Casting a scoop net in the sea of ​​suffering, is this still a human being?

That is to say, the black sea region she was currently in was not some so-called illusion at all.

But rather, it was a real space.

As everyone knew, illusions had limitations; although those limitations would decrease as the strength of the array master increased, an illusion was still an illusion and could never be compared to the real world.

Everything she had encountered and seen before her eyes simply didn't seem like something an illusion could create.

At this thought, Su Wenjiu's breathing quickened.

A look of despair gradually appeared on her face.

If this were truly the case, then her chances of getting out were slim.

But she really couldn't understand how such an existence could be within this small mountain peak!

Looking up, heavy snow began to fall from the sky.

It made Su Wenjiu's heart feel even colder.

"No, I can't die here. I must get out."

Su Wenjiu gritted her teeth and flew toward the only reference point, the white lotus.

In such an environment, without a reference point, even profound Cultivators would lose their direction.

"Is it snowing again?"

In the courtyard hall.

Zhong Qing, who was lying on a recliner reading, put down his book and slowly looked up at the snowflakes fluttering outside the door.

Zhong Qing actually liked snowy days very much.

Since ancient times, there had been a saying that timely snow foretells a bountiful harvest.

Once upon a time, he even had a dream of being a swordsman wandering through the snow.

He remembered it was in his past life at his grandmother's house in the countryside.

It was also the season when thousands of pear trees bloomed; as a young boy, he had taken the white plastic lining from a Shilitan urea bag and cut it into a rectangle to drape over his back.

Then he cut a piece of bamboo from the back mountain, tied a red string to it, and fastened it around his waist.

Amidst the swirling wind and snow, the swordsman set out, leaving not a single stalk of foxtail grass standing for three hundred meters.

Even after his Transmigration, he had held onto his Xianxia dream for a long time.

It was just that the damn System, which never gave him any cultivation, had worn away his passion and sharp edges.

Even though he had now activated this Trash Bond System, it was still hard for him to reclaim the hot-blooded passion of his chuunibyou years.

After all, he didn't need to Cultivate himself; his cultivation would increase even while he was lying down.

So since that was the case, why put in any effort?

Therefore, it didn't matter if he took things slowly.

Although he wasn't invincible in the world yet, with the boost from the Trash Bond, he would be sooner or later.

Of course, he still needed to find a second trash Disciple.

After all, with a second trash Disciple, the cultivation feedback from the Disciple would reach ten thousand-fold, and it would be the combined effect of two Disciples.

But for now, the damn System hadn't given any prompts, so Zhong Qing could only let nature take its course for the time being.

But with nothing to do, he was bored out of his mind.

So he stood up, grabbed his homemade bamboo fishing rod from the corner, put on a conical hat over his white clothes, and walked out the door toward the small pond on the back mountain.

This pond had also been obtained through a check-in.

Zhong Qing knew that nothing given by the System check-in was ordinary; although he still hadn't figured out the specific effects of this pond and only knew the System named it the Sea of Bitterness, it didn't stop him from fishing here.

During all those years alone on the mountain, before he had any cultivation and was unable to perform Inedia, this pond had always been one of his food sources.

However...

Just as he reached the edge of the pond, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

Because he saw a woman as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal scurrying around inside the pond.

At times she looked desperate, at times she collapsed in pain, and at times she cheered herself up before continuing to scurry around.

To Zhong Qing standing on the shore, this scene looked truly comical.

But Zhong Qing was already used to such things.

He had obtained the Sea of Bitterness through a check-in four years ago and had kept it here ever since; in those four years, it wasn't just once or twice that creatures had accidentally stumbled into it.

There were ordinary birds and beasts, as well as Spirit Beasts and exotic birds with significant cultivation.

After they accidentally entered the Sea of Bitterness, except for those who drowned, they all without exception scurried around within the range of the Sea of Bitterness, unable to get out for a long time.

Actually, when he first discovered this strange situation, Zhong Qing had been puzzled for a long time.

Burgeoning with curiosity, he couldn't stand the doubt in his heart and had walked down into it many times.

But this strange phenomenon never happened to him.

The water in the Sea of Bitterness was only chest-deep; he could swim from one end to the other by diving in or at most giving an extra kick.

Of course, Zhong Qing also considered that since he was the master of this Sea of Bitterness, it was understandable that the strange phenomenon didn't affect him.

Of course, having a person fall in this time—and a woman at that—was indeed a first.

But he still had experience.

And he had prepared a dip net on the shore long ago.

The purpose of the dip net was to promptly scoop out the carcasses of dead animals to reduce pollution, and if he encountered Spirit Beasts or exotic birds that looked tasty, it could also help improve his meals.

As for those that were neither dead nor appetizing, he would release them after netting them out; after all, watching them scurry around while he was fishing was distracting and annoying.

So, facing this woman, he made no exception and aimed the dip net right at her.

At this moment, within the Sea of Bitterness...

Su Wenjiu was truly about to break down.

The cultivation she was so proud of was utterly powerless once she was trapped in the Sea of Bitterness.

No matter how desperately she flew or how much she bombarded the Sea of Bitterness, it was all in vain.

Just as she was on the verge of collapse, she suddenly discovered a giant net appearing in the sky above her head?

Waves of shock surged in Su Wenjiu's heart.

In this vast and boundless black sea, a net actually appeared in the sky?!

Her first instinct was to dodge the net.

But she found that the net covered the entire world she could see; with almost no room to resist, she was netted directly into it.

The next moment...

She felt a massive force coming from the net, forcefully pulling her in one direction.

With this pull, she felt her body traverse the Void Realm, crossing a distance as far as a galaxy; she became dizzy and lightheaded, and her mind went blank.

However, while her mind was blank, a gentle voice came from beside her.

"Young lady."

Su Wenjiu jolted and opened her eyes, only to find that at some point, a young man in white wearing a conical hat had appeared beside her.

The youth looked young and appeared gentle and refined on the surface; he held a bamboo fishing rod, with scattered snow accumulated on his shoulders, and was looking at her.

In this situation, the moment she saw this young man, Su Wenjiu was startled and instinctively backed away.

After backing up two steps, she happened to retreat right to the shore of the Sea of Bitterness.

She looked back at the black water pond, which was only about twenty feet long and wide, and only then did she realize she had stepped out of that boundless black sea space.

"I... I actually got out!!!"

Su Wenjiu was both surprised and overjoyed, tears almost welling up in her eyes.

In her excitement, she also turned her gaze back to the young man before her.