Chapter 379 I Established a Sect in the Cultivation World (8)
The old tree's leaves stopped swaying, and the Listening Sea Beast changed its posture.
"A new world?" The Listening Sea Beast's mind was filled with wonder: "A lot of spiritual energy?"
“Very concentrated.” Zhou Jue nodded.
"Then what are we waiting for!" The Listening Sea Beast seemed even more anxious than Zhou Jue: "Take us out of here! I'm practically going moldy!"
The old tree chuckled, its aged voice filled with anticipation.
"That's fine, it's getting a bit boring staying in here all the time."
Zhou Jue smiled and agreed, and was about to take them out.
The next moment, the ancient tree and the Listening Sea Beast in front of her were suddenly enveloped in a soft light.
When the light faded, the ancient trees and giant beasts were nowhere to be seen.
Instead, there were two people.
One of them was an old man dressed in coarse linen clothes, with white hair and beard, and a kind face. He was leaning on a tree branch cane and was looking at Zhou Jue with a smile.
The other one was a girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.
She was wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt and trousers, barefoot, with skin as white as snow, long hair like seaweed, and eyes as pure as two obsidian stones. At this moment, she was curiously examining her transformed hands and feet.
Zhou Jue was momentarily stunned.
She had assumed that an ancient being like the Listening Sea Beast, after transforming into human form, would at least be a dignified older sister or a calm and wise woman.
How could it be a...little girl?
The girl seemed to notice Zhou Jue's gaze. She put her hands on her hips, puffed out her small chest, and spoke in a slightly smug tone.
"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a beautiful girl before?"
Her voice was clear and crisp, with a touch of endearing nasal tone.
"I wasn't an adult when I fell into a deep sleep, so this is what I look like now!"
She explained confidently, "If you include the time I spend sleeping, I'd be way over ten thousand years old by now!"
Zhou Jue chuckled: "Yes, senior is in the prime of your life."
The old tree beside him chuckled, "Little Jue, we've been able to transform into human form for a long time, but it's still more comfortable to stay in our original form most of the time."
He shook the cane in his hand.
"Isn't it more convenient to go out and see the world?"
Zhou Jue stopped dwelling on it and, with a thought, led the two seniors out of the Starry Sky Box.
Buzz—
The two figures appeared on the mountaintop.
Jingbai was lying at Zhou Jue's feet, dozing like a big cat, when it was startled by the sudden noise and jumped up, its fur standing on end.
"call--"
The girl-like sea beast took a deep breath, then curled its lip in disdain.
"The spiritual energy is quite strong, not bad at all."
She nodded approvingly at first, then muttered softly, "But it's still far worse than where I used to live. It'll have to do."
The old tree looked completely at ease, its eyes closed as it felt the mountain breeze and the pure spiritual energy in the air.
"Be content, little girl."
He opened his eyes with a smile and looked at Zhou Jue.
"Following Xiao Jue back then was definitely the right decision. Not only did we have a safe place to stay, but we were also able to go out and see the world."
Just then, a low growl filled with terror and wariness came from behind Zhou Jue.
"Waaah..."
Zhou Jue turned around and saw Jing Bai tense up, crouching low, his tiger-like eyes fixed on the suddenly appearing girl and old man.
It made a threatening growl in its throat, but its erect ears turned into airplane ears out of fear.
It felt a pressure from those two people that was a thousand times more terrifying than when it faced Zhou Jue.
It was a primal fear that came from the depths of one's blood, like a mouse seeing a cat.
The young sea monster noticed the big cat, her eyes lit up, and she gave a mischievous smile.
"Hey, there's a really big kitten here!"
She chuckled, took a step, and was about to walk towards Jingbai.
"Waaah!"
Jingbai was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. He let out a pitiful cry and his huge body suddenly shrank back, trying to hide behind Zhou Jue.
That comical appearance showed no trace of the majesty of a seventh-tier great demon.
Zhou Jue was both amused and exasperated. He quickly reached out and pressed down on Jing Bai's fluffy head, rubbing it soothingly.
She could sense that Jingbai was trembling with fear, and all he could hear were cries for help like "Master, save me!", "What are these two monsters?", and "How scary!"
"Senior, please don't scare it." Zhou Jue turned around and said helplessly to the Listening Sea Beast, "This is my contracted beast."
"Hahaha!" The Listening Sea Beast stood with its hands on its hips, laughing so hard it almost fell over. "Such a coward! And you call yourself a seventh-tier beast! I'm dying of laughter!"
Old Tree also came over. He looked Jing Bai up and down, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"Stop teasing them."
He said something to the Listening Sea Beast, then turned to Zhou Jue: "This white tiger actually has a faint trace of divine beast bloodline in its body."
"Although it is rare, if it is properly nurtured, it may have a chance to evolve into a true divine beast in the future."
Zhou Jue's eyes lit up.
Divine beast bloodline?
Although the thought crossed her mind, she didn't really think she was so lucky to encounter the divine beast White Tiger right away.
"A gift to mark our meeting."
After the girl finished laughing at the sea beast, she suddenly flipped her wrist, and a fist-sized, blood-red crystal with a strange fragrance appeared in her hand.
She casually tossed the crystal to Zhou Jue.
"This thing is called 'Divine Beast Blood Essence.' I extracted it from the corpse of an ancient divine beast when I was bored. It's somewhat useful for enhancing its bloodline. Take it."
Zhou Jue took the blood-red crystal and felt a surge of powerful blood energy rushing towards him, gentle yet not violent.
Such a treasure was just given away so casually?
Zhou Jue sighed again, impressed that this senior was as generous as ever.
Jingbai seemed to understand their conversation. It cautiously peeked out from behind Zhou Jue, its airplane ears perking up slightly.
It looked at the Listening Sea Beast, its eyes filled with less fear and more curiosity and longing.
This scary-looking little girl seems... to be a good person?
It tentatively suppressed its fear and slowly stepped forward, gently rubbing its large head against the arm of the Listening Sea Beast.
"Hahaha! You're quite clever!" The Listening Sea Beast burst into laughter again, amused by it.
She seemed to really like this big, furry thing. After laughing, she touched herself again, as if looking for something.
Finally, as if remembering something, she suddenly opened her small mouth and spat out a bead the size of a pigeon egg, radiating a rainbow of colors.
As soon as the bead appeared, the surrounding spiritual energy began to converge on it frantically.
"This is for you too!"
Without saying a word, the girl stuffed the seven-colored pearl into Jingbai's wide-open mouth.
"Gulp."
Caught off guard, Jingbai instinctively swallowed the bead.
It was startled and hadn't even had time to figure out what it was, or whether it was good or bad.
A gentle yet vast energy burst forth from its belly, surging into its limbs and bones.
It felt its seventh-tier bottleneck, which had just loosened due to the contract, begin to shake violently once again.
It even had a premonition that once it had fully digested the energy within the bead, perhaps... it would be able to break through to the eighth rank!
Happiness came so suddenly!
Jingbai was completely stunned and stood there dumbfounded.
It felt like it was the ultimate winner in life, having successfully latched onto the right big shot!
The bottleneck that had plagued him for hundreds of years was about to be broken through in just half a day after meeting his master.
Zhou Jue sensed Jing Bai's ecstatic joy, as if he had won the lottery, and once again solemnly expressed his gratitude to the Listening Sea Beast.
She looked at the two seniors in front of her who had completely adapted to the new environment and asked.
"What are your plans for the future, seniors?"
"Would you like to come back to our camp in the valley with me first, or would you like to wander around on your own?"
The divine sense of the Listening Sea Beast had already spread out like a tide, instantly covering an area of a hundred miles in radius.
She easily found the hundred little ants in the valley who were busily building something.
"I know where your base is."
The girl stretched, and her joints cracked and popped.
"I've slept for so long and been bored in the space for so long, my body is getting rusty, I don't want to go back to watch you play house."
Her eyes sparkled with excitement: "I'm going out to stretch my muscles first!"
After saying that, she looked at the smiling old tree beside her.
"Drywood, are you coming with me?"
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