While drinking tea, Ling Kun kept giving Yun Che weird stares.
Finally, Yun Che couldn't take it anymore and smiled towards him, inquiring, "Elder Kun… is there something you want to ask me? If so, please do so."
"Hahaha! Little Brother Yun understands!" Laughing happily as if talking to his father, Ling Kun said, "Little Brother Yun, I wonder, but what Yufeng said, is it true?"
"Elder Kun, I cannot answer you if you do not ask the question properly. What do you mean by what Yufeng said?"
"About opening Profound Entrances for someone!" Ling Kun was direct! He looked at Yun Che with a heated gaze, waiting for his reply.
Hearing it, a strange smile appeared over Yun Che's face, and he looked at Ling Kun with a mysterious gaze.
"It is as Yufeng said…" Looking at his eager and expected expression, Yun Che explained. "I can indeed open anyone's profound entrances!"
The voice fell, Ling Kun's gaze staring at Yun Che changed instantly. He was waiting for him to confirm it!
"Hahaha! Knowing this, it's the blessing of heaven for Yufeng to have you as her husband! From the moment I saw Little Brother Yun during the first day of the tournament, I knew Little Brother Yun was special. Today, I personally witnessed it! My trip to this empire was really not wasted!"
'Ah yes, bootlicking at its finest.'
"Little Brother Yun!" Ling Kun looked at Yun Che with a condensed stare and asked, "Then, can you open all of my entrances? How should I say… We are going to be a family now. After Little Yufeng marries you, we will be relatives. Isn't it good to share good things with your family members? Since you have already opened Yufeng's entrances, I wonder if you can do the same for me too!"
"... Of course, Elder Kun." With a narrowed gaze, Yun Che gave him a weird smirk. "Of course, I can. But I want you to promise me something."
"Say it. As long as it's within my power, I will have it done." Ling Kun replied heroically with a wave of his hand, as if there was nothing he could not do.
"It is indeed within Elder Kun's power to do so. In fact, it's only a small request." Taking a sip out of his cup, Yun Che stated, "Just, before the Demon Sealing Ceremony, I don't want Elder Kun to spread the information about me being able to open profound entrances of other people. I don't want any distraction during the tournament."
"That's all? I understand. I vow against heaven that I will not inform anyone about this before the ending of the Demon Sealing Ceremony! If I do so, heaven may strike me to death!"
Yufeng's eyes widened.
The vow against heaven was no joke in their world! Such vows, if not completely, then the person is deemed to die by the heaven's fury in the future!
For Ling Kun to take such an oath, if he broke, then that would be the end of him!
But then thinking about it, Yufeng thought it made sense.
To have one's all profound entrances open, such was but a small vow.
"I am glad then, Elder Kun." Yun Che chuckled before pointing his finger towards Ling Kun and said. "Then allow me to open all your entrances."
In front of the amazed gaze of everyone, a thin strand of purified energy entered Ling Kun's body as he instantly felt the effects!
A burst of profound energy was released from within his body, shaking everything around him, as an excited expression floated over Ling Kun's face.
"Opened! Really open! All my entrances really have been opened!"
He could feel how easily he absorbed energy now! It was as if there were no obstacles stopping him anymore, and this excited him beyond belief! With this, wouldn't he reach the peak of the Sovereign Profound Realm in some years?
Thinking of this, Ling Kun couldn't help but laugh loudly.
"Elder Kun looks happy."
"Happy? Of course happy! I have never been this happy before! Little Brother Yun, don't be shy and ask this old man anything! As long as this old man has some energy left in his bones, no one can touch you!"
"Then I will depend on Elder Kun in the future."
"That's good! Leave it to me."
Yun Che smiled, a weird glint passing through his eyes.
Would he open profound veins of anyone? Would he allow others to know about the fact that he could open profound entrances? His wives were okay, but he would never allow those he never trusted to know about it!
He wasn't afraid, but he didn't want a headache either.
If not for the fact that he needed Ling Kun, Yun Che would have never opened all of his entrances and killed him right away!
"Anyways, he is a dead man to begin with," he chuckled.
"Brother Yun, it's time." Just then, Cang Yue spoke, reminding him that it was time for the tournament to start.
Wushang and Yuanba had already left, only they were left back in the courtyard.
Yun Che nodded and looked at Ling Kun and Yufeng.
"Then, we should move too."
"Yes."
Ling Kun nodded.
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Today was the day when the semifinals would take place!
Everyone excitedly gathered within the arena at the appointed time.
Even though everything looked normal, those with keen eyes could see that not everything was normal.
In fact, the fact that Yufeng didn't sit beside Yuefeng alone was enough to show that something weird was going on. But people didn't have time to dwell on such things when an exciting match was about to begin!
Sitting at the place of the Profound Palace, Yun Che felt a chilling gaze upon himself.
He looked there and saw Yuechan glaring at him, as if wanting to kill him with her stare alone.
This made him speechless.
Remembering how he left last night, he smiled nervously and thought he should pay a visit to her tonight.
Just then, Ling Kun's loud voice resounded in the sky, pulling everyone's attention.
"Today, the semifinals of this year's ranking tournament will be held. The matches are already set! Without further ado, we shall begin!"
Everyone shouted with excitement.
On the profound platform, words appeared!
First match: Cang Yue vs Ling Jie!
Second match: Ling Yun vs Xia Qingyue!
"Princess Sis, we meet again!" Standing in the arena, Ling Jie said with an excited smile. "In such a short time, you have become so strong! Princess Sis, not only are you beautiful but also so talented in cultivation! If you didn't like Brother Yun, then I would have pursued you!"
Cang Yue smiled softly.
She liked Ling Jie's honesty.
But then remembering how her Brother Yun seemed to have a relationship with his mother, Cang Yue suddenly didn't know what to think.
She clearly remembered her Brother Yun giving Ling Jie a lecture about not going for another woman, yet he did the same! Cang Yue became speechless at Yun Che's shamelessness.
"Princess Sis, what happened?" Obviously, catching the weird expression on Cang Yue's face, Ling Jie inquired.
"Nothing." Cang Yue shook her head before a neutral expression formed over her face. She looked at Ling Jie with a soft smile and said, "Little Brother Jie, please be careful."
She knew Ling Jie, despite knowing his loss, wouldn't withdraw.
This was his pride as a genius!
As such, she decided to warn him instead.
Hearing her, a fearless smile floated over Ling Jie's face. He looked at Cang Yue with a confident expression and said: "Princess Sis, don't worry! Even if I don't win this fight, I won't be careless either!"
Two swords appeared in his hands, both releasing a soft, profound glow.
At a glance, one could tell that both of them were Sky Profound Realm weapons! Obviously, Villa… or, more specifically, the sacred ground hadn't forgotten them and continued to give them good weapons.
Two Sky Profound Realm weapons in his hands… even other major sects didn't have more than one or two! And here Ling Jie alone had two on himself!
This made everyone watching jealous.
"I won't be holding back this time!" Ling Jie announced excitedly, making the same smile appear on Cang Yue's face.
"Then, I will also not hold back."
The voice fell.
A large claymore appeared in her hand!
Its blade was red in color, releasing intense heat, enough to bend the air around it! Despite that, no one felt the increase in temperature!
The moment the claymore appeared, it hummed with happiness, as if happy for being able to be used by Cang Yue.
With a slight smile, Cang Yue softly caressed the blade and muttered: "Calm down."
Suddenly, all the vibrations within the sword vanished, and it returned to peace.
Meanwhile, other people intensely stared at the claymore in Cang Yue's hand with focused expressions.
They couldn't tell the rank of this weapon at all!
Such a thing has never happened before as one could easily tell the rank of a weapon from the profound energy fluctuations around them, but no matter what they did, they couldn't tell what was the rank of this weapon!
This made them realize… this weapon was above their profound strength understanding!
"Oh… It's a Tyrant Profound Realm weapon. I never thought I would see one in this small empire," Ling Kun said, giving Yun Che a side glance. He believed that it was Yun Che who had given this weapon to Cang Yue, which made him further interested in Yun Che.
He thought this young man was hiding too many juicy secrets!
Ling Kun's voice made the whole arena silent.
Everyone's eyes widened, almost bulging, as they stared at the weapon in Cang Yue's hand.
Tyrant Profound Realm weapon!
Let alone weapons, they haven't had a single such existence since the construction of their empire!
From this, one could understand how shocked everyone was.
With shock, greed came. Which was a natural thing for the people in the cultivation world.
The moment they see something good, they want nothing but to have it for themselves.
Hence, people started to think of different scenarios to get this weapon for themselves! If only they knew that anyone who would try to use the weapon other than Yun Che and Cang Yue would be killed by the spirit of the weapon itself!
"Waaah~! Princess Sis, you're so cool!" Ling Jie, on the other hand, had stars in his eyes.
He looked at the claymore in Cang Yue's hand and excitedly said: "This is the first time I am seeing a Tyrant Profound Realm weapon! Princess Sis, you must allow me to personally see it after the tournament!"
Cang Yue giggled seeing his reaction and nodded: "Well, after the tournament then."
Just then, Ling Wuyou's voice came from above, starting the match!
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