Clothes? What are those?

"Hey, where are you looking, you filthy pervert!"

Seeing Lin Yu's inexplicable gaze, Xiaobai, who had just transformed into a young girl, immediately raised her slender brows in fury. She actually spoke human words, glaring at Lin Yu with hostility.

"So you could talk as soon as you woke up?"

Lin Yu swept his eyes over Xiaobai's delicate body again.

Although he and Xiaobai had braved life and death together for years in his previous life, this was his first time seeing her in this form.

"Xiaobai, tell me, do you think I gave you the wrong name?"

"I feel like Big White would suit you better now."

Lin Yu mused, putting on a thoughtful expression.

"You!" Xiaobai was utterly embarrassed and furious. She desperately wanted to slap this hateful human in front of her!

But for some reason, she seemed unable to bring herself to do it.

"Forget it, no need to change your name. Come home and settle in."

"All of this is yours."

"From now on, you'll be called Xiaobai. If you don't like that, Dumb Cat works too."

Lin Yu pointed inside the immortal abode and smiled.

"What do you mean, Dumb Cat? I'm a tiger!"

Xiaobai glared at Lin Yu, her cheeks puffed out in anger.

But when her gaze shifted to the immortal abode, her eyes instantly began to sparkle.

A few glistening drops of drool even seemed to appear at the corner of her mouth...

"You're not lying to this tiger? All of this is mine?"

Xiaobai looked at Lin Yu suspiciously.

"If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

Lin Yu spread his hands.

"Hmph, you wouldn't dare anyway. Fine. This young lady will reluctantly agree to live here with you."

Xiaobai said jubilantly.

"Uh... would you consider putting on some clothes first?"

The corner of Lin Yu's mouth twitched.

"Clothes? What are those?" Xiaobai looked at Lin Yu blankly.

After a great deal of fuss.

Xiaobai finally moved into the immortal abode.

Nodding slightly, Lin Yu's figure rapidly grew illusory as well.

Then he turned into a streak of light and vanished into the horizon.

Outside the crystal tetrahedron.

"Hey, Xiao Qing, is that monitoring of yours reliable or not?"

Li Lieyang said in displeasure, "We've wasted two years here. You said the immortal beast was expected to awaken this week, so why hasn't there been the slightest sign of it yet?"

"Exactly! This damned crystal tetrahedron-I really want to smash it to pieces! With this barrier here, there's no way to probe what's happening inside!"

Han Fei chimed in as well. Although two years was nothing to them, the immortal beast's continued lack of activity inevitably made them anxious!

"Hmph, what's the rush? It'll only be another few days at most!"

Xiao Qing's expression was equally unpleasant, because according to his calculations, the immortal beast should have awakened today!

Yet even now, he could not precisely investigate the situation inside the crystal tetrahedron!

This made Xiao Qing somewhat agitated as well, but there was nothing he could do. The crystal tetrahedron was incomparably sturdy. The four of them had attacked it together earlier, yet had failed to damage it in the slightest!

For now, all they could do was wait!

"The tetrahedron looks like it's about to break apart!"

Just then, Li Lieyang suddenly exclaimed. He had noticed an enormous crack suddenly appear on the surface of the crystal tetrahedron!

At Li Lieyang's warning, the other three quickly noticed the unusual change in the crystal tetrahedron as well. In an instant, terrifying Mahayana Realm spiritual power surged into motion, and four towering waves of presence erupted!

For a moment, heaven and earth changed color, and the sun and moon lost their light!

The four strongest people in the Great Yan Empire, legendary Mahayana Realm masters-their strength was truly this terrifying!

Crack-

Under the four's gazes, the crystal tetrahedron finally seemed unable to withstand some sort of pressure and exploded with a thunderous crash!

"Hmm?"

Yet the scene that followed left all four holy land masters dumbstruck!

Inside the crystal tetrahedron, apart from a crystal platform shaped like a kitten, there was actually nothing at all!

The imperial-grade immortal beast the four of them had waited two whole years for had simply vanished into thin air!

"Old Xiao, was this your doing?"

Li Lieyang had the most explosive temper of the four, and he immediately roared.

The news that an imperial-grade immortal beast was here had originally come from Xiao Qing.

Now that they had discovered their efforts had been like drawing water with a bamboo basket, naturally, the first person they aimed their suspicions at was Xiao Qing.

"Xiao Qing, you must give the three of us an explanation today!"

Han Fei said gravely, "Even our Western Region Holy Land's selection of a Holy Son was postponed for three years because of this!"

"This is a matter of grave importance. If I return just like this, I'm afraid I'll have no explanation to give the disciples of our Western Region Holy Land!"

The more Han Fei spoke, the more agitated he became, and a trace of anger appeared on his face!

In Han Fei and Li Lieyang's eyes, this was undoubtedly a trick Xiao Qing had played!

Perhaps that imperial-grade immortal beast had already fallen into Xiao Qing's hands!

"Enough. Stop making unreasonable accusations, you two."

Beside them, Liu Weiying, who had remained silent all this time, spoke. "If Xiao Qing really had the ability to take this imperial-grade immortal beast for himself, why would he have bothered calling the three of us here?"

Hearing this, both Li Lieyang and Han Fei faltered.

It was indeed as Liu Weiying said. If Xiao Qing could handle this immortal beast himself, there would have been no need to let them get involved!

"Xiao Qing, what exactly happened?" Liu Weiying furrowed her delicate brows slightly and turned to Xiao Qing in confusion.

If even Xiao Qing did not know what had happened, then they really would have to return empty-handed from this trip!

"Hmph, it looks like someone beat us to it."

Xiao Qing's face was dark, and unrestrained fury burned in his eyes!

According to his original plan, he would indeed have gained the upper hand in the contest against the other three!

In fact, in the previous life, without Lin Yu's involvement, Xiao Qing had indeed been the final victor!

But the immortal beast's presence had mysteriously disappeared within the past few hours!

Despite the thick crystal tetrahedron separating them, the immortal beast's condition had always been under Xiao Qing's surveillance!

Even if Xiao Qing racked his brains to pieces, he could not imagine how anyone could possibly have beaten them to it!

Within the Great Yan Empire, there was simply no one who could take that immortal beast away right under their noses!

"Heh, Xiao Qing, do you take us for fools?"

Hearing this, Li Lieyang immediately flew into a rage. "With the four of us here, how could anyone possibly beat us to it?"

"Are you saying there's someone in this Great Yan Empire stronger than the four of us?"

Li Lieyang demanded furiously, directing all blame for the immortal beast's disappearance at Xiao Qing!

"Hmph, if you don't believe me, you're welcome to come take a look at my Southern Region Holy Land!"

After being repeatedly attacked by Li Lieyang's words, Xiao Qing's expression darkened as well.

First the immortal beast had vanished mysteriously today, and now Li Lieyang was accusing him without grounds. His mood had sunk to its lowest point.

"Enough! Stop arguing!" Liu Weiying's voice rang out at just the right moment:

"Perhaps the immortal beast used some method to escape. I think we'd better search the surroundings first, lest it escape beyond our surveillance!"

"Hmph, we'll do as you say for now!" Li Lieyang and Han Fei both snorted coldly, accepting Liu Weiying's suggestion.

Meanwhile, Xiao Qing clenched both fists, his nails nearly digging into the flesh of his palms!

"If I find out who reaped the fisherman's profit, I'll make him repay this blood debt in blood and consign him to eternal damnation!"

Xiao Qing muttered through gritted teeth, enunciating every word as a towering wave of presence erupted from his body!

That presence directly shattered the void, and even the space around Xiao Qing appeared somewhat distorted!

The strength of a Mahayana Realm Peak expert was truly this terrifying!

Ever since becoming master of the Southern Region Holy Land, he, Xiao Qing, had never felt so stifled!