Divine Tang Era

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Dan woke up to find everything in complete darkness.

Where is this?

It was daytime just a moment ago, how did it turn into night in the blink of an eye? Could I have gone back to the rocky mountain? But I was lying down to sleep, how did I end up lying on my stomach? I touched the ground, it was soft, like sand, not hard stone.

"Huh..."

Xu Dan felt something was wrong, very wrong. It wasn't the sand that was wrong, it was his body.

Why have my hands become so small and soft, like a baby's? Startled, I quickly touched them from head to toe and was shocked to discover that I was no longer a tall, imposing man of 1.75 meters, but a callow little kid.

Heavenly Father, what exactly is going on?

Just a moment ago we were in the sky, it was daytime, how did it suddenly turn into night and I became a baby? How can this be?

Xu Dan forced himself to calm his panicked heart after the sudden change, closed his eyes and sensed his surroundings. He could hear the sound of flowing water. Thinking of the sand he had touched, there should be a small river or stream nearby.

No matter where you are, being too close to a water source is never a good thing.

Xu Dan rolled over, trying to stand up, but his legs felt weak and powerless. The little brat sighed, resigned to his fate, and could only crawl forward using both hands and feet. After crawling haphazardly for a while, the sound of water gradually faded away.

"Thump"

Suddenly, a clear, crisp sound came from ahead.

Xu Dan didn't know what to do, so he simply crawled towards the direction from which the sound came. A moment later, he arrived at the spot and could vaguely see a pool of white liquid.

"Thump"

Something dripped onto the white liquid, and the crisp sound reached my ears again.

Xu Dan felt inexplicably thirsty.

Logically speaking, water from an unknown source, that is unclean, or that has not been boiled should not be drunk.

But at this moment, with his vision obscured, how could he know if the water was clean or not? Besides, even if it wasn't clean, what could he do? Could he filter the water and find firewood to boil? That would be foolish. Not only was his weak and powerless infant body unable to do anything, but in the dim light, he couldn't find anything, let alone boil water.

Furthermore, we've already fallen to this state, and we don't know when we'll be able to get out. So what if we drink unclean and poisonous water?

It's better to die early and be reborn sooner; maybe then you can go back to the stone mountain and the stone chamber.

With no more reservations, Xu Dan buried his head in the white liquid and drank it down. He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but the water actually tasted milky and had a refreshing sweetness that was much better than the spring water he used to drink.

After drinking my fill, the fear, anxiety, and worry I felt upon arriving in this unfamiliar place were relieved, and fatigue washed over me.

Feeling a bit sleepy, Xu Dan lay down next to the white liquid and fell asleep.

The white liquid is no ordinary substance; it is the essence of the earth, nurtured by heaven and earth.

The Earth Milk entered Xu Dan's abdomen and transformed into countless streams of energy that circulated through his body. The infant's weak body could not withstand the surging energy of the essence of the Earth Milk. In no time, the powerful energy surged, causing his body to swell like a ball, and trickles of blood seeped from his pores and orifices, on the verge of bursting.

At that moment, the colorless lotus located in the heart emitted a faint, clear light.

The air currents, swept by the clear light, seemed to be attracted by something and surged toward the colorless lotus.

The colorless lotus was like a black hole, endlessly absorbing airflow. Strangely enough, after absorbing the airflow, the colorless lotus gradually gained some color. After all the airflow had entered, the colorless lotus slowly rotated, spewing out rays of light that shone within. Wherever the airflow passed, any bodies damaged by the airflow quickly recovered, becoming more resilient and stronger.

Soon, the spinning colorless lotus stopped.

Wisps of air flowed from the lotus platform, entering the skin, muscles, bones, marrow, and internal organs through the blood vessels.

The infant's tender blood and energy, washed away by the airflow, separated countless impurities, and wisps of dark, viscous liquid seeped from its pores, covering its body surface. This airflow was clearly the energy of the essence of the earth's milk that had been absorbed by the colorless lotus earlier, which, after being refined by the colorless lotus, became more condensed and purer.

In addition to entering the skin, flesh, tendons, bone marrow, and internal organs, a portion of the airflow also penetrates the meridians, ascends along the coccyx, bursts through the brain, and strikes the pupils.

Xu Dan felt a cool sensation in his mind and suddenly woke up from his dream, only to find, to his surprise, that he could see things again.

I was puzzled for a moment, but I had already become like this, so what was so strange about it?

So he stopped worrying about them and looked around. He found himself in a vast stalactite cave. Some of the stalactites looked like crouching tigers, some like awakening lions, and some like celestial deer. They were all strange and varied.

It's a pity it's not in a rocky mountain, otherwise it could be developed into a tourist attraction and sell tickets, and you could definitely make money without lifting a finger.

Looking at myself again, I realized that I had grown up and become a chubby baby a few months old.

What on earth was going on? Had he been reborn, transmigrated, or was he sleepwalking? Xu Dan had no idea what his current situation was. However, since he was already here, he might as well make the best of it and figure out how to survive first.

"Thump"

A clear sound.

Looking up, a cone-shaped stalactite, about two meters long and as thick as a person's waist, hangs straight down from the dome, with a drop of milky white liquid slowly condensing at its tip. Looking down, on a slightly protruding, round stalactite, about the size of three people's embrace, a pool of water the size of an embrace has been formed by dripping milky white liquid, and the pool is filled with water.

Although I just drank some, there's still a lot left.

At this moment, Xu Dan realized that after drinking the water, a warm current had been circulating in his stomach, making him feel neither cold nor hungry.

How strange! Could this water be some kind of extraordinary treasure?

Xu Dan racked his brains, searching through ancient myths and various novels he had read, and discovered that the milky white liquid resembled the "Earth Milk" from online novels. According to the novels, Earth Milk is the essence nurtured by the earth; if ordinary people consume it, it can not only cleanse their marrow and bones but also increase their power and lifespan.

I closed my eyes and sensed it for a moment. I felt that drinking so much milk didn't seem to do much good. At most, it just made me have better night vision and filled my stomach.

Besides, it's not even certain whether this is the earth milk described in the novel.

After all, novels are just rambling nonsense, pure imagination, and utter rubbish.

After glancing around for a while, Xu Dan continued to look around and noticed some branches and other debris piled up on the beach not far away. The cave was dark, gloomy, and chilly; he wished he could make a fire there, so he quickly went over.

"Huh..."

After walking a few steps, I stopped, feeling quite surprised.

He discovered he could actually walk. His hands clenched into fists, and his soft, pink hands suddenly had a bit of strength, no longer as powerless as before. He turned to look at the milky white liquid in the water cave. This stuff could fill his stomach, keep him warm from the cold, improve his vision in the dark, and increase his strength. Even if it wasn't earth milk, it was probably some kind of extraordinary treasure.

However, I'm not hungry right now, so I'll drink it later.

There's no food or water here, and for now we can only survive on this water. Hopefully, the earth milk in the water cave can last a little longer.

After a moment's thought, Xu Dan continued walking forward.

After a few steps, he felt a slight itch and rubbed his skin. The grime that had seeped from his pores during the earlier airflow had dried and clung to his skin like a layer of old skin. Now, as he rubbed it, it all fell off.

Xu Dan was dumbfounded. When did he get this stuff on his body? He quickly started rubbing it vigorously.

After a moment, the dirt fell away, revealing the baby's snow-white and tender skin underneath.