At dawn, the corpse in the prison cell had been gnawed to just a skeleton, and the man-eating rat had crawled back into its dark hole. This rat, emanating a faint demonic aura, had devoured Lu Linsheng following its greed and instincts.

However, Lu Linsheng's obsession before death was too strong. After being consumed by the rat, Lu Linsheng's residual consciousness vaguely awakened and eventually merged with the rat's weak consciousness. It began to have intelligence, and... obsession.

"Ah... I really want to follow her... I want to find her... I must find her..."

"Where is she...?"

"Who... is she?"

The rat, now the size of a cat, trembled in the darkness, its red eyes flickering. It was mentally confused and in a daze as it crawled through the winding and deep underground tunnels, following a certain scent, and began to move forward.

...

Bai Ling stayed in the city for three days, going to that restaurant to eat fish every day. The shopkeeper, waiter, and regular diners all remembered her. During these few days, she couldn't find out about Mount Youfu, but learned that there was a Guiyi Immortal Sect in the south.

Mortals were not familiar with the affairs of immortals and gods, so they called all cultivators immortals. Therefore, the so-called immortal sect was probably just a mortal cultivation sect.

If they were cultivators, they should know how to get to Mount Youfu.

Therefore, Bai Ling decided to go south first to ask the disciples of that immortal sect for directions. Then she got lost all the way, finding her way out of a vast wilderness. After much difficulty, she found a city with human habitation.

As a result, when she looked at the name at the city gate, it was Jingshan City. Damn, she had been here before. After going in a big circle, she had returned to where she started, wasting the journey in between.

Bai Ling: "...Old Seashell."

Old Seashell knew what she wanted to say. Without a word, it started crying, its entire shell opening and closing, vibrating like an electric one, while wildly spewing tears and white pearls.

"This old man has only one wish in this life, wuwahwahwah! If I can't see Little Master enter Mount Youfu under the tutelage of the Supreme God Xuan Cang, this old man will die with eternal regret, wuwahwahwah!"

In this life, Bai Ling only had this Old Seashell constantly taking care of her. Seeing it cry like this, Bai Ling had no choice. She could only bend down to pick up those white pearls and put them all into her spirit pouch.

Old Seashell was a powerful shell demon that had lived for a long time. The pearls it produced were all very precious. Even these pearls that it casually cried out had top-notch quality in the mortal world.

Now Bai Ling's spirit pouch contained several large sacks of such pearls, making her completely worry-free about travel expenses—the pearls used before were all like this, and she didn't feel distressed using them at all because there were too many.

Seeing that Old Seashell's crying was endless, Bai Ling looked at the pearls all over the ground and was too lazy to pick them up. She pinched the shell with one hand, not allowing it to open again. "Alright, alright, what are you crying for? I'll go, okay!"

Old Seashell quit while it was ahead. "Little Master, come, come, collect all the pearls. Let's find a place to rest our feet first. You should eat more delicious food. Look how thin your little face has become from the hardships of traveling these days. If the Old Master saw it, who knows how distressed he would be. Our poor Little Master, having to suffer like this as soon as you were born..."

Bai Ling plugged her ears. The old man was really too noisy!

She walked into the city and found that it was a bit different from the last time she came. Although there weren't many people in the city last time, the streets were still somewhat lively. But now, almost every household had closed their doors, and there were few pedestrians. There was also a strange smell in the air.

"Old Seashell, have you noticed anything? I feel like there's something a bit strange."

Old Seashell: "It's demonic aura. Little Master, you should try to sense it with your dragon instincts."

Bai Ling: "..." Sorry, after living as a human for so long in the previous life, there were many issues that needed to be overcome now that she was a dragon.

She tried to sense it once, sensed it twice, and finally, after a long time, sensed the demonic aura Old Seashell mentioned. Once she started paying attention, it was like when a monster's poison circle appeared in a game. That large area was all marked red in front of her eyes. She also smelled a fox odor. It was a fox demon!

Bai Ling was a bit excited. "It's a living fox demon!"

Fox demons were one of the most common types of demons that appeared in various movies and TV shows from ancient times to the present. They mostly appeared in the form of beautiful women or men, bewildering the masses and engaging in countless entangled and touching love stories with men and women.

"Little Master! What are you excited about! What if it's a bad thing? You'll be in danger. It's better to avoid it!" Old Seashell hurriedly spoke up. "Maybe it will eat you!"

Bai Ling: "Don't scare me. I know that if a demon eats a dragon, it will be struck by lightning!"

Old Seashell: "What if it risks being struck by lightning to eat you? If it endures it, wouldn't it have hit the jackpot? In any case, you can't be without caution against demons. It's best not to stay here for too long."

"Okay, I know. I'll leave as soon as I ask for directions."

Jingshan City had been unsettled recently. Many people in nearby Luyang had contracted a plague, which also affected them here. That would have been fine, but in the past month, more than a dozen people had died in the city, all young men and women in the prime of their lives. These people had all turned into dried corpses overnight without a sound.

Pink peach petals were also scattered on the dried corpses. What was even more strange was that these people seemed to be smiling before they died. A weird smile could be seen on the faces of the dried corpses.

Bai Ling made half a circle around the city and finally went to the tavern she had visited last time. There were relatively more people inside, all discussing whether the plague in Luyang would spread here and the recent strange deaths in the city.

This city was relatively closed off, unlike the prosperous big city she had visited last time. She asked several people in a row, but no one knew about the Guiyi Immortal Sect, let alone how to get there. They only clearly pointed out the southward direction for her.

She really missed the various maps and the internet of modern times. If you didn't know something, you could always go online to ask. Bai Ling felt that she was now like playing a large-scale single-player game. The map was particularly large, and her main quest was to go to Mount Youfu to become a disciple.

However, this game had no map, so she just wandered around aimlessly, going around in circles, accidentally returning to the vicinity of the starting point. Now she had even triggered a strange side quest—the fox demon problem in Jingshan City.

Without a doubt, it must be that fox spirit in the city who did it, and now she needs to go fight demons.

No one is even forming a team with her, and she's still a child, having to go fight demons!

"There is a strong demonic aura in the eastern part of the city! The strange deaths that have recently appeared in the city must all be the work of that demon." A man with an imposing demeanor, carrying a long sword on his back, walked into the tavern, followed by five men and one woman. The seven of them were wearing similar styled clothes, with outstanding temperaments, clearly righteous people at first glance.

Bai Ling: "..." Teammates?

"We are disciples of the Guiyi Immortal Sect, descending the mountain to deal with the plague. Passing through here, we sensed a sky-high demonic aura and discovered that a fox demon was harming people here, so we came specifically to eliminate the threat," the man said, looking very reliable. "Please rest assured, everyone, we will go to the east of the city tonight to eliminate the demon. Please notify each other not to approach the eastern part of the city to avoid being accidentally injured."

The people in the tavern looked at each other, and finally one person weakly said, "Guiyi Immortal Sect? It seems that someone was just asking about this sect."

Bai Ling in the corner: "...That was me." She pulled open the curtain blocking in front of her.

The seven disciples of the Guiyi Immortal Sect looked at her with a whoosh. Bai Ling clearly saw several disciples' eyes light up with a swoosh, and the leading man also revealed a stunned expression.

He then walked over and said, "Your whole body is shrouded in spiritual energy. It turns out you are also an immortal friend. Pardon me, are you also here for that demon?"

Bai Ling: "No, I'm asking for directions, wanting to ask where the Guiyi Immortal Sect is located."

Senior Brother: "May I ask for what purpose the immortal friend is inquiring about our Guiyi Immortal Sect?"

Bai Ling: "Asking for directions. I want to ask how to get to Mount Youfu. Ordinary people don't know."

Senior Brother: "Mount Youfu? That is extremely far away. We also cannot enter it. Only the elders inside the sect know the method of entry. It is said that Mount Youfu is suspended in the air by the divine power of the Supreme God Xuan Cang. One can overlook the vast mountains and seas from it. The immortals residing on it can all ride the clouds and fly between heaven and earth. It is a place longed for by us cultivators..."

The more Bai Ling listened, the greener her face became.

Suspended in the air?

Everyone can fly?!

Old Seashell lied to her!

He didn't say at all that Mount Youfu was like this!

If she had known earlier that Mount Youfu was like this, even if Old Seashell cried to death in front of her, she wouldn't want to go!

She's afraid of heights. Living in that kind of place would really be the death of her!