Who let him join the Sword Sect?!

Not just Bai Xiao, in fact, most spirit beasts don't like staying inside the Beast Taming Ring.

Unless there's no other choice.

Like the current situation.

This secret realm has a greater impact on Bai Xiao and their group of spirit beasts. Staying outside, Bai Xiao feels like it's on the brink of death every minute.

As if the gigantic dragon is extracting its divine sense, flesh, and everything else.

Bored, Bai Xiao suddenly sensed some disturbance in the space of the Beast Taming Ring.

However, just when it thought it could go out, it saw its companion Li Jue being teleported inside.

Li Jue was brought in with a gentle force, sliding a few meters across the ground before stopping.

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment; it had never seen such a scene.

In no time, Li Jue's two junior disciples were also sent in the same way.

Bai Xiao flapped its wings and flew over to check, discovering it was indeed Li Jue, and an unconscious Li Jue had a note pinned on him.

[I am Zhang Ze, Li Jue and the others have passed out due to the restriction in this secret realm. Stay here for a while, I'll get you out soon.]

[Take good care of them]

"So this ring can actually hold people?" Bai Xiao looked shocked.

It flew to Li Jue's chest, listened for a while, and after sensing Li Jue's current state, it finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Indeed, it's just unconsciousness, no major issues, and his cultivation is gradually recovering.

But looking at Li Jue and the other two, Bai Xiao felt a bit overwhelmed.

It was just a bird, skilled at throwing thunderbolts, but taking care of people was a bit too challenging.

However, as long as you can think of a way, solutions are always more than challenges.

Bai Xiao looked at Tao Qing's and Xie Xin's Beast Taming Rings.

It flew over and took down those two Beast Taming Rings.

Then it went to an open space and pecked at it a couple of times.

The Red Tiger Ape and Giant Elephant were released by it.

The two spirit beasts, who came out inexplicably, exclaimed like Bai Xiao upon seeing it and their partners.

"So this ring can actually hold people?"

Despite their amazement, they didn't dawdle. With the assistance of the Red Tiger Ape's hands and the Giant Elephant's trunk, Li Jue and the others were soon settled.

But it was just laying small beds and covering them with little quilts; they couldn't do anything more.

Thus, the three spirit beasts suddenly realized they had nothing to do again.

But rare to gather in a Beast Taming Ring, Bai Xiao had an idea.

"Let's play cards."

Saying this, it flew to the corner and brought over a box of cards.

It was the duel card set Zhang Ze had developed, "Duel Inn".

Previously, probably due to boredom, Li Jue put this card set into the Beast Taming Ring.

He forgot that Bai Xiao wasn't a two-headed snake or an earthworm, so a bird didn't have card partners.

Unexpectedly, it now came in handy.

Bai Xiao was about to explain the rules when it saw both the Red Tiger Ape and Giant Elephant indicating they knew how to play.

"Tao Qing made me play for a long time before," the Giant Elephant said in a deep voice.

The Red Tiger Ape nodded as well.

Since they all knew how to play, Bai Xiao didn't delay. It skillfully drew a card with its bird claw and slapped it in front of itself.

"I'll go first, normal summon the magnificent white divine bird, then set two cards, ending my turn."

The Red Tiger Ape sat opposite, scratched its monkey head, and then played a card.

"Activate Daoist Card, Thousand Machines Chambered. Return all cards to the deck and shuffle... then draw the same number of cards."

"One, two, three, four, five, six..."

"Monkey, don't cheat, you counted too many." The Giant Elephant, acting as the referee, hooked the Red Tiger Ape's sneaky little furry hand with its trunk.

"And you Bai Xiao, the magnificent white divine bird can only be special summoned!"

...

Zhang Ze didn't know about the joyful atmosphere inside the Beast Taming Ring. Holding Li Jue's Beast Taming Ring made him feel quite odd.

Clearly doing a good deed, yet feeling like he was guilty of human trafficking.

Not dwelling on this, he put away the Beast Taming Ring and Li Jue's copper lock and left the cave with Li.

The Earth Escape Technique was ineffective here, and he feared that using Sword Flight might disturb that gigantic dragon, so Zhang Ze thought it best to be cautious in his actions.

His abstract Golden Core became quite useful then; with one hand employing Dragon Tiger Mountain's Hidden Spirit Technique, and the other using the Beast Taming Sect's Turtle Breath Divine Skill, his seamless operations suppressed his aura to the extreme.

After activating a few Magical Artifacts for concealment, he led Li towards the ancient forest.

Sitting on Zhang Ze's shoulder, Li's gaze started to become confused as they got closer to the ancient forest.

It always felt like it had seen the dragon in the sky somewhere before.

Not necessarily familiar, but definitely acquainted.

As Zhang Ze and Li reached near the ancient forest, the dragon in the sky suddenly moved.

It didn't open its eyes, its solitary eye remained closed, but its massive body began to tremble, shattered branches and blood-drained demon beast remains started to fall from the sky.

With the dragon's movement, the aura of death within it grew even more intense.

In the next moment, the dragon turned its head in Zhang Ze's direction.

And Zhang Ze immediately stopped his movements, holding a talisman sword, holding his breath.

The dragon's body pressed down; huge trees fell, the lush ancient forest left in chaos by its rough actions.

Soon, the dragon's head halted in front of Zhang Ze.

A stone's throw away, close enough to see the lines on its bearded whiskers.

However, it only paused for a moment, then ignored the anomalies there, rising to fly into the sky of the secret realm.

A forlorn dragon roar echoed, the purposeless dragon began to patrol its world.

Once the dragon took to the sky, Zhang Ze finally let out a breath of relief.

"Village! It's Village! How did it become like this?" Li suddenly spoke, looking at the departing dragon's silhouette.

"You know it?"

Zhang Ze was a bit curious. Earlier, when Li Yueqi sent him a message, Li wasn't around, so he hadn't had the chance to talk about the dragon with Li.

"I know it, we..."

Li wanted to say more, but emerging memories faded like tides. It clutched its little head in pain.

"I..."

Seeing this, Zhang Ze patted Li comfortingly and said, "It's okay, no rush, tell me when you remember, let's find the Stone Stele first."

Li quieted down, standing on Zhang Ze's shoulder, looking towards the ancient forest, helping Zhang Ze search for a path.

But now, let alone a path in the forest, even decent trees were scarce due to Giant Dragon Village's recent disturbance.

"I guess it's over there."

Just as Li was out of ideas, Zhang Ze suddenly pointed in a direction towards the northwest of the ancient forest and said.

The forest there was relatively intact, with a sturdy green bamboo protruding from the canopy.

A burlap hung among the branches of the green bamboo.

On the burlap were written two lines.

[Life is like bamboo, climbing with each joint]

[When the breeze blows, worries disperse]