At the foot of Copper Bell Mountain, Qing Ji swam beneath the pool's surface with a delight she had not felt in ages. Suddenly, she sprang upward like a lotus emerging from the water, revealing her beautiful body beneath the moonlight.
Ju Huang floated on the water as well, enjoying this long-awaited relaxation in her serpentine python form.
"Sister, it's been so long since I felt this good. If we'd known, we should have come out for some fresh air sooner."
After washing herself in the flowing water, Qing Ji spoke to Ju Huang with evident pleasure.
Although their cultivation had reached the Higher Realm, neither demon needed daily meals or baths to survive anymore. Still, some habits from their days as ordinary creatures remained ways for high-level cultivators to relax. After spending so long cooped up in the cave recuperating, she had long since had enough.
At that point, she suddenly gave a seductive smile, gathered her hair, and asked, "Do you think someone might be peeking at us right now?"
Ju Huang was speechless, but then could not help saying, "Do you think he might use soul projection to spy on us, little sister? That would be underestimating a Nascent Soul master far too much. If he used such a method to monitor us, how would that differ from an emperor doing manual labor with a golden carrying pole?"
Sensing the burnt bone stench that refused to leave her nose, Qing Ji fell silent for a while, then sighed. "Whatever the case, this is still our territory. Let's have the little ones offer up a few wild beasts that haven't awakened their intelligence, and treat ourselves to some meat first. With that lord keeping us confined in the cavern, it's been ages since I enjoyed flesh and blood."