Urban Demon Refining System

"Miss Biluo! Thank you for saving me!" Zhao Baichuan stretched out his right hand and said gratefully. He had been knocked unconscious by the shockwave, and if it weren't for Biluo's rescue, he would probably be in grave danger.

"Don't thank me! I only found you in the seaweed because I was hiding from those aquatic creatures! It's all your fault, you almost exposed me!"

"Uh, I'm sorry!" Zhao Baichuan felt a surge of frustration. How could this be my fault? I was a victim too!

"Alright, alright! This humble servant and young lady are magnanimous; I'll forgive you this time!" Biluo's eyes suddenly lit up. "You seem to be a human?"

"Uh, yes!" Zhao Baichuan answered honestly.

"That's wonderful!" Biluo jumped up happily. "Can you take me to your human world?"

"Go to the human world? Why?" Zhao Baichuan immediately became wary. Why would a merman go to human society for no reason?

"That's right, our Mermaid princess is missing, and as her maid, it's only natural that I take on the task of finding her!" Biluo said matter-of-factly.

"That reason is too far-fetched!" Zhao Baichuan thought to himself, but said on the surface, "How can you blend into the human world looking like that? I bet the moment you show up, those mad scientists will slice you into pieces."

"That seems to be the case!" Biluo pondered for a while, then her eyes suddenly lit up. "I've got it! I've heard that there's a magical jellyfish in Bibo Pool that can transform you into whatever you want to become if you eat it. Why don't we go find it first!"

"This..." Zhao Baichuan hesitated. The black-headed brother had become the spirit of the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and he hadn't figured out how to tell Teacher Xiao the news yet. If they went to look for jellyfish now, who knew when they would be able to return to the surface. "I'm afraid that won't work. I still need to go to Little Green Wave Pool. Only from there can I return to the human world!"

"You mean the Dragon Girl's sunken palace?" Biluo clearly knew Ao Qing's name. "I have some bad news for you: the underwater passage leading to the surface has been destroyed!"

"You may not know this, but the entire Bibo Pool is in chaos. The Dragon Palace lineage represented by Dragon Girl Aoqing is at war with the rebel army represented by Benboerba. The small Bibo Pool where Princess Aoqing was hiding has long been destroyed by Benboerba."

"All-out war?" Zhao Baichuan was stunned. How could the two sides have gone to war in the short time he closed his eyes? Where was the Nine-Headed Insect? Where did he go? Had he been unconscious for a long time?

"You've been unconscious for seven whole days!" Suddenly, a cold female voice rang out.

"Princess Baihua! You're alright? That's wonderful! Tell me quickly, what happened!" Zhao Baichuan said with delight.

“I don’t know the specifics right now, I only know that your friend called Blackhead put the Nine-Headed Insect into the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and it’s probably been refined into a Golden Core by now!” Baihua Xiu’s voice was somewhat regretful. “It’s a pity, if I had absorbed the Nine-Headed Insect’s magic power, my strength could have been restored by at least half!”

"Uh!" Zhao Baichuan shuddered upon hearing this. He only knew that the Nine-Headed Insect had captured Baihua Xiu to restore its strength, but he didn't expect that she had the same idea!

“There’s nothing surprising about it. We are monsters, and the law of the jungle is the principle we believe in!” Baihua Xiu clearly sensed his thoughts. “What this little mermaid said is right. The underwater passage you came through before is indeed broken. Now, the only way to find a way back to the surface is to follow her!”

"Ding! Baihua Xiu has issued you a quest: Return to the Surface! Quest Description: Due to the disappearance of the Nine-Headed Insect, the original balance of Bibo Pool has been completely broken. The city gate is on fire, and the fish in the moat are caught in the crossfire. Since the underwater passage has been destroyed by Benboerba, you must find a new path! Please choose whether to accept the quest?"

"Accept!" This was also his wish, and there was no reason to refuse.

"So? Now you can come with me to find the Thousand-Faced Jellyfish! I know an ancient path that can take you back to the surface. I guarantee you'll be able to return to the human world safely!"

"Okay! I promise you!" Bibo Pool is not a place to stay for long, and Biluo is his only hope of leaving this place.

"Great! We have it now!" Biluo said happily, taking out a small conch shell from her person and blowing on it.

"Glug glug!" Before long, a huge seahorse swam over quickly.

"This is my mount, Xunlang. It can travel a thousand miles a day. With it, we'll find that ever-changing jellyfish very soon!"

"But how am I supposed to sit on it?!" Zhao Baichuan stared blankly at the seahorse named Xunlang, silently pulling up his Pokédex in his mind.

"Ding! Giant seahorse detected. View information?"

"Yes!"

Soon, the information from the giant seahorse was relayed back.

Giant Seahorse: A water-type monster, belonging to the monster category. It is a monster with outstanding swimming speed and endurance. It has a docile personality and is the ideal means of transportation for all aquatic creatures. They often appear in groups and ride the waves, hence the nickname "wave chasers of the seabed"!

"Human! I seem to sense the presence of an old friend on you!" The giant seahorse swam around Zhao Baichuan and suddenly spoke.

"You can talk!?" Zhao Baichuan was startled. "Could you be a great demon too?"

"Hehe, Xunlang is the most powerful genius of the giant seahorse clan. He was not even a hundred years old when he became a great demon!" Biluo said proudly, touching Xunlang's neck.

"One hundred years old!" Zhao Baichuan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He hadn't expected this race to have such a long lifespan! But then he turned his gaze to Biluo. Could this little girl also be an old monster?

"Hey! What's with that expression?! I'm only eighteen years old, okay?!"

"Many women I know say the same thing!" Zhao Baichuan looked at her suspiciously, secretly thinking to himself, but he didn't dare say it out loud. "I didn't expect Miss Biluo to be so young!"

"Hmph! You know that much!" Biluo snorted, revealing her girlish nature. "Alright! Xunlang! Let's go find the Thousand-Change Jellyfish now! Hey! Come sit here!" The giant seahorse's back wasn't very spacious, so when the two of them sat on it at the same time, they could only stick close together.

"Hey! Don't touch me like that!" Biluo warned Zhao Baichuan, her face flushed. Only now did she realize that it was inappropriate.

"No one would be interested in a thousand-year-old monster like you!" Zhao Baichuan reluctantly put his arm around Biluo's waist. Before he could answer, Xunlang let out a hiss and shot off like an arrow!

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