As hard as the soil was, the moisture still managed to make it, wet. making it a cold and dark place. Where no wind blows.

On the deepest part of her base, A meditating Zhi Rui sat cross-legged. The fainting whistling of the wind on the far up entrance reached her ears bit by bit. The desolate place made you wonder why anyone would stay there in the first place.

But in her astral body, Zhi Rui saw a whole different world. a white light was shining from underground, it was pure and beautiful. As far down as ZIh Rui went, the thicker it emanated. And zh Rui's mind grew with anxiousness, she often thought of what it might be if it's a curse or a blessing.

She was as far as a hundred meters down, the soil became too hard for her to dig.etried the pickaxe Zhun XUying made, the hammer, every other food enough weapon. and managed to dig ten meters more, but then the soil became one level more hard. And there was nothing more to be done.

'Only a level five an above could keep going.'

But even in her physical body, Zhi Rui felt the benefit of being showered with the light emanating from it, she never felt anything like that.her consciousness and body was being purified in gentle warmth. There was not anxiety of not being able to maintain her astral body, she felt that if her body died right there and then, she could still stay there for a couple of centuries as an astral body. And the barbarian old man said she could only achieve that when she mastered the method.

Suddenly a thought crossed Zhi Ruis mind and she stopped wondering. 'But it's too inconceivable... A possible material came to Zhi Rui's mind but she smiled and dismissed the idea, simply by the fact that it was too valuable.

Chuckling at her flight of fancy, Zhi Rui went up, to solve another issue. But the seed of the thought remained on her heart.

Inside the base, everything was silent. It was around two in the morning if counting hours normally it's normal for most of them to be sleeping.

HZi Rui planned to walk directly into her room. But in the dark main hall of the first floor. Zhi Rui heard someone sitting on the table.

With a smile, she went up. Amidst the dark, she spoke; "That was quite the ruthless move. For a moment I thought I had a traitor."

As she walked to the table the candles around lit up and Shizu drinking sweet liquor appeared to Zhi Rui to see. She was smiling.

Her eye slanted on Zhi Rui and started speaking and motioning with her hands.

"I kept thinking the whole time, 'is Zhi Rui going to die today? IS she really dumb enough to leave the stolen goods on that place? How will she get away with it?' these thoughts crossed my mind unceasingly. I loved every second of the suspense."

Shi Zu bit on bread and laughed, she seemed like a normal person telling a story.

Zhi Rui laughed and took a serving for herself. "I was curious after understanding it was you, but why Gao Fang? I thought that if you'd choose someone to betray me, you'd choose another."

Shi Zu stopped for a second, lost in thought "I don't know really, I think he was more pleasing to the eye?"

Zhi Rui sighed, 'This woman truly is fickle.' In the bet they made. Shizu would try to fool Zhi Rui, if she succeeded, Zhi Rui would give her a storage pouch and blessings on her future endeavors, but if she didn't, she'd become a slave to Zhi Rui.

"You won," Zhi Rui said, as she brought the cup of warm tea to her lips. "You actually managed to fool me."

Shizu lay the bread back down on the table and looked at Zhi Rui. "With the way things went, I thought I failed? In the end, you still knew that I leaked the information about the pocket dimension to Gao Feng and prepared for it."

Zhi Rui shook her head.

"No, I didn't know. My intention was to made the pocked dimension public, put the Dao protector that I already contact inside and make a deal. Although an accident. I was still unaware of your scheme and would be dead otherwise."

Shizu laughed, "Good then." then she became silent.

Zhi Rui threw three different storage pouches on the table in front of Shizu. "Choose one, say your goodbyes and you can leave. I won't kill you."

Shizu chukled and walked beside Zhi Rui. She gently grabbed her hand and stared into the woman's deep green abyss. "Make me your slave?"

The green eyes squinted with doubt "Why?"

"I-I quite like Izaya." SHe stammered. making Zhi Rui wide eyes.

"For love!?" Zhi Rui nearly yelled. "Didn't you despised the idea?"

Shizu looked to the side with a blush, "Well, I'm feeling good, besides, the days I passed in the camp in the middle of the forest was the best until now for me, and even if you do fail on your quest I'll still be alive to live more. so there really isn't much of a downside. Besides, even if you want me to do something I don't want to, I'll just not do it. if you don't like it, you can kill me."

Zhi Rui stared, then she chukled nonstop.

Avoiding a sudden change of hearts, she branded Shizu her slave immediately. The woman was as fickle as the weather and acts out of petty feelings, first, she kills her lor because he showed too much of his hypocritical side and made her feel nauseous. now she makes herself slave after nurturing a passing infatuation.

Zhi Rui shook her head laughing.

"Well, just keep giving Gao Fang his information for now." Zhi Rui hugged, the great human specimen and went to her own quarters, that was, Sweety.

"You can let everything as before." Zhi Rui said.

The scenery inside Sweety changed back to rows and rows of books, a single sofa a bed and a bathtub.

And the Barbarian siblings finally appeared together with Rain. She had put them away.

Zhi Rui gave them disguises and a similar armor and weapons of her slaves. "Starting from tomorrow onwards you'll fight on the underworld. Better psyche yourselves."

"Yes," they agreed on the spot they were at lost in what to do, but regardless, Zhi Rui's order must be followed first, then the meaning of life comes second.

"Sweety, Ways to dig through tough soil, that is possible for me to do it."

At once, five different books came to Zhi Rui.