As the sun rose, Yun Che made his way towards the Profound Gathering Tower with a smile on his face.
It was as if he had just hit the jackpot.
But, of course, that was not the case for the black-haired man.
He just accepted the reality and the fact that no matter what he did, the plot would follow him because a certain goddess can't have him mess it up. It was refreshing, to say the least.
"... Did something good happen?" asked the redhead, curiously hovering above him. As usual, her face held a cold expression, and her hands folded below her bulging chest.
"Hm? Nothing, really. I just accepted the world as it is. I feel enlightened."
"And what does that supposed to mean?" Jasmine asked with a raised brow.
"It means that I feel like I can advance a level in the Great Way of Buddha!" Yun Che replied. Sitting on the floor within his room at the Profound Gathering Tournament, he added, "Well, there isn't much to do these days. Even the food in the restaurant didn't taste that good. Maybe I should hunt some beasts and make food myself."
Nodding his head and ignoring Jasmine's confused gaze, he looked at her and said, "I'll be cultivating the Great Way of the Buddha now. You can play in some corners. Don't disturb me."
Ignoring the bubbling pressure and bloodlust around him, Yun Che closed his eyes and cut off all his senses with the outside world.
Now that he was done with his cultivation, he thought he would spend most of his time trying to understand the Great Way of the Buddha.
With his understanding, he thought it shouldn't take him much time to enter the first stage.
After that, if he still had some time left, he would try to aim for the second stage too. It wasn't out of his reach, he thought.
The formula of the Great Way of the Buddha appeared in his mindscape, and he started the comprehension of it.
Like an unstoppable river, time passed in a blink of an eye.
When Yun Che opened his eyes, ten days had already passed. Once again, stunning the floating redhead as she stared at the silver pagoda hovering above his head, taking in the energy of heaven and earth before delivering it to Yun Che.
["Restoration" skill acquired!]
["Auto-Cultivation" skill acquired!]
"You entered the first stage?" Jasmine asked, her voice filled with apprehension.
Despite knowing the monstrous talent of Yun Che, she still found it hard that he entered the first stage of the Great Way of the Buddha in ten days.
It was a Primordial Art! She couldn't even count people who were in the Divine Master realm and died trying to comprehend the Great Way of the Buddha.
She was even starting to question if she was qualified to be called a genius in front of Yun Che… He just felt… too out of this world.
"After entering the threshold, it's smooth sailing from there on. I feel like I should be able to enter the second stage if I keep trying to comprehend it. The only problem then would be that my body isn't at the level to enter the second stage."
The Great Way of the Buddha was a unique profound art in which not only the comprehension needed to be at a certain level, but the person's physique also had to be at a level where it could enter the next stage.
As such, even if Yun Che reached the comprehension required for the next level, he would need to wait for his body to also reach the required level to enter it.
'Though it won't be a problem,' he thought. He looked at his skill menu and smiled. With these skills, it won't be long before he enters the second level too. The only thing he was lacking currently was time!
"Sigh… This princess… is just lost for words. Forget it. It will only increase this princess's headache if she tries to look at you with common sense."
"Glad to be special."
"Humph!" Seeing his arrogant expression, Jasmine scoffed. "Don't be too complacent. It will come back to bite you."
Yun Che shrugged at her warning.
Him? Complacent?
He was someone who wouldn't enter a room knowing there are chances that he might die, let alone making a mistake by being an arrogant prick.
After all, he was doing his best to not end up as the late game Yun Che.
"Since you have entered the first stage of the Great Way of the Buddha, this princess will teach you the first stage of the Heavenly Wolf Hell God's Tome!"
"Isn't that…"
"Right… It's my brother's profound art…" A pained expression flashed within her eyes, which she masked the next moment. "Originally, this profound art had seven stages; my brother took 900 years to learn all seven stages. Since this princess liked to watch her brother perform the art… I unintentionally ended up learning the first stage…"
Yun Che's brow twitched.
Unintentionally learned the first stage by watching?
If not for his Menu, Yun Che doubted he would end up learning an art that took her brother 900 years to master unintentionally.
He wondered if she was doing it on purpose to announce how talented she was.
"Heavenly Wolf Hell God's Tome is specially made for the users of the heavy sword. Since you have promised this princess to never abandon the way of the heavy sword, she will impart the first stage to you. I hope… you learn it."
A surprised expression appeared on Yun Che's face as he stared at Jasmine.
This might be the first time Jasmine ever showed such an expression to him.
This made him wonder what made her open to him now as she had never shown weakness in front of him.
Smiling, he placed his hand over her head, causing her eyes to widen.
"Well, leave it to me. I'm your best disciple, after all."
Jasmine's eyes widened as she felt a warm current entering her heart. She stared at Yun Che and felt as if she was staring at her brother instead. This made her unintentionally blurt out—"Brother…"
"Hm?"
Seeing his confused expression, she was thrown out of her trance-like state as she slapped his hand away from her head. Floating high, she crossed her arms and stated coldly.
"Treat this princess like a kid next time, and she will make sure you aren't able to walk on two legs anymore!"
"Oops!" Yun Che raised his hand in the sky in surrender, a wry smile appearing over his face. "I'll keep that in mind."
"Humph! You better do, or this princess doesn't mind reminding you!"
'She sure is one hell of a tsundere…'
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