Don't be afraid, fairy, I'm blind

Chapter 418: Pearl in Mouth
You Su sheathed his sword.

The dark blue bloodstains on the blade of Mosong's sword dripped onto the ground and seeped into the damp, dark soil.

The evil centipede-like creature curled up its body, with thousands of limbs still twitching. The fishy mucus gave off a foul odor and made a "sizzling" sound, and soon turned into a pool of pus.

After making sure it was dead, You Su withdrew his gaze and looked around. From the ambiguous shadows in the distance, a faint rustling sound came, as if countless fine scales were moving along the ground.

"It really can't be hidden anymore..."

He whispered to himself, and pushed with his palm to clean the blood stains on the sword. He was trying to feel the feeling of the mysterious energy, so he didn't miss any opportunity to experience it.

You Su had long guessed that those dormant evil spirits were like hyenas that had smelled blood. After the lion left, they gathered here from all corners of the abyss to compete for the carrion that the lion disdained.

The few that were just killed were just the first drop of water before the wave.

He turned and ran towards the pool of spiritual fluid, with tiny waves when his toes touched the ground. Ruyi Yufeng Jue was, to some extent, a means of releasing the mysterious energy, but it was just a short burst rather than a long-term output, but at least it gave You Su some experience.

The milky white pool of mysterious liquid glowed softly in the darkness, like a pearl embedded in rotten soil.

Bai Ze was curled up in the pool, her two ponytails floating on the water, the ends of her hair adorned with crystal beads, made from small shells that You Su picked up from the sand. They were originally little toys for children, but Bai Ze regarded them as treasures.

Seeing You Su returning, she suddenly straightened up, and drops of water slid down her collarbone, forming ripples on her chest.

"Brother's sword light is brighter than the aurora on my mountain!"

She clapped her hands and cheered, the splashing water wet her eyelashes, "I can see it from so far away!"

You Su smiled when he heard this. He reached out and rubbed the girl's wet hair, then leaned back against the pool to rest:

"You can't get any candy by flattering someone."

"Who wants candy? I really think you are awesome! Can you teach me too?" Bai Ze also lay down beside You Su's elbow, raised his head and looked at You Su's jaw, his eyes sparkling.

"Teach you?" You Su subconsciously turned his head to look at the girl, but suddenly retracted his gaze because of Bai Ze's inadvertently revealed lust, "You are not suitable for learning swordsmanship, so give up this idea as soon as possible."

"Why?!" Bai Ze was unconvinced.

"No reason. I, your brother, realized the power of sword when I was 18 years old. I am a rare sword genius in a century. If I say you have no talent, then you have no talent."

You Su is not a person who likes to show off, but he is a young man of eighteen or nineteen after all. He doesn't do anything to show off in front of others, but he will never miss the opportunity to show off in front of relatives and friends.

Especially after knowing that he was about to break into the Feathered Realm at the age of nineteen, this feeling of self-satisfaction became even stronger. After all, this was an unprecedented feat. However, this kind of self-satisfaction was not to the point of being inflated. It was simply the aspirations that a young man should have.

"You're talking nonsense! Which sect are you from? What's your master's name? I'm going to tell your master and let him decide!" Bai Ze was angry.

"You don't know even if you tell me."

"How do you know if I know if you don't tell me?"

You Su raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking of how Venerable Qianlong had lived with Bai Ze for a period of time, so perhaps he had really heard of some of his names.

"Guan Chujun, have you ever heard of it?"

Bai Ze frowned, as if thinking carefully, and then shook his head: "I haven't heard of him. Who is he?"

You Su had expected this, thinking to himself that the title of Master was something he had never heard of. He found it hard to believe that such an unknown cultivator could be the senior brother of Master's wife.

"It's not important. Have you ever heard of the Lotus Sword Master?"

"I've heard of it!"

You Su became interested, "What did Venerable Qianlong tell you?"

"You know all this?"

"Besides me, there are only two people who can talk to you. The Master of Olympiads can only teach you a bunch of nonsense, so naturally the only one left is that evil girl."

"You guys are really capable."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ze got a chestnut on his head.

She rubbed her forehead covered by her sparse bangs in pain and said viciously: "I praise you and you hit me too!"

"You are disrespectful to your brother, you deserve to be beaten." You Su blew on the knuckles of two fingers, leisurely as if blowing away the smoke from a pipe, "What do you know about the Lotus Sword Master?"

"At that time, I asked her about people from all over the country, hoping to find the legendary saint who was born with me. She said that she was very powerful, and that she was a pillar of the monks in Zhongyuan Continent, and that my future achievements would probably not be worse than hers." Bai Ze stroked his delicate chin.

You Su frowned slightly. What Bai Ze said roughly matched his master's wife's impression of Venerable Qianlong.

But the face she showed during the confrontation that day was so terrifying that it made people's heart frightened. Was it the secret of Bai Ze that forced her to distort her nature, or was she just pretending?

"Are you the disciple of Master Lian Jian?!" Bai Ze opened his cherry lips slightly, looking stunned at You Su's famous family background.

"Yeah." You Su did not deny it.

"No wonder you are so powerful... But Master Lian Jian is a woman, so who is your master's wife?" Bai Ze asked immediately, "Can the spouses of you humans be of the same sex?"

You Su's heart suddenly tightened. Everyone knew that Venerable Lian Jian was his master, but only those two or three people knew that she was actually his master's wife. But how could this little beast far away in the deep mountains of Beiao know this secret?

He couldn't help but become serious: "How do you know I have a master's wife?!"

"You said it yourself." Bai Ze looked innocent.

"I said? When did I tell you that?" You Su frowned.

"Yes, you kept shouting 'Master's Wife' when you were sleeping."

You Su's expression immediately brightened when he heard this. He had no idea that he had the habit of talking in his sleep. "Is it the time when I was unconscious in the pool?"

Bai Ze nodded quickly, and You Su came up with the answer after a little thought. Perhaps he was too exhausted when he was unconscious, so he fell into a deep dream and unconsciously talked in his sleep, calling the name of the person he met in the dream.

"Who is your master's wife? Why do you keep calling her that?" Bai Ze frowned his beautiful eyebrows, very curious.

It’s a pity that not all questions will be answered. You Su’s feelings for his master’s wife are so intense that he dare not reveal them to Bai Ze, not even to his closest junior sister.

"I have been an orphan since I was a child, and it was my master's wife who brought me up. I am afraid that she will be implicated by the worldwide infamy I have shouldered. Whenever I think of this, I feel unspeakably guilty." You Su did not lie.

Seeing how sincere he was, Bai Ze half believed it. But if he really felt so guilty, why did he have such a meaningful smile on his face when he fell asleep?

"It's okay! I know you are a good person! I will go out and help you explain!" Bai Ze clenched his fists and vowed.

You Su smiled and said, "You can't even protect yourself."

"I'm not afraid of her as long as my brother is here!"

Bai Ze snorted softly, and immediately grabbed You Su's wrist, which was pinned on the edge of the pool. His fingertips exuded icy black energy, "Brother, come down and take a dip! You must be tired after killing so many evil spirits just now!"

“No need.” You Su pulled his hand back. “Since I have already cultivated to perfection in water condensation, Xuanye is not even the icing on the cake for me. The concentration of Xuanqi here is abnormally high, which is enough for me to recover the insignificant loss.”

"Don't you want your whole family not to be hungry?"

"I have prepared their portions as well." You Su said with a smile.

In the beginning, You Su was only trying to establish a connection with them on the shore from the deep sea, but he never expected that the family relationship established by God would be so terrifying.

Except for Brother He who seemed to be slightly resistant to his teaching, Junior Sister, Xueruo, Senior Sister, and Qianhua Puppy all accepted his teaching, and Senior Sister even tried to regurgitate it back to him. Most of the Xuanqi he absorbed was fed to the greedy Venerable Qianhua. After all, she was in the Cave Void Realm, and her demand for Xuanqi was far greater than that of the lower realms. Moreover, she wanted to get back what she lost from You Su with interest. "But you——"

You Su glanced at the old wound on her shoulder, which no longer had any scars. "Practice hard and quickly restore the beast pill to its original state. This treasure is hard to come by, so don't miss the opportunity."

Bai Ze curled her fingertips into her palms, and she stood up suddenly. The mysterious liquid poured down from her shoulders, forming a silver waterfall on the ice steps:
"Are you annoyed that I've been soaking for too long?"

The wet hair stuck to the porcelain white back, and the fluffy snow-white tail at the tail vertebrae unconsciously swept across the water surface, splashing a string of water droplets.

You Su turned his head away suddenly, his ears reddened: "Put on your clothes!"

"What are you wearing?" Bai Ze stamped her feet in anger, leaving spider-web-like cracks on the ice. "I'm going to take them off and soak in the ice again later anyway!"

During this period of time, she naturally left the spiritual liquid pool several times, but was quickly driven back by You Su every time.

Even so, she still obediently picked up the skirt by the pool and wrapped it around her. The pink gauze was stained with the mysterious liquid, revealing the skin underneath, which made her look even more charming than when she was naked.

You Su took out a new dress from his Qiankun bag, picked it up with his sword sheath and threw it over: "Change into a clean one, I can't even wash that one clean."

Bai Ze took the robe and suddenly laughed: "Brother's ears are so red."

Upon hearing this, You Su turned away, as if trying to hide his ears.

The girl tilted her head to tie her belt again, her fingertips deliberately lingering on her waist, "I don't know how to put it on, help me put it on."

You Sudang was a lazy girl and didn't want to do it herself, so she asked him for help. Mo Song's sword immediately came out of its sheath half an inch with a "clang" and he threatened her with family rules.

As expected, Bai Ze immediately fell silent, wrapped one hand in his wide robe, covered his delicate and aching part with the other hand, and huddled into the corner of the pool.

During the time when You Su was teaching her martial arts, she had done many naughty things, like a kitten whose nature could not change, and she was severely punished several times.

From the punishment with the sword at the beginning, to the execution by hand now, it seems to have become the norm...

You Su sat cross-legged with his back to her, sword across his knees.

"Put on your clothes and move around for a while, then go back to soak." You Su acted like a serious patriarch.

"No, I can feel that you are very anxious, I don't want to drag you down."

Bai Ze changed into a new skirt. This skirt was no longer the pink color that Ji Lingruo rarely wore, but her favorite bamboo green color. When You Su first saw the girl's appearance, he was a little dazed, as if he saw his junior sister when she was a child.

"Why should I be in a hurry?" You Su asked with a raised eyebrow.

"How should I know?" Bai Ze raised his eyebrows and asked back.

You Su was speechless when asked. It would be a lie to say that he was not anxious.

He didn't even know how many days had passed since he fell into the dark sea. He still had many things to do, and he didn't know anything about the changes outside. How could he not be anxious? He also had an appointment with Venerable Qianhua in a month. If he couldn't meet him in Qianhua Pavilion in time, wouldn't he miss his senior sister again...

However, these reasons are secondary. He sighed and said in a deep voice:

"I don't mind you soaking in the water for too long, but the evil spirits that had been hiding have gradually returned to normal. This pearl is like the bright moon in the night, and it will naturally attract countless evil spirits to fly into the flame. The longer you soak, the harder it will be to escape. That's why I asked you to be patient and absorb it as soon as possible. This opportunity is not easy to come by, so why would I rush you to leave? Move around a little, and then go back to practice. Before you recover, I won't let the evil spirits get close to you."

You Su spoke earnestly and Bai Ze was moved. He then realized that the reason why You Su didn't come down to bathe with them was not only because he was no longer needed, but also because someone had to come out to avoid trouble.

"So it's so dangerous... I won't soak in it anymore, let's leave here quickly." Bai Ze hurried over and held You Su's hand, holding it tightly with lingering fear.

You Su felt helpless. "If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever. You are so greedy, don't waste the opportunity that has been delivered to your mouth. If you really want to reduce the burden on me, then practice honestly. When you recover, I will hide behind you."

"Then can't we just move the store away?" Bai Ze answered as a matter of course.

"Do you think this is the sweet potato stall of the old lady in Shuo City, which can be pushed away at will?" You Su thought of the funny incident when Bai Ze wanted to take the old lady and her stall away when he left Shuo City, and he found it funny. He added, "This orb is at least 20 meters high. Even if you transform into a beast, you may not be able to carry it. What's more, this target is too big, which is not conducive to our concealment and light travel."

"Then wouldn't it be better to make it smaller?" Bai Ze still said it as a matter of course.

You Su felt something was wrong and asked in disbelief, "Can you make it smaller?"

"No, it can shrink by itself." Bai Ze blinked innocently.

You Su couldn't believe it, "Why didn't you tell me that?"

"You didn't ask." Bai Ze scratched his head and chuckled, "Actually, I wanted to say it, but it was so comfortable soaking in the bath that I forgot."

You Su was speechless, "How did it become smaller?"

Bai Ze suddenly snorted, looking like he was ready to show off his skills.

She slowly walked into the orb, her eyes suddenly glowing with icy blue light, she formed a complicated spell with her fingertips, and countless mysterious runes suddenly appeared around her body, like stars surrounding her. She lightly tapped the ice with her toes, and snowflakes condensed out of thin air as her skirt fluttered, swirling and falling on the ends of her hair.

"May the heavens and earth help me, and may the pearls turn into little stars—" She muttered the spell she had made up, her arms spread out like butterfly wings, and an illusory moon condensed in her palms. The moonlight poured down, covering the entire pearl, and the white halo became more and more dazzling, as if it was going to illuminate the dark seabed into daylight.

You Su folded his arms and watched, his lips twitching slightly. This scene seemed to be intimidating, but in fact the fluctuations of the mysterious energy were as weak as fireflies, and it was obviously a bluff.

Sure enough, when the light gradually faded, the pearl did not move at all. Bai Ze scratched the tip of his nose with a wry smile, and suddenly he tapped lightly on a certain spot on the pearl's surface with his finger.

"Ding--"

A clear and crisp sound rang out, and the pearl shrank to the size of a fingernail, rolling into Bai Ze's palm. She proudly held the pearl and turned around, with the ice crystals and the pearl's brilliance reflecting in her hair, as if she was holding a handful of broken snow and moonlight.

"The flower stand in front is unnecessary. It's too ostentatious."

Bai Ze was so shocked that he almost dropped his pearl, "You figured that out?!"

You Su held his forehead helplessly, and took a half step back: "Let it grow bigger and see."

Bai Ze blinked and flicked her fingertips. The pearl flew into the air and expanded in an instant. The mysterious liquid gushed out from the cracks, as if it had never changed. You Su imitated her and knocked on the pearl, but the pearl was as unresponsive as a stone. Bai Ze laughed at the side and said, "Brother, you have to chant the same spell as me."

You Su certainly didn't believe it, and thought it was strange, wondering why Bai Ze could do it but he couldn't. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and asked:

"When you first touched this orb, did you probe into the mysterious energy and enter it?"

Bai Ze stopped laughing and said in surprise: "Yes, yes, then it suddenly became smaller. I thought I couldn't save you, but it became bigger again!"

"No wonder... It turns out that this precious giant clam has already quietly recognized its master when you broke the pearl wall with your ice cone."

"Doesn't that mean I have been feeding my brother with my own Xuan Qi?"

You Su was speechless at Bai Ze's bizarre train of thought and immediately gave Bai Ze a slap on the head.

"Take it and leave quickly. More and more evil spirits are gathering around us. Once we are in a safe place, you can take this opportunity to recover."

"Brother is so stupid. Can't I just recover while walking like this--" She suddenly held the pearl in her mouth, and rolled the pearl with the tip of her tongue between her teeth.

The crack on the pearl still existed even after it shrank, and milky white nectar oozed out and held in the girl's mouth, like a sweet candy ball.

You Su's pupils shrank suddenly, and he obviously realized this. Seeing his expression, the girl spit out the pearl cunningly and licked her lips with her pink tongue:

"Brother, tell me when you want to eat. I won't be stingy."

Memories surged like a tide. The intertwined breath in the clam shell, the soft touch of the air, the clear pine snow scent in Bai Ze's hair.
You Su's ears suddenly turned red, and he flicked her forehead with his finger: "No one wants to eat it!"

In a corner that the two of them didn't notice, the mud on the ground was forming a miniature vortex.

(End of this chapter)