In the end, Li Qingyu chose to listen to Lord Qiao's advice.

Shower and back scrub, a complete service.

The main reason is...

Li Qingyu was too lazy to run.

Since the championship is about to begin, we should eliminate our opponents beforehand and during the competition.

For Li Qingyu, it was all the same.

Li Qingyu did not believe that this kind of competition, which did not even meet the standards of a stellar level, would pose any threat to him.

Of course, this was also to express our gratitude for the gifts that the goblins had sent from so far away.

Li Qingyu naturally had to give a return gift.

"Who goes to get their feet washed in the middle of the day?!"

However, just as Li Qingyu was about to be taken to the bathhouse by the three old men, Qiao Cheng raised an objection.

"The competition is about to begin. We can't afford to get carried away with enjoyment. We need to prepare military rations!"

"Come on, Xiao Qingyu, let's go to the market with your sister this afternoon."

"Well...."

Li Qingyu was speechless for a moment.

Buying groceries is less worthwhile than getting a foot bath...

Besides, you're just going there to buy groceries, aren't you...?

.........................

An endless expanse of azure sea.

The sky is high and the clouds are wide, the sun shines brightly.

At this moment, countless demons gathered together, like a small boat on a vast ocean, rapidly heading towards the Ten Continents.

"The ocean seems quite calm, so why do people always say it's extremely dangerous and shouldn't be explored too easily?"

The head of a 100-meter-long white pig.

Bai Jingjing stroked her slightly swollen belly, looking puzzled.

As a newly grown skeleton spirit, Bai Jingjing can transform into various forms.

Unfortunately...

Because of the unexpected birth of her Dao embryo, Bai Jingjing is unable to change at this time and can only maintain the shape of her original body, which is a skeletal armor.

It looks terrifying, yet it contains an overflowing maternal tenderness and a naive innocence.

"calm?"

"Hehehe..."

Beside Bai Jingjing.

With a robust build, covered in black fur, wearing baggy shorts, and sporting large bull horns on his head and a ring around his nose, the demon race's half-emperor Niu Tutu chuckled and casually swung the pink butterfly knife in his hand.

"If you hadn't been protected by the Imperial Artifacts on this trip, you would have known how terrifying the World Sea truly is."

"Here's what we'll do: see for yourself the true nature of the World Ocean."

Niu Tutu stopped the knife tricks she was performing.

Pointing to the pig's head, one could see the undulating blue seawater below.

At the same time, he pulled out a golden monocular telescope from behind him and handed it to Bai Jingjing.

Bai Jingjing curiously took the binoculars.

"This is...."

"The Nascent Soul level artifacts smuggled from the human race are called telescopes. They can see extremely far and are generally used for spying, but can also be used for stargazing and exploring the sea," Niu Tutu explained simply.

"Oh, oh, oh..."

Bai Jingjing tried to hold the telescope up to her eyes.

Suddenly, her field of vision widened, causing Bai Jingjing to stare wide-eyed in surprise.

It is skeletal in shape and has no eyes.

So... Bai Jingjing always uses eye sockets.

"King Bull, there are so many little bugs having a feast in your nose hairs!?" Bai Jingjing felt like she had discovered a new world.

"Who told you to look at me? Look down, look at the sea."

Niu Tutu covered his nose with his hand, indicating that Bai Jingjing was looking in the wrong direction.

"Oh, oh, oh..."

Bai Jingjing stuck her head out from the edge of the pig's head, raised the binoculars, and looked down at the World Ocean.

"A vast expanse of blue, nothing at all."

“Try rotating the ring in the middle of the telescope,” Niu Tutu suggested.

Bai Jingjing turned as instructed.

In an instant, as Bai Jingjing turned around, the azure that filled the eyes gradually became deep and dark.

An ominous feeling permeated Bai Jingjing's heart.

Just then, Bai Jingjing felt a slight movement in the Dao fetus in her lower abdomen, dispelling the ominous feeling.

Driven by curiosity.

Bai Jingjing continued to rotate the Dao artifact, magnifying her field of vision.

Indistinctly.

Bai Jingjing saw countless dark shadows drifting on the seabed, like straws hanging from the ocean floor.

But the light was too dim, and Bai Jingjing couldn't make out the shapes of these dark figures at all.

However, Bai Jingjing made a strange discovery...

There was a dark figure looking up at her, as if... sensing her gaze!?

A terrifying and intense sense of foreboding rose up.

Bai Jingjing, who was never afraid of the cold or heat, suddenly felt a chill run through her body.

"This feeling..."

Bai Jingjing's heart trembled slightly.

*Smack!*

Suddenly.

As Bai Jingjing's vision shifted, the terrifying ominous feeling dissipated.

It turned out that Niu Tutu had snatched the binoculars from Bai Jingjing's hands.

"Don't watch it for too long, it's bad for your mental health and can easily make you abnormal."

Niu Tutu tucked the binoculars back behind him.

It's obvious.

Niu Tutu had a clear understanding of the conditions on the seabed.

"What are those dark figures...?"

Still shaken, Bai Jingjing couldn't suppress her curiosity and hoped Niu Tutu could answer her questions.

“Those dark figures…”

A look of reminiscence crossed Niu Tutu's eyes.

"Don't worry too much, they usually don't come up."

"I was very curious before, so I went down once. If I hadn't been carrying an imperial artifact, I almost wouldn't have been able to come back up."

"Those dark figures, based on my guess..."

"They are all the souls of dead lives in this world."

"A soul!?" Bai Jingjing exclaimed in surprise, "Does a soul really exist in this world?"

My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!