650: Too lazy to care about her

"If you have something to say, say it. If you have gas, let it out. I still need to grind beans." Blood Depletion Dao Consort's face was full of impatience.

Shen Bei smacked his lips, then decided against it. He wouldn't bicker with someone who wasn't himself anymore. If she were normal, she probably wouldn't have spoken like that.

"I wonder where Little Devil Buddha is? I haven't seen him in days and miss him dearly. I also wonder if his eyes have recovered?"

"Little Devil Buddha isn't here. He went to explore the path to the next Realm. If you have nothing to do, hurry up and leave. Don't stay here..." Blood Depletion Dao Consort still didn't have a good expression.

From her tone, she clearly knew what this place was and why he had come here.

Before she could finish speaking, an old man carrying a hoe and wearing a straw hat walked out of the courtyard.

"Oh my, yesterday I heard that old geezer Wang Wu say an outsider came. I didn't expect you to know my new wife! Why didn't you say so yesterday? Look at the trouble this caused. Young man, have you eaten? Come eat at our house..."

"Who knows him..." Blood Depletion Dao Consort denied it completely...

Shen Bei quickly stepped forward, grabbing the old farmer's arm with one hand, a wide smile on his face.

"Elder, I'm from her maternal family. This is my second uncle's granddaughter, and she's just teasing me. How could we not know each other?"

"So you're from the maternal family! Please, come inside quickly." Wang Er was startled, immediately dropping his hoe and pulling Shen Bei inside.

"We're family, don't be shy."

"Shen Bei!" Blood Depletion Dao Consort shrieked, her eyebrows furrowed in anger, Killing Intent rising between them.

"Elder, my younger sister here has always had a bad temper since she was little. When I was young and foolish, I used to beat her, and she's held a grudge ever since. Even after getting married, she hasn't reined it in. It's truly..." Shen Bei followed Wang Er inside, happily spouting nonsense.

"It's fine, it's fine. My family likes it this way. My son has a soft personality, so finding a feisty one makes for a good housekeeper." Wang Er's face was all smiles. The angrier Blood Depletion Dao Consort got, the more he believed it.

How could he not believe it? The newly wedded wife had already beaten her husband seven or eight times in just one day. If it were fake, the new wife would have rolled up her sleeves and started chopping people by now.

Now, this clearly showed they knew each other, and she was so angry that Killing Intent was practically spewing from her eyes, yet she didn't make a move...

There was no need to wonder. She must have been beaten into submission when she was little and couldn't defeat this cousin from her maternal family.

With Blood Depletion Dao Consort's face full of displeasure, Shen Bei ate what he wasn't sure was breakfast or lunch at Wang Er's house.

His identity as the cousin from the maternal family was solidified, and no one believed Blood Depletion Dao Consort's denials.

Especially her husband, who was beaten at the slightest disagreement, was even more convinced of Shen Bei's identity.

After the meal, Blood Depletion Dao Consort dutifully cleared the dishes, wiped the table, washed the bowls, and scrubbed the pot. After everything was done, and after the men of the house had gone out to work, she finally took the time to leave the house and found Shen Bei sitting under a tree outside the door, digesting his food.

"Shen Bei, leave. Go back and be a good captain. No, a Night Watcher of the Imperial Dynasty, right? Anyway, there's nothing you want here. If you want to go to the second Realm, just leave the village and continue along the river. If you want to leave, return the way you came. I know what you're thinking. Aren't you just surprised by my change?"

"Huh?" Shen Bei was startled. She even knew his change was a bit strange?

"I really like it here. After a Corpse Dissolution, my Realm fell, and I'm tired. In the Fu Tu Demon Sect, if you're not ruthless, you die. I don't want to live that kind of life anymore. After so many years, I've never heard of anyone truly achieving Immortal Ascension and becoming a Dao master in the end. The peerless powerhouses who once shook the Great Wilderness all died in the end. Now I just want to live peacefully here with an honest man who doesn't despise me. It would be even better if we could have a child or two..."

Blood Depletion Dao Consort's eyes held a hint of weariness, and she was as serious as could be.

Shen Bei opened his mouth, speechless for a moment.

Was he being taken advantage of?

Why did this feel so strange?

"Alright, I was overthinking it. Then I wish you happiness here." Shen Bei sighed.

Let's go, let's hurry and leave. This place looks sinister no matter how you look at it.

After traveling along the river for three days, Shen Bei's mind was filled with countless thoughts, and all sorts of random ideas kept popping into his head.

He thought that when Bridal Gown left someday, he would definitely find a thoroughly sun-dried quilt, lie down in a 'wood' character pose, and have a really good sleep. Ever since Bridal Gown appeared, he had forgotten what it felt like to sleep in a bed...

After three days of travel, he arrived at the summit of a mountain.

At the summit was a pitch-black metal staircase, extending from the peak into mid-air.

He ascended the staircase step by step. When he reached the last step and took another stride, everything around him instantly transformed.

The sky was gloomy and dark, and the air was filled with dense Evil Qi and Death Qi.

As far as the eye could see, there was a desolate desert, with many withered bones faintly visible beneath the gray sand. There were human bones, beast bones, and even some skeletons that clearly belonged to strange races.

Dead silence, desolation.

After crossing a few sand dunes, the skeletons covered by the gray sand became more numerous, and a sense of resentment also grew in the air.

After another hour of travel, some Headless Lanterns suddenly appeared in mid-air, drifting with the wind. The resentment grew thicker, and the Evil Qi became heavier...

After crossing a stone mountain, Shen Bei's pupils suddenly contracted as he looked out.

Ahead was a flat plain, but in the middle, a solitary three-thousand-zhang high mound stood.

The entire mound was densely covered with countless overlapping skeletons, and Headless Lanterns, like swarms of fireflies, floated around the mound.

Massive Death Qi and resentment transformed into black smoke that shot into the sky, obscuring the sun.

The black smoke continuously manifested distorted phantom images of living beings, endlessly repeating the moment of their death.

Just a glance made Shen Bei feel illusions appear before his eyes, and evil thoughts, like a floodgate opening, assailed his Divine Soul.

He closed his eyes and took a Bright Spirit Fruit.

Shen Bei's hands were trembling, and his forward steps also halted.

The entire mountain was piled up with skeletons.

How many people had died here!

And the staircase to the next Realm was at the top of this mound.

He went all the way up.

He stepped onto the last step of the stairs, taking a step into the void.

In the blink of an eye, he was in a different place.

This Realm was not large, at most only a few tens of miles, with scattered graves dotting the land.

The Yin Qi was heavy, and the Death Qi was also heavy.

All these graves were covered by complex Restrictions, and dangerous aura was everywhere.

Just as he was about to continue forward, he looked up.

Beneath the blue sky, two blood-colored crescent moons shone with an eerie glow, hanging in the sky.

A black light shot into the sky in the distance, and dust rolled and spread around the black light.

After a few breaths, a deafening roar was heard, like a thousand troops and ten thousand horses, carrying a shockwave and dust, rolling in like a sandstorm.

Shen Bei held out his hand, blocking it in front of him, letting the strong wind blow past.

A moment later, the dust settled, and in the distance, a Headless Blood Moon Death Servant stood atop a thousand-meter-high tombstone.

Eight large characters were inscribed on the tombstone as if carved with fresh blood:

Tomb of Blood Moon Death Servant Ye Xi.

Opposite him, a pitch-black Buddha phantom, over a hundred zhang tall, sat in the lotus position, forming a Vajra Mudra with his hands, suspended in mid-air.

Shen Bei's eyes lit up. Little Devil Buddha, he hadn't gone ahead yet; he was still here.

And the Blood Moon Death Servant was also here...