Killing Pets to Prove One's Dao

Splash!

With a loud crash, Lan Xiaoke plunged into the seawater. The massive impact made her choke down several mouthfuls of saltwater instantly, sending her into a violent fit of coughing and making her head spin.

The water was piercingly cold, far colder than she had imagined. The surrounding seawater seemed to carry an invisible pressure, tightly wrapping around her body and making it hard to breathe.

I am doomed!

I am going to drown!!!

I am being murdered by Ye Chuan right here!

He is sacrificing his pet for power!!!!!

Just then, a voice drifted into her ears. "Stupid, use your spiritual energy."

"Oh right, I am not an ordinary person..." Lan Xiaoke steadied her mind and used all her strength to channel the spiritual energy within her body. A halo of light instantly radiated from her, enveloping her entire body and isolating her from the surrounding seawater.

Having caught her breath, Lan Xiaoke slowly stopped struggling. Her body gradually stabilized, suspending her in the water.

She opened her eyes and looked around.

The seawater was a clear, vivid blue, yet it carried an eerie sense of depth. Sunlight pierced through the surface, refracting into scattered speckles of light. Looking deeper, it was pitch black, like a giant black hole hiding deadly traps.

Just then, Lan Xiaoke felt the surrounding water ripple slightly. A faint current was rapidly approaching her.

She immediately turned her head, looking in the direction of the current, her small face turning pale.

In the pitch-black water, a massive dark shadow was rapidly closing in. The shadow's size was suffocatingly huge, seemingly several times larger than a blue whale.

As the shadow drew closer, a giant, gaping maw gradually revealed itself. The corners of its mouth were slightly pulled back, exposing two rows of sharp, razor-like teeth.

"Eek?! W-what kind of monster is this?!" Seeing this, Lan Xiaoke was so frightened that she trembled all over.

No way!

"I can't die here, I haven't even done my daily quests today."

She clenched the pink rabbit boxing gloves on her hands. The spiritual energy in her body surged again, and she threw caution to the wind, lunging straight at the monster fish.

"Xiaoke Flying Kick!"

Bang!

A punch smashed into the strange fish's scales, emitting a dull, heavy thud. However, Lan Xiaoke's fist felt like it had struck hard black iron, making her arm go numb and her hand throb with pain.

Just a single scale on this fish was larger than Lan Xiaoke herself.

The monster fish, on the other hand, was completely unaffected. It simply tilted its head slightly, a flash of ferocity crossing its blood-red vertical pupils, as if it had been enraged.

Before Lan Xiaoke could react, the giant fish violently whipped its head, viciously ramming its hard skull right at her.

Lan Xiaoke tried to dodge, but underwater, her speed was nowhere near fast enough. She could only watch helplessly as the fish's head closed in and slammed heavily into her chest.

The immense impact sent Lan Xiaoke flying instantly!

Her body crashed into a nearby coral reef, instantly shattering the rock behind her!

"Ow ow ow ow!"

"I am gonna die."

Just then, she felt the water's fluctuations growing more and more violent. More and more dark shadows emerged from the depths of the pitch-black sea.

There were giant octopuses the size of ships, massive sea urchins covered in sharp spikes, and various unknown monstrous fish. Some had two mouths filled with sharp teeth, while others had no eyes, relying on the tentacles along their sides to sense their surroundings.

Every single one of these deep-sea monsters was enormous, and their auras were incredibly terrifying!

"?!!! So many?!" Lan Xiaoke was dumbfounded.

This was way too many!

Lan Xiaoke could only flail wildly in the water, dodging the monsters' attacks while swimming desperately toward the surface.

That bastard Ye Chuan! Once she got up there, she was definitely going to bite him!

Gritting her teeth and relying on her last ounce of strength, Lan Xiaoke swam frantically toward the surface, weaving through the densely packed deep-sea monsters and narrowly avoiding one fatal attack after another.

After swimming for who knew how long, she finally saw the light above and felt the presence of the surface. Using the very last of her strength, she propelled herself upward with a fierce thrust!

Splash! Lan Xiaoke burst out of the water, gasping heavily for air. The fresh air rushed into her lungs, instantly reviving her.

"I am resurrected!"

Lan Xiaoke immediately flew high into the air, completely drenched, her face full of grievance.

She looked up and saw Ye Chuan floating in midair. He had a faint smile on his lips and a barely noticeable hint of amusement in his eyes as he quietly watched her.

"Ye Chuan! You bastard!" Seeing Ye Chuan, Lan Xiaoke exploded. She immediately flew over to him and yelled, "You actually threw me down there for chum! Those monsters were so scary, I was almost eaten by them! You have gone too far!"

Tears welled up in Lan Xiaoke's eyes; she was so wronged she was about to cry.

Just now in the water, she really thought she was going to die, but this bastard was actually up here watching the show, not worried about her at all.

Seeing Lan Xiaoke's pitiful, wronged expression, Ye Chuan smiled and said, "This was meant to train you."

"Waaaah, Ye Chuan you jerk, bullying me! I am going to tell Qian Shuang and Xi Xi." Lan Xiaoke was instantly upset and burst out crying loudly.

The crying was so shrill and mournful, as if she had suffered the greatest injustice in the world.

"I will transfer fifty thousand to your account," Ye Chuan said.

The crying stopped abruptly. Lan Xiaoke sniffled, her eyes brimming with tears. "Really?"

"Fake."

"Waaah—"

"Really." The crying stopped abruptly once again.

Lan Xiaoke stared at Ye Chuan resentfully. "I am mad. I am not playing with you anymore. I am running away from home."

"I will give you a hundred thousand."

"I don't believe you. Ye Chuan, you are a big liar, lying to me all day long!" Lan Xiaoke said, making a motion as if she was about to leave right then and there.

"Transfer the money now."

Lan Xiaoke's motion of turning away silently reversed as she backed up to Ye Chuan's side and directly hugged his arm. "Now. Transfer the funds."

"There doesn't seem to be any signal in the tower." Ye Chuan glanced at his phone.

"Liar!!!" Lan Xiaoke was practically ready to roll on the floor.

"Here, here, take a gold bar." Ye Chuan took a gold bar out of his backpack. Based on current gold prices, it was worth at least over a hundred thousand. He then stuffed it straight into her cleavage.

"I—" Lan Xiaoke's eyes instantly lit up. "Gold."

"Are we good now?" Ye Chuan took out a tissue and gently wiped the water droplets off Lan Xiaoke's cheek. "You make it seem like I am bullying you."

"You were bullying me." Lan Xiaoke puffed out her cheeks, muttering while hugging Ye Chuan's arm.

"If you were a bit more proactive about your cultivation, why would I need to worry about all this?" Ye Chuan said. "Go on, take care of the monsters down there."

"No no no no—" Lan Xiaoke shook her head like a rattle-drum.

In the end, she hung onto Ye Chuan's body like a koala.