We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

"A demon is a demon, incorrigible!" Fahai looked at the empty reeds, devoid of even a trace of scent, and his anger flared up completely.

He never expected that Bai Suzhen would be so vicious. After her true colors were exposed, she not only did not flee in panic, but instead swallowed the only witness whole.

Ruthless, absolutely ruthless!

Having spent so much time together, even if they were born at the same time, they should have developed some feelings for each other, but Bai Suzhen treated her bedmate in such a way.

Cold-blooded, truly terrifyingly so, but from another perspective, snake demons are inherently cold-blooded animals.

but.

Fahai was a human being, and a monk well-versed in Buddhism at that. He could not put himself in the snake demon's shoes; he was both unable and unwilling.

How can a human be like a demon?
"I will definitely find you." Fahai glanced angrily at the reeds, chanting Buddhist scriptures to calm himself down.

Since the deceased is gone, we should focus on the present.

The battle between Shen Bailian and the Golden-haired Hou was gradually coming to an end, but it was not completely over yet. He had to wait until the battle between the man and the beast was completely over before he would have time to search for Bai Suzhen's whereabouts.

As for whether Bai Suzhen will take advantage of this time difference to escape without a trace.

There's no need to worry about that. With the Golden-haired Hou present, and the Buddhist seed within Bai Suzhen not yet completely depleted, there's still a reason to be concerned.

Even if Bai Suzhen fled to the ends of the earth, she could not escape the pursuit of the Golden-haired Hou.

Let that snake demon be smug for a while.

"Boom! Rumble—!!!"

A deafening sound rang out, instantly interrupting Fahai's thoughts. The aftershocks of the battle between the man and the beast drew all his attention.

In this isolated little world, even the starry sky trembled with the tremor of the void, and then began to rotate... or rather, it trembled violently.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang..."

Like a light bulb suddenly shattering, the star particles solidified in the small world exploded in the impact of extremely high energy levels, triggering a chain reaction of dominoes, and countless stars fell from the sky, turning into a meteor shower like a waterfall.

It was like a dream, so beautiful.

Just like a collapsing chessboard, most of the starry sky disintegrated and fell away as a result!

If it weren't for Guanyin's intervention, which separated Shen Bailian and the Golden-haired Hou from their space, even the slightest aftershock of the battle would have been enough to raze the entire city of Lin'an to the ground.

……

"Tattoo..."

The rapid, alternating collisions of the soles of my feet against the bluestone produced a crisp and melodious sound, like a beautiful tune slowly rising within the tranquil city of Lin'an.

Bai Suzhen held Xu Xian, who had fallen into a coma, in her arms. Her face was full of worry, and her complexion had completely lost its previous rosy color, replaced by an unusual paleness.

At this point, Bai Suzhen's magical power had long been depleted by the erosion of the seeds of Buddhism, and even her cultivation had been damaged to some extent.

She ran wildly through the alleys of Lin'an City, not towards the main urban area, nor towards Xu's Pharmacy, but instead running further and further off course, as if she were running into a dead end.

At this moment, Lin'an City was eerily quiet, like a ghost town.

Although the West Lake was engulfed in turbulent waves due to the influence of the isolated small world, with the waves crashing against the banks and making a deafening roar, there was no reaction within Lin'an City.

Even the night watchman seemed to have found a place to slack off.

This was undoubtedly the work of Guanyin.

Although Fahai had made some preparations beforehand to avoid disturbing the common people in Lin'an City, his strength was still insufficient to put the entire city into a deep sleep.

But Guanyin, who saves people from suffering, is different.

What Fahai struggled to achieve even with all his might, Guanyin could easily put all the residents of Lin'an into a deep sleep by expending only a tiny bit of her divine power.

And this is only the tip of the iceberg of all the gods and Buddhas in the world.

It must be said that the golden-haired lion's ability to become Guanyin's mount was not without reason; there was a specific cause, and the reason is quite simple—

Can't beat it!
That's the simple and unpretentious answer.

But this is normal. Who is Guanyin? She is the person in charge of the Western Paradise in this mortal world, and an important link between the two forces of the Western Paradise and the Eastern Heavenly Court.

Who was the last deity to act as a link?

Taibai Jinxing!

This demonstrates the significant value of this bond and the power of Guanyin, which is not merely empty words.

It can be said that, assuming those reclusive and powerful beings do not appear, Guanyin's combat strength is enough to rank among the top thirty in the Six Realms.

This is one of the reasons why Shen Bailian didn't dare to place Guanyin in the hunting position, but instead placed the giant spirit god there.
It's not that we don't dare, but that we lack the ability.

If they force it, they will not only lose their wife but also their army, making it a completely unprofitable deal that does not align with Shen Bailian's interests.

"Baoqingfang, Baoqingfang..." Bai Suzhen seemed to be possessed, running wildly through the alley, carefully observing her surroundings with her eyes, and muttering to herself.

That nine-tailed fox demon with incomplete cultivation was the owner of Baoqing Workshop, but his specific name and identity information remained unknown.

Bai Suzhen knew nothing about it.

Anyway, she only knew one thing: if she encountered the owner of Baoqing Workshop, something bad would definitely happen to her or the people around her.

It is unknown whether the root of the disaster lies with herself or with the owner of Baoqing Workshop.

Of course, if it were the latter, Bai Suzhen really wouldn't dare say anything; at most, she could only mutter a few complaints in her heart. The reason is quite simple—

The power gap is too great.

Furthermore, Bai Suzhen discovered that whenever she or someone around her got into trouble, the only person she could turn to for help was the owner of Baoqing Workshop.

Logical closed loop.

It's unclear whether the two were just incredibly lucky to be together, or if someone was setting them up.

Bai Suzhen believed the latter more. As a powerful demon with over a thousand years of cultivation, she appeared to outsiders to be incredibly successful.

But as that saying goes...

Without a thousand years of cultivation, observing those countless gods and Buddhas is like a frog at the bottom of a well looking at the moon; the world is only so big. After a thousand years of cultivation, Bai Suzhen realized that she was not even as good as that frog at the bottom of the well, just like a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

It is visible but unattainable. But it is not without its advantages. As Bai Suzhen entered the ranks of the great demons of a thousand years, the world she lived in suddenly "expanded" a lot, and her horizons naturally broadened as well.

She met many powerful ancient demons, and at the same time, she gained a clearer understanding of the cultivation path she would take in the future.

Bai Suzhen first met the owner of Baoqingfang in Xu Xuan's lifetime.

After hundreds of years of accumulation and numerous encounters, Bai Suzhen vaguely understood one thing: she herself might be the one destined for this calamity.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have encountered so many strange and unusual things for no reason.

As for things like offering oneself in marriage...

That's even stranger. Bai Suzhen's thousand years of cultivation wasn't achieved by devouring the flesh and blood of other living beings to accelerate her cultivation, but rather by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth and cultivating normally.

At most, they consumed a few rare and precious herbs, which increased their cultivation by several hundred years.

Hundreds of years is enough time for even a stupid pig's mind to mature and not act impulsively because of a single idea.

Not to mention something like offering oneself in marriage.

Therefore, Bai Suzhen guessed that there must be some external interference that affected his normal thinking. However, she did not intend to resist too much and only wanted to submit to fate.

First, after spending this time together, Bai Suzhen discovered something: she had genuinely fallen in love with the weak scholar in her arms.

Even when I saw the other person close their eyes in the water just now, I felt a throbbing pain in my heart that made it hard to breathe.

It was so intense that the pain far exceeded the suffering brought about by the seeds of Buddhism.

Secondly, although Bai Suzhen had never encountered such a calamity before, she had heard about it from other ancient demons.

The greatest calamity was none other than the infamous Investiture of the Gods.

In other words, even the powerful beings in the Heavenly Court, despite their various forms of resistance, were powerless against the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods and could not defy the predetermined fate.

How could a mere thousand-year-old demon like her possibly escape her cage?
Besides, why bother breaking free? As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune are intertwined. As long as she can successfully overcome this tribulation, the day she becomes a god will be just around the corner.

And when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

If she could become an immortal who lives as long as heaven and earth, then Xu Xian would have his own life ahead of him. Even if he didn't achieve immortality, he could at least become a member of the immortal race.

However, what Bai Suzhen didn't know was that love between immortals and mortals was a taboo in Heaven.

Even Erlang Shen was helpless against this, let alone Bai Suzhen, a thousand-year-old demon who had not yet become a god. Such thoughts were nothing short of wishful thinking.

Therefore, sometimes knowing less is not necessarily a bad thing.

Bai Suzhen consumed her own life essence, circulating the squeezed-out magic power and concentrating it on her eyes, carefully observing the surrounding situation.

As she ran into a dead end, her eyes lit up and she breathed a sigh of relief.

We've arrived! We've found the owner of Baoqing Workshop!
Time was of the essence. Bai Suzhen held Xu Xian tightly in her arms, her eyes narrowed slightly, and without hesitation, she smashed her head against the wall at the end of the alley.

Since the owner of Baoqing Workshop has already appeared before her and made a promise, it means that she will be able to find the entrance to Baoqing Workshop no matter what.

This is the ability to make one's words become law after reaching a certain level of cultivation.

That is, the corrective force of world development.

extraordinary.

There was no dull thud from any body hitting the wall.

Bai Suzhen, like a diving champion, leaped into the water, causing ripples to spread across the stone walls.

As Bai Suzhen's figure disappeared, peace quickly returned.

It's as if nothing had happened.

Silence, eeriness, and terror.

This was Bai Suzhen's feeling after entering Baoqingfang. However, she was already used to this gloomy and terrifying environment.

Although she had already cultivated for a thousand years, the instincts of a cold-blooded creature like a snake demon still drove her to yearn for this kind of environment.

However, after transforming into human form, this instinct can be suppressed to some extent.

The more thoroughly one transforms, the closer one's physique and habits will be to the innate human race, rather than the human race that exists in the near-end of the Dharma era.

Simply put, the very essence of human life has been polluted to some extent.

As Bai Suzhen ventured deeper, the surrounding darkness grew increasingly intense. Soon, the environment changed; in the depths of the darkness, a faint red light dispelled the surrounding gloom.

In front of an arched doorway, two red lanterns were casting a soft glow.

"We've arrived." Bai Suzhen looked at the arched gate in front of her, freed one hand to wipe the fine beads of sweat from her forehead, and then quickly walked to the gate.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the arched doorway was approximately two meters high, tightly closed without the slightest gap.

It was like a dead end.

In front of the archway stands a stone pillar with a stone basin on top. Behind the pillar is a lifelike statue of a fox with multiple tails.

There were no items in the stone basin, not even the ashes of a candle flame. Clearly, it was not used to hold kerosene for lighting.

In this regard.

Bai Suzhen hesitated for less than a moment, then glanced at Xu Xian, whose face was growing paler, her eyes suddenly narrowed, and with a determined heart, several white jade scales shimmering with a hazy luster suddenly appeared on her face.

Without hesitation, she pulled out a white jade scale. A piercing pain shot through her, almost causing her already exhausted body to collapse to the ground.

These are Bai Suzhen's natal scales. Even with her thousand years of cultivation, she only has a handful of such natal scales.

In other words, a single natal scale is equivalent to nearly a hundred years of cultivation for Bai Suzhen.

Adding to the severe damage she suffered today, Bai Suzhen's cultivation of over a hundred years has vanished in an instant.

The owner of Baoqingfang once made a promise to Bai Suzhen because of that one meeting.

But in these six realms, there is never a free lunch; everything comes at a price, let alone something as important as rescuing someone from the King of Hell's palace.

"Click-clack~"

After the natal scale was placed into the stone basin, in the blink of an eye, a crack appeared in the red arched doorway, which was then slowly pushed open. (End of Chapter)