Chapter 544: Scenery outside the region

Li Shiwei turned her head to look at the young girl who had suddenly interjected.

She wasn't very old, just a teenager, dressed in a blue female robe, giving off a refined, well-bred air.

However, she probably wasn't a well-bred young lady in reality, because Li Shiwei could sense a stagnation in her cultivation. Without a doubt, this was due to her cultivation method; her cultivation method was not good, at least to the extent that 'Li Shiwei could sense it was bad'.

Her face was quite cute, with a calm demeanor, just like… a mother.

Her own mother had this serene temperament, but this girl seemed a bit timid, unlike her mother who, besides being serene and cool, also possessed a grand aura, so in reality, there was a vast difference.

Of course, a cultivator's appearance can be completely disregarded and is unlikely to match their true age. It's extremely rare for someone like Li Shiwei to look seventeen and actually be seventeen.

"Are you very familiar with the runes here?" Li Shiwei was not shy; instead, she ran directly in front of the girl and asked curiously.

The girl, facing Li Shiwei who had suddenly darted up to her face, was a bit reserved and shy.

There was no helping it; not everyone was a social terror like Li Shiwei. After all, she had been a mountain bandit queen since childhood. Except for the Mountain God Niu Huang, all the other Anomolus Spirits listened to her, and her words were more effective than Niu Huang's.

As for Niu Huang, this old bull was honest and steady by nature and generally wouldn't get involved in her games. Moreover, for some unknown reason, Li Shiwei actually listened quite well to Niu Huang, always calling him 'Uncle.' Perhaps this was the charisma of a steady old bull.

"It's not my first time on this ship. I've been studying this, but you… are amazing! It's your first time here, and you can see so much. That's why… I couldn't help but talk to you. I'm sorry, did I disturb you?" The girl saw Li Shiwei dart over and immediately realized the gap between herself and the other party.

To be able to study these runes and achieve results, she certainly wasn't foolish. She could clearly feel the gap in strength between Li Shiwei and herself. When Li Shiwei darted over just now, she didn't react at all.

For ordinary people, this would just be a fright, but for cultivators, it's basically equivalent to death.

If Li Shiwei had been hostile, that single move just now would have been enough to take the girl's life.

Moreover, the other party was seeing this set of runes for the first time, only spending a few minutes looking at them, and could already discern so much, while she had studied for over ten days and was only slightly better than the other party…

So, this timid girl immediately apologized and prepared to leave.

But Li Shiwei, as a social terror, had no concept of personal space. She directly slung an arm around the other's shoulder, pulling her close, and enthusiastically said, "No, no, what are you apologizing for? You're so amazing! I've been looking for so long and couldn't understand it, but you pointed it out right away! What's your name? My surname is Li, and my name is Li Shiwei. Oh, and this is Stone, my friend."

Then, she naturally asked, "Oh, right, what you just said, could you explain it in more detail? How does this thing actually work? It doesn't look like an Immortal Cave to me. I've seen all the Immortal Caves in my family, and none of them are like this. This definitely isn't an Immortal Cave, so how does the space inside come about?"

Wait, this person's family has an Immortal Cave?

The timid girl's pupils constricted when she heard this, and her body stiffened for a moment.

A family with an Immortal Cave, what level of family would that be?!

"Hmm? Why are you so nervous?" Li Shiwei had her arm around the other, and clearly felt her body stiffen, giving off a very uncomfortable feeling.

"Oh, oh, oh, you don't like being touched, right? My bad, my bad." Li Shiwei released her hand, then took a step back, actively moving out of the social boundary.

She was indeed warm, lively, and quick to make friends, but that didn't mean she didn't know how to respect others. In fact, Li Shiwei was a very considerate person; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to gain the trust of all the Anomolus Spirits on Mystic Radiance Mountain.

To be a mountain bandit queen, you needed some real skills; relying solely on your background wouldn't cut it.

However, as Li Shiwei let go, the girl shrank back, seemingly a bit hesitant to speak.

Clearly, her sudden interjection was merely because she had seen a kindred spirit and thus shared her research findings.

It was quite normal, just like that timid, introverted girl in class who would happily interject when others talked about her favorite niche topic, but then immediately retract and dare not speak again once she realized she had entered the conversation.

However, facing Li Shiwei's persistent questioning, she seemed unable to leave, so she could only lower her voice and say, "I… I'm Zhang You."

Li Shiwei put her hands together, bowed, and said in a spoiled tone, "Oh, oh, so, Zhang You, can you tell me and Stone about what you just said? I'm really, really curious!"

Facing the other's offensive, Zhang You seemed unsure how to refuse. After a long hesitation, and not wanting to just leave, she could only nod, "Okay…"

"Yay! That's great! Let's talk here. We can eat while we chat." Li Shiwei said, taking out many spirit fruits from her mustard seed pouch.

They were all expensive items, produced from the sixth-grade Immortal Cave within the Mystic Radiance Mountain Immortal Cave.

This again left Zhang You a bit stunned.

Had she… met some rich lady?

Oh, and why was the jade pendant on this rich lady's waist talking? Could it be a Spiritual Artifact with sentience? The price for that would be sky-high!

Two days passed in a flash. The gourd arrived at Star-Mansion Array, and everyone was released.

Everyone boarded Star-Mansion Array to travel to their desired worlds.

Zhang You and Li Shiwei were no exception. During these two days of companionship, the two had become somewhat familiar, barely counting as friends.

Mainly, Zhang You's skill level was very good, which Li Shiwei admired, and Li Shiwei's personality was quite proactive, so she naturally attached herself to Zhang You.

Zhang You, being someone who dared not refuse others, could only let the other party stick close.

But thankfully, after spending time together, Zhang You discovered that Li Shiwei was actually a very easy person to get along with, so she no longer resisted. During the two-day journey, the two became friends.

Zhang You probably didn't have many friends, so she had a sense of cherishing Li Shiwei, while Li Shiwei was a typical 'central air conditioner,' taking care of everyone appropriately, which seemed to give Zhang You a feeling she had never experienced before.

However, Zhang You was a bit older, in her twenties, but it didn't really matter, because for cultivators, they were both young girls.

It could even be said that reaching the eighth-grade in her twenties made Zhang You actually very formidable. It was just that due to limitations in her cultivation method and knowledge, she was inferior to Li Shiwei in many aspects, such as the most typical combat power.

Li Shiwei could easily pin Zhang You to the ground and beat her, though they had never actually fought.

Upon reaching Star-Mansion Array, the two girls bid each other farewell.

Although they had only spent two days together, there was still a lingering sense of reluctance to part.

Then, they separated at Star-Mansion Array and arrived at Holy Flame World—

At this point, they unexpectedly met again.

After meeting, both were very surprised and asked each other about their destinations in Holy Flame World.

Because, in the gourd earlier, neither of them had asked where the other was going, as everyone knew it was likely just a chance encounter.

But unexpectedly, this chance encounter continued, and they met again in Holy Flame World.

So, they informed each other of their destinations.

It turned out that both of them were going to Hunter Sea World, both to work on the same ship.

This truly was pure destiny.

So, the two decided to go together, hand in hand.

They boarded the large ship from a port in Holy Flame World. It was a seventh-grade Treasure Ship, specifically used for navigating between seventh-grade worlds. Because it needed to operate in Boundless Outer Domain, it was a full two thousand li long.

This kind of ship could navigate in Boundless Outer Domain, serving to cover areas that the Star-Mansion Array' teleportation mechanism couldn't reach, such as the cluster of worlds they were currently developing.

Riding on such a ship was incredibly exhilarating.

Because, beyond millions of worlds, there were still millions of worlds—

Cold, hot, bright, dark.

Infinite worlds, composed of different things, different species.

In the boundless Boundless Outer Domain, they could see every possibility. For example, right after setting off, they saw a massive whale.

That seemed to be the mount of a Great Power; it was the largest thing Li Shiwei had ever seen.

This whale was even larger than the world itself—in fact, Li Shiwei and Zhang You saw that the whale carried over a dozen different worlds on its back.

They saw a giant Dharma Form holding a world above its head, quickly passing their ship.

They also used the ship's incredible telescope, spanning tens of millions of light-years, to see four large elephants supporting a flat disk, with a Bodhi Tree standing on top of the disk, eight True Dragons supporting these four elephants, and a turtle supporting these eight giant Dragons. That seemed to be… some kind of Pure Land?

Of course, the giant ship they were on was also part of this boundless wonder.

Because they noticed, and even encountered, many backward miniature heaven and earths struggling to travel through Boundless Outer Domain in their own ways, all looking at their two-thousand-li giant ship with envious or terrified eyes.

Along the way, their ship even fired weapons, capturing a massive hundred-li-long Starry Sky Squid. Li Shiwei didn't know what it was, but it tasted delicious.

They also interacted with another female giant wearing a flowing long dress. The giant bowl she held high contained a burning flat world. She exchanged this world for many supplies on the ship.

And this world, with a diameter of over twenty thousand li, after the exchange, was chained by a Great Power on the ship using a magical technique and dragged behind the giant ship, moving through Boundless Outer Domain like a cargo truck.

On the way, they also encountered other giant ships. They discovered that this giant ship seemed to belong to the Dao of Divinities, because the other party constantly proclaimed the superiority of their gods, and they had slender limbs and long noses. Li Shiwei, through her conversations with these people, found that this race had no world of their own; this giant ship was their everything. Most of them were born in the starry sky of Boundless Outer Domain, and what was most amusing was that they would even look down on 'indigenous residents' from within worlds, considering living in a world a sign of backwardness.

This was infinite possibility, an endless array of mysterious landscapes, ceaseless, incredibly strange, and dazzling, constantly appearing before the two young girls, beyond their ability to describe.

However, everything must eventually come to an end.

After traveling for one year and two months, they were about to reach their destination. In two more days, they would see Hunter Sea World.

After that, Li Shiwei and Zhang You would go to Hunter Sea World to deliver goods, then bring the items back to the ship and travel to the next world.

Such a journey…

Was a bit exhilarating.

At least, Li Shiwei felt so; the scenery of Boundless Outer Domain was far better than being at home.

It's just… Zhang You didn't seem to feel the same way.

Another day of work ended, and Li Shiwei and Zhang You returned to their double room.

As soon as they were back in the dormitory, Li Shiwei jumped up, happily saying, "Wow, we're almost at Hunter Sea World! We've passed by so many worlds on the way, but this is the first time I've personally been to an outside world! Yay! I've been tired of staying on this ship for a long time."

Zhang You, however, looked worried: "The world we're going to this time… I heard it's constantly in turmoil."

"Isn't that a good thing?" Li Shiwei said with great interest, "Heroes emerge in times of chaos! Maybe we can even wreak havoc in that world and create our own legends."

Zhang You didn't speak. Instead, she quietly walked into the dormitory kitchen and began to cook.

They were both still at the eighth-grade, not yet at the level of being extraordinary, beyond the mundane, or able to abstain from grain, so cleaning and daily meals were still necessary.

Only an expert like Shen Shuibi, with a pure body that remained unstained and who lived on Qi without consuming grains, could be considered free from the entanglement of household chores.

However, Li Shiwei never lifted a finger for household chores and actually couldn't do anything. All the housework and cooking were handled by Zhang You alone. If Zhang You was sometimes working overtime and not around, she would just buy food.

Actually, if she really wanted to, with her eighth-grade agility and intelligence, combined with magical techniques, she probably wouldn't be unable to do it. But the Little rabbit (Nickname) never had this awareness since she was young. She completely failed to realize that she actually needed to help with cooking.

Because, having never done it since birth, she still hadn't realized that it was very wrong to live in a shared dormitory and let the other person do all the housework.

Fortunately, Zhang You didn't mind these things. It seemed she even found some joy in housework and cooking.

Unlike Li Shiwei, who wished for chaos to establish great achievements, Zhang You preferred a simple and peaceful life.

Zhang You organized the ingredients. These ingredients were all prepared on the ship, and everyone could claim them. After all, a two-thousand-li ship, plus the mustard seed pouch, meant there was truly a lot of space.

Just then, there was a sudden knock on the door from outside.