Chapter 82 Sleeping Together: There's No Third Option! You Must Be With Us...
The wind howled, yellow sand filled the sky, and dark clouds covered the sky.
But to Bai Ye at this moment, none of these things were as suffocating as the scene before him.
She simply couldn't understand how things had suddenly developed to this point.
When did she become so sought-after? How could she not know? That two women would fight tooth and nail over her, refusing to give an inch?
“Actually… I can sleep on the sand.” Bai cautiously shrank back, offering his suggestion, “I’ve been sleeping on the sand these days, I’ve gotten used to it, sleeping on the sand makes me happy.”
"no!"
Their voices rang out simultaneously, perfectly in sync.
Huo Lan and Ye Rugo's gazes collided in the air, sparks flying, before simultaneously landing on Bai Ye. They asked in unison, "There is no third option! You must choose one of us!"
Bai was speechless. She wanted to take back her previous assessment: being easy to get along with and being beautiful inside and out were all illusions.
This woman, like Huo Lan, has a touch of madness in her bones.
Is it because Xizhou belongs to the fire element that the people here are more irritable?
Before Bai Ye could figure it out, the two women, who had just been at odds, seemed to have suddenly reached some kind of understanding. They turned to look at Bai Ye and said in unison, "If you don't choose, you'll sleep together!"
"ah?"
Bai stared at the two women in shock. Suddenly, her arms tightened around them, and the two women lifted her up, half-dragging and half-pulling her into the small tent.
"You sleep in the middle!" Huo Lan exerted force and pushed Bai Ye down onto the bed.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" Bai struggled to sit up.
But neither of them paid any attention to her resistance.
While Huo Lan was holding her down, the young valley master had already squeezed onto the bed, his warm body pressed tightly against Bai Ye's side.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, you should take a break," Ye Rugo said softly, reaching out to wrap her arms around Bai Ye's waist in a very familiar manner, resting her chin on Bai Ye's shoulder. "We'll be setting off for the Sand Spider Nest tomorrow, and it will be difficult to rest then."
Warm breaths brushed past Bai Ye's ears one after another, and she felt that half of her body had lost all feeling.
Bai could only desperately try to convince himself that it was all fake and that he was having a nightmare.
Not to be outdone, Huo Lan squeezed onto the bed and forcefully wrapped her arm around Bai Ye's other waist.
Two hands met above her lower abdomen, their equally fair and slender fingers pushing and shoving each other like kindergarten children fighting over a toy, vying for every inch of space.
Bai was sandwiched between the two women, whose cultivation levels far surpassed hers. In front of these two women, she was no different from a little chick.
It's not that they didn't want to resist, it's that they had absolutely no power to resist.
"Xiao Wang, please help me! What should I do? Did your book say that the female lead was like this from the very first meeting?"
[The book says you and the female lead slept together that very night, and the rest... was all about sex?]
A thought suddenly flashed through Bai Ye's mind, and he realized a possibility.
"Could it be that all those previous encounters were of this kind of indescribable scene?"
Wow, you're so smart, you guessed it right away!
"Why do we need to guess?! Holy crap!!!" Bai was also going crazy. "Xiao Wang, there's definitely something wrong with this crappy script of yours."
"Take your hand away!" Huo Lan said in a low voice, glaring at the other side.
Instead of backing down, Ye Rugo tightened her grip on her arms, saying, "As the team leader, it is my duty to take care of my teammates."
Bai Ye and Xiao Wang's conversation was interrupted by the two women whose fight had escalated. She glanced to her right at the raging, crazed woman Huo Lan, and to her left at Ye Rugo, who was smiling but seemed inexplicably unapproachable.
Well, we can't afford to mess with anyone.
With a determined heart, Bai simply relaxed his body and lay down on the bed, giving the two women who were fighting more space.
"You guys continue, I'm going to sleep now." After she finished speaking, she really closed her eyes.
That's life. If you can't fight it, then just give up.
Anyway, there are three people in bed now. When there are three people, it's safe. That's why they say a triangle is stable.
"Hmph! Fine, let's sleep!" the two women said in unison, and then lay down at the same time.
Bai lay on the bed like a salted fish, her waist was held by someone, and two long legs were placed on either side of her thighs. A rich fragrance emanated from the two of them, filling the tent with their scent.
With two grown-up people lying next to her, she was being held like a pillow, and their strong presence was hard to ignore.
Bai also tried to clear his mind, hypnotizing himself into thinking that he was sleeping in a cold morgue morgue.
The two people on either side were not living people; they were colleagues from the morgue, just two lifeless corpses.
The powerful mental therapy was enough to overcome everything. As the images of the two pale corpses in her mind became clearer, she even shivered involuntarily.
If the two women sleeping next to Bai Ye knew what she was thinking, they would probably jump up and beat her up.
No matter how difficult it was, the long night finally came to an end.
As soon as it was light, Bai opened her bloodshot eyes. The scene she had imagined last night was too vivid and had frightened her.
She tiptoed to her feet, carefully stepped over the sleeping Huolan, and darted out of the tent.
Some people in the camp got up even earlier; the campfire that had been burning all night was still crackling, and a large pot on top was bubbling with hot soup. The rich aroma of meat dispelled the morning mist and filled the entire camp.
The round-faced girl from the Fire Fox team spotted Bai Ye stretching at the tent entrance at a glance and waved enthusiastically, "Fellow Daoist Bai, up so early? Want a bowl of meat soup to warm yourself up?"
"Drink! A big bowl, please!" Bai agreed immediately, ran to the campfire and sat down. Smelling the rich aroma of meat, all his worries were forgotten.
The round-faced girl deftly ladled out a large bowl of thick soup and handed it over. The soup was milky white and steaming hot, filled with snow-white chunks of meat. "Don't worry, it's not fire lizard meat."
She explained with a smile, "It's an eighth-tier sand serpent. We encountered it when we set off yesterday, and the captain personally killed it. Last night before going to bed, she specifically instructed us to make snake soup for Fellow Daoist Bai. We took turns tending the fire all night. Fellow Daoist Bai, please have a taste."
Bai lowered her eyes, gazing at the large bowl of hot soup in her hands. The rising steam blurred her vision.
Something seemed to be stuck in her heart, making her feel uncomfortable. The better Huo Lan treated her, the more she felt like she was becoming a terrible person.
"Xiao Wang, do you think Huo Lan is actually Zhong Jiu Li? If not, what does she like about me?"
[You don't need a reason to like a little tiger; you're just so adorable, and no woman can resist something so fluffy.]
Bai also fell into deep thought, and Jiao Jiao's voice rang out in his mind, "Ye Zai, let me out quickly, I want to drink snake soup too."
She then remembered that she had taken Jiaojiao into her spatial dimension yesterday because she was worried about the danger of quicksand, and then forgot to release her after meeting Huolan.
With a thought, Jiaojiao appeared in Bai Ye's palm. As soon as the little turtle appeared, it eagerly stretched its neck and moved towards the bowl of fragrant snake soup, its little eyes filled with greed.
"Don't worry, Jiaojiao, I'll get you another bowl." The round-faced little girl smiled and took Jiaojiao's hand, took a small bowl, filled it with some meat soup, and skillfully fed her the soup.
It seems that this little girl has fed Jiaojiao quite a bit before.
Seeing Jiao Jiao engrossed in drinking her soup with loud smacking sounds, Bai also lowered her head and took a sip of the soup.
The rich, piping hot broth glides over the tip of your tongue, and the ultimate freshness and aroma spreads throughout your mouth.
She paused slightly as she drank the soup, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes. This soup... it seemed somewhat similar to the fish soup that Zhong Jiuli made.
"You two little rascals, eating alone behind our backs first thing in the morning, huh?" A voice with a lazy laugh came from behind.
Huo Lan walked over and sat down next to Bai Ye quite naturally. The rocky area wasn't very spacious, and after she sat down, her arm was almost touching Bai Ye's. She raised her chin at the round-faced girl and said, "Give me a bowl too."
"Okay, Captain," the round-faced girl replied crisply, quickly ladling out a bowl of soup and handing it over.
Bai didn't say anything, silently lowering his head and drinking his soup.
Ye Rugo, who was a step behind when she left, sat down on the other side of Bai Ye. She also ordered a bowl of soup, holding the large bowl with her slender white fingers, slowly blowing on the steam and sipping it.
As the sun gradually rose higher into the sky, the shadows of the three people sitting side by side were elongated by the morning light. This scene was just like a replica of last night, except that the battlefield had changed from a soft bed to cold rocks.
But the silent struggle and the pervasive tension showed no signs of abating.
Bai also felt a headache coming on. She was thinking to herself that maybe she should just give up on this mission and find a chance to slip away.
By the time everyone finished their soup, the disciples of Burning Sky Valley and the girls of the Fire Fox Squad had already packed up their tents for the night and extinguished the campfire.
Ye Rugo flicked her slender hand, throwing out a spirit boat engraved with fire patterns. Everyone jumped onto the spirit boat and headed towards the Sand Spider Nest.
Bai landed on the deck, gazing at the boundless sea of sand rushing past below. Suddenly, she remembered that she had been trekking through the desert for so long that she had completely forgotten that she actually had a spirit boat.
Jiaojiao, nestled in her arms, craned her neck and asked with a puzzled look, "Yezai, why didn't we take the spirit boat to travel earlier? That way we wouldn't have gotten dizzy from the sun."
Bai's eyes darted around, and it took him a while to organize his thoughts before he mumbled an explanation: "Uh... the spirit boat is too conspicuous. Flying high in the desert sky is too flashy and could easily attract attacks from flying monsters, which would be too dangerous."
Whether it was Bai Ye's bad luck or not, as soon as she finished speaking, the entire spirit boat suddenly shook, tilting at a 45-degree angle, and the people standing on the deck were thrown together.
The spiritual energy shield opened automatically, blocking the sudden appearance of a large, dark flock of sand vultures.
There was a moment of silence on the spirit boat. No one looked at the sand vulture outside that was impacting the protective shield. All eyes were on Bai Ye.
Bai felt a little embarrassed by their stares. She awkwardly tugged at the corners of her mouth and muttered softly, "If I said it was a coincidence, I don't know if you would believe me?"
"It's nothing, just a flock of sand vultures, we can burn them." Ye Rugo's calm voice came from inside the cabin.
"Yes, Young Valley Master," the disciples of Burning Heaven Valley replied in unison. The next instant, a row of jet-black cannons gleaming with spiritual light extended from both sides of the spirit boat.
"Fire!" the disciple in command shouted.
"boom!"
Blazing flames spewed from the cannon muzzle, and the raging fire serpents ignited the entire sky almost instantly, engulfing all the swooping sand vultures.
These sand vultures are fire-type demonic beasts, and ordinary flames are not fatal to them; on the contrary, they arouse their ferocity.
They let out shrill screams, their bodies engulfed in raging flames, crashing even more frantically against the spirit ship's protective shield, like countless meteorites falling from the sky.
Each impact caused the shield to shake violently, sparks to fly, and the scene looked much more terrifying than before, as if the end of the world had arrived.
However, this scene did not last long. A few breaths later, the flames gushing from the cannon barrel stopped, followed by a burst of extremely cold white vapor.
The biting cold air instantly filled the entire sky, and the alternation between extreme cold and extreme heat exceeded the limits that the sand vulture could withstand.
The flames on their bodies suddenly went out, and their feathers, as hard as steel, froze in the low temperature and shattered as they flapped their wings.
Bai watched as the chilling aura spread out, and then the sand vultures in the sky fell one after another like dumplings being dropped into a pot, crashing into the vast sea of sand below.
A crisis has silently dissipated.
"Is this Xizhou?" Bai Ye exclaimed softly. "No wonder it's home to the number one weapon-refining sect in the Nine Provinces. Even its attack methods are more advanced than those of other provinces."
"Shut up, you jinx!" Huo Lan said irritably. She leaned against the cabin door, crossed her arms, and looked at Bai Ye on the deck. "Come inside the cabin and wait. If you attract another group of monsters, I'll throw you overboard and chop you up slowly."
"Oh," Bai responded softly, but instead of walking towards the cabin, he plopped down on the deck.
There were many people on the deck, and the presence of many people made her feel safe.
She really didn't want to go in and be alone with those two; the atmosphere of a threesome was just too strange.
Fortunately, Huo Lan and Ye Rugo did not force her to enter the cabin, as long as she was on the spirit boat and did not run away.
During the rest of the voyage, the spirit boat flew over the desert for several days, and Bai spent those days sitting on the deck, helping to defend against the monsters that attacked them.
He spent the rest of his time cultivating, silently circulating the sun star in his dantian, striving to ignite the stars within his body.
Although she was unwilling to cultivate with Huo Lan, it was undeniable that being with Taiyin Star made it seem as if the star power would attract each other, and a continuous stream of Taiyin power would flow into her body, making her cultivation speed several times faster than when she was alone.
Only during the intervals between breathing exercises would she feel a slight sense of disorientation. Why did she occasionally sense the aura of Yin energy emanating from Ye Rugo?
She can't figure this out yet.
......
Several days later, the destination was finally reached.
The spirit boat slowly descended and hovered at the edge of a canyon.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, stop cultivating. We've reached the Sand Spider Nest." Ye Rugo's voice woke Bai from his cultivation.
Bai opened his eyes and saw Ye Rugo and Huo Lan standing side by side at the bow of the ship. The two stood straight with their hands behind their backs, their clothes fluttering in the wind, looking incredibly handsome.
Behind them, the girls from Burning Sky Valley and the Fire Fox Squad stood ramrod straight, like swords already drawn from their sheaths.
Looking at this scene, Bai also compared it in her mind. She was, after all, the young clan leader, so why was there no one behind her?
Oh, no, she has someone else: a turtle that's always thinking about food, and a silly little girl.
Compared to this, T is better off not being compared at all; it lost too badly.
Bai also composed himself, patted his bottom, stood up, walked to the bow of the ship, and looked down alongside them.
Below was an extremely terrifying chasm, a jagged crack stretching across the entire land, as if someone had cleaved its head open with a sword.
The deep crevice was pitch black, and the opening was covered with white spider silk. Some of the silk swayed in the wind, some hung on the rock face, and many huge spider webs were laid out in layers, waiting for prey to walk right into them.
"Are we going to have to go into the canyon?" Bai swallowed and asked Ye Rugo.
"Hmm." Ye Rugo nodded slightly, her gaze fixed on the rift below. "The sand spiders reproduce extremely quickly. This rift stretches for tens of thousands of miles and has long been completely filled by them. In previous years, every team that came to clear it out has returned empty-handed."
"Then why did you come?" Although she didn't want to go to the insect's nest, it wasn't because she was afraid of the insects; her fear was only a little bit.
More than anything, it's because this place is a bit scary.
This terrain is clearly advantageous to the sand spiders' movements but disadvantageous to cultivators. Once they step into it, they will be attacked from both sides, which is why it is difficult to clear them out.
Ye Rugo turned her head to look at her, her lips slightly raised, her eyes full of confidence, "It didn't work before because I wasn't here. Now that I'm here, it will naturally work."
"Fellow Daoist Bai, don't be afraid, your sisters will protect you." Huo Lan giggled, and she and Ye Rugo each took Bai Ye's arm on either side, and together they leaped into the air.
"Ahhh!" Bai Ye's scream came from the wind.
The three of them plummeted at high speed towards the bottomless chasm in free fall.
"Where are they? Aren't they coming?" Bai Ye couldn't resist dragging the others into the mess.
"They've set up a massive blockade around the perimeter. Now that I'm here, I'll naturally eliminate this scourge completely, not even letting a single sand spider escape," Ye Rugo's voice drifted on the wind.
"Don't jump like that! I can fly!" Bai shouted, trying to break free from their grasp.
"Don't use your spiritual power," Huo Lan whispered in her ear. "Let's dive deeper into the nest and find out what's going on."
The wind howled, and the three of them followed a gap in the sparse spider web and fell into the rift valley.
After falling hundreds of meters, darkness enveloped the three of them, and the sliver of sky above them shrank into a tiny ray of light.
Although the overhead light disappeared, other faint light sources appeared before their eyes.
Bai also looked at the faint light shining on both sides of the rock wall, like fireflies in slumber. It was not very bright, but it was densely embedded on the rock wall, like a fluorescent ocean.
"What are those? Could they be their eggs?" Bai asked in a low voice, pointing at the glowing particles.
"So clever," Huo Lan chuckled in her ear. "It's a pity there's no reward."
Bai rolled his eyes silently, looking down at the endless descent; the depth of the chasm was far beyond his imagination.
She wondered if, as they continued to fall, they would embark on a wondrous adventure to the center of the earth.
A few breaths later, the three of them suddenly stopped, as a gentle force supported them, reducing the momentum of their fall. They landed slowly and silently.
Bai looked up, but the sky above had long since disappeared.
“Sand spiders mainly rely on spiritual energy fluctuations to catch prey. As long as we don’t use spiritual energy, in their eyes we are no different from stones.” Huo Lan’s voice was very low.
"But they are extremely sensitive to sound, so try not to make too much noise," Ye Rugo added.
After she finished speaking, she took the first step forward, her foot landing silently.
The surrounding darkness did not hinder them; all three could clearly see the scene deep within the rift valley. As far as the eye could see, the surrounding rock walls were covered with countless spider eggs.
Bai also felt a chill run down his spine. The entire rift valley seemed to be filled with spider eggs. This level of density might be enough to kill someone with trypophobia on the spot.
Although it wasn't that serious for her, she still felt goosebumps all over her body.
"Are you scared?" Huo Lan immediately noticed her stiffness and reached out to grasp Bai Ye's slightly cool hand.
Bai shook his head. "I'm not scared, I just don't really like places with lots of bugs."
"Don't be afraid, little one." Jiao Jiao nuzzled her with her little head. "Jiao Jiao will help you eat them all."
For Long Jiaojiao, who isn't picky about food at all, there's nothing she can't eat; she eats wherever she goes. To her, these spider eggs scattered all over the ground are no different than entering a buffet restaurant.
"Stop fooling around, you can't eat it yet." Bai also held down Jiao Jiao, who was itching to eat.
“Yes, we can’t alert them now.” Huo Lan lowered her voice and agreed, her tone full of affection. “Silly Jiaojiao, we need to find out where the Spider King is hiding the deepest before we can safely and boldly deal with these ghostly things.”
Bai also glanced at Huo Lan; sometimes, this woman's tone of voice was very similar to Zhong Jiuli's.
"Stop whispering behind me, hurry up and keep up." Ye Rugo's voice came from ahead. She had been standing still for a while, while the two people behind her kept whispering to each other.
The two hurried to catch up, and the once straight passage ahead split into two. The two paths looked no different, equally deep and narrow.
Huo Lan and Ye Rugo's gazes both fell on Bai Ye.
"You choose," they both said in unison.
"Why should I choose?" Bai looked at them in confusion.
Huo Lan thought to herself: Of course it's because you, you stinky tiger, have incredible luck. Being with you always means I'll stumble upon great opportunities in the shortest way.
Ye Rugo smiled and said with exceptional sincerity, "I see that Fellow Daoist Bai has an extraordinary appearance, blessed with good fortune, and is a person with great luck. The path you have chosen should be easier to walk."
"I have a feeling you guys are conspiring to trick me." Bai muttered to himself, his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two bottomless passages several times before finally pointing to the left. "This one will do."
The three stepped into the left passage and continued to proceed cautiously deeper into the passage.
After walking for about several dozen miles, the surroundings were no longer silent. The air was filled with the rustling sounds of crawling, and more and more sand spiders appeared on the rock walls on both sides and on the spider webs hanging overhead.
They had to use rock walls and other objects to avoid the patrolling sand spiders, making their journey increasingly difficult.
"Did I make the wrong choice? Should we turn back?" Bai suggested in a low voice. "There are too many spiders on this path. Shall we try another one?"
Ye Rugo shook her head and said, "No, Fellow Daoist Bai, you chose the right path. The fact that this path is so heavily guarded is precisely because we are heading towards the Spider King's lair."
“But the road ahead is blocked by sand spiders, we can’t dive through, can we?” Bai said.
Upon hearing this, Huo Lan smiled smugly, "Then let's attack. I've already sensed the Spider Queen's aura."
Before she finished speaking, her hands were already on the hilt of the knife.
The moment the sword was drawn, its clang echoed far and wide through the deep valley.
The cross-shaped blade of light illuminated the dark valley like the dawn, and also the dense sand spiders and the layers upon layers of spider webs around it.
The blade's edge slashed into the spider swarm with unparalleled force.
The sounds of "splattering" were incessant as nearly a hundred sand spiders were severed in two by the blade's edge.
Like a hot knife cutting into butter, the sand spider's hard shell is like paper in front of the blade, offering no protection whatsoever.
The emerald green liquid splashed down, making a sizzling sound the moment it hit the ground, and white smoke billowed out. Clearly, the blood of these sand spiders contained potent poison.
Huo Lan sheathed her sword, turned around, and looked at Bai Ye. Her eyes were bright as stars, her eyebrows were raised freely, and her eyes were full of unrestrained joy. "Sister, lead the way, you all follow!"
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Author's Note: [Hugs][Hugs][Hugs] Happy Qixi Festival, everyone! Are you all busy dating your girlfriends today?
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