"A gift?" Lingxi inquired, confused.
"Yes," Yun Che nodded before he turned and looked at the astonished old man and the disciples of the Xiao Clan. "You guys can leave this place now. If you want to train in this place, come at another time."
"Y-yes! As you say, Young Master Yun!" The old man replied nervously. His face filled with happiness, he looked at the disciples and loudly shouted, "Did you not hear what Young Master Yun just said? Hurry up and leave this place instantly!" He turned around and looked at Yun Che with a sheepish smile, adding, "Do not worry, Young Master Yun. This old man will make sure no one enters here unless you leave."
"..." Yun Che raised his brow in amusement as he watched the disciples and the old man running out of the arena as if they had seen a ghost. He could not help but shake his head. As he had thought, having strength meant the most in this world. As long as one was strong, he would be respected everywhere... The same could not be said about the weak; they would be bullied and killed in some corner without anyone caring about it.
Once the arena was emptied, Yun Che created a simple barrier to isolate everything inside and to make sure no one would take a peek.
"This way, no one would disturb us," he lightly muttered.
"Little Che?" Confused, Lingxi stared at Yun Che's face wondering what he was doing. She did not get to wait before Yun Che returned his gaze to her, a golden hue swimming within them, which stunned Lingxi a little, making her stare into his eyes in a daze.
"It's alright. I don't want other people to find out what I am going to do, so you also have to make sure not to tell anyone about it, okay?"
Lingxi nodded seriously, understanding the seriousness of the matter.
"Good." Yun Che smiled before leaning down and sealing his lips with Lingxi, startling her. Her hand raised, wanting to push Yun Che away from his chest, but her struggle barely lasted for a second before, like butter, she melted into Yun Che's embrace, completely forgetting their current location.
As Yun Che's lips met hers, he activated the skill teacher. For the second time, he started to impart different skills into Lingxi's consciousness.
A change suddenly occurred within Lingxi's aura as it burst out, her cultivation increasing abruptly. Unaware of such changes, Lingxi was lost in the moment.
As time passed, her profound strength kept on increasing as she finally broke into the Nascent Profound Realm. The moment she entered this realm, the skill Auto-Cultivation activated, and her body now started to absorb the dense amount of profound energy in her surroundings.
This time, Lingxi's mind was finally hit with the realization. The sudden change within her body finally caught up to her mind, causing her to separate her lips from Yun Che and gasp loudly.
"T-This—!? What is going on?! Why is my veins absorbing so much profound energy all of a sudden? And why did I enter the Nascent Profound Realm? Little Che, this—"
"Sheesh, calm down." Yun Che's hold over her hand tightened, and he gently patted her head, causing all chaotic emotions inside her to instantly calm down. "This is my gift to you. With this, you should not struggle with cultivation like you did before. In fact, even if you do not cultivate actively, your cultivation will keep on increasing passively as long as you are in a densely-infested profound energy area... like this one."
Shock appeared on Lingxi's face. The sudden news of being able to cultivate easily and even passively was too much for her brain to take—no, in fact, she did not understand much of it, nor did she realize how big of a deal it was to be able to cultivate passively.
The only thing she realized was that this was something Yun Che did for her, and it was special. This brought tears of happiness to her eyes before she jumped into Yun Che's chest, her hand circling around his neck as she tightly hugged him.
"I will treasure it!"
"... You do not have to, though," he smiled weakly, his hand gently rubbing the top of her head. "Since no one is going to come here, why don't you cultivate here? The profound energy is highly dense here right now since no one has cultivated here. This is the perfect opportunity to absorb all of this profound energy. This should allow you to easily enter the next realm."
"Um. Since Little Che wants it, then I will start cultivation here until I enter the next realm."
"I will come to meet you every day, so do not worry."
After spending some time with her, Yun Che separated from Lingxi and waved his hand. Spatial Laws instantly manifested into reality, and the whole arena seemed to be submerged into the sea, waving and blurring before Lingxi vanished.
"This way, no one should be able to disturb her."
Even though he said that profound energy was enough for her to enter the next realm, in reality, it was more than that. With the profound energy of the whole Floating Cloud City and even the area beyond it gathered here, it was enough to make her jump two or three realms easily.
Such a thing was impossible within the Blue Wind Profound Palace due to the presence of other disciples who were actively cultivating there; things were different here. Since the formation has just activated, all the profound energy was still free to take for others. This made this place perfect to cultivate, even more so than the Blue Wind Profound Palace for the time being.
"Though the potency would decrease massively once she absorbed all this energy, it would still be enough to nurture the youth of the Xiao Clan to a much higher level than the others."
"If I could get my hands on a natural dragon vein, then that would be great," Yun Che thought. "I can create a portal to connect this place to that dragon vein to increase the profound energy density within the atmosphere that way."
He suddenly remembered the three major sects before a smirk formed on his face.
"A meal has already been delivered, so I might as well enjoy it."
Since both Canghai and Xiao Lie were drunk while Cang Yue had left for the capital city, Yun Che walked directly towards Yufeng's room.
Reaching it, he simply opened the door and found her sitting on her bed in a lotus position, silently cultivating.
His entrance was also detected by her as she opened her eyes and looked at him, confused.
"Yun Che? I thought you were spending your time with your little aunt."
"I was." Yun Che smirked, not denying her. "And now I am here." As he locked the door and loosened his robes, he added, "To spend time with you, of course."
"W-wait—" Yufeng didn't get to reject as the room was soon filled with the moans and groans of a man and a woman.
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Night fell, yet the Xiao Clan was lit with lights. Disciples and elders both eagerly cultivated in their rooms. Even though the most dense area of profound energy was the arena, that did not mean other places of the Xiao Clan were not filled with profound energy.
And since Yun Che had forbidden anyone from going to the arena for the time being, they all decided to train in their rooms. No one complained, not because no one dared to, but because they got more than what they used to get even in their rooms alone!
As such, they were content even if they were not allowed to enter the arena.
Within Yufeng's pavilion, the lights were turned off, with the only source of light being the small candle burning beside the bed – an aromatic candle that filled the room with a distinct beautiful fragrance.
On the bed, Yun Che and Yufeng lay with their naked bodies hidden under the quilt.
Yufeng had a tired expression on her face as she silently snuggled into Yun Che's embrace, feeling a weird feeling of calmness and home as Yun Che silently patted her head – head patting coming in clutch once again!
The silence did not last long as Yun Che, staring at the ceiling, opened his mouth.
"Yufeng... Do you want to return back to the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region?"
Yufeng's body stiffened a little, just for a split second, but it was enough for Yun Che to notice. He patiently waited for her response, and after some time, she finally parted her cherry lips.
"... I understand that you have enmity with the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region due to your grandpa, but Yun Che, I advise you not to take them lightly. No matter how strong you are, you cannot fight against the whole of a Sacred Ground alone."
Feeling her diverting the topic, he softly chuckled and gently rubbed her hair, almost causing Yufeng to purr into his embrace – which she hurriedly and panickingly stopped herself from doing so.
"Do not worry about that, just answer my question: do you want to return back there?"
"... Yes, it is my home." She paused for a second before adding, "And my father is also there."
"It's good then." Yun Che nodded before he said dominantly, "I was going to destroy the whole sacred ground, but since you would obviously not want that, I will give you a choice."
"You—"
"Sheesh, let me finish." Interjecting midway, he continued, "I won't destroy the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region, but I will kill everyone who opposes me. And I am pretty sure this includes the Sect Master of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. As such, I have a proposal for you."
Yun Che turned his head and looked down at Yufeng, his eyes giving a golden hue which seemed to stun her, making her stare dazedly into those eyes.
"How about you become the Sect Master of the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region?"
"Huh?"
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