Where on earth is the Underworld?

With that, Little Pupil ran off to the side, sizing up the large boulders inside the cave and fixing his gaze on the largest one.

"Mother, how about this one?"

Little Pupil pointed at the biggest boulder, and upon seeing it, Ming Xi was on the verge of a breakdown!

"My son, what on earth are you playing at? Such a huge rock? Can you even lift it?"

"Of course I can lift it, because Little Pupil has a secret weapon! =w=!" As he spoke, Little Pupil pulled a few talisman papers from his waist. "These were all given by Godfather! The only reason Little Pupil was able to get in just now was because one of these talismans allows Little Pupil and a magical beast to instantly swap positions! So as soon as Little Pupil chanted the spell, I got right in."

Talisman papers? The child's father?

Ming Xi was completely baffled. "Did that guy Shizhi Yan come?"

"Not really, but he sent the Spirit-Devouring Beast to help out!"

The Spirit-Devouring Beast?! Ming Xi broke out in a cold sweat!

"That Spirit-Devouring Beast that wrecked my lower back?!"

"Mm-hmm! That's the one!"

"Oh my god... Son, what is going on here?"

Ming Xi was utterly confused. How could that creature come to help them? What on earth was going on with the child's father? And how on earth did Little Pupil get in?

"Idolized Mother, Little Pupil will explain all of that to you later. Step back quickly now, Little Pupil is going to smash this glass!"

As he spoke, Little Pupil hugged the boulder. Although he used a spell to make the rock lighter, it was still extremely strenuous for his tiny frame to carry such a massive stone.

Ming Xi took a few steps back, and with a resounding "crack," the entire glass door instantly shattered into dust!

The moment the glass door was completely smashed, Little Pupil suddenly bit his lip, unable to conceal the surging emotions in his heart, and lunged forward abruptly!

"Mother!" Little Pupil suddenly buried himself deep in Ming Xi's embrace, hugging her tightly as he wept uninhibitedly.

His cries carried terror, worry, and unease, which suddenly made Ming Xi feel deeply unsettled inside.

"There, there..." Ming Xi squatted down and wrapped her arms tightly around Little Pupil, suddenly finding this feeling... very warm and very subtle.

Even though... she was merely an unmarried fox, completely clueless about what it felt like to be a mother, and had no idea how to comfort a child, she could only hold Little Pupil's small body tightly and gently stroke his hair.

"There, there, Mother is fine! Hurry up and take the primordial elixir so you'll stop crying! Once we get the primordial elixir, Mother will take you out for roast chicken~"

Hearing this, Little Pupil didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pushed Ming Xi's body away fiercely and scolded with a hint of reproach, "Idolized Mother, all you ever think about is roast chicken! We're about to be killed by these two snakes, and you're still obsessing over roast chicken! If you keep this up, Little Pupil won't talk to you anymore!"

"Alright, alright, stop chattering. How much time do we have left?" Ming Xi was also puzzled. Why hadn't those two snakes returned yet? What was going on?

"Little Pupil isn't entirely sure either. It all depends on the Spirit-Devouring Beast's strength! That arrogant stray cat who goes around calling itself 'this deity' and only knows how to brag—other than knowing that snakes are afraid of realgar and having a few talismans given by Godfather, it doesn't know a thing! The idea of setting off the realgar firecracker was something Little Pupil came up with all by himself!" Little Pupil pouted, highly dissatisfied with the Spirit-Devouring Beast.

"Wait a second, my adorable dimwit of a son! You mean... while those two snakes haven't returned, the Spirit-Devouring Beast has been holding them off for us the whole time?"

"Mm-hmm!"

"Then we're totally doomed! A little magical beast in the Heavenly Mystery Realm trying to deal with two giant pythons in the Heavenly Mystery Realm—how long can it possibly last?!" Ming Xi broke out in a cold sweat for the Spirit-Devouring Beast, while simultaneously breaking out in a cold sweat over their time limit. "My adorable dimwit son! We are out of time! Our top priority right now is to grab that primordial elixir immediately! Otherwise, if that Spirit-Devouring Beast croaks, we're goners too, do you get it?!"

Seeing Little Pupil pick up two white, spherical objects from the side and fiddle with them out of curiosity, Ming Xi hurriedly pulled him over. "Hey, are you listening to your mother? We have no time left!"

"But Mother, Little Pupil wants to know what these are?" Little Pupil asked curiously, holding the white spheres.

"If you like them, take them home to play with whenever you want! We have no time to waste! If we don't get the primordial elixir right now, both of us will be heading straight to the netherworld, do you understand?!"

"The netherworld? No, no! Little Pupil doesn't want to go to the netherworld! Little Pupil will go get the primordial elixir for Mother right now!"