Even hybrid monsters have their day

With a "smack," the left hand struck the right hand that had just retracted.

"Ugh!!" She slumped to the ground in frustration, scratching her head in annoyance. It was just a simple move, but she had practiced it a hundred and one times, yet she still couldn't get it right.

How incredibly stupid must she be to be this dumb...?

"How bad must your aptitude be to be this stupid?" The exact same words suddenly rang in Geng Miaowan's mind. At the same time, a faint white figure slowly emerged, not far from her, almost blending into her pure white world.

Geng Miaowan was stunned, a moment of astonishment on her face. She seemed not to have expected anyone to see her embarrassing behavior, and even less expected that there would be someone else in her mind.

"Who?" She ruled out Xu Ruwen without a doubt, because he was outside and hadn't been drawn into her sea of ​​consciousness, so it was impossible for him to appear. Besides, she had sealed her sea of ​​consciousness while practicing to avoid being disturbed, so even if Xu Ruwen wanted to enter, he couldn't.

But looking at the increasingly clear figure, she really couldn't think of anyone else who could appear in her mind so quietly.

The figure chuckled, "As expected, very stupid."

It was like the sound of fine jade beads colliding, elegant and clear, with a unique rhythm striking her heart word by word.

"Who exactly are you?" Feeling mocked, Geng Miaowan's voice turned serious. "Are you too ashamed to show your face like this, sneaking around like this?"

As she finished speaking, the white figure became clearer.

His eyebrows were long and swept up to his temples, his pale purple eyes shimmered with a captivating light, and beneath his straight, mountain-like nose lay thin lips that would make even peach blossoms blush. His ink-black hair cascaded casually over his shoulders, and his figure was tall and slender. His bearing was exceptionally elegant. He simply stood there casually, yet he exuded a powerful aura that could not be ignored.

Such appearance and demeanor were so striking that even Geng Miaowan, who had seen many handsome men and beautiful women in the underworld, found it somewhat shocking. He was the only person she had ever seen who could rival Peng Yuxian.

At this moment, his thin lips were slightly pursed, without the slightest curve, as if the insulting words he had just uttered were not his own.

"You are..." This person looked somewhat familiar. Such a stunning beauty would not be easily forgotten. Geng Miaowan thought for a moment, and a name popped into her mind. She couldn't think of anyone else but that person.

“Luan Hao,” she called his name almost with certainty, but… “Weren’t you asleep? No, you… how did you appear in my sea of ​​consciousness?”

Luan Hao glanced at her briefly with his light purple eyes, his face still expressionless, as if he wasn't surprised at all that she could call him by his name.

He had no interest in answering her question, and went straight to Geng Miaowan, spreading his palm out. "My energy bead."

"Huh?" She stared at his outstretched palm, his slender fingers with rounded and even fingertips, and his fair skin with a jade-like luster, so white that it was without a single flaw.

"You've really gone completely idiotic after just a few days." The voice rang out from above, and although it wasn't a kind remark, it was still as pleasant as ever, with its own rhythm and cadence, as melodious as celestial music played by a musician. "What are you daydreaming about? Give me back my energy bead."

Luan Hao had already made his point clear, so it would be unreasonable for Geng Miaowan to pretend not to understand. But... his energy bead... just thinking about the hair-thin cracks inside the bead made her feel dizzy, and even his voice didn't sound so pleasant anymore.

That bead was his lifeline; if he found out she had cracked it, who knows what the consequences would be.

"Don't tell me you lost my energy bead?" He withdrew his hand.

Although her tone remained calm, she sensed a hidden danger in her words and quickly shook her head, "No... I didn't lose anything..."

Luan Hao opened his palm again and, unusually patiently, repeated, "Then give me back the energy bead."

"I..." Geng Miaowan raised her head, her somewhat flustered expression meeting those light purple eyes. Luan Hao noticed those beautiful eyes narrowing slightly, indicating that his already dwindling patience was almost gone.

She didn't know why, even though he didn't show anything particularly unusual, she just had a strange sense of danger.

"The beads...the beads are outside; I put them in my storage ring."

"Bring it in."

“I can’t bring it in.”

"what?"

"I... I mean, we probably can't bring it in right now. I'm about to discuss with Xu Ruwen and the others how to deal with the things in the cave." Geng Miaowan finally found an excuse.

Because it takes at least an hour to store a physical object into one's sea of ​​consciousness, and the time required varies depending on the object. For example, it took her three hours to store the "Ode to All Spirits" into her sea of ​​consciousness last time.

Although Luan Hao's energy bead was small, the energy it contained was considerable. She really didn't know how long it would take to store such a thing into her sea of ​​consciousness.

After saying that, without waiting for his reply, she fled from his sea of ​​consciousness as if escaping. Perhaps her excuse was plausible, because Luan Hao didn't press the matter further.

Xu Ruwen glanced at Geng Miaowan, who had suddenly regained consciousness and was sitting on the bed panting, and teased, "Did you see a ghost? You're so scared."

She glared at him, got out of bed, went to the table, and sat down opposite him. This was clearly more terrifying than seeing a ghost! She wasn't this scared when she saw Zheng Xiuxiu. Thinking of Zheng Xiuxiu, Geng Miaowan saw her standing against the wall, the wind blowing in through the crack in the door creating several wrinkles in her pure white coat.

She looked out the window and realized it was already dark.

"Where did Little White go?" She looked around but couldn't see it.

“He was just sleeping there,” Xu Ruwen said, pointing to an empty corner. Xu Ruwen admitted he was also at a loss as to why Xiaobai always disappeared without a trace.

Zheng Xiuxiu floated in front of Geng Miaowan and said, "When I came over just now, I saw that it seemed to be heading towards the cave."

"What!" Geng Miaowan exclaimed in surprise. What was it doing there all of a sudden? She stood up from her chair and said nervously, "Oh no, could it be dangerous?"