Mu Bingyun slightly moved her brows as she said, âSince thatâs the case, itâs best to select an elder to go along with him in order to protect his wellbeing. After all, his cultivation level is truly too low.â
âLetâs not do that.â Mu Xuanyin shook her head. âIâm preparing to send him there alone.â
âAlone?â Mu Bingyun was slightly stunned and she pondered about it right after.
âIf he canât come back alive or fails to retrieve the Qilin horn, then I wonât be bothered to spend so much effort to help him any longer. After all...â Mu Xuanyinâs eyes seemed to carry a little resentment. âThe price is simply a little too huge. Haaah, Iâm the almighty Snow Song Realm King, yet Iâm being so troubled by such a little brat. I just donât feel content enough.â
Seeing Mu Xuanyinâs seemingly childish attitude, Mu Bingyun lightly smiled and shook her head. âThough Yun Cheâs profound level is low, he is already your direct disciple. The news should have already spread by now, so basically not a single person in the Snow Song Realm would dare touch him. How could he possibly face any danger?â
âThat might not be certain.â Mu Xuanyin slightly narrowed her eyes. âThe guts of a few people might even be larger than the sky itself. No matter how that little brat is going to retrieve the Qilin horn and come back alive, it will all be based on his own capabilities.â
â...â Mu Bingyun did not pursue this matter further. After a short while, she turned around and said, âSince thatâs the case, let Xiaolan go along with him then. Xiaolan has not seen her parents ever since she entered the sect. Her parents will definitely make an appearance in the thousand year birthday celebration of the Emperor of the Ice Wind Empire. Letâs make use of this opportunity to have their family come together for once. Her longing for her hometown can be eased as well.â
Mu Xuanyin lightly pursed her lips and then, she suddenly said sheepishly. âYou sure are treating that little one especially well. Haah, what if there comes a day you donât want your big sis anymore...â
Mu Bingyun said with a helpless look, âFooling around again.â
Mu Xuanyin lightly giggled and then, she tenderly said. âBut, you must tell your Xiaolanâer to be careful. This little brat that your big sis has just taken in is especially dangerous for women.â
â...â Mu Bingyun nodded in agreement. âIndeed.â
âSo you noticed as well. Mn... Even Feixueâs mind has been unsettled by him, your Xiaolanâer...â A mischievous fog swirled within Mu Xuanyinâs watery eyes. âShe might become a lamb that enters the tigerâs den. When that happens, she will be thinking of him all day and night and she might not have the time to care about her master anymore.â
âFeixue?â Shock filled Mu Bingyunâs eyes but she firmly shook her head immediately after. âImpossible. Feixueâs personality is close to mine and itâs basically impossible for her heart to be moved by men. She might harbor a bit of gratitude when Yun Che rejected the dual cultivation proposal but itâs definitely impossible for her to stir up feelings for him because of this matter.â
âThatâs why I said that heâs really dangerous for women.â
When she recalled Mu Feixueâs dazed look and misty eyes when she left back then, the corner of Mu Xuanyinâs brows slightly curved.
Mu Xuanyin lazily rose from the ice chair. Following the wiggling of her slender waist, her snowy breasts lightly trembled and the ice phoenix mark on them shook up and down, squeezed by the overflowing plumpness.
âMmm...â Mu Xuanyin let out a light sigh from her fragrant lips, when heard, it was as if it was a sexy moan. âItâs time to peek at that little brat again. I locked him in the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake and instructed him to obediently cultivate the Moon Splitting Cascade, yet he has been sneakily training on the Golden Crowâs Record of the Burning World. Haah, I have beaten and scolded him so many times, yet heâs still this disobedient. Itâs so frustrating.â
Mu Bingyun, â...â
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On the fourteenth day Yun Che was locked in the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake.
Though he was said to be locked in, entering a place like the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake even once was the wish of many Ice Phoenix disciples. Yun Che used seven days to comprehend and familiarize himself with the last three realms of the Golden Crowâs Record of the Burning World but he had yet to train in them. In the remaining time, he spent them all at training the Moon Splitting Cascade... After all, Mu Xuanyin had ordered him to train the Moon Splitting Cascade with all his might before she left and that she would even personally assess him later on.
If he were to disappoint her... the consequences would be severe.
Probably because he had the matured Star Godâs Broken Shadow as foundation, Yun Cheâs progress on the Moon Splitting Cascade was extremely quick... After he grasped the basics, the speed of his progress grew even faster. After exhausting his strength from his training, he would submerge himself in the Heavenly Netherfrost Lake and very quickly, his spirits and profound energy would completely recover... Much, much faster than sitting on the Starpicker Stone.
His profound strength was also rapidly growing during this process... However, this rate of growth, when compared to his goal of reaching the Divine Tribulation Realm in two years, was still far from being attainable.
High up in the sky, Mu Xuanyin was silently looking down, watching Yun Che constantly breaking into afterimages amidst the flashes of cold light. Though he was still far from reaching the âWithin Shadowâ realm, his instantaneous speed and intervals were already especially seasoned. They could barely be used for actual battles.
This rate of progress was definitely unprecedented in the history of the Snow Song Realm.
Once again having exhausted his strength from the training, Yun Che let out a long sigh. Just as he was about to dive into the heavenly lake, the moment he turned around, he suddenly realized a snowy figure was presently standing next to him. Her eyes were ice-cold, emitting endless, chilling might.
Yun Che hurriedly stepped forward and kneeled. âDisciple greets Master.â
A long while after he knelt, Yun Che did not receive a response, merely an icy bone-piercing might was coldly pressing onto his body and soul. It was as if countless thorns of ice were pointing right at his throat, causing his entire body to stiffen, not daring to make a move.
She couldnât be... settling the scores from back then, right? Yun Che thought as he coughed out a chilling breath.
âProgress is acceptable. It seems like you indeed do not require me to instruct you at the side. That sure saves some worry.â
However, there was not a single angry intention in her ice cold voice and the meaning behind her words could be considered praise as well. Yun Che instantly heaved a sigh of relief. "Thank you teacher for your praise... This disciple is dumb and slow. In the future, if I have anything I do not understand, I will still need to trouble Master for a solution.â
âDumb and slow? Hmph! Rise.â
Mu Xuanyin coldly snorted and then, her brows suddenly sank. âCheâer, give Master an honest reply to the question thatâs about to be asked. Why do you have the aura of a True Dragon!â
Yun Cheâs heart skipped a beat, yet, he did not dare to reply right away.
âFurthermore, thatâs not a typical True Dragon aura.â
Mu Xuanyin stared at him, her ice cold eyes making Yun Che clearly feel as if his own consciousness and soul had already been penetrated through. He hesitated for a few moments, before deciding to speak the truth. âIn reply to Master, other than the Phoenix and the Golden Crow, this disciple once obtained... the inheritance of the Dragon God.â
âDragon God!?â A moment of shock flashed within Mu Xuanyinâs eyes. âThe Dragon God you speak of, could you be referring to the sovereign of ten thousand beasts during the Era of Gods? The Primordial Azure Dragon, leader of the dragon race?â
âYes.â Yun Che nodded.
â...No wonder.â Though still shocked, some of Mu Xuanyinâs suspicions were alleviated. âThe anomaly of your profound strength is related to the power of the Evil God, while your comparably abnormal physique actually originates from the Dragon God bloodline within you.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHmph, speaking of which, the planet youâre born in sure is extraordinary. Thereâs actually this many god legacies residing on it. Putting aside the Phoenix and Golden Crow, the legacy of the Dragon God is actually there as well!â
Yun Che, â...â
âItâs even the Dragon Godâs legacy. In other words, the Dragon God bloodline within your body is the primordial bloodline, the first generation bloodline of the Dragon God.â Mu Xuanyinâs icy eyes narrowed, a chilling light condensed within them. âIf the Dragon God Realm knew of this matter, they would definitely be extremely interested in you.â
âDragon God Realm?â Yun Che softly muttered... He clearly remembered this name. The Primordial Azure Dragon had once mentioned it to him.
âAmong the eastern, western, southern, and northern four divine regions of the God Realm, the Western Divine Region is the strongest,â Mu Xuanyin indifferently explained. âOut of the seventeen King Realms of the four divine regions, the Western Divine Region alone takes up six of them, with the Dragon God Realm at the head of the six King Realms. It is the unrefuted ruler of the Western Divine Region and itâs also... established as the strongest star realm of the God Realm!â
âGod Realmâs... strongest?â Yun Cheâs eyes slightly widened.
The strongest of the God Realm... also meant that it was the strongest existence in the entire Primal Chaos Dimension!
Mu Xuanyin continued. âIn our Eastern Divine Region, the human race make up more than seventy percent of the people here, while the other races do not even take up thirty percent. However, seventy percent of the residents of Western Divine Region are demons. The people in Dragon God Realm were all True Dragons in the first place, so their physiques and aptitudes far surpassed all of the other races. Furthermore, they even received the legacy of the Primordial Azure Dragon.â
âAs long as one is born a True Dragon, they would possess unparallelled strength at the moment of birth. Adding their close compatibility with the divine power of the Dragon God, itâs only natural that theyâre powerful! The Realm King of the Dragon God Realm is also known as the strongest individual of the present God Realm. The Brahma Monarch Realm King, strongest in our Eastern Divine Region, isnât his match either.â
Yun Cheâs heart trembled as he heard these words. The dragon was the sovereign of countless beasts, so it would make sense that they were the sovereign of countless living beings as well. Humans were extremely weak at the moment of their births, while a young dragon which had just been born could shake the earth and split the seas. If they were to add in the divine power of the Primordial Azure Dragon, taking the top spot of God Realm was indeed only natural.
Wait a minute, Dragon Emperor? Then...
Seeing Yun Che suddenly frown, Mu Xuanyin shifted her eyes to his and said. âYouâve heard of the Dragon Emperor?â
âAh?â Yun Che shook his head. âI did not. However, this disciple did hear of someone called âDragon Queenâ from Senior Sister... ahem, Junior Sister Xiaolan and she seemed to be titled along with the âGoddessâ. Is she perhaps someone from Dragon God Realm as well?â
Dragon Queen and Goddess... Mu Xiaolan mentioned then that they were peerless women whose beauty were converged from the entirety of God Realm and that every single person of God Realm knew of them.
Mu Xuanyin lightly stared at Yun Che for a moment. âGoddess refers to the Brahma Monarch Goddess of our Eastern Divine Region, while âDragon Queenâ is the wife of the Dragon Emperor.â
â...As expected.â Yun Che nodded. Indeed, since the Dragon Emperor was publicly recognized as the sovereign of the God Realm, then, other than his wife, no one else would dare refer herself as the Dragon Queen.
If the beauty of âDragon Empress and Goddessâ of rumors truly were the convergence of all the elegance and beauty of the God Realm as told by Mu Xiaolan, then the only person who could match such a wondrous woman would be the God Realmâs strongest person who stood at the peak of the Primal Chaos Dimension.
âBut, thereâs no need for you to worry,â Mu Xuanyin said. âThough the Dragon God Realm is mighty and tyrannical, they have never acted imperiously, nor are they conservative. They have never restricted themselves from having marriages with other races and have always been respected by the countless realms of Western Divine Region. Though they might be curious about your bloodline, they would not take any sort of drastic action. There might even be a possibility that they would invite you into Dragon God Realm because of your primordial bloodline. If you didnât accept their offer, they wouldnât force it upon you either.â
â...This disciple understands now. Thank you, Master, for the information.â
Compared to those sects and star realms who were afraid of their bloodlines leaking out, the Dragon God Realm indeed possessed the demeanour of one which stood at the top of God Realm, the sovereign of countless beasts. However, Yun Che still firmly imprinted the three words Dragon God Realm in his soul... Because not only did his body carry the Dragon God bloodline, he even possessed the Dragon God soul and Dragon God marrow.
When the Primordial Azure Dragon bestowed him these back then, he had clearly mentioned this to him... His Dragon God soul and Dragon God marrow were the only ones in existence!
In other words, he was the only person who possessed the Dragon God soul and Dragon God marrow! The Dragon God Realm might not be too sensitive in regards to his bloodline but... there was no guarantee that they wouldnât have any reaction towards the one and only Dragon God soul and Dragon God marrow.
Though he was presently in the Eastern Divine Region and would never step into the Western Divine Region in his lifetime... It was still best to be careful and he should not make the same mistake of exposing âStar Godâs Broken Shadowâ back then.
Mu Xuanyin sternly said, âSince youâre presently in the God Realm and youâre bent on heading to Eternal Heaven Realm, thereâs a need for you to understand a little more about the God Realm. However, before that, thereâs an even more important matter for you to attend to.â
âWhat matter... Master, please pass me your instructions.â