The Legends Of Bai Li | 01 | The Origin of All Things

The clouds are light, the wind is light, and the shadows are whirling. The moon is bright and clean. With so many years passing by, in the wheel of fate chanting the lips to my soul, even if it’s not the first time we have met. Today I dress up for you. Love is struggling in the tears of my eyes. Fancy roads dancing with flowers, time flies, let’s re-start since we first met. The heart is like a stone. In the flowing dust and cloud, fate makes everything with a new beginning…

Chapter 1
The Mountains and Valleys

Everything has a beginning, and this is where all the stories begin. Once upon a time, the world is just a plate called Pan, on top of which is an empty illusion. There is no heaven or earth. The world was so empty. The space close to the sun was the Qian world, and the other end was the Kun world.

After thousands and thousands of years, many souls appear on top of the world. Some of those souls carry virtuous spirits, the others carry vicious spirits. And those who have enormous virtuous spirits in the Qian world can self-transform their realms, and the realms are extremely beautiful. The Kun world is similar. Those souls in the Kun world also create their realms. As a result, part of the empty illusion on the plate is broken. In the middle of the Pan, the aura is mixed with savage energy, with souls having both vicious and virtuous spirits. Souls gather together as small gangs and fight against each other. Occasionally you will see some restaurants, casinos, and places of play for passers-by.

There are two famous male souls in the Qian World, they are the most powerful virtuous spirits. One is the owner of the Stone Valley realm, whose name is Xiao. And the other one is the owner of the River Land realm, whose name is Han Shi.

Xiao has a disciple called Sevish. Xiao’s Stone Valley has all kinds of rare and exotic herbs. Xiao usually does not like to make friends with people, but there are many outsiders in the valley. They all come to find medicinal herbs. Xiao and Sevish are also very generous, so this place has become a famous medicine valley.

While Han Shi likes to live alone. In his realm, there are all sorts of small spirits, nine-tailed foxes, single-horned deer, giraffes, koi, and other elves. He likes to drink wine. He likes his green river and clean pond, so he draws water from that pond, and then picks up some flowers and plants in the forest, refining them into wine. The wine taste is very beautiful. Some people hear about it and often come to beg for wine, but Han Shi generally does not give it, because he feels that he has not drunk enough, and he is too lazy to make wine all the time.

In the early morning of this day, above the realm of the green mountains and valleys, there was an eagle with huge wings and dark feathers, and his eyes were bright and sharp. After a while, the morning sun rises over the valley, the sky is full of rays, and the fog spreads out and gradually dissipates. That eagle flew over a deep valley, hovered in the air for a while, then flew down, and stopped on a huge black stone in the valley. The eagle turned into a human figure. The man’s face was elegant, his eyes were bright, and he looked handsome. This man was Xiao, the owner of this Stone Valley.

A man wearing a dark green long gown and a cyan hair crown came over, went up to meet him, and said:

“Master, you finally come back! It has been a whole night. Everything alright?”

“Um…not so bad. It has been difficult.”

“Master, I just feel that… You should not take care of those people in Pan. Those evils from Kun World…Why not just let them go…”

Xiao smiled. “You haven’t changed a bit, aren’t you?” Xiao then ignored Sevish and walked into the black house.

“Um…master, I am serious. If you somehow offend that Jusheen, the head of Kun World, it will make us in trouble… ”

“It’s okay. If I offend him one day, then we finally can have a good fight.”

Xiao just said so indifferently, Sevish had to shut his mouth when he saw the master saying so.

Xiao and Sevish entered the stone house together, which was simply furnished, with a dark stone bed, some dark stone chairs, and some herbs and weapons. Immediately afterwards, Xiao took out a spirit-raising herb from the medicine box on the stone table and then went out of the stone house again. Sevish saw it, and hurriedly asked:

“Master, you are leaving again?”

As Xiao went out, he said, “There is another man who urgently needs this spirit-raising herb. I will go to the middle of the Pan again. And by the way, I will also defeat an evil spirit there.”

“Master, you want me to come along?”

“No, I like to be alone.”

Xiao said lightly, turning into an eagle and flying away from the valley.

Sevish watched his master leave from a distance, and felt helpless in his heart, thinking, since my master accepted me as an apprentice, he didn’t take me with him much, and always like to be alone… He sighed and said to himself: “I’m so bored, I have to find something to do.”

Sevish has been Xiao’s apprentice since ten thousand years ago. Before he turned into a human form, he started following Xiao. His primordial spirit is a dark green parrot. He loves small spirits. However, he has never had a chance to get a few of them. He has been thinking about it for the past few years. He heard that Han Shi, the other famous male soul in the Qian world, has a lot of spiritual animals, so he has been thinking about how to have the opportunity to find a few from him.

Speaking of Han Shi, he doesn’t like to be disturbed by others. He always likes to drink alone. Recently, Han Shi fell in love with a long black bamboo pipe he just made. And it can make different tunes when he blows it. Han Shi often plays a few pieces of music in his River Land. He likes it very much.

One day, someone came to Han Shi to beg for some wine. The man walked to the gate of the River Land realm. “My esteemed Han Shi, I am Nibo from the middle of the Pan. I am coming for your beautiful drinks, please meet me!“, the man shouted.

Han Shi heard this too many times recently, he felt troubled, so he said with his thousands-miles-voice-transmission technique: “No no no… I am pretty busy right now.”

Nibo heard this and felt a little worried, so he hurriedly said: “Please wait! The wine is for the person who saved my life. Xiao just saved my life the other day when I was attacked by an evil spirit. He helped me to defeat that evil spirit. He also gave me his precious spirit-raising herb to heal me. I want to thank him, but I can only think of coming here to beg some wine from you…please…”

Han Shi heard that it was Xiao from the Stone Valley, so he was very curious. He has heard of Xiao for a long time, but he has never seen him in the past ten thousand years. So he asked: “Well… Pharmacist Xiao, it’s interesting. So what good things do you have?”

Nibo felt a little guilty after hearing this, and said, “I have nothing to exchange for today. If there is a chance in the future, I will repay!”

Han Shi heard it, he didn’t take it seriously, but he suddenly felt that Nibo had a portrait with him, so he said, “Um…What is your portrait in your pocket?”

Before the man could answer, Han Shi flew to Nibo with teleportation, took out Nibo’s portrait with magic, and opened it, there was a man on the portrait. Han Shi looked over. The man had an elegant face and was extremely handsome. Han Shi couldn’t help but be curious and asked: “Um? Who is this?”

Nibo was startled when he saw Han Shi suddenly appear and took his portrait, so he hurriedly said: “Oh, this is the man who saved my life. His name is Xiao. This portrait… I found a painter to draw it, and I was going to hang it at home…”

“Xiao? This is Xiao. Interesting…um…This portrait will work.” After saying that, with a slight wave of his sleeves, two pots of wine appeared on the ground. Nibo saw the wine and happily said, “Thank you!”

Han Shi heard him but ignored him. He took the portrait and returned to his River Land. He continued to hold the portrait and talk to himself: “Hum… this guy…How could he look even more handsome than me? Um…only if I can meet him someday…”

A few days later, Han Shi found that he didn’t have enough wine to drink. He thought that he must gave out too much wine recently… Now it was not enough for him to drink, and he was lazy to make new wine. So Han Shi thought for a while, and said to himself, “Why not go to the restaurant in the middle of Pan today and drink some wine there?” So he went to the middle of Pan.

Han Shi quickly arrived at the Pan Restaurant and went in. It was the morning when not many people came to drink. The waiter who was in charge of the door saw that it was Han Shi coming again, so he hurriedly asked: “Mr Han Shi, what would you like to drink today?”

“Let’s get ten pots of sake first.“, Han Shi said. The waiter responded and went to get the wine.

Han Shi went upstairs and chose a seat by the window to sit down. Soon the wine came. Han Shi picked up the wine and looked at the scenery in the middle of the Pan. The small realm in the middle of the Pan is still barren, with no flowers, no grass, and no trees around. Some dark grey buildings are standing opposite each other, with a long street in the middle.

Han Shi looked at the two rows of buildings that were closely connected, as well as all kinds of people coming downstairs. Han Shi said to himself: “Although this is a bit desolate, it is not as good as my River Land, but it also has a different scenery. .” After saying that, he looked at it quietly and smiled.

Coincidently on that day, someone looked for Xiao to deal with a demon spirit. To save people in the middle of Pan, Xiao hurried to the middle the Pan to defeat that demon spirit. At this moment, Xiao was fighting against that demon spirit and slowly approached the Pan restaurant. Xiao held a dark iron sword flying between the buildings to attack the demon spirit. The demon spirit is a a nine-headed python evil spirit.

And this scene was seen by Han Shi in the Pan restaurant. Han Shi was drinking wine and saw the demon spirit outside and a man was fighting with the demon spirit from a distance. Han Shi immediately became interested, looked closely, and was surprised: “Um… Could this be the person in the portrait?”

Han Shi wasn’t quite sure that he was Xiao, he thought, this person looked so handsome..? That beauty is not the same as mine, with a chivalrous spirit… Han Shi looked at him from a distance and couldn’t see that many details. He saw that the man is tall and thin, dressed in black clothes, not wearing a crown, just tied his hair behind his head, and his flying skill is excellent, and his swordsmanship is also extremely powerful.

Han Shi looked fascinated and said, “No no… I have to get to know him!”

So Han Shi hurriedly went down, but Xiao followed the demon spirit into the dark forest in the Kun World, and Han Shi didn’t know how to find him…

Han Shi came back and hurriedly asked the waiter at the restaurant door: “Who was that person just passed by?”

“You do not know him?”

“Ah… I am too lazy to come out…”

“He is Pharmacist Xiao, the owner of the Stone Valley.”

Han Shi was not surprised. He didn’t care about taking the wine upstairs, just paid for the wine and went back to the River Land.

After Han Shi came back, he pondered over and over again, he was curious and was pacing back and forth in his room at the moment.

“The Stone Valley is just nearby, but it is a bit presumptuous to visit him like this, so what could be a good reason for it?“, Han Shi said to himself. Then he started pacing back and forth again…

“Oh! Why don’t I let Bai Li go and steal his spirit-raising herb?”

Han Shi shook his head again: “Eh…how did I become so introverted? , really… stupid… I don’t want to think about it anymore…But that herb is very interesting indeed, so…”

Han Shi smiled and went to his forest to get his white cat. The cat was white all over, with jasper-coloured eyes, which looked very cute. Han Shi carried the cat back into his house, put it on the bed, and then sit on the bed and start to meditate…

Chapter 2
The Rivers and Clouds

On the same day, a white cat suddenly broke into Xiao’s Stone Valley. The cat ran to the rich aura in the center of the valley, took the only spirit-raising herb in the valley with its mouth, and was planning to leave the valley. Unfortunately, it was discovered by Xiao, and Xiao immediately chased after it. However, the cat seemed very flexible, Xiao can fly really fast, but he chased it all the way to the outside of his Stone Valley realm all the way to Han Shi’s River Land realm.

Xiao saw the cat run into the River Land realm, so he rushed into the River Land with an entry spell, and chased the cat all the way to the center of the realm before he finally caught the cat.

This was the first time Xiao to see this beautiful River Land. Xiao saw the realm was almost in-between the clouds, the white clouds were so close, the surrounding forests had many flowers and plants, and the dark stones in the river were so clear to see. There are all kinds of spiritual souls in the River Land. In addition to the white cat, there are also some nine-tailed foxes, deer, and little dragons. Xiao was very surprised. He had heard that Han Shi’s realm looked like this earlier, but this was the first time he had seen it in person. Xiao walked further, he saw a large tree with many pink blossoms. The petals falling slowly from the tree were scattered on the ground. This scene is so special that Xiao looked a little dumbfounded…

Xiao heard the voice of the Han Shi come from deep inside the forest: “Who broke into my River Land?”

Soon after that, Xiao saw a man in white flying down from the tree. The man had long black hair. And there is a black bamboo pipe in his hand. Xiao looked at the man carefully, his face was elegant and natural, with thin cheeks, clear eyebrows, and rosy lips that were rare in men.

Xiao had heard that Han Shi was very handsome earlier, but this time he looked at him and feel that Han Shi looked extraordinary. Immediately after that, Xiao replied: “I’m Xiao.”

Han Shi saw Xiao dressed in black, very similar to his hair accessories, except that there were two strands of hair in front of him on both sides of his ears. Han Shi looked at Xiao’s face carefully. He has a thin face and looks gentle and elegant, but in a black robe with a black sword, which makes him look very chivalrous. Han Shi thought that this man is really good-looking, even better than the portrait, so he couldn’t help but look at him a few more.

“Well…I have heard you before, owner of Stone Valley. Um… what are you doing here with me?”, Han Shi said, and his words were a little hesitant.

“I followed this cat here, and this cat took my spirit-raising herb that grows only once in three thousand years in my valley,” Xiao said confidently.

“You took my cat? Return my white cat to me!” Han Shi then saw that Xiao was still holding his cat in his arms.

“Did you hear me? Your cat took my herb?” Xiao was a bit confused…

“Yes, I heard you. So?”

Xiao smiled, he felt that Han Shi is naughty. And he thought this man is interesting. Xiao then said: “Since the cat is yours, I will leave it to you, and I will take the spirit-raising herb.”

“Um…wait! I sent the cat to your Stone Valley. I just want to do some research on it and also plant a few in my River Land…” Han Shi seeing that Xiao was leaving, so he hurriedly said.

Xiao smiled, thinking that he had already guessed this, but he didn’t expect Han Shi to tell the truth so quickly, so he said, “Excuse me, it is very precious to me, so no.”, Xiao said and was about to leave.

“Hey, just wait.” Han Shi was a bit anxious, and said, “If you can give it to me, I can promise you three things.”

Xiao heard this and felt that Han Shi was actually… a little bit coquettish, and couldn’t help but think he was more interesting, so he asked back: “Really? Anything?”

“Well…Since I promised you, of course, I’m bored in River Land anyway, and I like to study some interesting things.” After speaking, Han Shi walked over to Xiao and continued: “Since you promised to give me this herb, then bring it!”

Han Shi mischievously took the spirit-raising herb from Xiao’s hand and was about to go back. Han Shi suddenly thought of his cat and said, “By the way, my cat.” So Xiao gave her the cat.

Han Shi took the cat and said, “You can leave now, just come and find me when you know what you want from me.” After that, he left without looking back. Xiao saw Han Shi leave, and thought that this man was really interesting. Then he went back to his Stone Valley. He thought Han Shi’s River Land is really beautiful. Once I figured out what to do with him, I will come back and have a look again.

On the second day, Xiao was meditating in the Stone Valley, and Han Shi came to him early in the morning to see him. Sevish was just at the entrance of the Stone Valley, and he was a little surprised to see Han Shi. Before Sevish could speak, Han Shi said: “You must be Sevish, I’m coming to see your master.”

Sevish heard it, and hurriedly went back to Xiao: “Master, the Han Shi from the River Land came to you. Since when did you know him?” Xiao immediately replied: “So soon? Yesterday… let him come in. …” Immediately after Xiao finished speaking, he saw that Han Shi, dressed in white, had already flown into the valley.

Han Shi flew into Xiao’s realm and found Stone Valley is also extremely beautiful. The Stone Valley is full of black iron stones. There are several pavilions with dark grey tiles and black stones.

“I am here already.”, said Han Shi. Then Han Shi flow over to Xiao and sat beside him.

Sevish now has time to look at Han Shi closely. He thought Han Shi is so handsome…even more, handsome than his master.

Xiao saw Han Shi and smiled, he liked this casual feeling, and didn’t feel to be disturbed. Xiao then said to Sevish: “You can leave now.” Then Sevish walked away.

“Don’t you think it is a bit impolite to break in like this?” Xiao asked deliberately.

“You did that last time to me.”, said Han Shi. Then Han Shi took out a white jade stone, and then two bottles of wine were instantly released from the stone. Han Shi said to Xiao: “Do you drink wine?”

“I drink sometimes.” Xiao saw the stone and felt a bit surprised.

“Okay, here you are.”, said Han Shi. Then Han Shi gave one bottle of wine to Xiao and started to drink the other bottle of wine.

Han Shi lay down and looked at the sky, and said, “Your Stone Valley is really beautiful. It is a different kind of beauty compared to my River Land.”

Xiao started to drink as well. And he felt very happy when he heard Han Shi saying this, and said: “Did you come here to deliver wine today only?”

“No, of course not. I don’t like owning others’ stuff. So I come here to ask you. Have you figured out what you want from me？”

“Oh? Um…Are you willing to be my friend?” Xiao asked with a smile.

Han Shi smiled too when he heard this, and said: “That simple?”

“Yes, so simple it is.”, said Xiao.

Then both of them smiled.

“Okay, as you said. The other two things?”, asked Han Shi.

“Um…I don’t know yet. I will let you know later then.”, said Xiao, “By the way, your white cat is really cute.”

“You like Bai Li?”

Han Shi was very unhappy when he heard Xiao saying this, and said: “Then I don’t like her anymore.”

“Why?”

“I’m jealous.” Then Han Shi ignored Xiao and started to drink alone.

Xiao was a bit speechless when he heard this, he thought, why does Han Shi need to be jealous of his cat? Xiao saw Han Shi stop talking, so he asked again: “So she is called Bai Li? Where did the white cat come from? It feels like she is so different from your other spirits?”

“Why you are still asking her? I’m not gonna tell you.” Han Shi said angrily.

Xiao was speechless again, so he said: “Okay…I will not ask again. I am just curious. The other spiritual animals in your realm all have their kinds of virtuous spirits. Only that white cat is so different…even feels very similar to you…”

Han Shi smiled when he heard this, and he felt a bit happy about it. He thought, It turns out Xiao observed so carefully about him. So he said: “Um…Well, let me tell you then. This white cat does not conscious. I am too bored by myself, so I used my bunch of white hair and transformed it into that cat. Sometimes I am too lazy, so I occasionally transmit my consciousness to her and walk around.”

Xiao heard this and thought that the white cat came to Stone Valley to steal his spirit-raising herb… So Xiao smiled and said: “So, yesterday it was you?”

Han Shi realised that he leaked his secret, so he explained: “I was… was curious…”

“Curious about what? My herb, my Stone valley?”

“Neither…I was curious about…well, you won’t understand.”, said Han Shi. And then he turned his head to continue drinking.

Xiao was a bit confused, but he stopped asking.

After a while, Han Shi asked: “We are all men, why you are so taller than me?”

“Why you are more beautiful than me?”, said Xiao with a smile.

“I like you saying that.”, said Han Shi with a smile too.

…

Then the two of them drank together in the valley for quite a while and became very good friends.

Sevish was very happy when he saw that his master and Han Shi became good friends. He wanted to go to Han Shi to ask for a small spirit, but he couldn’t find an opportunity. Now he knew that Han Shi and his master had such a relationship. So he finally got away.

So on this night, Sevish came to Xiao: “Master, can you help me with something?”

Xiao smiled. This was the first time that Sevish had asked him for help. Usually, Sevish was very proud, so he said, “So rare…okay, tell me what is it.”

“Um… Master, I see that you have a good relationship with the Han Shi from the River Land?”

“Well, it’s good, and it’s very good. I like to be with him. He even promised me three things, and there are two left.”

Sevish heard this and was overjoyed, and continued: “Can you… ask Han Shi to give me some nine-tailed spirit foxes. I want to raise a few. The spirit foxes look cute.”

Xiao agreed generously and felt that Sevish must be too boring in the Stone Valley alone. He also should find something for himself. It is also a great opportunity to go to the River Land to see Han Shi.

Xiao suddenly felt that he missed this friend a little bit, and said to himself: “It would be better to go to him tomorrow.” Xiao thought about it and slept happily.

Chapter 3
This Music Instrument is Xiao

So on the second day, Xiao went to Han Shi’s River Land in the early morning. Xiao arrived at the entry of the River Land. But this time, the door automatically open. Xiao smiled and walked in. He looked at the beautiful scenery passing by, he was surprised again.

Xiao continued to walk into the peach blossom forest, and saw a wood-colored attic with a high platform in front of the door, resting on a pond. At that moment, Han Shi was sitting in front of the door, blowing the dark bamboo slender pipe, which made a melodious and beautiful sound. The peach blossoms were blooming, and together with the sound, it seemed to fit so well. Xiao was a little dazed. He looked toward Han Shi, and felt that his face was a bit ruddy, he looks gentle and elegant. Xiao seems to think that Han Shi is very charming. Xiao said to himself, could it be that he likes men?

Han Shi saw Xiao coming, and he was pleasantly surprised, but when he saw Xiao standing far away and looking at him. So he called to him, “Xiao, Xiao?”

“Um?”

“So…You like the sound?”, asked Han Shi.

“Yes, a lot.”, answered Xiao with a gentle smile.

Han Shi heard this and smiled too: “The musical instrument here is my love. How about calling it Xiao, naming it after you?”

Xiao was a bit surprised, but he happily said: “Of course.”

Then they started to drink together on the wooden platform by the attic.

Xiao drank a bit and asked: “What kind of theurgy do you practice?”

“I have a spell, I can turn the female into a male, I can also turn the male into a female, I can change Yin and Yang.”, said Han Shi.

“Oh? Interesting, you see the male and female have sex naturally, but why?”

“It’s for empathy, it’s for… I need you to know how much I love you.” After Han Shi said this, he looked at Xiao affectionately with the bottle of wine.

Xiao felt a bit shy when he noticed Han Shi was looking at him like this, so he immediately converted to another topic: “I have a special magic, that I can open the Yin and Yang in a massive chaotic space. ”

“Oh? You should show me sometime!”

“Sure. I have another magic, It can turn all things that have spiritual energy into the spiritual core for forming a spiritual soul. ”

“Wow, this is amazing. Do you mean that you can form multiple me then?”, asked Han Shi.

“It is theoretically possible, but it can only be used to save lives. This matter requires using all of my spiritual energy.”

“Doesn’t sound like a good deal…” Han Shi heard Xiao say this, and he suddenly felt a great pain in his heart, he don’t know why. But he thought a bit more and soon smiled again.

“Compared to practising magic and spells, I like more making magic weapons.”, said Han Shi, and then he took out a round white stone. The stone was only about an inch in diameter, the colour was clear, and there seemed to be a white light inside.

Han Shi continued: “You see, this stone is very small though, but I can store all sorts of spiritual souls and any other kinds of objects. I call it Qian Kun Stone. I have all kinds of stones that I have accumulated over the past 10,000 years inside.”

Then Han Shi took out a couple of stones from his Qian Kun Stone and one of them is the black iron stone.

“I see you like swords? How about I cast a black iron sword for you? As the second thing that promises you.”

Xiao felt this interesting. Then he smiled and said: “Sounds great.”

So Han Shi used magic to make the black iron stone bigger, waved his sleeve, and then a black iron epee sword appeared in the air. Han Shi handed it to Xiao and said, “Xiao, try it.”

Xiao immediately swung his sword in the woods, the strength was strong, and the fire suddenly burst in all directions.

“Good sword!”, said Xiao.

“The world we are in is a big Pan. And the Pan can accommodate all kinds of souls. How about we call it Pan Sword?”

“That is a good name.”, said Xiao with a smile.

“This sword is transformed by my spirit, you should take it with you. If there is any danger, I can sense it.”

Xiao was happy to hear it, and then said: “Do you still have other spirit stones? I also make swords. Why not let me make one for you too?”

Han Shi smiled in his heart, so he took out a piece of jasper blue stone and handed it to Xiao.

Xiao used a similar method immediately to cast a silver thin sword. Xiao said: “This sword can be tied around your waist. You often take your Xiao, this is more convenient, we can call it by your name, so to call it Cold Stone Sword?”

Han Shi smiled and said: “Excellent, this sword is very beautiful.” So he happily took the sword. When the sword reached Han Shi’s waist, it immediately bent back and tied it around his waist.

“If you are in danger, I will come to protect you.”

“Protect me? You don’t have to.”, said Han Shi. Then he turned his head and leaned on the stone to continue drinking. Han Shi continued: “I have an immortal body, and I cannot be harmed by any sharp weapon. I can only die if ten thousand swords pierce my heart. But…I am the only one who knows that type of swordsmanship in this world.”

Xiao was surprised, so he shut up. Then Han Shi continued: “Well…Since you made me a sword as well, then this doesn’t count. You need to think about another then.”

“There is one. My disciple Sevish wants to ask you for some nine-tailed spirit foxes. He wants to raise a few.” Xiao said with a smile.

“Oh? Sevish likes spiritual foxes?”

“Yes. He felt bored in the Stone Valley. I have to find something for him to do as well.”

“Okay, interesting. Then I will catch a few and we can go to your valley in a while.”

Xiao heard this and smiled.

“Um…Xiao…” Han Shi looked at the peach blossoms in the sky and asked, “What if I am a woman? What will you do?”

“Oh…If you are a woman? Then…I will love you like a man.” Xiao joked and then smiled.

Han Shi also smiled. He looked at Xiao and thought, that peach blossom is blooming, the twilight is blinking, and the rain is drizzling… It turns out that you can be so charming, so make me intoxicated…

The two stayed like this for a few hours and then went to Stone Valley together. Before leaving, Han Shi took a nine-tailed spirit fox from his forest and placed it in the Qian Kun Stone. Xiao couldn’t help but be amazed when he saw it: “Your Qian Kun Stone is really easy to use.”

Han Shi said: “Of course! I don’t like to take things with me when I go out, so I used white jade to make this stone, which took me a lot of time and spiritual power, but it can save all things, and it is small and convenient.” Han Shi said happily.

They arrived at Stone Valley. Sevish saw the master and Han Shi coming together, so they guessed that they came back to give him the spirit fox. So he smiled and greeted Xiao first: “Master came back so soon?” Then he turned to Han Shi and greeted: “Glad to see you again, Mr Han Shi.”

Xiao smiled and said: “Sevish, Han Shi has brought you a spirit fox.”

Sevish was overjoyed, and then he saw Han Shi take out the Qian Kun Stone, and immediately released the nine-tailed spirit fox from inside. Sevish saw that the spirit fox was covered in snow white, had blue eyes, and was very pleasant.

Han Shi said: “I also like this spirit fox. The blood of the nine-tailed spirit fox can cure hundreds of poisons, and it is also very suitable for your valley.”

Sevish was amazed when he heard it and hurriedly said: “Thank you, Mr. Han Shi, but there is only one nine-tailed spirit fox. How will it reproduce in a hundred years?”

“Oh, that’s easy.” After saying that, Han Shi immediately pulled out a bunch of white fur on the nine-tailed spirit fox, transformed it into another spirit fox, and then cast a spell on the other spirit fox. Then the other one seemed to have changed, and the eyes became gentle.

Sevish couldn’t help to ask: “This is…”

“I turned it into a female. This spirit fox has one female and one male, and can mate and reproduce.” Han Shi said lightly.

Xiao was also very surprised when he saw it, and said, “This magic is really interesting.” Then he saw Sevish pick up two spirit foxes with a smile, and said, “Thank you again, Mr. Han Shi.” After that, Sevish left.

Han Shi said to Xiao: “I promised you three things, and now you only have one left, so use it with care.”

Xiao replied with a smile: “Okay.”

Han Shi also smiled, and then he went back to River Land. Xiao watched Han Shi leave, thinking that this friend was really interesting and close. He couldn’t help but smile again.

The two have been like this for nearly a hundred years.

Chapter 4
This Is the Real Me

One day, Xiao and Han Shi went to the middle of the Pan to travel for pleasure. They came to that restaurant Han Shi used to visit. The waiter at the restaurant door saw Xiao and Han Shi walking in together and felt surprised. He hurried to welcome them: “Mr. Xiao and Han Shi, what do you want to drink today?”

“Ten pots of wine first… um… wait…” Just after Han Shi finished speaking, he turned to ask Xiao, “Xiao, how about you? Ten pots too?”

“Me? No…You know me. I can’t drink that much.” Xiao said with a wry smile.

Han Shi smiled and said: “It’s okay. Let’s make it twenty. If you can’t finish, I can help! You can watch me drinking then.”

“Well…Okay then as you said.” Xiao smiled.

So Han Shi said to the waiter, “Twenty pots of sake.”

The waiter responded and went to get the wine. He watched Xiao and Han Shi go upstairs, and said to himself: “When did Xiao and Han Shi have such a good relationship?” The waiter then smiled and thought, they two look so well together.

After Xiao and Han Shi went upstairs, they found a seat by the window and sat opposite each other looking at the scenery outside the window.

Xiao asked, “Do you often come here to drink?”

“Well… that is to say, I only come occasionally when I haven’t got enough drink in River Land. The last time I came here was a hundred years ago.”

At the moment, the waiter took the wine and said with a smile: “Mr. Han Shi, last time you came here you ordered ten pots of wine. There were nine pots left. So nine pots are free for you today.”

Han Shi heard this and said: “Oh, you still remember, okay, thank you.”

Xiao was confused and asked, “So…You also can’t finish your drink sometime?”

Han Shi smiled and said, “How could it be possible?” Then he said, “That’s because I went down…” Just as Han Shi was about to say, he suddenly felt a little shy and stopped…

“Speaking of that day, Mr. Han Shi, you asked me who was the one who fought with the Hydra…” The waiter suddenly remembered this and said it naturally.

Han Shi heard this and immediately turned his head to stare at the waiter, thinking that, why are you talking so much? Then he said to the waiter, “You already serve wine, can you leave now?”

As soon as the waiter heard it, he realized that he had talked too much, so he hurriedly smiled and said, “Yes.” After that, he left.

Xiao listened to this conversation and thought that he had defeated a nine-headed python evil spirit here a hundred years ago, so he suddenly understood the story. Xiao thought, was Han Shi going downstairs to chase me? So he smiled, and said to Han Shi: “Hydra? Are you looking for me?”

Han Shi couldn’t conceal it, any more so he said hesitantly, “I… I’m just curious.”

Now Xiao understood what Han Shi was curious about that day. He knew the whole story and was very happy, so he said, “Well, I’m also curious.”

Han Shi was confused: “What are you curious about?”

“I’m curious when you started to like me,” Xiao said sarcastically.

“I…I didn’t say that…” Han Shi said, and his face was slightly red.

Xiao looked at Han Shi and just kept laughing, so Han Shi also laughed.

Xiao and Han Shi drank for an hour and suddenly found a huge demon spirit on the side of the Pan. And at the moment it was attacking the people. Xiao saw it and immediately said, “I’ll go down and have a look, you can wait for me here.” After that, he flew down.

“Hey… I’ll accompany you.” So Han Shi left the money for the wine on the table and flew down as well.

After the two of them went down, they saw the demon spirit was one three-headed wolf, with a hideous face and a huge body, occupying the entire road in the middle of Pan. Xiao and Han Shi saw that the evil spirits were so huge that it was not enough to rely on swordsmanship and martial arts, so they turned into primordial spirits to fight. Xiao turned into a black eagle, circling toward the wolf’s eyes. Han Shi waved his hand and quickly turned into a white giant tiger, the white tiger also covered the entire street, surrounded by purple rays of light, which looks very beautiful.

The waiter kept watching the White Tiger Primordial Spirit on the side, and he couldn’t help but be amazed. He heard about Han Shi’s Primordial Spirit White Tiger earlier, but he didn’t see Han Shi come out to fight before. So this was the first time he saw it. Immediately afterward, he saw the eagle transformed by Xiao circle back and forth several times, blinding the six eyes of the wolf, and the white tiger transformed by Han Shi bit off three of the wolf’s heads in a few moves. The evil wolf gradually disintegrated and died. Everyone present couldn’t help staring at them, and the waiter said: “Wow…The two famous men from the Qian World…Of course, they are really powerful together.”

Xiao and Han Shi repelled the demon spirit and turned back into humans. Han Shi patted his clothes and was about to talk to Xiao next to him. However, he saw Xiao fall to the ground. Han Shi was shocked, so he hurried over and asked: “Xiao, are you injured?”

“I’m afraid…I’ve been poisoned by the wolf, it feels like the mandala…”

“Let me take you back!” After Han Shi said this, he immediately put Xiao into the Qian Kun Stone and brought him to the River Land.

Han Shi soon reached the Riverland, and he put Xiao on the bed. Xiao was in a coma, his lips were chapped, his face was pale, and Xiao’s primordial spirit core seemed to be damaged. Han Shi thought I had heard that one’s spirit core can detoxify another, and with the blood of my nine-tailed spirit fox, it should be able to detoxify this mandala.

“But if I use my spirit core to detoxify… It seems that it’s time to let him know who I am…” Han Shi said so and immediately after he turned into a woman with a wave of his sleeves, and his appearance changed as well… She got on the bed and helped Xiao to get up, kissed him by hugging his shoulder, and then spit out his primordial spirit core into Xiao’s body. Xiao felt the spirit core coming in, slowly opened his eyes, and saw that a woman in white was kissing him. Xiao thought, who is this person? Why is it so familiar? But his limbs were weak, and he fainted again.

After Han Shi finished using the spirit core to detoxify Xiao’s body, he suddenly felt dizzy. After resting for a while, he used quite some spirit to be fully recovered. He couldn’t understand why, and thought, could it be that using spirit core to detoxify mandala has side effects?

In the next few days, Han Shi uses the blood of the nine-tailed spirit fox for Xiao. Seven days later, Xiao woke up and saw that he was in the River Land, so he guessed that it was Han Shi who saved him, but he was also confused, who was the woman who detoxified him with the spiritual core? So he went out the door, intending to go to ask Han Shi.

As soon as she walked out the door, he saw the woman who was detoxifying him. The woman was dressed exactly like Han Shi, but she looked like… She was clearly a woman, with a thin face, thick brows, and big eyes, with a pair of agate-colored eyes, very spiritual, and very beautiful. Xiao looked at her and couldn’t help being surprised. He realized that Han Shi had always been…

“You are…Han Shi?”, asked Xiao.

“Um…yes…But, you can call me Bai Li now, which was my original name.”

“So…you are a women…”

“Yes, I am, always…I am transformed by a white cat. Do you…like me like this?”

Xiao’s face flushed, and then became a little bit pale… He was so surprised and he felt a little dazed…

Seeing that Xiao speak nothing, Bai Li stepped forward and kissed Xiao on his lips…

Xiao was a little stunned. He only felt that the feeling between his lips made him a little intoxicated… This feeling is exactly the one from a few days ago… Then Xiao suddenly think of something, and then hurriedly took a step back…

“Han Shi…oh, sorry…Bai Li, I…”

Seeing Xiao like this, Bai Li smiled.

“I… thank you for saving my life, and I will pay it back…another day… I need to leave now.” After saying that, Xiao hurried back to the Stone Valley.

Bai Li didn’t understand why Xiao acted like this. She felt a little sad seeing Xiao left. She thought, could it be that I suddenly… scared him?

Xiao returned to the Stone Valley, but he was struggling for the rest of the day… Xiao thought of that Han Shi… Bai Li’s appearance, he couldn’t help blushing, he couldn’t help smiling and saying to himself: “Bai Li…She is really cute…” However, he was also very worried…

Sevish saw that Master had finally come back, but his master seems ignore him and keep walking around the house, neither doing anything nor speaking. Sevish was confused. It was the first time he saw his master like this, so he asked: “Master, what’s wrong with you?”

Xiao said slowly: “Han Shi… She is a woman.” After speaking, her face flushed again.

“Ah… what? Woman?”

“Yes…” After saying that, Xiao frowned again.

Sevish was stunned when he heard it. He saw that Master was so worried, so he guessed something and asked, “Master, do you like Han Shi?”

When Xiao heard Sevish say this, he couldn’t help but be stunned, then thought about it and said, “I… I really like…love her, but…”

Sevish immediately understood after hearing it, and then said, “Master is worried about your dragon and snake gall?”

“Yes, this dragon and snake gallbladder is extremely poisonous. I have cultivated since I was a child and can adapt to the poison, but if I am close to a woman, I am afraid that she will be in danger in the long run…”

Sevish was also helpless after hearing this…

Then Sevish heard Xiao say: “Sevish, go get me three sticks of heartbroken herb.”

“Ah, Master, you… are you…?”

“Well, I want to use this poison to detoxify the poison of my gallbladder, in three days after using it, I should be able to detoxify this dragon snake gall.”

Sevish was shocked: “But Master, will this harm your spiritual power?”

“I’m afraid I will lose half of it…”

“What…”

“It doesn’t matter, I can just practice again.” Xiao said lightly, turned around and started to meditate, and said: “Sevish, go get the herb.”

Sevish couldn’t stop it, so he went to the pharmacy to get the heartbroken herb.

Before Xiao started the seclusion to detoxify his gallbladder, he told Sevish: “Sevish, if Han Shi…Bai Li comes to me in these next few days, just saying that I am in seclusion. Don’t tell anything about the dragon snake gallbladder to her.”

Xiao took three heartbroken herbs on that day and began to meditate in order to detoxify his dragon snake gallbladder. This heartbroken herb is a deadly poison, as the name suggests, the poisoned person will suffer pain from severe liver and intestine, and then vomit blood and die. After Xiao used the heartbroken herb, he forced the poison into the place where the dragon snake’s gallbladder was in his body and then concentrated his spiritual power to fuse with the dragon snake’s gallbladder. Xiao endured severe pain in his liver and intestines and tore his heart and lungs. Three days later, he spits out a large mouthful of black blood. Then Xiao said: “Finally… the dragon and snake gallbladder was successfully removed…” After saying that, he smiled happily and fainted.