Leng Youxue left.

Right after she asked Lu Xingqiu about his hair.

She vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace behind.

"Hey, hey, hey, I still have a lot of questions, Master? Master!"

Xiao Lin quickly got up and called out, hoping to awaken any remaining sense of responsibility in Leng Youxue's heart.

But unfortunately, it was useless.

Perhaps Leng Youxue never had any sense of responsibility to begin with?

"Tsk, she always comes and goes without a trace, at least let me finish my questions..." Xiao Lin stood up from the ground, sighed, and sat down on a chair.

However, he also understood that since Leng Youxue chose to leave now, even if he found a chance to ask questions like "Master, what were you doing in the sky?" or "What exactly is special about me?" she probably wouldn't answer him.

"Could it be that I'm actually the protagonist?" Xiao Lin suddenly had this thought.

But if being the protagonist means having a weaker golden finger and getting struck by lightning, then I'd rather not be the protagonist...

Just as this thought crossed his mind, Xiao Lin suddenly felt a disturbance in his Dantian and Qi Palace.

What's going on?

Startled, Xiao Lin closed his eyes to look inward and was shocked to find that the spiritual energy in his Dantian and Qi Palace seemed to have become somewhat chaotic.

This made him panic.

After all, in the Core Formation Realm, where spiritual energy is uniformly coordinated, chaos in the Dantian and Qi Palace is a big deal and could mean a serious problem with the body.

Although he had felt some changes in his body ever since taking the Black Tortoise Soul-Stabilizing Pill, it hadn't been severe enough to cause chaos in the spiritual energy until now!

But before Xiao Lin could call for his master, he felt a stream of spiritual energy leave the "family" in his Dantian and Qi Palace, travel along his meridians, and quickly reach his right arm.

"What the heck?" Xiao Lin quickly rolled up his sleeve and saw a strange light shining on his right forearm.

The light swiftly transformed into patterns, imprinting themselves onto his skin.

"Uh, this..."

Xiao Lin looked at the bullhead-shaped mark on his right forearm, wondering what kind of mysterious development this was.

...

...

Ning Yunmiao went to bed early again today.

Although she spent most of her free time during the day sleeping, Ning Yunmiao felt that sleeping at night was the real rest, so she valued her nighttime sleep.

And this sleep time always satisfied Ning Yunmiao because she usually slept deeply and sweetly, sweeping away the fatigue of sleeping and cultivating during the day.

But today, everything changed.

Ning Yunmiao... had insomnia.

To be precise, she didn't have insomnia at first, but was startled awake by a nightmare after falling asleep, and then couldn't fall back asleep.

"Ninety-nine roast whole lambs, a hundred roast whole lambs... Ahhhh! It's over, I can't sleep!" Ning Yunmiao sat up in bed, letting out a groundhog-like howl.

Ning Yunmiao losing sleep was like the West losing Jerusalem!

"Meow?"

Xiaobai appeared beside Ning Yunmiao, tilting its head in confusion as it looked at the girl holding her head in distress.

"Xiaobai, I have insomnia." Ning Yunmiao's bright eyes lost their sparkle.

"Meow meow?"

"Are you asking why I have insomnia?" Ning Yunmiao sighed, "Maybe it's because I had a nightmare..."

Speaking of the nightmare, Ning Yunmiao's cute little face suddenly showed an angry expression, and she clenched her small fists, "Xiaobai, do you know? I just dreamed of a creepy guy who said he wanted to pursue me, not only telling me cheesy lines but also trying to touch me, it was disgusting!"

"Meow~" Xiaobai yawned.

"Luckily it was just a dream, if I really met someone like that in reality, I'd give him a big punch!" Ning Yunmiao waved her clenched fist, as if the creepy guy was standing right in front of her.

But after swinging a few punches, she quickly put down her small fist.

"Ugh... I'm already hungry, moving around just makes me hungrier... Maybe... No, no, I already had a midnight snack, eating more would be impolite."

Muttering to herself, Ning Yunmiao used her left hand to grab her raised right hand.

"Meow~"

Xiaobai looked at the distressed Ning Yunmiao, its golden cat eyes showing a human-like helplessness.

Then, it slipped off the bed and pushed out a small snack box from under the bed.

"Xiaobai, are you feeling sorry for your owner? Since you're so considerate, how can I bear to refuse you?" Ning Yunmiao wiped away imaginary tears from the corner of her eye, quickly bent down to take the snack box, and eagerly took out a piece of pastry.

Taking a gentle bite of the pastry in her hand, the girl's previously miserable and cute little face immediately blossomed into a satisfied smile.

"Xiaobai, it's worth spoiling you."

"…"

Xiaobai, who had jumped back onto the bed, looked at Ning Yunmiao, the pretty cat speechless.

"Alright, that's enough, if I eat any more, I won't have enough snacks stored up..." After eating two pieces of pastry, Ning Yunmiao took a sweet potato stick, then closed the snack box and carefully put it back under the bed.

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"Can't let Senior Brother find out..."

After ensuring the snack box was safely stored, Ning Yunmiao lay back down on the bed.

"Ugh, still not sleepy, oh well, Xiaobai, let me tell you about my past again." Ning Yunmiao took a bite of the sweet potato stick in her hand and looked at the ceiling.

Hearing this, Xiaobai silently crawled to Ning Yunmiao's pillow and curled up into a ball.

"Hehehe, mainly I'm afraid I'll forget, so I often tell you once, it's also a way to deepen my memory... So I'll start now, ahem, Xiaobai, you know, I'm actually a transmigrator."

Ning Yunmiao turned over, raised her hand to stroke Xiaobai's head, "I used to be a child from a wealthy family, never worried about food or clothing, even after graduating from college, I could stay at home, eating and watching Korean dramas all day without any problem, aren't you envious?"

Xiaobai meowed in response.

"And then, I was reading a novel one day, and suddenly I ended up in this book world, hehehe, isn't it amazing? Isn't it amazing, little kitty?" Ning Yunmiao nibbled on the sweet potato stick while scratching Xiaobai's chin.

Xiaobai immediately closed its eyes in enjoyment.

But soon, Xiaobai felt the soft little hand stop.

It opened its eyes in confusion and saw Ning Yunmiao with red eyes.

"Xiaobai, how sad must my parents be knowing I'm gone... They loved me the most..."

Maybe it was because of the nightmare, maybe it was the sudden insomnia, maybe it was the tribulation lightning she experienced during the day, in any case, Ning Yunmiao, who always secretly wiped her tears alone, for the first time cried in front of someone else.

...Although that someone was a cat.

But compared to Xiaobai, Ning Yunmiao, who was now quietly sobbing, seemed more like a pitiful little kitten.

Xiaobai was silent for a moment, then got up and moved closer to Ning Yunmiao, gently rubbing its head against hers.

"Ugh... I'm okay, Xiaobai." Ning Yunmiao wiped the tears from her face, "My two brothers will take good care of mom and dad, I was just a mascot at home, it doesn't make much difference whether I'm there or not..."

Taking a bite of the sweet potato stick she hadn't let go of even while crying, Ning Yunmiao sniffed and smiled at Xiaobai, "Besides, I'm living happily here, everyone at Green Lotus Peak is great, especially Senior Brother, we get along really well, every time we go to grab Spirit Cuisine together, it's so much fun, let me tell you..."

"Meow~"

Xiaobai watched as Ning Yunmiao quickly adjusted her mindset, marveling at her Immaculate Dao Heart, but then saw her suddenly freeze.

"What does this task mean..." Ning Yunmiao stared blankly at the panel that popped up in front of her.