Wait a minute, where is my master?

"Nothing much, but Little White, do you have time to go back home for a visit?"

The little Taoist watched the Husky carrying a big and small bag of stuff approaching and couldn't help but gently tap his head.

"Thump!"

"Merit +1"

"Go home? Temple master, are you saying you don't want me anymore!"

The items that Little White was holding all scattered on the ground, as a look of incredulous sorrow appeared in her eyes.

As if in a haze, snowflakes began to fall on this sunny island.

"...It's not that. Also, control your Ice Attribute Spiritual Power; there's ice falling from the sky!"

Jin Xu helplessly tapped her head again, then bent down with Yu Yaoer to help pick up the scattered items.

"Oh."

The Husky obediently reined in her Spiritual Power and asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly ask me if I missed home, temple master? In our Demon Realm, if a master asks their disciple if they miss their hometown, that usually means they're about to be sent down the mountain."

She explained with a sense of grievance, reaching out for the package the little Taoist handed over.

"I'm not your master... Sigh, my plan is to take Little Hong back home and then go look for my teacher thoroughly. The Old Dean told me before that the ink jade fishing rod could pull the angler into some strange small worlds. Recently, I've been fishing many times and even managed to break through my stagnant cultivation three times but still haven't triggered the situation the Old Dean described."

"So, I've been thinking, why don't we simply try to visit each known small world one by one. If you miss home, then our first destination could be set in the Demon Realm."

Jin Xu explained leisurely, walking together with the two ladies into the busy, bustling butterfly-shaped valley.

The trio forcibly passed through a seemingly non-existent thin membrane.

They arrived inside a wide tunnel of the Colorful Secret Realm.

"That's great, temple master, but is it really possible that the Elder Master could be in the Demon Realm? You don't have to go to the Demon Realm specially to let me visit home. After all... I don't think I've been out for a few months yet.

"Also, when I came here, I heard from the High Priest of our clan that the Space Barrier between the Nine Provinces Realm and the Demon Realm is getting more and more stable. It might be difficult for us to go there..."

Little White suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence.

After thinking about her temple master's achievements and strength, she realized that the increasingly stable Space Barrier probably wouldn't be much of a hindrance to Jin Xu.

Seeing the Husky suddenly fall silent, the little Taoist thought she was worried about delaying the search for his teacher and the Space Barrier, so he softly said, "I don't really know which realm my teacher is in, but with you leading the way in the Demon Realm, it will certainly be more familiar. As for the Space Barrier, I think it shouldn't be a problem."

Jin Xu did not know the routes from the Nine Provinces Realm to other small worlds very well, but he vaguely remembered that Great Xia seemed to have a devotee skilled in the ways of space; perhaps seeking advice from him could yield valuable insights.

"Right, Little White, don't you know the Young Master's strength? A Space Barrier would be nothing to him, just like that!"

Yu Yaoer said, playfully imitating the little Taoist's usual movement when chopping through the hot springs.

The Husky chuckled twice and started frolicking around.

The three of them, regardless of the stares from others, chatted and played all the way.

They passed through the wide passage and truly arrived at the inner part of the Colorful Secret Realm.

At the passage's entrance.

The little Taoist, smelling the faint scent of flowers, took the lead in walking out.

A gentle ray of sunshine softly fell upon his handsome face.

Gazing out, Jin Xu saw that just beyond the tunnel was a vast expanse of colorful flower fields. Occasionally, one could spot various large-winged moths gently flitting about, seemingly engaging in pollination.

Around the flower fields, one could see a few Cultivators donned in uniform, seemingly patrolling the area.

"Sss, so many flower fields, if someone with hay fever came here, they'd be directly..."

A strange thought surfaced halfway through his mind when the little Taoist heard a series of sneezing sounds from behind him.

"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!"

"..."

He turned his head and saw that the Husky's eyes were slightly red, with tears glistening in them, as she busily used ice cubes to seal her nose.

Clearly, her sensitive sense of smell put her at a disadvantage here.

"Little White?"

Jin Xu called out with concern.

"Temple master, I'm fine, I'm fine! Let's hurry up and leave this place."

The Husky waved her hand, yet her feet honestly moved toward the road furthest from the flower field. Because her nose was blocked, her voice sounded somewhat muffled.

The young Taoist helplessly shrugged his shoulders and turned his head, signaling Yu Yaoer to follow her and take care of her.

Then he himself flashed to the edge of the flower field, underneath a giant wooden sign that had been stuck into the ground.

"Colorful Secret Realm behavioral guidelines?"

"Protecting the flowers and moths is everyone's responsibility. Catching Sa moths in the flower field is prohibited; if you want to collect moth powder, please go elsewhere.

"Otherwise, you'll always face the most difficult Crossing Tribulation, encounter counterfeit Foundation Establishment Pills, and all the senior sisters and junior sisters will belong to others?"

"What kind of weird protection slogan is this?"

Jin Xu stared at the words on the wooden sign and muttered to himself for a few sentences, his expression resembling that of an old man reading on his cellphone in the subway.

However, at that moment, he suddenly noticed a male cultivator not far away. Taking advantage of the patrol's lack of attention, he abruptly took out a net-like magical treasure and swiftly extended it into the flower field, capturing three Sa moths.

But before the male cultivator could retract his net-like magical treasure, a very faint Formation revealed itself outside the flower field. Then, a sharp voice began to loop the contents written on the wooden sign.

"...Crossing Tribulation...most difficult..."

"...senior sisters...others..."

The young Taoist subconsciously took half a step back, distancing himself from that wooden sign.

And when he looked back at the rule-breaking male cultivator, he saw that the man was already being pinned down to the ground by the patrolling cultivators.

After that, it was unclear what the two sides communicated, but one of the patrolling cultivators briskly walked to the wooden sign.

After hesitating for a moment, he added a line behind "all the senior sisters and junior sisters will belong to others" with his Spiritual Power.

"Senior brothers and junior brothers will belong to others too."

After writing it, the patrolling cultivator hesitated for a long while and then added teachers and elder masters to the list, before finally leaving.

"Hiss~~~"

Jin Xu looked at the male cultivator who had been taken away and drew a sharp breath.

Luckily, he hadn't covered this Secret Realm with his Spiritual Sense just now, otherwise... who knows what he might have heard.

End of the interlude.

The young Taoist shook his head and quickly caught up with the two women who had deliberately avoided the flower field, and then he sent his Spiritual Sense into the storage treasure where the Age Chicken resided.

"Little Hong, we've arrived at the Colorful Secret Realm, do you remember how to reach the small world where your clan is located?"

After some time, the Age Chicken from within the storage treasure replied to him loudly with three words.

"Cluck-cluck-dah!"

Jin Xu forgot, he couldn't understand what it was saying...