Chapter 102: Qing Shui
In the 1,000,000 Li Mountains, a young boy of 15 years could be seen engaged in a fierce battle against a powerful Desolate Beast.
Desolate Beast, they are only one step away from Demonic Beast, which was comparable to a Xiantian Cultivator. And to kill a beast, there was a need for three cultivators of the same level.
That is to say, to kill a Desolate Beast, at least three Houtian cultivators, more specifically Martial Commanders are needed. Yet, the young boy confronted the desolate beast alone, without any fear or hesitation. More surprisingly, even though there were multiple injuries on the boy, he didn’t lose out to the beast!
The boy sent the wolf, twice the size of his own, flying with a single kick. The Silver-Fanged Giant Wolf immediately jumped up and glared at the boy cautiously. The frail-looking boy wasn’t as weak as he looked. The injury suffered by the wolf was the best proof.
Their battle already reached its climax. Both sides already exhausted their energy. The young boy could hardly keep one of his eyes opened. Both understood their condition. Whoever failed to kill their opponent in the next move will die.
The wolf charged at the boy, and the boy did the same.
SHuuk
But before the wolf got into the ten-meter perimeter of the boy, it suddenly fell flat on the ground. A hole could be seen revealing the sky from the wolf’s left eye to the back of its head.
The boy looked at his fingers, droplets of blood trickled out of it and his face revealed a charming smile.
Hidden Weapons Technique!
When the wolf and the boy charged at each other, the wolf didn’t expect a sudden long-range hidden attack from the boy. Unexpectedly, before it noticed the blurring light, the wolf’s world turned black. The boy completely used the power of Hidden Weapons Technique and finished his enemy in a single sweep.
Plopping down, the boy let out a sigh of relief and tended to his wounds. At that time...
A sound of whistling sounded behind him, followed by a round of applause.
“Marvelous! You’ve gotten a lot better!” said a mature sounding voice.
The boy’s body tensed. He was too caught up with the beast and did not notice anyone approaching. This was the 1,000,000 Li Mountain Range. There were countless dangers, relaxing meant throwing away your life. If there were some beast laying an ambush, it would have been the perfect opportunity to finish him off.
But such things couldn’t be helped. Even if he reincarnated, he was young and lacked experience.
Focusing on the figure, the boy’s eyes looked carefully, and he suddenly exclaimed with surprise, “You, you are!”
“Haha, Qing Shui brat, did you miss me—” the man asked happily as he stood on a tree branch but just then, something shocking entered his ears.
“Um, who are you?” the boy—Qing Shui, brother of Yan QingQing and son of Qing Yi—asked while backing away.
The man’s leg slipped on the branch and he fell from the tree, but fortunately, he had great control of his body. Instead of falling head-first, he landed on the ground firmly. Disappearing from his position, he twisted Qing Shui’s ear while grumbling, “Huh, kid you forgot your brother so soon. Talk about being ungrateful.”
“Ah, brother Shen, I’m sorry. It hurts. Please let go, I said sorry!” Qing Shui begged for mercy as he exaggerated his painful expression.
“Hmph, since you are injured I’ll let you go this time.” Shen unwillingly let him go. He didn’t think Qing Shui would throw a joke but still, since he was injured, Shen let him go. He took out a pill and gave it to him, “Here, take this pill. It will heal your injury faster.”
A sweet aroma filled the air. Qing Shui instantly knew this was a precious pill. Without standing on ceremony, he instantly snatched the pill, afraid, Shen will go back on his words and gulped at once. A warm feeling spread his body, and he calmed down a little. Now that Shen was here, he could relax without any worry.
“Still, brother Shen. I couldn’t recognize you at all. Did you eat some beauty pill?” Qing Shui mumbled as he wrapped the cut on his thigh with a piece of cloth. He groaned in pain many times but from his action, he didn’t seem totally inexperienced either.
“It’s a beauty fruit. What, you are interested? I don’t have one even if you beg me. Anyway, you will die if you eat something like that.”
There was no beauty pill or fruit. It was the Absolute Chaos Fruit that changed his body feature. What Shen said wasn’t an exaggeration. Normal people couldn’t absorb the property of the fruit and they might even die.
“Cheh, I will find one myself. You will see beauties on my left and right.” Qing Shui laughed lewdly.
Shen only smirked. Holding beauties on left and right? He experienced that long ago and he must say, it was an awesome experience.
“Yeah, let me see when you have beauties on your left and right. But I’m afraid looks won’t get you beauties. You will need strength for that.”
“Ah, now that you say that, brother Shen. I think I reached a bottleneck in my cultivation. No matter how much I try, I can’t surpass that.” Qing Shui said worriedly. Over the years, Shen helped him multiple times. Whether it was cultivating or practicing techniques, they came up with a solution. Similarly, he hoped they could also come up with a solution this time.
However, Shen’s reply disappointed him.
“This, Qing Shui, you will have to help yourself.” Looking at Qing Shui surprise, Shen paused for a moment and continued once again, “What you are experiencing is probably the bottleneck of Houtian Realm to Xiantian Realm. Normally people receive a bout of enlightenment to breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm. But those with extremely high-talent can breakthrough even without enlightenment. I’ll advise you to strengthen your foundation before you try to breakthrough.”
“This...” Even Qing Shui himself knew he reached the peak of Houtian Realm. He didn’t think himself talented. If it was not for the Heaven-Earth Divine Necklace, which five-folded his cultivation speed, it would have taken another few years to reach the peak of the Houtian Realm. He didn’t know what other secrets this treasure held, but just the effects of increasing his cultivation already filled him with gratefulness.
He also experienced the feeling of enlightenment twice, but those were years ago. And he didn’t breakthrough to Xiantian Realm then either. One cannot seek for a bout of enlightenment but only encounter. He was very aware of this fact. Which was why he felt more depressed.
Shen immediately got into lecture mode, “Why are you so desperate to breakthrough so suddenly? You are still young, and you should take things easy while you can. I took over a year to breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm. I even surpassed my breakthrough for three months. Do you understand why I surpassed my cultivat—”
“Wait!? Brother Shen did you just say you broke through to the Xiantian Realm after one year? Does that mean you are a Xiantian Realm cultivator?! A twenty years old Xiantian cultivator?!”
Qing Shui knew how hard it was to achieve breakthrough after reaching the peak of Houtian Realm. Even his grandfather, the strongest person in the Qing Village, remained at the peak of Houtian Realm for years without the hope of any breakthrough. Now he met with a Xiantian cultivator who was less than twenty years old and his brother. It felt like a dream to him. He was shocked and felt like this was all a dream.
“Well, yeah. I broke through not too long ago,” Shen responded as a matter of factly and added in his mind, ‘Yeah, not too long, only 8 months and I’m a Martial King now.’
Qing Shui eyed Shen with admiration. He even forgot the injuries of his body. He resolved to concentrate on building his foundation for Xiantian Realm, but he couldn’t help but request curiously, “Brother Shen, can you show me the Qi of Xiantian?”
“Sure,” There was no reason to reject as a silvery Qi gushed out of Shen’s hand.
The Qi was silent but sharp and reflected a metallic light.
Qing Shui expected an overbearing pressure, but he was surprised to find not even a bit of pressure came out of the Qi. A look of awe appeared in his eyes.
Shen smirked knowing what he was thinking. Obviously, he didn’t bring out his Absolute Qi and only showed the metal element to him. Taking back his hand, he asked, “Now, do you plan to go deeper into the mountains or go out?”
“Ah? Yes. I plan to head out. I’ve been here for a month already.”
“Good, let’s go then.”
Shen smirked once again and summoned out the black bird and got on top of it. Part of it was to show off, and the rest was because he didn’t want to go up and down on the mountain path.
Qing Shui’s jaw dropped on the ground. This... Was this the power of a Xiantian Cultivator? It’s a flying mount! Any cultivators would dream of one!
“What, are you going to stare or come?”
With this, he didn’t hesitate anymore jumped on top of the bird.
Shen ordered the black bird to fly towards the Qing Village in a straight line. If it was not for the Yin-Yang pendant, he might not have any connection with him.
Since he took the Yin-Yang Pendant, which gave him the Absolute Jade Immortal & Mortal Realm, Shen decided to help him as much as possible. Shen knew even though Qing Shui didn’t get the Yin-Yang Pendant; he got something different to increase his cultivation speed. Not exactly sure what though, but now he could see with his Absolute Vision. The necklace on Qing Shui’s neck was a special item that increased cultivation speed. Furthermore, the necklace had nine seals placed on it.
Shen could only sigh in admiration at Qing Shui’s thickness of plot armor. Just because he didn’t get the Yin-Yang Pendant, he got another cheat item. He wasn’t sure how much it compared to the Yin-Yang Pendant, but looking at the number and strength of the seals, it should be one-step lower than Yin-Yang Pendant before it was upgraded with his Absolute Upgrade.
He was reluctant to help him at first but such a thing didn’t matter anymore. After all, Qing Shui will soon call him “Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!” dearly.