326: gurgle gurgle!

Seeing the Slime, Chen Heng immediately recalled the 'Activated tiangang bead' he had read about in the previous document.

"No way, could this thing have lived from that time until now?"

Chen Heng couldn't understand how this thing had survived for so many years.

"Big Brother Chen, retreat quickly! This thing can absorb Spells; I have no way to deal with it!"

Just as Bai Jun was about to pull Chen Heng back, he noticed Chen Heng half-crouching like he was teasing a dog.

"Zuo, zuo, zuo."

"Your name is Slime, right?"

Hearing that someone had called its name, Slime wiggled over.

Chen Heng gently stroked its slimy head (?), and Slime affectionately rubbed against him.

However, this time, stroking Slime did not yield any Optimization chances for Chen Heng. Could it be that he didn't use enough force?

Thinking this, Chen Heng increased the pressure in his hand, directly embedding it into Slime's body.

"Still nothing..." Chen Heng shook his head, a little disappointed. Could it be that only the first time he touched it would yield Optimization chances?

"?" Bai Jun stared blankly at the person and the Slime interacting.

"Am I under an illusion?"

Bai Jun shook his head, only to find that the scene before him remained the same, making him even more confused.

"Big Brother Chen, what did you mean by what you just said?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Heng was also stunned for a moment, then realized that he had just spoken in Chinese.

But the difference in onomatopoeia shouldn't be that big, right? Does Bai Jun not understand?

"I just called his name; this little guy is called Slime." Chen Heng patted Slime's slimy head again, and Slime rubbed against Chen Heng.

"Little guy...?" A question mark slowly appeared above Bai Jun's head. He looked at the seven-to-eight-meter-tall Slime in front of him and tried for a long time but couldn't utter another word.

"Yeah, he's quite cute."

"..." Bai Jun completely lost his ability to speak. His usually quick-witted mind had now crashed.

"Slime, can you change size anywhere?" Chen Heng turned to Slime, who was wiggling, and asked.

"Guji Guji!" Although Chen Heng spoke in Chinese, Slime could still understand.

In fact, Slime could only understand Chinese. It was probably because his 'Senior Fellow Countryman' had always spoken to him in Chinese.

With a 'poof,' Slime rapidly shrank at a visible speed, soon becoming only the size of a fist.

After shrinking, Slime looked much cuter, small, exquisite, and pleasant to the touch.

"Take him; this little guy really likes you." Chen Heng picked up Slime from the ground and handed him to Bai Jun.

"Slime's true form is actually the tiangang bead inside your body, but it was activated and gained its own consciousness."

Bai Jun carefully took Slime, examining the small thing in his hand.

"Guji Guji!" Slime extended a tiny tentacle and touched Bai Jun's finger.

"He's... actually quite cute." Bai Jun was startled by his own thought but still couldn't resist stroking Slime.

It was fine if he didn't touch it, but touching it caused trouble.

The thirty-six tiangang beads on Bai Jun's body lit up again, and the tiangang bead within Slime also glowed.

"Slime?" Slime, a little puzzled, touched Bai Jun again.

With a 'ziliu' sound, the entire mass of Slime covered Bai Jun, forming a transparent slimy outer armor.

"So that's it..." After Bai Jun and Slime Body Integration, the expression on his face turned to one of sudden understanding.

"All this time, Slime wasn't immune to Spells; rather, he feeds on Spiritual Qi, demonic power, and ghost Qi!"

"All those Spells I threw out earlier, you ate them all."

"And all the Medicinal Pills and medicinal ingredients in my pouch, they all went into your belly!"

"Wait, what medicinal ingredients and Medicinal Pills?" Chen Heng's expression changed, and he quickly walked up to Bai Jun.

"Those I usually use for Alchemy..." Bai Jun was also startled and quickly explained.

"Big Brother Chen, the medicinal ingredients you use and the things from the evil Dragon are all in the dragon skin pouch; they weren't stored with Slime."

"That's good then." Chen Heng breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought his Dragon meat had been eaten by Slime.

"Since everything is fine, let's go. I still have some things to retrieve."

Chen Heng naturally hadn't forgotten the things his Fellow Countryman had prepared for him.

If the Ultimate Return was real, then he would sooner or later have to confront that so-called Root.

"Wait, Root?" Chen Heng only now remembered the source fragment that burst out from the evil Dragon.

"No way..."

Shaking his head, Chen Heng still put this matter aside for now and decided to get the treasures first.

In the few seconds Chen Heng was lost in thought, Bai Jun had already approached Luo Shuo, who had just recovered.

"You brat, didn't you always use your Demon Saint Cultivation to suppress me? Come on, I'm Undergoing Tribulation now. If you're not convinced, let's practice."

Bai Jun put his arm around Luo Shuo's shoulder, and the thirty-six tiangang beads in his body were resonating.

"You're Undergoing Tribulation?" Luo Shuo rolled his eyes at Bai Jun, his face full of disbelief.

"Stop joking. Weren't you just stuck at Nascent Soul, preparing for Soul Transformation?"

"How could you possibly jump two stages?"

"Oh, why not?" Bai Jun nodded as a matter of course, releasing the surging Spiritual Qi within him.

"?!" Feeling a powerful pressure not inferior to his own, Luo Shuo was stunned.

"You're really Undergoing Tribulation?" Luo Shuo grabbed Bai Jun's collar and pressed his forehead against Bai Jun's.

"Why?! You're only fifteen, no, sixteen. Why do you Cultivate so fast?"

"Who told you he Cultivated by himself?" Chen Heng walked over and separated the two, pointing at several spots on Bai Jun's body.

"This kid is lucky. There's a Magical Artifact here specifically for Cultivators that can greatly increase the capacity of Spiritual Qi in the body."

"Bai Jun's Spiritual Qi has probably increased by about twenty times, right?"

Chen Heng wasn't sure, but according to the document's description, it should be like that.

"Big Brother Chen, not just twenty times, but thirty-two times." Bai Jun put his hands on his hips, feeling a bit like he was floating.

"Hmm, thirty-two times." Chen Heng nodded, not surprised.

"Moreover, this Magical Artifact will increase synchronously with the user's own increase in Spiritual Qi."

"So you are still a Nascent Soul, just a Nascent Soul with a bit more Spiritual Qi."

"Ah?" Bai Jun sensed his previous Bottleneck and found that it was indeed still there.

"Alright, don't be disappointed. The Spiritual Qi in your body can already rival someone Undergoing Tribulation. If you Breakthrough to Soul Transformation, wouldn't that directly rival Mahayana?"

Chen Heng patted Bai Jun's shoulder to comfort him.

"That makes sense too." Bai Jun nodded, already deciding in his heart to immediately go into secluded Cultivation and Breakthrough after returning this time.

"Hey, I knew it, you..." Luo Shuo still wanted to mock Bai Jun, but on second thought, it seemed he wasn't really qualified to laugh at him.