"Has my cultivation level increased?" Jin Lin murmured softly.
"It's definitely the result of your persistent efforts to leap over the dragon gate. Although you haven't been able to leap over it yet, this persistence and hard work have brought you unexpected gains. This is the result of your own efforts." Bai Hao nodded affirmatively.
"So, you really didn't lie to me?" Jin Lin looked at Bai Hao.
Back when she was just a little fish, innocent and naive, Bai Hao pulled her out of a nearly dried-up river and put her here.
She still remembered what Bai Hao had told her: "Little fish, grow up quickly. Do you see the waterfall up here? Actually, the top one is the Dragon Gate. Once you cross the Dragon Gate, you will become a real dragon. Otherwise, you will be eaten."
These words left an indelible mark on her young mind at the time.
Therefore, she has been "leaping over the dragon gate" for ten years, hoping that one day she can cross the dragon gate and become a true dragon that can soar through the heavens and earth.
Ten years have passed, and she has only gone from being able to jump three inches off the water to being able to jump ten feet high.
This is already a great step forward, but the Dragon Gate at the top of the waterfall still seems a long way off.
That's why she said Bai Hao was a liar.
But now, it seems Bai Hao isn't completely lying to her after all...
"How could I possibly lie to you? I'm an honest man."
Bai Hao squatted down by the pool, patted Jinlin's little head, and said gently, "You have to believe in yourself. As long as you persevere, you will definitely be able to cross the Dragon Gate one day."
"Really?" Jin Lin looked at him.
"real!"
"Okay, I believe you." Jinlin swam around a few times in a cheerful tone.
Having temporarily dealt with Jin Lin, Bai Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief—of course, he had made up the story that "there is a Dragon Gate above the waterfall."
He's never been up there, how could he possibly know if there's a Dragon Gate up there? He was just saying it offhand back then.
Who knew that this naive little fish would actually believe it?
Actually, he originally intended to bring her back, raise her until she grew up, and then eat her. But after seeing her "leap over the dragon gate" day after day, he couldn't bear to eat her anymore.
I couldn't bear to do it, and before I knew it, ten years had passed.
Time really flies.
After a moment of reflection, Bai Hao remembered that he had important business to attend to.
"Xiao Jin, I want to set up a small world here... Do you know what a small world is?" Bai Hao thought for a moment and asked.
Now that Jinlin can talk—and her voice is surprisingly pleasant, soft and sweet—if you ignore the fact that she's a fish, her words can be quite soothing.
"What is a small world?" Jin Lin asked blankly as he stopped swimming on the water.
In her little head, there was only the thought of "leaping over the dragon gate"; she didn't understand anything else.
"If you don't know, that's fine. Just remember, if anyone else comes in the future, don't let them go into this pool without my permission," Bai Hao said.
He wanted to set up the blessed land on the back mountain, and the entrance would be in this pool.
Calmly, although he claimed to have arranged it, he simply used his mind to instruct the system to do so.
This kind of technical stuff should be handled by someone with the expertise; he doesn't know how to install a miniature world.
"Oh, so does that mean even your sect leader can't let her come down?" Jin Lin asked innocently.
Su Yuewan had been here twice. Once, Bai Hao came with her to see the scenery, and the other time, Bai Hao was caught taking a bath here.
Although it was only twice, it was enough for Jinlin to remember.
Because in all this time, only Bai Hao and Su Yuewan have been here.
So she couldn't help but remember it even if she wanted to.
But this problem stumped Bai Hao.
Whether or not to let Su Yuewan in... that is the question.
But he quickly came to the answer—Su Yuewan could not possibly have come here alone, let alone taken a bath in this pool.
Therefore, she would not discover the entrance to the blessed land.
"Don't worry about her, she probably won't come here. As for other strangers, just don't let them come down," Bai Hao said.
Others are fine; most people wouldn't sense the existence of this blessed land even if they went down into the pool. Only those with strong enough cultivation could sense a hint of it, but they couldn't enter without Bai Hao's permission.
"Oh." Jin Lin had no problem with it; she believed whatever Bai Hao said.
The system had already set up the blessed land underwater. Bai Hao took a deep breath and, relying on his connection with the underwater blessed land, jumped in without taking off his clothes.
"Thump!"
The water splashed high into the air as Bai Hao jumped in, but as the ripples on the surface gradually subsided, there was no sign of him at the bottom of the pool.
Jin Lin was immediately startled.
"Hey, where is he? He's disappeared!"
...
A blessed place.
As Bai Hao jumped into the pool, he felt the water pressure pressing down on him from all sides. Then, he suddenly felt himself relax, and the sound of the water around him disappeared instantly. He was now standing in front of a small hill.
The scene before me is one of mountains and water, shrouded in mist, with cranes occasionally flying in formation through the forest, birdsong echoing through the valleys—a veritable paradise on earth.
"Is this the blessed land? It feels quite nice."
This place is simply a paradise, but it seems to be a bit small, consisting of only this one mountain, surrounded by a hazy mist that makes it impossible to see through or understand.
The clouds and mist gave Bai Hao the feeling of a boundary, an insurmountable boundary.
"It seems this blessed land isn't very large, but it's certainly good for cultivation." Bai Hao examined it carefully and was generally quite satisfied.
Moreover, the spiritual energy here is extremely rich. Even he can clearly feel it. Just standing here without doing anything makes him feel full of energy and invigorated.
"System, are you sure I can use the spiritual energy here for cultivation?"
Bai Hao confirmed it one more time.
Yes. As long as the host or their clone meditates here, they can automatically absorb the spiritual energy here and convert it into true energy, thereby improving their cultivation level.
The system said.
"You can create a clone too?" Bai Hao was taken aback.
He seems to have some techniques related to creating clones, but because he hadn't been able to cultivate them before, all those various cultivation methods and martial arts techniques had been left aside to rot.
But now that we can cultivate here, we might as well learn the clone technique.
He can leave his clone here to cultivate, while he himself can become stronger without doing anything outside.
This feels so good!
But for now, I should just focus on my own cultivation...
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