Chapter 62 Sweat-drenched black hair clung to her jade-like skin during a passionate bed scene…
The wind howled in his ears, and the scenery before his eyes was so blurry that he couldn't see clearly. The extreme speed made Bai feel as if his soul was being pulled out of his body.
"Quick, quick, get your beast bed out, it should hold out for a bit," Little Green urged anxiously.
Bai also used her divine sense to probe into Xiao Lü's space, took out the Hundred Beasts Bed, tightly hugged the unconscious Zhong Jiuli, and used the force of the fall to roll over and into the soft bedding.
The vines that were originally wrapped around her claws branched out into several more, coiling around the bed legs like serpents and dragging them down into the dense forest below.
"boom!"
The large bed crashed heavily into the dense forest, its legs sinking deep into the ground covered with decaying leaves.
"Hoo, has it stopped?" Bai asked, panting heavily.
Before Xiao Lü could answer, the bed suddenly trembled, and then a tremendous force came, sending the canopy bed hurtling through the ancient trees like an arrow. The bed legs, which sank into the ground, left several deep furrows.
Bai clung tightly to Zhong Jiuli, her whole body like a small boat in a storm, rolling back and forth in the soft bedding. Her tail was firmly wrapped around the bedpost, which prevented her from being thrown off the bed.
"Cough cough." Bai coughed up a mouthful of blood. At this moment, what he was thinking was, "This can be considered a sex scene, right?"
After an unknown amount of time, the speeding bed finally came to a stop. Bai lay sprawled among the messy bedding, panting heavily, his entire body limp like a pancake, staring blankly at the beast patterns carved on the ceiling.
"Sister Green..."
Bai Ye's voice was terribly hoarse as he asked weakly, "What's the origin of this thing? How come it's so powerful?"
The little green branches peeked out from behind the bed curtains, and when they realized that they and Bai had also been dragged to the lair of the Ghost Vine, the whole tree felt a little numb.
She lowered her voice and whispered, "This is an ancient ghost vine, which was an extremely terrifying existence even in the ancient era."
"My inherited memories tell me that the ancient ghost vine once devoured three thousand small worlds. They are not picky eaters. Whether it is the flesh and blood of mortals or the flesh and blood of Great Luo Golden Immortals, once they enter their territory, they will be eaten until there are no bones or scraps left."
"Huh???" Bai was dumbfounded. Wasn't she supposed to be holding a dating guide? How come one absurd monster after another keeps popping up?
She swallowed hard and asked softly, "So, Sister Green, are you stronger or is it stronger?"
Little Green shook its leaves and instantly perked them up. "Needless to say, of course I'm stronger!"
"Shall we take it?"
Little Green's newly sprouted leaves immediately wilted again, and her voice lowered a few decibels, "Ahem... I'm still a seedling, just like you're still a cub. This Ghost Vine is also a seedling, but it's obviously lived longer and grown bigger than us, you know that?"
As the two were talking, the large bed, which had stopped moving, began to move slowly again. This time, the movement was slower, as if someone were pulling them towards their mouths with vines.
After being dragged a distance, the large bed turned around and faced the main vine, allowing Bai to finally see its true form.
"Hiss..." Bai also gasped, "This ghost vine, it's really ugly!"
"Otherwise, why do you think it's called Ghost Vine?" Little Green said irritably.
They all stared intently at the extremely ugly ghost vine in front of them.
Although it's called a vine, the Ghost Vine looks more like a towering, dark tree. Its trunk is extremely thick, so thick that even hundreds of people might not be able to encircle it.
The bark was covered with grotesque, human-like faces, as if they were roaring with their mouths wide open. The trunk was entwined with tens of thousands of vines, each one twisting wildly, like a swarm of coiled snakes, blotting out the sky and almost covering the entire island.
In the center of those vines was Old Ghost Wang, who had been dragged into Misty Island before them. He was still alive and was struggling frantically in the center of the vines, his immortal sword bursting with brilliant light.
Broken vines were scattered in the air, indicating that Old Ghost Wang had indeed captured all of Ghost Vine's attention.
"No wonder it's so quiet here, it turns out there's someone acting as bait up ahead!" Bai muttered to himself.
"You stinking tiger, now is our chance to break through." Little Green's voice became serious.
"Listen, I'll teach you a mantra that can command the beasts on this beast bed, and they will protect you."
After Bai memorized the mantra Xiao Lü had taught him, he looked at Xiao Lü and asked, "Sister Lü, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to fight with all my might. Remember, there's no spiritual energy to replenish on this island, so you have to be careful with every bit of your spiritual power."
After uttering these words, which sounded like a final farewell, Little Green transformed into a streak of green light and rushed towards the thick main root of the Ghost Vine. The moment the tender green roots touched the Ghost Vine, they burst forth with a dazzling green light.
The two ancient divine plants began their battle of devouring each other once again. Little Green did not attack blindly; she only absorbed the branches that bound Bai Ye.
The vines that had spread out and bound the bed withered and fell off quickly under Xiao Lü's attack.
The vines binding Bai Ye's hind paws loosened, and the moment he was freed, Bai Ye immediately sat up, formed a hand seal with his paws, and silently chanted, "All beasts return to their places, all spirits manifest."
The moment the words left his mouth, the entire canopy bed seemed to come alive.
The ancient mythical beasts carved on the ceiling of the bed, such as the Qilin, Bai Ze, Suanni, and Golden-winged Roc, are awakening one after another.
They transformed into translucent spirits and surrounded the large bed. The Golden-Winged Roc spread its wings and tore apart the attacking vines.
The Qilin walked through the air, its mouth spewing flames that burned a fiery path through the dense vines.
The ghost vines that tried to pounce on the flames let out a shrill scream.
"Walk!"
At Bai's command, the phantoms of the divine beasts exerted their power in unison, causing the entire canopy bed to rise into the air and, under the protection of the divine beasts, to quickly escape this land of death.
"Sister Green, come back!" Bai also leaned half of his body out of the bed and shouted hoarsely towards the back.
Just as the large bed flew out of the Ghost Vine's attack range, a faint green light streaked across the sky like a shooting star and disappeared into Bai Ye's brow.
"Sister Green, are you alright?" Bai asked with concern.
The sapling in his dantian swayed gently, as if responding to Bai Ye's question.
"It's good that you're alright. Once I'm healed, I'll go find you something delicious to eat," Bai said softly.
The canopy bed flew low through the dense forest, and the shadows of the divine beasts gradually faded. Bai Ye didn't have much spiritual energy left in her dantian, and maintaining these illusory divine beasts was extremely taxing on her.
Exhausted, she lay down, pulled the unconscious Zhong Jiuli into her arms, and with trembling hands poured a bottle of healing pills into her mouth.
Only at this moment did Bai's tense nerves relax slightly.
What followed was endless pain.
Physical pain, mental pain, and an omnipresent sense of pain overwhelmed her.
"I really want to sleep for a while..."
The thought had barely crossed Bai's mind when he lost consciousness.
Even in a coma, the little white tiger still had a furrowed brow, and the whiskers at the corners of its mouth trembled slightly with its rapid breathing.
His hot breath came in rapid bursts, spraying onto the neck of the person in his arms, like the silent whimper of a young animal.
Zhong Jiuli woke up at this moment.
The initial disorientation upon waking lasted only a moment before she noticed the sticky, wet sensation beneath her.
The strong smell of blood filled her nostrils, instantly waking her up.
Looking up, she saw the little creature who had been protecting her even in her unconscious state, now curled up in a ball, its entire body trembling slightly.
The bright red bloodstains on the snow-white fur were particularly glaring.
Zhong Jiuli brushed aside the tiger tail tightly wrapped around her waist and tried to use her spiritual power to check Bai Ye's injuries. She found that her dantian was empty, and then she remembered that her spiritual power had been exhausted during the previous battle.
There was not a single trace of spiritual energy fluctuation in this area.
"Is it really a place devoid of spirits?" she murmured, her brow furrowed.
Looking around, Zhong Jiuli found that the two of them were in a valley surrounded by mountains. Outside the bed, there was a sea of flowers swaying in the wind, and not far away, a green lake was shimmering in the sunlight.
In the center of this naturally beautiful landscape, this elaborately decorated canopy bed seems somewhat out of place.
Zhong Jiuli propped herself up, picked up Bai Ye in her arms, and walked through the flower bushes toward the lake.
Bai Ye's breathing was light and rapid, like a small flame desperately trying to squeeze out its last bit of energy, ready to go out at any moment.
The bloodstains, still damp, soaked through the fabric, leaving a warm, wet sensation on her skin.
Staggering to the lakeside, Zhong Jiuli knelt on the grass, tore off a relatively clean piece of cloth from the hem, and soaked it in the clear lake water.
"Bear with it..." Zhong Jiuli said softly, wiping the bloodstains off Bai Ye's body with a damp cloth.
The clear lake water was quickly stained light red, and as the bloodstains were washed away, the hideous wounds on the white tiger's body were fully revealed.
Looking at the deep, bone-revealing wounds and the obvious claw marks on her abdomen, Zhong Jiuli stared blankly.
My chest felt like it was covered in tiny needles, and with each heartbeat, it felt like those needles were pricking me all over.
Zhong Jiuli found it hard to imagine how much effort Bai Ye had put in to snatch her away from those old monsters.
"Silly tiger." Zhong Jiuli murmured softly, got up and unbuckled her belt. Her blood-stained clothes slipped off her shoulders, revealing her fair skin covered in scars.
The slightly ferocious crimson blood fell on the porcelain-white skin, like red plum blossoms on snow, adding even more color.
She stepped barefoot into the icy lake water, ripples spreading across the surface. Bloodstains spread from her body, turning the entire lake an ambiguous light red.
Zhong Jiuli seemed oblivious to the pain, calmly washing away the bloodstains from her body.
The two of them smelled too strongly of blood, and she was worried that if they weren't cleaned up in time, they would attract ferocious beasts from the mountains.
Given their current severely injured state, even attracting just a few low-level demonic beasts would be enough to give them a hard time.
Bai also heard the sound of water while half-asleep.
"Ugh, is the toilet leaking again?" Bai muttered as she turned over.
Sunlight streamed through his eyelids, casting a blinding red glow in his eyes. Bai raised his paw to cover his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound of water.
We've discovered... a wild female ghost!
"Awoo!" Bai Ye flipped over and jumped up, ignoring the wounds that had reopened on his body, and assumed a fighting stance, watching the female ghost in the water warily.
A slender black figure stood in the middle of the lake, her wet black hair clung to her snow-white back, and water droplets slowly dripped down her beautifully shaped shoulders and neck.
Beneath the black hair, there were several bloody wounds, which looked both eerie and alluring.
Hearing the noise, the female ghost slowly turned around. As the water rippled, her full curves, which were faintly visible, made Bai's eyes widen involuntarily.
"Zhong Jiuli?"
Bai called her softly, his voice hoarse from blood loss.
His wide, tiger-like eyes unconsciously followed a drop of water sliding down that sexy collarbone, watching it meander its way down, over mountains and valleys...
Zhong Jiuli had no romantic thoughts like Bai Ye's. When she saw the little tiger's wounds bleeding again, her brows furrowed involuntarily.
She raised her hand to tuck her wet, long hair behind her ear and walked step by step toward the shore.
Bai watched as her snow-white body gradually emerged from the water, and the whole tiger panicked, hurriedly turning its back.
"Lie still and don't move." A voice as cool as lake water came from behind.
The sound of splashing water made Bai Ye's round ears twitch slightly, and she could already picture Zhong Jiuli walking through the water in her mind.
"Why did you take off your clothes to take a shower? What if there were other people here?" she muttered softly, not knowing whether she was talking to herself or to Zhong Jiuli.
“The storage ring can’t be opened.” Zhong Jiuli stopped beside her, picked up the clothes that had fallen on the shore, wearing only an inner garment, and then grabbed the blood-stained outer garment to wash it in the lake water.
Upon hearing this, Bai immediately looked inward at her dantian, and upon seeing it, she noticed that her tiger ears were drooping.
The spiritual energy she had left was now completely depleted, and only then did she remember Xiao Lü's warning.
It seems that even after she fell into a coma, the Hundred Beasts Bed continued to consume the remaining spiritual energy in her body until it was completely exhausted, at which point it stopped in this valley.
"It's my fault, I shouldn't have fallen asleep." Bai also felt a little guilty.
Having landed on this mysterious island and exhausted all my spiritual energy, I don't know what dangers I will face next.
Upon hearing this, Zhong Jiuli paused in her washing of clothes. She quickly wrung out the water from the clothes, walked to Bai Ye's side, and scooped the fluffy little thing into her arms.
"Young Master Bai has done a wonderful job," Zhong Jiuli praised her softly. "To be able to snatch someone from a group of old monsters in the Mahayana stage with only Golden Core cultivation is truly remarkable."
As she spoke, she raised her thumb and waved it in front of Bai Ye's eyes, "He is the most outstanding Golden Core cultivator in the Nine Provinces Continent."
"But we're in danger again." Bai buried his head in her neck and mumbled as he recounted what had happened when they fell.
Envelopes were the old ghost Wang, whose fate was unknown, and the immortal sword that she coveted.
After listening, Zhong Jiuli's expression remained unchanged. "It's alright. Let's focus on recovering from our injuries first. We can make other plans after we've healed."
As they spoke, the two returned to the bedside.
Looking at the blood-stained bedding on the bed, Zhong Jiuli tore off the bedding and threw it into the flower bushes.
She bent down and settled Bai Ye on the bed. "You rest well first, I'll go wash the bedding."
Bai also noticed that her undergarment was soaked with blood on her shoulder, and couldn't bring himself to say that he wanted to go together.
She knew that Zhong Jiuli was also very weak, and for the two of them right now, the most important thing was to get some rest.
But these bloodstains had to be cleaned up. Although no ferocious beasts had been spotted yet, they had to deal with this potential threat.
Zhong Jiuli carried the quilt back to the lakeside to wash away the bloodstains. When she returned to the bedside with the wet quilt, she saw the little tiger had fallen into a deep sleep again.
She moved quietly, picked up a few dry branches to build a makeshift clothes rack, hung the wet bedding on it, and then let herself lie down on the bed.
The moment she lay down, Zhong Jiuli let out a barely audible gasp. Exhaustion washed over her like a tidal wave. She only had time to pull the fluffy little tiger into her arms before she fell into a deep sleep.
A canopy bed carved with a hundred beasts stands quietly in a sea of flowers. Sunlight filters through the thin curtains and falls between the beds, casting dappled shadows on the two people.
As time passed, the sun gradually set in the west, and the valley fell into darkness.
Gradually, countless faint lights appeared. The wildflowers covering the mountains and fields were now emitting a faint light, or rather, their stamens were glowing.
Thousands of tiny, firefly-like points of light danced in the air, resembling a flowing galaxy that meandered through the flowers.
Wherever this galaxy passes, fine frost condenses on the surface of all flowers and plants.
On the bed, the two people, who were nestled close together, moved closer and closer.
Zhong Jiuli unconsciously buried her face in the soft downy hair on Bai Ye's neck, absorbing the warmth emanating from her.
The lights in the sea of flowers shone brighter and brighter, while the chill in the air grew increasingly biting.
In a hazy dream, Bai saw himself walking on a snow-covered plain, the biting wind whipping snow across his face, and distant, intermittent calls coming from afar, barely audible.
【Ye Zai, Ye Zai...】The calls, sometimes near, sometimes far, carried a hint of anxiety.
Wake up! Your wife is going to freeze to death if you don't wake up soon.
Wang Cuihua was very anxious. Ever since the strange occurrence of the sun setting, she had been calling out to Bai Ye in her mind.
But Bai was sleeping too soundly. She called for several hours, but the little tiger showed no signs of waking up except for hugging Zhong Jiuli tighter and tighter.
I'll count to three, and if you don't wake up by then, I'll have to use the electric shock!
Xiao Wang hesitated for a long time, but at this moment, she had no other choice, so she released the system current.
"hiss!"
Bai suddenly opened her eyes. Fine electric currents coursed through her body, and the stimulation of the currents caused a dense, tingling pain in her frozen body.
She blinked and slowly asked in her mind, "Why did you shock me?"
"Ye Zai, you're finally awake, waaaah." Xiao Wang sobbed softly.
I thought you were going to turn into an ice sculpture here with Zhong Jiuli.
Upon hearing this, Bai covered his head and struggled to sit up. After taking a nap, the splitting headache he had felt earlier subsided.
She looked around and then noticed the strange thing about the outside world.
The entire valley has been transformed into a world of ice and snow, with the flowers that were so vibrant during the day now encased in thick ice crystals.
Only their beast-carved bed remained unchanged. The auspicious beasts carved on the bed ceiling glowed faintly in the moonlight, blocking out most of the cold air.
Otherwise, the two of them would never have had a chance to wake up.
"No wonder this valley looks so peaceful; so the danger was lurking here," Bai murmured softly.
She had been wondering why she hadn't seen a single strange creature in the valley.
While still asleep, Zhong Jiuli noticed the heat source disappear and unconsciously moved her body closer to Bai.
Bai looked at her frosty eyebrows, raised his paw and covered her forehead, unsurprisingly touching something burning hot.
She hurriedly lifted the mattress on the bed and wrapped it around her, then piled soft pillows behind her back to create a simple barrier against the cold.
After doing all that, Bai Ye's gaze fell on the quilt that was already covered in frost.
"I'm going to gather some dry branches to start a fire. Xiao Wang, you keep an eye on her for me," Bai instructed Xiao Wang, then jumped off the bed.
As soon as Bai stepped onto the ice, she froze on the spot. The biting cold traveled up her claws and straight to the top of her head, making her head buzz.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Ye's feet were frozen to the ice.
"Hiss~ Ha~!" Bai also exhaled a breath of white air in a disheveled state, then fell back onto the Hundred Beasts Bed, finally catching his breath.
She looked at her pale, bloodless paw pads with a lingering sense of shock, and then realized that she had committed another grave mistake.
This is the world of cultivation, not modern society. This kind of bizarre low-temperature environment cannot be measured by common sense.
[Ye Zai, how are you? Are you alright?]
"It's okay, let me catch my breath." Bai rubbed his numb paws, staring intently at the dry branches Zhong Jiuli used to dry the quilts not far from the bed.
She mentally calculated the optimal way to jump off the bed, grab the dry branch, and jump back onto the bed.
Given her current physical condition, she should be able to complete these actions within a single breath, right?
It wasn't that Bai wanted to court death, but Zhong Jiuli already had a fever. Although it was a bit strange for a cultivator to have a fever, since she had hardly ever been sick since she transmigrated.
However, Zhong Jiuli doesn't have a thick coat of fur like hers for warmth, so she's definitely not as resistant to the cold. She needs to get those branches to keep warm so they can get through the night.
"Never mind, I'll risk it all. Xiao Wang, if I freeze, just give me another shock." Bai said, then leaped off the Hundred Beasts Bed.
This time she was prepared and leaped towards the location of the blanket with a clear goal.
A white shadow flashed by, and the moment it landed, a bone-chilling cold swept over it again. Bai felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen into ice crystals at that moment.
Without hesitation, she swung her claws at the ice.
"Bang!"
The full-force blow struck the ice, leaving only a barely noticeable crack. Bai gritted his teeth and swung his claws again.
"Bang bang bang!"
Cracks spread across the ice surface, and Bai's wounds reopened after his actions. Before the blood could even drip, it solidified into beautiful ice crystals, which clattered and tinkled onto the ice, creating a lovely sight.
Bai couldn't even appreciate how beautiful her blood was; the cold had frozen her so much that she couldn't think straight.
She gritted her teeth and pulled out the quilt, which was still soft and damp under the frost, and then picked up the few withered branches.
When she tried to turn around, her body seemed to have lost all sensation.
Bai could only stare wide-eyed, feeling the chill seeping into every nerve in her body.
Fortunately, at this moment, the three-legged golden crow sleeping in the dantian gently flapped its wings.
A wisp of true solar fire traveled along the meridians, dispelling the chill wherever it passed.
Bai seized the opportunity and rolled back onto the bed.
"Whew... I almost froze to death. My brain is completely numb. No, I can't lie down. I have to get up and start a fire, or my wife will freeze to death." Bai patted his forehead, trying to cheer himself up.
She propped herself up and sat up, adjusted the height of her pillow, and then covered it with the damp blanket, hoping it would block out some of the cold.
He deftly set up a tree branch beside the bed and, using the remaining bit of true solar fire within his body, started a fire.
In the flickering firelight, the frost that had formed on Zhong Jiuli's eyebrows gradually melted into water droplets, which slid down her cheeks.
Bai also raised its paw to wipe away the water stains, then pressed its furry body even closer to Zhong Jiuli's neck, its wet nose touching Zhong Jiuli's neck. It could feel the other's cold skin warming up, and it seemed to be getting warmer.
Just as she was thinking about what else she could do, Zhong Jiuli's weak and hoarse voice came from above her head.
"Little Tiger".
"Yes, I'm here," Bai replied immediately. "How are you feeling? You had a fever just now."
Zhong Jiuli pushed the blanket up. "I'm a little hot."
After pushing the blanket off, she reached up to pull at her collar.
Bai quickly pressed her hand down, "Don't move, let me think about what to do if you have a fever."
After thinking for a long time, I realized with some frustration that none of the solutions I knew were applicable at this moment.
【Ye Zai, I just searched online. If there are no medicines available in the wild, you can use physical cooling methods. Apply some ice to Zhong Jiuli's forehead, neck, and armpits to lower his temperature.】
"No way, this ice is so cold, won't it freeze her?" Bai asked doubtfully.
"Then you can use your own paws. Freeze them until they're ice-cold, then stick them on Zhong Jiuli's body. That should cool her down," Xiao Wang suggested, offering a terrible idea.
Upon hearing this, images uncontrollably flashed through Bai's mind.
The cool paw pads pressed against Zhong Jiuli's snow-white skin, their body temperatures mingling, alternating between hot and cold.
"Is it not a good idea to put your armpits under your arms?" Bai was a little embarrassed, because that would mean taking off Zhong Jiuli's clothes.
"It's okay. You're trying to lower her fever, right? Otherwise, what if she gets sick if it drags on? You're on this deserted island with no doctors."
"You're right!" Bai also mustered up her courage to look at Zhong Jiuli, whose cheeks were flushed.
In just a short while, she had loosened her clothes, revealing her beautiful neckline and delicate collarbone. Her sweat-dampened black hair clung to her jade-like skin, rising and falling with her rapid breathing.
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Author's note: [Dog head holding a rose] Here's a little funny story, not to show off our love, just a really funny little story.
Last night, while I was diligently typing away, my girlfriend was talking to me, suggesting we go to the movies this weekend. I actually heard her, and I thought I was responding. [Please][Please][Please]
Then, when the main bot finished typing and went to talk to her, she ignored him. At this point, the main bot still didn't know what had happened.
I kept talking to her, but she ignored me, so I left. A little while later, I found her crying alone, looking really upset. Yes, she was really crying, hahaha! [laughing and crying emojis][laughing and crying emojis]
She said she ignored me when I asked if I wanted to see a movie, and when she came home from work, she didn't talk to me either; she just stayed there typing. I'm dying of laughter! [sprinkling emoji]
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