The female lead thought she had a "proud and arrogant" character script.

In the end, Luo Qingcheng still didn't get an answer.

The usually dignified and polite Li Zhiming, like a tadpole that had found its mother, clung tightly to Luo Qingcheng's sleeve.

He only entered the secret realm to chase after a girl. His brothers all did the same thing. They would go through fire and water to pursue their Daoist partners. How could a small secret realm stop them from pursuing love?

But he didn't expect that after entering the secret realm, he would not find his Daoist partner, but instead spend his days with a ghost.

At first, he would wake up and then faint, then wake up and faint again. The female ghost probably thought it was funny, so she stayed by his side to scare him.

After the female ghost finally got tired of playing with him, Li Zhiming woke up again but couldn't see her. In a panic, he tried to find an exit.

but--

Who would have thought these skeletons were alive?!

One by one, they came to him seeking revenge, carrying their broken bones.

Li Zhiming felt guilty. Although he had a lot of attack talismans and magic weapons in his storage ring, what else could he do but run away?

He broke the other skeleton's bones first!

Fortunately, his fear of skeletons is less than his fear of ghosts.

It's not like you'd faint at the sight of a skeleton, otherwise you would have been killed by an angry skeleton long ago.

Luo Qingcheng knew that Li Zhiming was afraid of ghosts.

I already knew that when she pretended to be a ghost to scare Aoko.

But after hearing Li Zhiming recount his various experiences since entering the secret realm in an unsteady tone and with a sorrowful expression, Luo Qingcheng couldn't feel any sympathy for him.

She kept laughing.

That's hilarious!

He was scared unconscious by a female ghost guarding a corpse, then woke up repeatedly, and then was chased by an army of skeletons.

Hahahahahaha!

"Brother, you didn't just keep stepping on these skeletons, did you?"

After all, she had just accidentally stepped on one, but the skeleton was very easy to talk to.

Li Zhiming, enraged and embarrassed, retorted: "I didn't mean to!"

He was just trying to find a way out!

These skeletons were packed tightly together, and since he couldn't fly, he had no choice but to step on them.

But these skeletons have osteoporosis, and their bones break when stepped on. What can he do?

Luo Qingcheng stroked his chin; there was still a solution.

……

Li Zhiming was refining pills with a blank expression.

He didn't understand how things had developed to this point.

He was simply answering Luo Qingcheng's question about whether he was willing to compensate these victims.

He was forced to make pills.

Luo Qingcheng was very bold. He went to discuss with the skeletons that if they could make some calcium-supplementing pills to improve their osteoporosis, he would no longer pursue the matter of Li Zhiming breaking their bones.

"Oh dear, the yin energy here is so heavy, and everyone rarely gets any sunlight, so osteoporosis is inevitable. We have some medicine this time, but what will you do after we leave?"

Luo Qingcheng anxiously grasped the slender arm of a skeleton.

He said earnestly, "Yes, sunbathing helps with calcium absorption. What does 'supplementing calcium' mean? It means making everyone's bones strong and shiny! It's a pity there's no sun here. It would be great if we could take everyone out to sunbathe."

One of the skeletons, who seemed to have a brain, weakly said, "We'll fall apart if we sunbathe."

But the other skeletons were all fooled.

"I don't know if this pill will work for you... Don't get angry! I'm not lying to you! My older brother is an alchemist, making calcium supplement pills is a piece of cake for him, but I'm just worried that if you swallow them, they'll stick out from between your bones. Besides, the ingredients for pills are expensive, and we don't have much in stock."

"You guys want to go out and soak up the sun too? Hey, who wouldn't? It's just that we don't know where to go out."

"Oh, you know?! Tell me in detail! Can't quite remember? Think carefully, the future of the Skeleton Clan depends on you!"

Looking at Luo Qingcheng chatting and laughing with the skeletons from afar, Li Zhiming was extremely envious.

Not only does Miss Luo dare to dress up as a ghost, but she also dares to befriend skeletons.

Li Zhiming sincerely praised her: She's really amazing.

Li Zhiming was very fast at refining pills.

Although he was only a second-grade alchemist, he could refine pills of the second grade and below twice as fast as other alchemists of the same grade.

So after finding out the location of the exit in Luo Qingcheng, he completed the pill he was making to treat osteoporosis.

Because of the low grade, the success rate is high. It is not difficult for Li Zhiming to refine hundreds of low-grade pills in one go.

Li Zhiming handed the porcelain bottle containing the pills to Luo Qingcheng, and followed closely behind her.

He was afraid. There was nothing he could do.

He refused even when Luo Qingcheng asked him to distribute pills to the skeletons.

"Brother, you can't just leave everything to me, can you?"

Li Zhiming: ...

Wasn't it him who refined the elixirs? What do you mean by leaving everything to Miss Luo?

But he didn't dare to argue, fearing that Miss Luo would get angry and stop letting Hongdou play with him.

After all, Hongdou listens to Luo Qingcheng the most. If Luo Qingcheng really forbids Hongdou from associating with him, Hongdou will definitely do so.

Seeing that Li Zhiming was truly unreliable, Luo Qingcheng had no choice but to send out two skeletons to help distribute the pills.

Li Zhiming: ...

So why did you insist on letting him go in the first place?

The doubtful look in his eyes cleared when he saw the smile on Luo Qingcheng's lips.

So Luo Qingcheng did it on purpose, just to see him scared and try to make fun of him!

Li Zhiming is angry!

Li Zhiming held back and didn't say anything!

Tolerable or unbearable?

So when Luo Qingcheng blatantly laughed out loud, Li Zhiming smiled gently and pretended that he hadn't seen anything.

Then, quite smoothly, the skeleton, who knew the way, led Luo Qingcheng to a tomb in a very remote location.

This tomb is completely out of place in the style of a mass grave.

The mass graves are rough and crude; everyone just buries someone anywhere. But here, a tomb was built, though there's nothing written on the tombstone.

"Whose tomb is this?"

Luo Qingcheng was curious.

The skeleton leading the way made clicking noises, appearing quite hesitant.

It seems it doesn't know either.

A cute, childlike voice rang out behind Luo Qingcheng, "This is the grave of the sea woman."

This startled Li Zhiming.

For some reason, Luo Qingcheng gradually became able to distinguish the differences between these skeletons after looking at them for a long time. He recognized the skeleton who was speaking as the skeleton sister who had crawled out of the grave.

The words "sea maiden" immediately reminded Luo Qingcheng of his mission in the illusionary sea realm.

A red pearl, a gift from the heart of the sea god.

Having finally obtained a clue, Luo Qingcheng pressed further, "What is the relationship between this sea woman and the sea god?"

Skeleton Sister readily agreed, saying, "The sea goddess is the youngest daughter of the sea god."

Daughter of God?

Even in the cultivation world, the word "god" does not represent a true god who is more supreme than an immortal, but the daughter of a being who can be called a god shouldn't die so quickly, right?

Thinking this, she asked aloud, "If she was the daughter of the sea god, how could she have died here?"

Even if the female diver really did die, why would she be buried in such a godforsaken, chaotic burial ground?

This time, Skull Sister remained silent for a long time.

Just when Luo Qingcheng thought it wouldn't answer, the Skeleton Sister said in a calm tone: "Because the sea maiden willingly degraded herself to marry a human."