The little fellow seemed startled, hastily pulling back its head and cowering. Oh, mother! This human is terrifying! Beast King, it's all for you! Whimper, whimper.
"I didn't realize you'd become so fond of bullying the weak," a mocking voice echoed in the Sea of Consciousness. Jin Bao'er finally released her grip, her expression laced with helplessness.
"Senior, you have no idea! When I first captured this little thing, how many times did she trick me! Dropped me into a snake's nest, had me pick poisonous herbs, and chased by seven Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts… it was all this little one's doing!"
Recalling the past, after half a year of tempering in the outside world, she had finally reached the late Golden Core stage. However, progress had stalled for a long time. She decided to return to the Seven Desolations Forest to continue training her body and speed. For some reason, the Beast King, Tian Shu, had retreated into its lair shortly after their return and refused to come out!
One day, she suddenly threw out this little creature, claiming it was for training. Don't be fooled by its small size; its cultivation was firmly in the Nascent Soul stage. While not a fighter, its escape speed was terrifyingly fast! It tormented her for a full three months!
During this time, Long Li Star continued to slumber after absorbing the power, showing no reaction at all.
"Oh?"
He was well aware of Jin Bao'er's crazy cultivation. Cultivating both body and technique was no mere saying! Her current speed and strength were on par with Nascent Soul stage cultivators, yet this little thing could still torment her so in terms of speed…
"I remember you said the time was almost up, didn't you?"
At these words, the lightness on Jin Bao'er's face vanished, replaced by seriousness and solemnity.
"Yes! There's only one month left…"
In this life, her interactions with Su Xianzhi had become increasingly rare! She wondered if everything would unfold as it had before…
"I'm going into seclusion! If you're bored, Senior, feel free to wander around. I've already opened the restrictions on the immortal mansion."
Long Li Star was stunned! Bored? He had been sealed in this cramped space for who knew how many years, drifting in and out of consciousness. Even upon waking, he couldn't leave the immortal mansion's secret realm. Over time, he had almost forgotten what sunlight looked like…
This was the first time since waking that he had heard this little girl express concern about his boredom! For some reason, he felt a strange stirring within him, though he couldn't quite articulate it.
Not receiving a response, Jin Bao'er was accustomed to it!
In the following days, the Seven Desolations Forest returned to its former tranquility, much to the excitement of all the demonic beasts!
Only in a cave deep within the forest, a large white tiger lay listlessly, completely lacking spirit.
Before long, a small brown figure zipped by, stopping in front of the white tiger in the blink of an eye. It let out an exaggerated squeak, squeak, squeak!
"Your Majesty! You must be my champion! That human woman is utterly shameless! She's a woman of her word, and she bullied me! Sob, sob, sob!"
As the little creature spoke, it made strange, exaggerated gestures, as if it wished to beat the person to a pulp.
After a while, it noticed its Beast King was completely unresponsive and blinked in confusion.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
The white tiger turned its head, its eyes clearly displaying a mix of struggle and self-pity. Looking at the little creature before it, its tiger body flopped down, and it sighed.
"Alas… you wouldn't understand! I am a dignified Beast King! Who knows what possessed me back then, to transform into a white cat and follow her, only to have my identity revealed… How would that sound if it got out! It would seem like I was throwing myself at her!"
The little demonic beast stroked its tail and looked up in confusion: Wasn't that the case?
Back then, it had even made it grow to an enormous, ugly size just to stage a scene to have an excuse to let that human take it in. Who knew that the human wouldn't fall for it and directly refused, and its own Beast King shamelessly went after her. Thinking about it, it still felt shocked!
With that thought, the little creature reached out its small hand to comfort the giant white tiger by patting its… fingernail cap! (It couldn't reach anything else!)
"Your Majesty, from what I see, that human quite likes you too! In the three months I spent with her, I often heard her mention you."
I'm sorry… forgive Beastie for lying!!
Hearing this, the white tiger's ears perked up instantly. It glanced sideways, its lips unable to resist curling into a smug smile, its face filled with suppressed joy.
"Really? She mentioned me?"
The little demonic beast nodded its head with sudden seriousness and sincerity!
I'm sorry! Beastie is lying again!!
After receiving confirmation, the white tiger stood up abruptly, speaking as it strode eagerly towards the outside.
"Alright, considering her initiative, I'll reluctantly go and see her!"
As it spoke, in the blink of an eye, its massive body had already reached the cave entrance…
The little demonic beast's face darkened. Could that female human know some kind of sorcery that bewitched beast hearts? Why had its own Beast King become so… what was the word? It had forgotten!
"Hey, Your Majesty, wait! She's gone into seclusion and hasn't come out yet!"
As soon as it spoke, the white shadow at the entrance had already vanished…
One month later, at noon!
The originally bright sunlight was suddenly obscured by dark clouds, casting a gloomy pall over the entire sky. A fierce wind descended abruptly, causing the surrounding trees to sway wildly…
"Boom!!"
With a thunderous roar, the demonic beasts in the forest scattered in terror. Some high-level demonic beasts swiftly grabbed their young and fled home, while low-level demonic beasts sought shelter under large trees. The little demonic beasts ran desperately, only to eventually hide in corners, trembling…
In an instant, centered around a certain cave, the surrounding spiritual energy surged wildly towards it. In about two minutes, the spiritual energy in the heart of the forest was condensed into a single point, but it wasn't over yet! Faintly, the spiritual energy of the entire forest began to converge towards the center…
Inside the cave, countless glowing white dots surrounded the young girl, seemingly wanting to enter her dantian, but she refused them.
The intense spiritual energy awakened someone who was slumbering, and also caused a certain little chick to drool and fly out directly. Seeing the spiritual energy within reach, it was ecstatic, devouring it one by one!
However, before it could eat many, it was yanked back by a certain dragon…
"Glutton! Can't you see that's for your master to use when she advances later? If you eat it all, what will she use to repair her body and advance?"
The little chick fell to the ground with a thump. Before it could complain, it heard these words and finally realized its mistake, its face filled with regret.
"Jiji jiji…"
I was wrong…
Long Li Star didn't have time to bother with it. Its gaze was fixed on Jin Bao'er, a hint of worry in its eyes that it hadn't even noticed itself.
Jin Bao'er had inner demons; he had always known this, which was why he hadn't agreed with her advancing so quickly. But that stubborn girl insisted on cultivating desperately to become stronger, leading to her advancing to Nascent Soul so soon…
Unlike her Golden Core advancement, when she had the protection of a defensive formation! Now, to advance to Nascent Soul, she had to endure heavenly lightning tribulation! The defensive formation couldn't block that!
Once struck by heavenly lightning, if her willpower wasn't firm enough, she might release her inner demons and be devoured on the spot, becoming a mere killing monster!