The moment the Duobao Spirit Monkey snatched the skin, Yu Mi reacted, reaching out to snatch it back. Despite her quick reflexes, she was still not faster than the monkey, allowing it to stick the skin onto Bao Gu’s arm. She angrily exclaimed, “You thieving monkey, you’re stealing treasures!”
The Duobao Spirit Monkey defiantly responded to Yu Mi with a sharp squeal.
Yu Mi couldn’t be bothered to argue with a monkey. She didn’t believe Bao Gu would steal her stuff, so she immediately turned to see how the skin reacted on Bao Gu’s arm.
The thin layer of skin adhered smoothly to Bao Gu’s arm without any reaction.
Bao Gu reached out to peel the skin off and return it to Yu Mi. The moment her hand touched the skin, she suddenly felt a cool sensation from the spot where the skin was attached, as if something was seeping into her pores.
Yu Mi clearly saw the skin on Bao Gu’s arm melting away, becoming thinner and smaller. She inwardly exclaimed, “It’s over!” as she watched Bao Gu struggle to peel off the skin but couldn’t grasp anything.
In just a few moments, the skin had completely disappeared.
Yu Mi quickly extended her divine sense to examine Bao Gu’s body, trying to find traces of the skin, but found nothing!
Seeing Yu Mi’s face turn green, Bao Gu nervously exclaimed, “Senior sister… this… I…” She then turned to the Duobao Spirit Monkey and said, “Little monkey, that skin belongs to my senior sister, quickly help me take it out and return it to her. It melted and seeped into my arm.”
The Duobao Spirit Monkey kept shaking its head.
Yu Mi took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to beat up the monkey, and said, “Don’t worry, Bao Gu, try to sense if there’s something extra in your arm.”
Bao Gu closed her eyes, and a subtle sensation emerged. She couldn’t see the skin, but she could feel something extra in her arm. Following that sensation, she screamed in fright and opened her eyes in horror.
Yu Mi asked, “What’s wrong?”
Bao Gu thought it was her imagination and reached out again towards the extra thing in her arm, only to be scared into opening her eyes again, her face filled with disbelief.
Yu Mi asked, “What did you sense?”
Bao Gu didn’t know how to explain and just stared at Yu Mi.
Yu Mi said, “Describe in detail what you sensed.” She knew the Duobao Spirit Monkey wouldn’t harm Bao Gu. The monkey was so eager to give the skin to Bao Gu, it must be a treasure.
Bao Gu closed her eyes again, carefully reaching towards her arm, and said, “I can feel something extra inside my arm…” She opened her eyes, tears welling up as she looked at Yu Mi, “Senior sister, is there something wrong with me?”
Yu Mi frowned and asked, “What’s the problem?”
Bao Gu said, “When I looked towards the extra thing in my arm, I saw a vast empty space, with nothing inside, just like a huge cave with no ceiling, no bottom, and no walls on all four sides.”
Yu Mi’s frown deepened and asked, “Explore again, is there really nothing?”
Bao Gu said, “There’s really nothing.”
Yu Mi thought about how the monkey disappeared standing on the skin, probably entering the dark space Bao Gu described. She handed Bao Gu two low-grade spirit stones and said, “Try to see if you can store these spirit stones inside, like putting them into a storage bag.”
Bao Gu tried to store the spirit stones in her palm into the strange space in her arm, and to her astonishment, the items in her palm appeared in that strange space. She exclaimed, “Senior sister, this is a storage bag that can enter the body!”
Yu Mi reached out to grab the monkey, shouting, “You thieving monkey, give the skin back to me!” Even cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage couldn’t catch the monkey, let alone her. The monkey easily dodged Yu Mi’s hand and hopped onto Bao Gu’s other shoulder. Yu Mi’s attempt failed, and she turned to grab Bao Gu’s neck, shouting, “If you don’t return the skin to me, I’ll strangle Bao Gu!”
Bao Gu’s neck tightened, and she hurriedly shouted, “Senior sister, I’ll return it! Just tell me how to take it out!” She also called out to the monkey, “Little monkey, that skin was snatched by my senior sister, quickly return it to her.”
The Duobao Spirit Monkey hopped around, refusing to return it, and kept squeaking non-stop, infuriating Yu Mi until her face turned from green to white and back again.
Yu Mi couldn’t really strangle Bao Gu and couldn’t catch the monkey, so she finally gritted her teeth and said, “Forget it!”
Bao Gu rubbed her slightly sore neck and timidly asked, “Senior sister, what exactly is this?”
Yu Mi said, “I don’t know what material this skin is made of, but I know it’s a treasure.” She squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth, “A sumeru mustard seed small world.”
Bao Gu looked at Yu Mi, puzzled, “What is a sumeru mustard seed small world?”
Yu Mi rubbed her forehead in frustration! She really wanted to beat up the monkey! She waved her hand at Bao Gu and said, “Bao Gu, don’t talk to me, I’m afraid I might kill you!” She took several deep breaths, telling herself to stay calm! If it weren’t for Bao Gu buying her three thousand top-grade spirit stones worth of fire spiritual treasure without blinking an eye, if it weren’t for Bao Gu giving her most of the top-grade spirit stones she earned from selling monkey wine, if it weren’t for knowing Bao Gu’s character, she really could have killed a fellow disciple for treasure! If the treasure had been snatched by Bao Gu, that would have been one thing, but it was snatched by her and then taken by the monkey to give to Bao Gu. The treasure she had in her hands flew away, and Yu Mi’s heart was bleeding.
Bao Gu moved aside tactfully, not daring to disturb Yu Mi. She reached into the space in her arm again and saw the two low-grade spirit stones she had put inside lying there. She thought, “Could this be a large storage bag? ” She remembered how the Duobao Spirit Monkey disappeared on the skin, guessing this space could also store living things. But since it was empty, even if things didn’t fall out, they would suffocate or starve without air or food. She wanted to take it out of her arm and return it to Yu Mi, but she could only sense the space inside her arm, the skin that contained the space was nowhere to be found.
Yu Mi calmed down and sat back next to Bao Gu, saying, “The sumeru mustard seed small world is similar to a storage bag.”
Bao Gu replied, “The difference is one can store living things, and the other can’t?”
Yu Mi shook her head and said, “That’s just a minor difference. The real difference is that a storage bag can only hold so much, while a sumeru mustard seed small world can contain an entire world. If you could separate Xuan Tian Sect from the Yun Ling Mountain range, you could store the entire Xuan Tian Sect inside. If you could separate the Yun Ling Mountain range from the earth, you could store the entire ten thousand li Yun Ling Mountain range inside!”
Bao Gu’s eyes widened in shock!
Yu Mi asked, “You said there’s nothing in the space in your arm?”
Bao Gu nodded, “There was nothing at first, now there are two low-grade spirit stones.”
Yu Mi thought for a moment and said, “That’s strange. In the past, some great cultivators had refined Mount Meru mustard seed small worlds as treasures. They would refine a large magical instrument and then use great magical power to move a blessed land into this instrument. From the outside, it would appear as a magical instrument, but inside, it would be a small world. Usually, the predecessors who owned such small worlds would store their lifetime collections inside, using it as a storage bag and also cultivating various spiritual herbs and treasures, raising various spiritual beasts.
In short, such a small world is a treasure that can be carried around. Some of the ancient ruins in the current cultivation world are small worlds refined by ancient predecessors. After the ancient predecessors passed away, the magical instruments containing the small worlds either deteriorated over time or for some other reason, the entrances to the small worlds opened and connected to our world.
These small worlds are rich in spiritual energy, with countless treasures and geniuses, and the appearance of any one of them would cause countless cultivation forces to fight to the death. As far as I know, the ancient ruins of Xuan Yue Ancient City were transformed from a small world left by an ascended predecessor. The emergence of this small world once caused a great turmoil in the cultivation world, with many forces fighting over it, resulting in countless deaths and injuries, until they had to cease hostilities and share the small world.
The ancient ruins of Xuan Yue Ancient City are not always open; it seems that the ascended predecessor intentionally left this treasure for later cultivators. He hid the ancient ruins in the void, not revealing them normally, only opening them once every ten years for a month, and then closing the entrance until the next ten years.”sumeru mustard seed small worlds as treasures. They would refine a large magical instrument and then use great magical power to move a blessed land into this instrument. From the outside, it would appear as a magical instrument, but inside, it would be a small world.
Bao Gu understood and said, “So the predecessor who refined the skin in my arm made a treasure that could become a small world but forgot to move a blessed land into it.” After saying this, she threw a bunch of miscellaneous items including numerous well-preserved tiger and wolf meats from her storage bag into it, saying, “Although there are no countless treasures and geniuses, it’s not bad to use it as a storage bag that can hold a lot of things.”
Yu Mi was extremely frustrated! She would have preferred if there was a blessed land inside. Bao Gu was so generous to her, if there really was a blessed land inside the skin, wouldn’t the treasures inside be hers? Predecessor, you refined Such a great treasure, why didn’t you put anything inside!
Seeing Yu Mi very upset, Bao Gu consoled her, “Senior sister, don’t be sad. Once I figure out how to take it out of my arm, I’ll return it to you to use as a storage bag.”
Yu Mi trembled, barely holding back the urge to cry, and grabbed Bao Gu’s arm, saying, “Please, don’t ever return it to me.” What a great opportunity, to have snatched a small world among a group of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, but it turned out to be empty! Empty! How would those Nascent Soul stage cultivators who died fighting for this treasure feel!
Although they now had a small world to slowly fill, how could they, being so weak and poor, add anything to it? It could only be used as a storage bag! Even a broken monkey was better! At least the monkey could produce two gourds of supreme monkey wine. She took several deep breaths to suppress the urge to cry and said, “Let’s go, to Xuan Yue Ancient City!” After dismantling the formation, she summoned her flying sword, lifted Bao Gu onto the flying sword, and soared into the sky.
Bao Gu consoled her, “Senior sister, don’t be sad. After all, this was a profitless deal, just consider it as picking up a super large storage bag for free.”
Yu Mi exclaimed, “For free, you think the fire talismans I used during the fight were not painstakingly refined with spiritual energy, you think the thunder talismans I used were not bought at a high price for self-preservation? I didn’t even dare to use the Nascent Soul thunder talisman when fighting the earth fire toad or competing for the water essence! That thunder talisman was worth a hundred medium-grade spirit stones! A hundred medium-grade spirit stones!”
Bao Gu decisively kept silent.
Yu Mi’s tone softened and added, “In half a year, when the ancient ruins open, use your super large storage bag to take me inside!”
Bao Gu was stunned and asked, “What?”
Yu Mi explained, “Originally, when various cultivation forces were competing for the ancient ruins, the peak powerhouses of each force fought fiercely inside, causing great damage to the ancient ruins. Later, to protect the ancient ruins, the forces jointly established a rule: four hundred ancient tokens were issued by the joint efforts of various cultivation forces, and cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage could enter with a token.”
Bao Gu trembled all over! Half a year to reach the Foundation Establishment stage? How could that be possible! She wanted to tell Yu Mi she couldn’t do it, but seeing her senior sister’s murderous look, she was afraid she would be annihilated if she spoke out.
