Chapter 48

A few years ago, at the boundary point of the secret realm "Zhou Chong" on Mount Tiantai, an endless sea of blood surged from the natural passage that exists in every secret realm, and a massive blood shadow struggled to tear through the dimensional crack and emerge from the narrow passage.

"Zhou Chong" was not a high-level secret realm; the entire realm had only two levels, and the natural passage should have been absolutely incapable of allowing such a terrifying behemoth to appear.

However, nothing in the world is absolute. There is no perfect thing in this world, and even the immortal array that gathers the power of the seas and mountains to confine the Nine Nether Seeds can have loopholes, let alone the unstable passages in the secret realms.

Sometimes, powerful monsters that should not exist in ordinary secret realms appear, and this is the principle behind it.

However, this time, the situation was not a coincidence.

"Finally, it's here." The nine-headed giant snake, enveloped in an endless sea of blood, struggled to crawl out of the crack that was too small compared to its body, scraping off a layer of scales from its entire body.

"Xiao Liu, do you really want to go? The human world is not a place for fun." The nine-headed giant snake coiled its massive body, ignoring the demon monkeys that were fleeing in terror, and a female voice came from its mouth.

"Yes, even once would be fine. I want to see the human world." A girl's voice, full of longing, came from the snake's tail.

The nine-headed giant snake shook its head helplessly and finally lowered its head. The sealed part of the snake's tail slowly opened, revealing a semi-transparent blood pearl.

It gently licked the blood pearl with its tongue, and its massive body slowly became transparent, eventually merging with the secret realm and completely hiding itself.

In the semi-transparent blood pearl, a slender girl's figure stretched out her hands and slowly walked out of the pearl.

She looked no different from a human girl, except for her transparent blood-red eyes and her long, soft hair tied with a nine-headed snake crystal hair accessory. She wore a beautifully crafted immortal robe.

The red sleeves barely covered her arms, and the well-fitted immortal robe made her already porcelain-like skin appear even more fair. Dark red jewels adorned her shoulders and waist, and a pair of transparent anklets on her bare feet kept her a distance from the ground that was hard to notice unless carefully observed.

Her eyes were filled with excitement and curiosity, as this was her first time leaving "home," the endless sea of blood that had nurtured her, and walking on her own two feet.

"Xiao Liu, the boundary pearl you have can allow you to leave the secret realm for about ten days, but we must return before the passage closes, understood?" The voice of the nine-headed giant snake came from the crystal hair accessory on the girl's head.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Princess Shenmeng. I will cherish these ten days." The girl took a step forward, but because she had never walked in the outside world before, she almost fell with her first step.

Fortunately, the anklets on her feet had a natural levitation effect, protecting her from making a fool of herself.

"How can I be at ease with you like this? I should just forget it. What's good about the human world? Most humans are short-lived, not even living for two hundred years." The nine-headed giant snake clearly did not like humans, as they always greedily tried to plunder everything from the secret realms.

Therefore, whenever someone intruded into its deepest lair, it never hesitated to exterminate them, just as humans did to the creatures in the secret realms.

"Because of their short lives, humans can create so many special things, can't they? Xiao Xiang." The girl, named Xiao Liu, stroked the crystal hair accessory on her head and smiled gently at her guardian.

"Hmph!" This time, the nine-headed giant snake could not deny it. Among the seas and mountains, humans indeed had the strongest creative ability, which was why they became the rulers of the seas and mountains.

Although individually, humans were not as strong as various demon races, let alone the ancient races in the secret realms, humans were strong, a fact that no one could deny.

"Let's go and see the human world." Xiao Liu carefully held a transparent gemstone in her hand, the only way for the secret realm races to leave the secret realm—the boundary pearl.

With a "bang," the transparent gemstone shattered, forming an invisible barrier around Xiao Liu.

The barrier's function was to disguise the secret realm races as humans from the outside world, deceiving the rules of the secret realms and allowing the races that could not leave to enter the human world.

However, this gemstone had limitations. Generally, it could only last for no more than twenty-four hours, but the one in Xiao Liu's hand was a rare treasure that could last for about ten days.

While deceiving the secret realm rules, the gemstone also isolated the wearer's aura. Unless they encountered a top-tier immortal or demon, the person protected by the gemstone would not be detected.

When the secret realm races used the gemstone to walk in the human world, they would automatically be ignored by humans, as if they did not exist.

This was to protect the safety of the secret realm races, as the human world would not show mercy to monsters from the secret realms, always killing them without hesitation.

Leaving the secret realm "Zhou Chong," Xiao Liu saw a brand new world.

This world had many buildings, many people, and many things Xiao Liu had never seen before.

What were those dolls made of transparent candy? Were they for eating or for looking at?

What was that group of people shouting "one, two, three, buy and leave!"? Was it an interesting game?

That table was filled with many cute little trinkets. Were they all made by humans?

For Xiao Liu, who had lived in the deepest part of the secret realm and had never set foot in the human world, everything in front of her was so novel and interesting. She had only learned a little about the human world from the legacies left by the humans the nine-headed giant snake had killed.

The human world, as described by the elders of the secret realm, was very dangerous, a place to avoid unless absolutely necessary. But in Xiao Liu's eyes, this world was full of infinite possibilities.

It was different, completely different from any secret realm she had ever been to.

No matter which secret realm, no matter what type, none of them had such vitality. The races in the secret realms lived the same way they had for a very long time.

A thousand years, ten thousand years passed, and the secret realms would not change unless invaded by humans. Otherwise, they would remain the same, like a repeatedly painted scroll.

But the human world was different. The world where humans lived was constantly changing and advancing.

"Here... is the human world." Xiao Liu stared at the bustling market in front of her, more surprised and moved than anyone else.

Xiao Xiang's consciousness had already fallen asleep, having consumed too much energy to open the passage to get here.

Now, Xiao Liu was protected by the boundary pearl, invisible and undetectable by anyone. Even if she stood in the middle of the street, no one would notice her.

She was very happy and joyful, even though no one would talk to her. Walking through the human market, looking at the various goods, and listening to the sounds of people was enough to satisfy her.

This was the place she had always wanted to come to, the scenery she had wanted to see since a long time ago, when she had touched the memories of a fading consciousness.

The scenery here was more vivid and lively than in those memories.

The wind, the sun, the sounds of people—she could never get enough of them, never tire of listening.

"Hmm! Hmm!" The joyful Xiao Liu stood in a corner of the street, humming a song softly.

Today was the most memorable day of her life.

But as she hummed, Xiao Liu suddenly stopped. She thought of her other half, Xiao Xiang, who had worked hard for many years to bring her here but had not seen this scenery.

It was such an interesting scene. If Xiao Xiang could see it with her, it would be so much better.

"Xiao Xiang? Are you there?" Xiao Liu stroked her crystal hair accessory but received no response.

She must be too tired. Otherwise, Xiao Xiang would have answered her.

I'm sorry, because of my selfishness, you worked so hard.

"Hey..." A voice sounded in Xiao Liu's ear, making her think for a moment that Xiao Xiang had woken up.

But she quickly realized it wasn't Xiao Xiang, as Xiao Xiang's voice was not like this. It was a stranger's voice, one she had never heard before.

Xiao Liu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a human boy about her age, looking at her with curiosity.

Huh? Looking at her!

Xiao Liu quickly checked her surroundings. The effect of the boundary pearl was still in place, and others still ignored her, but why was she seen?

Was this human very strong? Strong enough to easily see through the disguise of the boundary pearl? Then she must be in great danger.

What should I do, Xiao Xiang? Xiao Liu asked her other half, forgetting that she was already asleep.

"Why can't everyone else see..." The boy walked up to Xiao Liu, looking at her with a puzzled expression.

"Aaaaaah!" Xiao Liu turned and ran, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Huh?" The boy, who had just wanted to talk to Xiao Liu, was completely confused and watched her fleeing back in dismay.

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