Bai Ze didn't press the matter further. It had a strong sense of personal boundaries. Now, living next to Tan You, Bai Ze was also drawing nourishment from her. What was it? Bai Ze would later realize it was the fragrance of civilization.
Tan You had long wanted to start researching the problem of half-demon bloodline rampages, but after reaching the Eighth Rank, she could never find the time. First, Bai Ze and numerous other demonic beasts went missing in the Ten-Direction Mountain, forcing her to rush all over the place.
Then, at the Tianyuan Sect, she suffered a great setback and spent many years recuperating. Just when her injuries finally healed and she had time, she found that her cultivation, still below the Ninth Rank, was insufficient to solve the problem.
It wasn't until she passed the Ninth Rank Heavenly Tribulation and fully unlocked the inherited memories of the Golden Ring Snake lineage that she gradually began to form a plan.
