times on the ground before stopping.

"Hiss~" Bai also cried out in pain, rubbing her forehead as she got up. She wasn't angry, but just rubbed the spot where Xiao Lü had hit her and softened her tone to negotiate: "You've already hit me, you should be over it now, right? Can you give me a leaf? I want to heal Zhong Jiuli's wounds."

The tender green leaves trembled as if they were shivering with anger, and the voice rose several decibels: "You should have said you wanted to heal your wounds earlier! Why did you pick my leaves? If I cut off one of your arms to heal someone else, would you be happy?"

"I'm sorry, you told me not to bother you, so I just wanted to pick the leaves myself." Bai apologized softly, his voice getting softer and softer, like a child who had done something wrong.

Seeing that Xiao Lü was still sulking, she tentatively asked, "Then can you heal her wounds?"

Xiao Lü was silent for a moment, then said irritably, "Stretch out your hand."

Bai obediently extended her palm, and Xiao Lü condensed a drop of jade dew, which landed in her hand. The moment the jade dew fell, a refreshing fragrance filled the air, and after taking a deep breath, the wounds on her body caused by the karmic fire healed considerably.

However, the previously quiet mycelium suddenly stirred up after smelling the fragrance. Countless fine mycelium surged wildly toward Bai Ye's location at an astonishing speed, more than ten times faster than the mycelium outside.

Upon seeing this, Liu Xianyue immediately flew forward to help block them, saying, "I'll stop these mycelia."

Bai Ye subconsciously used the Void Escape Technique he had just acquired. His figure flashed and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already standing next to Zhong Jiuli.

"Heal your wounds first." Bai didn't have time to explain further. He reached out and pinched Zhong Jiuli's cheek, quickly putting the drop of jade dew from his palm into her mouth.

“Hmm…” Zhong Jiuli’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief and astonishment at the little tiger’s audacity.

Soft lips brushed against her palm, and Bai reacted as if burned, quickly pulling her hand back and hiding it behind her back.

Her fingertips unconsciously rubbed the lingering warmth of her palm, her heart seemed to skip a beat, her ears felt slightly hot, and she dared not look at Zhong Jiuli for long, hurriedly saying, "You focus on healing, we can block the mycelium."

As soon as she finished speaking, her figure disappeared from Zhong Jiuli's sight again.

Bai also had a clear goal and went straight for the heavy sword. How could a divine weapon that could kill the old monster of the Void Clan be an ordinary thing?

She reached out and gripped the hilt, then with a sudden burst of strength, pulled the heavy sword from the skeleton.

The skeleton, now devoid of its malevolent spirit, instantly decayed, turning into dust and scattering in a flurry.

As soon as Bai Ye got his hands on the sword, he felt a sudden weight on his arm. This sword weighed over ten thousand jin, and an ordinary cultivator would probably not even be able to lift it.

The greatsword seemed pleased that someone had pulled it out again. A slight tremor came from the blade, and dark patterns flowed along the black spine. A joyful emotion emanated from the hilt.

Bai Ye smiled slightly and asked, "After being trapped for so long, you also want to see the light of day again, don't you?"

Although the heavy sword could not speak, it responded with flowing dark light.

"Alright! Today I'll show you how to have a good time."

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Author's Note: Bai Ye: New equipment, greatsword √

New skill, Escape Technique √

My wife's mouth, touched √