"Yun Che… Yun Che…!" Yuechan gently and anxiously called out his name as Yun Che passed out on top of her.
Since his body wasn't strong enough to take the full brunt of the second gate, cracks appeared all over it.
Right now, he looked like he was a glass about to break into many pieces.
This stunned and scared Yuechan. She thought that if not for her, this trial would have been many times easier for him.
But since he had to protect her all the time, this resulted in his current state.
With no energy within her body to move, she could only call out his name over and over, hoping he would wake up.
But no matter how much she called, no response was given.
With each second, her heart became heavy to the point where she felt it would stop beating.
"Worry not, human, he is alive." Suddenly, the sound of an azure dragon resounded from above, causing Yuechan to sigh in relief. "He has just exhausted his mental energy. After some time, he should be awake."
Yuechan suddenly gritted her teeth.
She thought this dragon was just bullying them.
Obviously, he was lonely and alone, wanting someone to talk to and pass on his inheritance.
Yet he made his inheritance so hard.
Wasn't it just bullying?
She didn't like the azure dragon anymore.
If she could, she wanted to freeze him to a stick.
"…" The Azure Dragon felt that Yuechen's gaze looking at him was weird and full of hostility, but he decided to ignore her and waited for Yun Che to wake up.
Just then, a silver pagoda came out of Yun Che's brows and hovered above his head.
It started to spin fast, collecting energy from heaven and earth and delivering it to him.
Yuechan saw that the blood had stopped coming out of his body, and the cracks had started to heal slowly.
She thought it was probably one of Yun Che's profound arts.
This made her think about just how many profound arts he practiced.
Not only that, but each and every profound art seemed to be divine in nature. This made her curious.
From what she knew, Yun Che was a cripple a year ago.
Which meant he got all this in a year.
She wondered what kind of encounter he had in the past year for him to receive so many good fortunes and arts.
It would be a lie if she said she wasn't interested in hearing his story.
Feeling that he wasn't waking up anytime soon, Yuechan closed her eyes and decided to take a small nap.
Hopefully, no other stone warriors will appear during it, or they will be dead!
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..
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Yun Che felt something very soft touching his face.
It was soft and big; he felt as if his head was placed between two heavenly soft pillows, making him groan and rub his face more in them.
He raised his hand and grabbed those pillows, and squeezed them while continuing to rub his face between them.
For some reason, those pillows reminded him of something.
That softness, that shape, the perkiness at the top…
'Isn't it just breasts!?'
His eyes shot open to meet a pair of ice-cold eyes staring at him. He felt like his whole body was frozen, metaphorically, getting stared at by those cold eyes. It felt like the owner of those eyes wanted nothing but to kill him right now.
"Ahem…" Coughing, he squeezed her breasts once more. They indeed felt great.
"Get off." Two simple words, yet the coldness within them was enough to freeze the world over.
Disappointed and sad, he could only leave heaven on earth and pull himself up from her soft body.
He gripped his fists tightly and suddenly felt lost. Really, those were some fine breasts.
"..." Yuechen gritted her teeth. If not for her current crippled status, she would have slapped Yun Che to the other side of the Profound Sky Continent!
If he was unconscious, she could have ignored him.
But the fact that he did it despite gaining clarity of mind made her angry.
No man had ever touched her before and thousands of men could only dream of doing so! Yet, this person dared to take advantage of her condition! She wondered if she should really commit suicide or not.
"You are finally awake, young human." While he was lamenting the loss of the heavenly soft sensation in his hand, a dignified voice resounded from above. "I must commend you for your bravery and determination to go through the first trial as most, if not every human previously, died here!"
'Even if you praise me, my hate won't vanish for you old man! I hope you die all alone, you sadistic dragon!'
Like Yuechen, Yun Che also thought that this dragon was just bullying juniors!
Who makes such a sadistic trial and expects people to clear it?
Isn't it just bullying them?
He had so many divine inheritances and arts, yet he had to use all of them to clear this test.
Though obviously less miserable than Yun Che from the original, he still hated this trial.
"If not for that woman burdening you, it would have been many times easier for you." As if reading through his complaint, the voice once again resounded, making Yun Che frown in dissatisfaction.
"She is not a burden to me. I hope you won't make the same statement again."
Yuechen: …
"I only state what is true," replied Azure Dragon. "But let's not dwell on the matters of the past. Since you have cleared the first trial, the gate to the second trial has already been opened. You just need to pass through the gate, and you will enter the second trial."
Yun Che nodded before checking his personal status and found that most of the wounds on his body had already healed.
Not only that, he could feel that he was half-step into the second stage of the Great Way of the Buddha!
It wouldn't take him long to break into the third stage!
With a small use of Restoration and Self-Healing, he was back at his peak.
Though he decided not to use so many profound arts at once again.
He thought it was better to wait until his soul and mind transformed to use so many arts once again.
This way, he wouldn't be as burdened as he was some time ago.
After checking his status, he bent down and carried Yuechan in his arms.
This time, without any struggle from the other party.
He looked down at her and found that she turned her gaze away from him, as if afraid of making eye contact with him.
Though weirded out by her behavior, he put the bed back into the pearl before walking towards the portal and entering it.
The scene in front of him changed once more, and what appeared in front of his eyes was the endless expanse!
As far as his sight could reach, he couldn't see any end to this place. It was as if it was infinite, a world of its own!
"Welcome to the second phase of Dragon God's Trials, young humans! Here, this place is brimming with profound beasts everywhere. Wherever you go, you will encounter a profound beast there. To pass this trial, you will have to kill 99,999 profound beasts within a year! Only by doing so will you pass this part of the trials! I wish you luck."
Yun Che's brow twitched. He knew it; this old dragon was sadistic as hell! But the worst part was that he could see himself being friends with him. "I must be going mad..."
Shaking his head, he pulled Yuechan closer to his chest and softly said, "I'll find a safe place for us to stay first. Bear with me for some time."
"...," Yuechan didn't answer. Her face was quite close to his chest right now. Unconsciously, she placed her head on it, listening to his heartbeat. This, weirdly, calmed her down, and she closed her eyes, seemingly falling asleep.
Before Yun Che could even move, a loud roar resounded near them, causing him to look towards it.
He saw a tyrannosaurus-looking profound beast roaring and running towards them.
"Humph!" he snorted, and before the beast could reach them, its head burst into red and white matter!
The moment it died, its body also vanished into thin air – the auto-loot function of his system kicked in.
Even in the previous trials, right now, his system inventory was filled with all sorts of weapons that stone dragon warriors wielded, which also included the famous Sky Profound Weapon Dragon Fault!
"Well, we have enough food to eat now."
The map appeared in front of his eyes, and he looked at the amalgamation of red dots on it.
Just looking at the highly congested amount of beasts made him get a new form of headache.
Shaking his head and finding a place clear of them, Yun Che started to run towards it.
In the way, whatever profound beast that came in his way had the same ending of getting its head burst into matter before getting saved into his inventory.
Reaching the place, he first placed the bed and laid Yuechan on it.
Then, he used his Barrier skill to cover the area around them and hide themselves with a simple use of Illusion skill.
Done with it, he used Runic Art to create a simple dome around them.
As if not satisfied with it, he created a small fireplace at the end and a chimney that went up outside of the dome.
Yuechan was left speechless at how Yun Che created a small house out of nothing just by waving his hand here and there.
She wondered if she should ask him to teach her this art of his. It looked quite versatile to use.
"Since you haven't eaten anything after meeting him, allow me to cook some food for you. With your current condition, you highly lack nutrients to heal your body."
Walking close to the fireplace, he used phoenix flames to create a small fire before he placed a slab of rock on it.
With a thought, a huge piece of meat appeared in front of him; and a knife in his other hand.
Gripping it, his hand moved deftly as he cut through the meat and turned it into small perfectly cut pieces.
Yuechan, who was watching from behind, couldn't help but be amazed at his cutting skills.
She had watched him cooking before, and she was amazed then too. And right now again, she was amazed. For some reason, his cooking looked like a profound art in itself to her.
His every action was immaculate and calculated, and there was not a single extra movement. It was the work of a professional!
Soon, the silence of the small rock house with only a bed inside was stolen by the sizzling sound of the meat.
Thankfully, he had filled his inventory with a shit ton of seasoning before starting his journey to the Wasteland of Death. So he didn't lack seasonings for the meat.
Like a certain cringy celebratory, he sprinkled the seasonings on the meat, increasing the sizzling sound it produced.
The heavenly smell of the meat soon permeated the small stone house, making Yuechan salivate slightly.
Before, she had used her cultivation to remove such feelings.
But since she doesn't have her cultivation now, she could only stare silently at the meat being cooked at the stone slab wondering if the smell alone was so good, what would the real thing taste like?
Cultivators at her level had no need for food, so she couldn't even remember the last time she ate food; but one thing was for sure, it wasn't this good!
Finally finishing with the preparation, Yun Che took out a plate-like object and placed the meat on it before making small cuts on it, to let the steam out of it.
Standing up, he walked towards Yuechan and placed the meat beside the bed.
Sitting beside her, he gently picked her from the back before adjusting himself behind her, and letting her lay on his front.
They looked like a couple cuddling with each other, with Yuechan's back resting on his front.
Obviously, Yuechan also felt it.
She could only remain silent at her current condition.
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