After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 85 - Exploration

Chapter 85: Exploration

Back in the room.

The white snake around Jiang Huai’s neck slid down, wriggled onto the bed, and curled up under the covers. A flash of light passed, and the white snake transformed back into Bai Li’s form, but she was too lazy to get dressed again. Her body was tightly wrapped in the blanket, with only her little head exposed.

“That Yin Lingsu is at the Void Refining stage. It’s not good to make a move here. Once we’re in the secret realm, we can step on Ji Qingchen’s head. If we don’t meet him in the secret realm, then we’ll step on him after we come out,” Jiang Huai said softly to the girl on the bed, but Bai Li buried her face even lower.

“It’s my grudge with him. You don’t have to take it so seriously.”

“What kind of talk is that? Isn’t your business my business?”

“I’m afraid you’ll get into trouble.”

“That’s where you’re wrong. My master, Chu Xianning, is an eighth realm Mahayana cultivator. The entire Moon Wheel Sect has only one seventh realm complete cultivator. My master alone is enough to step on their entire sect. And then there’s my mother-in-law, a mid-eighth realm cultivator and sect master of Qingxuan Sect. When it comes to background, there aren’t many in the Eastern Region who can compare with me.”

“It’s not trouble you caused… Your master also has concerns…”

“When did you become so fussy?”

Jiang Huai blinked at Bai Li, who looked up at him, “I heard a lot of people say in the Demon Fire Secret Realm… that you’ve already lost your cultivation, and from now on, your sect and your master don’t want you anymore.”

Jiang Huai smiled helplessly, “How could that be? My master is very fond of me.”

“That’s good.”

Bai Li’s expression relaxed a bit, and she turned over, lying on the bed and muttering softly, “The wound still hurts a bit. Take a look at it for me.”

Jiang Huai came to the side of the bed, lifted the blanket, and saw that the wound on the girl’s smooth and slender back was mostly healed. He touched the spot where the wound was healing with his fingertip.

“Does it hurt or itch?”

“Both.”

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“Then you need more medicine.”

Jiang Huai took out the medicine he had prepared earlier and gently applied it to the girl’s smooth back. Bai Li squinted slightly, feeling the cool medicine gradually warm up under Jiang Huai’s massaging fingers. Her body became much more comfortable as if soaking in warm water.

She had been on the run, carrying Jiang Huai’s spirit sword and living in fear. Seeing him again, she suddenly felt very at ease.

After Jiang Huai finished applying the medicine, Bai Li’s legs began to sway gently, and the blanket was kicked high, so much so that Jiang Huai could see her butt as he looked down along her waistline. She turned her face to look at Jiang Huai.

“Come up and sleep for a while.”

“I still have some things to take care of.”

Jiang Huai sat down on a chair and took out the ten Fire Blast Talismans he had bought earlier, some spiritual liquid for drawing talismans, and a special brush for drawing talismans. He dipped the brush in the spiritual liquid and began to modify the Fire Blast Talismans. After a while, he had turned the ten Fire Blast Talismans into Fire Dragon Talismans, doubling their lethality and doubling their firing speed.

In this world, talismans and array plates follow established rules, modified by the ten realm immortals who have ascended in the past. What Jiang Huai was doing seemed more like adding something of his own to the world’s laws. His alchemy array was also based on his understanding of the laws.

After modifying the talismans, Jiang Huai carefully stored the ten Fire Dragon Talismans. When he looked back, Bai Li was lying on the bed, staring at him unblinkingly.

“Put on your clothes.”

“You’re the one who’s being fussy,” Bai Li laughed, got out of bed, and began to dress.

Once she was fully dressed, Jiang Huai lay down in bed, and Bai Li, now in human form, was warm and not as cold as her true form. The bed was already warm, and Bai Li snuggled up to him, wrapping her arms around his waist. Jiang Huai looked down at the charming girl in his arms, who had already closed her eyes and fallen asleep.

Jiang Huai glanced at his system’s to-do list. The previous task was:

【As the direct disciple of Chu Xianning and the only son-in-law of Luo Yueguan, how can you tolerate someone insulting your little pet? Crush Ji Qingchen to dust, leaving nothing but ashes.】

【Reward: low-grade experience scroll*5, points*500.】

Below this task was another newly issued one:

【Bai Li has the bloodline of the serpent race and contains a trace of the ancient serpent ancestor’s power of transformation within her. Obtaining her primordial yin will allow you to master some of the divine powers of transformation. Bai Li has come to rely on you after spending years together. The serpent race cannot resist the allure of the serpent charm flower. Add the spice made from the serpent charm flower to the grilled fish you make for her next time, and when her desire burns, relieve her of it.】

【She has three good qualities: soft, delicate, and easy to push over. For the naughty serpent that likes to scare you by returning to her true form, you should firmly discipline her so that she can’t leave you in the future.】

【Reward: advanced experience scroll*1, points*100000.】

Jiang Huai sighed lightly, what kind of perverse tasks were these?

The girl in his sight, apart from her unusual tongue, wasn’t much different from the human race. In their many interactions, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Jiang Huai had seen her body several times, and it was clear that he had never had any strange thoughts.

This dog system plays tricks every day.

Her injuries were not yet fully healed, so she needed to sleep a little longer. Jiang Huai, however, was somewhat sleepless and boredly watched the girl’s little face for a long time. Her face was quite cute, except for the fact that she drooled in her sleep.

Jiang Huai took out a handkerchief and gently wiped her lips.

After a while, he began to feel sleepy and closed his eyes.

……

When he woke up, it was already evening.

The secret realm of Burial Dragon Valley was about to open. Jiang Huai shook Bai Li awake in his arms. She slowly opened her eyes and heard him say they were leaving. Then she transformed into a white snake, coiling around his arm and hiding in his sleeve. Jiang Huai carefully packed all her clothes and set off.

At the entrance of Burial Dragon Valley, ripples were already appearing around the ancient tree. Jiang Huai took out the ticket he had bought earlier, handed it to the Yin family member guarding the secret realm, and stepped in with the crowd.

Darkness enveloped him, followed by a slight dizziness. When his vision cleared, Jiang Huai looked up to see a clear blue sky, and he had entered the secret realm of Burial Dragon Valley.

The guide said that the secret realm of Burial Dragon Valley was vast and divided into four areas. Everyone who entered Burial Dragon Valley for the first time would be sent to the fourth area. The first area was where the giant dragon’s bones were buried, and there were many fierce beasts influenced by the dragon’s blood and bones around the dragon’s corpse. The closer one got to the dragon’s corpse, the more ferocious the beasts encountered would be, and the better the quality of the spiritual herbs found.

Burial Dragon Valley was open for seven days, after which all foreign living beings would be teleported out. If someone died inside, they would be buried in Burial Dragon Valley forever, becoming part of the secret realm.

Jiang Huai looked around. He was in a mountain range and soon found a secluded cave where no one was around. He placed Bai Li’s clothes to one side, and the white snake coiled around his arm transformed back into human form, dressing piece by piece. Jiang Huai stood at the entrance of the cave, keeping watch for her until he heard her footsteps. He turned around, and the girl had her spirit sword strapped to her back.

Jiang Huai didn’t take a sword with him. After all, the aura of Ye Ning’s sword was too sharp, which could easily attract fierce beasts and covetous people. After packing up, Jiang Huai set off with Bai Li.

Every time he explored a secret realm, Jiang Huai felt like the little girl picking mushrooms, distinguishing the valuable ones by luck. Bai Li was by his side, and occasionally, when Jiang Huai saw edible spiritual fruits, he picked them and tasted them with Bai Li. At the moment, both were holding a peach, with Jiang Huai leading the way towards the location of the dragon’s corpse.

(TLN: A little girl picking mushrooms is a song.)

About an hour later, Jiang Huai stopped and looked towards a spiritual flower on the edge of a distant cliff.

Bai Li followed his gaze, and Jiang Huai explained softly.

“Purple Leaf Flower, worth five thousand spirit stones, good for your constitution. Usually guarded by snake demons.”

“Wait for me.” Bai Li leaped up and climbed towards the Purple Leaf Flower.

Jiang Huai stood below the cliff, watching the girl in a black cheongsam, her legs wrapped in black silk, climb the cliff face. Soon she reached the Purple Leaf Flower. From the crevices of the cliff, a purple snake appeared, hissing at Bai Li.

The guide mentioned that the beasts in Burial Dragon Valley were mostly fierce due to the influence of dragon blood. Before Bai Li could communicate with the snake, it spat out a purple venom at her.

Bai Li immediately put up a spiritual energy shield, but the venom corroded her shield at an alarming rate. In an instant, Bai Li reached behind the snake, drew her sword, and aimed it at the snake’s vital spot. The sword blade opened its scales, and before the snake could struggle, it was dead.

Bai Li quickly picked the spiritual flower and returned to Jiang Huai’s side, handing it to him.

All the spiritual herbs picked in the secret realm were temporarily entrusted to Jiang Huai for safekeeping. After leaving the secret realm, Jiang Huai would discuss the distribution with Bai Li.

“Purple Leaf Flower is good for you. If we can find more Purple Vine Grass and Purple Luo Fruit, I can refine a Purple Extreme Pill for you, which will allow you to produce spiritual energy with a poisonous effect in the future.”

“Since there are Purple Leaf Flowers here, there’s a chance we might encounter Purple Vine Grass and Purple Luo Fruit as well. Let’s wander around this area a bit more.”

“Okay.” Bai Li nodded lightly.

In the secret realm, Bai Li always did whatever Jiang Huai said.

The two of them spent several more hours near the fourth level and finally gathered all the spiritual medicines Jiang Huai had mentioned. It seemed that their first day in the secret realm was particularly fruitful. As night fell in the secret realm, Jiang Huai and Bai Li arrived at the waterfall between the mountain ranges and found a natural cave with a lake beneath the waterfall.

There was no one around. Earlier, when Bai Li had killed a demon snake, her clothes had gotten stained with its blood, and she needed to bathe. Jiang Huai had prepared a nightgown for her, started a campfire, and watched as the girl beside him slipped off her dress and slowly walked into the lake.