Chapter 365: Bustling Home

The Sky-Scanning Island Whale is a monster with a very high bloodline level. As long as it reaches adulthood, it can possess the strength of a five-star peak.

Not only that, it also possesses a bloodline spell called 'Swallowing the Sky and Devouring the Earth'. Even the four-star monster's inherent spell 'Law of Heaven and Earth' is stronger than other monsters, much like the legendary Kunpeng.

It can transform into a whale when entering water and fly into the sky to patrol the sky. It is truly a dominant monster.

The number of patrolling island whales is very small, and because the power of their bloodline is too strong, it is difficult for them to reproduce - the difficulty lies in the fact that many patrolling island whales will never encounter their own kind in their entire lives.

So they spend almost their entire lives searching for companions. If they find one, they make love. If they don’t find one, they keep looking…

Search and eat along the way.

And today, this patrolling island whale happened to come over the demon tribe where Ji Ruo's sneakers were.

It was planning to swallow the tribe as usual to replenish its own energy consumption and continue its lonely journey.

The monsters in the tribe felt mixed emotions when they saw this huge creature.

They didn't even think about resisting, because among the demon race, the law of the jungle is the absolute truth.

They usually eat weak, mindless and brutal beasts, but now they are being eaten by a more powerful monster, and there is nothing they can do.

There are no powerful monsters in this small tribe.

And, more importantly—

"Finally, I'm free."

They have been suffering terribly in recent months because of the ravages of that sneaker.

I can't go out hunting, and I can't live a good life. I don't want to live anymore.

At this moment, it is not bad to be killed by a strong man like the Sky Island Whale.

"Woo~"

The Sky Patrolling Whale opened its huge mouth, as if an abyss suddenly opened up, and the terrifying suction force suddenly erupted, and the "Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Earth" was launched.

The demon tribe, which had been ravaged by sneakers for several months, had already been devastated. At this moment, the ruins were constantly floating up under the influence of the terrifying suction and flew towards the whale's mouth.

The little demons in the tribe were in extremely complicated moods. Looking back on their short lives, they suddenly felt a little regretful.

But it's just regret.

With the sneakers, they couldn't escape, and they couldn't resist the patrolling whales.

The ending seems to be certain.

At this moment, the sneaker moved again.

It is still nearly seventeen years away, and it is working very hard to get closer to that timeline.

It will never leave until that timeline is reached.

If it was swallowed by the Sky-patrolling Whale at this moment, it would have to stop traveling through time and space, which means it would not be able to "quickly" return to Ji Ruo's feet.

Its nature does not allow this.

So——

The sneaker turned upside down, with the sole facing upward, and hit the chin of the patrolling island whale hard.

The gaping mouth was unexpectedly forced to close on the spot, and the bloodline spell 'Devouring the Heavens and the Earth' was interrupted.

The severe pain made the patrolling island whale angry.

“Woo!

!”

It activated the blood magic, causing the water vapor in the air to condense, and in an instant it turned into a floating ocean. Then the temperature dropped sharply, and blizzards and rain rolled in, continuously bombarding the sneakers.

Not to be outdone, the sneakers drew out mysterious tracks, stepped on time, and engaged in a battle with the patrolling whales.

The little demons below were all stunned.

“That shoe, is it protecting us?”

Their mood suddenly became more complicated.

He never thought about it. The sneakers just didn't want to leave here. Even if a shoe has special features, it is not an easy thing for it to travel through time and space, spanning seventeen years and returning to Ji Ruo's feet.

The reason why it has been wreaking havoc here is that as it wreaks havoc, the time and space here has become more and more strange, making it easier for it to travel through.

If it changes place, it will have to start all over again, which is too inefficient. It has no wisdom and cannot think. It just wants to get back to Ji Ruo as soon as possible.

“Why should it protect us?”

"Are we all wrong about it? Isn't it an evil shoe?"

"Think about it carefully. Although it is very powerful, it has never really harmed us. Over the past few months, none of our monsters have died."

"Also, my bloodline has become purer because of my fight with it during this period of time!"

"It has been helping us all this time?"

"This……"

The little demons started to think.

The rock bear leader, whose teeth had grown back, suddenly clenched his fists, looked up and shouted, "Sorry! We blamed you wrongly. Thank you for protecting us. Come on! Shoes!"

The little demon next to him: “???”

They were a little confused.

Aren’t you the one who hates this shoe the most?

But they didn't think much about it.

Mainly, now the sneakers, on the surface, do protect them.

Who would want to die when they can live?

So they also started refueling their sneakers.

After a long battle without success, the patrol whales gradually realized that they had faced a tough opponent.

This tribe of people travels all their lives and has a relatively mild temperament. If they can't win in a fight, they simply give up.

Besides, it was obvious that there was no one of their kind here - having a meal would require a fight, so I decided to give up.

So it snorted coldly, turned its huge body around, and planned to leave.

But maybe Sneakers was having too much fun or what, but it wouldn’t let the patrolling whale leave even when it wanted to.

“Woo!

(You are sick!)"

The patrolling island whale got angry again: "Woo! (I'm not going to eat you anymore, what else do you want?)"

The sneakers didn't answer, and they couldn't answer.

However, due to the powerful magic power of the patrolling island whale, the force of time and space around the sneakers became more distorted, enhancing the efficiency of the sneakers in traveling through time and space.

So it didn't want to let the patrolling Tiandao whale go just like that.

This war lasted for a long time. Judging from the timeline, it was about half a year.

At the end of the fight, the Skywatcher whale gave up completely - fighting with a sneaker that could not be destroyed, had no feeling, and would not bleed. Neither side was injured, but it was very annoyed.

He wanted to leave, but his sneakers wouldn't let him, so the Sky Patrol Whale had no choice but to settle down in this demon tribe.

Sneakers also gradually realized that when they were with the Sky-patrolling Whale, under the influence of its magic power, their efficiency in traveling through time and space would be higher.

So, after the battle, the sneakers, carrying the chaotic space and time affected by them, came to the back of the Sky-Surveying Whale.

The little demons naturally followed, because they were originally part of this affected space and time.

The sneakers gradually calmed down, and the Sky Patrol Whale helplessly carried a chaotic space and time, as well as a group of little demons, and embarked on its journey again.

In this way, the island whales were forced to move further and further away on this journey to the future.

As a result, the little demons were protected by the Xuntian Island Whale and lived and worked in peace and contentment on its back.

The patrolling whales also gradually discovered that it was quite nice to have such a group of little demons on their bodies. The demons could chat with them and help them clean themselves...

It's just that one shoe is a bit troublesome, but it's actually okay once you get used to it.

They fully accepted the existence of sneakers, and sneakers also had a new name - shoe demon.

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"Huh? Why is the convenience store gone?"

Ji Ruo brought Liang Shixian to the downstairs of his house and was a little surprised.

The convenience store where Ji Ruo bought a bag of rice in the first chapter had closed down at some point. There were not many pedestrians around, and the walls of the residential buildings were mottled, traces left by the years.

Walking into the residential building, the walls were covered with all kinds of small things and the stairs were covered with thick dust. It looked like no one had lived there for a long time.

"That's strange, has everyone moved away?" Ji Ruo scratched his head.

Rosie wrinkled her nose; the thick dust on the stairs made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Liang Shixian nodded: "I guess so. It looks like no one has lived here for a long time."

Ji Ruo curled her lips and said, "Is it possible that my future self has also moved away? When did you move? Why didn't you inform me?"

Liang Shixian: "...That's a question for your future self."

"Go back and take a look first."

Ji Ruo arrived at the door of his house, took out the rusty key from the crack in the wall, and opened the door.

The house was also filled with dust and spider webs were everywhere.

If you ignore these, everything will remain the same as when you left it last time.

Ji Ruo couldn't help but scan the entire building with his spiritual sense. At this moment, he and Liang Shixian were the only two living people...

"Squad leader, you should prepare yourself mentally." Ji Ruo suddenly said.

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"My house is a little lively..."

Before Liang Shixian could react, Ji Ruo activated the power of incense and used his fingers like swords to lightly tap the center of his own and Liang Shixian's eyebrows.

Suddenly, the room was filled with shadows. Dozens of ghosts were stacked up on top of each other, staring at Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian warily.

“Fuck!”

Liang Shixian cried out in surprise and subconsciously began to activate the body of the Immovable Vajra King.

"Ji Ruo, what's going on?!"

"Yeah, what's going on?" Ji Ruo looked at the ghosts with a frown on his face: "Why are you in my house?"

"What do you mean your home?" a ghost asked in confusion, "This building has been deserted for a long time. The surrounding area is a ghost settlement designated by the Yuncheng government."

Ji Ruo: “???”

A ghost who looked like a middle-aged man spoke up and said, "Young man, you say this is your home, but we have lived here for seven or eight years and have never seen you.

You should leave as soon as possible. The yin energy here is quite strong. It is not good for the health of living people to stay here for too long."

"..." Ji Ruo remained silent, returned to his room, rummaged through the bedside table to find the yellowed property certificate, and took out his ID card from his four-dimensional pocket, saying, "This is really my home."

"?" This time it was the ghosts' turn to be confused.

It’s actually true!

"So, are you going to chase us away?" a young girl ghost asked timidly.

Ji Ruo rubbed his brows and said, "Forget it, you guys can continue to live here. However, why don't you clean up the place? The dust is too thick..."

The ghosts said in unison: "We usually live in the tablets and don't care about these things."

A ghost suddenly said, "Could you please move your feet, landlord? You are stepping on my tablet."

"Ah, sorry, sorry... No, why did you just throw the tablets around randomly!" Ji Ruo scratched his hair, and the doubts he had been having finally burst out: "Shouldn't ghosts live in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?"

"Oh, can ordinary souls live in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner? Young man, you are not a ghost, so you don't know how tight the location of the tomb in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner is. We, the little ghosts of the first and second levels, are not qualified to live in it."

A ghost curled his lips and said, "The Ten Thousand Souls Banner is actually just like that. The effect is not much different from our Soul-Nourishing Wooden Tablet. It's just that the work package is assigned, which makes the souls more envious."

"Yes, yes, it's really hard to find a job nowadays, oh."

“…”

Ji Ruo looked at this group of ghosts who suddenly became depressed and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You guys stay here. I won't chase you away... Squad leader, Rosie, give me a hand. Let's clean up first."

"good."

The ghosts blinked and said, "Do you need help? Although we don't clean, we are still very good at cleaning."

"Yes, yes, one of the most suitable jobs for us ghosts is housekeeping."

"Oh?" Ji Ruo became interested: "Thank you very much."

He also wanted to see how ghosts cleaned.

"Just wait and see."

Suddenly, a cold wind blew up, and shadows were everywhere in the house. Ghosts kept moving around, bringing with them a cold wind that blew up the thick dust in the house.

A ghost brought a plastic bag and controlled the cold wind, causing dust and spider webs to fly into the bag.

They ignore unit volume collisions and can squeeze into even the smallest gaps.

Soon, Ji Ruo's home became brand new.

Ji Ruo was happy. These ghosts were really good at doing housework.

Of course, Ji Ruo did not forget the purpose of his trip.

He found a pair of shoes from the room, but after twenty years, the shoes were already extremely dirty and could not be worn at all without washing.

Ji Ruo summoned his shadow clone and asked him to go to the bathroom to wash shoes, but because he had not paid the water and electricity bills for twenty years, the water and electricity in the house had been cut off long ago.

However, this did not pose a problem for Ji Ruo. He temporarily enhanced his hearing and communicated with the water elements floating in the void, and soon summoned a ball of pure water.

This also made Ji Ruo realize that it was indeed difficult to cast "elemental magic" in Da Xia.

The main thing is that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth seems to have never done anything similar before. They are as unintelligent as elemental forces. Although their energy level is higher, they are more dull.

"So, as long as we can let the spiritual energy know what to do, we can get them to help..." Ji Ruo thought thoughtfully.

"Landlord, what did you say?"

“Nothing.” Ji Ruo shook his head slightly. While his shadow clone was washing his shoes, he sat on the sofa with Luo Xi in his arms and said, “Uncles and aunts, can I ask you something? As you know, I haven’t been back for many years. There are indeed some changes in Da Xia now…”

"Where did you go before?" the ghosts asked curiously.

"I went to guard the border." Ji Ruo explained casually, "There was a small accident. I was trapped in a secret place for twenty years. I finally came back."

"Guarding the border?" The ghosts immediately stood in awe.

With the [Diplomatic Spokesperson] enhancing the appeal of their language, they believed Ji Ruo's words almost immediately.

Afterwards, Ji Ruo gradually learned about Daxia's current situation from the mouths of these ghosts.

The more Liang Shixian listened, the more shocked he became, and it felt like his three perspectives had been overturned.

Ghosts, zombies, incense gods, and even some demons and beasts have all become legal citizens of Daxia.

Among them, ghosts and zombies have become indispensable talents in all walks of life because of their unlimited energy - they can work overtime without limit, so what company wouldn't like them?

There is also the god of incense...which has an even greater role.

Take navigation as an example. If you want to go somewhere in Daxia, you only need to say "Please show me the direction, Beidou Guide Aerospace Master", and a real-time changing road sign arrow will appear in your sight, which is extremely convenient.

The martial arts realm was further optimized by Shangxuanyuan and turned into a means of practicing immortal martial arts.

Daxia, from a nation of warriors, has become a nation of immortals...

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