Time flies like an arrow.
Life outside the cave proceeded smoothly day by day, while three months quietly passed inside the cave...
In mid-October of the 4976th year of the Xuanli era.
It has been exactly four months since Shen Yunhao went missing.
At the bottom of the abyss, Shen Yunhao sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. A light blue bead floated quietly above his head, emitting a soft blue light that spread outwards like ripples on water, eventually flowing back into Shen Yunhao's crown chakra.
From the outside, Shen Yunhao's body radiated a bronze glow, as if covered by a layer of bronze armor, completely protecting him.
Dark golden patterns also appeared on his skin, winding and complex.
Those light patterns were not static. As Shen Yunhao absorbed the water vapor emanating from the Vast Ocean Heart above his head, those light patterns were gradually perfected and spread to his entire body's skin.
At a certain moment, the light patterns finally covered his entire body, and Shen Yunhao suddenly opened his eyes!
"ah!"
As if boundless strength had accumulated within him, he stood up and roared!
With this strange roar, the bronze luster on its surface became even more pronounced, and the dark golden light patterns gradually seeped into Shen Yunhao's body, becoming a part of him!
"I fucking succeeded... Holy crap!"
Before his excited words could finish, a huge dragon tail suddenly swept across, knocking the imposing Shen Yunhao to the ground.
"Why are you yelling so loudly in the middle of the night... Don't you want the dragon to sleep...?"
Shen Yunhao was a little stunned by the sudden tail whip. When he looked up, he saw the dazed little white dragon glaring at him with unfriendly eyes. He immediately ran up to him and said with a dry laugh, "Sorry, sorry, I disturbed my dear sister Li'er's rest!"
As she spoke, she raised her hand and gently stroked the fine scales on the little white dragon's neck, as if to comfort it.
Zhuli narrowed her eyes, revealing an unabashedly contented expression. She wagged her tail leisurely and hummed, "You sit there for half a month without acknowledging anyone, and then disturb everyone's sleep as soon as you wake up. You're deliberately trying to annoy your sister, aren't you..."
"No, no... I just got a little too excited after breaking through..."
Shen Yunhao chuckled twice, then sat down against the white dragon's neck, its soft, pale purple fur, and lay back comfortably inside, asking, "How have you been these past two weeks, Sister Li'er?"
Zhu Li's tone was somewhat languid: "Isn't it just as boring..."
After this commotion, the little white dragon also lost its sleepiness. As usual, it curled its tail and snuggled into Shen Yunhao's arms, using the downy fur at the end of its tail to keep him warm.
With autumn halfway over, the temperature below the abyss was getting lower and lower. Even with his body enhanced by spiritual energy, Shen Yunhao was finding it hard to withstand the chill of the night.
So, in his spare time from cultivation, he would try to stay close to Zhuli and "huddle together for warmth".
Although he knew that sticking together was real, the warmth he sought was one-sided.
For Sister Li'er, whose body is made of white dragon, this bit of cold is nothing.
After spending so much time together, Zhu Li no longer shied away from being close to him, and the way one person and one dragon got along was naturally much more casual than that of one man and one woman.
However, Zhu forgot today that Shen Yunhao had already broken through to the Bronze Skin Realm, and his physical attributes had increased exponentially. This frigid climate could hardly affect him anymore.
Shen Yunhao smiled and asked, "Sister Li'er didn't sneak out to play?"
"..." Little White Dragon pursed his lips, his expression somewhat helpless: "Why could you guess these things even though you were clearly in meditation and seclusion... Did Egg Boy tell on you again?"
"Oh! Sister Li'er, please don't falsely accuse him... That little fool, I've been teaching him for so long and he still can't speak, he can only babble, I'm afraid only Sister Li'er can understand what he means..."
"Do you think everyone is as naturally gifted as you human children? It's difficult for demons to be born intelligent, difficult to transform into human form, and even more difficult to cultivate, especially for wild demons like Egg Boy who have no background or identity. It's a gift from God that he's been able to cultivate to this level. How can you humans be so lucky..."
Shen Yunhao agreed with Zhu Li's words and nodded, saying, "When Sister Li'er leaves here, take Danzi with her too, so that the little guy can have a home..."
After spending four months together, Shen Yunhao had indeed developed a deep affection for this adorable little clam spirit.
Moreover, he could always see the shadow of a certain fat cat in Egg Boy.
"I wonder how Milk Tea is doing now. No one feeds her dried fish anymore. Has she left the Shen family already..."
Zhu Li had heard about Milk Tea from Shen Yunhao, and had also been quite curious about this fat cat that had been with Shen Yunhao for eight years.
"If you want to see it, you can go back and take a look anytime..."
"..."
As soon as Zhuli finished speaking, the atmosphere became slightly tense.
Go back anytime...
In addition, he admitted to sneaking out before.
All of this indicates that... the White Dragon's injuries have fully healed, and he is now able to return to the North Sea...
Now that Shen Yunhao has broken through to the Bronze Skin Realm, it means that he has fully absorbed the power of the water element, so there is no longer any excuse to let Sister Li'er stay here...
The time for the two to part ways finally came.
After a long silence, Zhu Li sighed, "Yun Hao, do you really not want to come with me? I'm a little... reluctant to leave you..."
Shen Yunhao opened his mouth, then slowly closed it again, without saying a word.
This was the most straightforward thing Zhuli had ever said in a long time, putting aside all reasons and excuses.
She simply didn't want to be separated from him and wanted to take him home with her...
Suppressing a surge of inexplicable emotion, Shen Yunhao chuckled dryly, "It's not like we're about to die, Sister Li'er, why do you make it sound like I'm about to die..."
"Stop being so sarcastic..."
The little white dragon glared at him, but couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Shen Yunhao ultimately rejected her...
Of course, only Zhu Li herself knew that once Shen Yunhao returned to the Shen family and met Ning Yuyao, his future life might be taken over by another girl...
She had always regarded Shen Yunhao as her younger brother, but the thought of this situation still made her feel inexplicably sad, as if her precious little toy had been snatched away.
I don't know where this strange feeling comes from. Maybe a sister in the mortal realm feels the same way when she sees her brother getting married...
"I'm not just being cheeky..." Shen Yunhao turned his head and stroked a delicate little horn on the dragon's head: "Sister Li'er promised to take me to see the North Sea, I can't break my promise!"
Although both are trips to Beihai, the meanings are completely different.
"And since Sister Li'er has nothing to do in the future, she can often come to Linyuan City to play chess with me..." Shen Yunhao smiled amusedly, "If I remember correctly, Sister Li'er has never beaten me even once..."
At this point, Little White Dragon couldn't help but grit his teeth.
"You bastard, although I may not be able to beat you, Beihai has plenty of talented people out there. I'll find someone who can deal with you sooner or later!"
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