Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

"You're going to howl here tonight, howl until you can't howl anymore. Otherwise, I'll have to arrange a full-service funeral and cremation package for you..."

"Awooo~" Jiang Bai, trembling, imitated a wolf's howl while nodding frantically.

Hu Tao snorted coldly, ignored Jiang Bai, and headed towards the mountaintop.

Jiang Bai slapped his own mouth. Why couldn't he control his mouth?

That night, strange howls echoed continuously above Lonely Cloud Pavilion, starting strong and gradually becoming hoarse and desperate.

"Alright, stop howling!" Hu Tao couldn't stand it anymore, so she interrupted his howling, opened the tent flap, and went inside to sleep.

As for where Jiang Bai sleeps, who cares!

Jiang Bai shut his mouth, feeling wronged, and curled up in front of the fire, sobbing. He looked weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Finally, when Jiang Bai was exhausted from pretending to sob, a set of bedding was thrown out of the tent.

Jiang Bai, who had just been looking mournful, immediately changed his expression, stood up at attention, and saluted the tent, saying, "Thank you, Hall Master! Long live the Hall Master!"

Walnut rolled her eyes in the tent, pulled the blanket over herself, and turned away, out of sight, out of mind.

Holding the soft bedding, Jiang Bai contentedly conjured a stone coffin and lay down inside.

He could actually sleep without bedding, but the stone coffin was too hard and uncomfortable.

Moreover, it's cool, and sleeping like that can easily lead to rheumatism in old age.

Chapter 37 I don't know elemental resonance.

The sun slowly rose from the sea, its dazzling sunlight illuminating the island.

Walnut yawned as she crawled out of the tent, walked around the stone coffin blocking her way, and stretched out a big yawn towards the rising sun at the edge of the cliff.

Good morning! It's a new day!

The little ghost yawned as it crawled out of her body, completely unfazed by the sunlight.

After stretching her body, Hu Tao yanked open Jiang Bai's coffin lid, exposing the sleeping Jiang Bai to the sunlight.

Jiang Bai was awakened by the blinding sunlight and sat up sleepily.

Good morning, Master.

Hu Tao looked down at him from her high vantage point, her shadow blocking out the sunlight.

Because there was no place to do her hair while sleeping in the tent, she didn't tie her hair into her usual pigtails. Instead, her long, light brown hair hung casually down her back, with a few playful strands sticking up and shimmering in the sunlight.

However, the hat on his head was worn neatly.

Jiang Bai rubbed his eyes, his eyes stinging from the radiance of the walnut.

"Get up quickly, have some breakfast, and we're ready to go!"

"Oh."

Jiang Bai climbed out of the coffin, snapped his fingers, and the stone coffin turned into particles of light and dissipated.

He picked a sprig of mint from the side, put the leaves in his mouth and chewed them. He was immediately refreshed and his drowsiness disappeared.

After breakfast, the two, equipped with the Wings of Wind, climbed to the very top of the mountain.

Below him was a sheer cliff, with sandy beaches, rocks, and the sea. For Hu Tao, a seasoned pilot, flying from here to the island where the Rock of the Impermanence was located was naturally not a difficult task.

However, Jiang Bai is still a novice. Although he learned how to use it yesterday, he is still far from being proficient.

She was genuinely worried that Jiang Bai might lose control and fall halfway through the flight.

Her hair was blown about by the wind, and she sensed the wind direction. "It's a westerly wind now. The island is to the north. Be careful to control your direction. If you lose control and fall in, fall into the sea. Otherwise, if you crash into the rocks or the beach, I'll be left with nothing but collecting your corpse."

"Don't worry, I'm still very confident." Jiang Bai smiled slightly, revealing his bright white teeth.

He was quite confident about the results of yesterday's training.

"Let's go then!"

Walnut spread her arms and leaped off the cliff. Her wings of wind unfurled, and a gust of wind lifted her body, propelling her toward the target island.

Jiang Bai followed closely behind, spread its wings, and flew in the air.

The feeling of flying high in the sky is completely different from practicing on the ground.

First, the wind is different; second, the height of the ground affects the visual impact.

People with a fear of heights might panic because of the great height beneath their feet, causing them to lose control of their actions and become customers of the Rebirth Hall.

But that feeling of flying freely makes one feel joyful from the bottom of their heart.

"Alas~"

Jiang Bai cheered, marveling at the feeling of flying.

"Master, shall we have a race to see who gets to the top of the mountain first!"

Jiang Bai's voice traveled along the whistling wind to Hu Tao's ears, and Hu Tao rolled her eyes.

"If you're so eager to die, I can send you straight to your death!"

Such recklessness on your first high-altitude flight? Are you trying to get yourself killed?!

"Just kidding, just kidding..." Jiang Bai chuckled and distanced himself from Hu Tao.

The two were like two birds gliding through the air. As they approached the island, they flew slower and slower until they landed steadily on the top of the island.

The island is quite large, but eighty percent of its area is occupied by a huge platform sculpted by man.

From a high vantage point, the entire platform comes into view.

Like other ruins seen on nearby islands, the patterns carved on this platform are still triangles formed by a curved line, proving that they originated from the same civilization.

Their target, the Rock of the Impermanence, was currently in a dormant state, quietly suspended in the center of the platform.

Looking down at the Formless Rock, composed of eight golden cubes, Jiang Bai was filled with curiosity.

"Is this the Rock Aspect, a life form of the Rock element? Does it possess the most basic intelligence, or does it simply act on instinct?"

"I don't know either. This is the first time I've ever seen this kind of elemental life form." Hu Tao shrugged, indicating that she didn't know either.

She had seen the pure water spirits at Wuwang Slope before, but this was her first time visiting the place where Wuxiang Rock was located.

“Zhongli said that to deal with the Rock of the Impermanence, we must wait for it to expose its core before we can damage it. Its outer shell is like the Abyss Mage's shield, protecting them. Therefore, controlling the battle situation is very important…”

Hu Tao briefly explained how to deal with the Rock of the Impermanence, but she had only heard it from Zhong Li, so no matter how much she said, it was still just theoretical.

To truly find a solution, we still need to try it out.

"Zhongli said that by resonating with the rock element, it can quickly destroy its stone pillar and prevent it from absorbing elemental power to restore itself. I've seen you study elemental power for several days. Do you know how to resonate with the rock element?"

"Huh? Elemental resonance? How does that work?" Jiang Bai blinked blankly; this was beyond his capabilities.

He's just a newbie who's only been exposed to elemental power for a few days. Are we asking too much of him?

Hu Tao slapped her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.

Zhongli had initially asked her to bring Jiang Bai along, assuming Jiang Bai had already mastered elemental resonance, but it turns out he doesn't...

"Master, do you know how?" Jiang Bai looked at her expectantly, thinking that it wouldn't be impossible to learn on the spot.

"No," Hu Tao answered crisply.

"Uh... even you don't know this, Hall Master?"

"Wouldn't it be hard for me to understand? I'm just a 15-year-old girl, how much do you think I know?" Hu Tao said with her hands on her hips, speaking with a straight face.

"Uh……"

What could Jiang Bai say? He could only keep the slander to himself.

She usually refers to herself as "this hall master," acting as if she's so mature, but at times like this, she becomes "I'm just a fifteen-year-old girl"...

Jiang Bai rolled his eyes inwardly, then sighed.

Indeed, if Hu Tao hadn't mentioned it, Jiang Bai would have subconsciously overlooked her age.

Hu Tao is only fifteen years old.

He took over the funeral hall at such a young age, shouldering such a heavy responsibility.

According to the funeral staff, the first funeral she organized was her grandfather's funeral.

He had not heard of Hu Tao's parents, which meant that Hu Tao no longer had any relatives.

Jiang Bai dared not show any sympathy in his eyes.

Hu Tao is different from him. Although she seems carefree, who knows if she is just using this appearance to hide the loneliness in her heart?

Moreover, he was afraid that if he showed that look, Hu Tao would beat him to death.

Chapter 38 I miss Grandpa Zhong's shield so much!

"Let's go down and try it out first. If we can't beat them, we'll just run away," Jiang Bai suggested.

It's unrealistic to expect him to study elemental resonance right now; he doesn't even know how resonance works.

We can only take it one step at a time and see; there might be other methods.

"There's no other way, this is the only option."

The two walked down from the mountaintop and slowly reached the edge of the platform.

Looking at the exquisitely carved patterns on the ground, Jiang Bai clicked his tongue. "Is there a purpose to having this Formless Rock here? Or is this elemental life form artificially created?"

Jiang Bai felt that it was very likely that it was created by humans, otherwise why would this elemental life form stay in the center of this platform instead of anywhere else?

"I don't know," Hu Tao said, shrugging.

She's busy maintaining the balance of Yin and Yang every day, how could she have time to study these things?

"Watch out, it's noticed us!"

Sensing that creatures had entered its territory, the Rock Hypostasis unfolded its shell and locked onto the two intruders.

Just as the two separated, preparing to act according to the situation, its outer layer of supermassive elements, condensed into a hard solid, formed a giant hand, locking onto the walnut and about to strike it down.

If someone were to be filmed like that, they could instantly turn an ordinary person into mincemeat.

With a flash of red light, Hu Tao's illusory figure darted into the spirit world, and when it reappeared, it had already evaded the attack.

When the first attack failed, the Rock Aspect rose into the sky, and its outer elemental supermassive shell formed a large rock element symbol. The rock elements, transformed into stones, shot out like bullets from it.

The rock element bullets struck the ground, leaving deep craters; being hit by one was definitely not a good outcome.

Hu Tao, frantically dodging the attacks, roared in frustration, "Why is this monster only targeting me?!"

Jiang Bai, on the other side, was completely unaffected by any attacks, which made her feel like she was being targeted.

"Jiang Bai, use your rock pillar to rise into the air and shoot it!"

Hu Tao, who was being targeted, was angry, but unfortunately she had no ranged damage abilities. Even though the Geo Hypostasis in the air had exposed its core, she couldn't damage it and could only awkwardly dodge the crazy Geo element bullets.

"It must have sensed that the hall master was too strong, so it wanted to deal with the strong one first..." While conjuring a rock wall to block Hu Tao's attack, Jiang Bai, who was also using a rock pillar to lift himself into the air from behind, also stroked Hu Tao's fur.

With the rock wall providing some relief, Walnut, who was able to catch her breath, felt much better after hearing this.

You can sense her strength; the Rock of the Hypostasis does have some discernment.

Just as Jiang Bai was about to attack, having already reached the core of the Rock Hypostasis, the Rock Hypostasis, sensing the danger, instantly retracted its outer shell and moved to another location, causing Jiang Bai's attack to miss.

This is nothing like the rigid attacks in games; monsters in the real world are more dangerous and more agile.

Jiang Bai was quite annoyed as he watched the Rock of the Impermanence move far away and aim its attack at him.

Attacking the outer shell is useless, but the core can fly. How can I possibly hit it?

He quickly jumped to the ground, and the rock wall unfolded to block the attack.

"Jiang Bai! Rock Pillar!" Hu Tao's voice rang out; she had already reached the bottom of the Rock of No Form.

The rock wall shattered under the relentless attacks. Jiang Bai dodged, and just as Hu Tao reached the bottom of the Rock of No Form, a rock pillar rose up from beneath Hu Tao's feet.

Despite not having much training, Jiang Bai and Hu Tao's teamwork was still quite good.

Flames erupted from the spear tip as Walnut, now halfway up in the air, wielded the spear and smashed it down on the core without hesitation.

The core member didn't have time to dodge and was hit directly by a bullet.