Chapter 190: Di Jin's Father Emerges from Seclusion (Thanks for the 3 extra chapters, votes, and positive feedback urging updates)

Just as Shen Qingli could barely hold on!

She sensed that the gaze had shifted?

A hum.

Deep within Shen Ting, an unusual ripple spread out.

It was this ripple that drew away that substantive gaze.

But this ripple also gave Shen Qingli a vague sense of familiarity?

"Is that A Jin's father?"

This position could make that mighty Shen Ting guardian so wary!

Is that the Dao Sovereign?

He has recovered, but still in seclusion—will he come out soon?

Shen Qingli was unsure, so she decided to go take a look.

In just a moment, she sensed that Jiu Li was drooling over Xi Xi.

You smell so nice, I—

Shen Qingli had already pulled out Jiu Li, who was about to speak and take a lick.

Jiu Li sent a dejected mental message: "Can't I stay a bit longer?"

"Xi Xi is in seclusion; why are you bothering it?" Shen Qingli warned, pulling its ear, "It's about to fully mature and can be a big help to me; if you dare disturb it again, I'll hand you over, hand you over, to A Jin to deal with."

Shen Qingli, unable to think of a punishment, finally realized that Jiu Li is always timid and overly fawning when facing Di Jin.

Chirp!

Jiu Li burst into tears right then!

Shen Qingli let out a breath of relief, "You know you're scared, right? Behave, and at most I'll let you lick the demonic essence—you also think he smells fragrant, don't you? When he comes up, go lick him."

"He doesn't smell as nice as Xi Xi."

Jiu Li just smelled it, and Xi Xi smells even more aged and fragrant!

It can no longer resist Xi Xi's temptation.

"So you don't want it?"

"I want it!"

Jiu Li submitted, after all not wanting to be played with by Di Jin.

With this relief, Shen Qingli finally relaxed.

That gaze just now frightened her so much her eyelids kept twitching.

"Do you still want to go that way?"

Jiu Li trembled; its infant sibling seemed impossible to protect.

"Hmm."

Shen Qingli grew increasingly cautious.

"You also stay concealed."

"I'm trying."

One person and one cat, after each swallowing three pieces of invisibility grass, finally found the core of Shen Ting.

Along the way, Shen Qingli discovered that the invisibility grass lasts only half an hour per piece.

Even s. pace didn't tell her; fortunately she was quick-witted, and whenever she was about to be exposed, she sensed it and promptly replenished.

Upon arriving here——

Jiu Li was no longer calm, not daring to make a sound, not even daring to send a mental message!

And Shen Qingli had already discovered a barrier ahead! This is,

"Li Li, look."

"Shh, don't speak!"

Jiu Li was dumbstruck with fear—this is right under that creature's eyelid! If we transmit sound and speak, what if we get caught?

The old turtle can do it now, but this it cannot do yet! It will—

"Huh?"

The nervous Jiu Li also sent out a doubtful mental message.

"Isn't this the seal that used to be on me?"

"I wasn't mistaken after all."

Shen Qingli let out a breath; this will be easy to handle.

She can break this seal!

"You wouldn't actually try to break it, would you? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

Jiu Li thought, "I never realized A Li had such courage before."

"I'll just open a small gap."

"Can you?"

Shen Qingli's practice proved she could.

Jiu Li was also convinced— that person really teaches everything; have they ever thought they've taught her to be too adventurous?

Helpless, Jiu Li was thus brought by Shen Qingli into that cave, and then……

The seal at the cave entrance repaired itself when they left.

In the next instant——

That gaze almost discovered Shen Qingli—it happened to be looking right at her!

If the repair of this cave entrance is even slightly delayed, it will be discovered.

"Wow, I feel that gaze can't see inside here!"

Jiu Li suddenly sent a relaxed mental transmission, its whole small body going soft.

Just now, it had been completely stiff!

Shen Qingli also relaxed, saying, "It should be due to that restriction, but we can't let our guard down; there might be something even more terrifying inside."

"Makes sense!" Jiu Li immediately wilted.

Perhaps there is something stronger than that one just now, which neither it nor A Li can sense danger from.

This kind is the scariest! Oh heavens, what is this?

The Jiu Li that had been pounced on was frightened dumb, and what it grabbed with a claw was actually a five-colored butterfly?

"Huh!"

The butterfly had no spiritual power; Jiu Li loosened its claw and flicked it away.

Shen Qingli, however, froze in place, seeing the buildings.

Similar to the houses her father had on Bing Xue Feng…

The only difference is that here there is no snow filling the sky; instead, there are bird songs and floral scents.

No!

It looks like a scene of bird songs and floral scents, but one cannot hear the birds' calls nor smell the flowers.

"What's going on?" Jiu Li also noticed something was off.

Shen Qingli approached, reaching out to grab a bird, and could sense that the bird was alive.

This is even more strange…

They are all living things, but can you imagine that?

The birds clearly appear to be calling, yet make no sound.

Amidst the flower thickets that should be fragrant everywhere, there is not even a hint of scent.

"There are fish!"

Jiu Li pointed at the pond and sent a mental transmission.

Shen Qingli saw a fish jump out of the water, yet it made no sound.

If she couldn't hear Jiu Li's mental transmission, she would have suspected she was deaf.

Jiu Li had become tense again, even drawing in its claws.

"Let's go inside and have a look."

After sending her mental transmission, Shen Qingli was already walking toward the cottage.

Jiu Li actually wanted to say no, but it understood that having come this far, it couldn't dissuade her.

After the door was gently pushed open, the interior furnishings once again left Shen Qingli dazed.

Upon pushing the door open and seeing the main hall, it was the place where she used to live on Bing Xue Feng, eating meals with her father and Di Jin.

To the left was her later room, to the right was A Jin and her father's,

She immediately walked in, going to open the door!

The first one opened was still her own.

"The same!"

Shen Qingli didn't know how to describe her feelings.

The buildings on Bing Xue Feng could not have been built by Di Jin; they could only have been constructed by her father.

But how could they be the same as those here?

This place is none other than Shen Ting, and it is highly likely to be the residence of the Dao Lord.

"What's wrong?"

Jiu Li had never been to Bing Xue Feng, so it didn't understand why Shen Qingli's emotions were fluctuating so greatly.

Shen Qingli took several deep breaths before looking toward another room, and she was no longer as eager as before.

She thought, the arrangement here should be the same as what her father and they had built.

Actually, upon reflection, that makes sense.

The Dao Lord and her father were likely old friends, so similar tastes are normal.

The furnishings are the same…

That might also be normal.

"I'll open it."

Facing the door before it, Jiu Li thrust out a claw!

It thought, perhaps opening the door versus not opening it yields different sights, which is why A Li's emotions fluctuate so much.

As it turned out, that really was the case!

"A Li~"

Shen Qingli did not respond.

Jiu Li then went on talking to itself.

"I think I saw your A Jin younger brother."

"You didn't see him, did you?"

"You saw him both outside and over there earlier, right?"

Jiu Li felt it had indeed guessed right! Those who opened the door and those who didn't saw different things!

"It's all an illusion, don't scare yourself." Jiu Li was just comforting it when it discovered that Shen Qingli, who was holding it, had already walked toward Di Jin.

Nine Li looked up in surprise, "A Li can also see it?"

Can they? Of course they can! Shen Qingli saw it.

Identical Di Jin, neither older nor showing any signs of aging.

Even if father and son resemble each other, they couldn't possibly be exactly the same!!