After Chong Jiu entered the Demon Realm, he did not see Shu Jianyue near the teleportation array, so he knew that she must have gone in.
They tried to follow her aura to find her, but the demonic energy here was too dense, completely masking Shu Jianyue's presence.
Chongjiu frowned, and could only rely on his first instinct to search in one direction.
I hope to find her as soon as possible; the restrictions on human cultivators in this demon realm are too severe.
Shu Jianyue walked and stopped until she arrived at the edge of a pitch-black underground river. Knowing that there must be some kind of creature in this kind of river, she did not go close. Instead, she sat down on a stone about the size of a bench not far away.
"How are we going to get out of here?"
I wonder if that teleportation array can send people in and out again.
Shu Jianyue wondered if she should go back to the teleportation array and try again.
She acted on her thought immediately, got up to go there, and as soon as she stood up, the stone she was sitting on moved.
Shu Jianyue sensed the movement and suddenly darted forward. Looking back, she saw a stone with long legs standing up.
Shu Jianyue stared at the stone in astonishment. "What is that? Has the stone come to life?"
"You're the one who's become a spirit."
Shu Jianyue's eyebrows involuntarily rose; she hadn't expected the voice to still be so sweet and childlike.
"If stones can talk, what else could they be but sentient beings?"
Little Stone jumped up, "I'm a demon! Haven't you ever heard of a demon? You're really all talk and no action."
"Demon?" Is there such a thing as a demon here?
She really didn't know there were demons here; she only knew that spirit beasts could transform into human form after cultivation, but she had never heard of any demons.
"Hmph, as expected, you're ignorant; you don't even know what a demon is." Little Stone said, then sat back down.
Shu Jianyue walked back to its side and looked it over. "You don't have a mouth, so where did these words come from?"
Little Stone circled around her again, saying, "Where did you come from, you country bumpkin? Don't you know there's such a skill as ventriloquism?"
Shu Fengyue's lips twitched. "I knew, but I didn't know that stones had bellies."
"..." Little Stone doesn't have a mouth, otherwise he would definitely be slapped too.
"You've been sitting here all this time, just a rock?" Shu Jianyue asked, looking around. The place was completely bare except for this rock.
Do you know if there are any towns or teleportation arrays nearby?
Little Stone sat down and said irritably, "Otherwise what? Do you see any other stones around here?"
"As for towns and such, I've never left this place, how would I know?"
Shu Jianyue looked at it for a moment and, without saying a word, it really did look like an ordinary stone.
He stepped over and plopped down on it again.
"Hey, what are you doing? You're getting addicted to sitting here, aren't you?" Little Stone protested, trying to push the person away but finding he couldn't.
He cursed inwardly, "Why does a woman have to be so heavy?"
Shu Jianyue slapped it with her hand, "You could sit before, so why can't you sit now? What's wrong with me sitting for a while?"
Before Little Stone could object, he continued, "I want to leave here. Do you know how to get out?"
Little Stone snorted and said, "How would I know? If I knew, why would a stone be all alone here?"
"Besides, the outside world is too dangerous. They always use us as pawns. What's so good about going out?"
Shu Jianyue's eyes lit up as she smiled and said, "You're so ignorant, aren't you? The outside world is wonderful; there's nothing you can't see, only things you can't imagine."
As she spoke, she took out a bubble machine and produced many bubbles in front of her. Because the sun rarely shines in this Demon Realm, Shu Jianyue specially took out a colored light to illuminate the bubbles, making them colorful.
"Wow..." Little Stone was amazed.
Shu Jianyue patted it and said, "You've never seen this before, have you? There are many more outside that you haven't seen before."
"Whether it's a stone or a person, they should go out into the world to see more, broaden their horizons and gain more knowledge."
Little Stone glanced at the bubble machine in her hand, and her restless heart was instantly soothed by her words, "Go out and see the world more."
"I know you just want to lure me away."
Shu Jianyue glanced down at it, "How could I say I want to kidnap you? I'm just giving you some good advice."
"If you don't want to go out, then fine, you can stay here. I'm leaving now." With that, he stood up.
Little Stone snorted and then turned around.
Seeing this, Shu Jianyue didn't say anything more. If the other person didn't want to, there was no need to force them. She should just focus on finding where the teleportation array was.
Little Stone became a little anxious when he saw that she was really leaving.
It has been a stone here ever since it became conscious, and its ability to speak is entirely due to its innate talent.
It actually wanted to go out, but it was afraid of being scammed, since it didn't know the person.
No matter how much they say, it's all just empty talk.
When Shu Jianyue was walking so fast that she could no longer be seen, Xiao Shitou finally made up his mind to chase after her.
But it didn't get close; instead, it thought it was quietly following her.
Shu Jianyue knew it had followed her, but she pretended not to know.
She couldn't go back the way she came. Who knew if that great demon beast would really make a move? Her strength was suppressed here, and if she couldn't win, she would lose her life.
She's very protective of her life now; death is out of the question.
After wandering around in all directions, Shu Jianyue had no idea where she was. She tried to find a demon to ask for directions, but she never did.
Seeing a tall, dark figure ahead, she thought it was some kind of magical beast, when Little Stone, who had been following behind, finally stepped forward.
"That's Black Mountain ahead. It's all rock, but a demonic beast of the Earth Demon level lives on it."
Earth Demon level.
Shu Jianyue did the math: a Demon-level being's cultivation is equivalent to a human's Refinement and Integration stage, so she could defeat them.
Since we haven't encountered any demons, we should be able to ask demonic beasts for directions if we do.
She looked down at the little stone that had come to her side and said, "I want to go take a look, do you want to come?"
Little Stone snorted and said, "I'm going too. Since you said you'd take me out, don't even think about shaking me off."
Shu Jianyue bent down, patted it, and laughed, "Alright, since I promised you, I certainly won't abandon you."
"Let's go up and see. Hopefully, he's easy to talk to."
"Then you're wrong. The monsters here are all difficult to talk to, and those in the river are even more difficult," Little Stone said, then snorted.
Shu Jianyue shrugged. "Since it's not easy to talk to each other, then we can only resolve this with force."
Little Stone tilted his head back. "Is your cultivation level very high?"
"Is the Mahayana stage considered high here?" Shu Jianyue looked down at it.
Little Stone paused for a moment, his little feet pausing. "It's...it's alright."
The little heart in the center of the stone pounded twice. The Mahayana stage... that's far more powerful than this.
Shu Jianyue smiled and continued walking forward. She clearly thought the shadow was not far away, but she didn't expect it to be so far.
They walked for nearly two hours straight; if it weren't for their high level of cultivation, their legs would have been worn out.
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