A cat that lingers beside a saint

Wanling had never been outside. In the Empress's palace, she could only glimpse the outside world through the Empress's mirror.

She was very curious about everything Su Bai said.

What are these three-eyed men, lotus root people, flying dogs, and monkeys that caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace?

In fact, she had seen these people through the mirror.

But just watching it isn't as exciting as Su Bai described.

Throughout the day, Wanling held the ginseng fruit in her hands, listening to Su Bai talk about everything happening in the outside world.

His eyes were full of longing, but that longing disappeared completely after dark.

She can't get out.

……

Night falls.

Su Bai went up to the roof and looked up at the night sky.

In this area, the sky is never cloudy, but tonight the clouds are very thick, even obscuring the moon.

Although Su Bai had doubts, this did not hinder his cultivation.

Absorbing the essence of the sun and moon is relatively simple for him now.

Even if the sun is obscured by dark clouds, he can still absorb the power of the moon and the sun if he wants to.

The only downside is that the absorption rate will be slightly slower than before.

Su Bai took out a ginseng fruit from his small sword.

Su Bai hadn't had a chance to examine it closely when he first received it.

Now that he has some free time, he can't resist the urge to quickly stuff the fruit into his mouth.

The fruit was small enough that Su Bai could just hold it with her two little paws.

Just as the legend says, the fruit is very soft, and touching it is like squeezing a baby's body.

Not only that, it also has a faint sweet smell, and if you look at it from a distance, it really does look like a baby that is not yet full-term.

No wonder Tang Sanzang, who went on his journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, was so afraid when he saw the ginseng fruit.

However, Su Bai didn't care about any of that. A fruit is just a fruit. At most, it might look similar, but no matter how similar it looks, it's still just a fruit.

Thinking of this, Su Bai opened his mouth wide and stuffed the ginseng fruit into his mouth in one gulp.

Just as he was about to chew, the ginseng fruit unexpectedly slid down his throat.

This completely baffled Su Bai.

I've heard of Pigsy eating ginseng fruit, but it fell into his stomach before he even tasted it. I've never heard of a cat swallowing a ginseng fruit whole.

But thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising. This ginseng fruit doesn't need to be peeled, and it's already smooth and tender. If you don't taste it carefully, it will go directly into your stomach as soon as you put it in your mouth.

Su Bai licked his paw; he wanted to eat another one.

But when he thought of what Yang Jian had said, he dared not put any more food in his mouth.

He then began to meditate and refine the essence.

Just as he was getting into the zone, the night sky suddenly cleared, and a ray of moonlight shone on him.

at the same time.

inside the house.

The old Taoist sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind focused entirely on Su Bai.

Seeing Su Bai swallow the ginseng fruit in one gulp, he couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing that Su Bai was about to continue eating, he almost couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

But when he saw that Su Bai did not continue to take out ginseng fruits, but instead began to enter a meditative state, he couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

A voice rang in his ear: "Junior brother, your disciple has a good character. Don't let him follow the same path as those other disciples."

"Hmph, do you need to tell me? Do you think I can't see it?"

"Junior brother, the past is the past. Now we are all sealed off in this place, and nothing in the outside world matters to us. Why bother to dwell on the past?"

"Confused? Which eye of yours saw me conflicted? Don't think you're so great just because you were born a few days earlier than me. If you're so capable, why don't you be born a few days earlier than the Supreme One?"

Upon hearing this, the voice fell silent.

So many years have passed, and he thought that after experiencing the Investiture of the Gods, the old Taoist priest would be a little more composed.

But now it seems he was overthinking it. This guy hasn't become more composed; instead, he's become even more of a rogue.

After a long while, the voice of Yuanshi Tianzun came again.

"What do you want to do?"

The old Taoist priest pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Refine his character and make him understand the wickedness of the world."

"That's not difficult. The difficult part is how to make him believe that all of this is real?"

"That's easy. I'll just say I have an enemy who's currently searching for me. When the time comes, I'll have him come down the mountain and wipe out this enemy's sect for me. You just need to create obstacles for him."

Yuan Shi fell silent.

Is this treating people like monkeys?

Even now, your identity has been detected by this little cat. Who would believe you have enemies?

Even if it were true, with your abilities, would you need this little cat to help you?

Yuanshi remained silent, and the old Taoist naturally understood his suspicions.

"What, you're worried my identity will be exposed, and this brat doesn't believe me?"

"If I don't admit it, what can this kitten do to me?"

Yuanshi stopped speaking.

After so many years of silence, to be honest, he was starting to feel restless.

Everyone says that saints are without emotion or desire.

But if one is truly without feelings or desires, and the Jie Sect suffered a great defeat, with its disciples either dying or fleeing, why would the Tongtian Sect Leader of the Jie Sect, in a fit of anger, want to reopen the world?

Similarly, although the Chan Sect did not suffer the same fate as the Jie Sect, only a few of the Twelve Golden Immortals survived, with the rest betraying the Chan Sect.

If the Primordial Beginning were heartless, why would it have sealed off this void?

When the old Taoist conjured up this endless mountain forest, Yuanshi also conjured up the Immortal Sect at the same time.

All of this, seemingly intentional or unintentional, is actually just a manifestation of being unable to move on from the past.

No more sounds came from inside the house.

Outside, Su Bai was still cultivating.

What he didn't know was that the immortal sect right next to this mountain forest was expanding rapidly.

Stepping out of the mountains and forests is tantamount to stepping into the sphere of influence of the Immortal Sect.

At the same time, after noticing the changes in the Void.

The goddess Nuwa, far away in the north, slowly opened her eyes.

Looking at the increasingly close mountains and immortal sect in the distance, a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

But she soon realized the truth.

With a slight upturn of her lips and a gentle descent of her fingertips before her eyes, she felt as if the farthest north was now drawing closer to those two regions.

……

Inside the house, the old Taoist priest had obviously noticed it as well, but he didn't say anything more.

After so long, the old Taoist thought these people had really gone silent, but he never expected them to still like to cause trouble.

Suddenly, the old Taoist priest raised his eyebrows slightly and looked directly at the center.

He saw two figures fiddling with something in the void in the middle.

A moment later, in the very center, a colossal pillar suddenly appeared, with three large golden characters imprinted on it.

Mount Sumeru.