It should be the cellar used by farmers to store food. The cellar was several feet deep and had been opened by Half-ci. Lu Ye came to the cellar and looked down, immediately seeing a dirty little face.
The little girl looked to be only seven or eight years old, and he didn't know how long she had been hiding here. Her face was sallow, and it was obvious that she had been malnourished recently. If this place wasn't used to store food, she would have starved to death.
In the dim environment, only a pair of eyes were still bright.
The little girl was curled up at the bottom of the cellar, looking up at Lu Ye and assuming a vigilant posture, like an angry little beast.
Half-ci came to Lu Ye's side and looked down, "I wanted to bring her up, but she didn't want to. She even punched and kicked me. I was afraid of hurting her and not using force."
If it weren't for such concerns, how could Half-ci, a little mortal girl who had no cultivation, be so helpless? However, if Half-ci really wanted to use force, she wouldn't be able to resist.
Lu Ye thought for a moment, then jumped into the cellar.
As soon as he steadied himself, the little girl rushed up like crazy, and as Half-ci said, she punched and kicked him.
Lu Ye silently endured, raising his hand to touch the little girl's head.
But he didn't expect the other party to suddenly grab his hand and bite him.
Lu Ye didn't dodge, letting her bite his hand, and didn't even use any strength to protect himself.
The little girl bit his hand, staring at him fiercely with a pair of big eyes, as if he was the murderer of her family.
The accusation in those eyes of blood and tears touched Lu Ye's heart, making him sigh inwardly.
Although this domain was not big, there should have been at least tens of millions of humans living here. However, after a calamity, almost all of them had died. Only this little girl was still alive. He did not know whether it was a blessing or a misfortune.
Pain came from his hand, but to him, this pain was no different from being bitten by an ant. He slowly raised his other hand and stroked the little girl's head. His voice was gentle as he said, "It's alright, don't be afraid!"
After a long time, the fierceness in the little girl's eyes gradually faded, and the strength of her bite on his hand slowly decreased.
A moment later, Lu Ye picked her up and rushed out of the cellar.
Such a small child had been hiding in the cellar for who knew how long. He ate, drank, and defecated in the cellar, so his entire body stank.
Lu Ye didn't seem to notice. He looked at Half-ci and said, "Take her to take a bath!"
She nodded and reached out to take the child.
But unexpectedly, the little girl's hands were tightly wrapped around Lu Ye's neck, unwilling to let go no matter what. She even buried her whole face into Lu Ye's chest, rubbing against Lu Ye's body until it was covered in dirt.
Half-ci asked curiously, "Am I that annoying?"
No matter what, she was still a beauty. Previously, she had tried to bring the child out of the cellar but failed. Now that Lu Ye had brought the child out, the child actually ignored her.
Lu Ye also tried to coax her, but no matter what he said, the little girl just hugged him tightly and refused to let go.
The two of them looked at each other helplessly.
Perhaps it was because of the great change and the fact that she had lived alone in fear for so long, the little girl was extremely vigilant. Now that Lu Ye had gained a little of her trust, she quickly developed a strong sense of dependence on Lu Ye.
"Do you want to do it yourself?" Half-ci asked with a smile.
Lu Ye could only do it himself.
Holding the little girl, he took some water from the well, then used his arts to boil the water. He found a large wooden bucket, adjusted the temperature of the water, and put the little girl inside.
"Take off your clothes and wash yourself!" Lu Ye ordered her.
The little girl just sat in the wooden bucket and stared at him, for fear that he would disappear in the blink of an eye.
Lu Ye had a headache. He persuaded her a few more times and promised that he wouldn't leave. Only then did the little girl slowly move.
After changing the water several times, the little girl washed herself clean. Half-ci found the girl's clothes in the ruins and brought them over to help her put them on.
This time, she didn't have much resistance to Half-ci.
After washing herself clean, the little girl walked to Lu Ye's side and reached out to pull on the corner of his clothes. She stood quietly, not making a sound.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound. Lu Ye looked down at the little girl's stomach and realized that she should be hungry, so he found some food from this region and cooked it for her to eat.
After the meal, the little girl slowly fell asleep. She was very soundly asleep.
Lu Ye and Half-ci were in a dilemma. The two looked at each other.
After a while, Lu Ye said, "What should we do?"
They were just passing by. They were going to the secret place mentioned by Half-ci, but now they saved a little girl. Such a young child, who had never even been in contact with cultivation, was definitely not suitable to take her with them, but it was even more inappropriate to leave her here.
She was the only living person in this entire region. It would be too cruel to leave her here.
Half-ci hesitated for a moment and said, "Leave it to me."
Saying so, he raised his hand and took out an object. The object looked inconspicuous, like a piece of charcoal, but as Half-ci urged his spiritual power, he shone the charcoal on the little girl's body. A mysterious fluctuation came out of nowhere, and the little girl suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Lu Ye stared at the charcoal in Half-ci's hand and was extremely surprised, "A small world?"
Half-ci was also surprised, "Fellow Daoist Li's eyesight is quite good. You can actually recognize this as a small world."
Lu Ye didn't speak. Of course he didn't recognize it. He just guessed casually. He didn't expect this to really be a small world. After all, as far as he knew, only a small world could accommodate a living person.
He had seen some records in the Rest Abyss Pavilion, and knew that this thing was an extremely rare treasure. No one knew how this treasure was born, but from the outside, one could not see anything special about it. However, inside, it was a world of its own.
This world might be very small and had no offensive or defensive effects, but it had some other benefits.
Accommodating living people was only one of its insignificant functions.
Half-ci actually had a small world, which made Lu Ye even more unable to see through her. This thing was not something an ordinary cultivator could have.
"Don't starve her to death." Lu Ye exhorted. The little girl was just a mortal and still needed to eat and drink. Even if she was taken in by Half-ci, if she was left alone for a long time, she would definitely die.
"Don't worry." Half-ci replied and put away the food Lu Ye had found. Then, she went to find more food and water and threw them into the small world.
Without any worries, the two of them set off again.
After a month or so, they finally arrived at their destination.
On a huge floating continent, Half-ci put away her Star Boat and stood side by side with Lu Ye in front of a deep cave.
"Is this the place?" Lu Ye asked.
Half-ci nodded.
Lu Ye looked around and didn't see anything special.
Half-ci knew what he was thinking and explained with a smile, "It's precisely because there's nothing special about this place that it won't attract attention. Although this place is remote, there will always be some cultivators passing by. If it's really special, it would have been discovered long ago. There's a limit to the mysteries of that secret place. Every time it's used, it will take a long time to recover. Fellow Daoist, if you want to change your spiritual power in the future, you can come here."
Lu Ye nodded. "Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist!"
However, if he really wanted to change his spiritual power, he could just go to the Constellation Hall. There was no need to go through so much trouble.
"Let's go in," Half-ci said and took the lead to enter the cave. Lu Ye followed closely behind.
However, after entering, Lu Ye threw out an imperial tool nearby. This was out of habit. Whenever he entered an unknown place like this, he would leave a backup plan behind.
He was somewhat puzzled. Based on his recent observations of Half-ci, this woman should be from a good family. Otherwise, she wouldn't even have a Small World. If that was the case, why would she choose him if she wanted someone to protect her?
It also didn't make sense that she had some ulterior motives. Lu Ye didn't sense any malice from her. She even revealed the location of this secret place to him.
He couldn't figure it out, so he didn't bother to think about it.
The cave was very deep, and it took them dozens of breaths to reach the bottom. Half-ci, who had arrived first, had already thrown out some illuminating objects, illuminating the surroundings with hazy light.
Only then did Lu Ye get a clear look at the environment. It seemed to be a huge karst cave, with strangely shaped stone pillars in all directions. Only at the very front was a strange stone slab, like a staircase, extending upwards step by step.
Lu Ye looked on in amazement, because these stone slabs clearly had no point of support, yet they were still floating in the air. There were a total of 99 stone slabs, all of them extending nearly a thousand feet into the air. On the highest level of stone slab, there was a strange stone cauldron that was emitting a hazy mist.
The mist flowed out of the stone cauldron and flowed down the stone slabs like a waterfall.
Half-ci carefully observed and smiled. "It seems that no one has come here recently. Fellow Daoist Li, you stay here. If someone comes in, I'll have to trouble you to block them for me."
Lu Ye nodded. Although the probability of this happening was low, Half-ci invited him here to guard against such a situation. There were some things that one couldn't be too careful about.
In order to make sure nothing went wrong, Lu Ye immediately began to arrange a formation.
Half-ci wasn't in a hurry to start. Instead, she silently sat cross-legged for a while.
When Lu Ye was almost done arranging the formation, Half-ci also adjusted herself to her best state. Then she got up and walked towards the stairs.
Lu Ye was very curious about how this place tempered a cultivator's spirit force, so he naturally wanted to observe it.
What he saw was Half-ci raising her foot to the bottom of the stairs, but what made Lu Ye somewhat puzzled was that Half-ci seemed to be under a lot of pressure when she took this step.
Because her movements were very slow, the first step landed on the stairs, and the next step only landed after three breaths.
After standing firm, the white mist on the stairs poured into BanCi's body like a living creature and disappeared into her body.
Lu Ye guessed that the white mist should be the source of the spirit force that could help people temper their spirit force.
Half-ci paused for a moment, presumably to refine the power of the white mist. Then she took a step and landed on the second step.
(This chapter ends)
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