372: The long night is coming

The bed in the room creaked for a whole day, only calming down the next day.

Xu Sanyan sat in the stone pavilion and beckoned Spring Plum over, “Go out and buy me some beast-repelling powder, the best kind.”

“Yes.”

Although Spring Plum didn't know what he needed it for, she still obediently followed his instructions.

Xu Sanyan leaned against the stone table, deep in thought. This seclusion took about twenty days, and the time flow in the Secret Realm and the real world didn't differ much. This meant twenty days had also passed in the Secret Realm.

It was now a long night in the Secret Realm.

Xu Sanyan planned to seize this opportunity to go there and help those old geezers from the Dog Clan return to the embrace of the dog god as soon as possible.

Sending Spring Plum to buy beast-repelling medicine was precisely for this purpose. After he went there this time, he would appear alone in the Southern Mountain. For safety's sake, he still needed to use some small tricks.

Before long, Wang Zixuan, having tidied her clothes, gracefully walked over and nestled beside him, her face flushed and full of charm. It was clear she had a very enjoyable night.

“Husband, the day before yesterday, Father called me over to discuss. He said that since our last parting, Eldest Sister from the main branch has secretly fallen for you and misses you day and night, to the point of sleeplessness. How about marrying another co-wife?”

It was unclear what the Wang Family Head had said to her to make her willing to share her husband with another.

Xu Sanyan slowly tightened his grip on her neck, leaving a faint red mark on her slender, fair neck.

“You agreed?”

“Hmph~ Just discussing with Husband~”

Wang Zixuan dared not resist and could only reply with a flushed face, struggling for breath.

Xu Sanyan tilted his head slightly. This should be Great Madam's idea. That woman seemed to think very highly of him and continued to invest in him.

“Alright, you handle it.”

Xu Sanyan stood up and called Xia Zhu, “Get me water. I want to bathe.”

“Yes, Master.”

Inside the bathhouse, Xu Sanyan took out a porcelain bottle and poured all the tan milk inside into the tub. The milky white tan milk slowly spread, turning the clear water into a milky white.

Just over twenty drops of tan milk changed the color of a large bucket of water.

tan milk could be taken orally or used externally. The last time, he consumed one drop orally; this time, he planned to soak in it.

Xu Sanyan stripped naked and stepped in. As soon as he entered the water, it felt as if he had fallen into a mud pit, as if countless large hands were pushing from all directions, forcefully trying to make the tan milk penetrate his body.

His skin slowly grew hot, followed by a faint burning sensation in his flesh. The tan milk began to take effect.

Xu Sanyan closed his eyes, sensing the changes in his body. Since completing the third prayer last time, his Physical Body had made considerable progress, but because he hadn't fought anyone in a long time, his exact strength was difficult to gauge.

However, by his own estimation, ordinary Soul Refinement Completion cultivators would likely be no match for him.

Xu Sanyan's Physical Body had undergone multiple enhancements: from the initial heaven and earth treasures, the Blood-colored Small Knife, to the later dog god's blessing, and now this tan milk.

Under these triple enhancements, his Physical Body's strength was comparable to a Magic Treasure, incredibly hard!

Many people could attest to this, such as Wang Zixuan, Xiang Tan, Chang Yulian, Chang Yinnü, and so on and so forth…

There were simply too many to list all at once.

In short, Xu Sanyan was confident he could withstand ordinary Magic Treasures head-on!

A man must be hard!

Amidst his random thoughts, the tan milk had been mostly absorbed. The heat on his body receded, and his Physical Body became even more compact.

“The effect is good, but unfortunately, there's too little…”

Xu Sanyan shook his head, stood up from the tub, stood on his tiptoes, and shook himself dry, smiling with satisfaction.

My second brother is invincible!

A moment later, Spring Plum also returned, having bought the powder and also retrieved the soul-urging incense he had previously requested.

Xu Sanyan carried the secret realm fruit out of the city and found a secluded spot to enter the Secret Realm world again.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Xu Sanyan's heart tightened. In the dark forest, he couldn't see his hand in front of his face. Even with his eyes wide open, visibility was less than ten meters.

Given Xu Sanyan's vision, if it were an ordinary person, they would probably struggle to see even one meter.

He was certain this was no ordinary night; instead, it seemed as if some unknown force had swallowed all the light in the heaven and earth.

Xu Sanyan vaguely remembered seeing an experiment in his previous life, where there was a color so black that even shining a light on it produced no illumination.

When extreme darkness descends, all light disappears.

His gaze cautiously swept around, and he quickly pulled a beast-repelling sachet from his Storage Pouch and put it on.

This was the long night…

Xu Sanyan looked up at the sky. The moon, which had been high, was gone. Xun An Cai had said that the long night would last about forty days. Calculating the time, it should be nearing its halfway point now.

As his gaze swept around, Xu Sanyan suddenly paused, letting out a soft 'yi'. He saw an arrow carved into a tree trunk, presumably by someone with a knife.

“Heh,”

Xu Sanyan's lips curved. This must have been carved by Xun An Cai, fearing he wouldn't find his way back.

This arrow pointed him in the right direction; otherwise, it would have been genuinely difficult for him to find his way back, mainly because it was too dark to see the path clearly.

Xu Sanyan fumbled his way down the mountain. There was a marker every few tens of meters. Although his pace was slow, he was fortunate not to have taken a wrong turn.

“Awooo~!”

Beast roars occasionally echoed through the forest, sometimes accompanied by the dying wails of animals.

Xu Sanyan couldn't see clearly, and neither could the beasts, but they were honed by life and death, usually possessing keen senses of smell and hearing. The loss of sight didn't affect them as much as one might imagine.

“Awooo~”

Suddenly, a continuous low growl came from the side, rapidly approaching his direction, clearly aiming for him.

Xu Sanyan froze in place, slowly shifting his feet to lean against a tree trunk, reducing the directions he needed to guard.

Touching the sachet on his body, Xu Sanyan frowned tightly. This thing was useless?

“Whoosh~”

A fierce gust of wind blew at him. Xu Sanyan narrowed his eyes and saw a beast resembling a fierce tiger leap out from the darkness, pacing not far from him, seemingly sniffing for something.

Its thick lower limbs moved back and forth, and its body was covered in a layer of pitch-black scales, making it look incredibly mighty and extraordinary.

Xu Sanyan squinted slightly and pulled a broad knife from his Storage Pouch with his backhand. His great halberd was being nurtured within his body, and since he had no magical power, he couldn't retrieve it, so he could only use this for now.

The fierce tiger pinpointed his location and instantly pounced.

“Whoosh—”

A black shadow flashed past, and a foul stench assaulted him. Because the night was too thick, Xu Sanyan's reaction was inevitably a beat too slow. In the nick of time, he frantically twisted his body to dodge.

“Bang!”

The tiger's claw swept past his head, striking the large tree behind him with a heavy thud. Instantly, wood chips flew, and a gash appeared on the tree trunk.

Xu Sanyan's eyes were heavy. What a powerful physique. Just from that one strike, he could tell that this thing's strength was not beneath his own.

To encounter such a fierce beast right after descending the Southern Mountain, his luck was truly poor.