The first time Bai Ling transmigrated into this world and took a bath, she uncontrollably transformed into a dragon without being able to control it.
It wasn't quite like a true transformation. Dragons in the Cultivation World are a race with gigantic bodies, while here she had become a dragon the thickness of a thumb and some ten centimeters long, like a little snake.
Everyone was very surprised when Bai Ling suddenly disappeared from the bathroom. In the end, it was Xiang Zhi who recognized the little dragon coiled on the sewer drain cover.
If they hadn't paid enough attention, they could have mistaken it for some bathroom trash.
Song Jixing had never seen a dragon before and didn't know how dragons transformed, how they bathed, or if they normally washed themselves clean.
Bai Ling herself hemmed and hawed without explaining clearly. The rough idea was that she had originally thought she had no spiritual energy here and wouldn't be able to transform.
She hadn't expected that as soon as her whole body touched water she would transform. Perhaps because she couldn't use spiritual energy, the dragon form Bai Ling transformed into was very small.
Transforming back was also simple. She just had to wipe her body and wait for the water on the surface of her body to evaporate, although using a hairdryer to blow herself dry would make it faster to transform back into human form.
Normally she wouldn't transform from just a minor contact with water, unless her whole body got wet.
Incidentally, Song Jixing also learned of Xiang Zhi's original form, a little golden carp. Both master and disciple were spirit creatures that could transform.
Fortunately the transformed bodies of both weren't very big. Song Jixing bought a fish tank of decent size and put it in the bathroom for both of them to use as a bathtub.
Watching both of them bathe, Song Jixing also personally experienced the healing feeling of keeping pets.
Although Bai Ling could transform, she couldn't fly at all.
Even if she could fly, a little worm-sized dragon spinning around in the air wouldn't make anyone associate it with an actual dragon. So at times like these Song Jixing would have to step in.
She needed to enlarge Bai Ling's phantom form and also deal with that fish.
Shen Feixian was worried that it would be too bright in broad daylight and the footage would be too clear, allowing someone to easily determine the authenticity of the dragon at a glance. So he gave them a suggestion, to go at night! That way it wouldn't be clear!
As Shen Feixian spoke he pointed at the live footage and added two sentences: "They've already brought over quite a few helpers, including the rat from Jiyu Ancient Town last time. But after that rat saw the fish in the water it shut down and stopped talking..."
"When the time comes junior apprentice sister you undo the seal a little, make the fish restless and stir around. Make some light effects on the bottom of the water tank, the kind that looks like special effects!"
The TV in the room was still broadcasting nighttime footage of the reservoir. What was unchanged was the surging waves from daytime; what had changed was the set dressing around the reservoir. There were even some people wearing strange clothes.
Song Jixing instantly recognized two people she had seen in Jiyu Ancient Town before.
Right now they were dressed in Taoist robes, running and jumping around the reservoir while waving peach wood swords in the air.
Bai Ling came back holding bubble water and glanced over. "What are they doing?"
Shen Feixian: "Feudal superstition."
Bai Ling nodded, seeming to both understand and not understand.
Song Jixing sighed inwardly with admiration. Professionals who frequently go online are just different, even knowing what feudal superstition is.
What everyone had in their hands were ordinary objects that were utterly useless against creatures with refined qi absorbed into their bodies. Calling it feudal superstition was reasonable.
After Bai Ling had changed into light casual clothes, Xiang Zhi brought over another bucket of water. Song Jixing took out Shen Feixian's flying sword and, holding Bai Ling and the bucket of water, stood on the sword.
Since Song Jixing had transmigrated over, she didn't bring any magic treasures with her when she returned and could only borrow from someone else.
Swords that could be used to fly were usually life-bound magic treasures, equivalent to life itself for cultivators. Song Jixing didn't dare borrow any treasures from the Elders, so the blameless Shen Feixian lent her his flying sword.
Not only did Shen Feixian lending out his flying sword show no reluctance, he even went forward and stroked the wooden bucket's handle, gleefully saying: "This is the world's first wooden bucket to fly by riding a sword! It's of historical significance. Junior apprentice sister, go for it!"
His voice had just fallen when Song Jixing flew off on the sword.
Shen Feixian and Xiang Zhi returned to the living room to continue watching the TV broadcast.
Flying on swords was quite fast. Combined with going in a straight line, they arrived at their destination in two minutes.
Considering there was still a helicopter above the reservoir, Song Jixing didn't fly directly above the reservoir. Instead she stopped at a rather lush forest beside the reservoir for Bai Ling to soak herself completely wet.
At first Bai Ling was extremely unwilling to act as a prop for these people. As a dragon clan member, being carried around by a bunch of juniors in her original form would be unbearably humiliating if the news got back to the Cultivation World. How could she keep face?
Then Shen Feixian opened another extremely tempting condition. He could build a bubble water factory for Bai Ling.
Not here, but after returning to the Cultivation World.
Shen Feixian said he had already mastered the method for manufacturing bubble water. After he returned he would use spirit stones to build Bai Ling a bubble water factory, making her the one and only Elder in the entire Cultivation World who owned bubble water.
It was unknown whether Bai Ling simply loved bubble water too much or Shen Feixian's condition was too tempting, but Bai Ling directly agreed.
After Song Jixing stabilized the flying sword she turned her back. She only heard a plopping sound of something falling into the wooden bucket, then slowly turned around.
A soaked set of clothes was floating in the bucket, along with a little white dragon covered all over in golden and silvery radiance.
Two tiny horns stood up from the little white dragon's head. It lightly floated on top of the drenched clothes, flicking its nimble little tail. It looked like a long-tailed albino newt with six protrusions, even more exquisite than a newt and extremely cute.
Song Jixing single-handedly scooped up the little white dragon from the water and placed it in her palm. Afraid it couldn't stand steady, the little white dragon cleverly wrapped its tail around Song Jixing's wrist and swayed slightly. In an instant her wrist had gained a refined and beautiful silver bangle that looked high-class.
Song Jixing cast a spirit technique on Bai Ling and respectfully said, "Elder Bai, sorry for the offense." Then she manipulated the spirit technique towards the not-so-distant reservoir.
Bi Dejiang was 58 years old this year. In less than two years he would be able to collect his pension. Although there was no such thing as retirement in their line of work, having a pension meant the Taoism Academy would have an extra source of income.
Ever since Bi Dejiang could remember, the earlier days were spent in utter poverty. Just when it seemed things would get slightly easier, he discovered this world had changed.
The celestial phenomena changed. The teachings passed down from the ancestors changed. And along with that, this world changed too.
People were just walking properly on the road when they would run into talking rats.
He was nicely on his way back into the mountains when he got dragged to the reservoir and even made to write a will and non-disclosure agreement.
Who understands this kind of suffering?
He really was just an ordinary old Taoist priest who knew nothing!
Bi Dejiang held the peach wood sword as he looked at the group of people around him who were clearly scared out of their wits yet still spouting nonsense. He couldn't help sighing inwardly.
Boom!————
A deafening muffled sound transmitted from the bottom of the water.
Accompanying the roar were gigantic waves!
"All units pay attention. Initiate first-level alert state!" the on-site commander-in-chief yelled into the transceiver.
As the waves surged upwards, everyone could see a black fish shadow beneath the water surface when threads of golden ripples also appeared on the water.
Strand after strand of golden light criss-crossed, like an extremely sturdy net that had the fish firmly trapped underwater.
The moment they saw the golden net, a single thought instantly rose in everyone present: It's this net blocking the fish under the water!
