Back in the real world, Zuo Qingya habitually checked the time; it was still exactly 12 o'clock, unchanged.
"My little darling, are you there?"
"Yes, host."
"Can you tell me what happened?"
"sure."
"Host, ask away."
"Does this task not offer any trash as a reward?"
"Uh??? That's a good question, because there's no trash in the Flame Realm."
"Huh??? No trash?"
"Yes, all the trash will be burned away by the flames in the Flame Realm."
"Uh??? Okay."
Indeed, she had originally intended to hand the clan leader a cultivation manual, but as soon as she took it out of her consciousness space, the manual burned away.
This left Zuo Qingya speechless for quite some time.
It's too much to ask of her to only be able to quickly carve the techniques on the stone.
Zuo Qingya got out of bed to sense the situation and then went to chat with the giant snake.
The giant snake was fast asleep when it vaguely sensed danger approaching. It slowly opened its eyes and vaguely saw a familiar person walking towards it. It thought it was dreaming, but when it came to its senses, Zuo Qingya was already in front of it, scaring it so much that its whole body convulsed and its coiled body became stiff like a lifelike toy.
Seeing the giant snake, Zuo Qingya's lips twitched.
When Zuo Qingya sensed that the giant snake was about to die of fright, she didn't hold back and slapped it back to life.
"Look at you, you're so scared you're about to die."
The giant snake said aggrievedly, "I didn't want to either! Why did you have to come here for no reason? You scared me so much that I almost ascended to heaven! And you still scold me? Don't you know that scaring a snake can kill it? My reputation was almost ruined."
"Uh??? Okay then."
"Why are you here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"
"I just came here to chat with you."
"I just want to ask, are we that close? If you're looking for someone to chat with, why don't you ask Xia Hua? Or at least ask that mermaid. Why come to me? We're really not that close."
Zuo Qingya was speechless after being retorted, "Fine, I'm leaving then, I'll go find them."
"Wait, you almost scared me to death! You should at least give me some compensation for my emotional distress."
Zuo Qingya narrowed her eyes. "Are you sure?"
The giant snake quickly shook its head, "I'm not sure."
Zuo Qingya shrugged. "Alright, I'm leaving then."
After Zuo Qingya left, the giant snake was still a little scared and shrank back into the cave.
Next, Zuo Qingya went to find the mermaid Torulata.
"Torulata, are you asleep?"
"No."
"What's wrong with you? Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk."
"Hmm... I just saw you go to Orochi's side."
Zuo Qingya nodded, "Yes, it went to the giant snake's side and scared it half to death. It almost died."
"That's too easy to frighten."
"Uh-huh……"
"Judging from your appearance, you're still alive?"
Zuo Qingya nodded, "I'm right there, it won't die."
"Alright, what's bothering you?"
Zuo Qingya rested her chin on her hand, "I don't know how to say it."
"Then let's not talk about it. We can say it when you want to."
"Alright."
"Then I'm going to cultivate."
Zuo Qingya couldn't wait to become stronger. Although the clan leader and the others were all safe, she was afraid that something like this would happen again in the future, so she had to become stronger.
Zuo Qingya did not go back into the house, but found a rock and lay down on it to begin her cultivation.
Zuo Qingya even performed an internal examination to look inside her body, but she didn't see the bead. Zuo Qingya was no exception.
But she saw something else: the spiritual energy within her body had become much denser.
After this training, Zuo Qingya felt that she was absorbing spiritual energy faster and faster.
Zuo Qingya's advantage is that she can absorb all kinds of spiritual energy and is not afraid of absorbing spiritual energy that she shouldn't absorb.
And so Zuo Qingya continued her cultivation until morning.
The sunlight shone on her, as if she were coated with a halo.
"Wow... Our Zuo Qingya is so beautiful, like a fairy from heaven."
Zuo Qingya opened her eyes. "Stop it."
"Zuo Qingya, you got up very early today."
"She didn't get up early at all; she stayed there all night."
"Uh??? Okay."
"What does Zuo Qingya want to eat today?"
"Whatever."
"Nothing is allowed, you must order one dish."
"Let's keep it simple: boiled shrimp."
"That's okay too."
"Torulata, what about you? What would you like to eat?"
"I'll eat the same thing as Zuo Qingya! I prefer the original flavor."
"good."
Xia Hua clapped her hands and went to make something to eat.
Zuo Qingya sat cross-legged, looking at the clouds on the horizon.
"The scenery here is beautiful."
[No, everything in the Flame Realm appears red.]
"Indeed, this place is very suitable for seclusion."
"Hmm...like us."
At that moment, the giant snake swam over.
I feel a little intimidated when I see Zuo Qingya.
"Hi, good morning, Big Snake."
The giant snake looked at Zuo Qingya suspiciously, fearing that she might use some underhanded tactics.
"What's wrong?"
When Zuo Qingya saw the giant snake looking wary, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding anymore."
The giant snake breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
She sniffed the air. "It smells so good! What's for breakfast this morning?"
Boiled shrimp.
"Boiled shrimp? Is it tasty?"
"You'll find out soon enough, why ask?"
"I'm just curious."
"Then you're just curious."
The food was ready in no time.
"Dinner's ready."
This place must be a fairyland! The environment is beautiful, the people are beautiful, and the animals are beautiful.
And they get along so well that everyone who comes over says they are such a happy family.
After dinner, everyone can do whatever they want.
Zuo Qingya lay on the rock and continued her cultivation.
Xia Hua nudged Torulata with her elbow and asked, "What's wrong with Zuo Qingya today? Why is she working so hard? She usually seems so lazy. What's going on today?"
Torurata shook her head. "I don't know either. She's been like this since last night."
"What happened?"
"Probably not."
How do you know you didn't?
"Because I didn't sleep yesterday."
Xia Hua pointed at Torurata, "Why didn't you sleep last night?"
"I don't know, I just can't sleep."
"Insomnia?"
What's keeping you awake at night?
Torurata sighed and said, "It's nothing, that's all."
"What is it?"
"It's just simple insomnia, nothing serious."
"Uh??? Okay then! I'm going to cultivate now, I'm not going to chat with you anymore."
"Alright, I'm going to cultivate too."
"Awoo awoo..." (Let's go train too.)
Zuo Qingya really did start something.
Seeing that everyone was cultivating, the giant snake could not slack off either, because it was a snake destined to become a dragon, so how could it not be diligent?
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