ITBBS Chapter 4

“Xiao Ling, the reason I traveled to this time is that my destined person is here, right?”

“Yes, Master. The force that brought you here came from the Dragon Pendant,” Xiao Ling replied after a moment of thought.

Shen Yao asked, “How can I know who my destined person is?”

If the force could bring her to this parallel time and space, there must be other clues to indicate the answer.

“Master, if the bearer of the Dragon Pendant appears, I will sense the location of the little dragon through the beast’s aura. Moreover, when the destined couple meets, the Dragon-Phoenix Pendant will resonate with each other, and the master will know who it is then.”

“Alright, let’s not worry about it for now.” After saying this, Shen Yao decided to put that thought aside.

And compared to the destined person who was still unknown in some corner, she was more interested in the upgraded space.

Shen Yao asked excitedly, “By the way, I feel like the space has changed. Has it been upgraded?”

Xiao Ling looked at her master’s excited expression and said, “Yes, Master. Because of this opportunity, the space has unlocked a level.”

“Let’s go see what has been unlocked!” Shen Yao said, and she instantly appeared in front of a large courtyard.

Staring at the expansive courtyard in front of her, she asked in disbelief, “Hah, Xiao Ling, am I seeing things?”

Xiao Ling landed on her master’s shoulder and replied, “Master, the changes in the space are big this time.”

Shen Yao was astonished to find that the original three brick and tile houses were gone, replaced by a large courtyard with an antique style.

The courtyard was enclosed by bamboo fences. There was a stone table and four stone stools on the left and a modern pavilion on the right side. There were tables and chairs in the pavilion. On both sides of the courtyard were gardens enclosed by stone railings, filled with various precious plants and flowers.

Instead of rushing into the house, Shen Yao turned to explore outside first.

In front of the courtyard was 20 mu¹1 mu=666.67 square meters, 15 mu=1 hectare of dark soil, where she had planted various grains, fruits, vegetables, and medicinal herbs. Now, an additional 10 mu of land had appeared.

To the left was a spiritual spring. After the space upgrade, the spiritual spring now had healing properties for treating hidden injuries and could rejuvenate the body. This made Shen Yao happy, who thought she would try the spring water later.

Next, Shen Yao walked to the back of the courtyard, where about 10 mu of medicinal herb garden had appeared. It was filled with various rare herbs such as ginseng, reishi mushrooms, and Tianma. Some herbs were even thousands of years old.

Comparing these precious herbs to the herbs she planted in the field, Shen Yao realized hers paled in comparison.

Next to the herb garden was a peach blossom forest. The peach blossoms blooming on the trees were colorful and exuding a burst of floral fragrance.

There was also a hot spring in the forest, which had the effect of relieving fatigue and enhancing beauty. Shen Yao thought it would be nice to visit often and soak.

Carrying Xiao Ling, she returned to the courtyard.

Entering through the door, she found that the hall was spacious, with wooden floors and furniture made of rosewood. Antique porcelain decorated the surrounding shelves, and several landscape paintings hung on the walls.

Shen Yao entered the first room, which was a bedroom. The room contained an ornate antique bed on one side and a dressing table filled with exquisite jewelry on the other, each piece worth a fortune and looking good. A chaise lounge sat on the opposite side.

The second room was a study with rows of bookshelves filled with various books, including modern hardcovers and ancient thread-bound books and bamboo slips. One row of bookshelves held many cultivation manuals and books on talisman making and formations.

In this way, Shen Yao explored twelve rooms, and each room had its own surprises.

Afterward, she entered the storage room and first checked the three warehouses where she stored her things. The internal space could expand infinitely and had preservation features. All the supplies she had accumulated over the past ten years were neatly categorized on the shelves in rows.

Finally, she went to the newly unlocked storage room, filled with shelves of storage bags containing the painstaking efforts of past space owners.

Many storage bags were labeled with the names of items: rice, flour, oil, meats, daily necessities, fruits and vegetables, fabrics, medicinal herbs, various weapons, and countless gold and silver jewels. Looking at the contents, Shen Yao felt that the supplies she had accumulated with more than one billion assets were turned into slag in seconds.

“Xiao Ling, do you think that the pair of immortal cultivators had a lot of time?” In fact, Shen Yao wanted to say, “isn’t it tiring to refine so many bags?”

“Master, refining storage bags doesn’t take much time, and these bags vary in spaces inside.”

Shen Yao stroked Xiao Ling’s feathers and said, “Let’s go, or your master will feel inferior looking at all this.”

“…”

Shen Yao exited the storage room and went to the pavilion in the yard. She looked at the flowers in the garden, many of which she didn’t recognize.

Inhaling the floral fragrance, she felt her mind and body relax. After gathering her thoughts, she asked, “Xiao Ling, has the time ratio in the space increased?”

“Master, the current time flow in the space is 5:1. That means five days in space equals one day outside.”

Xiao Ling said seriously, “Master, as long as the space isn’t fully integrated, the time will remain in this state. Once the space fully merges, the ratio can reach 100 days inside for just one day outside.”

“Alright, since it’s still dark outside, I’ll start with the cleansing.”

Although she had practiced martial arts for over twenty years in her previous life and earned a black belt in Taekwondo, and fighting ten people was not a problem, she knew that learning more skills wouldn’t hurt.

“Okay, Master,” Xiao Ling replied on the side.

Shen Yao used her mind to retrieve a bottle of marrow-cleansing pills from the room and sat down by the hot spring.

She poured a marrow-cleansing pill from the pill bottle and put it in her mouth. The pill dissolved instantly in her mouth. Before she could taste it, she felt a burning sensation throughout her body, accompanied by excruciating pain. She gritted her teeth and endured it. Finally, the pain finally subsided after what felt like an eternity.

Just as she felt she had survived the ordeal, a terrible stench hit her. She looked down and found herself covered in brown-black mud.

Without hesitation, Shen Yao jumped into the hot spring. She couldn’t stand the smell on her body. After washing repeatedly in the hot spring, she finally felt clean.