The Transformation of Stars: Book 2 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage
Author: Fat Bread
Date: 2018-11-17 22:00:00+00:00

The Transformation of Stars: Book2 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage

Written by Fat Bread

Translated by WuWang

Edited by bollockz, Luiswu

Translation Checked by Soo-Bin

© 2018 by Zenith Novels

All rights reserved. Published 2018

Originally published as 群星之子逃婚录 in Chinese by hbooker.com

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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Chapter 63: Huge Harvest

Chapter 64: Their Seeds

Chapter 65: Escape Plan

Chapter 66: The Fight Has Yet to Begin, Already Fleeing

Chapter 67: The Greatsword Maid

Chapter 68: The Killing Princess

Chapter 69: Helpless Choice

Chapter 70: Step Forward Hand-in-Hand

Chapter 71: Yun Xi was Surrounded

Chapter 72: Lucky Black Hair

Chapter 73: Cute Girls

Chapter 74: Bad Feeling

Chapter 75: Xiao Cao (Little Grass)

Chapter 76: The Girls

Chapter 77: Yun Xi's Seeds

Chapter 78: Black Flying Swallow

Chapter 79: I've Got You in My Sight

Chapter 80: Victory! Victory!

Chapter 81: Instant Kill

Chapter 82: Air Battle Sword Skill

Chapter 83: Hua Yue

Chapter 84: White Gold Rose

Chapter 85: Their Seeds

Chapter 86: Blood-stained Skill!

Chapter 87: Obtaining the Twin Swords

Chapter 88: Yun Hai's Legacy

Chapter 89: The Hidden Sword

Chapter 90: Elf's Attack

Chapter 91: Hua Huo Goes Ballistic

Chapter 92: Sky Flying Sword

Chapter 93: Inexplicable Sense of Crisis

Chapter 94: The Black-haired Girl’s Legend

Chapter 95: Profess My Love

Chapter 96: The Childhood Sweethearts (1)

Chapter 97: The Childhood Sweethearts (2)

Chapter 98: Ye Li's Allure

Chapter 99: I'm Looking for Your Growth

Chapter 100: Emptiness God

Chapter 101: The Dark Elf

Chapter 102: Elf's Flower

Chapter 103: Dream or Reality?

Chapter 104: Dawn and Darkness

Chapter 105: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 106: The Girls' Group Portrait

Chapter 107: The Girls’ Scroll

Chapter 108: The Evil God's Sacrifice

Chapter 109: The High Wall

Chapter 110: Setting Sail

Chapter 111: The Big Big World

Chapter 112: The Door in the Clouds

Chapter 113: Intruder

Chapter 114: The Apostle Arrives

Chapter 115: Stranded

Chapter 116: Search and Rescue

Chapter 117: Xiao Cao in the Moonlight

Chapter 118: Bite

Chapter 119: Tropical Temptation

Chapter 120: Silver-haired Girl

Chapter 121: Abandoned Child

Chapter 122: Hunger Crisis

Chapter 123: Yun Xi's Bread

Chapter 124: Enemies Forever

Chapter 125: Flying Swallow, and Flying Swallow!

Chapter 126: Innocent Paradise (1)

Chapter 127: Innocent Paradise (2)

Chapter 128: Girls' Chat

Chapter 129: Synchronous Reaction

Chapter 130: Destiny Knot

Chapter 131: Starwings

Chapter 132: Invasive Creatures

Chapter 133: Upgrade

Chapter 134: Spread

Chapter 135: Flying Yun Xi

Chapter 136: The Scent of Milk

Chapter 137: Dark Shadow Gems

Chapter 138: For Bread! Rated Battle!

Chapter 139: Eye of the Storm

Chapter 140: The Tale of the Storm

Chapter 141: Mumu's Expectation

Chapter 142: The Monster

Chapter 143: The Transformation of the Stars (1)

Chapter 144: The Transformation of the Stars (2)

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Chapter 63: Huge Harvest

After returning to the palace of stars, Yun Xi lost himself in the warm, sweet taste of White Lotus's lips.

At the last moment when the starlight wrapped Yun Xi, it looked like White Lotus realized something. She kissed him fiercely and didn't part from him until the last second.

After that summer and meeting that big sister, it was the first time that Yun Xi was at a loss after being kissed. He was so puzzled.

"Master, you did well!" Before Yun XI returned to the earth, the cute star spirit Mei'er kissed him again. In the palace of stars, she kept her human form but didn't do anything special that was different from what she did when she was still in her golden, little dog form. She was always so ebullient regardless of where she was and what moment it was.

After his face was full of Mei'er's saliva, Yun Xi finally got a free moment to check what he had obtained in the trial.

The first were the souls. A great number of souls.

Taking the green hippo that Yun Xi had encountered before as a basic unit, the souls he obtained were about 16 units, which meant that they were equal to 16 hippos. Most of the souls were from the stone soldiers he had killed in the third district.

The next were his fighting spoils. Although he couldn't bring them out of the trial world, but the 3rd-ranked units Yun Xi had killed all offered him weapons.

The five tiger generals offered him five refined long lances,and the 3rd-ranked stone soldiers on the bridge also offered him a big heap of swords, lances, and halberds. However, his toughest enemy, the archer in red, only offered him a refined longbow - which made Yun Xi sigh for this strongest archer's poverty.

Finally, the most valuable part came.

Childe Si Nian offered his dark blue two-handed heavy sword. Unsurprisingly, it was made by the Thunder Army in the Western God's Domain and was obviously more advanced than the sword Yun Xi obtained in the first district.

Childe San Quan offered him his strange fan sword. It was made in the Satsuki Sword Domain and was called the "Spirit Bird Fan Sword". It was a high-level spirit weapon which could be used by a priest, swordsman, and alchemist, and if necessary, its five fan blades could combine into one and become a Taoist sword.

The last of the last, the famous swords which were handed down from age to age by Childe Si Nian's family, the Crane Wings Twin Swords. They were made the god-like craftsman successor Ou Ye Zi and had grown into super spirit weapons after thousands of years.

The first characteristic of the Crane Wings Twin Swords: The more talented their owner was, the more power the swords could display.

The second characteristic of the Crane Wings Twin Swords: Flying Crane Wings. When they were forged, they were mixed with some super materials from the Eastern God's Domain. They were as light as air and existed side by side. Even if you were a mortal, you could still use it to display some sword skills such as Flying Sword.

The third characteristic of the Crane Wings Twin Swords: The sword spirits. As time went by, two sword spirits had been born inside of the twin swords, and only the swordsman who could master his heart, could hear the twin swords' voices and master their power.

The extra characteristic of the Crane Wings Twin Swords: The twin swords could only be used by a man but not a woman.

The current state of the Crane Wings Twin Swords: A standard godly weapon.

It deserved Hua Huo's favour. Its characterizations had made it above the level of all the other weapons. It was the first godly weapon Yun Xi had ever seen.

The most valuable part was that the godly spirit weapon could even be used by mortals!

If it wasn't because Childe Yun He couldn't display the power of the twin swords fully and was too arrogant, Yun Xi wouldn't even have gotten through the third district.

Other than these weapons, the third district also offered Yun Xi dozens of green crystal fragments, which could be used to strengthen his weapons. However, what disappointed Yun Xi was that these green crystal fragments couldn't be used to strengthen the Crane Wings Twin Swords. It seemed that they needed more advanced gem fragments.

After obtaining the Crane Wings Twin Swords, Yun Xi didn't think that he needed any other low-level weapons and the equipment he obtained this time were all weapons. Therefore, it seemed that he didn't need to use these green crystal fragments temporarily.

The last reward was to choose one of the seeds that the stars offered, which was what Yun Xi was eager for. Unlike the weapons, these seeds could be used to strengthen Yun Xi himself and provide a high growth rate.

Hua Huo's seed, which Yun Xi had obtained in the newbie trial, had allowed his combat power to go through a great change within a few days. This time, there were three seeds waiting for him to pick from. Except for Hua Huo's seed, they were the strongest three seeds Yun Xi had ever seen.

The first seed was from Childe San Quan. Childe San Quan's seed could let him master Taoist skills, alchemy, the Five-animal Sword Skill, and a skill called Quick Thinking which allowed him to think three times faster than ordinary people. It was quite a good seed. Compared to the green hippo's seed which could only offer him strong power, this seed was more comprehensive, and the skill "Quick Thinking" was incredibly strong.

If you could think three times faster than ordinary people, it was the equivalent of giving you three times the usual study time. No wonder that Childe San Quan could learn the knowledge of a priest, chemist, and swordsman at the same time.

The difficulty to merge the seed: Normal.

The affinity of the seed: Normal.

The predicted merging time: three months.

It was quite a mediocre seed and could be regarded as a typical representative of 3rd-ranked elites. If Yun Xi was in a situation that needed power immediately, it would be a good choice.

The second seed was from the mysterious archer in red. The archer's seed was named "The Eidolon Archer's Seed'. It specialized in Act Alone and Snipe. It could let its owner to master Spiral Arrow Skill, Double Arrows Skill, Seeker Arrow Skill, and Shocking Arrow Skill.

Special Ability One: Eagle Eye, which allows the user to snipe his enemies from four miles away by using a tailored longbow.

Special Ability Two: Heart Eye, which was learned from practice and actual combat, and could let the user master the current situation. Even if there was only 1% possibility that could turn the tide in a battle, this ability could let its user grasp that opportunity.

Special Ability Three: ??? Not awakened. It was an extremely strong and mysterious ability and could be provoked in some special situation.

Bloodline Godly Weapon: ??? Not awakened. It is supposed to be a bow, but still unknown.

The difficulty to merge the seed: High.

The affinity of the seed: Excellent.

The predicted merging time: Three years.

"Whoa. This is... terrifying..." At first, Yun Xi thought that Childe San Quan's seed was already very great, but if he compared it with this seed, it was just waste. This was also the first time that Yun Xi saw two "???" in the description of seeds - except for Hua Huo's seed.

If referring to Hua Huo's power when she fought with Red Lotus in the ultimate tall tower, this archer in red had great potential. However, why did he have excellent affinity with an archery career? It was the first time that he had seen this seed, but the stars told him that he had excellent affinity with it.

Finally, Yun Xi moved his eyes to the last seed, which had made his heart palpitate with excitement. This wasn't the first time that Yun Xi had seen this seed. However, compared to the last time he had seen it, the description of the seed contained more information this time.

It was the seed of the strongest genius in the entire White Lotus Sword Domain, the twin witches.

White Lotus and Red Lotus's seed.

Chapter 64: Their Seeds

Yun Xi still clearly remembered what he’d seen after the newbie trial from the brief introduction of the twin witches’ seed.

At that time, he hadn’t known that they were the twin witches, so he had just named their seed “The Sleeping Beauty’s Seed”. This seed had four skills: Vacuum Seal, Cutting Blade, Void Burst, and The Great Circulation. Just upon hearing the names, one could understand that they weren’t mortal skills.

If it wasn’t because that the stars had told Yun Xi that it was very hard for him to merge with the seed, which would have taken him at least a hundred years, perhaps he wouldn’t have held back his desire to choose this strongest seed at that time. However, he had a second chance now, and this time, the information about this seed was way more detailed and more terrifying than what he’d seen in the newbie trial.

The twin witches’ seed.

Let’s see the description of Red Lotus’s seed first.

Vacuum Seal was Red Lotus’s sword skill. She was an expert in the “sword”. With her Red Lotus Holy Sword, she could cut off mountains and rivers, break through the clouds and sky. It was a top killing sword skill.

Cutting Blade was an attached skill of Red Lotus’s Holy Sword. It could cut 70% of low-level spirit weapons and 30% of middle-level spirit weapons, as easily as it would a piece of cake.

Red Lotus’s Avatar: When Red Lotus was angry, she was blessed by the demon god. She could turn into the form of a giant demon god. When she was in this condition, she would lose her sanity and attack everyone except her sister.

The sealed god weapon: Red Lotus Holy Sword. No one knew where Red Lotus had obtained it, but it was so powerful that Red Lotus had to seal most of its power. It could be regarded as a standard god weapon.

Now, let’s see what White Lotus’s seed could offer.

Void Burst: It was White Lotus’s “defensive” spell. It could create a Wall of Heart, which could even withstand the attack of a standard god weapon. It could also be used as an auxiliary attack, which meant that it was a powerful secret skill that could be used to defend and attack at the same time.

The Great Circulation: White Lotus divined to know the coming future. It could tell her what her enemy (whose power wasn’t three times stronger than her) would do within three seconds.

The White Lotus Sanctuary: It was a blessing that only White Lotus could learn. It could dispel all evils and offer the Power of Heart to the friendly units who were within the range of ten miles.

Standard god weapon: The Ring of Star and Moon. It was blessed by the stars and forged by using White Lotus’s blood, containing the breath of the primal fire.

The first special talent of the twin witches: Two Bodies, One Heart. They were perfect partners. When they fought together, they didn’t have any weaknesses.

The second special talent of the twin witches: ??? It was an unknown godly talent. When the twin witches made concerted efforts, they would show terrible power.

Bloodline godly weapon: ??? It was an unknown legacy of the White Lotus God’s Domain and was supposed to have relations to the primary power of the domain itself.

The difficulty to merge with the seed: Extremely high.

The affinity of the seed: Extremely excellent.

The predicted merging time: Fifty years.

“Go-dong!” Yun Xi swallowed as he looked at the twin witches’ seed.

It was really a great lure.

The merging time was reduced from a hundred years to fifty years.

Although it was still far away from what he could reach, but at least, it was a giant leap.

Besides, Yun Xi knew that the seed’s growth speed could be accelerated, and its capacity could be extended.

It was like the Sky Flying Sword (10% comprehended), what he obtained after choosing Hua Huo’s seed. The more he learnt from their seeds, the more he knew about their potential and power.

“Should I choose their seed?” Apart from Childe San Quan’s seed, which Yun Xi had decided to give up, the archer in red’s seed and the twin witches’ seed were both great lures for him.

After the two trials, he had gained some understanding about the three seeds he could choose as his last reward.

The first seed could improve his power as quick as possible. It was a seed he should choose when he had an urgent need.

The second seed contained great potential and an unknown growth speed.

The third contained the strongest power and the most terrifying characteristics.

However, he needed time to absorb them.

The more powerful the seed was, the longer the time he needed to merge with them. The only way to accelerate the progress was to increase his affinity with the seed. In short, after obtaining the seed, if he wanted to improve his power, he had to increase his affinity with the seed as fast as possible.

Well, did this mean… Looking at these seeds and remembering what happened after he obtained the Love System of the Starchild, Yun Xi had a strong sense of foreboding. Was the Love System of the Starchild built to teach him how to fall in love with multiple girls and survive after that?

Oh, holy crap! Was that really a thing that could come true? If the truth was exposed, he would definitely have a bloody future! At the least his terrible childhood sweetheart, Hua Huo, would never just sit there and allow such a thing to come true. Besides, even though he could set White Lotus aside, Red Lotus really wanted to kill him!

“Mei’er, were the stars trying to murder me?” After realizing what the seed would bring him, Yun Xi just wanted to cry out.

Why? He was just an ordinary baker in the small town, and his dream was just to marry a girl who was also born in the same town and was willing to spend her life with him. Hua Huo was his childhood sweetheart and his first love, but someday, she would leave the small town.

The twin witches were two big shots he would have never imagine knowing. He couldn’t even dream of having any relations with them in his wildest dream!

“Master, the stars want you to grow up as fast as possible. What they did is all for your own good!” Mei’er innocently looked at her master.

“Wake up the sleeping beauty by kissing her and saving the princess from the tall tower, they were both perfect dramas in the stars’ memory. They surely can improve your ability to love!”

“...” Again, Yun Xi felt how deep and special the stars’ love was. Yeah, wake up the sleeping beauty in the forest...what a romantic story, and save the imprisoned princess from the tall tower... what an exciting exploit!

However, he wasn’t a prince nor a knight!

The green hippo had killed him over a hundred times, and the stone soldiers had killed him three hundred and fifteen times. And in the future, he certainly would die far more times than the past.

“Can I stop taking part in the trials? Why can’t the stars just let me live normally and in peace?” Yun Xi forlornly gazed at his Star Fairy Mei’er.

“Eh, you can, master.”

“If you don’t mind that your ex-girlfriends will catch you and do these sort of things and those sort of things to you. You won’t even have a chance to die, and you will have this sort of things and those sort of things done to you by them...” Mei’er honestly told Yun Xi what he would face if he didn’t become strong.

“I choose the twin witches’ seed!” Yun Xi pressed his fingers on the last seed with mixed feelings of grief and indignation. Anyway, he would die. However, if he didn’t fear death, he would fear nothing! Therefore, I chose you, the twin witches’ seed!

Chapter 65: Escape Plan

At the very moment Yun Xi held the twin witches’ seed in his hand, an overwhelming amount of information poured into his brain.

Vacuum Seal, the Red Lotus Holy Sword, the Star and Moon Ring, White Lotus Holy field… One secret after another, ones which mortals would never have even dreamed of knowing about, were being imprinted into Yun Xi’s soul.

Yun Xi felt sick and dizzy. This was the price for receiving powers far beyond his limit.

The stars could help Yun Xi merge with the hero ranked seed, however, they couldn’t help him avoid this pain.

“Arrrghhh!” Yun Xi knelt down on the ground of the Star Palace as he kept smashing the ground with his two hands. Compared to the pain he had felt when he received Hua Huo’s seed, this was so much more intense.

Hua Huo’s seed contained unlimited potential, however, her seed had not transcended the mortal rank limit. But the twin witches’ seed was a superlative seed amongst all hero ranked seeds.

Yun Xi felt as if there was an immense library trying cram its way into his brain. The painful truth was that he couldn’t stop this process, and as he looked at the immense library, he could only see the books on the bottom shelves. He couldn’t even see the books on the upper shelves.

All the hero ranked skills were marked with the tag “Sealed”. The Vacuum Seal, The Great Circulation, and the twin witches’ special blood talents, none was an exception.

“As I expected… I can’t use them...” Yun Xi had expected this.

The level of the twin witches’ seed was too high for him now. In fact, the seed of the mysterious archer in red was his best choice. Since he needed to improve his combat power as fast as he could, Child San Quan’s seed was also an optimized option. However, he had chosen the twin witches’ seed. Why? He needed about fifty years to merge with this seed. It was no laughing matter.

Chances were, he chose it because of their past relationship; Yun Xi smiled bitterly. The taste of White Lotus’s lips still remained on his. Without her devotion, enthusiasm, and initiative, he wouldn’t have passed through his first formal trial. At the end of his formal trial, she had chosen to be the primary fire that would ignite the dark world. Obviously, she had made some sacrifices. Therefore, choosing the twin witches’ seed was done in recognition of her sacrifice.

He didn’t think that he would make any further contact with the mysterious twin witches. Therefore, this was his gratitude but also his final link with them. Because soon after this, he would leave here. He would go to other sword domains where no one would know him. He would practice by himself to become stronger as he travelled through the worlds.

Escape the White Lotus Sword Domain. This was Yun Xi’s final choice after thinking about it again and again. Hua Huo was going to leave the small town and join the Palace of Sword. She would step on her road to glory. After finishing the Palace of Sword’s entrance exam, the twin witches would return to the Palace of Sword and were destined to be the twin masters of White Lotus Sword Domain.

As for him, in order to dodge the unknown Apostle who had arrived at the Sky Sword God’s Domain to search for him, leaving the White Lotus Sword Domain would be his best choice.

He counted again. His savings were able to get him through the stellar bridge and escape to another sword domain. After that, he would practice, build up his power, and earn money at the same time. Then use his fastest speed to escape from the Sky Sword God’s Domain. He thought that he would finally be able to find a remote domain, where no one would go to look for him.

As long as he kept going through the trials, he should be able to become stronger in the future. He still didn’t know when he would stop worrying about being found by the Apostles. Maybe after hundreds of years? Or after thousands of years?

His past experience in the small town, his sweet memories about his childhood sweetheart, Hua Huo... his encounter with the twin witches, the secret room where he had stayed with his sword skill teacher, his secret game with Milei, El’phyllis, and Ye Li...

There were too many things he didn’t want to lose or forget. He just wanted to be a normal baker, living in peace. However, the coming of the stars and the series of death trials had let him realize that he would never have those happy days again.

He’d better escape from the White Lotus Sword Domain before anyone noticed him. Hua Huo’s seed and the twin witches’ seed, they both would become his precious memories. After he ran away, the two seeds would follow him and help him grow up.

He would leave today. The day the Palace of Sword exam was being held. At daybreak, he would secretly leave his home, leaving the White Lotus Sword Domain.

Hua Huo, goodbye.

Red Lotus and White Lotus, goodbye.

Milei, El’phyllis, and Ye Li, goodbye.

“Mei’er, are you ready to roam all over the world with me?” After merging with the twin witches’ seed, Yun Xi looked at Mei’er with guilt in his eyes. It looked like the Star Fairy had to roam all over with them, although it just came to the world not long ago.

“En. As long as I can stay with you, anywhere is my heaven!” Mei’er flew around and hummed songs with joy.

Thank you, Mei’er. At least I still have you. It was really wonderful to have the stars send you to me.

After checking the rewards he had obtained from the trial, Yun Xi resolutely left the Palace of Stars. He would start a new life. He would leave his hometown, parents, and his small bakeshop, going to unknown distant worlds. He had made this decision after he finished his newbie trial and practiced in the valley. He needed to kill more monsters like the green hippo in order to obtain more seeds. He needed to constantly keep getting stronger and walk straight on his own road.

The deeper the star’s love was, the harder the road.

“Puff!” Yun Xi opened his eyes and saw a familiar ceiling. However, he felt that something strange was lying down on his body.

Was it an illusion? Yun Xi lowered his head, then saw his familiar childhood sweetheart. The girl had a lively ponytail, soft, and healthy petite body. She was in a really deep sleep. She didn’t even know that her saliva had drooled onto her beautiful face.

This was his childhood sweetheart, the most unique girl in the world - Hua Huo.

Why was Hua Huo on his bed and lying down on his chest?!

For a moment, Yun Xi’s mind turned into a blank sheet.

“Ooo… No...”

“Kill you… bitches...” Hua Huo was still immersed in her dream and didn’t notice that Yun Xi had woken up.

From her angry and unrelenting expression, she was having a very bad nightmare.

“Hua Huo...” Yun Xi couldn’t stop the beads of sweat from dripping down from his forehead. Before he even began his escape plan, he had already faced a massive barrier.

Chapter 66: The Fight Has Yet to Begin, Already Fleeing

Why was Hua Huo in his room and lying down on his chest? Did that mean, that when they were in the trial, they actually stayed on the same bed and kept such a pose all night?

Looking at his childhood sweetheart's sleeping face, Yun Xi was at a loss. Dawn was drawing nearer. The first ray of sunlight had entered through a crack in the window and shone on Hua Huo's delicate face.

The sixteen year old Hua Huo was so lovely, youthful, and adorable. She practiced hard every day, but that didn't mar her skin even a tiny bit. She was still full of vitality. In another two years, she would grow up to be a wonderful beauty. Even now, she was already one of the most beautiful girls in the small town.

At this moment, she was lying down on his chest. She looked like a sleeping kitten, clever and lovely. No one would imagine that she was a strong girl who could brandish a two-handed sword and kill a fiery male dragon with great ease. Obviously, she was still a mortal, but she could defeat a male fiery dragon and fight against the future master of the White Lotus Sword Domain. In the end, how many abilities was she still hiding?

"Hua Huo..." Yun Xi stretched out his hand and stroked Hua Huo's hair. For a moment, he was at a loss.

"Rage Powers!" His touch was like flipping a switch. Instantly, Hua Huo woke up.

At the next moment, an invisible windstorm swept through Yun Xi's room. Hua Huo’s “Rage Powers” burst out, impacting the room and making a mess of everything.

"Ah!... Little Xi!" Hua Huo hadn't completely woken up yet. She confusedly looked at Yun Xi for a moment, then pulled him up. "I'll protect you! None of those bitches... bastards can lay a finger on you! You are my Little Xi. No one can take you away from me!"

"Uh huh..." Yun Xi's back was drenched in a cold sweat. He pretended to know nothing, then asked her, "Hua Huo, did you have a nightmare?"

"Nightmare... Dream..." Hua Huo frowned tightly. She looked around the room, then suddenly realized something, "Dream, yes. Was it a dream? Of course it was just a dream! Little Xi, you were not being kissed and taken away by those bitches...  you went somewhere else and I couldn’t find you."

"Hua Huo, I didn't go anywhere. Look, I was just sleeping in my room," Yun Xi pretended that he was innocent and asked back, "But you, why did you come into my room?"

"Your room... Right. Here is..." Hua Huo gasped for air and rubbed her temple. Strange. That was strange! Just now, she was still fighting against those bitches who were going to take away her Yun Xi. Those bitches were very strong, so she had to arouse all her latent power and used the unique skill that she was told to never use in front of others. Even so, she still couldn't beat them and had to end the fight, neither in victory nor defeat.

As a result, when she woke up, she suddenly found out that everything was just a dream? Was it really just a dream? Then why was her heart in so much pain? Why did she still feel as if her most precious treasure had been snatched away?

"Hua Huo, did you have a nightmare?" Yun Xi asked his childhood sweetheart again, emphasising that everything was just a dream.

The trial of the stars was in an unknown dream world which had a totally different timeline and world rules from the real world. Otherwise, how was it possible that humans could revive inside a bonfire? Everything was just the stars' test.

"It was a nightmare, but not completely. In fact, the first half of the dream was good," Hua Huo fell into her sweet memories. She wanted to keep everything she could still remember firmly within her mind before she completely forgot the memories.

Having a date with Little Xi, slaying the dragon together Little Xi, and kissing Little Xi. Naaahhhh! Why are my memories constantly becoming hazy? Details, remember the details! If only the first part of the dream had happened, it would have been the perfect sweet dream.

Why did the dream continue on like that?! Some bitches wanted to take away her Little Xi, and she could only watch that happen. How could she endure such a thing? She would never tolerate such a thing!

"Little Xi, was it really just a dream?" Hua Huo sniffed all over Yun Xi's body but only smelt Mei'er's smell.

Okay, her Little Xi was only stolen in her dream, not in the real world. Yun Xi was still the boy she knew. Her childhood sweetheart had only the little dog's smell on his body.

"Very good, Little Xi. You haven't been stolen!" Hua Huo patted her small chest. Her expression made her look like a survivor of a great disaster.

"Uh huh..." Yun Xi looked away with guilt. According to the plan, he should have left town during the last darkness before the coming of dawn.

He had written a lot of letters. The letter he would send to his parents, the letter he would send to Hua Huo, and the letters he would send to Milei, El'phyllis and Ye Li. However, changes occurred faster than he could implement his plan. Before he had sent the letters, his childhood sweetheart had sneaked into his room. She... had she had a premonition of his plan? Otherwise, why had she come into his room?

"Little Xi, I have made a decision!" Hua Huo walked in circles around Yun Xi's room, then finally made up her mind. She herself didn't know the reason, but from a few days ago, she had felt distracted. Perhaps it was because she hadn’t eaten Yun Xi's special bread for a period of time.

These past few days, she had come to check Yun Xi's room several times, but hadn't seen Yun Xi even once. Finally, last night, she had caught Yun Xi in his room. She felt that she couldn't just sit by idly and remain indifferent! In order to protect her Little Xi, to see him grow up healthily and smoothly, and for the most important reason: to keep Yun Xi away from those bitches in her dream, she must get him to become reborn!

"What have you decided?" Yun Xi had a terrible foreboding.

Yun Xi knew his childhood sweetheart better than anyone. She was a super genius who was afraid of nothing. Even if she faced a fiery male dragon, she would tear it to pieces if it blocked her way. As a genius, nobody could guess her thoughts.

"Little Xi, come to the Sword Palace together with me! I will let you become my maid so that I can protect you!" Hua Huo's bright eyes gazed at Yun Xi, declaring the end of his escape plan.

"Go to the Sword Palace together with you as your maid?" Yun Xi looked at his childhood sweetheart in open-mouthed incredulity.

What kind of brain could make such a conclusion and plan?!

"Well, Little Xi, you're still too weak right now. But fortunately, I have the legacy of the Greatsword Maid. I think it's very suitable for you." Hua Huo said with a serious face, although Yun Xi still thought that she was just talking nonsense.

"Greatsword Maid? What's that?!"

"Well, this matter is settled, so no more arguments. Little Xi, let me make you stronger! I swear I won't let any bitches get you! Rest assured. The power of this legacy is absolutely beyond your imagination. You can practice it even after you reach the 7th rank! This is one of the highest maid-type legacies of the Western God's Domain!"

Chapter 67: The Greatsword Maid

"Little Xi, you don't know how powerful the maid legacy is. Even I, when I was a child, was once tempted to inherit one of the best maid legacies. If you hadn't awakened your talent, I couldn’t have even let you inherit it. Hum? Little Xi, you have reached the 2nd rank? So soon? Did you go to practice the limitation training?"

Yun Xi looked helpless and lifeless. His childhood sweetheart pulled him running at full speed to the streets, and he didn't even have any guts to resist her a bit. All the people who saw this scene showed soft and kind smiles on their faces.

"Little Xi, Little Hua Huo, you really get along well with each other."

"Hua Huo, when will you and Yun Xi get married?"

"You are really a couple of lovers made in heaven."

Sigh. Yun Xi couldn't tell them the truth, he just couldn't say it. Looking at the uncles and aunts who cared about them, Yun Xi didn't know how to tell them the truth that he was being kidnapped by his childhood sweetheart.

"Boom!" Hua Huo pulled Yun Xi into her home, then kicked the door open, rushing into the front yard.

"I remember it was buried here. Humph. Papa tried to cheat me into choosing this great sword maid legacy, but he didn't expect that I had found out his intent from a long time ago!" Hua Huo made a few turns around the third willow in the courtyard, then decisively waved her fist and punched the ground.

"Boom!" As the sand and the dust blew up into the air, a dark box appeared near Hua Huo's feet. It looked like the box had been specially treated, and was buried at the bottom of the willow root. Since it was buried so stealthily, Hua Huo, how did you find it so easily?!

"This is..." Yun Xi looked at this seemingly normal thick box, having an ominous foreboding in his heart.

"Well, Little Xi. Come here," Hua Huo smiled with satisfaction. She pulled Yun Xi and ran towards her room. Poor Yun Xi didn't even have a chance to resist her and was pulled into his childhood sweetheart's room.

In Hua Huo's room.

Yun Xi hadn't had entered Hua Huo's room for a long time. However, he still felt that Hua Huo's room was really incredible, just as he used to feel when he was a kid. Swords. One row after another, swords. From assassin's sleeve daggers to standard two-handed swords, Hua Huo's room was full of all sorts of swords.

In his childhood, he had thought that they were just decorations. However, after he saw Hua Huo slay the dragon, he had realized that they were all real weapons. Actually, this room was the largest, and the most powerful arsenal in town!

"I remember that there is a special way to open the box." Hua Huo put the heavy box onto the table, then glanced at the swords. She took down a sword from the wall which was about one meter long with a blue-colored sword handle and a shining light gold-colored sword blade. The sword was engraved with a series of ancient and mysterious runes on its blade. Its handle was decorated with a floriated blue cross. At the criss-crossed part of the sword handle and the sword blade, there was a valuable ruby inlaid into the center.

"The person who holds this sword will be an immortal king. The person who holds this sword must not break the knight's precepts. I will fight for justice!" Hua Huo read the runic letters on the sword blade, then she gently sliced her finger with the sword, "In the name of my Sky Flying Bloodline, I witness this oath."

The bright red blood flowed out from the wound and flowed along Hua Huo's fingers dropping onto the sacred steel sword blade. Instantly, holy golden light spread out quickly from the sword blade.

"Cut open the steel!" Hua Huo activated the sword, then resolutely brandished the sword, chopping the sealed black box. The black box issued out a horrible scream. At that moment, it looked like a living being trying to escape away from the sacred steel sword.

"It's no use. You're dead," Hua Huo coldly brandished the sword again.

This time, the black box was cut into two pieces from its middle down. A gorgeous black maid’s uniform drifted down from the broken black box, then was suspended in midair. Anyone could see that this black maid’s uniform was unusual. Yun Xi even felt a terrible bloodlust from the maid’s uniform.

"Oh, is this the legendary killing princess's maid uniform?" Hua Huo was also shocked after she saw the maid’s uniform.

"Killing princess?" Yun Xi felt his back grow cold. His sense of foreboding was growing stronger and stronger.

"Well, in history, the killing princess was one of the top three great sword maids. In her time, she was the most powerful greatsword maid without any rivals. Although it's said that she is one of the top three great sword maids, however, the three maids didn't live in the same period. Therefore, many people think that she is actually the strongest sword maid."

"The sword skill she was good at was a dark-type sword skill called 'Infinite Killing', and this sword skill was famous due to its two properties: High Speed Movement and Fatal Hit. She was an expert at killing. I am afraid that the demons she'd killed were even more than the total population of the entire Sky Sword God's Domain. If it wasn't because the other two maids had an extraordinary military record on many battlefields, she would have been recognized as the number one great swords maid."

"Before she became a great swords maid, she was an exiled princess whose country had been occupied by demons. After she became a great sword maid, she killed almost all the demons in her country. It's said that at that time, the moon was dyed red due to too many deaths."

The more details Hua Huo spoke of, the more surprised Yun Xi felt about this gorgeous black maid uniform.

Hua Huo, where did you get this terrible legacy?!

The exiled princess, the killing maid, the maid’s deep black uniform, the legacy of a great sword maid. Even in the entire Sky Sword God's Domain, the maid’s uniform legacy was a high level treasure! Why was this kind of thing buried under the willow tree of your house? Yun Xi still remembered that the willow tree had been planted by Hua Huo and him when they were young!

"Well, very well. Although it's not the number one maid’s uniform 'Auroral Morningstar', nor the number two maid’s uniform 'Divine Shield', but this number three maid’s uniform 'Killing Princess' is fine too. Moreover, this black maid’s uniform is recognized as the most beautiful uniform amongst all the great sword maid’s legacies! Little Xi, you're so lucky!" Hua Huo kneaded the maid’s uniform and smiled at Yun Xi.

Wait a minute, I don't feel lucky at all! The killing princess and the great sword maids... Weren't they all female?! Yun Xi never thought that someday he would be forced to wear a dress. Hua Huo, what the hell was your brain thinking?!

"Don't worry about the size. I heard that the size of great sword maid’s uniform could be adjusted automatically according to the figure of the user. Besides, it seems like the killing princess was a flat-chested girl. You won't even have to make a lot of adjustments to get into the dress!" Hua Huo held the gorgeous black maid’s uniform in her hands, approaching Yun Xi step by step.

Chapter 68: The Killing Princess

"No!... No, Hua Huo!" Yun Xi still resisted, he didn't want to put on such a shameful maid's uniform at all.

"Little Xi, don't worry, because you will soon get used to wearing it! Didn't we often play the game 'Play House' when we were children? At that time, you had worn my wedding dress, which I had specially ordered from the Western God's Domain for you..." Hua Huo said with a happy expression.

If she dressed her childhood sweetheart up as a girl, none of those bitches would notice him. Besides, Yun Xi was really cute when he wore dresses. One stone and two birds. What a wonderful plan it was!

"No, don't mention it!" Speaking of that experience, Yun Xi didn't even want to remember a bit of it. At that time, he had been too young and naive and Hua Huo had often cheated him into doing many shameful things. When he was a child, the townspeople had even selected him as "the cutest girl suitable for wearing a wedding dress". That was his most painful dark history! Yun Xi had tried his best to forget it! If Hua Huo hadn't mentioned it, Yun Xi would absolutely have not recalled that dark history again!

"Well, everything is ready. Little Xi, are you ready to put on the Killing Princess's battle dress? It is made of precious clothes and could offer both great attack power and defence. Besides, it can even repair itself automatically. Only the selected greatsword maid can equip this sacred armor. Even in the entire history of greatsword maids, this black maid's uniform is the most powerful and unique battle dress!"

Hua Huo didn't give Yun Xi any chance to escape. She cut her finger again. Her red blood fell down, dropping onto the Killing Princess's battle dress. Hua Huo recited the oath to start the inheritance ceremony.

"In the past, in the great land, there were many girls, fighting for their countries and worlds. They offered their lives as a sacrifice, merging with the ancient monster, forging the most powerful greatswords. They swore to the old gods. They stepped onto the battlefield.”

“They were beloved by god. They were god's messengers. They sacrificed themselves to fight.”

“They were so powerful and beautiful. Therefore, they were called great sword maids by the people!”

“In the name of my Sky Flying Bloodline, I witness the Killing Princess's inheritance ceremony!”

"No!" Yun Xi wanted to cry out as he saw the maid's uniform flying to him, having an extremely bad feeling in his heart.

The maid's black uniform originally emanated an evil feeling. However, at this time, the evil feeling had disappeared. The uniform turned into countless back silk threads emitting golden light, as it wrapped Yun Xi's entire body.

"Gender verification... Pass through...

Talent verification... Pass through...

Adaptability with dark-type power... Pass through...

Thou! Behold!"

Yun Xi uncontrollably raised his head and saw a big reddish-black sword.

"When you look long into the killing itself, the killing looks into you!"

The center of the sword was hollowed out. A disturbing bloody scent was flowing out from there. The sword blade had an awful black serrated shape, and the handle of the sword was studded with a red gem that was large as a fist. In addition to it, there were eight small rhombic gems surrounding this gem, which shone with strange but also splendid lights.

“The name of the sword: Killing Princess. Up until the last holder’s death it had killed 135,610,000 living beings and was named as ‘Killing Princess’. It’s the most ferocious demon sword amongst all the greatswords forged for the maids of claymore.”

“The person who inherits this sword shall slaughter countless beings. That’s the price for obtaining this power.”

"Strange..." Yun Xi smoothly passed through the Killing Princess's inheritance ceremony. However, Hua Huo showed an unbelievable look on her face.

Why could Yun Xi pass through the Killing Princess's inheritance ceremony so simply?! At first, she was going to use her Sky Flying Bloodline to force the Killing Princess's dress to accept Yun Xi. After all, Yun Yi was a boy. It was impossible that the greatsword maid’s legacy would recognize him so easily.

Greatsword maid. As the name suggested, only a girl who proved her purity, loyalty, and self-dedication could undertake this career.

"No, I don't accept it!" As if seeing his worst nightmare about to come true, Yun Xi decisively rejected the Killing Princess's legacy. Unfortunately, it was too late.

"The inheritance ceremony is completed!"

As one of the strongest greatsword maid legacies, the Killing Princess's dress and her magic sword were seemingly very pleased with Yun Xi. They ignored his words and directly finished the last step. Countless black silk threads surrounded Yun Xi, then instantly dismantled his shabby clothes. At the same time, it began to adjust its own size.

"Whoa! Wow, wow, wow!" Hua Huo covered her eyes with her two hands, then opened her eyes wide, peeping at Yun Xi through her fingers. Finally, Hua Huo saw a pretty girl standing in front of her. Even though she knew the girl was Yun Xi, she still couldn't believe that the beautiful girl was her childhood sweetheart.

The girl was wearing a gorgeous black ceremonial dress. The ceremonial dress was so beautiful and was as astonishing as a princess’s dress, which was far beyond the concept of a common maid outfit.

Her hair was black. Her delicate skin looked like first-rate silk. Her appearance and behavior were luminous with a kind of gentle grace. Due to nervousness and embarrassment, her lovely face looked so cute as if she was an angel emerging from a painting.

Even her chest, which at first was certainly flat like nothing, was also uplifted a bit, as if it was a tradition from the previous killing princess. Four gold-red gems were studded on her slender waist, then matched with the rosette upon her bosom and the ribbons beside her waist. If she wasn’t wearing the lace head dress, no one would connect the ceremonial dress to that of a maid’s.

What was even more amazing was that the dress could perfectly enhance her temperament and appearance. When Yun Xi surprisedly gazed at his black gloves, and the absolute field between the black silk stockings and the corner of his skirt, he wondered how it was possible that this was his body.

The smooth, tender, snow-white skin... Who was this person?! No, no! It was a foul, it was a lie! Yun Xi could affirm that he himself had never had such snow-white, flawless skin before. Not only his skin, but even his bones and height seemed to have been modified, so that his body ratio looked more perfect.

The "Killing Princess" dress was like a magic pen, completely hiding Yun Xi's masculinity, leaving only a dazzling, enchanted, gorgeous, and perfect young girl in the world. Black and white intertwined, weaving a new Yun Xi, who Hua Huo had never seen before. Now, even Hua Huo herself was fascinated by Yun Xi's appearance.

Oh, her Yun Xi sure was suitable for women's dresses!

She didn't need to worry about anything now!

Chapter 69: Helpless Choice

"Little Xi, how is it? Do you think that it's suitable?" Hua Huo circled around Yun Xi, clicking her tongue in wonder.

Yun Xi opened his mouth. He wanted to say no. Of course, this was not the answer. The Killing Princess's black maid's uniform looked perfect on his body!

Even the smallest part of the uniform was suitable for his body, as if it was tailor-made for him.

"Ah..." Yun Xi wanted to say something, but suddenly found that his voice had changed.

Where did his male voice go?

What the hell was this euphonious voice now?

Did the Killing Princess's maid's black uniform even disguise his voice?

"Don't worry. It's normal to be a little uncomfortable at first. After all, it's the greatsword maid's legacy," Hua Huo patted Yun Xi’s shoulder. She looked quite pleased with Yun Xi's current appearance.

"Ah... Cough... What happened to my voice?" Yun Xi heard his own voice, feeling that his life had taken a wrong direction.

"No problem, it's all because of the greatsword maid's legacy," Hua Huo gazed at Yun Xi's chest, then said, "The greatsword maid is a restricted high-level career in the Western God's Domain. Whichever it is, voice or appearance, its owner must be at the first level. The people who are unqualified can never be a greatsword maid. Little Xi, you are very suitable for this career. Just keep practicing!"

I was a man! Why did I have to be a greatsword maid?! Yun Xi looked at his mischievous childhood sweetheart, crying in his heart.

"Besides, in this case, you can always stay together with me. Don't you want to stay with me?" Hua Huo acted cute. Her beautiful eyes gazed at Yun Xi with expectation. I don't want to separate from you. I don't want to see any bitches taking you away, just like they did in the dream. Even though I know I am acting recklessly, I still want to keep you by my side.

Originally, she had prepared to pay a lot for this, because she was going to distort the greatsword maid's legacy. Even if she had the Sky Flying Bloodline, she still had to pay a heavy price.

After all, that was a crime against morality. It was all about love. She liked Yun Xi. She wanted to stay with Yun Xi forever. She couldn't stand the possibility that they would live far apart from each other. She was jealous of him and worried about him, so she committed this crime.

"Hua Huo..." Yun Xi lapsed into silence. Even if she had made ten thousand mistakes, the glory shining in her eyes made her hard to refuse her. Hua Huo's dedicated love was too bright, making him feel ashamed for his plan of escaping this domain.

Did he really have to stay with Hua Huo? But the key issue was that there was a terrible Apostle searching for him throughout the Sky Sword God's Domain!

"Can this black maid's uniform really hide my identity?" For Yun Xi, this was a vital question that had a bearing on his own life.

"This is absolutely no problem. Even though in the eyes of 7th ranked warriors, your current appearance is absolutely a cute girl!" said Hua Huo.

"The greatsword maid's legacy is more incredible than your imagination! Since you've passed the test of the Killing Princess's legacy... " Speaking of which, Hua Huo showed a puzzled expression, then kept saying, "In that case, no one could discover your true identity through your appearance and behavior."

Hua Huo looked a little shy. "In fact, even I myself can't identify your real identity now. Your disguise is absolutely perfect. As long as you don't take off the Killing Princess's dress, no one can discover your true gender and identity!"

So, this dress could help him escape from the Apostle's searching? After hearing Hua Huo's promise, Yun Xi's eyes brightened up. This may be a solution. Rather than escape to some remote and unknown sword domain, maybe it was a better choice to hide his identity by wearing the greatsword maid's uniform.

If he chose this way, as long as he didn't reveal his identity, his appearance should perfectly cheat anyone's eyes. If he chose to escape, there was actually a great chance of being caught by the nameless Apostle. It should be regarded as his last choice.

Now, there was another choice in front of him - even if the choice was so shameful. His childhood sweetheart even had the top-level legacy of Western God's Domain, what exactly was her true identity?

"Oh, right. Since you're going to hide your identity, why don't you change your name too? Yun Xi, Yun Xi, Little Xi..." Hua Huo began to think of a decent, feminine name for Yun Xi.

"Mei. How about this name? You can still call me 'Little Xi' as my nickname." Yun Xi sighed, finally accepting his destiny of wearing the Killing Princess's dress. His dark history was enacted all over again. It was still the same girl who forced him to wear women's dresses.

Sometimes, history was surprisingly similar.

"Mei... It sounds good! Little Xi, from now on, you're my greatsword maid: Mei! The name makes me think of a snow-white blossom!" Hua Huo excitedly looked at Yun Xi, who looked so cute while wearing the black maid's uniform.

Hua Huo, so you have such poor tastes... Yun Xi found that Hua Huo was excitedly looking at him, but that only made him feel that his future was a dark one. He had no interest in wearing women's dresses. It was better to say that he resolutely objected to wearing them. He didn't even want to remember his dark history of being forced to wear the wedding dress.

However, this was the only option he could choose. About his plan of escaping from this domain... Hua Huo was gazing at him! How would it be possible that he could successfully escape her eyes? As a result, he finally had to be disguised as a maid!

"Well, Little Xi. It's time to take the Sword Palace entrance test. Believe me, you will be a blockbuster! Don't worry about those stupid aristocratic children... How could they be in the same class as you! You're the greatsword maid chosen by the Killing Princess's legacy! Just go ahead and beat all of them down!" Hua Huo puffed out her small chest and proudly looked at her childhood sweetheart.

No, I don't want to be a blockbuster at all! To be seen by all the townspeople, wearing the maid's uniform and taking part in the Sword Palace entrance test... What a terrible torture it was!

For the first time in his life, Yun Xi doubted whether he was cursed by his fate. The stars, please tell me that this is all just a dream! After I wake up, everything will return to normal! Why was his childhood sweetheart so mischievous?! What exactly happened to her and encouraged her to make such a desperate decision?!

Chapter 70: Step Forward Hand-in-Hand

In the bright sunshine, Hua Huo was running. She was running together with her beloved boy on the familiar street.

The world was so beautiful.

The sunlight was shining so brightly.

To Hua Huo, this was no doubt one of the most memorable days in her life.

"Hua Huo, are you going to go to the Sword Palace?"

"Yes, uncle. I'm ready to go!" Hua Huo waved her hand with a smile. She said goodbye to everyone living in the town, expressing her thanks to them.

The world took on a brand new appearance in her eyes.

According to her family's schedule, she accepted the Sword Palace's invitation. She was going to join the Sword Palace, staying there till she reached the hero rank. At first, she was planning to wait for two years. She wanted to return to town after she had become more beautiful and powerful and then she could take Yun Xi away. But now, she didn't need to wait any longer because her childhood sweetheart was staying with her. They would undoubtedly walk side by side on the road called "life".

"Everyone, I promise that I will back someday!" Hua Huo said goodbye to the townspeople. Although Yun Xi looked embarrassed and reluctant, but she still held his hand tightly.

"Little Hua Huo, you can come back at any time!"

"We won't forget you!"

These uncles and the aunts had all seen her grow up. They softly smiled, seeing the best genius of the town off.

"Whooooh, Hua Huo!"

"Hua Huo, I love you! Please marry me!"

"Hua Huo, Hua Huo, Hua Huo!"

They were the town’s young boys who all secretly loved Hua Huo. However, they had no confidence that they would pass the Sword Palace's entrance test, so they had to sadly say goodbye to the girl they loved.

"Sorry, but my whole heart belongs to Little Xi! Goodbye, everyone! Please give us your blessing!" Hua Huo held Yun Xi's hand, running on the familiar street. She was using this method to commemorate her youth that was fading away.

"That's strange. Who's that girl?"

"I have never seen that girl before. Is she Hua Huo's relative?"

"Is that a maid's uniform? But she looks like a princess!"

"Hua Huo was from the Western God's Domain. She must be one of her friends."

Looking at Hua Huo and Yun Xi, the townspeople talked about the unknown girl with each other. However, none of them realized that the beautiful girl wearing the gorgeous black maid's uniform was the baker shop's young boy, Yun Xi.

...

Outside the town by the river bank, there were nearly a thousand people who had come from all the districts in White Lotus Sword Domain.

"Everyone, shout with me!" There were about three hundred people all shouting slogans together.

"Childe Yun He!"

"Chidle Si Nian!"

"Childe San Quan!"

"Win instant success!"

"Overcome all opponents!"

"Realize the dream!"

It went without saying that they were the three Childes' servants, belonging to the noble families' camp.

"Child Snake Bones, you're the best!"

"Child Tian Cheng, do your best in the test!"

Other several families also hired people to encourage their families' participants.

Compared to these noble families, the civilian people's camp was a little bit quiet and few in number. They were all common people, struggling to train themselves so that they could take part in the test.

In fact, if only talent was involved, the civilian people's camp wasn't inferior than the noble families' camp.

However, they lacked armour, weapons, and education. Most of the civilian people were already eighteen years old, because they had to dig out all their potentialities so that they could compete with the noble families' children.

It was almost an impossible goal to achieve the 3rd rank before eighteen years old for civilian people.

"They're just as usual. Still so noisy," A 2nd ranked swordsman who was wearing cloth armor and had three scars on his face, said as he looked at the noble families' camp in envy.

"We don't compete with them. We compete with each other," Another 2nd ranked swordman shrugged his shoulders. As people who didn't have too many resources but still reached the 2nd ranked before eighteen years old, only they knew what a high price they had paid for this.

"Humph. These noble kids are too mollycoddled. If they were on the battlefield, they would die before they realized it!" Several 1st ranked swordsmen looked at these noble families' people with jealousy. They all wore the same clothes and had similar behaviors. Obviously, they were the civilian people who had once joined the army.

Nobles and civilians had a natural opposition, because the Sword Palace only recruited a certain number of new disciples. But every time, most of the quota was occupied by the noble families' children.

Although the Sword Palace didn't choose its disciples by identity, race or class, but the noble families naturally occupied the vantage point on cultivating their children. It was not easy for civilian people to win against them.

"Sigh. Stop it. My cousin is in the Palace of Heaven's Road. If I can't pass through the Sword Palace's test, I will go to there to take their test."

After hearing his words, many civilian people sighed.

Only the children between sixteen to eighteen years old could take part in the Sword Palace's entrance test. If you were beyond the age limit, you wouldn't have any chance.

Most of the civilian people were already eighteen years old. Therefore, they may have to take part in other sects' tests if these noble children occupied their last chance.

The sword was the most holy and important thing in the whole Sky Sword God's Domain. All young people wanted to be admitted into the Sword Palace.

Only the swordsman who had entered the Sword Palace had confidence to feel proud for themselves. Even their parents would rush about telling the good news to everyone they met.

You could even say that only after you entered the Sword Palace, could you finally begin to practice true sword skills and walk on the road leading to the zenith.

This time, whatever their identity was, be it a noble family's kid or a civilian swordsman, they were here for only one goal: Join the Sword Palace!

This was what Yun Xi saw after he arrived at the examination area.

"Little Xi, I have received the Sword Palace's invitation, so I don't need to take part in the test. I will watch your fight on the platform!" Hua Huo smiled and shook Yun Xi's hands, then ran towards the Sword Palace's camp.

"Sigh!" Yun Xi was still in a daze. He looked around for a while, then walked to the civilian people's camp.

He found that whether the noble families' camp or the civilian people's camp, when they saw his movement, they were all dumbfounded.

Especially after he walked to the civilian people's camp, the noble families' people gazed at him with confusion and surprise.

The civilian swordmen also looked surprised. The mysterious girl wearing a gorgeous maid's uniform was noticeably not a Sky Sword God's Domain's local resident. After the girl walked towards them, they were all flabbergasted.

Chapter 71: Yun Xi was Surrounded

"Eh... lady? You’re going the wrong way?"

"Yeah. This is the civilian people's camp, but you look like a girl of nobility from the Western God's Domain."

"Be-Beautiful..."

The swordsmen of the civilian people's camp were so nervous that they didn't even know how to speak. Heaven pitied and protects us! How could they have had a chance to see a lady from the Western God's Domain before! Besides, the gap between them was too far! Any of the gems on Yun Xi's black maid's uniform was more expensive than their total assets. They couldn't even calculate the exact value of the maid's uniform!

"Dear lady, you should come here."

"Which family are you from? I'm sorry for we can't do much for you in this situation, but can I have the honor of serving you?"

"What a beautiful girl. I never thought that I would meet such a beauty."

Immediately, several servants ran to Yun Xi from the noble families' camp. They flattered Yun Xi and invited him to go to their camp.

"No, thank you… but I belong here." Yun Xi looked around in amazement.

He was born in the small town. Just a week ago, he was still selling bread in his shop. If he didn't come here, then where would he go? Obviously, Yun Xi hadn't realized that a great change had happened to him.

"But... how can you be a civilian?" Several 2nd ranked swordsmen twisted the corners of their mouths. Finally, they opened their mouths to ask Yun Xi with doubts.

The girl had a soft, delicate body and attractive appearance. Besides, her gorgeous dress looked so unusual. How could a civilian have enough money to buy that?!

"Well in fact, I was born in this small town, but just returned here a few days ago. I'm just a very ordinary maid." Yun Xi pretended that he was "ordinary", then naturally walked towards the civilian people's camp.

Shuffle!

Immediately, an empty area appeared in the civilian people's camp. Even the several strongest 2nd ranked swordsmen also followed the crowd, moving away from Yun Xi.

Impossible! There couldn't be a civilian like this girl in the world!

This girl was too beautiful, like an elf from the tales.

Was she really born in the small town? But she had pure black hair, like a perfect doll.

The people looked at Yun Xi and sighed with emotion, although Yun Xi still didn't know how remarkable he had become.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Mei, a maid, and one of the examinees of the Sword Palace's entrance test. Look, I also use a sword!" Yun Xi pointed at the steel sword at his waist, which Hua Huo had prepared for him not too long ago.

"Examinee? You?"

"Oh, so you're going to take part in the test."

"Maid? Why haven't I seen any maid like you before?"

After Yun Xi said his name, the civilian people around him looked a little relieved. However, none of them believed that such a beautiful girl wearing a western style dress was actually a civilian. They were civilians. They knew the difference.

Her skin looked like fresh snow, her face looked delicate, her body looked slender, and her black maid's uniform looked pretty on her body. Many noble families' maids were born in common families, but how could it be possible that they had such an attractive temperament and charm?

No, not to mention the civilian people's camp, even the noble families' camp's people hadn't seen any maids like Yun Xi before.

"She is sparkling! She is perfect! I had never thought that a maid could be so charming!" Childe Yun He's eyes brightened up. Even though he was born into one of the oldest family in White Lotus Sword Domain, he had never seen such a maid.

"I guess she is a royal maid."

"She can't be an ordinary person. She must have been trained since her childhood and has special maid-type skills." Said Childe Si Nian. A part of his bloodline was from the Western God's Domain, so his words were credible.

"Of course. She can't be a civilian." Said Childe San Quan. He waved his fan swords and remembered something.

Obviously, no matter if it was the noble families' camp or the civilian people's camp, they both agreed that Yun Xi wasn't an ordinary person.

"Well... Don't pay that much attention to me. I'm just an ordinary examinee." Yun Xi said. He was at a loss in what to do because so many people were gazing at him.

The people around Yun Xi felt surprised, excited, and enchanted. They tried to show their best in front of him.

"Brother Li, I have just learnt several new sword skills. Do you mind practicing with me?"

"Well, what a coincidence! I feel that my sword's calling me! It's time to show my best sword skill!"

"Look! My passion is burning! Let's have a warm-up practice before the formal test starts!"

In the twinkling of an eye, a series of battles had erupted around Yun Xi. None of the Sword Palace's entrance test candidates were over eighteen years old. They were young and aggressive. After seeing Yun Xi's black maid's uniform and his shy look, none of them could discipline themselves any longer.

Even several of the most matured candidates couldn't stop their hearts from beating violently. As a poem said, "That mild-mannered good girl, awake, asleep, I search for her." If they missed this chance, they would never meet such a beauty again!

Her deer-like innocent eyes had captured many people's hearts.

"You..." After seeing the several swordsmen fight each other for him, Yun Xi was dumbfounded.

What was wrong with the world?

Why? He had just changed his clothes to a maid's black uniform, why did everything start to go wrong after that?!

"Come here!"

"Don't mind these bad guys, come here!"

As Yun Xi felt distressed, the female swordsmen's camp sent him an invitation. Different Gods’ Domains had the same aesthetics standards. Especially if it were related to beautiful girls like Yun Xi, who had pure black hair and wore an exotic maid's black uniform. Even though they were girls, they had also been captivated by Yun Xi's beauty.

"Your maid's uniform is so cute! I think it is worth half of the small town."

"Which family are you from? Or are you a royal maid?"

"Mei. It's a nice name. Were you born in the Eastern God's Domain?"

The female swordsmen's camp had dozens of girls. They immediately surrounded Yun Xi, not giving the male swordsmen a chance to get close to him.

"I... I'm..." Looking at these young girls, Yun Xi suddenly felt nervous.

Oh, gosh, I have never been surrounded by so many girls before. Why do they look so excited? And their eyes also looked feverish, even making him feel a sense of danger.

He had only put on the maid's uniform!

He was still 100% male!

Chapter 72: Lucky Black Hair

"Hello, what perfume are you using? It smells good. Tell me, no matter how expensive it is, I will save money to buy it!"

No, that thing doesn't exist. I have never used any perfume in my life.

"Who made this maid's uniform for you? Is he an artistic master in the Western God's Domain? Why can't I identify the uniform's materials? Tell me who, Mei."

Unfortunately, I don't know whose masterpiece it is. Hua Huo said that it was the greatsword maid's legacy, perhaps it really has an unusual origin.

"Your skin is so soft. How did you nourish your skin? Look, my skin is so rough. Sigh, why is the gap between different people so wide?!"

Sorry. I don't know why my skin suddenly become snow-white. I remember when I practiced the limit practice, my skin had been left with many scars.

"Mei!"

"Oh, Mei!"

"Little Mei!"

Girls really easily got familiar with one another. As long as they accepted you, they would treat you well with all their hearts. At first, as an outsider from the Western God's Domain, they wouldn't accept him so easily. However, it looked like the Killing Princess's maid's uniform had a natural glamour. No matter what your race, gender, or identity was, no one could resist it.

At first, the female candidates were also divided into two camps just like the male candidates. However, "Mei" was like a panacea. After she came, the two female camps naturally combined into one.

Every female liked beautiful things. After seeing the shy and nervous Yun Xi, their maternal instinct was aroused. Therefore, after Yun Xi joined them, the two female camps stopped opposing each other and he also naturally became the center of their attention.

He did nothing, but naturally attracted everyone's attention. After wearing the Killing Princess's maid's black uniform, he had become so cute and eye catching.

Oh, gosh, were girls really such noisy creatures?

Yun xi was in a daze as he looked at the several female swordsmen surrounding him and being as noisy as thousands of ducks.

It wasn't at all as he had imagined. He had thought that girls would be more gentle, soft, and sweet like white sugar. Well, that was excluding Hua Huo. After all, she was his childhood sweetheart that could slay a dragon alone.

"Mei, which nearby town were you born in? You must be tired after travelling from the Western God's Domain."

"Come here. There is a chair."

Yun Xi felt dizzy. He hadn't said anything, the girls had clustered around him and let him sit on a green flower chair, which was wrapped in beautiful roses.

"Mei, how old are you?"

"Sixteen years old." After sitting down, Yun Xi finally made some time to reorganize his thoughts. It looked like he was welcomed by both the noble girls and civilian girls?

"How about the test? Do you think you will be admitted to the Sword Palace?"

"Even if you can't pass through the Sword Palace's test, that's not a problem. My family is related to the Heaven's Road Palace. How about going to join their entrance test?"

"Compared to males, we female swordsmen are naturally less favoured towards practicing sword skills. If you can't get into the Sword Palace, then the Heaven's Road Palace is also a good choice."

Yes, this was a fact in the entire Sky Sword God's Domain, especially for mortals where males had a natural advantage in practicing sword skills. Whether it was strength, speed, or explosiveness, in most cases, males were better than females. Female swordsmen could only focus on practicing their speed and flexibility.

In the past, Yun Xi felt that Hua Huo was the perfect sample of female swordsmen. She could even defeat the five Tiger Generals by using her Flying Swallow Sword! That was perfect proof. Of course, Yun Xi had known that Hua Huo couldn't be simply described as "a girl who has amazing flexibility". She had gone far beyond the realm a mortal could reach! She slayed the male fiery dragon and fought against the Red Lotus Holy Virgin face to face, so that couldn't be...

"I... I should have no problems," Yun Xi took a deep breath then organized his thoughts, trying to pick suitable words, "Because I have reached the 2nd rank now."

The female swordsmen lapsed into silence for a while, then they exclaimed at the same time.

"The 2nd rank? Mei, are you joking?"

"You're already a 2nd ranked swordsman? The world really has another genius like Hua Huo!"

"Oh, gosh! Mei, how did you do that? You're even stronger than some generals!"

"You're so strong, yet you have such delicate skin and a slender body... Wu wu wu, I also practiced very hard, but why do I only have more muscles?!"

Their exclamation wasn't without reason. A 2nd ranked swordsman was already able to be an army's general. Even the strongest girl amongst them had just reached the peak of the first rank. It was not easy for females to improve themselves. Only a few female swordsmen could reach the 2nd rank before eighteen years old.

Hua Huo had already reached the 3rd rank and received the Sword Palace's invitation, but she was simply a monster-like genius in these girls' eyes! Monster-like... Hua Huo... As these girls opened their eyes wide and gazed at Yun Xi, Yun Xi also smiled bitterly and looked at them.

Hua Huo wasn't even simply a 3rd ranked female swordsman.

If a person reached the 1st rank, that person was already able to be regarded as a genius. It was already very lucky if a small town produced a 1st ranked swordsman every few decades.

If a person reached the 2nd rank, that person was able to be a core member of the army and would be regarded as a prospective general.

If a person reached the 3rd rank, for example, the five Tiger Generals, they were the top-level commanders in the army. They were also the top-level martial masters that ordinary people could see.

There were higher ranks, but to the people who lived in the sword handle area of the Sword Domain, that was beyond the limit they could reach. Therefore, as a 2nd ranked swordsman, he had been regarded as a monster-like genius in their eyes.

"Mei, please do me a favor."

"Oh, me too!"

"Oh, right. Mei, please grant my request!"

After realizing that Yun Xi was probably the strongest person in the female swordsmen camp, the noble girls and the civilian girls all put their palms together devoutly, praying to Yun Xi.

"What?" Yun Xi was at a loss what to do after seeing their behavior.

Was this some satanic ritual?

"Please, give me a lock of your hair!"

"Me too!"

"One! I just need a lock of your hair! I will make it into a lucky charm!"

There was a tale in the whole Sky Sword God's Domain. Before you took part in an exam, if you could obtain a black strand of hair from the strongest and most beautiful girl, then you could successfully pass through the exam. However, as mortals, most of the female swordsmen were not that strong and were still at the first rank when they took the test. Therefore, most of the time, they couldn't find any people who fit the bill.

However, now, Yun Xi was the person who fit the bill in their eyes.

The strongest 2nd ranked female swordsman.

The most beautiful girl.

Besides, she had the most beautiful black, straight hair!

Chapter 73: Cute Girls

"Well... Alright..." Yun Xi had never heard about this tale. However, the girls' eager eyes were too much for him to take - Even though he wasn't a real black-haired girl. Before he wore the maid's black uniform, he had common black, short hair. He didn't know what the Killing Princess's maid's uniform had done to him, making his hair suddenly grow down till his waist.

Waist-length hair, flat chest, slender feet and snow-white skin. Was this what the Killing Princess looked like when she was alive? In Yun Xi's imagination, the exiled princess, the girl called "Killing Princess"... was girl who had beautiful black, long hair, was brandishing her giant demon sword fighting on one after another battlefield in that appearance in the past.

"Take this." Although Yun Xi felt weird, he still plucked out a strand of hair and handed it over to the girl in front of him.  He felt a slight pain. This meant that it wasn't a disguise, but real black, long hair. Did he really become a black-haired girl in other people's eyes?

Even though he had seen his current appearance in Hua Huo's mirror, he had still thought that the doll-like, black-haired girl couldn't be real.

"Thank you! I will value it for a lifetime!" The freckled girl held Yun Xi's hair firmly. She looked pretty excited. It was easy to see that she wasn't born in a rich family. Her freckles made her feel inferior when faced with the noble girls.

Yun Xi's black hair brought out her confidence, making her hidden youthful dynamism burst out. Everyone could easily detect her change after she obtained Yun Xi's hair. Without an inferiority complex and nervousness, she looked like a sunflower blossoming towards the sun, so bright and cheerful.

The tale was true!

The strongest female swordsman.

The most beautiful black-haired girl.

The girl who had both characteristics had incredible magic in her black hair. She could bring good luck!

"Me! I'm the second!"

"No! It's me! I was here first!"

"Mei, I have prepared to make the lucky charm!"

After seeing what change had manifested in the freckled girl, all the girls circled around Yun Xi with excitement.

"There's no need to rush. I will give everyone my hair!" Yun Xi felt both funny and annoyed when he looked at the girls who wanted to obtain one of his hairs.

It was just a fairy tale. Why are you so serious?

Fortunately, there were only dozens of girls here. If everyone thought that his black hair contained magic and asked him for his hair, he was afraid that he would be bald!

He didn't want to be bald at all!

"Yes. Everyone, please form a line and remember your number," Soon afterwards, some noble girls came out to keep the order. After all, they were good at dealing with these kind of situations. Their families had trained them from their childhood.

If a girl didn't show enough talent, she couldn't take part in the Sword Palace's entrance test. The noble girls who lived comfortable and luxurious lives only wanted to marry rich husbands and wouldn't waste their time practicing sword skills.

In order to take part in the test; although they were noble families' children, these noble girls also had put in great effort that was more than the civilian girls imagined.

"I'm the second!" The second girl who obtained Yun Xi's hair was a noble girl. She bit her fingers, cheering like a child who had obtained the most precious treasure in the world.

"I'm the third," The next girl was a noble girl too. She looked more restrained than the second girl, but she still couldn't hide her smile.

Were girls the kind of creatures that liked lucky charms so much? Yun Xi plucked his hair as he looked at the girls. Once again, he realized how different females and males were.

That was just one strand of his hair. Why did they look so excited?

Soon afterwards, Yun Xi realized that not only the girls wanted his hair.

"What? They want my hair too?" Looking at the servants coming from the noble family camp, Yun Xi felt surprised.

"Yes. Childe Yun He wants your hair. He can pay any amount of money to you." Said one of the servants.

"Wait, you can't keep everything for yourself! Childe San Quan is also interested in your hair. Please sell a hundred strands of your hair to me!"

"Hey, hey! I'm first! Dear Miss, just state a price! Childe Si Nian will never make a counter offer!"

Yun Xi was at a loss at first. After a while, he took a deep breath with his fingers intertwined.

"Get out of here! No one wants your filthy money!"

"How dare you ask for Mei's hair by using such a vulgar method! Is your master really educated?"

"Childe Yun He is an idiot!"

The girls were angry. They scolded the servants till they escaped away.

"Puff..." Yun Xi let out a sigh of relief. He was going to get angry, but the girls had helped him refuse the servants. He looked at the female swordsmaiden with gratitude.

"Don't worry, Mei. You have our backing!"

"Humph. Three Childes? But our Mei is not inferior to them!"

"I heard a rumor that Childe San Quan was an illegitimate child!"

"Speaking of Childe Yun He, I heard that he wasn't weaned till twelve years old. He had a team of wet nurses!"

"Childe Si Nian needs to eat ten pounds of beef every day. Tut-tut, it's no wonder that he is stupid like a cow!"

The girls talked about the three Childes' shameful past one after another. They didn't even forget to laugh at the dark history in their childhoods.

"Thank you." Yun Xi looked at the girls around him.

According to the black strands of hair he had presented to them, there were a total of thirty-seven girls. Because the entrance test was held by the twin witches, the test was extremely difficult. The people who hadn't reached any rank had almost all given up.

Compared to the male camp, which had hundreds of people, the thirty-seven girls were the most outstanding girls in the whole White Lotus Sword Domain. Most of them came from far away areas. They had practiced their sword skills since their childhood, so they can finally have a chance to take part in the test. Most of the girls were still at the first rank, but they had courage and confidence. Whichever they were, noble girls or civilian girls, they had the same goal. They were cute, hard working, innocent, and courageous. They were stronger than Yun Xi imagined.

Girls were always so attractive and incredible.

Chapter 74: Bad Feeling

When Yun Xi was surrounded by the girl swordsmaiden, Hua Huo and Red Lotus were looking at each other in a strange atmosphere.

"So, you're Hua Huo?" Red Lotus frowned as she looked at the genius girl who had been received by the Sword Palace.

"You're..." At first, Hua Huo subconsciously tightened up her toes, then she immediately realized it and loosened her toes.

"We... Have we seen each other before?" The two people asked the same question at the same time.

"Gee? Are you also having this feeling?"

"You too..."

They looked at each other in confusion.

"Hoo... I'm so sleepy... Sister, good morning." Beside Red Lotus, White Lotus reluctantly opened her eyes.

"You... that's weird..." Hua Huo tried her best to remember when and where had she seen the twin sisters.

Obviously, she couldn't remember anything. Even in the Western God's Domain, the twin witches were famous. They were known as the best geniuses in the last hundreds of years. However, due to their witch legacy, they had never left White Lotus Sword Domain. Therefore, before today, Hua Huo had only heard about their names, but had never seen them personally. Similarly, Red Lotus knew about Hua Huo's identity. She knew that Hua Huo was a sword skill genius. However, she was sure that she had never seen Hua Huo before.

"Is this the so-called 'feel like old friends at the first meeting'?" Red Lotus looked at Hua Huo, but still felt that something was wrong.

"I don't... think so..." Hua Huo clenched her fist. This feeling was too weird.

This was their first meeting, but she... had a feeling that the twin witches were enemies? Was she such a narrow-minded girl? No. That was not true. Hua Huo shook her head. It was wrong to hate people she had just met.

"I'm Hua Huo, the student who will join the Sword Palace." Hua Huo composed her emotions and organized her thoughts, then smiled at the twin witches.

"I'm Red Lotus, the Sword Palace's witch." Similarly, Red Lotus tried to forget the uneasy feeling, then showed a smile too.

"I'm White Lotus. I'm also the Sword Palace's witch." White Lotus gently looked at Hua Huo. The Ring of Star and Moon was shining on her head.

Hum... They look pretty gentle. Why am I still feeling that they are my enemies?

After seeing the famous twin witches, Hua Huo found that they were just like what the rumour said. They both had great power and amazing personal charm.

The older sister, Red Lotus, was confident and deliberate. She was a natural leader that could deal with any tough matter. When they talked about sword skills, they appreciated each other, because they both were great geniuses and had many common interests.

The younger sister White Lotus was somehow logy. She often suddenly giggled alone. However, she had an innocent heart and was pure like a crystal, just like what her name implied.

The mighty older sister and the attractive younger sister. They were a pair of perfect twin sisters. When they held each other's hand, even Hua Huo could feel their fathomless power. They were not overrated. On the contrary, the external world underestimated them too much! They had a limitless, bright future!

"Hey hey..." White Lotus was immersed in her own inner world as she touched the Star and Moon Ring. She wasn't listening to Hua Huo and Red Lotus's sword skill discussion at all.

"Sorry, my sister often behaves like that," Red Lotus embarrassedly looked at her sister, who was immersed in her fantasy.

What a terrible dream it was! Last night, White Lotus and she had the same nightmare again. Her sister lost her head over that fictitious prince again. She couldn't remember the details, but in the dream, that damned prince controlled a fire-breathing dragon to challenge her, then he took the opportunity to seduce her innocent sister making her fall in love again. You damned prince, don't let me see you again! The next time, I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!

"Oh, the ring is really beautiful!" Hua Huo didn't know of the reason, but when she looked at White Lotus's Star and Moon Ring for the first time in her life, she felt an intense desire, as if there was a sound roaring in her heart announcing: "That treasure should belong to me!".

That is too weird! What is happening to me?! Why did I suddenly feel that the twin witches were enemies? Now, I myself want to steal the younger sister's ornament. Hua Huo, you are not an avaricious dragon!

No! I must smile! The twin witches are nice people, and they have no contradiction. Besides, the older sister is a really good conversation partner. Hua Huo, you can't be that narrow-minded! You can't be defeated by your inexplicable desire!

"All right. It's time to start the Sword Palace's entrance test. Let's go hold the test. In fact, the entrance test is organized specially for you. Why did so many people hear the rumor and come here? I heard that there were even several 3rd ranked swordsmen," Speaking of the several 3rd ranked swordsmen, Red Lotus did not look very happy. Except for the weird feeling when they first met, Red Lotus quickly accepted Hua Huo and admitted her power.

Hua Huo deserved to have the legendary bloodline. Her talent was far beyond her contemporaries. It wasn't difficult for her to reach the hero rank.

It was the Sword Palace's honor to get a genius like Hua Huo. She welcomed Hua Huo to go to the Sword Palace. Of course, the most important reason was: Hua Huo was a girl. She wouldn't become a threat. If she was male, Red Lotus would absolutely not allow her to get so close to White Lotus.

"Let's go. I can tell you that you will see a surprise in the test!" After the weird feeling disappeared, Hua Huo also quickly accepted Red Lotus as her friend.

Geniuses always easily got closer to each other. Red Lotus and Hua Huo were two geniuses at the same level. It was hard for them to see another genius like themselves, so they immediately became friends.

"Prince... Thank you… We will never, never separate from each other..." At this moment, only White Lotus could see that the Ring of Star and Moon was shining with bright lights.

The gold-red light of the sun.

The silver-white light of the moon.

The colorful lights of the stars.

The primal fire was burning inside the Ring of Star and Moon. It illuminated White Lotus's crystal pupils, reflecting the prince's figure inside her eyes. At this moment, her prince was in front of her, so close that she could nearly touch him.

"Even though you have changed your appearance... pretended to be another person, you're still my prince. Can you hear my voice? Can you see my eyes? My-My, prince!"

...

"Err!" Yun Xi suddenly had a chill. He felt his back grow cold as if he was a prey, and now, the hunter had found him.

Chapter 75: Xiao Cao (Little Grass)

"Therefore, the Sword Palace's entrance test begins now!" On the platform, the several sword skill tutors announced. The entrance test, which was held by the twin witches personally, that had gathered almost all the young people of the right age, finally started.

The selection method was actual combat. Nothing could be more suitable than this method to show the geniuses' actual combat power. The candidates chose their opponents by drawing straws.

Countless white light leaves flew out from the twin witches' position, dropping like feathers onto all the young candidates' heads. They were just the right amount for every candidate.

"The first exam area, Number three VS Number seventeen."

"The second exam area, Number seven VS Number thirty-five."

"The third exam area, Number ten VS Number fifty-one."

"The fourth exam area, Number thirty-one VS Number seventy-five."

The drawing straws were random. The people who had been called appeared on the stage one by one.

The stage was nearly thirty-square-meters wide, the edge of the stage was surrounded by a hazy light. That was the magical ward personally made by the twin witches, which meant that after you appeared on the stage, unless you admitted your defeat or were defeated, there weren't any other choices.

Win, win and win, till you became the last winner! This was the rule of the Sword Palace's entrance test. However, if the loser showed enough talent in the fight, the person still had a chance to be admitted into the Sword Palace. After all, only the twin witches could decide if the candidates were entitled to pass through the test.

In the other areas of White Lotus Sword Domain, there were many similar tests being held. However, all the noble families only paid attention to this unheralded small town, because the people who held the test were the future twin masters of White Lotus Sword Domain - the twin witches.

Even though they didn't really show their faces in front of the public, however, the truth that the future masters of White Lotus Sword Domain were looking at them was already making the candidates excited. For this day, they had wasted many thoughts to arm themselves to the teeth.

As future elites coming from noble families, they believed that they would become the winners of their generation. However, the next development was out of everyone's expectation.

...

In the first exam area, the first battle was ongoing.

One of the combatants was a noble family's child. His name was Lin Feng. Although his fame was inferior to the three Childes, he was one of the top ten swordsmen amongst all the noble families' candidates. He was good at the Fierce Wind Sword Skill. He was a real elite.

His Lin family's force was all over the Eastern God's Domain. Not just in the Sky Sword God's Domain, they were also famous in other god's domains. Although his family was just a branch of the Lin family in the White Lotus Sword Domain. However, he had reached the 2nd ranked at the age of seventeen, which meant that his family’s training was successful.

He was at the 2nd ranked and his opponent was just at the first rank. In any circumstances, he should have been able to win the battle with an overwhelming advantage. His goal wasn't just to pass through the first round, but to become one of the top sixteen. His final goal was squeezing into the queue of the top eight.

However, he faced a wall. A desperate wailing wall.

Why is your sword so nimble?

Why are your actions so skillful?

Don't get me wrong! You're just a village girl!

Lin Feng's opponent was the girl who had received the black-haired maid's first strand of hair. Even she herself didn't know her own name. The villagers told her that she was a kid they had brought back from the wild, so they called her "Xiao Cao" (Little Grass). She liked this name because her life was similar to what the name meant. No matter how bad the environment was, she still grew sturdily and tried her best to live.

The village she lived in was a poor village in the lowest area of White Lotus Sword Domain. Everyone had a hard life. No one could easily fill their belly all the year round. As an orphan, she knew how hard it was to survive in the world. From four years old, she had begun to help other people. When she was five years old, she had to go to the forest to catch little bugs to fill her belly.

As time went by, sixteen years had passed. Xiao Cao had become the only first rank swordsmaiden in the whole village, becoming the only glory of the villagers. To such a poor village, a first rank swordsmaiden was already monumental, to the degree that it could be recorded into the village’s pedigree.

With the villagers' blessings and expectations, Xiao Cao had walked a long way alone. Finally, she had hitchhiked a kind noble girl's carriage, coming to the examination place. She had never learnt any sword skills systematically. Compared to Lin Feng who had been trained as an elite from his childhood, she should not have been at the same level as him.

Xiao Cao had clearly understood this even before she saw her opponent. Her journey should have stopped here. This was an opponent she couldn't beat. She had seen the haughty Childe's battle before the test. Even his weapon and his sword skill were both something she could never obtain.

If Lin Feng was a towering tree, then she was a supple grass stalk. But that isn't the reason for me to give up. At any rate, I have obtained a lucky charm from the black-haired girl, didn't I?

With this faith in her mind, Xiao Cao brandished her sword. Then the situation was reversed. After she brandished her sword, Xiao Cao suddenly found that the world seemed to have changed.

Why was her body so light?

Why was her heart so peaceful? Shouldn't she feel nervous to the extent that her heart would explode?

She felt that something was growing inside her body. It was a seed. The seed was taking root and sprouting, releasing a mysterious power in her body. Time seemed to have slowed down. At first, Lin Feng's sword should have been sharp and unstoppable, but now, Xiao Cao just felt that his moves were flawed. Not only that. She also had a hunch about where Lin Feng's attack would come from and what his stance would be.

She felt as if she had fought with Lin Feng over a hundred times and had known everything about him.

Was this the power of the lucky charm?

With this incredible feeling, Xiao Cao followed her instinct to brandish her sword.

"Ding!" Lin Feng's sword suddenly stopped.

Xiao Cao's sword straightly hit the sword skill's flaw, blocking Lin Feng's sword!

Chapter 76: The Girls

"Impossible! That's impossible! You're a monster! How can you break my Fierce Wind Sword?!" Lin Feng shouted in anger. He had almost gone mad.

Yes, that's impossible. Absolutely impossible. How can a village girl know of his Fierce Wind Sword so well? This was his family's ancestral sword skill!

Even though his family was just a small branch of the Lin family, the Fierce Wind Sword was a sword skill that could be practiced till the hero rank. It represented the Lin family's history and glory.

You're just a village girl! How can you know of the Fierce Wind Sword's weakness?!

No, she wasn't just simply aware of his weakness. It looked like she had predicted his every move. His every single move and charge had all been nullified.

"..." Xiao Cao also wondered why she felt so familiar with Lin Feng's sword skill.

When he held the sword and moved his shoulders, she knew that he would execute his Fierce Wind Sword.

When he jumped back and charged, she knew that his next move was the Line Drive.

When he drew back his sword and lifted his chest, she knew that he was going to start the triple attack.

She didn't know the reason. She just knew what he was going to do, as if they had fought each other over a hundred times. So much, that she had remembered all his instinctive moves.

If it wasn't because she was just at the first rank and her reaction speed was slightly inferior to Lin Feng’s, the battle would have already finished within the first three rounds. Even though there was a gap between their strength, she could predict Lin Feng's every move. The battle was one-sided.

To everyone's shock, the person who had the upper hand wasn't Lin Feng, but Xiao Cao.

"Ding!" Xiao Cao's sword wasn't fast nor powerful. However, she could always find Lin Feng's weakness at the crucial moment.

Xiao Cao's sword skill was like the breeze and the swaying grass. She wasn't fast, but also not slow. Sometimes, she even purposely avoided head-on confrontations, keeping her steady attack mode.

Before launching an attack, prepare your defensive.

Before you win the match, never be conceited.

She was like a common little grass stalk, taking root and sprouting. Now matter how bad the environment was, she would keep growing. Her sword skill was a mortal's sword skill, the most unpretentious sword skill. However, at this time, the little grass seemed to have obtained a bit of incredible spirituality. Due to this, the battle was overturned.

"Fierce Wind Triple Attack!" Lin Feng was angry. He performed the sword skill that he had planned to use in the quarterfinal.

He held his sword with both hands! That was dangerous! Xiao Cao instinctively realized that she couldn't block the attack, so she immediately took three steps backwards.

Cutting Thorn!

The cold sword blade almost touched Xiao Cao's forehead. Lin Feng's attack had almost reached the limit of mortals.

Swallowing the Moon!

A moon-like cold sword light spread out in the air, tearing up the edge of Xiao Cao's skirt, exposing her healthy skin.

Just then! Xiao Cao had seen it! She had seen the future a second later!

The last attack of the Fierce Wind Triple Attack: Swift Slash.

It was formed by brandishing a sword hundreds of times and it would never stop before the user beat down the enemy. It was Lin Feng's last and strongest attack! However, before launching the attack, he had to perform a special action to draw back his sword in order to burst out his fierce-wind-like will and spirit, then brandish the fierce-wind-like terrible sword.

She couldn't block the last attack. That was the core of Fierce Wind Sword, and the base leading to the higher realm of the Lin family's traditional sword skill. It was an attack that had reached the 3rd rank at that very moment.

This was the source of Lin Feng's confidence, his base to make him squeeze into the list of the top eight. This was his trump card, making him invincible amongst all the 2nd ranked swordsmen. As long as he didn't meet the three 3rd ranked Childes: Childe Yun He, Childe Si Nian, and Childe San Quan, he had the confidence that he could win every fight!

Unfortunately, something had happened to his opponent, Xiao Cao.

Charging!

As Lin Feng was going to brandish his sword, Xiao Cao moved. For the first time in the test, Xiao Cao used all her strength without reserve.

Xiao Cao focused all her mind on the sword. She had never been so focused, for an unknown voice was telling her in her heart, that this brandish would bring her victory!

"No!" Lin Feng shouted with despair as he saw her sword aiming at his only weakness. One second! He only needed one second! After that, his terrible continuous attacks would smash the unknown village girl!

The twin witches were holding the test. They would stop him before he really killed her, but his victory was doomed. The girl was just a village girl. How could it be possible that she could block his strongest attack?!

After he had learned this sword skill, he had never performed it in front of others. He thought that he could catch his enemy off guard with this surprise attack.

However!

How did you know that I would use this sword skill?! Lin Feng shouted in his heart.

In his Fierce Wind Triple Attack, the only weakness would be exposed at the moment he drew back his sword!

"Chi!"

Xiao Cao's sword straightly stabbed at Lin Feng's heart.

Red blood sprayed into the air. The feeble feeling of suddenly losing too much blood made Lin Feng kneel down. His Fierce Wind Sword naturally stopped.

Gradually, his eyes closed.

...

"Arrghhh!" Lin Feng shouted, waking up from his nightmare with his body breaking out in cold sweat.

"Young master! The young master woke up!"

"Thank god! You scared me!"

"I... I'm not dead..." Lin Feng looked at his heart. There was a light scar, and his clothes had also been ripped to shreds. He was really only a step away from death.

No wonder that he would have that nightmare.

"No, you're not dead. Before the girl stabbed you, you had been teleported to another place by the twin witches."

"That was really breathtaking. Fortunately, you're still fine, my young master."

Fine? Could this be called "fine"?! Lin Feng looked at the black scar with a nasty look.

"Don't mind it, young master. The test was too abnormal!"

"Yes, that was too strange. Not only you, the other Childes were also defeated."

"Childe Li Wei and Childe Luo En had also been defeated by the girls."

Lin family's servants immediately told him the freak event that happened in the test to comfort him.

"Have Li Wei and Luo En been defeated?" Lin Feng showed a weird look on his face.

The White Lotus Sword Domain didn't have too many noble families. Therefore, the noble families knew each other very well.

Childe Li Wei and Child Luo En's ancestors were from the Western God's Domain. Their families had complete legacies which weren't inferior to his Lin family's legacy. He always regarded them as powerful opponents.

They... Had the girls also defeated them? Gosh! They were just a group of girls who were only at the first rank!

What was wrong with the world?!

Chapter 77: Yun Xi's Seeds

On the Sword Palace's platform, Red Lotus showed an uncommonly seen smile, "I've seen many good girls in this test. Yes. Their sword skills are very nimble."

Hua Huo nodded but she also looked a little confused. The girls' steps were nimble, their pre-judgement was accurate, and their sense of timing was exquisite. However, that made them feel familiar to her. These girls' sword skills did not look like those from the White Lotus Sword Domain, but a bit like her style. That was natural. Looking at the two girls who were fighting each other on the stage, Yun Xi couldn't help but slightly twist the corner of his mouth, because the girls were using his seeds.

"Master, are you satisfied? Finally, your ability has been awakened!" Mei'er's soft voice appeared behind Yun Xi's ears.

Yes. Just now, when Yun Xi presented his black hair to these girls who were eager for luck, some switch suddenly turned on in his brain. It wasn't the system's power, but his own power. It had naturally awakened. The Starchild's Love System finally showed a small part of its secret to him.

"Detect a target. Locking... excellent adaptability.”

“Detect a target. Locking... normal adaptability.”

“Detect a target. Locking... wonderful adaptability.”

“Start a link to them!"

Yun Xi could clearly see one thread after another suddenly appearing amongst the girls who had obtained his black hair and himself. The threads were invisible and impalpable, but they did exist, joining together.

He didn't know why the threads suddenly appeared. They looked very like the thread between Hua Huo and him, but the threads were much smaller and thinner. They looked as if they would break at any time.

"Capturing the first target.”

“Capturing the second target.”

...

“Capturing the thirty-seventh target.”

“Identifying the medium. Screening the targets. Finding the first eligible person."

The first chosen person was the girl named "Xiao Cao", the freckled girl who obtained Yun Xi's first strand of hair and had a very ordinary origin. Her "adaptability", was "excellent". She was a very outstanding girl amongst all the girls.

After a few seconds, similar prompts appeared in a rapid sequence.

"Finding the second eligible person.”

“Finding the third eligible person."

In order to reach this small town, the girls had taken the trouble of traveling a long distance. They were all excellent girls, otherwise, they wouldn't have the confidence to take part in the test. In that case, all these girls naturally passed through the examination.

After that, something fantastic happened. Even though this wasn't the first time Yun Xi had seen this scene, he still felt that it was incredible.

"Releasing the seeds." Yes. The Star System started to help Yun Xi make seeds, then sent them to the girls via the threads. It was like what happened when Yun Xi obtained Hua Huo's seed and the twin witches' seed. These girls obtained Yun Xi's seeds.

Yun Xi's battle experience in the bloody trials, his understanding about the green hippos, the five Tiger Generals, the Childes, the weakened abilities from Hua Huo and the twin witches... They were all poured into the girls' bodies together with Yun Xi's seeds.

They were Yun Xi's greatest treasures. In this fantastic way, they turned into seeds and entered the girls' bodies. After that, a wonderful thing began to happen. According to the difference in their physiques and practice methods, the girls' bodies immediately found the most suitable part from Yun Xi's seeds and started to absorb them.

Because they were just at the first rank, most of them chose the Quicksilver Motion (weakened version), Yun Xi's understanding about sword skills (weakened version), and Yun Xi's battle experience.

After that, things started to develop in a weird direction. After obtaining Yun Xi's seeds, the girls performed much better than normal. They kicked the Childes' asses, making them wail like ghosts and howl like wolves. The excellent girls like Xiao Cao, were even able to beat down the 2nd ranked Childes.

The first round of the entrance test had almost finished, and the girls around Yun Xi had almost all passed through the first round.

Only Yun Xi hadn't start his fight yet.

"So... the seeds... Can I make them by myself?" Feeling the links amongst the girls and himself, Yun Xi had a queer expression on his face.

"Of course. After all, Seed of Soul was an ability invented by you! In the past, you often chose to learn unknown abilities by using this method. Master, you're still too weak now, so the stars will help you find high-level seeds in order to help you become stronger. Master, after you become strong, you can secretly choose your target by yourself.”

“Sharing seeds is also an ability you invented. The more people you're linked to, the more you will benefit. The girls who have your seeds can offer their understanding and experience to you, helping you improve your seed. As long as the number of seeds isn't beyond your control limit, you can link with as many people as you want."

Mei'er's explanation finally let Yun Xi understand how unusual his past life was. He could even create such powerful soul magic in the past. Starchild. It looked like it was a career that was good at soul magic.

"Oh right, are there any disadvantages to the girls?" If possible, Yun Xi didn't want to involve other people in his private matters. What had happened just now was just an accident.

"The disadvantage is that if you are dead, the seeds will lose their efficacy. There are no other problems. On the contrary, if you can keep growing, their seeds will also be updated with new data from you. You will offer them more power and experience. This is your special ability, the perfect soul magic. It's amazing!”

“So, don't hesitate, master. As long as there are suitable candidates, just link your seeds to them! When your seeds are all over the universe, that will be a magnificent scene!"

After hearing that the seeds wouldn't have any adverse effects on the girls, Yun Xi let out a sigh of relief. At any rate, he hadn't made any unforgivable crimes.

"Hey!" On the stage, the last girl swordsman defeated her powerful opponent. She grasped the lucky charm both hands and showed a bright smile to Yun Xi.

En... The seeds didn't have any disadvantages...

Chapter 78: Black Flying Swallow

Finally, the first round of White Lotus Sword Palace's entrance test was going to come to a close.

Outside of everyone's expectation, the female swordsmaiden camp bursted out with an amazing fighting capacity. Almost all of them had defeated their opponents and broke into the second round test. They even defeated famous children such as Lin Feng, Li Wei, and Luo En. Their combat gains were way beyond everyone's imagination. However, their record would end here because the last person stepping onto the stage was one of the three Childes, Childe Si Nian. And his opponent, was the only 2nd ranked female swordsman in the female swordsmen camp, the mysterious black-haired maid named "Mei".

"Cheer up, Childe Si Nian!"

"Please get revenge for Childe Lin Feng!"

"Crush her! Show your masculinity to the girls!"

Childe Si Nian had stepped on the stage. He raised his head and lifted his chest, looking at Yun Xi with his sharp eyes. "I have to admit the fact that you're pretty strong, but sorry, the test will only have one winner, and that winner is me."

"..." Yun Xi was speechless. Before the fight began, Childe Si Nian had already claimed his victory. After a while, Yun Xi said, "Well… hope you will teach me more."

"You're welcome. I know as a girl, you're pretty good to be a 2nd ranked swordsmaiden at this age. You're also probably very good at sword skills, just like these female swordsmen before. However, that isn't enough to defeat me. I'm not like those children who're lacking practice," Childe Si Nian said, then twisted his neck.

His body let out a successive burst of clear sounds. That meant that he had developed his muscles to their current limit. Childe Si Nian was indeed unlike other children. His bloodline was from the Western God's Domain and his height was taller than any other person there. His strapping body was about two metres tall. His four limbs were slender but strong. His muscles were so compact to the extent that they were going explode at any time. Besides, his sword was a sophisticated two-handed blue heavy sword from the Western Thunder Army.

He looked like a natural general or hero in a fairy tale. He was even taller and stronger than the Five Tiger Generals. His strength was the well-deserved number one amongst the three Childes.

Yun Xi clearly remembered that when he killed Childe Si Nian in the trial, the soul he dropped was even slightly larger than the soul Childe San Quan dropped, although Childe San Quan's comprehensive strength was the strongest amongst the three people.

Compared to the female swordsmaiden, his physique had given him a great advantage. Well, he was probably even stronger than the green hippo. After remembering all the enemies he had seen, Yun Xi decided to regard Childe Si Nian as a slim green hippo with strength united. After all, the green hippo didn't have any weapons. In terms of quality, Childe Si Nian's two-handed heavy sword was even better than the two-handed sword Hua Huo used to slay the fiery male dragon.

"Three. I need only three attacks to defeat you. This isn't a place for a girl's House Game!" Childe Si Nian arrogantly pointed his three fingers straight up, claiming his victory to Yun Xi.

"One!" Child Si Nian shouted. His whole body heightened and his muscles tensed up. After that, he turned into a 2.5 metre tall giant and started to charge towards Yun Xi.

Along with his steps, his strength also became more furious. The stone bricks under his feet were all tramped down as if he was a running giant. He was coming! Although Yun Xi had killed Childe Si Nian once in the trial, however, he had the help of the Crane Wings Twin Swords at that time, so he still didn't know a lot about the three Childes’ hidden abilities.

However, Yun Xi had also thoroughly remoulded himself after that. While  holding his sword in his hand, Yun Xi felt extremely bellicose. His blood was so hot and crazy, it was as if it was burning.

This... This was the Killing Princess's legacy!

In his mind, some voice was resounding, “Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Make everything bloody! Let the blood flow all over the earth, the sea, and the sky! Only killing is the supreme goal. Only blood can satisfy the desire in your heart. Release all restraints! Kill every enemy!”

What... a... dangerous... legacy...

If Yun Xi hadn't obtained Hua Huo's seed and the twin witches' seed, he probably would have been conquered by this bloody desire, becoming a killing machine. The Killing Princess's legacy was really too dangerous. It wasn't a power any ordinary people should obtain. It was very likely that the person who inherited this bloody desire would gradually become insane and uncontrollable as he became stronger and stronger.

At this time, Hua Huo's talent and the twin witches' spiritual talent played a pivotal role. The two seeds helped Yun Xi control the bloody desire, and turned it into his motivation, temporarily increasing his speed and physical functions.

The cold sword blade reflected Yun Xi's face. He was so calm and beautiful. His black long hair appeared moonlight-like with mysterious lights. That was the Killing Princess's gorgeous appearance, attained once she appeared on the battlefield.

At this moment, time seemed to have become slower than normal. No, time didn't become slow. It was Yun Xi's thinking speed, blood flow velocity, and neural reaction speed becoming faster than usual under this mode. Hua Huo's talent helped Yun Xi get used to the high speed, performing the Killing Princess's true ability.

I have seen that! You would use "that skill"!

Yun Xi raised his head with his black hair blowing in the wind. He gazed at the figure who was launching a leap attack at him. As Yun Xi expected, the methods used may vary, but the principle was the same. The skill you often used in the trial... was your strongest skill!

Yun Xi stood on his tiptoe. The next moment, he also jumped up in the air.

"Ha ha, you're bringing about your own destruction!" Childe Si Nian raised the corner of his mouth.

His attack was fierce as always. He never needed defence or a route of retreat. No matter who the enemy was, he always launched a direct attack. Not too many people in the world could block his leap attack. Suddenly, he felt his body becoming cold like a cube of ice. His eyes also lost sight.

Why did he suddenly see a swallow flying across the sky?

What was... that?

In countless people's eyes, a black swallow unbelievably streaked across the sky, brushing past Childe Si Nian’s side. Before Childe Si Nian fell down to the ground, the black swallow had disappeared in the air.

"Bang!" Childe Si Nian's face was heavily smashed onto the ground. With three wounds on his back, he laid down on the ground, his body unmoved.

"En, a perfect Flying Swallow Sword, Mei!" Hua Huo's face was wreathed with smiles as she clapped her hands. As she had thought, the "Killing Princess" was indeed a greatsword legacy that was suitable for her Little Xi!

Chapter 79: I've Got You in My Sight

In the noble families’ camp, Childe Yun He's defeat caused an uproar amongst all the people. No one had expected that as one of the three Childes and as a man whose bloodline was from the Western God's Domain and had superhuman strength, Childe Si Nian would be defeated in the first round of the Sword Palace's entrance test.

He was at the 3rd rank. He was a 3rd ranked swordsman! Even amongst all the 3rd ranked swordsmen, he was at the top level. If he said that his physical strength was the number two amongst all the candidates, then nobody would dare say that he or she was the number one.

The "Three Childes" wasn't just a false reputation. They won this honor through their actual battle record. However, what did they see? One sword. Yun Xi just brandished his sword once, and Childe Si Nian had been defeated.

It was so easy but incomprehensible. Many people hadn't even seen what had happened. Childe Si Nian had been teleported away by the twin witches. The three bloody wounds on his back claimed his failure. As two people who had clearly witnessed what happened, Childe Yun He and Childe San Quan were dumbfounded.

Everything had just happened in one second. If one divided that one second into ten parts, then in the first three parts, Childe Si Nian was gathering his strength, preparing to use his strongest "Leap Attack", the fourth and fifth part were the mysterious black-haired maid's turn. In the face of Childe Si Nian’s attack, she also jumped up. The next one tenth of a second was the most important part. Including Childe San Quan and Childe Yun He, no one understood how she could have done that. She didn't directly block Childe Si Nian's slash, but somersaulted in the air, then brandished her sword. She brandished her sword so nimbly and untraceably as if she had a pair of wings on her back. She just jumped up, somersaulted in the air, and brandished her sword, then she had won the battle.

It looked like her speed was suddenly accelerated by ten times. She seemed to not even be in the same spacetime as Childe Si Nian. From the seventh part to the tenth part, everything had become meaningless, because Childe Si Nian had been defeated.

"Strange! That was too strange!" Childe San Quan frowned.

She had such wonderful sword skill and such nimble body movement... How could she be a civilian! No civilians would have the chance to learn such a fantastic sword skill!

"Where is that maid from?" Childe Yun He was annoyed. As a local person, he had never heard about this maid who suddenly appeared.

This was bad! Should I use them? Childe Yun He glanced at his Crane Wing Twin Swords with an irresolute look.

The twin swords were his trump card. He had the confidence to use them to defeat any 3rd ranked swordsmen. However, if he used them, he was afraid that his score in the eyes of the twin witches would reduce. After all, the twin swords weren't his own strength.

"Yun He, it looks like we should get serious," Childe San Quan said as he waved his fan sword. His eyes were sharp like a viper that was staring at its prey. "It's time to show these civilians the true power of our noble families."

"Oh, Childe Si Nian was really unlucky. I know that his sword has some hidden abilities," Childe Yun He sighed.

They were noble families' children! They had more means than their own strength. Unfortunately, Childe Si Nian underestimated his opponent too much. Before he could use his hidden abilities, he had been defeated. When you needed them, you should decisively use them. Why were hidden abilities called "trump cards"? Because you could use them at the crucial moment to turn the tide of battle!

After walking off the stage, the girls greeted Yun Xi with cheers.

"Mei, good job!"

"You're the strongest! Your lucky charm is really effective!"

"Oh my god, he is Childe Si Nian! Although he is a little stupid, but his strength is really strong! Mei, you're so awesome!"

"A 2nd ranked female swordsman defeated a 3rd ranked swordsman! This was the first time I saw that!"

"Mei, you surely can join the Sword Palace. Thanks to your black hair, I feel that I suddenly have a deeper knowledge about sword skills!"

"Yes, me too!"

"And I!"

"I thought that I suddenly became strong, so that wasn't my illusion!"

The girls smiled and twittered like a flock of swallows. They almost started to dance around Yun Xi. However, Yun Xi looked a little confused.

Why was Childe Si Nian in the real world weaker than the Childe Si Nian in the star trial? He used that attack without any thoughts... Did he look down on me? Besides, shouldn't there be another strong person? Yun Xi remembered that terrible archer in red who had killed him dozens of times in the trial and almost made him doubt his own ability. Wasn't the archer in red a candidate of the Sword Palace's entrance test?

Yun Xi was lost in thought. He didn't notice that the relations amongst the girls and himself had become better, the threads amongst them also became more solid.

"Dammit! I haven't even used my true ability!" Childe Si Nian quickly recovered. He punched the ground angrily, with his eyes filled with tears.

How could he expect that the black-haired maid's attack would have been so unpredictable! And why did you know my Leap Attack so well?

Childe Si Nian had a feeling that the maid had seen through his every single attack!

What the hell was all that about?

...

On the hilltop, about three kilometres away from the exam area, under a tree, a white-haired person in red watched the exam area. The person slowly raised a black bow, aiming at something.

"Cock-A-doodle-Doo!" A white pigeon flew towards the archer in red from a distance and landed on the person's ragged cape. There was a roll of white paper on one of the pigeon's legs, a letter.

"Act according to our plan. Wait for the sign. If you think it's necessary, you can act autonomously. Still aim at the same target."

The archer in red nodded, then casually tore the letter to shreds.

"Sniff! Sniff!"

Some strange wheezing came from under the archer's feet. If one took a good look at the ground under the archer's feet, one would find that it was abnormally dark red, like some big monster's scales.

"Cock-A-doodle-Doo!" The pigeon spread its wings, flying to the sky again.

"Still... have to wait for a while..." The archer in red's voice sounded hoarse like his throat had been burnt. The archer in red raised his long bow again. By using his "Eagle Eye", he observed the test.

The target his "Eagle’s Eye" locked onto was on the Sword Palace's platform, the location where the twin witches were!

Chapter 80: Victory! Victory!

On the stage, the second round of the Sword Palace’s entrance test had begun.

Victory, victory, and victory!

"Cheer up!"

"I will win!"

"Oh gosh, I really won!"

After obtaining Yun Xi's seeds, the female swordsmaidens defeated their opponents like splitting bamboo. At first, the noble families' children and civilian swordsmen were dismissive of the powers of these female swordsmen. But now, they knew that they were very wrong. Almost all the female swordsmen had entered the third round.

Only two female swordsmen were defeated by Childe San Quan and Childe Yun He, the two strongest men amongst all the male swordsmen. Apart from this, three female swordsmaidens had also been defeated because their opponents were also female swordsmaidens who had obtained Yun Xi's seeds.

Even the female swordsmaidens themselves couldn't believe their successive victories. Before the test began, they had estimated in their hearts. Only a few female swordsmaidens had had the confidence to enter the third round. As for other people, they could only pray for their luck. However, the record they had achieved now was so incredible. Even they themselves felt that it was unbelievable.

Their hearts were filled with excitement and joy. Even the five female swordsmaidens who had failed were also pleased about their own improvements. Without any previous arrangement, they all paid their attention to the mysterious black-haired girl - Mei.

Even though Yun Xi thought that what he did was undetectable, but the instincts of the female swordsmen told them that "Mei" was the initiator.

The tale was true!

The strongest female swordsman.

The girl who had the most beautiful black hair.

The people who obtained that girl's black hair would obtain luck!

Is this an illusion? Why do I feel that everyone's eyes are so weird? Yun Xi thought in his heart. He had a strong feeling that the threads between him and the girls were becoming solid. The invisible threads were sending the girls’ experience and understanding about sword skills to him.

It was even faster than Yun Xi's expectation. He had begun to receive their seeds' feedback.

Childe Si Nian's failure wasn't an accident because what defeated him was Yun Xi's Flying Swallow Sword. He hadn't completely mastered his Flying Swallow Sword in the trial, but now, he was able to use it perfectly.

The nimble, flying-swallow-like attack was called "The Swallow Returns". It was more terrifying than Flying Swallow Triple Attack and could let Yun Xi turn around and brandish his sword in the air. At the very moment Yun Xi jumped up, he had performed a "Quicksilver Motion". By using his body's compatibility and flexibility to the limit, he turned around in the air. This was the principle of "The Swallow Returns". At that instant, Yun Xi overcame the rules of gravity, turning himself into a flying swallow, then beat Childe Si Nian down with one brandish.

"The Swallow Returns" was the strongest skill Yun Xi had learnt after he practiced the Flying Swallow Sword to its limit. Visually, it almost broke the limits of the human body structure. In the mortal rank, if you could use it, it also meant that you had almost been in an unassailable position. This was the power of Flying Swallow Sword (perfect version).

Yun Xi had learnt "The Swallow Returns", which also meant that he had combined Quicksilver Motion and Flying Swallow Sword together perfectly. He was only a step away from being able to learn the "Sky Flying Sword". The reason why he had reached this level so fast was due to the female swordsmaidens. Their experience and understanding about sword skills helped him a lot. Although the small town was so unknown that it wasn't even marked on any maps, however, the girls had still come from a long distance to take part in the test. In this, none of them were weak.

Although none of them had reached the 2nd ranked, but that was due to their physical quality. When it came to talent, many of the female swordsmaidens weren't inferior to the noble families' children. Maybe a girl's experience and understanding about sword skills could only help Yun Xi a bit. However, there were thirty-seven female swordsmaidens. A change in quantity lead to a change in quality. Finally, their experiences helped Yun Xi open the door to the perfect version of the Flying Swallow Sword.

Especially the first girl who had obtained his hair, Xiao Cao. Her special willpower and resilience were crucial to Yun Xi's success. Her experience helped Yun Xi remedy his last weakness: Willpower. After wandering between death and life so many times, Yu Xi had understood the Flying Swallow Sword very well, and Hua Huo's seed let him learn it easily. However, Yun Xi still lacked the most basic sword skill experience.

In his limit practice, he had brandished his sword over one hundred thousand times in a short time in order to increase his experience of basic sword training. However, Xiao Cao didn't have the same experience as Yun Xi. She had learnt her sword skill from the most basic part, bit by bit. She hadn't had the help of the Green Hippo's Blood Seed like Yun Xi. With her own willpower, she had practiced the most basic sword skill countless times, which was far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Her persevering, staid sword skill style was mastered after brandishing her sword over one million times. Similarly, other female swordsmen had also practiced their basic sword skills very diligently. The reason why they were still at the first rank was only because their physical qualities hadn't met the requirement to become a 2nd ranked swordsmaidens. However, Yun Xi had learnt his sword skills from actual battles. He was lacking theoretical knowledge. Their experience of basic sword skills covered this shortage.

"Mei, it's your turn!"

"Your opponent is Childe Snake Bones. Cheer up, you can defeat him!"

"Humph, he is just a 2nd ranked swordsman, how can he defeat Mei? Don't worry too much!"

Childe Snake Bones? He was really an old acquaintance. Yun Xi took a light breath, then held the sword in his hand. He still remembered that Childe Snake Bones was the strongest person in the stone soldier army and the person who had killed him countless times in the first district of the formal trial.

"We meet again," Yun Xi stepped on the stage, then smiled to Childe Snake Bones.

"Again? Have we met before?" Childe Snake Bones held his sword and looked at Yun Xi with a serious look, as if he was confronting a formidable enemy.

"Well, yes. You were really 'enthusiastic' at that time," Yun Xi raised his sword.

To be exact, Childe Snake Bones had killed him many times. His Snake Bones Spirit Sword was the first spirit weapon Yun Xi had obtained. Large drops of sweat were dropping down from Childe Snake Bones' forehead.

Why? They both were at the 2nd ranked. Besides, his weapon and physical strength were obviously better than the mysterious black-haired maid. However, when he looked at the maid, he felt that he was looking at a nightmare.

No! I can't go on like this! I should strike first to gain the initiative!

Childe Snake Bones moved. His Snake Bones Soft Sword turned into a freaky shadow snake, twisting its body and biting at Yun Xi. However, Yun Xi only felt a little nostalgic. How many times had I been killed by that? Yun Xi thought in his heart.

Yun Xi's steps were as weird as the Snake Bones Soft Sword. He whipped his sword like a whip, swaying the Snake Bones Soft Sword away. Everything was so natural. The Snake Bones Soft Sword had a special ability to confuse its enemy's visual sense and positional sense. However, it had no effect on Yun Xi.

"Chi!" Till Yun Xi's sword stabbed into his heart, Childe Snake Bones still refused to believe that his unique skill had been broken.

Why did you know that place? That was the only weakness in my attack!

Because I had been killed by "that attack" over a hundred times! Yun Xi answered in his heart.

Chapter 81: Instant Kill

After the end of the second round, everyone surprisingly found out that there were nearly thirty female swordsmaidens entering the third round. In the past, they were like ornaments in the people's eyes. No one had expected that they could seize nearly 30% of the quota.

"That's just bullshit!"

"Impossible! Impossible! Someone come tell me that this isn't real!"

"When did the female swordsmaidens of the White Lotus Sword Domain have such brilliant sword skills?"

If the result of the first round could be regarded as a coincidence, now, two rounds had finished and about 30% of the victors were female swordsmaidens. No one believed that it was a realistic result.

According to the past record, most of these female swordsmaidens shouldn't have even passed through the first round of the entrance test. After two rounds, there should only be a few female swordsmaidens still remaining on the stage. If it wasn't because the White Lotus Sword Palace often intentionally recruited a few girls to balance the sex ratio of the new disciples, it wouldn't be surprising to discover that none of the female swordsmaidens had passed through to the second round.

In the mortal rank, males had greater advantages in physical quality over females. Only until the hero rank would this situation start to change.

"Humph. Don't look down upon us!"

"We're not weak! Besides, our lucky goddess is blessing us!"

Several vivacious female swordsmaidens made faces at the male swordsmen camps. However, their youthful faces also looked a little confused. It seemed that this test was really different from the past. They were all hard working female swordsmaidens. They could easily feel the difference when they brandished their swords. Their physical qualities had not been strengthened. However, when they stood on the exam area, they would naturally enter an excitable state. In this state, their steps would become nimbler and the speed of brandishing their swords would also become faster. The most important thing was their fantastic pre-judgement ability. They felt that they could see through their opponent's moves before their opponents even started moving.

For the first time, battles became so easy for them. They even began to enjoy the process. They felt as if their swords suddenly had souls. These were the only words they could find to describe their changes. Due to that, their mediocre sword skills had a sudden but massive change.

"We've really become strong."

"En. I also feel like that. You’re not in an illusion."

"I felt that I suddenly understood many things."

"It must be the effect of Mei's lucky charm. Thank god."

The girls were immersed in the joy of becoming strong and peeped at Mei from time to time. The more frequently they looked at the mysterious black-haired girl, the more active and vibrant the seeds in their hearts would be. They felt that something was growing in their hearts, waiting for the right time to break through the soil.

"Mei..." Xiao Cao offered Yun Xi the most basic sword skill experience and had the strongest bond with Yun Xi. Her behavior was most obvious. She had brandished her sword over a million times. Even if she faced death, she had the confidence that her hands wouldn't shake. But now, she crossed her two hands together with a shy look.

"En? Only my Quicksilver Motion hasn't reached perfection?" Yun Xi didn't realize that the girls were looking at him enthusiastically and shyly. He was focusing on continuing to improve his sword skill. His Flying Swallow Sword had reached its perfect version. If his Quicksilver Motion also reached perfection, he would be able to practice Hua Huo's most terrifying sword skill: Sky Flying Sword (10% version).

Yun Xi had been looking forward to practicing this god-like sword skill from a long time ago. Even though he could only learn its 10% version, that was still enough for him to be invincible amongst mortal rank people.

Soon afterwards, the sword master's voice came from the Sword Palace's platform.

"The third round begins!"

"Number eleven VS Number thirty-six!"

"Number forty-seven VS Number thirty-five!"

The girls came back to earth from the joy of passing through the second round. Now, they stepped onto the stage again. However, their eyes looked more confident. Their steps had become lighter. Every girl secretly took a glance at Yun Xi before they stepped on to the stage, then their eyes brightened up with confidence.

“I can win!”

“I must win!”

“Because we are blessed!”

After that, they crushed all their opponents. At first, the people still felt surprised, as their bodies shivered. Finally, they became callous, with their bodies stiff like wood and their mouths opened wide. They witnessed the girls defeating one male swordsman after another with their own eyes.

Amongst the first rank swordsmen, no one was a match for them. Even these 2nd ranked male geniuses were also defeated. Their failures were so fast and unexpected, which even made them start to wonder about the meaning of their lives. Childe Yun He was the only one who still remained as the last honor of noble families' camp. His Yun He Sword Skill was so exceptional that he blocked his opponent's every attack and successfully passed through the third round.

At the end of the third round, Yun Xi met another old acquaintance. Childe San Quan, the strongest in personal strength amongst the three Childes. He had three careers, he was a swordsman, taoist priest, and alchemist at the same time, and had the spirit weapon "Five Animals Fan Sword".

"I know you're the initiator. You caused this whole change. What did you do?" Childe San Quan waved his fan sword, staring at Yun Xi. Especially at Yun Xi's chest and his flawless black hair. After that, he looked down at Yun Xi's feet and his exotic black dress.

"Well. Very well! I haven't seen such a high-quality maid in a long time. Do you want to come and swear your loyalty to me?"

Who do you think you are?! Yun Xi looked at him with disdain. Amongst the three Childes, you're the most cunning and frivolous person. In the trial, you always looked down upon other people. If Hua Huo didn't remind him, Yun Xi would think that Childe San Quan was the hidden boss amongst the three Childes. But in battle, he was actually impressive to the eye but of no use.

No matter if it was the mysterious archer in red or Childe Yun He, they were actually stronger than Childe San Quan. Only Childe Si Nian wasn't likely to defeat him very easily because Childe Si Nian was too honest and didn’t know how to deal with tricks. The best way to defeat Childe San Quan was to beat him down before he used any underhanded tricks.

"Shuffle!" Yun Xu used Quicksilver Motion to increase his speed. His running was graceful like a sheep on the prairie, making him instantly cross dozens of metres.

"Well, it may not a bad idea. Let me play with you for a while. You will soon understand the true power of our noble families..." Childe San Quan waved his fan sword and started to deploy some stuff on the exam area.

At the next second, he saw a flying swallow.

Chapter 82: Air Battle Sword Skill

Mortals had no idea about what an "air battle" was. Humans weren't birds. They didn't have wings. Even if a mortal rank person had strong muscles like Childe Si Nian, after gathering all their strength, that person would only be able to jump a few metres. The hang time was so short that the person could only do a few things within that period of time, for instance, launching a Leap Attack. Therefore, as long as a person was still a mortal, no matter what that person's career was, be it a swordsman, alchemist, taoist priest, mage or knight, that person wasn't likely to know a lot about air battles.

However, amongst all the mortal rank skills, the Flying Swallow Sword was one of the few skills that could let its user launch an attack from the air. Of course, one could do that only after they could use their Flying Swallow Sword perfectly and Quicksilver Motion skillfully.

Yun Xi had met both requirements, in which case, he could temporarily get rid of the weight and restrictions, turning into a swallow and fly to the sky. Therefore, when Childe San Quan was still secretly dropping his "little tricks" onto the exam area, he suddenly saw Yun Xi jumping up into the air and avoid all his traps.

His mind went blank. This wasn't what he had expected! In order to defeat this unknown black-haired maid, he had tried his best. After stepping onto the stage, he had begun to place traps around the exam area by using some sneaky methods. However, even though he had three careers - taoist priest, alchemist, and swordsman at the same time, he hadn’t expected that a mortal rank person could have such amazing bodily movement and a nimble flying aptitude.

The world seemed to have slowed down at that moment!

"No!" Childe San Quan could think three times faster than ordinary people. He tried his best to activate all his traps. One transparent thread after another bounced up from the ground. If Yun Xi had rushed into that area, he would have faced inevitable death. These threads extended from the Five Animals Fan Sword. They were pretty sharp, such that they could easily slice a green hippo to pieces. However, Yun Xi wasn't rushing to him from the ground, but flying to him from the sky. The only place the traps didn't cover... was where Childe San Quan stood!

"Shuffle!" That was the sound of wind, but also the sound of a sword.

"Si!" Faintly, Childe San Quan heard the splashing sound of his blood, then he fainted. All the people around the exam area fell silent.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" These people suddenly heard an applause coming from the Sword Palace's platform.

How long had it been since the Flying Swallow Sword was invented by that peerless sword master? Since that time, only a few mortal people could use it.

Yun Xi became a swallow and flew through the air. When he did, killing his enemy was as easy as picking his own pocket.

Actually, that was just an illusion, as he never was a swallow. Due to his powerful leaping ability, body control, and his slender, nimble physique, others would only perceive him as such.

At the mortal rank, only a few sword skills could let the user fly in the air. Many people had practiced this sword skill, however, none of them had achieved success. Many people thought that this sword skill should not be listed in the mortal rank sword skills list. People should wait till they reached the hero rank to then begin to practice air battle sword skills.

However, Yun Xi's "The Swallow Returns" clearly told them that they didn't need to wait till they had achieved the hero rank. They didn't even need to reach the 3rd rank. Reaching the 2nd ranked was already enough, because the Flying Swallow Sword was a sword skill for mortals. Any person could learn it after they practiced their sword skills to the limit. When the sword master created this sword skill, he hadn't reached the hero rank yet.

Fly Swallow Sword was undoubtedly a mortal ranked sword skill. It was a key leading to a higher realm.

"I... I was defeated? What's wrong with that maid? Since she has mastered such a wonderful sword skill, she can directly apply for admission! Why did she come to participate in the entrance test?" Childe San Quan couldn't accept the truth that he had been defeated. Because his throat had been sliced by Yun Xi's sword, he covered his throat with his hands and frantically shouted.

Many people agreed with Childe San Quan's words. Even several Sword Palace sword skill teachers also nodded. They were sword skill teachers. They knew that in order to perform "The Swallow Returns" as a 2nd ranked person, the user must have an amazing body flexibility and great sword talent.

"He is right."

"The maid can use ‘The Swallow Returns’. Her talent is worthy of admission."

"Perhaps her talent is only slightly inferior to that specially enrolled girl, Hua Huo."

On the Sword Palace's platform, Red Lotus smiled, then wrote down the black-haired maid's name on the admission list. This meant that Yun Xi had passed through the entrance test. Red Lotus thought that Yun Xi had showed enough talent, so she didn't need to prove herself by participating in the next knockout round.

After hesitating for a while, Red Lotus added a new name on to the admission list - Xiao Cao's name. Her results were the best amongst all the girls who had obtained Yun Xi's seed.

"Strange... That's too fast," Hua Huo of course knew Yun Xi's exact details, but now, Yun Xi's achievements made her feel confused. A week ago, Yun Xi hadn't even mastered the Quicksilver Motion steps and had just learnt how to breathe in the right way. Why was he even able to use the perfect version of "The Swallow Returns"? What was the talent Yun Xi had awakened?

Besides, when Hua Huo looked at the girls around Yun Xi, her heart kept warning her that something was wrong. Her special ability as Yun Xi's childhood sweetheart launched: Jealousy Radar!

Shuffle! Shuffle! Shuffle! Shuffle! Shuffle! Numerous red points appeared in Hua Huo's mind, which really scared her. Was something wrong with her "Jealousy Radar"? Why did she think that every girl around Yun Xi was her love rival? In their eyes, Yun Xi should be a blacked-haired maid named "Mei"! Why was it that when they looked at Yun Xi, their sights were so fervent? Their faces blushed, their mouths were moist, and their expressions made them look like some shy little rabbits. Everything just showed that they were a group of girls in love.

Yun Xi, what did you do to them? Or on the contrary, did they do something to you? Who could tell her that what had happened between the girls and Yun Xi when she had gone to meet the twin witches?

"No! I can't lose! I'm the strongest!" After seeing Childe San Quan’s defeat, Childe Yun He finally made a decision.

You can fly? No, that can’t be real. The maid should be only able to temporarily stop in the air. What she used are still mortal ranked skills. However, I have the Crane Wing Twin Swords! They are hero ranked weapons that are beyond everyone's imagination.

How could ordinary people know the true power of Crane Wings Twin Swords! I, Childe Yun He, will be the last winner! When my Crane Wings Twin Swords fly to the sky, it will be the time of your death!

Chapter 83: Hua Yue

The penultimate round of Sword Palace's entrance test started. There were over three hundred candidates taking the test. No one had expected that after several rounds of tests, three of the final four people would be female swordsmaidens.

The male civilian's camp had been completely annihilated. Over twenty female swordsmaidens entered the list of top thirty-six. In the quarter final, the girls had defeated almost all the male swordsmen, except Childe Yun He (In fact, there was another male...). Unprecedentedly, seven female swordsmaidens entered the list of the top eight.

As for the noble families' camp, only Childe Yun He was still active in the test. Almost all the noble families turned to support him, placing all their hopes and honor to the only surviving 3rd ranked Childe.

After several rounds of internal battles, two female swordsmaidens stood on the exam area. The first girl was Xiao Cao, a civilian. She had obtained Yun Xi's blessing and had a solid sword skill foundation. The second girl was Hua Yue, an aristocratic miss. She had also obtained Yun Xi's blessing and was good at a gorgeous Western God's Domain's sword skill named "Crossed Sword".

The two girls' sword skill styles were completely different. Xiao Cao was good at basic sword skills, which was even unexceptionable in Yun Xi's eyes. Hua Yue's Crossed Sword was also excellent. She was the strongest female swordsmaiden in this test.

One was a civilian, a poor girl who practiced her sword skill only for standing out amongst others. Another was an aristocratic miss, a gold-rose-like maiden who had received the best education since her childhood.

Xiao Cao's sword was a long steel sword. Its outward appearance was weathered and antiquated. However, it was the best weapon the villagers had purchased from a traveller, and in order to buy it, the villagers had spent all of their money.

Hua Yue's sword was a gorgeous holy crossed sword. Its sword handle was set with a white gold cross, and its sword blade was engraved with beautiful elf-style patterns. It was even more expensive than Childe Si Nian's two-handed heavy blue sword and was a spirit weapon that could be used up till the hero rank.

A civilian and an aristocratic miss. Xiao Cao was as ordinary as a stalk of little grass, Hua Yue was exalted like a rose. They should have been in two different camps. Their appearances had also highlighted their differences. Xiao Cao had light freckles on her face, plus her fallow-coloured ponytail and simple leather armour; everyone could determine her poverty. Although Xiao Cao's face was delicate, she didn’t pay too much attention in dressing herself up. She was just a normal village girl.

Hua Yue wore elaborate silver armor, and every part of the armor had been crafted. It was as perfect as her figure, far above any luxury goods. The silver lines on her armor highlighted her supple breasts. If comparing just one’s figure and appearance, Hua Yue was obviously the winner.

The size of Hua Yue's breasts had shown the desperate gap between them. If there was a way to change breasts into fighting capacity, Hua Yue was no doubt three times stronger than Xiao Cao. However, due to a single person, they were not confronting each other with hostility. They smiled, crossing each other's sword.

"Xiao Cao, if you don't want to lose, try to defeat me with your full strength!" Hua Yue said.

Since Hua Yue's childhood, she had been taught by a famous knight from Western God's Domain. Her Crossed Sword was a very powerful sword skill. Besides, she had the blessing of the fantastic black hair, she was only one step away from reaching the 2nd rank. If no accident happened, she would be one of the few female swordsmaidens who would enter Sword Palace by their own talents.

She had also obtained the miracle appearing in the other girls’ bodies. As a girl who had received the standard sword skill education, she knew the importance of that miracle.

Everything was because of the inexplicable relationship with that mysterious black-haired maid, "Mei".

Xiao Cao had yet to understand the changes, however, she could instinctively master the power of that miracle. Amongst the thirty-seven female swordsmen, she was the only girl who was a match for Hua Yue! Hua Yue wasn't wrong. Amongst the thirty-seven female swordsmen, Xiao Cao's and her talent were the best. Due to this, they had high affinity with Yun Xi's seeds and absorbed most of the seeds' power.

Xiao Cao had learned Hua Huo's basic breathing method. She steadily walked on the road leading to the strongest sword skill. Hua Yue had absorbed the most gorgeous and powerful part of Flying Swallow Sword, which meant that she had learned "The Swallow Returns".

"They... are going to reach the 2nd rank..." Due to the threads, Yun Xi could see Xiao Cao and Hua Yue's growth through his naked eyes. Maybe Hua Yue had more adequate nutrition. In Yun Xi's eyes, her growing speed was slightly faster than Xiao Cao. Perhaps she would be the first girl to reach the 2nd rank.

"I will never admit defeat!" Xiao Cao looked at Hua Yue's chest with envy, then looked at her own flat chest. For the first time in her life, she showed a depressed look on her face. If only sword skill was involved, she could catch up with Hua Yue through hard work. However, chests... the gap between them was hopelessly too wide!

How much milk had Hua Yue drunk that her breasts were so big?!

"Hehe, don't mind it, you're still at the puberty age. After we enter the Sword Palace, I will recommend you some cookbooks that can help you 'become big'!" Hua Yue knew that Xiao Cao would no doubt enter the Sword Palace, so she played up to Xiao Cao and showed a vague gloating in her eyes.

The Western God's Domain's speciality, highland milk, was incredibly expensive. Fortunately, she had inherited her mother's bloodline so that she could absorb the highland milk to get herself into so proud a shape. As an aristocratic miss, she had always tried her best to keep her knowledge, sword skill, and appearance perfect.

"I don't have money." Xiao Cao said and shook her head, then grasped her sword. She was poor. Even if she had money, she would use it to strengthen her equipment and not to enhance her breasts.

"Don't worry. After you join the Sword Palace, the door to a new world will open for you," Hua Yue said.

She wasn't lying. The Sword Palace only recruited talented swordsmen. Once Xiao Cao reached the hero rank, she would have a chance to enhance her breasts. At least, as far as Hua Yue knew, hundreds of God's Domains had posted an inconceivable reward for catching a multi-headed demon dragon. The multi-headed demon dragon's blood was a priceless treasure that could save the poor girl whose breasts were incurably flat. It was said that countless forces had joined up trying to catch that multi-headed demon dragon, but none of them had achieved success. The multi-headed demon dragon was still on the run...

Chapter 84: White Gold Rose

In the sight of the crowd, the battle between Xiao Cao and Hua Yue started. Out of many people's expectation, Hua Yue wasn't the person who made the proactive attack. Xiao Cao seemed to have a premonition. For the first time in her life, she gave up her stable attack style but launched an indomitable, straight attack towards Hua Yue.

Her sword was unpretentious and her thrusting was simple. However, when Xiao Cao brandished her sword, her moves were so pleasing to the eye. Stable. Xiao Cao's moves were extremely stable and her sword skill was as basic as the content in the textbook. This was Xiao Cao's sword. A mortal's sword.

No one had taught Xiao Cao anything. She had mastered the basic sword skill through brandishing her sword millions of times. In that case, she could stand out from the candidates and stand on the stage of the final four.

"Ding!" Hua Yue stepped forward, parrying Xiao Cao's thrusting attack by using her white gold crossed sword. Hua Yue's sword skill was straight and gave the crowd a sacred feeling, because her sword skill was an authentic knight legacy from the Western God's Domain. She had the bloodline of the White Gold Rose Flag in her body. Her teacher was a White Gold knight who was admitted by the Knight God's Domain.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!" Xiao Cao performed continuous thrusts. Without any fancy tricks, her continuous thrusting was just strengthening the most standard thrusting attack again, again, and again, gathering all her strength together to launch a general attack towards Hua Yue.

"My sword skill was invented by Shinra, the legendary White Gold Rose Knight. It is called 'Holy Crossed Sword'," Hua Yue said. She held her white gold crossed sword with both her hands and looked pretty devout. She showed strong self-confidence and inviolability in her eyes. She was different from other noble children because she was a girl who had a true knight bloodline. Her ancient bloodline gave her a tough character and dignified will and helped her practice to her limit.

Xiao Cao's sword skill had nearly reached perfection. Hua Yue's sword skill wasn't inferior to hers, but more balanced and biased towards the knight's creed. If Xiao Cao's sword skill was as wild as a strand of grass, then Hua Yue's sword skill was as steady as an upright cross. Unlike the Flying Swallow Sword, Hua Yue's sword skill was very different from the traditional eastern sword skill style. It was a sword skill from the Western Knight God's Domain.

"My teacher used to say that if I wanted to practice Crossed Sword, then I had to understand the meanings of humility, integrity, compassion, bravery, justice, sacrifice, honor, and soul!"

Hua Yue's will and spirit were rising. She threw out her chest with pride, as if something was growing in her body.

"Eh?" Yun Xi felt it.

Although it was pretty weak, but there was a small seed rapidly growing in the girl's body.

"I will be kind to the weak!  I will be brave against the strong! I will fight all who do wrong! I will fight for those who cannot fight! I will help those who call me for help! I will harm no woman! I will help my brother! I will be true to my friends! I will be faithful in love!"

That was the knight's creed, and their virtue. Every knight would swear these words before they chose their own path.

"In the name of White Gold Rose Bloodline, I choose the Holy Sword!" Hua Yue raised her white gold crossed sword, telling the world her choice.

Red Lotus looked at Hua Yue in surprise. Hua Yue was covered in white lights. Obviously, she was awakening her own bloodline ability. “Isn't that the bloodline oath of the Knight God's Domain? How... Is she..."

"En. She is my older female cousin," Hua Huo nodded.

Although Hua Yue's bloodline was slightly inferior to Hua Huo’s bloodline, the White Gold Rose bloodline was also a top-level bloodline in the Western God's Domain. Many legendary knights were proud of having this bloodline.

Her name "Hua Huo" also had some relationship with Hua Yue's family. After all, their families were allies, and for thousands of years, the two families had had strong connections through marriages.

Instantly, Hua Yue broke the barrier blocking the way leading to the 2nd rank. After she confirmed her own will and swore to be a knight, her power started rising. She immediately broke through the primary stage of the 2nd rank, the middle stage of the 2nd rank, and the final stage of the 2nd rank. Hua Yue's power kept growing till she had almost reached the 3rd rank, then the boiling power of her bloodline finally began to fade away.

Due to her awakened bloodline, her black hair turned gold and her pupils were mixed with a light blue color. That was the proof of her resurgent old bloodline.

"I'm too late..." Xiao Cao sighed. She took the active attack because she had noticed that Hua Yue was going to level up. If she couldn't defeat Hua Yue before that, she would lose.  Unfortunately, she was too late. Now, the gap between their powers would no longer be reduced through skills.

Hua Yue wasn't Lin Feng. Her sword skill was flawless. Besides, she also had the blessing of the black hair.

"Is this... bloodline awakening?" Hua Yue was satisfied with the appearance she saw from the reflection in her sword blade.

The White Gold Rose Bloodline deserved its reputation. As a top-level bloodline from the Knight God's Domain, it would let the owner return to their bloodline origin. Once her hair totally turned gold and her eyes totally turned blue, her bloodline awakening would finally be complete.

"Holy Crossed Sword... Flying Swallow Sword!" After awakening her bloodline, Hua Yue immediately performed the sword skill she had learnt from Yun Xi's seed.

Even if it was for catching a rabbit, the lion would make an all-out effort. Hua Yue knew Xiao Cao's potential better than anyone. She knew that if she didn't overcome Xiao Cao as quickly as possible, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Xiao Cao also reaching the 2nd rank at any time.

Even though Xiao Cao was in an absolutely inferior position, she didn't give up hope and tried her best to struggle to win.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

With a series of crashes, Xiao Cao's steel sword issued a cry-like sound. In the face of Hua Yue's white gold crossed sword, the steel sword had been unable to hold on any longer. Finally, Hua Yue won the test after she shattered Xiao Cao's steel sword.

"Ha ha ha, I said before that a village girl can't be that strong! Just as I thought, the victory belongs to our noble families!" Childe Yun He let out a sigh of relief and laughed after seeing Hua Yue's victory.

Chapter 85: Their Seeds

No, you're wrong. In fact, Xiao Cao's talent was much better than Hua Yue’s. Yun Xi shook his head as Childe Yun He laughed. At this moment, the two girls' seeds had appeared in his body. At the moment Xiao Cao's sword was shattered, a seed had appeared in her body. If Xiao Cao's sword had been tougher, the battle wouldn't have ended so fast. In that case, the final result would still be uncertain.

Now, Yun Xi absorbed the two newborn seeds into his body through the invisible threads between the two girls and himself. Yun Xi himself also didn't expect that he would obtain the two girls' seeds in such a short period of time. He couldn't see any traces of any new seeds being born in the other thirty-five girls' bodies.

Xiao Cao and Hua Yue both were just at the 2nd rank, therefore the rank of their seeds weren't high. As a person who had higher power, their seeds didn't have any secrets in Yun Xi's eyes.

Hua Yue's seed:

Holy Crossed Sword (proficient): This is a knight's sword skill from the Western White Gold Rose Family. It was beloved amongst knights and people with evil intentions were unable to learn it. It was a pre-skill of a high-level sword skill: Holy Spirit Crossed Sword.

White Gold Rose Bloodline (partly awakened): a high-level bloodline from the Western White Gold Rose Family. It can help the owner become a natural knight and offers a noticeable increase in the owner's strength and holy power.

As a 2nd ranked seed, it was pretty excellent. It was even better than the 3rd ranked monster green hippo's seed. Besides, it was the first low-level seed Yun Xi had seen that contained the bloodline from another god domain.

However, although Xiao Cao was defeated due to a bad quality sword, her seed had more amazing properties.

Xiao Cao's seed:

Mortal's Sword (perfect): The person who held this sword had practiced the mortal's sword skill to the limit. In that case, the person was able to learn any high-level sword skills two times faster than ordinary people.

Mind's Eye (incomplete): A kind of insight learning from practice and exercise. It could help the owner analyse the environment and catch the tiniest opportunity to reverse the situation.

Combat Intuition (partly awakened): This ability could help the owner analyse the battle trend and respond to it in advance. At any time, the owner of this ability could use 100% strength.

Persevering Heart: The grass-like girl had a persevering heart. It could help her open the door to a higher rank.

This was too powerful. After seeing the properties of Xiao Cao's seed, Yun Xi exclaimed in his heart. She was like a grass seed, sleeping under the ground to get through the chilly winter. As long as spring came, she would break through the endless darkness and bloom in splendor.

Xiao Cao's seed was just at the 1st rank, however, Yun Xi had seen endless possibilities from it. Amongst all the girls Yun Xi had seen, Xiao Cao’s talent was only slightly inferior to Hua Huo. Undoubtedly, as long as she could keep growing, she would have the chance to reach the hero rank or an even higher rank.

Although it was just a 1st ranked seed, but after obtaining it, Yun Xi felt that the barrier which stopped him reaching the 3rd rank was breaking. This was Xiao Cao's talent, a mortal’s super power. Now, she was still an ordinary 1st ranked female swordsman, but Yun Xi believed that someday, she would become a legend. Of course, Hua Yue wasn't inferior to Xiao Cao. She was also excellent. However, compared to Xiao Cao's amazing talent, she still needed to improve herself.

Maybe their competition would continue for a pretty long time. Hua Yue's bloodline and sword skill were better than Xiao Cao’s. Xiao Cao had a higher learning ability, comprehension, and willpower. They were "Grass" and "White Gold Rose". The two nicknames were really suited to them.

"I lost..." Xiao Cao's eyes were inflamed. She collected the fragments of her broken sword sadly. For the first time in her life, she was defeated in such a momentous occasion and tasted the bitter taste of failure. If her weapon had been tougher... If she could see through Hua Yue's moves earlier….

However, there wasn't any "if" existing in the world. She had been defeated. That was the truth. Moreover, her opponent hadn't used any tricks but defeated her through a fair battle. She shouldn't make her weapon as the excuse. "Fairness" wasn't a word existing on the real battlefield.

"Don't get discouraged. I know you haven't dug out your true power," As the winner, Hua Yue gracefully stretched out her hand to Xiao Cao.

"Next time, you should use a better weapon."

"En," Xiao Cao nodded. She carefully collected the fragments of her broken steel sword and walked off the stage together with Hua Yue.

"Great! You did well!"

"Xiao Cao, how did you do that? Hua Yue's attack... even if it was I facing that attack, I didn't think that I could dodge it, but you parried it!"

"What a pity! If you had a better weapon, you wouldn't lose so fast!"

"I would have lent you my sword if I had foreseen this result!"

The female swordsmen laughed and greeted their return. Everyone sighed for Xiao Cao's failure. Compared to the battle between Mei and Childe Si Nian, and the battle between Mei and Childe San Quan, they could clearly understand and learn from the battle between Xiao Cao and Hua Yue. Everyone had learnt a lot from their battle. Some of them had almost seen the road leading to the 2nd rank.

"Sorry, I lost. I couldn't beat her," Xiao Cao said with a sad look as she nervously walked to Yun Xi. She had also been defeated in the past, but this time, she felt extremely unwilling.

"Xiao Cao, only a person who has tasted the pain of failure can understand the value of victory." Maybe no person in the world had experienced more deaths and failures than Yun Xi. Due to the stars' yandere love, he was slaughtered by the green hippo in the newbie trial, and in the formal trial, the stone soldier army had killed him again and again. At that time, he had almost started to doubt the meaning of his life. Therefore, he understood Xiao Cao's feeling. "Failure is the mother of success. It's not a terrible thing to be defeated. As long as you're still alive, you will have the chance to win."

"En," Xiao Cao lowered her head. After a while, she grasped the fragments of her sword in her hand, flashing a bright smile at Yun Xi.

Of course, she wouldn't be unable to get up after this failure. She was Xiao Cao, a strand of little grass, and grass could grow in any terrible environment. Hua Yue was strong. For now, I couldn't find a way to defeat her. In that case, I should train myself harder. This is the reason why I participated in the Sword Palace's entrance test. Isn't it?

Xiao Cao made a decision in her heart.

Looking at Xiao Cao's smiling face, Yun Xi suddenly blushed. The thread between them was quietly dyed with a different color.

...

"Arrrghhhh!" Hua Huo stared at Xiao Cao and Yun Xi. A terrible feeling was accumulating in her heart.

Is it my imagination? It must be my imagination! Yun Xi, why are you exchanging love glances with that girl named Xiao Cao? You're my great sword maid!

Chapter 86: Blood-stained Skill!

"I'm the winner! Mei, you can't be biased towards her!" Hua Yue's hair had become a beautiful white gold. She smiled, teasing Xiao Cao and Yun Xi.

"Hua Yue..." Xiao Cao crossed her fingers with Yun Xi's fingers, looking at Hua Yue with a slightly hostile glance. Under Hua Yue's white silver armor, her breasts seemed to have become a little bigger.

This was too unfair! Did bloodline awakening have such a benefit? That was too enviable.

For a moment, the atmosphere between them turned strange. They both felt that they were each other’s destined rival.

"Hua Yue, congratulations!" Yun Xi immediately said to resolve the strange atmosphere between Hua Yue and Xiao Cao. From their seeds, Yun Xi had learned that they both were geniuses and had a bright future. Hua Yue had the White Gold Rose Bloodline and Xiao Cao had her mortal's sword. They had just condensed their seeds, but that had shown their powerful talent.

"Thanks. I really didn't expect that the legend was real," Hua Yue threw out her chest. Yun Xi blushed to see his black hair lucky charm swaying between her two plump breasts.

At the same time, Yun Xi found that the thread between Hua Yue and himself was rapidly getting more solid. In Hua Yue's body, Yun Xi's seed was growing up healthy and strong. In Yun Xi's body, Hua Yue's seed was sprouting merrily. The invisible thread was closing their distance.

"Gee... This feeling..." At first, Hua Yue just planned to say something to Xiao Cao, but her face suddenly turned red.

Why? What is this feeling? She felt her chest choking. Was it because the white gold armor was pressing her breasts because they suddenly became bigger?  Her heart was beating extremely fast. She had never felt such an anxious feeling. Calm down! Clam down! I'm Hua Yue, the inheritor of White Gold Rose Bloodline and the practitioner of the Holy Crossed Sword! Keep the eight virtues of knights firmly in your mind! Don't panic!

"Ah..." Yun Xi vaguely felt that some changes had happened to the thread between Xiao Cao and himself; and the thread between Hua Yue and himself. In his mind, the threads were just used to exchange their battle experiences and understanding about sword skills. But now, they were developing towards an unknown path.

As Yun Xi felt confused, he suddenly heard a provocative sound from the stage.

"That maid, come here!"

Childe Yun He finally couldn't retain his composure!

"..."

Hua Yue coldly took a glance at Childe Yun He as if she was looking at a dying frog.

"..."

Xiao Cao also looked at Childe Yun He with freezing eyes after she let go of Yun Xi's hand.

At this time, they were so similar. Not only them. All the female swordsmaidens looked at Childe Yun Xi as if they were looking at a dead man.

"Are you poking fun at me?!" Childe Yun He got angry. As the most famous Childe of this region and the genius who had inherited the Crane Wings Twin Swords, he had never been despised by anyone before.

"Humph!" The girls had no fear of his threat.

Several civilian female swordsmaidens even showed him their middle fingers. "So what?" They said.

"Well! Well! Very well!" Childe Yun He went mad, "Let me show you the true power of our noble families!"

He decided to use his Crane Wings Twin Swords! Right now! Immediately! Even though he knew that the twin swords couldn’t be counted as his own power and he would be teased by others due to it, he had decided to show them as his strongest trump card to teach the maid named Mei a lesson!

The maid was a 2nd ranked female swordsmaiden and was talented in sword skills, and she had defeated Childe Si Nian and Childe San Quan. If compared to them, Childe Yun He knew that his strength was inferior to Childe Si Nian and his power was inferior to Childe San Quan. In that case, he wasn't likely to defeat the maid with great ease.

However, he had the twin swords. They were a pair of spirit swords that were handed down from age to age within his family. Now, their own sword souls had been born and they were only one step away from becoming a pair of artifacts. If he used his blood to control the twin swords, he would be invincible amongst all 3rd ranked swordsmen!

I know you can use an air battle sword skill! In that case, I will crush your self-confidence in the field you're good at!

No one can beat my Crane Wings Twin Swords!

"Let's start!" Yun Xi took a deep breath to adjust his physical condition to the best, then stepped onto the stage with confidence.

"I won't give you the chance to use your Flying Swallow Sword!" At the moment Yun Xi stepped onto the stage, Childe Yun He immediately drew out his Crane Wings Twin Swords from his back and used them to cut his wrist.

He was using his blood to active the twin swords! He was still at the mortal rank. Since he wanted to active the twin swords' flying ability, then he must pay the price.

After seeing how Childe San Quan was instantly defeated by Yun Xi's "The Swallow Returns", Childe Yun He had decided to active the twin swords as soon as the battle between them started.

"Fly to the sky, Crane Wings Twin Swords!"

One sword was male and the other one was female. After being stained with Childe Yun He's blood, they rapidly flew into the sky and shot themselves at Yun Xi.

As Yun Xi had known, the twin swords were really fast and strong! Yun Xi raised his iron sword and stepped back with a straight face.

"Go to hell!" Childe Yun He feverishly sprinkled his blood in Yun Xi's direction.

One, two... Yun Xi remembered and adjusted his steps. He had only one chance. If he failed, he wouldn't have another chance. Come on, Crane Wings Twin Swords! Come to me!

"Chi!" As Childe Yun He rejoiced with wild excitement, the twin swords smoothly stabbed into Yun Xi's body.

"That is..." Red Lotus had prepared to teleport Yun Xi out of the stage and announced his failure, however, at the next moment, a gust of special energy burst out from Yun Xi's body. After seeing this, Red Lotus stopped.

"That's strange. I didn't teach Little Xi this skill. It's too dangerous for him," Hua Huo was dumbfounded after she saw Yun Xi's behavior.

Blood covered Yun Xi's eyes. He felt pain and the similar feeling of linked bloodlines. This time, he caught the Crane Wings Twin Swords in the real world; though not the trial in his dream!

"Kill her, Crane Wings Twin Sword!" Childe Yun He showed a cruel smile. He didn't know why the twin witches hadn't stopped the battle and announced his victory, but he didn't care. In this case, he would catch this opportunity to kill the mysterious black-haired maid, Mei!

Tear apart her four limbs apart and crush her heart! No one had made him feel such panic! He must kill her!

At this moment, Yun Xi opened his mouth, "My blood will dye the ground, flow into the sea and cover the sky! Blood-stained Secret Skill!"

Chapter 87: Obtaining the Twin Swords

We meet again, Crane Wings Twin Swords. For an instant, the twin swords had drained nearly one tenth of Yun Xi's blood. However, he showed no signs of being in pain, but instead looked at the Crane Wings Twin Swords with a smile - although his heart had almost been cut through by them.

"????... Who are you?" Two indistinct voices came from the twin swords. They were the sword spirits of the twin swords. One of the twin swords was male and the other female. After thousands of years, two incomplete souls had been born within the twin swords. This meant that the twin swords were only one step away from becoming a pair of artifacts.

It was said that the twin swords were forged by the legendary craftsman, Ou Zhi Zi's successor. After they had appeared in the world, they were doomed to be embryonic forms of a pair of artifacts. Unfortunately, no one from the Yun He family were as talented in sword skills like Yun Xi. They weren't even able to contact the sword spirits of the twin swords.

Up to that moment, Yun X touched the twin souls in the twin swords by performing the forbidden skill.

"We once fought side by side. Maybe you have forgotten it, but it was a really pleasant memory," Yun Xi said with a yearning tone. He reached out both his hands, grabbing the sword handles in his two hands he drew the twin swords out of his body bit by bit.

"Impossible! That's impossible! What is this happening? Kill her, kill her! Crane Wings Twin Swords! Crane Wings!" Childe Yun He was really flabbergasted as he saw Yun Xi drawing the twin swords out of his body.

They were his family's spirit swords! They were his family’s most valuable treasures! Suddenly, Childe Yun He remembered an old tale told in his family. Long, long ago, when the successor of Ou Ye Zi presented the Crane Wings Twin Swords to his family, he had also left a message. At that time, Ou Ye Zi’s successor and the Yun He family master were very good friends. The Crane Wings Twin Swords were made from the materials they collected together and were the tokens of their friendship.

"The twin swords are my most satisfying work, but my friend, remember, powerful weapons always choose their own masters. When the twin swords become a pair of artifacts, they will have their own souls. If your descendants can't master them at that time, I'm afraid that they will leave your family."

"It doesn't matter. If the Crane Wings Twin Swords think that my descendants are unworthy of using them, they can just leave and choose their new master by themselves!"

“Could it be that... Would it be that…” Childe Yun He shivered as he thought of that possibility.

“No, no, it won’t happen! She is just an unknown maid! The Crane Wings Twin Swords will never accept her!”

Crane Wings Twin Swords were very proud. No one - even if they were hero ranked swordsmen - could control them in the past hundreds of years! After all, they were doomed to be a pair of artifacts!

"Start verifying..." Crane Wings Twin Swords didn't immediately accept Yun Xi like what they did in the trial but began a series of complicated verifications.

"Gender verification... Passing through...

Bloodline talent verification... Passing through...

Adaptability with the twin swords... Passing through...

...

All the verifications have passed through...

Acceptable!

Acceptable!"

Yun Xi heard two similar voices coming from the twin swords. After that, he saw the two sword spirits. The male sword spirit was a boy wearing a taoist priest's robe. His hair had almost grown to his feet. The female sword spirit was a cute girl with two hair buns. She was also wearing a taoist priest's robe. They were twins just like the twin witches. However, they had just been born into the world and hadn't built their gender conception.

This was the first time Yun Xi had seen the twin sword spirits, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"Completed verification. We have waited for you for a long time. We're the Crane Wings Twin Swords. We share the same destiny and will never be parted. Transmit the data: Yun Hai’s Memory!"

The twin swords resonated. One old rune word after another flowed into Yun Xi's mind. Time seemed to turn back at that moment. Yun Xi saw the distant past. He saw the birth of the twin swords. A tall man carrying a big package on his back was hammering the unfinished twin swords.

"Ding! Ding!" A heavy hammer carried sparks and electric lights, knocking on the twin swords.

The place was at the top of the mountains.

"What now? Are you satisfied with the materials I collected?" A man walked on the clouds, leisurely walking towards the tall man. The tall man was several times larger than the man who just came from the clouds. Obviously, the tall man wasn't a human.

"Very good. I think I can make the embryonic forms of a pair of artifacts. Perhaps they will be the most satisfying works of my life. However, I have to tell you that they need time to gestate their souls. I'm afraid that they currently will be of no use to you, Yun Hai."

"I don't mind. In that case, I will leave them to my descendants. Just in time, I was planning to leave my family a heirloom." The man named Yun Hai looked at the unfinished twin swords with a satisfied smile.

"I'm afraid that your descendants will be unable to control the twin swords after the twin swords have souls," The giant man said and shrugged his shoulders.

"Ha ha. If my descendants are so useless at that time, then the twin swords deserve to be free. Very few families can survive in the world for over thousands of years. I will let the twin swords protect them for one thousand years. After that, their fate will depend on themselves. Oh right, we haven't given the twin swords a name. Any idea?" Yun Hai asked his friend, the giant man, who had come from the Western God's Domain in order to collect materials.

"Tulane Twin Swords. How about that?"

"The twin swords will become my family's heirloom! How can they have a western-style name!"

"Well, then... Yin Yang Twin Swords?"

"Your taste is really bad. Sigh, leave it to me… I will name my family 'Yun He'. It means 'leisurely like clouds and elegant like cranes'. In that case, I will name the twin swords 'Crane Wings Twin Swords'!”

“I will seal all my experience and sword skills into the twin swords. After the twin swords have souls and find their new master, I will let the new owner inherit my legacy. I don't know when and where you will see this information. I don't know if you are my descendant, but that doesn't matter. I will show you my strongest sword skill: Yun Hai's Quadrant Sword!"

Chapter 88: Yun Hai's Legacy

"Since you have been chosen by Crane Wings Twin Swords, I allow you to inherit my legacy. Remember, the sea of clouds is shapeless. The secret of my sword skill isn't in the sword but in the heart." (Yun Hai was the man's name, but also meant "the sea of clouds")

Yun Hai stepped on the sea of clouds and started to perform his strongest sword skill.

"This is..." Yun Xi found out that he didn't understand this sword skill at all because he couldn't see any signs that the man named Yun Hai was performing his sword skill. In his eyes, Yun Hai was just casually walking on the clouds without any purpose.

"No matter how many times I have seen your sword skill, it's still so scary," The giant man constricted his pupils as he looked at his best friend, Yun Hai.

Scary? He wasn't even performing his sword skill. Why did the giant man say "scary"?

As Yun Xi looked at them in confusion, Yun Hai had stopped and looked around with a relaxed look. At the next moment, the mountains and the sea of clouds were suddenly torn to rags as if the space itself had become a shredded picture scroll.

Yun Xi finally realized why the giant man had said "scary". Because Yun Hai's sword skill killed nothing but the "world" itself.

...

"Cough!" After Yun Xi returned his mind to the real world, he saw a mad man.

"Give them back! They're my family's heirloom!" Childe Yun He was as hysterical as a lunatic at this moment.

Fail the Sword Palace's entrance test? If he compared it to losing the family's twin spirit swords, that was just a trivial thing! Childe Yun He refused to believe that the Crane Wings Twin Swords that had protected his family for a thousand years, had now accepted a stranger as their new master. Even though he knew the tale told in his family, he still couldn't accept that!

He inherited the name as the current "Childe Yun He". If he lost the twin swords, he would no longer be the "Childe Yun He", but the sinner of his family!

"I can't lose the Crane Wings Twin Swords! They are mine, my precious! You're just a menial maid! How can it be possible that you have better talent than me and are accepted by my Crane Wings Twin Swords? This isn't true! It's just like the nightmare I had last night... Yes, this is another nightmare! Yes, this is a dream, a dream!"

Maybe it was because Childe Yun He was stimulated too much, he remembered a part of his experience in last night's dream. In the dream, he had also lost the Crane Wings Twin Swords, but after he woke up, the twin swords were still on his back. In the dream, a monster had killed him dozens of times, but after he woke up, he was still unscathed.

Ha ha ha, so it is. This is a dream! I'm still dreaming! I won't die in my own dream. I will get my twin swords back! By fair means or foul!

"Give them back!" Childe Yun He fiercely stared at Yun Xi. He opened his hands, making a posture as if he was playing the game "hawk-and-chicken".

Anyway, this is just a dream. I can revive any time after my death. In this situation, I have nothing to fear! And you! You are just an unknown maid! You should be afraid of me! I will pull you down on the ground and punish you!

"Sigh..." Yun Xi shook his head. He remembered the man named Yun Hai. As Yun Hai's descendant, Childe Yun He's behavior was really scandalous.

After finishing the verification procedures, the Crane Wings Twin Swords made melodious sounds and flew to Yun Xi's hand. Although Yun Xi had seen Yun Hai's Quadrant Sword, but naturally, he couldn't perform it because it was a god-like sword skill just like Hua Huo's Sky Flying Sword. They were not sword skills for mortals.

Yun Xi didn't know why Hua Huo could perform the Sky Flying Sword as a 3rd ranked female swordsmaiden. That had broken the rules of the mortal rank. However, Yun Xi's opponent was Childe Yun He, and Childe Yun He didn't deserve to have him use any god-like sword skills.

Flying Swallow Sixfold Attack!

The Crane Wings Twin Swords drew two graceful arcs in the air, cutting through Childe Yun He's body three times. Childe Yun He toppled down to the ground. This claimed the failure of the last member of the noble families' camp.

"This is a dream, a dream! This must be a dream! As long as I use my Crane Wings Twin Swords, no one is match for me! I can kill them all! Ha ha ha ha, I, Childe Yun He, am invincible!"

Childe Yun He sat on the ground and laughed crazily. He couldn't believe that he had lost the Crane Wings Twin Swords, so he regard the real world as a dream.

"Humph. His psychological quality is really bad."

"He is really inferior to Xiao Cao, because Xiao Cao could keep fighting even after her sword was shattered! He doesn't deserve to be called 'genius'!"

"Tut-tut. He looks like a man whose wife had been robbed! What a shame!"

The female swordsmaidens looked at Childe Yun He with disdain. It became the last straw that broke Childe Yun He's self-respect, making him lose his mind completely.

Red Lotus quietly looked at Childe Yun He. After a while, she shook her head and crossed his name out of the admission list.

"His psychological quality is too weak. No admission."

At first, Childe Yun He's name had already been written on the admission list. However, his insane behavior made him lose the opportunity.

Finally, the finals started.

"Mei, I will do my best to challenge you," Hua Yue didn't know the reason why, but when she looked at Mei, she felt her heart suddenly beating faster.

No, I shouldn’t have these feelings! We are both girls! Hua Yue warned herself and repeated the eight virtues of knights in her heart.

Humility, integrity, compassion, bravery, justice, sacrifice, honor, soul, I love you! No, no! I didn't say the last words! There must be something wrong!

Hua Yue blushed.

Humility, integrity, compassion, love, bravery, justice, sacrifice, honor, soul, I love you very much...

Arrghhh! That's not right! What's wrong with me?!

Hua Yue had never felt so nervous. She couldn't even hold her White Gold Crossed Sword steadily in her hand.

"Again... It started growing again..." Yun Xi couldn't stop his sweat from streaming down his face.

The invisible thread between Hua Yue and him was growing and making their relationship closer. Their seeds were rapidly exchanging their experiences about ten times faster than usual. He had seen this scene before, when he and Hua Huo were in the volcano district of the formal trial.

"Shuffle!" Hua Yue drew out her sword. Her thoroughly tempered sword skill was still powerful. The white light on her sword was even brighter than what it showed in the battle between Xiao Cao and herself.

"Big boobs... My enemy..." Xiao Cao whispered. Now, she could only watch Yun Xi and Hua Yue's battle with depression.

"Big boobs... are guilty!" Hua Huo clenched her teeth, staring at Yun Xi and Hua Yue. In her eyes, they were not fighting each other but sending silent messages with their eyes! "Even though you're my elder female cousin... You can't do that!  Little Xi is mine, my precious!"

The volcano named jealousy was going to erupt!

Chapter 89: The Hidden Sword

That's strange. Is she deliberately trying not to harm me?

Yun Xi's Crane Wings Twin Swords and Hua Yue's White Gold Crossed Sword continuously crisscrossed in the air. They had seen through each other's sword skills and moves. Although their battle seemed to be very violent, but actually, it posed very little danger.

Compared to the battle between Childe Yun He and himself, Yun Xi felt that he was actually playing a game now. If he had to describe the difference, that would be the strange atmosphere between them as they attacked each other.

She will perform continuous attacks from the front!

She is going to launch a charge attack!

Oh, this is Xiao Cao's continuous thrusting! Has she learned that?

Yun Xi discovered that he had been wrong. Hua Yue's talent wasn't inferior to Xiao Cao’s. As her White Gold Rose Bloodline awakened, her crossed sword skill was becoming perfect. Compared to Flying Swallow Sword which was nimble and unpredictable, the Crossed Sword unified both attack and defense.

Hua Yue's sword skill was biased towards defense. She preferred to counterattack after making sure of her own safety. In some way, her battle style restrained the Flying Swallow Sword.

Xiao Cao's sword was a mortal's sword that had reached the limit. Hua Yue's sword was a gorgeous and useable Holy Crossed Sword.

"Ding!" Crane Wings Twin Swords and Holy Crossed Sword collided with each other in the air and made euphonious tremulous sounds. They were both hero ranked weapons such that mortals couldn't release their true powers. No matter whether it was Yun Xi or Hua Yue, they both could only use a small part of their sword's powers.

As the old proverb said, "Diamond cuts diamond". This was the best picture to describe their current situation. Yun Xi planned to learn from Hua Yue and practice during the exam, so he didn't use the twin swords’ flying ability, but only used his Flying Swallow Sword to fight with Hua Yue.

In order to repay Hua Yue for her seed, he deliberately became the whetstone for Hua Yue's awakened bloodline, to help her sharpen her Holy Crossed Sword. At the same time, this would also help him improve his own sword skill. After obtaining Xiao Cao's incredible talent, mortal's sword, his last weakness had been offset. This was the best time for him to practice his sword skill.

He met the right person at the right time. This was the meaning of this battle. They had already forgotten that they were having the Sword Palace's entrance test. They had only one goal: to temper their sword skills in this battle.

"Arrghhh! I can't stand it! This is not a battle!" Hua Huo was on tenterhooks. Her jealousy radar was warning her that her big breasted elder female cousin was becoming more and more threatening.

"It's rare to see such a high-level competition. Why should we stop them?" Red Lotus was satisfied with the current situation. She didn't think that she would ever see such a high-level sword skill competition again. Moreover, both sides were beautiful girls.

Look! Even White Lotus was watching their competition with relish. White Lotus's smile was already worth it for her to come to this remote small town to hold the test.

"Prince, you're still so handsome. Star and Moon's Ring, tell me, who is the most handsome and gorgeous prince in the world? There is only one answer: Yun Xi!" White Lotus whispered to her Star and Moon's Ring, then decided the answer with satisfaction.

After Hua Yue brandished her sword for a hundred and thirty times, her full breasts suddenly shook. Her beautiful white gold long hair fluttered with the wind as her holy crossed sword emitted pure white lights in her hand.

The seed in Hua Yue's body had updated itself just now. Yun Xi immediately realized the seed's growth. At first, the property introduction of Hua Yue's Holy Crossed Sword was "proficient", now, the description had become "perfect". Her sword skill had reached the limit of mortals just like Yun Xi's Flying Swallow Sword.

They were both at the 2nd rank and had mastered perfect sword skills. Now, Hua Yue finally had equal power to be Yun Xi's opponent.

"Mei, the following attack will be my strongest attack," Hua Yue tightly held her crossed sword in her hand. She raised her sword in front of her chest and gazed at Yun Xi with a serious look.

"Defeat me with all your strength! I only accept to be defeated by you! Don't say no! I know you're the strongest person amongst all the candidates!"

"I will!" Yun Xi agreed. He knew that Hua Yue was serious. Her sword was straight and proud. There was no room for intrigue in her heart.

"Crossed Sword!"

Hua Yue held her sword with her both hands. The sword blade formed a perfect parallel line with her body, taking the center of her chest as the separatrix. She announced the start of her strongest attack.

"Quicksilver Motion!"

Yun Xi ran on the stage. His feet made ear-piercing screech with the ground.

"Holy Seal!" That was a cross-like light that was beyond the imagination of mortals.

A white halo suddenly appeared in the air and covered Hua Yue's body. Yun Xi had only seen this scene once on another mortal rank swordsman before: his childhood sweetheart, Hua Huo.

Was it a hero rank bloodline ability just like Hua Huo's Sky Flying Sword? In that case… The Swallow Returns!

Yun Xi's sword cut on the cross-shaped holy seal but did no harm. Hua Yue seized this opportunity, brandishing a gust of white sword wind towards Yun Xi. That wasn't a sword wind that any mortals could make! That was the white gold crossed sword's special ability!

Crane Wings! Flying! Yun Xi let the twin swords fly to the sky. At the same time, he drew out the third sword from his waist.

"Ah!" Hua Yue suddenly realized that Yun Xi had a hidden sword.

In fact, Yun Xi didn't hide the third sword on purpose. However, the Crane Wings Twin Sword had drawn everyone's attention. They had almost forgotten that Yun Xi was still holding his original sword.

Yun Xi performed his Flying Swallow Sixfold Attack, breaking Hua Yue's seemingly indestructible Holy Seal and put his sword on her neck.

"I was too careless. I forgot that you had the third sword." Hua Yue said with a smile. Although she was defeated, she didn't look very upset. Well, her Holy Seal seemed to be weaker than Hua Huo's Sky Flying Sword. It seemed to be a strong defence skill that would drain all the user's strength.

Yun Xi calculated the defence of Hua Yue's Holy Seal in his heart and had quite forgotten that he was still putting his sword on Hua Yue's neck. He subconsciously lost control of his sword and unconsciously saw the sword sliding down and pointing to Hua Yue's chest.

"Ah!" Hua Yue blushed. She didn't know why Yun Xi suddenly took liberties with her.

Wh-What is she doing?

Is this some special ritual of this area?

"Bang!" Before Yun Xi returned to earth and realized what a mistake he had made, from the location of the twin witches, a person rushed to him in a burst of anger.

"Let go of my elder female cousin!"

"Hua Huo?!" Yun Xi asked with an innocent look. He still hadn't realized why his childhood sweetheart was so angry.

...

On the hill three kilometers away, the archer in red’s eyes suddenly brightened up as he drew his black bow to its limit.

"Target in sight."

Chapter 90: Elf's Attack

"Hua Huo..." Yun Xi looked at Hua Huo, whose expression was really bad at this moment. His back was covered with cold sweat.

"Mei, you're my maid!" Hua Huo stared at Hua Yue's full breasts and snow-white skin, then looked back at her own chest, having a very sad feeling in her heart. The White Gold Rose Bloodline had quite the superiority in regards to appearance. Once a girl awakened her White Gold Rose Bloodline, she would become a natural blonde girl.

Her skin was so soft and seduced people to bite it. She gave Yun Xi a feeling that her skin would taste like a sweet juice. After all, she was a blonde beauty! That was a pretty rare sight in the whole Sky Sword God's Domain. Yun Xi couldn't stop himself from indulging in the fantasy.

"Gee? Mei, you're Hua Huo's maid? I see..." Looking at Yun Xi's black maid's uniform, Hua Yue saw the light suddenly. In the whole White Lotus Sword Domain, only Hua Huo's family had the ability to train such a perfect maid.

After all, Hua Huo was...

"Yes. I'm Hua Huo's greatsword maid," Yun Xi said with shyness. Although he wanted to take off the cursed maid's uniform immediately, but the threat of the unknown but definitely terrible Apostle forced him to accept this identity.

"Greatsword maid!" Hua Yue was really shocked after hearing this. After all, the greatsword maid's legacy wasn't something inferior to her White Gold Rose Bloodline! The greatsword maid never served specific people, because they were the god’s maids!

In the Western God's Domain, to be a greatsword maid was every maid's dream. How could it be possible that a greatsword maid suddenly came to the White Lotus Sword Domain?! This was the territory of Eastern God's Domain!

"Humph. Not a bad maid, isn't she? I chose her to be my greatsword maid, inheriting the legacy of the third maid, Killing Princess," Hua Huo proudly stood beside Yun Xi. She felt that it was one of her smartest decisions to let Yun Xi to be a greatsword maid.

"She inherited the legacy of the third maid, Killing Princess!" Hua Yue didn't expect that she would see a living legend standing in front of her today. That explained the strange feeling when she saw the black maid's uniform. This wasn't a common maid's uniform! It could be regarded as a hard armour that was made of soft cloth.

She knew the rarity of a greatsword maid and she knew of the value of the legacy Yun Xi had inherited. Every greatsword maid who had a single-digit number had been recognized by history itself. For thousands of years, none of them were mediocre.

Killing Princess was the one who had the most powerful anti-person power amongst the top ten greatsword maids. She also had an alternate name which was less known but bloodier: "Slaughtering Princess".

However, in Hua Yue's eyes, she didn't see any signs that Mei was similar to the Killing Princess. Mei's eyes were so gentle and warm. She did not look like the bloody ruthless princess at all.

...

At the same time, on top of a hill which was three kilometres away from the exam area, the archer in red finally took off her disguise. Under her feet, countless flame particles were lifted off the ground. They dispelled the magic she used to disguise herself and revealed her true appearance.

Unlike what Yun Xi had seen in the stars trial, after taking off her disguise, her figure was more petite than her disguise. She wasn't even taller than Hua Huo. Her pale white hair came down to her back, and her pointed ears revealed her true identity. She wasn't human.

At the center of her forehead, there was a black gem that was inlaid. Her red cloak was covered with dust and scratches as if she had just picked it up from a corpse on the battlefield. Her beautiful amber pupils reflected translucent pale gold. Her black leather armour bound her slightly bulging chest but exposed her snow-white belly without any cover.

At first, she wore a pair of leather boots, but now, they had been burned to ashes by the suddenly rising temperature under her feet.

"Duo… La… Ru… En..." She whispered. A series of unintelligible runes flashed across the black gem on her forehead. That was the order. That was the switch. It removed her disguise and restored her true appearance as a dark elf.

"Target acquired. Trace... on! Extract bloodline power!"

Under her feet, the dark red ground started to heat up. After a while, the rocks melted and the ground became a pool of magma. Her naked feet steadily stood in the pool of magma. Her amber pupils coldly locked onto her target, Hua Huo, who was complaining about her childhood sweetheart's disloyalty.

“Name: Hua Huo.”

“Current strength: the 3rd rank.”

“Bloodline: Sky Flying Bloodline!”

As the dark elf whispered, her killing intent became fiercer. The flames under her feet had also become hotter.

"Ten leaves Alliance, Black Obsidian, starts sniping!"

Along her body, one snake flame after another wriggled up to the bowstring of her black long bow. She didn't nock an arrow on the bow, for the flames were her bullets and her weapons. This was her super power, which had transcended the power of flesh and blood. Similar to Hua Huo, the elf girl was controlling the hero ranked power through her bloodline.

"Shuffle!"

The next moment, a scorching spiral arrow shot high into the sky. Soon afterwards, the second arrow rose to the sky, then the third arrow, the fourth arrow... They locked onto Hua Huo from all angles and directions.

...

"What are those?"

The twin witches were the first two people who recognized the danger. Red Lotus drew out her Red Lotus Holy Sword and White Lotus started to make mudras.

"What?"

"They're coming!"

Hua Huo and Yun Xi were the third and the fourth people who saw the arrows. Hua Huo immediately drew out her long sword.

"Crane Wings! Flying!" Yun Xi ordered the twin swords. He held Hua Yue in his arms and rolled down the stage.

The next second, over ten flame arrows dropped from the clouds. They punctured the twin witches' arcane barrier and still aimed at Hua Huo from all directions.

"How dare you!" Red Lotus reached out her hand. Her Red Lotus Holy Sword released a great amount of scorching aureoles, blocking half of the flame arrows.

"Seal!" White Lotus also reached out her hands. She blocked three flame arrows.

Yun Xi's Crane Wings Twin Swords shot down one of the last two arrows. The last flame arrow was shattered by Hua Huo, who was in a really bad mood now. However, this wasn't the end. They were about to face even more terrifying attacks.

Chapter 91: Hua Huo Goes Ballistic

On the hill three kilometres away, the elf girl was surrounded by flaming particles and the black gem on her forehead reflected the situation on the stage.

"Report. Found outside interference. Computational Error. The probability to complete the mission is reduced to 10%.”

“Warning. The twin witches' combat power is ten times beyond the theoretical rate. Suggestion: Release the male fiery dragon and enter air battle mode.”

"Ten times... combat power..." The elf girl became dazed for a moment after hearing this.

Apparently, the rival camp's combat power that she had observed was far beyond the information that the Ten Leaves Alliance had provided her. She realized that she had made a fatal error in judgement.

"In the name of Black Obsidian, release the seal of the male fiery dragon." The elf girl whispered, with a series of mysterious rune words flashing through her unemotional pupils. A moment later, crimson scales appeared behind her naked feet.

"Grrrrrooooooaaaaarrrrr!" The male fiery dragon had buried its body in the hill for several days and only released a bit of its fire elemental power to support the elf girl in launching the attack. Now, with a world-shaking howl, it broke through the soil. Its howl was so loud that it could even be heard by people ten kilometres away.

"Is it there?" Hua Huo raised her head and looked at the flying dragon.

"Male fiery dragon?" Yun Xi had always been puzzled about why such a hero ranked beast had appeared in his trial. Now, he understood the reason. The monster that was able to slaughter an army by itself was really here and was nearly right under his nose!

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

The second round started. Sixteen spiral fire arrows were approaching Hua Huo. There were more than in the first round, both in number and accuracy.

"Crane Wings! Flying!" Yun Xi had already blocked the spiral arrows once. Now, his actions were more skilled.

The twin swords turned into two lights, flying through the sky and intercepting about half of the arrows. Instantly, they detonated the flame arrows and stopped them from burning the ground.

"Good job, Mei!" Hua Huo rushed towards the male fiery dragon without any hesitation.

"Be careful, Hua Huo!" As the examiners, Red Lotus and White Lotus couldn't leave the examination area, so they could only encourage Hua Huo as her backup force.

The Great Circulation!

"We are the stars shining in the starry sky. As long as our hearts are linked together, we will never apart from each other. Even if we couldn't hold each other's hand, we will still remember..." White Lotus sang a children's folk rhymes which even Red Lotus hadn't heard before, offering the star and moon ring's blessing to Hua Huo. After that, she pretended it to be unintentional, but also offered Yun Xi her blessing.

"I'm sorry, but Hua Huo needs me now," Yun Xi chased after Hua Huo after he handed over Hua Yue to Xiao Cao.

The Crane Wings Twin Swords dropped under Yun Xi's feet and carried him to make a short-range flight. It was fresh for Yun Xi to experience overcoming gravity. However, it was costly. Even though the sword spirits could control the twin swords to launch endless times, but Yun Xi couldn't control the sword spirits endless times.

After all, the Crane Wings Twin Swords were doomed to be a pair of artifacts. As a mortal, to control the twin swords had already drained Yun Xi of too much energy. If it was to control the twin swords to fly into the sky, it would drain Yun Xi of ten times more energy. Fortunately, the destination was only about three kilometers away, that wasn't beyond Yun Xi’s limit yet.

"Find the target. Entering sniping mode." A cold killing intent appeared in the elf girl's amber pupils. She raised her black long bow and locked onto Hua Huo. However, she ignored Yun Xi. Compared to Hua Huo, a 2nd ranked maid was really nothing.

"Grrrroar!" The male fiery dragon opened its wings and flew into the sky carrying the elf girl, then emitted three fireballs from its mouth. Each fireball was filled with terrifying lava. If any of these dropped onto the small town, one-third of the small town would be turned into a sea of fire.

"Hum. You want to run away?" Hua Huo dismissively gazed at the fireballs, which were so scorching hot that they could harm hero ranked creatures. She didn't draw her sword but stomped on the ground.

"Bang!"

An earth-shaking shock wave emerged from the ground and made countless crushed stones fly up into the sky. The stones hit the three fireballs and instantly detonated them, making the hero ranked attack become a magnificent firework.

At that moment, Yun Xi was standing on the twin swords and gliding in the air. He couldn't believe what he was seeing with his naked eyes.

Hua Huo! It's already very incredible to master a hero ranked sword skill as a 3rd ranked female swordsman. How can you also have so much strength in addition to that?! Even if your strength was ten times stronger than the green hippo's, it is impossible for anybody to do this! Are you really a 3rd ranked female swordsmaiden?

"Update the data. Ignore redundant data and lock onto the target. Adjust to trace mode and launch the Phantom Flame Arrow!" The elf girl didn't show any fear on her face after seeing Hua Huo's earth-shaking stamp, but quietly revised Hua Huo's information.

After that, she unleashed the sixteen flame arrows attack again. The sixteen spiral flame arrows fired at Hua Huo from sixteen different angles. This time, the spiral flame arrows had a remarkable change. The arrows’ bodies had become slenderer, but the flames inside the arrows were unabated.

The flames were compressed. She had become stronger!

Yun Xi recognized the archer in red. Although her body was slenderer than her figure in the trial, but her skillful killing technology hadn't changed a bit. She always presented her enemies the most terrible continuous attack. Besides, she had updated her equipment and personal mount.

She hadn't shown her real power in the stars trial. Only when the male fiery dragon and she teamed up could they form the complete combination "Phantom Archer". This wasn't as simple as "one plus one". After having the male fiery dragon's support, her combat power would be strengthened to an incredible level.

If she had appeared in the trial with her current power, Yun Xi would have never crossed the bridge even if he had died ten thousand times.

However, she wasn't fighting against Yun Xi but Hua Huo at this time.

"Dong!" Hua Huo stamped the ground and leapt into the air.

The next second, Yun Xi saw the true Sky Flying Sword!

Chapter 92: Sky Flying Sword

"How dare you harm my Little Xi! You will pay the price for your recklessness!" Hua Huo didn't hide her anger and killing intention. Her blood was flowing at a high speed. She didn't know the reason, but after she saw that Yun Xi was involved, she couldn't stop herself from flying into a rage.

"Burst!" She activated her non-human bloodline ability, which was so terrible that even the Red Lotus Holy Virgin couldn't stop it.

Yun Xi could even see terrible bloody airflow surrounding Hua Huo with his naked eyes.

"Let me show you the true Sky Flying Sword!"

In the face of the sixteen flame spiral arrows, Hua Huo showed no fear. Her blood dropped down from between her fingers, dyeing her sword blade red. At first, the long sword was just a common sword from Sword Palace. After being stained with Hua Huo's blood, it burst out a gust of a fierce and terrible breath which obviously no mortal weapons would have. Then, a ring of light spread out from under Hua Huo's feet.

"Ta!"

For the first time ever, Yun Xi saw his childhood sweetheart flying in the air. The Sky Flying Sword could actually let the user fly to the sky! Once you mastered this sword skill, you would be able to overcome gravity, flying and fighting in the sky.

Stepping on the suddenly appeared light ring, Hua Huo's speed increased again. She broke through the blockade line of the sixteen arrows, rushing towards the flying male fiery dragon.

"Update the data again. The target's combat power has far surpassed the expectations. Adjust the attack mode. Entering air battle mode." The archer in red stood on the male fiery dragon’s back. She controlled the dragon to hover around and dive, and at the same time, she aimed her arrows at Hua Huo with continuous shots.

Spiral flame arrows, multiple spiral flame arrows, and shocking arrows continuously appeared in the air. Yun Xi's nightmares seemed to have reappeared in the reality, and this time, they were enchanted with hero ranked flames.

"That's futile. You will not escape! How dare you attack my Little Xi? I will never let you go, even if you escape to the ends of the world!" Hua Huo didn't know why she was so angry, but when she looked at the archer in red, she couldn't restrain her killing intent.

The killing intent was very inexplicable but also very real. She felt as if she had returned to the moment when she had met the twin witches. Her killing intent was completely baseless, but also profound and unforgettable.

When she met the twin witches she thought that she was oversensitive, but now, her killing intent was undoubtedly aiming at the right target!

Die!

The killing intent was also a pretty new emotion for Hua Huo. Another ring of transparent light appeared under Hua Huo's feet, turning into waves and spreading in the air.

Walking in the air was the Sky Flying Sword’s feature. By stepping on one light wave after another, people who were performing Sky Flying Sword were able to increase their speed infinitely. They could even break into the atmosphere and fly amongst the stars using this method.

The Sky Flying Sword could break all rules and limits. It was a god-like sword skill that could let the user break the law of gravity to fly into the sky. Even creatures with wings such as birds or dragons couldn't overcome gravity. After all, they were still living beings under the atmosphere.

The Sky Flying Sword was faster than birds and stronger than dragons, standing in the sky and hovering over the world.

"All the information... has been overturned… Failure Probability: 100%. Carry out the backup plan." Seeing Hua Huo chasing after her with a speed that was beyond the human limit, the elf girl didn't show any signs of wavering in her eyes but immediately made a decision.

"Grrroar!" The male fiery dragon stopped flying. It opened its crimson wings with feather-like scarlet particles covering both its wings.

The elf girl wasn’t stopping because she didn't want to fly to the higher sky, but because she and the male fiery dragon had had no way to flee. This was the highest the male fiery dragon could reach. The male fiery dragon's weight and strength restricted it to from flying into the higher clouds. Besides, even if they could fly into the clouds, it was meaningless in the face of that "monster", the girl who could sprint in the air infinitely.

The information about Hua Huo and the twin witches that the Ten Leaves Alliance provided her was totally wrong. The team of a male fiery dragon and a phantom archer was far from sufficient to assassinate Hua Huo.

"Grroar!" The male fiery dragon also realized that something was very wrong. It started to prepare its last struggle. The flame particles on its wings started to spread to its whole body. Countless dark red veins appeared on its huge body, and its every breath caused terrible tidal waves of flames around its body.

This was its ultimate skill: Full Force Fire Breath.

"Die!" Hua Huo increased her speed again. She flew to the higher airspace, then inverted her body midair.

Hua Huo's head was under her feet, looking pretty like an inverted cross. She firmly locked onto the roaring male fiery dragon and the archer in red. She really didn't restrain her killing intent because her Little Xi's enemy was her own enemy!

"Sky Flying Sword: V For Cleaving!"

No words could be used to describe her splendid sword skill. It was bright like fireworks. Yun Xi could only watch it from the ground. This was the first time he had seen Hua Huo slaying a dragon in the real world.

Under Hua Huo's slash, the male fiery dragon's great body was cleaved into two.

"Boom!" Before the male fiery dragon breathed out flames from its mouth, it had exploded in the sky, becoming countless pieces of minced meat. Several sword lights flashed through the sky. Hua Huo was still chasing after something.

"Ding!" Something was broken within the dragon's pieces of minced meat. Hua Huo finally stopped. The battle was over. Hua Huo showed her true power in front of Yun Xi and other people. Her magnificent feat of slaying the dragon with one slash made everyone fall into a silence.

Her battle had been beyond their understanding. No matter whether it was the flying male fiery dragon, or Hua Huo who killed the dragon, they were both monsters! In their eyes, Hua Huo was even more a monster than the male fiery dragon!

For the first time ever, Yun Xi saw a real god-like sword skill with his own eyes. Any sword skills that were called "God-like" were recognized by all the God's Domains. The Sky Flying Sword could let the user fly in the sky and slay a dragon at the mortal rank. Yun Hai's Quadrant Sword could let the user cut up the world casually. They both were beyond a mortal’s imagination.

"Hua Huo, you're flying too high," Yun Xi raised his head, gazing at Hua Huo with his sharp eyes. He saw a beautiful blue and white color.

Oh, Hua Huo was wearing blue and white underwear today?

Chapter 93: Inexplicable Sense of Crisis

After chopping the male fiery dragon into minced meat, Hua Huo still stayed in the sky and looked around in confusion. She still didn't know that her childhood sweetheart had seen her underwear.

"What's wrong?" Yun Xi blushed and looked around Hua Huo. However, he didn't find any potential threats.

The unknown archer in red should have been killed by Hua Huo. Because the distance was too far and the archer was riding on the male fiery dragon in the sky, Yun Xi just saw a vague figure that was covered by flame particles and didn't see her detailed appearance.

"That's strange. Where is her body?" Hua Huo was sure that she had hit the target. She could smell blood that didn't belong to the male fiery dragon.

At the last moment, the male fiery dragon exploded and made her lose trace of the archer. The mysterious elf suddenly vanished in thin air.

"Humph, you should feel lucky," Hua Huo murmured. She sheathed her sword and stepped on the transparent light ring, walking back to the ground.

The archer had left. She used some special skill to escape from this area. Compared to the archer's escape, Hua Huo paid more attention to her sudden rising anger.

What was that feeling exactly? When she saw the archer, she couldn't suppress her killing intent and directly launched her Sky Flying Sword. She had never had such a suddenly appearing killing intent before.

"Little Xi! Tell me the truth and you will receive a lighter sentence: What's the relationship between the archer and you?!" Hua Huo lightly fell back to the ground like a feather, then gazed at her childhood sweetheart with a skeptical eye. She had never had such a strong killing intent to anybody. Moreover, the archer was just a stranger. She felt that the mysterious archer in red had done some unforgivable things to her Little Xi.

Compared to the killing intent when she saw the twin witches, this time, the killing intent she had was more violent.

Warning! Warning! Warning!

Danger! Danger! Danger!

She couldn't explain the feeling, but even she had slayed the archer's dragon and had seriously injured the archer, she still felt worried in her heart.

Nee, Little Xi, what's the relationship between the archer and you? Why did I feel a murderous rage when I saw her?

"Me... and her?" Because the battle was over too quickly, Yun Xi had just seen a vague figure that was covered by flame particles.

Compared to the tall archer who had killed him dozens of times in the trial, the figure was too slender and gave him a weird feeling.

How could her slender body draw the long black bow? The bow was even taller than her body! Besides, her spiral arrows were even able to threaten hero ranked people. Obviously, the archer in red was more dangerous in the real world.

"I don't know her. I have never even seen her before." Yun Xi shook his head.

He wasn't lying. He had never seen this elf archer in the real world before. This was a special race and career that only appeared in the Western God's Domain. It was unbelievable to see an elf archer in a remote district like White Lotus Sword Domain.

"Hua Huo, are you in trouble? She was clearly coming to kill you."

It seemed so obvious that the mysterious archer in red was locking on a special target: Hua Huo.

"You're right. She was looking for me." Hua Huo frowned. She had expected that as she showed her talent and power, the shadows of the past would come for her. It was because of her bloodline and identity. At first, she hadn't thought that Yun Xi would be involved before he was eighteen years old, and she hadn't hoped for him to be involved at all. However, she had failed to escape from her past. She thought that she could attain peace for a period of time by hiding in the remote White Lotus Sword Domain, but they had still found this place.

Who were they? The Gold Family, Ten Leaves Alliance, or Emptiness God Church?

Many forces were eager for her Sky Flying Bloodline. Due to "that event", her foster parents took her to the remote White Lotus Sword Domain and let her have ten years of a peaceful life.

Yun Xi was just an ordinary person. He was born in this town and only wanted to run his baker shop. It shouldn't have any connection with him. The red alert of her jealousy radar should be a false alarm. Her Little Xi should have had no contact with the various terrifying forces hiding in the Western God's Domain. Besides, the elf archer had white skin. She didn't look like a dark elf assassin from the Ten Leaves Alliance. But that was strange. The elves of the Elf Forest always took a liking to Sky Flying Bloodline. They were always allies. Hua Huo couldn't make sense of it. Finally, she gave up thinking about it.

She wasn't good at analysing conspiracies. The inheritors of the Sky Flying Bloodline were always the strongest swords, but not strategists.

"Little Xi, congratulations, you passed the test! Let's go to Sword Palace together!"

Hua Huo smiled and imagined the coming study life. She held Yun Xi's hand, then said with a serious look, "Tonight is the last night you will stay in the town. So, I will allow you to say goodbye to them. From tomorrow on, you can't like any other girls!"

Yun Xi looked at his black maid's uniform, then showed a weird smile.

Hua Huo, you forced me to wear this uniform. How will any other girls like me in this case?!

...

"Ca! Cough!"

In the mountains over ten kilometres range, a bloodstained figure toppled down beside a stream. She coughed blood and panted.

"Life state is in danger. Reverse the racial character."

The black gem on the girl's forehead started to release all its remaining magical power to rouse her other bloodline. Her skin started to turn black. In addition to her pointed ears, she was obviously the elf's most hated kin: a dark elf. Her silvery white long hair also had begun to turn grey. This was the dark elf's normal hair color due to having lived in the darkness endlessly.

Chapter 94: The Black-haired Girl’s Legend

The most uproarious celebration - the Sword Palace's entrance test - was all over now. It had really changed the entire small town.

Finally, seventeen candidates had passed the test and had been selected as the Sword Palace's new disciples.

Mei (Yun Xi) took first place in the test.

Hua Yue was the second. As a veritable aristocratic miss, her achievement saved the last shred of honor for the noble families' camp.

The third was Xiao Cao. She was the representative of female swordsmen and civilian swordsmen.

Originally, the fourth should have been Childe Yun He. However, after losing his Crane Wings Twin Swords, he had gone mad, so he was disqualified and his ranking had been replaced by a female swordsmaiden.

From the fifth to the twelfth, they were all female swordsmaidens who had obtained seeds from Yun Xi. Till the thirteenth, a noble swordsman held this position because he was lucky enough to avoid fighting with most of the female swordsmaidens in the test.

Amongst the seventeen selected candidates, fourteen of them were female swordsmen who had obtained the black hair's blessing. This was an unprecedented achievement in the entire history of the White Lotus Sword Palace's entrance test.

Apart from the seventeen selected people, there were also other candidates that had shown amazing power and potential in the test. They had also received an opportunity. These candidates' average level was really beyond everyone's imagination. Therefore, the shortlist had also created a new record.

There were a total of thirty people who got the opportunity to go to Sword Palace. Although when compared to the seventeen selected people, the rest of the people were only recognized as Sword Palace's apprentices, but they still had a chance to become formal disciples.

As the two Childes who unfortunately met Yun Xi, Childe Si Nian and Childe San Quan were both on the shortlist. It wasn't hard for them to become formal disciples, however, they would have to wait for at least half a year before they could achieve that.

Apart from the already selected female swordsmaidens, the other female swordsmaidens were all on the shortlist. This meant that all the female swordsmaidens had obtained the opportunity to join Sword Palace.

Night was approaching. The noble swordsmen and the civilian swordsmen who had passed the test called their friends to hold parties in different places. The civilian swordsmen had a drink at this time. Although they were drinking the cheapest bad wines and eating grilled pig legs, they also drank till all's blue.

From the beginning, very few civilian swordsmen had the confidence to enter the formal admission list. In their hearts, entering the shortlist was already their best luck. After all, compared to the people from noble families, these civilian swordsmen didn't have too many chances to acquire resources and education. That was too difficult for them.

Beside a campfire in the countryside, a group of civilian swordsmen were drinking and boasting.

"Hey, Li, you were really impressive! You have entered the top thirty-two! You were only one step away from becoming one of the top sixteen!"

Everyone was around a 2nd ranked swordsman. He was a civilian swordsman but his name had been fortunately written on the shortlist just like the several childes.

"Ha ha, I was too lucky. These Childes had all been defeated by these little girls. It was really an eye opening experience."

"Yes, they were too strong! I have never seen any female swordsmaidens stronger than them!"

"I think there must be some trick! I know Xiao Cao and had once had a battle with her. She spent one hour to defeat me at that time!"

They were really drunk. Many people started to shout at each other with the smell of alcohol on their breaths. After all, the result of the Sword Palace's entrance test was beyond everyone's expectation. No one had expected that these female swordsmaidens would acquire such an impressive success.

At the same time, the people from noble families were also talking about this in the restaurant. They were eating peacock meat, medium done snow beef, and drinking aged wine. The price of a bottle of the aged wine they were drinking was enough to let the civilian swordsmen hold their dinner party for a whole month.

"Brother Yun, the Yun family will count on you from now on."

"Yes. Your brother is really good for nothing. After losing the Crane Wings Twin Swords, his ambition has been burned to the ground. What the hell is that kind of attitude?!"

Everyone was proposing a toast to the Yun He family's second young master. He was also one of the top-three stone soldiers who tortured Yun Xi dozens of times in the first district of the stars’ trial.

In all fairness, his power was indeed decent. He was only slightly inferior to Childe San Quan, Childe Si Nian, and Childe Yun He. He was also one of the few noble swordsmen who had defeated their female opponents. His name did deserve to be added to the formal admission list.

In the Sword Palace's entrance test, the three childes had all been defeated by the mysterious black-haired maid. In that case, the second young master’s performance was indeed excellent if compared to other candidates from noble families.

Of course, at the end, Hua Yue defeated him. However, Hua Yue was an excellent aristocratic miss that could awaken her White Gold Rose Bloodline in front of everyone. It wasn't a shame to be defeated by her.

They were drinking and talking. Gradually, they began to discuss these female swordsmaidens.

"What the hell had happened to them? How could they be so strong?!"

"Hua Yue is an exception. She does have a natural talent for sword skills. However, what was wrong with the other girls? They are simply some village girls!"

"Can you believe it? I lost to my sister! That was unbelievable! In the practices before we came here, I could defeat her with one hand only!"

"Yes. I know some of those noble girls. I'm very sure that none of them are super geniuses except for Hua Yue!"

They were all drunk, and now, they were all posing questions to their friends and each other. It looked like no matter whether they were rich or poor, everyone was curious about this. Soon afterwards, a rumor started to spread amongst these people.

"I heard that they had obtained some treasures that could bring good luck."

"Can that legend be true?"

"Yes, I saw them receiving the mysterious black-haired maid's black hair!"

"What?! That legend is true?!"

"The maid's black hair can really bring good luck!"

...

"Achoo!" After returning to his room and taking off the maid's black uniform, Yun Xi suddenly felt a cold chill flowing through his back.

Chapter 95: Profess My Love

"I'm back!" Yun Xi gazed at his own face in the mirror and hypnotized himself that nothing had changed. He was still himself, not the greatsword maid "Mei". Well, if he could ignore his flawless skin, black and smooth black hair, and deep eyes, which were so unfamiliar even to himself, nothing changed...

Ok, Yun Xi couldn't keep cheating himself anymore.

The truth was: after obtaining the Killing Princess's legacy, all of him had been transformed. That was a change that happened to his animacy hierarchy, and this was just the beginning. The greatsword maid's legacy was more powerful than Yun Xi's imagination. It had already started to change his bloodline.

"Master, isn't it good to become stronger?" Mei'er was glad to see Yun Xi's change. The stronger her master was, the higher the possibility that he could escape from his ex-girlfriends' deadly chase.

His body of flesh and blood was just like a small container. If he wanted to use his true starchild power, he needed to strengthen his soul to a higher rank. However, if there was a way to make the small container more perfect, that would also be good.

"You don't understand. If this goes on, I'm afraid that something very bad will happen to me," Yun Xi smiled bitterly as he gazed at his image.

A week ago, he was still an ordinary baker. But now, he had to escape from his four god-like ex-girlfriends. Who else could understand his feeling?!

They sent a legend-ranked Apostle to the White Lotus Sword Domain to search for him! Any person who was at the legend rank was strong enough to destroy a whole sword domain! As far as Yun Xi knew, the entire White Lotus Sword Domain didn't have any swordsman who was at this rank!

The strongest people Yun Xi had seen were the twin witches, White Lotus and Red Lotus. They were at the hero rank and their power was already beyond a mortal's imagination. He couldn't imagine how powerful a legend-ranked Apostle would be.

After tonight, he would wear the maid's black uniform again and go to the Sword Palace together with Hua Huo. He must hide his identity and even his gender. In order to escape from his ex-girlfriends' hunting, he must become stronger and stronger in the stars trial by dying endless amounts of times.

Tonight was the last night he would stay in this ordinary town where he had been born and lived for sixteen years. His past dream would be buried after tonight. He wanted to inherit the baker shop and marry one of the town girls. He would have many children, and after he was old, he would tell them that when he was young, that he had had a brilliant childhood sweetheart. He would remember how they met each other, growing up together, and finally getting separated from each other.

In the spring, they would go and see the blossoming of flowers and gather tender leaves in the plains near town. They would make a flower basket and take a walk while holding a flower basket in their arms together.

In the summer, they would take the fishing net to the stream to catch fish and prawns. They would smile and play together.

In autumn, they would go to a secluded valley. He would tell her the story about his brilliant childhood sweetheart under the tree.

In winter, they would sit side by side by the heater, eating oranges together and discussing the development plan of their bakery.

After that, they would have three children. He hoped that there would be one girl and two boys. He would watch them grow up and have their own lovers and lives. Finally, one autumn, his life would end. He would close his eyes with his family members circling around his bed.

That would be a very ordinary life, but that was what Yun Xi hoped for. Hua Huo was his first lover and his favourite girl. However, he knew she wouldn't stay in the small town. She was like the fireworks in the summer, shining between heaven and earth, but would finally disappear from the sky, and disappear from his life.

Yun Xi didn't dare to have any extravagant hope that they could stay together forever. She was the sun, a bright light that could light up the universe. She was the sky, free and boundless. In his eyes, Hua Huo was so bright and so resplendent. Even when Hua Huo displayed her Flying Swallow Sword, her talent was already far beyond his and made him feel that it was unreachable, not to mention that she had displayed her Sky Flying Sword and slayed the dragon with one attack.

"Hua Huo, do you know how good you are?" Yun Xi stood in front of the mirror. He whispered, as if he was saying "goodbye" to his past. "You're as bright as the summer. You're my sun. I want to touch you but worry about your scorching light. You're so glamorous, so beautiful, and so tempting. I never thought that I could stay beside you in the future. I love you, Hua Huo. I like the way you run, the gesture when you brandish your sword, and your face when you sweat. Hua Huo, if I live for only eighteen years, then the ten years I stayed with you will be the greatest treasure of my life."

Yun Xi didn't, and wasn't able to realize that outside of his window, Hua Huo was standing on a transparent light ring, gazing at him with an unbelievable look.

"Eh? Ah? Gee?"

Hua Huo's face was as red as a mellow apple. At first, she didn't trust her childhood sweetheart and planned to eavesdrop on his farewell to other girls. Yet just now, she heard his biggest secret, which she shouldn't have heard, but couldn't stop herself from hearing.

So, her Little Xi also liked her so much. Yes, that was right and reasonable. After all, she was his childhood sweetheart and would be his fiancee! He of course also liked her!

However, the smile on the corner of her mouth exposed the exultation in her heart.

Yun Xi was professing his love to her! Her Little Xi, her unique childhood sweetheart, her most favorite person in the world, was professing his love to her! She won! Ha ha ha, as she expected, the childhood sweetheart was the strongest winner! After all, she was the first! No one could catch up with her!

Ha ha ha! That is great! Today is I, Hua Huo's victory day!

Hua Huo boldly laughed. She couldn't restrain her blood from boiling. Therefore, she stepped on one transparent light ring after another, dashing into the sky. A great amount of vigour was flowing in her body, making her heart beat faster with her face blushing. She couldn't control her passion and had to fly into the sky to unleash her powerful vigour.

Today was the happiest day in her life.

Little Xi, I love you, too. I like the shyness on your face, and the butter bread you specially made for me. You know nothing about my past and the responsibility... my bloodline that is a burden. You don't know how special I am. However, you still like me. You like the purest part of me, the true me. Hence, I also like the pure you, my Little Xi.

No matter whether one thousand years pass, or ten thousand years pass, a promise is always a promise. It will never be changed. The promise of marrying you will never expire.

Chapter 96: The Childhood Sweethearts (1)

Yun Xi opened the window and saw a starry sky. Tonight, the great stars were still shining in the sky. In a bamboo house not far away from Yun Xi's house, people from the noble families were drinking and talking, making the originally quiet small town become noisy.

"It's midnight, 12 o'clock," Yun Xi confirmed the time, then left his room.

Tonight, he had dates with three girls.

At 1 o'clock in the morning, he would go to see El'phyllis, the eldest daughter of the gem store owner in the neighboring town.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, he would go to see Milei, the young lady from the flower shop down the street.

At 3 o'clock, he would go to see Ye Li, the little girl from the cake shop across the street.

El'phyllis was the eldest girl. She was one year older than Yun Xi and often let Yun Xi feel that she was like his elder sister. Milei just moved into the small town a few years ago. She was a little younger than Yun Xi. Ye Li was a little girl Yun Xi often took care of since his childhood. In every sense, she was the cutest girl.

Originally, Yun Xi had planned to marry one of the three girls after Hua Huo left town. Hua Huo was a genius and she wouldn't stay in such a small town. In Yun Xi's heart, he would propose to one of the three girls and spend his life with her.

Of course, this was just his past plan. Apart from the eldest girl, El'phyllis, who maintained a relationship of "We are friends, not two lovers" with him, the other two girls, Milei and Ye Li were just two girls who were close to him.

Well, at least, Yun Xi thought that way. Tomorrow, he would leave the town. He would go to the White Lotus Sword Domain sword tip district, starting a brand new life.

Tonight was the last night he would stay in the town. Maybe he would come back someday, but he knew he was unable to achieve his dream of spending his life in the town till his death on his bed.

He wanted to bid farewell to the town. Therefore, he asked the three girls out to say goodbye to them in different times and different places.

At 1 o'clock in the morning and beside the stream.

"Sorry, I'm late!" A silver-haired girl in a straw hat ran to Yun Xi. She was puffed with a guilty look.

Her eyes were as clear as pure white; her silver hair was hanging down on her shoulders; her white strap dress was dotted with little rubies; her two small dimples were ineffably cute. She was one of Yun Xi's childhood sweethearts, El'phyllis.

Her ancestors had moved their residence from the Western God's Domain to the White Lotus Sword Domain just like Hua Huo and Hua Yue's families had. Even in the Western God's Domain, her silver hair was also proof of a kind of rare noble bloodline.

As the eldest girl of Yun Xi's childhood sweethearts, her skin was as crystal as white jade in the moonlight. She had a slender body and a delicate face. Her eyes were so glamorous. It was said that in the neighboring town, the number of young men who had asked her to marry them were enough to circle around the town for ten rounds.

"Never mind, Phili," Yun Xi smiled and called her by her nickname. This was their secret and only Yun Xi could call her by that nickname.

"Yun Xi, it is so late... what's the thing you have to tell me so late at night?" El'phyllis gazed at Yun Xi with hope in her eyes which made Yun Xi find it so difficult to tell her the news.

"Well... in fact... I... I will leave this town for a period of time..." Yun Xi didn't dare to look at El'phyllis's eyes. Amongst the three girls, she was the most outstanding girl and was of a similar age to him. The most important thing was: She seemed to have a vague favourable impression of him.

"I see. You will go to the Sword Palace together with Hua Huo, right?"

Unexpectedly, El'phyllis had already known the news. That was strange. How could she know? He was using the identity as greatsword maid "Mei" to take part in the Sword Palace's entrance test.

"Hua Huo will go to Sword Palace, but she won't just leave you here. I had already understood this from a long time ago," El'phyllis bravely raised her head with a sad look. Her expression looked like she was going to cry at any time.

"No... in fact..." Yun Xi couldn't tell her the truth. How could he tell her that he would go to Sword Palace as a maid!

"Finally, you chose Hua Huo?" El'phyllis pinched the bottom of her dress with her two hands. She looked as if she was enduring something.

"No, not I chose Hua Huo, but Hua Huo chose me," Yun Xi surrendered. He couldn't just see her that expression and do nothing, so he told her the truth.

"Well... is that true? So... I still have chance?" El'phyllis's eyes suddenly brightened up with excitement.

Yun Xi chose Hua Huo and Hua Huo chose Yun Xi were two different things. They had completely different meanings. If it was the former, she would have no chance. If it was the latter, there was still hope - Even if it was just a negligible possibility.

She would never admit defeat till the last moment! She would never give up till the last second! As the proverb said, "She who laughs last laughs best". She hadn't been defeated! Hua Huo gained an advantage, but the battle hadn't ended yet. At least, she hadn't had any leverage.

"Phili..." Yun Xi found that he couldn't understand what she was thinking. Her expression looked strange.

From tomorrow on, they would have no chance to meet each other. Thinking of that, Yun Xi's heart was full of sadness. However, at least, he could do the last thing for her and the others. This was the only thing he could do for them before he left the small town.

"Mei'er, prepare the seed." Yun Xi spoke to his star elf in his mind, then started to use his special ability. This was the only and unique spiritual ability he had after he obtained the Starchild's Love System. He wanted to give her his seed.

"Detecting target. Wonderful adaptability. Starting to link the target."

As Yun Xi had expected, since Hua Yue and Xiao Cao could have an excellent adaptability with him, then as his childhood sweetheart, El'phyllis shouldn't be an exception. Yun Xi's seed entered El'phyllis's body without any difficulty. However, Yun Xi suddenly found something strange in her body. It looked like a mist-like thing that was protecting a part of her body.

Yun Xi was puzzled. However, at this time, El'phyllis stood on her toes and softly kissed his mouth.

Chapter 97: The Childhood Sweethearts (2)

El'phyllis's kiss was more serious than at any prior times before. It wasn't a game. It was a declaration. Even though she knew that her rival was Hua Huo, she wouldn’t give up. She was Yun Xi's most intimate person other than Hua Huo.

She was about the same age as Hua Huo and had a more matured mind. Her appearance and temperament were also not inferior to Hua Huo’s. However, as a girl of the nobility, she didn't even have any betrothal with anyone. That was a pretty strange thing, especially in the White Lotus Sword Domain.

As far as Yun Xi knew, the suitors she had refused were ten times more than the people Hua Huo had refused.

"Yun Xi, remember, don't give up. I will find some way to help you!" El'phyllis held Yun Xi's hands tightly. She really didn't want to let him go.

Finally, as Yun Xi gazed at her with amazement, she ground her teeth, then determinedly turned around and ran away.

"Ah... Gee... What did she mean...Did she know something?" Yun Xi stood beside the stream like a wood pile. He was confused and didn't know what had happened.

...

After leaving Yun Xi’s sight, El'phyllis had a long walk. Finally, she stopped with an apathetic look. At the same time, her temperament suddenly changed. That was absolutely not some temperament that a daughter of gem store could have.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" One ruby after another dropped down from her dress and fell on the ground, turning into ashes.

"Curse you... Why did I fail?! Hua Huo, you’re really my enemy! Sky Flying Bloodline? Is that the reason that you can have everything wonderful in the world? I'm the person who loves Yun Xi the most!" El'phyllis showed undisguised hostility. She slightly showed her other face at this time.

"Calm down, my little girl. You shouldn't have privately ordered Black Obsidian to assassinate Hua Huo. You knew that she was no match for Hua Huo," An old voice suddenly came from the shadow behind El'phyllis.

"Then what should I do? She is going to take Yun Xi away! Only Yun Xi, only he... I don't want to let him go!" El'phyllis bit her handkerchief looking like she was going to break out into weeping.

At first, it was just a simple mission. She only needed to watch Hua Huo. The Sky Flying Bloodline legacy had a bearing on many people's lives. However, as the aristocratic miss of Ten Leaves Alliance, the first time she used her privilege wasn't for the bloodline but for an irrelevant ordinary boy.

"Sigh... I will keep this a secret from the alliance, but you should give up on that boy as soon as possible. After all, he is just an ordinary person and you have the Mist Bloodline. He can't hold a candle to you."

"No! I don't want it! This is the first time in my life that I'm so eager for something. Even though my rival is Hua Huo, I won't give up! Even though he is just an ordinary person, I want him to be my thing! Don't persuade me. Let's go back to the Western God's Domain and hold the Great Ritual of the Mist Bloodline!" El'phyllis's eyes were so firm. She had made the decision, and no one could stop her.

"Sigh..." Finally, the old figure in the shadow sighed.

“If at that time Yun Xi had agreed to marry El'phyllis, that would be the best case and nothing would happen after.” The old figure thought in his heart.

As the first successor of the first leaf of Ten Leaves Alliance and the owner of Mist Bloodline, El'phyllis was so weak at dealing with her love. Perhaps this would become El'phyllis's greatest regret in her life.

...

At 2'clock in the morning and on the meadow beside the town.

"You're late, brother," Milei opened her mischievous eyes wide, looking at Yun Xi running to her in a hurry.

She was a twelve-year-old girl. She had golden hair and a pair of purple eyes. Her soft lips were as red as rubies, striking and eye-catching. Her smooth golden hair fell on her slender shoulders like a waterfall, making her look like a princess from a fairy tale.

Yun Xi remembered that her name "Milei", was also a goddess's name in western mythology, and Milei herself was as graceful as her name, having a princess-like temperament.

"Sorry, something happened," Yun Xi was still confused about the last words El'phyllis said to him. After all, he had once considered her as his fiancee candidate. If he hadn't awakened his ability as the Starchild, after Hua Huo left town, he would probably have married her when he was eighteen years old.

"Let me guess. You went to see El'phyllis, didn’t you? Look, these are her jewel powders, let me help you get them off of your clothes. She always uses them to make a mark. If Huo Huo sees them, she will be angry."

Milei's expression of "I have seen through everything" made Yun Xi feel pretty embarrassed. She was really a naughty girl, but she was also a considerate girl. This was her advantage and glamour. It was really fun to stay with Milei. She never lacked patience to listen your troubles and comfort you with a smile. Yun Xi often had a dissonant feeling that she didn't look like a 12-year-old girl but was more matured.

"Well... in fact... I'm going to..." Yun Xi said haltingly.

However, before he finished his words, Milei shrugged her shoulders and said what he was going to say, "You will leave town with Hua Huo. Am I right?"

Why did you know it? Yun Xi was dumbfounded. Why had Milei and El'phyllis both known about it?!

"Ha ha, don't look at me like that. It isn't a surprise to guess that Hua Huo won't just leave you here," Milei climbed up the tree branch and gazed at the western horizon. "In fact, I will also leave here. All these years, I've been really happy to have you staying with me. It's so fantastic and wonderful, just like a sweet dream. However, no fond dream doesn't have an end, and my dream is going to finish. For the last time, can I call you 'brother' again? This is my last hope as your childhood sweetheart."

"Of course, Milei..." Yun Xi was touched. His childhood sweetheart was still so considerate.

"Well, brother!" Milei jumped down from the tree with a sweet and naughty smile.

Ah, so this was your plan!

Yun Xi softly hugged Milei's slender body in his arms. For the first time, Milei behaved so wilful. The girl in his arms was so light. Yun Xi could barely feel her weight.

"This... really is a nice dream..." Milei whispered and leaned her head on Yun Xi's chest.

"Brother..." Yun Xi held Milei in his arms, treating her like a princess. Milei leaned her forehead against Yun Xi's chest and emitted a sweet groan.

"Peng! Peng! Peng!" Looking at Milei, Yun Xi couldn't stop his heart from pounding.

Why did El'phyllis and Milei both look different today, but also cuter than usual? They were hinting something at him.

"Milei... I..." Yun Xi opened his mouth and tried to say something, however, Milei's lips made him swallow his words.

"Eh... Ah..." Milei emitted a cute sound. Her face blushed like an red apple.

This wasn't a playful kiss. It was more meaningful. Milei said nothing, but Yun Xi had understood her pure purpose.

"I really want to have this dream forever... brother... My Brother Yun Xi!" Milei showed a lonely look on her face, then left Yun Xi's arms with sadness.

"For the first time in my life, I fell in love with someone, and at the same time, I met my lifelong friend. The two joys overlapped together and the double joy brought me more and more joy. I really had a fantastic, happy time. However, why does every sweet dream have to end? This dream was really too fantastic."

Yun Xi stroked his lips. This was his second kiss this night. Why had his childhood sweethearts suddenly become so proactive? Was it because of Hua Huo?

"Sorry. I disappointed you, brother. But sometimes, your thoughtful Milei also has her own problems," Milei gazed at Yun Xi's confused face, then smiled lightly.

"Since it's a dream, then... I don't want to let this sweet dream have an end! For the first time since I was born, I want to keep something and have something. Even though that means that I have to fight against the strongest person who is loved by the world. Brother, I have made a decision."

Decision? The strongest person who is loved by the world? Milei, what were you saying?

Yun Xi didn't understand. He shook his head and stopped thinking, then reached out his hand and stroked Milei's hair. He began to make a seed for Milei.

"Detecting target. High adaptability is detected. Starting the link."

Since they were doomed to leave each other's life, then the last thing he could do for them was to share his seed with them. In that case, maybe they still had a chance to meet each other someday. However, things went just as they had when Yun Xi put the seed into El'phyllis's body. He felt something strange in Milei's body.

It was a golden light, very warm, and bright. After his seed entered Milei's body, it was immediately covered by the warm golden light and passed a very comfortable feeling to Yun Xi through the link.

"Ah..." Milei groaned. She looked around in confusion, then moved her eyes to Yun Xi.

Could it be? Did she find something?

The warm golden light seemed to like his seed, which he made by using his star power. It had completely absorbed his seed.

"Brother, I’m going to leave. But don't worry, we will meet each other again soon after, and I will let you feel surprise at that time!" Milei gently raised the corner of her dress, making an old etiquette, then kissed Yun Xi's hand.

"Ah. I believe you will become the most beautiful Princess Milei at that time!" Yun Xi blessed for his childhood sweetheart, the fragrant Milei.

...

Countless flowers were blossoming on the ground. Countless golden sunflowers were emitting splendid golden lights to the floating golden palaces in the sky. Every golden petal was singing. They were praising the return of the great princess. They were eulogizing the great history of the Golden family.

In the sky, one solar prism after another were refracting bright sunshine on the floating old palaces, to remind all the members of the Golden family a thing: Their great princess had just returned. She had just opened her eyes from her deep dream.

Due to her return, the world had the sun's blessing again. In an old, golden palace, a girl was sleeping in a crystal coffin that was covered by golden petals. Now, she slowly opened her eyes. Her skin was as white as snow, her eyes were as clear as crystal, and her pupils were as blue as the sea. For she had slept for such a long time, her golden hair had grown up to her ankles.

"Princess Milei!"

"Our princess awakens!"

"Praise the sun! Praise the stars! Praise the gold! Praise our great, holy Princess Milei!"

"Rhine's princess! The golden princess!"

On her finger, there was a golden ring. It was the artifact which was symbolic of the Golden family's highest belief. It was a mission that only the Rhine Bloodline could start and finish. At the same time, it was also a curse which had been handed down from age to age in the Golden family.

It was said that the ring's master was doomed to rule the world, but would also taste the greatest tragedy in the world. Only the girl who had the most pure and holy Rhine Bloodline could break away from this curse and bring the greatest honor for the family.

The Rhine Princess, the child of the Golden family, was a child of god who was doomed to rule the world. However, after returning from the reality from her dream, the child of god was full of loss and sorrow in her heart.

"The dream finally came to its end. The reality is still so boring. Day in and day out, nothing has changed." She sighed.

"El'phyllis should have returned to the Ten Leaves Alliance. Therefore, our battle is just beginning. Hua Huo, you won't be the last winner. In the name of the holy Golden Ring, I swear I will fulfil my oath."

She raised her head with steadiness in her eyes, "I will be your enemy!"

...

On the hill in the west of the small town, Yun Xi finally saw his last childhood sweetheart. No, that wasn't very accurate. The girl was too young. He could barely call her "childhood sweetheart". From one year old to nine years old, from beginning to learn how to walk to playing his daughter in the game "Play House", Yun Xi had witnessed her life.

She was Ye Li, ten years old this year and was the most popular girl, and all the townspeople's treasure.

"Papa!" The cute girl held her little bear doll in her arms and smiled sweetly at Yun Xi.

Chapter 98: Ye Li's Allure

Ye Li was the cutest and most popular girl in the small town.

Tonight, she wore white western style clothes with hem laces and two carefully combed beautiful golden long pigtails on her head. In addition to this, she also wore a red bowknot hairband on her head, which was presented to her by Yun Xi in the past.

Now, she was holding a teddy bear in her arms. Her temperament was as elegant as a little princess, and her appearance was like a beautiful fallen angel. If she stood inside a shop front window, no one would know she was not a delicate doll.

Her legs were slim and her white stockings were silhouetted against her snow-white skin. After she realized Yun Xi's gazing, her face burned with embarrassment. Her skin was as smooth as silk fabric and as tender as baby's skin. Her chest was still undeveloped and flat like a scrub board, couldn't even be compared to a pair of poached eggs.

"Papa!" In the past, Ye Li always acted as Yun Xi's daughter in the game "Playing House". She had gotten used to calling Yun Xi that. However, Yun Xi had grown up. He felt pretty embarrassed to hear that name.

"Ye Li, you've grown up," Yun Xi said with emotion and stroked her smooth, gold pigtails. In his memory, she was still the little girl who always ran after him whilst holding her little teddy bear in her arms. Now, she had gradually become a cute girl.

Although she was only nine years old, no one would doubt she would become a wonderful lady in the future.

"Papa, hug me!" Ye Li raised her little teddy bear, acting like a spoilt child.

"En." Yun Xi had watched her grow up from childhood. He naturally hugged Ye Li in his arms and patted her back.

Ye Li's smell was as sweet as cream. She was like a gentle kitten, acting very cute and docile in Yun Xi's arms.

"Ye Li, I’m going to leave this town," Yun Xi gazed at Ye Li’s big eyes and lightly told her the news.

"Together with Hua Huo, Papa?"

“Why? Why did everyone know this?! Had somebody posted it on every board in the world?!” Yun Xi complained in his heart. He had to accept the truth that every one of his childhood sweethearts had known that he would go to Sword Palace with Hua Huo.

"Well... yes. We will leave town together. It will be for a very long time. Ye Li, will you feel lonely?" Amongst all his childhood sweethearts, Ye Li was the person Yun Xi cherished most. Compared to Milei and El'phyllis, Ye Li was too young. She would be very sad to hear he had to leave.

As the youngest playmate, Ye Li was very dependent on him. Therefore, Yun Xi purposely chose her as the last person to tell her he was leaving. He had prepared to comfort her the whole night.

"Papa, I'm not good enough for you? Is Hua Huo really that good?"

As Yun Xi had expected, Ye Li pouted. Her expression looked as if she had been robbed her most beloved treasure.

"No. Ye Li is my most favourite girl. However, this isn't something I can make a decision about." Yun Xi sighed. In his past plan, he had once thought to wait for Ye Li for another nine years and then marry her after that. He had spent his childhood with Ye Li. During that time, he unconsciously started to like her. He was very sure that nine years later, she would become a glamorous beauty. However, there was no more time for him to see her grow.

He was going to leave and a few years later, Ye Li would be married to someone else. As Yun Xi thought of that, he suddenly had a heartache.

"No! Papa is Ye Li's papa! I won't give you to anybody!" Ye Li was angry. She severely bit on Yun Xi's lips.

Where did everyone learn it?!

Yun Xi didn’t want to make her cry, so he had to reluctantly accept her kiss. Her lips were as soft as two petals, giving him a totally different feeling from Milei's kiss and El'phyllis's kiss. Her mouth was soft and small, only about half the size of Yun Xi's mouth. In that case, Yun Xi's mouth could easily cover her mouth.

Her cute, small tongue was tender and smooth. She contracted her pupils, her breath rasping in her heaving chest. They had a soul kiss, which was totally inappropriate for Ye Li's age. Yun Xi saw Ye Li's face burning with embarrassment, he then realized that he unintentionally used the kissing skill he learned from Mei'er.

"Papa's smell... comfortable..." Ye Li had almost lost her consciousness. She leaned on Yun Xi's chest with her heart pounding heavily.

Yun Xi lowered his head and gazed at Ye Li. Today, she seemed to be more beautiful than usual. Her delicate face made her look like an exquisite doll. On her young face, her eyes were as deep as the sea, but also as clear as a pair of crystals. However, that didn't hide the grief in her heart.

She wore a pair of white silk stockings on her slender legs, which were partly hidden and partly visible under the lower part of her princess dress. Accidentally, a gust of wind raised her dress and coincidentally exposed her white underwear.

Her skin smelled like delicious cream, continuously luring Yun Xi to commit a crime. Ye Li was like a cute angel today, showing Yun Xi her most innocent and cute side without reservation. Her cute, young face was gazing at Yun Xi with pain, supplication, and lure.

After that, Ye Li gave Yun Xi her second kiss. With tears in her eyes, she moved her face close to Yun Xi. Her small tongue slowly opened Yun Xi's mouth with sweet milky aroma. Yun Xi felt that her tongue was as nimble as a naughty kitten. Uncontrollably and impulsively, he responded to her enthusiasm.

"Papa... choose Ye Li... please… I'm willing to do that very comfortable thing with papa..." At this moment, Ye Li was an angel, but also a demon. She was luring Yun Xi to tread his foot onto a forbidden path.

Yun Xi suddenly realized that amongst all his childhood sweethearts, Ye Li was the most dangerous one. Because she was still a child, she hadn't learned the moral rules; because she was too innocent, she could easily do things which his other childhood sweethearts wouldn't do.

Ye Li was like a naughty succubus, luring him to descent into hell. Yun Xi believed that any virtuous people would be hard pressed to refuse her temptation.

"No! We can't!... Where did you learn this?!" Fortunately, Yun Xi pulled himself back before he really descended into hell. His Ye Li was his little princess and his little princess couldn’t be so ero!

"Well, I learned it from a book named 'The Shameless Demon and His One-thousand Daughters'. The book told me that the most blissful thing to be a daughter is to do that very comfortable thing with her father," Ye Li opened her eyes wide, gazing at Yun Xi with innocence.

Chapter 99: I'm Looking for Your Growth

Who gave that book to Ye Li?

Yun Xi was going crazy.

Wasn’t that a banned book? Its name made Yun Xi have a bad impression. It must be a pornographic book that could never be purchased from proper channels.

Ye Li! Don't learn anything from that book! As an exceptional lady, you should know what books you can read and what books you should never touch.

"Papa, don't you love me now?" Ye Li found that Yun Xi looked angry. She gazed at him with a timid look, as if she were a little animal whose master was scolding it.

"No... This was not your fault," Yun Xi said and stroked Ye Li's golden hair, "This was the fault of the person who let you read this book."

Ye Li was still that little girl in his memory. Her face was still cute, her voice was still sweet, and her body was still soft. Ye Li’s appearance was incredibly cute now. She opened her eyes wide full of unrest and shivered in Yun Xi's arms.

Yun Xi felt that she was as perfect as an angel. Her warm, soft, slender body was now in his arms. Her long golden hair was hanging down in front of his chest. He could easily smell her milky scent. She was as cute as a flawless doll who was wearing a pair of white silk stockings and a lace dress.

"I like papa the best!" In return, Ye Li also hugged Yun Xi tightly. She hummed a song with a happy smile on her face.

They were so close. Yun Xi could even hear her heart beating.

That... her heart was beating fast.

"As long as Ye Li can stay with papa, Ye Li won't feel bored! I hope this moment will last forever!" Ye Li felt that the world was so wonderful right now. She was immersed in her little happiness. To her, she hoped that the time would stop at this moment. She wanted nothing more in the world other than to stay together with her papa. To Ye Li, Yun Xi was her only one, the light of her life, and the fire of her soul. He was her shining sun.

She hoped nothing would tear her apart from Yun Xi. She wanted to have his every second and every breath. Everyone had seen her love to her "papa". It wasn't a family love, but some deeper and finer emotion. Its name was "love".

"Papa, can you make me a promise?" She knew this feeling, and she was eager for Yun Xi, her most valuable treasure in the world. Ye Li didn't want to be a loser!

"What?" Yun Xi felt guilty to Ye Li. He had already surrendered in his heart. He would do everything he could do for her. This was the only thing he could do to offset his guilt.

"Promise Ye Li that you will be my papa forever! No matter where you go or what you do, never forget Ye Li!"

Yun Xi sighed. Was this her hope? El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li were all good girls. If he hadn't awakened his memory as Starchild, after Hua Huo left the town, no matter which girl he would he marry, he thought that they would achieve happiness at the end.  However, he couldn't turn back the clock since he was just a human. He had to go on with his life.

"Eh. I promise that I will never forget Ye Li."

Therefore, accept my seed, Ye Li!

"Detecting target. Extremely perfect adaptability. Starting link."

Eh? This was the first time Yun Xi saw the evaluation "extremely perfect". It wasn't "normal", "excellent" or "wonderful". It was "extremely perfect". This meant that Ye Li had the best adaptability with his seed. Perhaps it also meant that she had the highest favorability to him.

Yun Xi could even see it through his naked eyes that his seed was growing rapidly in her body. However, there was also something strange in Ye Li's body, just like what he had seen in El'phyllis's body and Milei's body.

It was a chaotic field. Various strange things were mixed with each other in the field. A big eyeball which was floating in the void. A giant teddy bear which was burning. A stone figure which had many arms and legs. It seemed to be pieced together by countless fragments. And an "egg", which was locked in countless black chains.

Compared to El'phyllis and Milei, Ye Li's body was filled with countless messy things. It looked like an aggregation of countless nightmares.

Why were there so many weird things in Ye Li's body? Shouldn't she be the purest child?

"Papa, don't look inside me!" Ye Li seemed to have discovered Yun Xi's gaze. She blushed, then covered Yun Xi's mouth with her mouth again.

Her kiss contained all her enthusiasm. Her tongue easily opened Yun Xi's mouth, tangling with his tongue.

"Gu Zi! Gu Zi!" An ambiguous sound echoed around them.

Ye Li had put all her love in the kiss. A drop of transparent liquid slowly flowed down from their mouths and dripped on her snow-white skin.

How long had it been? Ten minutes? Or longer? After Yun Xi recovered himself, Ye Li had left his arms, showing a smile with a satisfied look at him.

"Ye Li won't give up! Hua Huo is strong, but Ye Li isn't inferior to her! However, I'm still no match for her now, but I can grow up very fast! At that time, I will beat her down and obtain papa's love again!"

Well, the children nowadays were really precocious. However, you wanted to beat Hua Huo down? That was impossible.

"I need nothing apart from papa! So... wait for me, papa!" Ye Li swayed her slender legs and jumped down from Yun Xi's arms, then waved her hand to Yun Xi.

"Ah, I will wait for you. I'm looking forwards to your growth," Yun Xi's heart also got warmed due to Ye Li's self-confidence.

She was just a child, but she was so straightforward. Maybe it was because she was still a child, so she could say her heartfelt wishes without worry. Children really worried about nothing. They were a kind of very special creatures. Maybe she really could do that.

Yun Xi suddenly had this strange idea in his heart as Ye Li held her little teddy bear in her arms, bouncing up and down on her way back.

Chapter 100: Emptiness God

"Humph. Ye Li likes papa the best, but I can't stay with papa! It must be Hua Huo's fault! I can't eat papa's butter bread again! Wu wu wu!"

After leaving Yun Xi's sight, Ye Li also complained just like El'phyllis and Milei had done. At first, Ye Li and the other girls came to this remote sword domain to observe Hua Huo. They disguised themselves and appeared around Hua Huo with different identities and faces.

Everything was due to that legend about the Sky Flying Bloodline. As the current owner of Sky Flying Bloodline, Hua Huo was gifted with great talents and was the most likely person to fulfill the prophecy.

As the representative of the Ten Leaves Alliance, El'phyllis pretended to be a daughter of a gem store owner, watching Hua Huo from a distance.

As the representative of the Gold Family, Milei's dream avatar became the daughter of a flower shop owner, quietly watching Hua Huo.

Finally, Ye Li came. She came to this remote sword domain by using the most special method.

At first, Hua Huo was the only center of their world. She was the only reason for them to stay in this remote small town. However, when had it changed? El'phyllis, Milei, and her had all been attracted by the young boy who was always together with Hua Huo. He knew nothing and noticed nothing, but always had a warm smile on his face.

El'phyllis gave up her principle of never breaking into Hua Huo's life. She couldn't stop herself from getting close to that boy.

Milei was just dreaming. However, she also lost herself and made the quiet dream become a sweet dream.

"Why? My race has no soul. Why is my heart so painful? I don't even have blood in my body." Ye Li looked at her body, the container which contained her nature, showing a puzzled look on her face.

Ye Li wasn't a human. She wasn't even a living being. She was a monster named "Emptiness God". Everything she had was fake. Her body was fake, her smile was fake, and her soul was fake. This container named "Ye Li" was just a doll for her to move in whilst in town. Because it was just a doll, so she only put the most basic observation system in it.

Although it would grow up as time went by, however, that was just in regards to removing and adding some fillers in the body to cheat ordinary people's eyes. It shouldn't become so delicate and cute.

Emptiness God wasn't a race that had art and imagination. Even though they were one of the most terrible killers in the universe, they were naturally disabled in regards to creativity. This was an incurable flaw. It referred to the nature of the Emptiness God race. A long, long time ago,the  Emptiness God race was created as a kind of weapon. The only goal of their existence was to kill and destroy. Even though the ancient times had ended and the Emptiness God race had obtained freedom now, they still couldn't correct this flaw.

Her true body wasn't beautiful at all. Anyone would be scared if they saw her true body. After she was reborn in this remote sword domain, she tried her best to design the new body, but only made it not too ugly and scary.

However, when had everything changed? Was it after she got close to Yun Xi, feeling his warmth and was hugged by him? Was it after Yun Xi let her wear the cute western dress, the white socks, and the red shoes? Was it after Yun Xi hugged her and gave her his blessing, teaching her to clean herself?

She didn't understand. She couldn't understand. However, when she stayed together with him and began to call him "papa", something in her heart had forever changed.

Her "core", which had become very horrible and fragmented after countless killings and battles, was cured. She became "Ye Li". She obtained a cute appearance that she had never imagined, that no emptiness god ever had. Her slim legs, soft arms, snow-white skin, and two golden pigtails, were all presented by "him". He made her what she was. Therefore, she called him "papa". It wasn't just because of the game "Playing House", but her true belief.

To Ye Li, Yun Xi was her true father. He gave her new life, and a beautiful appearance which the entire Emptiness God race had never had. He was her god who helped her become one of the most beautiful girls in the world. This was a great feat that even the creator of the Emptiness God race couldn't do.

At first, she didn't have a soul and was just like a monitor for watching Hua Huo. Now, she had her soul and was ignited by the light of her life.

"Papa, Ye Li loves you. I think this is the reason why my heart is so painful."

The Emptiness God race was only created to be a kind of killing machine. They were the terror of the void in the legend of the Western God's Domain. She was just a doll. Even though she gained self-awareness as time went by, she still didn't understand the meaning of her existence. However, Ye Li knew it now. At first, she had nothing and was just assembled by using some unknown fragments. But now, she had Yun Xi.

To Yun Xi, she was just one of his childhood sweethearts, but to Ye Li, Yun Xi was her everything. He was her miracle and treasure. She would never forget his warmth when he hugged her and gave her his kiss. That must be an enlightenment of her fate.

Ye Li was her papa's most perfect doll, the hope of the Emptiness God race. She knew it now. She shouldn't let her race's future rely on Hua Huo but should grasp it in her own hands!

"In the name of the thirteenth Emptiness God, I summon the twelve dragoons!" Ye Li raised her head, looking at the starry sky while holding the teddy bear in her arms, which was made by Yun Xi and presented to her personally.

Twelve shooting stars flew to her from the ends of the sky. They were Ye Li's personal mounts, covered in meteorite shells. Before the scorching meteorites hit the ground, they shattered. Twelve bluish white figures landed on the ground and immediately half knelt down, circling around Ye Li.

They had ferocious metallic triangular heads, sharp long tails, and towering delta wings. They belonged to the servitor race of the Emptiness God race and were Ye Li's war machines. They were not metal products, but also not living beings. They were a mixture of various chaos-type things, the representatives of killing and destruction, and the dominators of the borderlands in the Western God's Domain.

"Thank you, papa. Thanks everyone in the world. I, Ye Li, will come back!" Ye Li rode on the cold back of one of the dragoons, looking back at the small town, where she had spent her nine years of life.

For the future of the Emptiness God race and in order to defeat Hua Huo, she was going to leave. She would return to her birthplace to get back her true body.

"Let's fly, dragoons!"

Chapter 101: The Dark Elf

On the hill outside of the small town, Yun Xi saw twelve shooting stars shooting across the sky.

"I hope that everything will go smoothly." Yun Xi prayed to the stars with his fingers crossing together. After that, he felt his seeds’ situations through the threads, he then took a deep breath with relief.

It seemed that the seeds wouldn't lose their efficacy as long as they were still under the starlight.

Although it was hard to feel the seeds that were too far away, the invisible threads were still unbroken. He hoped that after obtaining his seeds, El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li would be successful in their lives. It was a really painful thing to say goodbye to them.

"El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li, I hope that someday, we can meet each other again!"

With this wish in his mind, Yun Xi turned back and began to head back to the small town. However, as he walked to the foot of the hill, an impulsion was suddenly raised in his heart. He suddenly remembered the secret base that he had built together with Hua Huo. There were too many sweet memories there. He had spent too much time with Hua Huo, El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li in there. His childhood sweethearts and him often played games in that place.

In the spring, they often picked wild flowers near there. In the summer, they were often barefoot, playing beside the stream. In the autumn, they often baked sweet potatoes in there. Except for the winter, they didn't go there because the weather was too cold, they had left too many shared memories in there.

After he left the small town, it was very likely that nobody would go to that place again. He was afraid that the tree which was engraved with the pattern "Yun Xi - Hua Huo" would gradually be forgotten in his heart with the passage of time.

"If so... I'd better go there to take a last glance." Yun Xi whispered. He didn't know that he had made a stupid decision, which he would regret for a long time in the future. After all, he couldn't predict the future and couldn't see what the situation in the valley was now. Under the moon, Yun Xi leisurely walked to the valley, his and his childhood sweethearts’ secret base.

That place contained too many of his memories. His memory was becoming more and more clear as he walked towards that place. In there, he had experienced the hardest limit practice in his life and squeezed out his greatest potential. When Yun Xi walked to the entrance of the valley, he saw the sword mark which he had left the last time he was there. However, something in the air was wrong.

"It's the taste of blood. Did some injured animal run into this valley?" Yun Xi sniffed with a confused look.

Well that was rare. Yun Xi didn't know the reason, but very few animals would come to this valley. At least after him and his childhood sweethearts had built this valley as their secret base, he had never seen any wild animals coming to this place, as if there was some power protecting this valley, making it a fantastic place of peace. However, it looked like this place had been invaded by some unknown animal now. The scent of blood was so strong. He had a feeling that the animal must be hurt badly.

"Is it a deer or sheep?" Yun Xi wasn't good at distinguishing the smell of different animals, however, it shouldn't be some small animal like rabbit, because the scent of blood was too strong.

Yun Xi didn't think that it was a ferocious beast. After all, this place wasn't in the remote mountains. The Five Tiger Generals had killed all the ferocious beasts near the small town. Yun Xi walked into the valley. He sniffed the scent of blood in the dark and searched for the injured animal.

Under the moon, the grass in the valley was covered with hazy light. This was his first time coming to the valley in the deep night, and he found that it was more vivifying than in the daytime. Maybe the unknown animal was following its instinct to come here to try to find some herbs. However, Yun Xi didn't think that it was still alive. Even if it was a deer or sheep, after bleeding so much, it should be unable to survive.

Yun Xi had prepared himself to find and bury the unknown animal as his last commemoration before he left. Then he saw her, the lonely figure who was sleeping under the tree. She had pale white hair, drawn pointy ears, and was covered with a ragged, bloody cloak. He could see her black skin and the "V" shaped wound on her body.

This was a living being that was very rare in Eastern God's Domain.

"Dark... elf?" Yun Xi was dumbfounded.

It wasn't a deer nor a sheep, but a dying girl. If her chest didn't still heave slowly, Yun Xi would have thought that she had died. No matter how Yun Xi looked at it, the V-shaped wound was undoubtedly a fatal wound. He could even see her bones through the wound. She was seriously injured and the wound was so creepy. It was already a miracle to see that she was still alive.

"Ha... cough..." The dark elf felt that someone was here. With a loud cough, she strenuously opened her eyes, gazing at Yun Xi.

"Well... do you want to say something as your last words? I can help you pass on the words to your family." Yun Xi felt sorry for her, but he didn't have any method to save the dark elf girl.

"Come... here..." The dark elf girl struggled with a dangerous intent hiding in her eyes.

However, Yun Xi didn't notice it. After all, who would suspect a dying person?

"Well, I promise that I will listen very carefully." Yun Xi thought that she was going to say her last words, so he got close to her with pity.

"You... don't know... he... is everywhere..." The dark elf girl cast a spiritual spell, trying to capture Yun Xi's body and soul.

"Eh? What are you saying? Can you say it clearly?" Yun Xi looked at the dying girl with a confused look.

"Ga!" The dark elf girl spat out blood. She was one step closer to death itself.

She wanted to live! She must survive!

The dark elf girl used her last strength to draw out a half golden flower from her inside pocket, then strenuously chewed it.

"What a pleasant fragrance of flowers!" Yun Xi smelt the scent of the elf's flower. His heart suddenly started to beat faster. He had never smelt this scent, but it was so sweet, fragrant, and intoxicating.

Chapter 102: Elf's Flower

If it wasn't Yun Xi but El'phyllis, Milei, or Ye Li, they would realize that the golden flower was a very rare magical medicine from the Elf's Forest: Golden Orchid.

Only elves could cultivate this flower. In the aristocratic society of Western God's Domain, it was ten times more expensive than gold, because it could cure sexual impotence by stimulating a human's desire and vitality. Even if it was a one-hundred-year old man, after consuming a small flake of the flower, he would become a “strong” man again. For this reason, many people were eager to acquire it. Once it appeared in the markets, countless people would scramble for it. However, the elf race was born from the fruit of the Elf's Tree. They didn't need males to produce descendants. As such, the golden flower was just a kind of rare wine-making material to them, and they rarely sold the flowers to the outside world.

At first, the dark elf carried this flower with her as an equivalent to gold. She didn't expect that she would draw support from the flower's special effect. As Yun Xi moved closer to the dark elf girl to hear her last words, the dark elf girl suddenly reached out her hands, forcibly holding Yun Xi's face as she gave him a kiss. The golden orchid easily entered Yun Xi's mouth with the dark elf girl's tongue. Immediately, a sweet and intoxicating feeling spread out and flowed across his entire body.

What?! What was that?!

Yun Xi was drunk. The golden orchid was one of the best top-class wine-making materials, but also a kind of natural, rare aphrodisiac. Yun Xi felt dizzy. The dark elf girl's body gradually became vague in his eyes.

Was it Hua Huo? No. She looked like El'phyllis or Milei, too. No! She was Hua Yue… No... Xiao Cao!

Yun Xi's blood was boiling. He could see every familiar girl's features emanating from that dark elf girl. In his eyes, the dark elf girl had become his favourite girl in the world now.

"Ha... cough..." After feeding the chewed golden orchid to Yun Xi, the dark elf girl had been totally exhausted. She couldn't even move a finger now.

Yun Xi was controlled by the sexual passion in his heart. He reached out his hands and forcibly grasped the elf girl's hands. In his eyes, she was the aggregation of every girl he liked. The amount of the golden orchid was enough to promote an elephant into its oestrus, naturally including Yun Xi.

It was already incredible enough that Yun Xi still hadn't totally lost his sanity yet.

"Ouch..." The dark elf girl looked like she was in pain. However, she didn't resist Yun Xi. After all, this was what she hoped for. After receiving such a serious injury, she had to heal herself by using such an extreme method.

Yun Xi moved his hands, feeling the smooth tactility of the girl's skin. The dark elf girl slightly pushed him away, but immediately stopped resisting. Yun Xi's breathing was becoming heavier by the moment. The girls' various figures gradually overlapped together, finally forming a perfect figure. It wasn't a girl that actually existed. It was just an aggregation of all the fantastic imaginations about girls in Yun Xi's mind.

"Am... I in the trial again?" The golden orchid had left Yun Xi's mind in a great state of confusion. He gazed at the perfect girl with a dumbfounded look. After that, he touched the girl's chest through her clothes. Her breasts changed their shapes in his hands and made him feel wonderful with each caress.

"Cough... no..." However, his behavior almost killed the dark elf girl. After all, the V-shaped wound on her chest wasn't just a joke.

"Sorry. Are you hurting?" Yun Xi was already unable to distinguish reality from his fantasy, but he still immediately stopped.

"Kiss... me..." The dark elf girl was too feeble now. She could only use her weak voice to guide Yun Xi.

Body fluid exchange. This was her purpose in feeding Yun Xi the golden orchid. As a dark elf, this was her special method to heal her body.  However, even the strongest occult arts still needed to follow the rule of "equivalent exchange", therefore, she needed someone to help her. Just then, Yun Xi had appeared in front of her. He became her only choice.

"Kiss..." Yun Xi looked at the dreamy girl with his scorching eyes.

"En. Kiss..." The dark elf girl didn't have any other choice. If she couldn't gain vitality from someone else, she would die. She didn't want to die. Even it meant that she had to use some unscrupulous methods, she must refuel her magic power. After that, the dark elf girl raised her head and awkwardly put out her tongue like a dying person in the desert, waiting for Yun Xi's kiss.

"Eh... Ooo... Chou... Jiu... Eh... Ooo..." Yun Xi couldn't stop his desire to suck the dark elf girl's smooth tongue, searching for the remaining fragrance of the golden orchid by kissing her lips.

"Eh... Ooo... Chou... Jiu... Guru... Guru... Eh... Ooo..." The dark elf girl groaned. At the same time, her emaciated face started to return to normal. However, that wasn't enough. She needed more and more from the kiss to nourish her exhausted magic power.

Soon afterwards, she blushed and lowered her head.

"Ooo... Chou... Wu..." They kissed each other, emitting an embarrassing sound from their mouths.

Compared to Yun Xi's kissing skill, what he had learnt from Mei'er, El'phyllis, Milei and Ye Li, the dark elf girl knew nothing about this. Naturally, she was in a disadvantageous position. The dark elf girl's pupils started to dilate bit by bit. Like the spring breeze blowing across the frozen earth, her cold expression disappeared as her face blushed with shyness.

To the elf race, the golden orchid wouldn't put them in heat. However, it was one of the best top-class wine-making materials, in that case she was actually drunk now.

"Ha... I love you... Hua Huo... No, El'phyllis... Milei... Ye Li..." Yun Xi started talking rubbish.

In fact, he didn't know what he was saying. He only remembered to kiss and continue kissing. He he had become drunk much earlier than the dark elf girl.

Chapter 103: Dream or Reality?

"Ha... ha..."

They were just kissing. However, due to the golden orchid's side effect, the dark elf girl was exhausted like a prey that had been captured by a hunter. As for Yun Xi, he just couldn't stop.

"Eh... Chou... Wuwu... Coo... Eh..."

Again, again, again and again. Yun Xi sucked the dark elf girl's tongue with greed.

"Trace… oh... on..." The dark elf girl absorbed a few magical power from Yun Xi's kissing and slightly recovered her physical strength. She tried to launch a magical spell called "Deus Sex Machina", but her action was interrupted again and again by Yun Xi's hot kisses.

Yun Xi fully tasted the dark elf girl's tongue. Her tongue was small and cute, but also very soft and warm. Yun Xi uncontrollably sucked her tongue to break her resistant consciousness. Their tongues were tangled together like one. Now the dark elf girl was really at the end of her rope. She couldn't cast any spell in this position and had to let Yun Xi do whatever he liked. Finally, after about fifteen minutes, she found an opportunity to cast the spell.

Dozens of red lines spread from her fingertips to Yun Xi and temporarily controlled his body.

"Cough... Cough..." After that, the dark elf girl couldn't help but violently cough. The spell had almost drained out all the magic power she had just absorbed from kissing. Fortunately, the spell succeeded.

She poured her magic power into Yun Xi's body and temporarily secured control of his body. If Yun Xi wouldn't stop his kissing, she would die. That would be an undoubtedly stupid death.

"..." After the dark elf girl successfully controlled Yun Xi's body, she hesitated for a while, then finally made a decision. She must survive. This was the most important thing.

In order to complete the mission, she knew that she should use all kinds of methods and sacrifice everything she had. This was what she learned since her childhood. Therefore, no matter how shameful it was, she must do it because it was the only method to help her survive.

Although she had never learned anything about this. As a phantom archer, she was good at assassination but not spying. This time, Yun Xi's face had blushed like an apple due to the raising sexual passion in his heart. Unfortunately, he knew nothing about how to abreact it.

The dark elf girl shakily raised her hand and touched Yun Xi's "sensitive sword", helping him to abreact his desire in a very inept method.

...

Dawn was coming. A black figure stumbled as it came out of the valley and immediately blended into the shadows. The dark elf girl was running. She covered the corner of her mouth with her hand, which had a subtle white liquid leaking out of it.

"Wu.. Gu..." The dark elf girl showed a bitter and disgusted look on her face as if she was taking a deadly poison. However, she still swallowed all the white liquid, including the residue at the corner of her mouth. Everything she did was for her survival.

She didn't want to remember the thing that had happened in the valley again. That was just a nightmare. At least, when the girl disappeared in the darkness... she was holding this idea in her heart.

...

Yun Xi had a dream which made him feel that he was in paradise, but also that it was very real. In the dream, he met a cute girl who had all the good features in the world. She had Hua Huo's vigour, Hua Yue's full breasts, El'phyllis's slender legs, and Ye Li's sweet milky aroma.

He remembered her soft, tender, exquisite, and alluring body. He remembered her blushing face, attractive eyes, and slender legs. He remembered her snow-white body and all her slight moves. He remembered the feeling when he stroked her smooth and warm skin. When she moved her fingers to her legs and took off her socks, exposing her white, slender legs under the soft moonlight, Yun Xi felt that his heart was pounding like a drum.

Finally, when she stroked her foot, tantalizing him bit by bit, Yun Xi couldn't stand that anymore. It was so alluring to rub her chest, legs and foot. Compared to the lesson the big sister taught him that year's summer, this dream was more wild. Her feet were so sensitive in his hands, and a few soft touches were already enough to make her become excited. Her white legs, slender body, and groans...

Wait, that was strange. Why was my memory so disordered and paradoxical? What was her appearance? Big breasts or flat breasts? Slender and tall body or small and cute body? Was she older than Hua Yue and El'phyllis, or younger than Milei and Ye Li?

Yun Xi didn't remember. He only knew that it was the most fantastic dream he had had in his life. If he considered it as a dream, the experience was too real. The orchid's fragrance still remained in his mouth. Besides, he felt that his body was so weak, as if his vigour had been drained out due to some reason.

"Did we break the last line? Did I kiss her hands, foot, or mouth? Maybe... I had kissed her whole body? Strange... Why can't I remember it?" Yun Xi sat under the tree and tried remembering but found that his memory after 4 o'clock had all vanished.

He had come to the valley at the spur of a moment. However, he wasn't sure if the thing that happened next was a dream or reality.

Did he fall in love at first sight with an unknown girl?

In his memory, he had met a perfect girl who had all the good features in his imagination, then they had done some erotic things which he would never tell anyone. She had fed him a very palatable petal, then the world had suddenly become indescribably fantastic and charming. After he had woken up, only the orchid's fragrance remained on his teeth, and the empty feeling in his body... reminded him that it wasn't just a dream.

He had met a girl in the valley between 4 o'clock and 6 o'clock, then he had a sexual dream, oh, maybe it was not a dream. Yun Xi couldn't distinguish which part was reality and which part was simply his imagination.

"Blood..." Yun Xi suddenly saw scarlet drops of blood under his feet. His face changed. "Was... this her first experience?"

Chapter 104: Dawn and Darkness

Dawn was coming. The sun appeared over the horizon, emitting endless golden lights in the sky. It broke the darkness and shined endless light and heated the earth.

After coming back from the valley, Yun Xi put on the black maid's uniform again. Now, he sighed and gazed at Hua Huo, who was lying on his bed with a sozzled look.

"Ha ha, Little Xi... Why are there two Little Xis overlapping together?"

Hua Huo was too happy last night. She had flown in the sky for a long time, then drank in a town that was dozens of kilometers away from the small town. Now, she was lying down on her childhood sweetheart's bed and stretching herself.

"Hua Huo, you're drunk." Yun Xi sighed and looked at Hua Huo who was as drunk as a lord.

In Yun Xi's memory, Hua Huo never drank. He didn't expect that she was such a bad drinker. However, he couldn’t complain about it, because he wasn't any better than her. He was also drunk from 4 o'clock to 6 o'clock. He was still confused about what had happened to him during that time.

“Who were you? Why were you willing to do that with me? A girl's first experience should be her most valuable experience. Was it good to do it with me? Sigh. I really shouldn’t drink from now on.” Yun Xi sighed in his heart. “At least, let me remember your face. After all, this wasn't only your first experience, but also my first experience!”

As an inexperienced young boy, the thing that happened in the valley was too shocking for him. He was too ashamed to look straight at his childhood sweetheart's face.

"Eww... I feel sick..." Hua Huo exposed her most unladylike side in Yun Xi's room. Yun Xi was her childhood sweetheart, her favorite person, so she didn't mind him seeing her bad side.

Her hair and her clothes were messy, and her body was full of the smell of alcohol. Her behavior was so casual as if she was luring Yun Xi.

"You... sigh. Why are you so happy?" Yun Xi sighed and woke her up. He didn't know that Hua Huo had heard his secret when he poured it out to the mirror. "Hua Huo, wake up. Go take a bath and put on your clothes. It's time to go to Sword Palace now."

Hua Huo half opened her eyes and looked at Yun Xi in bewilderment. She stretched herself, then started to put on her clothes. Her healthy, energetic body was exposed in front of Yun Xi's eyes without reservation.

"Wait, don't change your clothes here! Go to the bathroom! You can find new clothes in the second drawer!" Yun Xi immediately turned back.

His childhood sweetheart was a monster-like genius in battle, but also a waste who couldn't even make a fried egg in daily life. After all, the Sky Flying Sword wasn’t something that was suitable for cutting up vegetables. Hua Huo was a natural cooking idiot.

"Well... Little Xi, have you said goodbye to them?" Hua Huo drowsily stretched herself. Her mind was still in a mess due to the headache after drinking. She had forgotten what happened after she was drunk. She computed the time and found that it should be the time that Yun Xi said goodbye to El'phyllis, Milei and Ye Li.

Now, she would take Yun Xi away. You girls will never see him again! Ha ha! Did you really think that your identities were still unexposed? Did I look like an idiot who would believe that this small town could attract so many immigrants from the Western God's Domain? I turned a blind eye only for Yun Xi's sake!

"Yes, and it seems that they have left this town too. The neighbors will help me keep an eye on the house, and the bread shop will resume operation after my foster parents come back, so there is nothing to worry about." Yun Xi looked around his room.

Goodbye, El'phyllis, Milei, Ye Li, and my ordinary life.

...

At the same time, in the bamboo house owned by the noble families' camp, a man was drinking in the dark basement. Compared to Hua Huo who came to her childhood sweetheart's room and slept on his bed after drinking, this person was more alone and crazy.

His well-maintained hands had been scratched by the broken wine bottles on the ground. As for himself, his mind was also as broken as these bottles. A day ago, he was still the "Childe Yun He" who had inherited his family's twin spirit swords. Today, he had been deprived of his identity and had to face three years imprisonment if he chose to return to his family.

He lost his family's twin swords and didn't pass through Sword Palace's entrance test. Apart from his 3rd ranked power and his pure family bloodline, he had lost almost everything he had.

"Why? Why did the twin swords choose that bitch... that mudblood that came from nowhere? Why didn't they choose me? I'm the one who has the purest Yun He Bloodline! I don't accept it! I refuse to accept it! I'm the best genius! I will make everyone regret their contempt!"

He was drunk, so he didn't mind roaring out his thoughts. He didn't accept it! He refused to accept it! He wanted to get everything he had lost back! He must get them back! By all means!

"Look at yourself, Yun He. You're so unpresentable now," Childe Yun He suddenly heard a gloomy voice from the door of the basement.

"Childe San Quan? Why are you here? You want to mock me?" The "has-been" Childe Yun He stared at his past companion with his bloodshot eyes.

"No, of course not. On the contrary, I’m coming here to give you a new choice," Childe San Quan smiled oddly and said, "A choice which will change your life again. A choice which can let you stand on a stage which is much larger than Sword Palace's entrance test. How about it? Are you interested?"

Childe Yun He fiercely stand up. To him, even if it was as unreliable as a straw to a drowning person, he would also choose to try his best to catch it.

Childe San Quan was his "that straw".

"Say it. What's the price?" Childe Yun He knew that there wouldn't be such a thing as a free lunch. If he wanted to get something, he must pay something.

"Smart. Only a smart man like you deserves that contract," Childe San Quan didn't hide his real intention. To use trick was just his last choice. He didn't fear telling Childe Yun He that he was taking advantage of him. After all, after losing the Crane Wings Twin Swords, Childe Yun He wouldn't have any other choice, especially in such a remote sword domain.

"Your bloodline isn't something unimportant. The Yun Hai Sword Master's bloodline isn't inferior to the White Gold Rose Bloodline. Your ancestor was far stronger than your imagination.”

Childe San Quan said with a chant, "Believe in my god, Childe Yun He! Offer your bloodline to my master and we will give you an incredible power! Don’t you want power?!"

Chapter 105: The Evil God Arrives

"Power? How powerful is it?" Childe Yun He didn't make his choice immediately but stared at Childe San Quan with bloodshot eyes.

"At least it's strong enough to kill that maid as easily as blowing off dust. However, I won't lie to you. It's a power from an evil god." Childe San Quan didn't hide his real intention and directly told him the truth.

"Hehe. Use my bloodline... to exchange for the evil god's power?" Childe Yun He smiled.

A day ago, he still had a bright future. He would undoubtedly not have been hooked by these words at that time. Who was he? He was Childe Yun He! He was the inheritor of Crane Wings Twin Swords and the first successor of Yun He Family! However, the maid named "Mei" had destroyed his life and taken away everything he had.

Why didn't Crane Wings Twin Swords kill you? It was obvious that you were no match for them!

"I accept it. I need the power! Give it to me!"

After taking a few deep breathings, Childe Yun He made a decision which would change his life forever. After losing everything he had, this was his only chance for revenge!

"Very well. You’re making a very smart choice," Childe San Quan showed a mysterious smile at the corners of his mouth while emitting a non-human feeling from his body. "Eat this."

Childe San Quan drew out a blood-caked, heart-like meatball from the pocket on his chest and put it into Childe Yun He's hand.

"Dong!" After touching Childe Yun He's body, the meatball emitted a heart-shaking sound. No one would doubt the exuberant vitality contained in it.

"Is this the power?" Childe Yun He grasped the unknown meatball in his hand with greed in his eyes.

"Yes. Please repeat after me," Childe San Quan's mouth opened wide like a slit-mouthed man.

Unfortunately, Childe Yun He didn't see his weird shape. His eyes tightly gazed at the unknown meatball on his hand.

I will go to the devil!

With this in his mind, Childe Yun He swallowed the weird meatball with a tragic look. At first, he felt sick, then after a while, he felt that a ball of fire was burning in his stomach.

"Arrrghhh!" Childe Yun He felt that he was burning and boiling. He felt a gust of unknown power spreading within his body.

Oh oh oh oh oh! Is this the power? Is this the evil god's gift?

Childe San Quan opened his mouth, guiding Childe Yun He to finish the contract ritual with the evil god "Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli".

"I swear my belief to the great Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli!" Childe San Quan said.

"I swear my belief to the great Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli!" Childe Yun He repeated.

"Swallow, destroy, battle!" Childe San Quan said.

"Swallow, destroy, battle!" Childe Yun He repeated.

"Only the person who presents the largest number of sacrifices can get the god's glory!" Childe San Quan said.

"Only the person who presents the largest number of sacrifices can get the god's glory!" Childe Yun He repeated.

In the dark basement, a pale halo of light spread out and finally formed a strong figure. It had snow-white fur, a pair of eyes filled with wisdom, and arrogant appearance. For a moment, Childe Yun He wondered if he summoned the wrong object.

Is this animal the evil god?

He hadn't seen this kind of animal in the White Lotus Sword Domain before, but in his opinion, it was just a tall sheep without horns.

"Cough... I'm Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the Destroyer of the Western God's Domain. After being defeated by Tonatiuh in the War of Gods, I went to the Eastern God's Domain to hide and restore my power."

Childe San Quan looked at the evil god in embarrassment.

It was indeed an evil god. In its heyday, its power was sufficient to challenge Tonatiuh, the sun god. At the same time, it was also the god of war, massacre, and destruction. Every year, countless people offered human sacrifices to it, trying to please it and obtain its bloody power. However, its true form had been sealed by the god of the sun. It became an alpaca, a sacred animal normally living in the wild of Western God's Domain after that.

"Hiss!" The alpaca knocked its hood on the ground, then walked to Childe Yun He, who was dumbfounded.

"G-god..." Childe Yun He didn't know what expression he should show in front of the alpaca.

"Don't panic. I'm an evil god who is very willing to spread my power." The white alpaca loftily raised its hoof and knocked Childe Yun He's forehead.

The next moment, the messy power in Childe Yun He's body immediately became organized. Undoubtedly, this was a power that only gods could use!

"Thank god with me!" Childe San Quan said and put his palms together devoutly. His mouth had unknowingly returned to normal.

"Thank the evil god!" Childe Yun He imitated Childe San Quan's gesture, worshiping the great evil god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli.

"Baa!" The evil god was satisfied with them. It walked to the corner of the basement and fell asleep.

"Eh... What happened to the great evil god?" Childe Yun He looked at the sleeping alpaca, asking Childe San Quan in confusion.

"Don't mind it. Our great evil god just felt tired. Let's begin to prepare the sacrifices."

"What are the sacrifices?"

"Of course, they are... the creatures which look like our god but are blessed by the sun god. Let's hurry up! The more of those creatures our god eats, the stronger our god will become. If you want to become strong, then start collecting the sacrifices and start the blood ritual immediately!" Childe San Quan told Childe Yun He the blood ritual that could make him become strong.

"Ok!" Childe Yun He saw the light and his bright future! “Mei! You have taken away everything I had. Shortly afterwards, I will make you taste the same pain! I will rob ten times the things that I lost to you!”

...

"Achoo!" Yun Xi tidied the bakery for the last time and recalled what happened last night, then had a compulsive sneeze.

"Little Xi, don't catch a cold. It's ok to have a drink, but don't get loaded." Although Hua Huo still felt dizzy from her hangover, she still persuaded Yun Xi after smelling booze in his breath.

"En. I will never get loaded," Yun Xi sighed as he made butter bread for Hua Huo for the last time in the bakery.

Indeed, he couldn't forget her. Where are you and what are you doing now?

Chapter 106: The Girls' Group Portrait

The boy and girl were walking down the familiar street. They saw familiar scenes around them.

The fish shop was the first shop that opened for business this morning. The shopkeeper was hanging one string of squid after another in front of his shop. They knew the shopkeeper. He always had a way to get a variety of fish from different places, especially all kinds of seafood such as dosidicus gigas, tuna, and north sea squid.

There was Milei's flower shop down the street. Just like the the fish shop, the flower shop sold all kinds of flowers from various god's domains. From orchids, the speciality of the Eastern God's Domain, to the rare black rose from the Western God's Domain, customers could find all types of flowers that they may like in the shop.

This was a common town and its ordinary townspeople. This was the place where the boy and the girl lived.

They heard warm congratulations from these ordinary people.

"Hua Huo, are you going to Sword Palace? Well done!"

"I'm proud of you, Hua Huo!"

"Hua Huo, when will you marry Yun Xi?"

"Ha ha, another sword genius from our town!"

These familiar uncles and aunts blessed the boy and girl. They smiled at the two people who were going to leave.

"Eh. I promise I will marry Little Xi! I promise!"

Hua Huo raised Yun Xi's hand with a bright smile, showing everyone that this maid was already her thing.

"Sigh..." Yun Xi sighed. He looked at his dress and snow-white hands.

He really didn't want to say goodbye to everyone in the town in this manner.

"Hey, cute Miss Maid, please look after our Hua Huo!"

"Yes, Hua Huo is too careless in daily life. She must have someone to look after her."

"Miss Maid, we will leave Hua Huo to you!"

None of these uncles and aunts realized that the maid was Yun Xi. They enthusiastically greeted him one by one.

"I-I'm not careless! A-at least, I can roast meat by myself!" Hua Huo blushed and argued for herself.

Yun Xi once ate the roasted meat Hua Huo roasted. He remembered it with a grimace. Hua Huo, didn't you realize it? The meat you roasted was bad enough to kill a dragon with poison!

"Hua Huo, come here! Here!"

"Everyone is here. We are all waiting for you two!"

At the end of the town, the leader of the female swordsman, Hua Yue, waved her hand towards Hua Huo and Yun Xi.

Today, Hua Yue looked more beautiful than usual. After taking off her white silver armour, she was wearing western style white clothes today. The part of her clothes from her chest to her waist were black, studded with pale gold buttons. Her skirt was a yellow that was as bright as autumn wheat. From her chest to her neck, her clothes were pure white. Plus with her golden hair, she looked like an exalted princess from fairy tales.

Her black and white thigh stockings and her thigh boots were perfectly silhouetted against her slender legs and her proud body shape. Without the constraint of her armour, her full breasts looked like they were going to push open her clothes, making it hard for to move his eyes away.

Her white gold crossed sword was hanging at her waist. After awakening her White Gold Rose Bloodline, she was prettier than at any other time.

"You're beautiful..." Yun Xi praised her beauty with sincerity. No matter whether it was her white and flawless skin or her noble temperament, they both made her more pretty and charming.

The White Gold Rose Bloodline was indeed excellent.

"Mei, don't be seduced. The White Gold Rose Bloodline is naturally a bloodline of kings. Tell me everything! Are you enchanted by Hua Yue?" Looking at Yun Xi's dumbfounded look, Hua Huo's jealousy radar was immediately activated.

Searching... Searching... Hua Huo saw a crowd of red points which represented rivals in love around them! The thirty-seven female swordsmen, including Hua Yue and Xiao Cao were all being marked as her enemies on her jealousy radar!

Hey... is... my jealousy radar broken? Hua Huo touched that strand of cocked hair on her head and looked around, but still only saw a crowd of dense red points.

Weren't the rivals in love too many?!

"Mei, Hua Huo, welcome!" Hua Yue didn't know that her younger female cousin had discovered something wrong. She still kept her composure and reached out her hand towards Yun Xi.

"Thank you. I will resign myself to your guidance."

Compared to Hua Huo, Yun Xi looked more natural. Anyway, his relationship with Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and other female swordsmen was very pure. He didn't need to pay too much attention to it. After all, he only poured his seeds into their bodies. There were no other links between them.

"Come here. Now everyone is here. Let's queue up!" Hua Yue guided these female swordsmen queued up and saved the central place for Hua Huo and Yun Xi.

Finally, the girls formed two lines, circling around Yun Xi, Hua Huo, Hua Yue, and Xiao Cao.

"What're you doing?" Yun Xi looked around in confusion.

"I think this is a golden opportunity. It was a pretty good and memorable event that we could meet each other in Sword Palace's entrance test, and that we passed through the test at the end. So I want to do something to commemorate it." Hua Yue said. She stood on Yun Xi's right and explained it to them.

"Master, you can get started!" Hua Yue waved her hand.

At first, it was just a half-baked idea. However, after discussing it with all the female swordsmaidens, they all agreed to this plan.

"Ok, everyone, stop moving! I will start to sketch!" A middle-aged painter who looked a little decadent came up. He looked at these girls and his eyes gradually became impassioned.

His name was Hgog Nav. He was a painter who came from the Western God's Domain to visit Hua Yue's family. When Hua Yue requested him to make a group portrait for these girls, he was a little annoyed.

He wasn't a street artist who only drew for money. He was a real art master. His works were equivalent to gold in the Western God's Domain. If it was an ordinary person who had requested him to make a portrait for him, he would think that his artistic talent was being offended. Even if it was Hua Yue, he wasn't very willing to make a group portrait for them.

However, now, something in his heart changed. His artistic soul was screaming, and his passionate spirit was burning. He had a feeling that the group portrait he would draw today would become the best masterpiece in his life.

Chapter 107: The Girls’ Scroll

Hgog Nav first noticed Hua Yue, since she was the most striking girl that was as bright as a white gold rose. After awakening her White Gold Rose Bloodline, Hua Yue was the tallest, had the slenderest legs, the fullest breasts, the most gorgeous clothes, and the most eye-catching temperament. Her beauty was like her bloodline, as dignified as a king.

Hgog Nav drew a circle on the paper, vaguely outlining her figure. It was a figure that was as bright as a sunflower, perfect and lively.

The second girl Hgog Nav noticed had a very average appearance with freckles on her face, and she was carrying a common iron sword on her back. Anyway, she should be just an ordinary girl. She wasn't as bright as Hua Yue, and didn't look superior to any of the other girls. However, Hgog Nav noticed a very special charm about her body. She was like a stalk of grass that was rooted in the harshest environment. Maybe you would ignore her, but she was always there.

The wild wind couldn't blow her away.

The rainstorm couldn't wash her away.

Even an earthquake couldn't eliminate her strong will to live.

Even though she was standing beside Hua Yue, but she behaved like Hua Yue's other side, ordinary and unknown. In that case, what made him pay attention to her? Was it her determined look? She... it seemed that something special was hiding within her body, and that thing made her stand beside Hua Yue bravely.

Sunflower and grass. They were their outlines under Hgog Nav's painting brush.

The next few hours, Hgog Nav drew one female swordsman’s portrait after another. They all had their own special character and beauty. Hgog Nav had never seen so many special girls in a single day.

He could feel that there were some similar things within their bodies making them show their special and perfect side. Yes, that thing should be called "spirituality".

In the world, only very few mortals had "spirituality". Whether the person was a man or woman, if the person had "spirituality", then that person would undoubtedly show excellent talent in his or her own field.

These female swordsmaidens's "spirituality" was visible. Their confident eyes were the best evidence. They were flowers blooming in the garden. They had a bright future.

After determining every girl's place on the canvas, Hgog Nav finally moved his eyes to the center, the master and the maid.

Why did he leave them to the end? In fact, even Hgog Nav himself didn't know the reason. Till he began to observe the girl standing in the center.

"Hiss!" Hgog Nav gasped after just taking a glance. “What is that? She can't be a human!”

As an art master who had a strong sensibility, Hgog Nav realized that at the very moment he saw Hua Huo. He immediately realized how terrible this being was.

He once saw a dragon hovering in the sky, and a giant shaking the earth simply by walking, but none of them could compare to this girl. Her strong and terrifying presence wasn't something that could be described in words.

This was lightning that was breaking through the sky, a volcano that was erupting, it was a "natural disaster" that could cause fear and unrest simply by standing in place.

He sensitively perceived that there was some terrible power bound within her body, and she kept suppressing her power with great care in case that it lost control. She wasn't like any of the other girls around her. She was a living being standing on the higher realm, but for some reason, she suppressed her power and pretended to be normal.

Sword Palace? Did this monster really need to go to Sword Palace? Even if it was a real dragon, it would undoubtedly be killed by her as easy as winking!

What was her bloodline? How could she have such a terrible power at this age?

She was obviously still a mortal. If she awakened her bloodline and reached the hero rank, what would happen at that time?

Hgog Nav couldn't imagine it, but he knew that it would be a disaster. Hgog Nav shook his hands, strenuously drawing Hua Huo's figure on the canvas.

They were a pair of wings. Hgog Nav just drew the vague outline and didn't colour it, because this was already the result of developing his artistic talent to the limit.

"Puff..." After that, Hgog Nav let out a sigh of relief.

The most difficult part had been finished. He looked at the black-haired maid standing behind Hua Huo. This shouldn't be a difficult target.

After witnessing Hua Huo's terrible temperament, he didn't think that anyone could make his heart shake again. Till he saw the pair of deep, mysterious black eyes.

They weren't as bright as Hua Yue's eyes, weren't as indomitable as Xiao Cao's eyes, and weren't as overwhelming as Hua Huo's eyes. However, Hgog Nav froze the second he saw those pair of eyes.

What was these pair of eyes? He felt that he saw an infinite wisdom, endless time, and boundless stars in those eyes!

1000 years, 10,000 years, 100,000 years, 1000,000 years... Hgog Nav only peeked at a very small part of that endless time, but it already made his consciousness get lost in the flood of time, declining into a deathly stillness.

If Hua Huo's power meant power and dignity, then the black eyes meant tolerance and equality.

Dark and light.

Evil and divinity.

Birth and death.

In the endless time, the stars kept shining on all things in the universe, watching all things in the world, and protecting all things under the starlight.

No matter whether you were evil or good, or what your race and gender was, no matter how the time flowed by and how history repeated again and again, they were always there, watching everything. They were the world itself; they were the supporting body of time; they were the base of all things' existence.

They were the earth, sky, river, and sea.

They were fire, ice, storm, light, and dark.

The stars watched all living beings’ birth and death. They watched the elapse of time.

The stars existed in the past, present, and future, never changing.

"Pa!" Hgog Nav's painting brush broke. He wasn’t able to observe that any longer.

The limit of his artistic talent couldn't even let him observe one billionth of the stars' memory. He couldn't image how great a soul must be to bear the weight of the stars' memory.

Was she a girl that was blessed by the world?

"Cough!" Hgog Nav wiped off the blood from the corners of his mouth, then drew a few stars on the canvas.

"Done!" Hgog Nav turned over the canvas. A bright, beautiful group portrait, which had recorded all the girls' figures on it, appeared on the next page.

As for the first page, which Hgog Nav used his hero ranked ability to draw and had recorded a small part of these girls' characters... He decided to name it as "The Girls' Scroll", and never showed it to anyone during his lifetime.

Chapter 108: The Evil God's Sacrifice

After finishing the drawing of the group portrait and hiding the real "painting", Hgog Nav's face was as pale as a vampire. However, on the contrary, his eyes looked extremely excited.

How long had he lost this feeling? Trembling in excitement, his artistic inspiration was springing up from his heart.

Why did he leave the familiar the Western God's Domain and go to the remote the White Lotus Sword Domain? Wasn't it to seek the limit of his art?

What was art? Different people had different answers. But for him, his art was right here, in front of his eyes.

Looking at the smiling girls, Hgog Nav made a decision.

"White Lotus Sword Palace..." Hgog Nav packed up his canvas and handed over the group portrait to Hua Yue, then showed a mysterious smile at the corners of his mouth.

His decadent daily life was over.

...

When Hgog Nav drew the group portrait for the girls, the male swordsmen's camp was having a meeting.

"Come on! Come on! Let's drink! The bill is on me!" Yun He Family’s second Childe, who was also known as the only formal male selectee, was entertaining all the male swordsmen.

The wine was good wine, and the meat was good meat. The amount was abundant enough for everyone to have a good meal. Obviously, he was trying to win the people's support in this way.

To be honest, it was indeed a very effective method. To the male swordsmen, especially those from civilian families, this was quite a grand banquet which they wouldn't often partake of during their lives.

"You're really generous!"

"You deserve to be one of the top sixteen candidates!"

"Unfortunately, these female swordsmen were too strong..."

"Can the tale about the black-haired maid be true?"

These civilian swordsmen were drinking and eating. They gradually and naturally opened their minds to each other. Since they could be listed on the alternate list, this was already the best result they had expected.

Most of them wouldn't have the chance to become Sword Palace's formal disciples. The best result for them was to become one of the formal disciple's entourage. It was natural for them to curry good favour to those who had showed their talent in the entrance test.

It was never an easy thing for civilian swordsmen to improve themselves. Their exercises needed large amounts of resources. Unless you were a peerless genius, otherwise it was a must be choice to join one of the noble families.

Yun He Family was one of the oldest and strongest families in White Lotus Sword Domain. It was said that they were the descendants of a peerless sword master and many hero ranked swordsmen were from this family.

At all times, there were always many people trying to serve this family.

"Ha ha, I'm still not that 'Childe Yun He'. Our family hasn't sent the order to deprive my brother of his name."

Even though the second Childe said it like that, but the smile on his face exposed his true feelings. The crime of losing the Crane Wings Twin Swords was enough to knock down his arrogant brother. "Childe Yun He", the name which only the best genius of his family could inherit, would undoubtedly become his new name.

My brother, just die at ease. I will inherit everything you have, including the twin swords. As long as I take them back, that pair of highest-graded spirit weapons would become mine!

...

At the same time, in one of the corners of the small town.

"What? None?" Childe Yun He stared at the manager of his family's trading company with a ferocious look.

"Yes. I can't find any alpaca here. Even in the Western God's Domain, it's a very rare animal. It's a special protected animal!" The manager spread out his hands and looked at Childe Yun He with a helpless look.

Although Childe Yun He had lost his influence, but after all, he was still a member of Yun He Family and a 3rd ranked warrior. Even if he wouldn't be able to inherit the family head position anymore, he could still be used as a tool to marry into another family. The manager himself was just a negligible manager, which meant that he could never disobey Childe Yun He's order.

However, he couldn’t satisfy Childe Yun He’s wish, because the thing he ordered didn't exist in the entire White Lotus Sword Domain!

Childe Yun He had asked him to look for the sacred animal of the Western God's Domain, the alpaca, for him. If he hadn't seen it from a book which introduced the Western God's Domain's natural environment, he wouldn't even have known what animal Childe Yun He was asking for.

This was a sacred animal that only lived in the Gobi desert of one of the countries of the Western God's Domain. You would never expect to see it in the Eastern God's Domain. Even if there were a few alpacas in the Eastern God's Domain, the number wouldn't be more than the number of his fingers.

"No... no alpacas live here..." Childe Yun He had almost been driven crazy. If he wanted to increase his strength, he must sacrifice living alpacas to the evil god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli. However, he couldn't get any alpacas. What should he do?

"If you really want the animal named alpaca... I have no way to buy any grown-up alpaca, but maybe I can buy some half-blood cubs for you."

The manager saw the desperate look on Childe Yun He's face. He hesitated for a while, then told him the compromised solution.

"Half-blood cubs?" A fire named hope was suddenly ignited in Childe Yun He's eyes.

"Yes. As I recall, in the past, some people carried out an experiment by using the sacred animal, the alpaca. Although the experiment failed, but as a by product, they created a table purpose goat, which is really expensive. The goat has a part of the alpaca bloodline. If you want to eat alpaca, then these kind of goats can be a very good substitute. I heard that it has a very good taste. The problem is... Although the goat isn't as rare as an alpaca, they are still not that easy to get. I need a lot of money, and have to buy them from the black market..." The manager rubbed his index finger and thumb, implying Childe Yun He should give him money.

"How much is it..." Childe Yun He had a very bad foreboding.

"It should be about this number..."

"What?!" Childe Yun He was shocked. The table purpose goat was too expensive!

"This is just a conservative estimate. After all, it's a rare race that doesn't exist in the Eastern God's Domain. Besides, it's very difficult to breed them. I have to buy them via a special method." The manager complained.

In fact, it was really not a profitable business. If it wasn't because Childe Yun He suddenly awakened this special habit, he didn't want to deal with it at all. Even though Childe Yun He was in a bad situation, he was still the master. As the family's servant, the manager couldn't disobey his order. He couldn't get an alpaca for Childe Yun He, but he could get the special goat. After all, it was just a failure of a hybridization experiment.

"I... I need them! Buy… buy a male goat and a female goat for me!" For the great evil god and for himself, Childe Yun He gave up his dignity. "Besides that, look for the books about how to feed these kind of goats for me!"

Was Childe Yun He going to raise goats? The manager looked at Childe Yun He's painful face in confusion.

This Childe’s hobby was really difficult to understand.

Chapter 109: The High Wall

In the White Lotus Sword Domain's sword blade region.

Due to various reasons, most of the sword domains in the Sky Sword God's Domain looked like a sword.

The sword handle area was the living and trading area for ordinary people. Almost every sword handle area gathered over 90% of the ordinary population in each sword domain.

The sword blade area was very dangerous. It was the habitat of various terrifying and strong creatures, and was also the habitat of many sects and forces. It was a world which had both chances and danger.

The sword tip area was a supreme holy land, the location of each sword domain's sword palace. Only Sword Palace's disciples were entitled to live in this area. They studied and practiced by themselves, then stepped on their own road leading to the hero rank.

The noble families, sects, and forces in the sword handle region and the sword blade region would try their best to recruit anyone who came out of the sword tip region.

The Sword Palace represented Sky Sword God's Domain's orthodoxy. It was the most transcendent force of all the sword domains. Most of the hero ranked beings that lived in the sword tip area under the Sword Palace's control. Occasionally, even legend ranked presences would come to the Sword Palace.

All the boys and girls of Sky Sword God's Domain had a dream to become a disciple of the Sword Palace - unless their sword talents were too poor to the extent that they couldn't see any hope.

The sword was power, and sword was the god. The Sword Palace was the highest inheriting system in the Sky Sword God's Domain. Even in the entire Eastern God's Domain, the swordsmen from Sky Sword God's Domain weren't nothing. They and the taoist priests from the Heaven's Road Palace were called the strongest two careers of the Eastern God's Domain.

"Is this the wall?" Yun Xi had lived in the sword handle area for sixteen years. This was the first time he saw the high wall which protected the sword handle area.

To be exact, it wasn't just a wall. It was a set of defence systems. From the exposed wall to the mid wall, then to the last interior wall, there were three walls that were over dozens of kilometers. Including the fortresses which were spread all over the place, they were a complete defence system that was as strong as iron.

Unless there were under legend ranked monster's attack, the defence system was almost unbreakable. Throughout history, all the defence systems in all the sword domains had only been broken very few times.

The sects and forces purposely built their stations in the wild of the sword blade area. They actively eliminated the monsters living in the sword blade area. It was said that in some large sword domains, the monsters in their sword blade areas had almost been exterminated.

"I heard that the wall was made out of monsters. Countless monsters' corpses accumulated and became the wall. Look at the tallest wall, it's said that it was made up of giants' corpses!"

"I know! I know! It's not just a tale. It's really made up of giants' corpses. It's said that this method can save the quantity of building materials."

The female swordsmaidens circled around Yun Xi and chirped like a group of birds. Hua Huo stared at them in anger, but couldn't directly say it out loud.

Hey, hey, are you blind? Mei is just a "girl"! "A girl"! Why are you getting so close to him?!  And Little Xi, don't laugh! You should remember that they're still some strangers before the Sword Palace's entrance test. Why are you staying and chatting with them so naturally?

"It wasn't just for saving building materials used. Powerful giants' corpses can shock and awe weak monsters, and scare them to maintain a distance from the wall. The sword blade area isn't as simple as your imagination. Even if you're a hero ranked warrior, you will die there if you're too careless, because that's a thing that has once happened. A hero ranked adventure team was eliminated there by an unknown monster."

As an aristocratic miss of the famous Hua Family, Hua Yue placidly occupied the most advantageous position beside Yun Xi and told him about the danger.

"A monster that can even eliminate a hero ranked adventure team? Is such a terrible monster really in the White Lotus Sword Domain?" Yun Xi was shocked. He knew how frightening the hero rank was.

The twin witches had left a deep impression in his heart. They were almost invincible when they were together.

"I don't know. At that time, even the previous master of the White Lotus Sword Domain came to investigate the incident, but in the end, no one found that monster. From the traces at the scene, it should be a very big monster." Hua Yue said. She was very good at guiding the topic to her familiar field. That was a natural ability of her White Gold Rose Bloodline.

"According to the combat time and the combat strength, it should at least be a 5th ranked monster. Maybe it was an alien invader dropping from the sky."

"Can I make a lot of money if I kill it?" Xiao Cao's eyes were sparkling. Compared to the monster's terrible power, she was more concerned about the reward.

"Of course. The previous Childe Yun He was killed by that monster. The Yun He Family has posted a whopping cash reward. As far as I know, the White Lotus Sword Palace has also posted a reward, but only hero ranked people can accept the quest, because it is too dangerous!" Hua Yue warned Xiao Cao, but Xiao Cao's eyes were still sparkling. She didn't care about the potential danger at all.

"Eh. The hero rank... I will try my best!" Xiao Cao counted her fingers.

The first finger, the 1st rank. The second finger, the 2nd rank. This was her current rank. The third finger, the 3rd rank. It shouldn't be hard to reach. After that, it was the fourth finger, the 4th rank, which was also known as the hero rank. There was still time for her to earn money to buy equipment before that. Well, after two fingers, she would be able to accept that quest.

As the old saying went, "The poor children manage household affairs early". Since there was such a profitable quest waiting for her, she should improve herself as soon as possible.

"You... Don't underestimate the hero rank too much!" Hua Yue found Xiao Cao's plan both funny and annoying.

Once a person reached the hero rank, that also meant that the person had exceeded the limit of his life. How many geniuses couldn't reach this realm till their deaths? How many civilian swordsmen sold themselves to noble families, just to exchange for a possibility of breaking the invisible barrier stopping them from reaching the hero rank?

No. If it was her, sooner or later, she would be able to reach the 4th rank. Yun Xi felt the growth speed of Xiao Cao's seed and made that judgement in his heart.

After practicing the basic sword skill to the limit and learning the Mortal's Sword (perfect), the more difficult the sword skill Xiao Cao practiced, the easier she would feel it became. From the 1st rank to the 2nd rank, it was the most difficult time for Xiao Cao.

To Xiao Cao, who had the Mortal's Sword (perfect), Combat Instinct, and Heart Eye, she would be able to reach the next several ranks as easily as blowing off dust.

Chapter 110: Setting Sail

On the wall which was far away from Yun Xi, Hua Yue, and Xiao Cao, the border guards were looking at the huge ship suspended in the air in excitement.

The White Lotus was a floating ship that was named after White Lotus Sword Domain. It was three kilometres long and three hundred metres wide. Even in the entire Sky Sword God's Domain, it was one of the top one hundred floating ships and the White Lotus Sword Domain’s final battle fortress.

Normally, it could carry a thousand people, whilst its limit was three thousand people. It was the pride and representation of the entire White Lotus Sword Domain. To the mortal world, it was a miracle that only appeared in fairy tales.

It was too large. Even though it was just suspended there and doing nothing, its size was sufficient to make mortals prostrate themselves in worship. It was the fruition of the entire eastern civilization. It was a world-shaking treasure that was created by the Heaven's Road Palace and the Sword Palace together.

It needed over a hundred operators and at least a hero ranked taoist priest to control it. If it was necessary, it could also become a hanging field for doing rescue and relief work. It was one of the cores of the entire White Lotus Sword Domain's armies.

It was the only floating ship in the entire White Lotus Sword Domain. Every year when the Sword Palace finished recruiting its new disciples, the ship would fly to this district, wait for the new disciples, then fly back to the sword tip area. This also meant that mortal soldiers who were stationed there would only see the legendary floating ship at this time every year. Due to the military ban, only the luckiest soldiers could go to the ship to help carry supplies. After they came back, this would become a topic of conversation for their lifetime.

"I really envy these new disciples. I'm also at the 2nd rank, why can't I go to Sword Palace..." A bearded team leader, who was as strong as a bear, looked at these young boys and girls with a depressed look.

"Come on, sir. You're already thirty-nine years old, and these 2nd ranked kids are only sixteen or seventeen years old. You're simply not at the same realm!" The team leader's adjutant patted him on his shoulders and said, "They're real geniuses and the future of our White Lotus Sword Domain. Realize it, we can't go to Sword Place! The only thing we can do is to be promoted in the army and raise our offspring. If our children can go to Sword Palace - even if they just become the formal disciples' servants, that would be good enough."

Not far away from the two senior officers, soldiers were chatting about a rumour.

"Have you heard the news? A miracle occurred in one of the examination areas: there were about forty female swordsmen that passed the entrance test! I heard that they had all obtained a special blessing!"

"Yes, I also heard that from my relatives. The blessing was a black-haired female swordsman's strand of hair. It's said that her black hair has a special magical power."

"The people who obtain the black-haired girl's strand of hair will become very lucky!"

"Look! That’s her, that girl standing at the bow, the girl who has the most beautiful black hair!"

Several scouts saw the legendary black-haired girl on the ship. Not only them, many people believed this rumour. After all, even if it was just fake news, it wouldn't do any harm. Therefore, the black-haired girl was becoming a legend.

...

On the ship "White Lotus", Yun Xi suddenly felt cold on his back, as if there were many people gazing at him.

That's strange. Why are so many people gazing at me? Did I do something that made them do this?

In every direction and even several kilometers away, people were all gazing at him. What had happened?

"Mei, your black hair has become the most popular legend now!" Finally, Hua Yue explained to him, "Many of my friends asked me to ask for a strand of hair from you. They hoped that it could bless them."

"But... that's just a rumour!" Yun Xi looked at Hua Yue's smiling face and didn't know whether to cry or to laugh.

If they really believed that, then his hair would be in danger. Would they pick all his hair out, making him become a baldy?

"Is it really just a rumour?" Hua Yue gazed at Yun Xi with a meaningful look.

There must be a reason for a rumour to begin. At least she knew that for her own change, there couldn't be any other explanation. Not only her, including Xiao Cao, the reason why the thirty-seven female swordsmen gathered together and formed a team was all due to "Mei".

Mei, you're the only person who still doesn't know your value! Your black hair really has magical powers! That's why the rumour about the black-haired girl is so reliable.

"Yes. My hair is very common." Of course, Yun Xi couldn't tell her that what changed these girls was not his hair, but his seeds. His black hair was just a medium. It didn't contain any magical power.

"If so... then... you, are that unusual reason!" Hua Yue accepted his explanation, but that made her more confident that Yun Xi was special.

Otherwise, it couldn't explain why her heart beat so fast when she stood beside Yun Xi. She felt that something was growing in her heart, and it changed her physique bit by bit. That was the mysterious power which had helped her awaken her White Gold Rose Bloodline and reach the 2nd rank.

"I... I'm just a very common maid!" Yun Xi felt nervous and afraid.

"You are a greatsword maid, who has the third maid's uniform 'Killing Princess'. You can't be common," Hua Yue said. She casually exposed Yun Xi's lie.

Yun Xi didn't know how many girls in the Western God's Domain were eager for this greatsword legacy. After all, it was one of the strongest careers in the entire Western God's Domain.

"Attention! The ship is leaving!" With the sound of the ship's whistle, the shipmaster’s loud voice suddenly came from the top to the deck.

"Hoooooot!!!"

One white halo after another started to cover the whole floating ship. This meant that the ship, "White Lotus", was going to leave.

With the support of Heaven Road's Palace's perfect spells, even though the ship was suspended in the air several meters away from the ground, it was still as steady as it would have been on the ground. It even allowed the Sword Palace's new disciples to gather on the deck and witness it with their naked eyes.

Chapter 111: The Big Big World

"Boom!" The big ship, “White Lotus”, ripped through one cloud after another, flying higher into the sky. Soon afterwards, “White Lotus” had flown into the sky and was over ten thousand meters away from the ground. The boys and girls on the ship were very excited because they were seeing the clouds under their feet for the first time in their lives.

Even if hero ranked creatures weren’t likely to have the ability to fly to this height. Only the ship, "White Lotus", the "gem of wisdom" that was beyond mortals' limit, could leap over a distance, flying to this forbidden zone.

The floating ship, "White Lotus", looked like a huge white lotus inlaid on a floating ship. Every lotus petal was engraved with complicated patterns that made it form a single magical circle. When linked together, these single magical circles formed a colossal, compounded magical circle.

The three thousand lotus petals were enough to block any hero ranked creature's attack. The strongest attack unit in the whole White Lotus Sword Domain wasn't the master of the White Lotus God's Domain, but the floating ship. After spending over a hundred years to build the floating ship, the air line from the sword handle area to the sword tip area hadn't even had a single accident.

The Sword Palace's new disciples were lucky. Several hundred years ago, their predecessors had to walk across the long sword blade area to reach the legendary holy land, the Sword Palace. Even though their team leader was an experienced hero ranked teacher, they couldn't avoid all accidents. Once, one of the worst accidents had killed about half of the new disciples at that time. After that tragic accident, the Sword Palace paid a few decades of their fiscal budget to build the ship “White Lotus” along with the Heaven's Road Palace.

At the center of the lotus, was the core of the floating ship. The twin witches were staying there. Now, Red Lotus was talking about sword skills with Hua Huo. Usually, Hua Huo was very interested in discussing sword skills with Red Lotus. However, she looked a little distracted now. She often turned back and gazed at the girls on the deck.

"What's up? Why do you care about them so much? These girls are not bad, but they can't compare to you. You are the most special one." Red Lotus said. She realized that Hua Huo was absent minded, then also looked at the deck with a doubtful look.

"I have a foreboding." Hua Huo said. She stared at the several girls around Yun Xi - especially her elder female cousin, Hua Yue.

How can you occupy the closest place beside Yun Xi so easily? That should be my place! Even though you're my elder female cousin, I won't give Little Xi to you!

Hua Yue felt Hua Huo's scorching gaze. She raised her head, waving her hands at Hua Huo with a pleasant look.

"Look! Hua Huo is looking at us."

"Oh, Hua Huo must feel worried." Yun Xi let out a sigh of relief. He wasn't used to Hua Yue's passion.

Shouldn't an aristocratic miss be very reserved? Why was she so proactive? Did she find something wrong? My disguise should be flawless.

"Come here, Mei. I found a good place!" Taking the opportunity when Hua Yue was distracted by Hua Huo, Xiao Cao held Yun Xi's hand and left the crowd.

Xiao Cao's Mortal's Sword talent was a great help. She could always find an interesting place which ordinary people wouldn't discover. Now, they were at the forefront of the ship, where a lotus-shaped figurehead was placed.

It was said that the ships in the Western God's Domain often used mermaid-shaped figureheads, but the ships in Eastern God's Domain didn't have this specific requirement. Different sword domains in the Eastern God's Domain used different figureheads.

White Lotus's figurehead was a beautiful lotus throne. It was covered in warm white lights, which protected it from any potential storms and moisture.

"Isn't this a forbidden zone?" Yun Xi had noticed the lotus throne a while ago, but when he tried to come here, he had felt that an invisible force stopping him. The force was used to tell them that no one was allowed to enter this place.

"It doesn't matter. I have found a method to enter here." Xiao Cao said with a nonchalant expression.

She casually sat beside Yun Xi, then took off her shoes. Her feet were white and tender. The size of her soles was perfect and her toes were as round as pearls.

"When I was very small, I often imagined what the world outside town looked like. The uncles and aunts in the village told me that if I didn't leave the town, I would miss many good things. As they said, after I left the town, I met many people and learned many things I couldn't learn in the town. In the outside world, there are good people and bad people, there are people who are weaker than me and there are people who are stronger than me. If I didn't leave the town, I wouldn't have known that the world was so big. Look, Mei! This is the sky!" Xiao Cao held Yun Xi's hand and let him sit beside her.

"And we are flying! We are flying in the very, very, high sky!"

Xiao Cao started singing. Her voice was clear and melodious, and her song was naive, but contained guileless sincerity. When Yun Xi heard the song, he felt that there was an invisible hand stroking him, making his heart feel relaxed and peaceful. He quietly watched the blue sky, the clouds which constantly disappeared and appeared under his feet, and the big bright sun.

Everything was so refreshing and bracing. Unlike when he looked at the sky from the ground, when he really stood above the clouds, he really felt his insignificance and the boundlessness of the world. Under the blue sky, even the ship White Lotus, which was three kilometers long, also looked like a leaf in the boundless sea.

"Hey!" Xiao Cao was suddenly interested. She bared her feet and jumped around, looking at Yun Xi with a bright smile.

"Mei! Come see more beautiful scenes with me! It's a very, very wonderful feeling to be beside you!" Xiao Cao said. She opened her hands wide and shouted at the endless sky, "Xiao Cao and Mei will be best friends forever!"

Her hands were small, but in Yun Xi's eyes, she had hugged the entire sky in her arms. She basked in the golden sunshine, as glamorous as a golden fairy. Oh, Xiao Cao was so cute.

Chapter 112: The Door in the Clouds

In the gloaming above the sea of clouds, the huge ship, White Lotus rode the wind and waves, flying towards the Sword Palace. The endless sea of clouds swept past White Lotus. This height was already beyond the limit any normal living being could reach. Even eagles couldn't fly to this height.

Only the sound of the air billowing was following White Lotus. During the flight, the ship didn't even have any small vibrations. It was more stable than any large ship on the sea.

A day had past and the feeling of freshness had begun to fade away. Many Sword Palace's disciples had gone back to their rooms, practicing by themselves and waiting for their coming lives in the Sword Palace. No matter whether they were formal disciples or just alternate disciples, everyone was struggling for their future.

Yun Xi, Xiao Cao, Hua Yue, and the other female swordsmaidens sneaked into the lotus-throne-like area on the bow, which no one was allowed to enter for safety reasons. They watched White Lotus flying in the sky, parting the air like a ship breaking the wind and waves on the sea.

Although the ship was about three kilometers long, but in the lotus-throne-like area at the bow, it was crowded with these female swordsmaidens. Xiao Cao's stealth ability was like a bug. With her help, this forbidden zone was completely opened up to the girls.

"That's too high!"

"Incredible! Is this White Lotus’s true speed?"

"Why is it so fast? How can it be so steady at this speed?"

The girls huddled together and looked around, clicking their tongues at the magical like power the White Lotus showed.

"The ship is about ten times faster than the speed of sound." According to the sun's position and the mountains under the ship, Hua Yue had figured out the ship's speed.

It was so fast, but the people on the ship didn't even feel a bit of wind or increase of gravity. It was all due to the magical spells engraved on the ship. The mortals in the sword handle area wouldn't even see such a miracle even once during their lifetimes, not to mention understand it.

"So, the ship has flown over three hundred thousand kilometers?" Yun Xi calculated the distance, then surprisedly found that he had travelled such a long distance from the sword handle area.

Most of the people who lived in the small town wouldn't go to a place a hundred kilometers away from their town. To them, their world was only within about a hundred mile radius. After all, only very few people had the luck to use the floating ship, White Lotus.

"That's not a long distance. If you take the star bridge, you can leap across dozens of light years in a day."

"Of course, the star bridges only link the mortal worlds. For security and political reasons, all the god's domains don't allow building a star bridge to their core areas."

"Inside each god's domain, only air units like the floating ship can be called 'the ultimate force'. Even in the entire Sky Sword God's Domain, White Lotus is the only top-class floating ship. Its weapon system can even suppress the entire7 sword domain. It's the safest mode of travel." Hua Yue explained the special meaning of White Lotus and placidly moved close to Yun Xi.

Her breasts' softness and resiliency made Yun Xi's face turn red.

Is this a special intimate activity between girls? What should he do?

Yun Xi knew nothing about this. He didn't know if he should accept it or refuse it.

The seed was growing!

Yun Xi could clearly feel that due to Hua Yue's intimate behavior, her seed were growing fast.

Why? As a perfect aristocratic miss, her actions were too resolute. Was this also a part of a lady's education?

"Look! The setting sun is so beautiful!"

"Oh! It looks like the sky is burning!"

"Wait! Look at that spot. Is something in the clouds?"

The girls' screams awakened Yun Xi. He raised his head, witnessing the fantastic scene together with all the female swordsmaidens.

At the farthest horizon, yellow, black, and green clouds formed a tremendous vortex, rotating at an incredible speed.

Red, blue, and purple lightning cheerfully jumped back and forth amongst the clouds. Their lights broke through the rain curtain, illuminating the whole sky as bright as day. The whole world was divided into two pieces by a rainbow-like light.

Half of the sky was covered with lightning and storms. The edge of the lightning was so bright and magnificent. It traversed the line between the sky and the sea, stretching away like a boundless wall. Even if the wall had an end, it must be at hundreds of miles away.

The other half of the sky still looked normal. As if there was a god controlling the lightning, they stopped in front of an invisible dividing line and none of them overstepped the boundary.

On the border line, a blue door was opening slowly.

"What's this? Is there such a thing that exists in the air line?!" The twin witches stood up together. Red Lotus drew out her sword and White Lotus started to divine.

"That door..." Yun Xi looked at the door in shock.

It was familiar. He was all too familiar with that door. He had seen this door countless times in his dream and imagined what was behind the door. Now, the door had suddenly emerged. Not in his dream, but in the real world. Then, where was the door guardian? Where was that girl who had always appeared in his dream and killed him countless times?

He had never forgotten her three strands of icy blue hair, the sword-shaped ribbon at her waist, and her blue sword which was always put in front of the closed door.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Earth-shaking knocking sounds came from behind the door, echoing between heaven and earth. As the lightning flashed and the thunder roared, visible distortions and oscillations appeared on the door, as if something was trying to break the door by force.

"No!"

"I have figured out it! White Lotus, make a turn at full speed!" Red Lotus and White Lotus almost shouted at the same time.

Red Lotus's battle instinct was warning her, and White Lotus had figured out the danger by observing the chaotic environment. Unfortunately, it was too late. Before the ship, White Lotus turned, an invisible wave had leaked out from the crack in the door.

"Boom!" The huge White Lotus turned over in the air as if it was a leaf in furious billows.

Chapter 113: Intruder

"Whoaaaa!"

"What's that?"

"No, no! It's coming!"

The girls at the bow were the first to bear the shock waves. Even though the ship’s magical defence circle had blocked over 99% of the shock waves, but the remainder still made the ship rotate in the sky. However, that was just the beginning.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

As the banging sounds echoed throughout heaven and earth, the knocking sounds from the door were becoming stronger and stronger, clearer and clearer. As if there was an indestructible boundary in the air, and now, it was being broken and crushed.

"Everyone, be on full alert! White Lotus, enter avoidance mode!"

In all of Red Lotus's days alive, this was the first time that she encountered such a dangerous event of which she didn't even know how she could avoid it. No matter whether it was the door which suddenly emerged in the clouds, or the thing which was going to break the door, they were all beyond her capability.

"Sister, be careful! That thing is going to break the door!" White Lotus's face looked shaky. She had a premonition of what was going to happen.

If it wasn't because of the bright lights that was being emitted from her Star and Moon's Ring dispelling a part of the terrible breath spreading from behind the door, she wouldn't even be able to stand up. The stronger you were, the more danger you would feel. She clearly knew how terrible the thing behind the door was.

"Dammit... How can such a terrible monster come to this sword domain? The world's laws doesn't support it to do this!" Hua Huo's reaction wasn't any better than White Lotus’. The door that suddenly appeared was too inexplicable.

"No, it's not safe here. We should jump off the ship!" Even Hua Huo didn't think that she could beat down the monster behind the door. Even if she tried her best, the best outcome would be to escape with Yun Xi. As for the other people? She could only pray for their luck.

How could the laws of Sky Sword God's Domain support such a monster to come to this sword domain? Was the world going to be destroyed? The door and the monster behind the door were something that absolutely shouldn't appear in this sword domain.

The White Lotus Sword Domain was like a waveless pond that was used to keep fish fries, and the monster behind the door was like a great white shark that was suddenly thrown into the pond. No, maybe the monster wasn't just a great white shark. It could even be more dangerous, like a whale! Even if this kind of creature just appeared in the sword domain and did nothing, its very existence was already able to shake the world's structure, or even make the world collapse.

"Bang!" The seemingly indestructible blue door finally started to collapse under the unknown monster's attacks. A crack suddenly appeared in its center. At first, it was just a negligible crack that could be barely observed. However, as the old saying goes, "A small leak will sink a great ship". Soon afterwards, the second crack, the third crack, the fourth crack... countless cracks appeared on the door.

When the people on the ship saw these cracks with their naked eyes, it was already too late. A gust of waves spread out from the door. Even the ship,White Lotus, which was protected by a compounded magical circle that could block all hero ranked attacks, was still as weak as paper in front of the wave.

After losing the magical circle's protection, White Lotus shook in the air like a feeble girl. It couldn't block the terrible shock waves any longer. The disciples who were living in the ship didn't even know what was happening. They were thrown to the ceiling or the floor at this time. Some of them couldn't handle the pressure and vomited everywhere.

"Be careful!"

"Everyone, hold each other's hand!"

The female swordsmaidens were all on the bow. They held each other's hands, withstanding the terrible shock waves together. With Yun Xi's seed's help, they perfectly displayed their abilities. After gathering everyone's strength, they finally survived the shock waves. However, the most terrible thing was just coming.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

Glass-breaking sounds resounded in the air. However, the thing that was breaking wasn't glass but the blue door.

"Breaking the void!"

"Forced space leap!"

"Transcended power!"

Red Lotus, White Lotus, and Hua Huo shouted at the same time. They said different words, but meant the same thing.

The monster was breaking the void, coming to this world from a place which was maybe ten million light years away. This monster couldn't belong to Sky Sword God's Domain, but an intruder who had the ability to leap through the void.

As a boy who was born in the small town, Yun Xi couldn’t image what it was. However, as the future masters of White Lotus Sword Domain and the successor of Sky Flying Bloodline, the twin witches and Hua Huo knew of its power clearly.

As a monster who could break the door... it was at least at the 8th rank, or higher! The strongest person in the White Lotus Sword Domain was only at the 6th rank. In this case, the monster was even able to destroy the whole sword domain as easy as a piece of cake!

Countless fragments divided in the sky, turning into beautiful blue light points. However, in Red Lotus, White Lotus, and Hua Huo's eyes, they were not beautiful light points but a dreadful sign, an unavoidable disaster.

"It's coming! White Lotus, give up defence and turn around at full speed!" Red Lotus plunged her Red Lotus Holy Sword into the control platform and immediately turned off the ship's defence system. Anyway, the ship's magical defence circle was meaningless in front of the coming monster.

The floating ship wasn't designed to fight against an 8th ranked monster. It wouldn't even be stronger than a piece of paper in front of it. The best choice was to fly away as fast as possible.

"I have projected it out! Its body is about a hundred kilometers long and its weight is as heavy as a star! Impossible to calculate more details!" White Lotus couldn't believe the monster's information that she had calculated by using her skill "The Great Circle".

Such a monster couldn't be born in any small sword domain like the White Lotus Sword Domain. It was too massive. Even if it did nothing and just fell to the ground, it would definitely cause a violent earthquake, which may even be able to destroy the whole sword domain. Compared to the 8th ranked monster, the White Lotus Sword Domain was really too small.

Chapter 114: The Apostle Arrives

"Ku!"

"Ku!"

"Ku!"

Unknown sounds came from nowhere, echoing between the heaven and the earth and shook everyone's souls.

The clouds, lightning, and storms had all suddenly vanished. A silver paranormal creature swam out from the broken door. Its body was over a hundred kilometers long. Its head looked like a translucent diamond with three silver horns. Under its head, at the center of its waist and on the place near its tail, there were three pairs of silver blue wings.

Its tail had three big caudal fins with noticeable wounds on them. Obviously, it was using the tail which was big enough to paddle in the void to knock the blue door. In the center of its diamond-like head, there was a giant silver gem. Its scarlet eyes were gazing at the ship, White Lotus, and the distant horizon.

After it squeezed into the world from the door, the sky suddenly cleared up and all the clouds suddenly vanished. Endless blue spread to the end of the sky, which was so magnificent and gave people an illusion that the world was stopped at this time.

"White flood dragon?" Its appearance made Red Lotus remember the flood dragon race. It was a quite famous race in the Eastern God’s Domain.

"No, it isn't." White Lotus refuted Red Lotus's guess. She didn't think that it was an 8th ranked flood dragon, for most truebred dragons were only at the hero rank, not to mention half-blood flood dragon race.

"No, it's not a dragon belonging to the Eastern God's Domain! It is a white holy dragon! A natural fantasy species! The most beautiful holy dragon!" Hua Huo realized the silver dragon's true identity.

The white holy dragon was an extremely rare dragon race. Hua Huo had only read of their record in an ancient book.

The silver gem on its forehead was a rare treasure called "White Dragon's Crystal". In addition to its wings, tail, fins, and scales, could all be used to make powerful weapons, the white holy dragon race had almost been exterminated ten thousand years ago.

Because their hearts were too innocent, they were betrayed by the humans they trusted. As a result, the entire race was almost exterminated. After that, the white holy dragons disappeared from the Western God's Domain and had become an old tale.

Who would imagine that a white holy dragon would suddenly appear in a remote sword domain in the distant Eastern God's Domain?!

"It's looking for me!" Hua Huo's eyes suddenly became shrewd.

So, they finally found her. As she had expected, the dragon god wasn't willing to forgive the rebellious Sky Flying Bloodline. In her view, only the dragon god, Asha's Dragon God's Domain, still had a few white holy dragons.

Why are you so cruel? In order to exterminate the dragon race's natural enemy, the Sky Flying Bloodline, you actually sent a rare white holy dragon to kill me?!

Sorry, Little Xi, Red Lotus, White Lotus, and everyone, I implicated you.

"This... what..." Yun Xi's mouth parched and his tongue scorched. He dumbly gazed at the huge monster in the sunny sky, as if the lightning and dark clouds he saw just now was just some joke.

Not only Yun Xi. All the people who were gazing at the great creature were speechless. They couldn't find any words to describe their shock, for the distance amongst their life forms were too great.

"Master, be careful! It is that Apostle!" As anxiety swept through Yun Xi's heart, he heard Mei'er's voice in his mind.

"Are you kidding me?! You are saying that this monster is the 7th ranked Apostle?" Yun Xi opened his mouth wide, gazing at the dragon in shock.

It was really a beautiful creature, however, its behavior of breaking the door by force and its huge body were enough to disarm everyone's fighting will. This was one of his ex-girlfriends' Apostles, the enemy he would soon face.

"Well... It has probably upgraded recently... It is already at the 8th rank now... After all, it's one of your ex-girlfriend's Apostles. Its talent must be very good..." Mei'er whispered haltingly.

"What can I do? I don't think that I can defeat it..." Yun Xi gazed at the white holy dragon with a desperate look. He found that the biggest crisis in his life suddenly appeared in front of him.

It was more dangerous than the green hippo he had defeated. Even if there were a million green hippos, they would be nothing if compared to the Apostle.

How long had he awakened his ability as the Starchild? Why did he meet such a monster so early? This wasn't as simple as a joke! He would die!

"Don't worry. It should have just known that you are in this sword domain but doesn't know your specific location. This should be just a regular search. Master, you should be careful. You'd better never turn off your greatsword maid's uniform. If it finds you, you won't have any chance to escape!"

"Ok... I see..." Yun Xi let out a sigh of relief. So, he hadn't exposed his true identity and this was just the Apostle's regular search.

Fortunately, the worst situation didn't happen.

He shouldn't give up hope till the last second!

"Ku?"

"Ku!"

"Ku..."

The white holy dragon scanned the small sword domain for a while, then suddenly swung its tail.

As if the ship, White Lotus, was just a negligible leaf but not the strongest weapon of the whole White Lotus Sword Domain, the white holy dragon's tail easily swung the ship down from the sky. After that, the silver crystal on the dragon's forehead emitted endless lights, wrapping the entire core area of White Lotus Sword Domain into its range.

...

"Purl! Purl! Purl!" Yun Xi heard the sound of flowing water. He felt that the water was very close, but also at a very far away place.

"Master..."

Eh? Was someone calling him?

"Master! Wake up! This is not good!"

Mei'er's worried voice echoed in Yun Xi's ears. He ground his teeth and strenuously opened his eyes. His mouth was full of the taste of seawater. He wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit anything.

"Cough! Cough!" Yun Xi coughed on the beach. Mei'er continuously licked his face to help him clean the seaweed on his face.

"We... Did we fall overboard?" Yun XI vaguely remembered that he saw a boundless sea when the ship, White Lotus, dropped from the sky.

He remembered that the twin witches were casting a protection magic on everyone, and his childhood sweetheart was trying her best to fly towards him at that time. Unfortunately, Hua Huo didn't catch up to him. She was blown away by the floating ship's wreckage. After that, his memory blanked.

Chapter 115: Stranded

Yun Xi remembered the last scene he had seen before he fell from the sky. The white holy dragon, which was to be one of his ex-girlfriend's Apostles, swept its tail, then the strongest air fortress in the whole sword domain, White Lotus, was knocked down and disintegrated in the air.

The ship's bow and stern were directly stripped from the ship, and the lotus-like throne, which was engraved with countless magical defence circles, also turned into countless fragments, floating and swaying in the sky.

When the ship disintegrated, the shock wave almost stunned everyone on the ship. At first, the female swordsmaidens were still holding each other's hands trying to withstand the pressure, but they failed. They fell, separated from each other.

"Cough... Is this the enemy I will soon face?" Yun Xi leaned against a coconut tree on the beach, gazing at the massive ship fragments floating on the sea. The most noticeable fragment was the lotus throne that was only 30% of its original size, but still emitted soft lights. It attracted countless fish to come here. Amongst the fish, some there even broke out in a war to fight for ownership of the remaining White Lotus’ throne. Yun Xi could see water columns spraying out of the water from time to time.

"Master... don't be frustrated. As long as you still become stronger and stronger, you will be able to beat down that Apostle someday!" Mei'er continuously picked useful materials from the ship's wreckage on the beach. Her mental state was a hundred times better than Yun Xi.

"Well, you really trust me." Yun Xi sighed.

He didn't have his previous life's memory, so he also didn't know how strong he was. After all, he was just a 2nd ranked swordsman now. He had the confidence to reach the 3rd rank in a short period, but that didn't mean he wanted to face the 8th ranked Apostle. If the Apostle found him, no one could save him.

"Master is the greatest presence! This is the reason why the four overlords fight for you. Moreover, if you didn't create me, I wouldn't come to this world!" Several fish were stunned by the shock wave and washed onto the beach. Mei'er held them in her mouth and gazed at Yun Xi with an adoring look.

"I'm really curious about how I could have had four overlord-ranked girlfriends in my last life." Yun Xi complained about the mistake he made in his last life.

After a while, he regained a little of his energy. He surely couldn't beat down the 8h ranked Apostle. However, the Apostle had disappeared, seeing that it hadn't found out that he was on the ship. White Lotus's misfortune was just an accident. It had just gotten in the Apostle's way.

"Anyway, I want to go on living. Mei'er, come back!" Yun Xi whistled, then Mei'er turned into a golden light and flew into Yun Xi's body.

Yun Xi could let Mei'er stay in his body in the star elf form. He had naturally understood how to use this ability after he awakened his memory as the starchild.

The little star elf had two forms: an entity form as the golden dog, and a virtual body form as the star elf. When Yun Xi first met Mei'er, he didn't have enough power to let Mei'er turn into her star elf form. This was one of the rewards he had obtained after he completed the formal trial.

"I hope that other people are still alive." Yun Xi murmured.

He closed his eyes, searching for other people through his seeds. According to his memory, the crash site depended on the location when they were on the ship, which meant that the female swordsmaidens were very likely to drop into the nearby sea area.

One, two, three... Yun Xi carefully counted the number of the seeds which were still linked to him, then let out a sigh of relief. The protection magic the twin witches cast at the last moment had worked very well. None of the female swordsmaidens had died. Thirty-seven seeds were still linked with him. That was really something worth celebrating.

Yun Xi vaguely figured out the distance between him and the girls through the seeds. He couldn't clearly feel the twin witches, Hua Huo, Milei, El'phyllis, and Ye Li. Obviously, they were at different, but very far away from each other.

Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and other female swordsmaidens were very close to him. Even if they were not on the island, their locations wouldn't be far away.

"I need to hurry up and save them!" With the guide of the seeds, Yun Xi used the skill "Quicksilver Motion", running towards a place on the island at his full speed.

Even though they fell from the same place, but due to the white holy dragon's shock wave and the airstream caused due to White Lotus's disintegration, they dropped into different places.

The first girl Yun Xi found was Hua Yue. She hadn't fallen into the sea, but was hanging on a large coconut tree. She was in a coma due to the massive impact. Her full breasts were hanging on a branch. Her gorgeous dress was already in shreds and patches, exposing her snow-white skin. If it wasn't because the white light on her body protected her when she fell from the sky, she would already be dead.

"Hua Yue, wake up!" Yun Xi touched her forehead to feel her temperature and anxiously called her name, trying to wake her up.

"Cough... Cough... I... Am I dead?" Hua Yue slowly opened her eyes, then saw a heaven-like scene.

Fresh air, bright sunlight, boundless blue sky, and a black-haired girl who was hugging her in her arms and looking at her with a warm and worried look.

Ah, is this the heaven? Hua Yue thought in her heart. If this was her life after death, it looked pretty nice.

"No, you are not dead. We fell from the sky. Are you injured?" Yun Xi looked at Hua Yue with a worried look because she was still coughing.

"Oh, I'm not dead. Thank you. Are my ribs broken?" Hua Yue quickly realized what happened. Well, this wasn't heaven, but the girl who was hugging her in her arms was her real angel!

"Staying alive is better than anything, " Yun Xi comforted her. He had tasted too many deaths. They were really some of his most horrible memories.

"Yes. You are here, so I won't go to the afterlife." Hua Yue said with a smile. She struggled, trying to stand up.

As a knight who had the White Golden Rose Bloodline, how could she surrender to her minor injures! Even if she would die, she would die with vigour and vitality!

"Mei, where are we?" Yun Xi supported Hua Yue with his hand. Hua Yue looked around and her eyes gradually became calm.

"I have good news and bad news." Yun Xi smiled bitterly. He told Hua Yue his guess.

"The good news is that we are still alive. I think that other people are also alive. The bad news is that this place is probably located in the core area of the White Lotus Sword Domain. We all know that this place is a forbidden zone, for it may have legendary hero ranked monsters."

"You mean, we are stranded?" Hua Yue correctly judged the situation.

"Yes. Not only us. I'm afraid that all the people that had been on the ship are stranded now."

Chapter 116: Search and Rescue

"We fell in the nearby area, which means that there may be other people stranded here."

Hua Yue was really an excellent aristocratic miss who had inherited the White Gold Rose Bloodline. She quickly analysed the situation.

"En. They are all on this island and in the nearby areas." Yun Xi answered. He felt the seeds again, making sure that no other female swordsmaidens were in danger.

However, for some reason he didn't know, his feeling about Hua Huo’s seed and the twin witches' seeds were becoming more and more difficult to perceive.

"Well, put me down and let us go look for the others," Hua Yue said. She looked around and made a decision, "Don't worry about me. I can still move. The most important thing now is to search for them."

"Are you really ok?" Yun Xi looked at Hua Yue with worry. He knew that her ribs were broken.

"I have the White Gold Rose Bloodline. I'm not that weak a girl!" Hua Yue looked around and found a place which was suitable to be their temporary foothold.

It was a platform on a barren rock-wall, which was a really good place to observe the surrounding environment. Even if they encountered monsters, the terrain could help them resist for a period of time. Besides, her White Gold Rose Bloodline could let her recover herself ten times faster than ordinary people. She would be able to recover 70% of her power after about ten hours.

"Rip!"

Hua Yue tore her ripped dress to make bandages to bind up her broken ribs. After that, she worked on the platform to build their temporary camp.

As for Yun Xi, he was quickly running towards the backland of the island.

"Go. Look for everyone and save them! Mei, you are the strongest and the best of us. You should know that with great power comes great responsibility!"

Hua Yue's words were still echoing in Yun Xi's heart, which really made him look at her in a new way. So, not all aristocratic misses were hothouse flowers, at least, Hua Yue wasn't a feeble girl.

"Here!" Soon afterwards, Yun Xi found another girl who was in a coma. She was one of the female swordsmaiden. Her condition was better than Hua Yue. Although her clothes were also ripped, but she had fallen onto a thick and soft creep cluster which greatly reduced the impact.

"Ling Ling, wake up!" Yun Xi remembered her name. She was one of Hua Yue's subordinates and came from a declined noble family.

"Whoaaa! Am I dead?" Ling Ling faintly opened her eyes, then saw the blue sky, white clouds, and a black-haired angel.

"You are not dead. Hua Yue is waiting for you!" Yun Xi had a complex feeling. Why did they think that they had died when they saw him?

"Oh, I'm not dead! What a pity. I thought that I was in heaven!" Ling Ling looked regretful, then was helped up by Yun Xi.

"Ai... Gee... Mei?" Ling Ling blushed. She was at a loss in Yun Xi's arms.

"We can talk later. Let us go to Hua Yue's place first."

As the only uninjured person, Yun Xi's physical strength was still at its peak. He held Ling Ling in his arms and continuously performed Quicksilver Motion. He didn't only obtain understanding and experience about sword skills from the thirty-seven female swordsmen. Something else also flowed into his heart. Therefore, when he took Ling Ling up in his arms, he didn't feel that it was inappropriate.

Similarly, Ling Ling also didn't resist his behavior. She just blushed with her heart pounding heavily.

"Isn't this my heaven?" Ling Ling glanced at Yun Xi with a sweet feeling in her heart.

"I have found one!" After entrusting Ling Ling to Hua Yue, Yun Xi didn't rest. He immediately jumped down from the platform and started to search for other survivors.

After finding Hua Yue and Ling Ling, Yun Xi felt that he was more familiar with his seed searching system. Within three hours, he had found seventeen girls from the area within a ten-mile radius. However, as he kept searching, he was more and more confused about something.

"That's so strange. How could we all fall on the same island?"

At the same time, Hua Yue had become the temporary leader of these female swordsmen. She also considered this question. She didn't know of the existence of Yun Xi's seeds. In that case, she was more puzzled about how Yun Xi could find so many people so quickly.

"In terms of probability, it's impossible!"

They fell from the ship more than ten-thousand-meters-high in the sky. Even if they were holding each other's hands when they fell, it was still impossible that their landing locations were so close.

For the next ten hours, Yun Xi was still looking for the girls. Not surprisingly, he found almost all the remaining girls. When Yun Xi found them, they were all in a coma with vague white lights protecting them. Some of them fell on trees, some of them were dropped on creep clusters, and some of them were washed onto the beach just like Yun Xi himself.

"Thirty-six people... where is Xiao Cao?" Yun Xi put the last girl he found on the platform, then gasped for air as his brows frowned. By relying on the seeds, he could vaguely judge the distance between him and the girls. In order to find the thirty-six girls, he had almost gone around the whole island. However, Xiao Cao's seed wasn’t on the island but in the sea. He didn't know the exact location and could only figure out the general direction.

"You must be tired, Mei."

"Yes, Mei, you should take a rest. Come here, do you want to drink water?"

"Thank you, Mei. I don't know what would have happened if we didn't have you."

The girls surrounded Yun Xi with concern. Via the threads of their seeds, Yun Xi could feel their sincerity. Their eyes also proved that they weren't lying.

"Thanks. But I must find everyone, otherwise, I won't rest!" Yun Xi drunk the cold water. He wiped his mouth, then jumped off the platform again. Since the seed had pointed out the direction for him, then no matter where Xiao Cao was, he must find her. They were a team of thirty-seven female swordsmen. Not one less.

Chapter 117: Xiao Cao in the Moonlight

Yun Xi stood on the beach, staring at the changing weather with a dumbfounded look.

The distant sky was as dark as ink, portending that a tempest was coming. The wind drove the clouds and swallowed the shining stars.

Under the sky, it was the boundless sea. The waves roared and billowed upon the dark sea.

At dusk, the sea should show the most beautiful scene, however, the coming storm ruined everything.

Yun Xi still remembered that the sea was so peaceful at daylight, but now, it exposed its violent side.

At the ends of the sea, the tempest was moving at an incredible speed. Lightning spread through the sky again and again, illuminating the clouds like burned snakes.

"Puff!" The winds were coming!

"Clank!" The storm was coming!

This was the first time that Yun Xi faced a storm’s earth-shaking powers personally.

In the storm, the heaven and the earth were inked, as dark as the winter in hell. The only light was the flashing lightning in the clouds and the white lotus throne floating on the sea.

The smell of the sea came from a distance and rose up through the air. The rain dropped on Yun Xi's shoulders like it was raining cats and dogs, drenching his maid's black uniform.

"No! Xiao Cao!" Yun Xi shuddered. He was planning to swim across the sea, but now, he recovered himself in the face of the violent sea storm.

To mortals, once they were drawn into a sea storm, they wouldn't survive. Xiao Cao wouldn't be an exception.

"Mei'er!" Yun Xi summoned his star elf.

"How can I lock onto Xiao Cao's position?"

Yun Xi anxiously looked at the small golden dog. His only hope now was the Stars' Love System.

"Do you mean her seed?" As Yun Xi's system elf, Mei'er could also see the thread between Yun Xi and the girls.

"Yes. She is in danger. I must save her!" Yun Xi grinded his teeth. Even if the storm was so horrible, he had no intention on giving up.

He must save everyone!

"Don't worry, my master. Feel her seed with your heart!" Mer'er jumped to Yun Xi's shoulder and licked his ear.

"Her seed?" Yun Xi closed his eyes and felt the seed’s direction in his heart.

Was it his imagination? He felt that Xiao Cao's seed getting closer and closer.

"Eh, It's not an illusion. Look, she is coming!"

Yun Xi felt then. He not only felt Xiao Cao's breath, but also including a strange creature's breath, which was much bigger and amazing.

On the dark sea, a streak of white light beam was emitting lights and quickly moving towards Yun Xi from the far away heavy waves.

As the white light beam moved, the waves were suppressed and the sea suddenly became peaceful. Even the inked sky was illuminated by its light.

Yun Xi could feel that the creature who was emitting the white light beam from its body was even strong enough to dispel the storm.

Although it couldn't be compared to the white holy dragon, it was still a great being that was far beyond ordinary people’s imagination.

"Ha!"

A clear voice echoed between the heaven and the earth. The great being in the sea was dispelling the storm.

The storm and winds already blotted out the sky and covered the sun, but now, they faded in the face of the loud, clear, and song-like voice.

The crescent moon shined its cold lights on the boundless waves, and a few sparse stars blinked in the dark blue sky.

The sea breezes hummed, and the veil-like moonlight carried the soft night wind, dancing amongst the spoondrift on the dark sea.

Between heaven and earth, the white light looked holy and tranquil, as if there was an invisible hand that was wiping off the storm.

"This..." Yun Xi gazed at the miraculous scene. He was really at a loss for words.

Compared to the white holy dragon, this fantastic creature's power of suppressing the storm wasn't that incredible. However, its power was more natural, as if it was really a part of the cycle of natural process.

A few moments later, several black figures left the white light and swam to Yun Xi.

On the dark water, the several black figures met and parted, sank and swam, but always kept themselves in a loose formation.

Yun Xi could see curved-knife-like dorsal fins on their black back. Every once in a while, they would spout out water from their forehead with "buzz" sounds.

Sometimes, one or two black figures would leap from the water, exposing their oval white spots in the air. They streamlined bodies gave Yun Xi an ineffable sense of power and speed.

Discontinuously, they made song-like sounds that echoed in the night sky. They sounded like the voice which dispelled the storm.

"Whales?" Yun Xi looked at these big creatures and felt the growing of Xiao Cao's seed. He opened his eyes wide in surprise, because he had seen the girl, who was sitting on one of the killer whales without any clothes.

Her healthy and slender body looked still like a child, and her freckles looked pretty innocent and pure.

Under the moonlight, her skin looked strange but attractive. Yun Xi could clearly see her slender legs, soft and arched feet, and her slightly opened toes.

Her belly was smooth and compact, showing a kind of healthy beauty.

Was she Xiao Cao? Was she really the girl in Yun Xi's memory?

Her body was so energetic as if something in her body was suddenly released after the disaster. Her temperament had undergone a drastic change.

Not only her temperament. Her power had also changed. She was already at the 3rd rank now.

What had happened to her while she was missing?

Chapter 118: Bite

What happened?

Where had she changed?

Yun Xi checked Xiao Cao's seed, trying to find an answer.

Soon afterwards, he found her changes.

Xiao Cao's seed:

Mortal's Sword (perfect): The person who held this sword had practiced the mortal's sword skill to the limit, due to that the person would be able to learn any high-level sword skills two times faster than ordinary people.

Mind's Eye (incomplete): A kind of insight learning from practice and exercise. It could help the owner analyse the environment and catch the tiniest opportunity to reverse the situation.

Combat Intuition (partly awakened): This ability could help the owner analyse the battle trend and respond to it in advance. At any time, the owner of this ability could use 100% strength.

Persevering Heart: The grass-like girl has a persevering heart. It can help her open the door to a higher rank.

The Great Road (partly opened): In the long river of fate, some people were blessed by the Goddess of Fortune. Even if they are still mortals, they were fated to create legends.

After reading the last information, Yun Xi realized that he was witnessing a new legend's birth. She was going to step on her own great road.

Xiao Cao was blessed by destiny itself. She had made the first move of her legend.

Her natural posture and renewed temperament were the proofs of her rebirth.

Yun Xi still didn't know what had happened to her, but he could see her changes.

"Mei! Mei! Mei!"

Yun Xi was lost in his thought, till Xiao Cao jumped off the black whale she rode, ran to him and called him. He finally returned to the real world.

"Ah, Xiao Cao... Welcome back!" Yun Xi hesitated, "Sorry, I don't know what to do at a time like this."

"You can just smile," Xiao Cao answered, "Sorry to keep you waiting!" She deftly stood on her toes, then held Yun Xi in her arms and kissed him. She put her small tongue into Yun Xi's mouth and forcibly stirred.

"Ooo!" Under Xiao Cao's surprise attack, Yun Xi unconsciously put out his tongue. After feeling that, Xiao Cao enthusiastically sucked his tongue.

"!!!" Yun Xi heard Xiao Cao's breathing and groan, feeling that her body was so soft as if she didn't have bones.

Xiao Cao's kiss was a little strange. After swallowing plenty of Yun Xi's saliva, she tried to use her tongue to touch every corner of Yun Xi's mouth.

A large amount of sweet saliva flowed into Yun Xi's mouth. Some of them flowed out from the corner of his mouth, hanging in the air like a silver wire.

"En!" Finally, Yun Xi struggled and put Xiao Cao away, for her kiss had almost made him suffocate.

Who?! Who taught Xiao Cao such an erotic style of kissing? He was almost dried up!

Looking at Xiao Cao, Yun Xi couldn't believe that she had changed so much!

In his memory, Xiao Cao was a girl who was clumsy in daily life and only focused on practicing her sword skill.

"Not enough..." Xiao Cao seemingly didn't want to give up. Even after Yun Xi had pushed her away, she still launched the second offensive.

"Wow! Wow! Wow!"

"Patter! Patter!"

"Oh yeah! Oh yeah!"

"Go! Go!"

Was it his illusion? Yun Xi felt that there were other people. They were peeping at him and making inexplicable sounds.

Xiao Cao seemed to be encouraged by someone. She opened her mouth again. However, Yun Xi had covered his mouth with his hands. In that case, she could only put out her small tongue to help Yun Xi clean the saliva on his neck.

As her smooth, soft tongue licked and her warm lips brushed through, nothing remained on Yun Xi's neck.

As she licked, Yun Xi's heart suddenly beat faster. His neck felt a sharp pain, because Xiao Cao was biting on his neck, for he was refusing her kiss.

"My friends are saying that if you still resist, I can bite you," Xiao Cao said dangerous words with an innocent face as she gazed at Yun Xi's eyes.

Yun Xi didn't know if it was his illusion, however, when Xiao Cao said that, a sense of love was exposed on Xiao Cao's face, which made her look more pretty.

"Bite? How?" Yun Xi covered his neck with his hand, but didn't see any malice in Xiao Cao's eyes.

"Like this." Xiao Cao slightly opened her mouth.

Her eyebrows raised, which looked so soft as if it was drawing the same soft curves in Yun Xi's heart, making him feel an itch.

Stand on your toes, find the target, then bite on it - This was the perfect strategy Xiao Cao's friends were telling her.

"Yes, friends! Your best friends! The friends you want her to stay with forever!"

"Yes, don't relax your bite!"

"Yes, you must be active and enthusiastic! She is a pretty trustworthy friend. You should never let her go!"

"For mating and love, you... Cough, for your friendship, you must be proactive!"

"Ah... Ooo..." Xiao Cao didn't doubt her friends' words. She bit Yun Xi's lips again and enjoyed the feeling.

Xiao Cao, what was that bad friend? How could you teach my Xiao Cao such wrongful knowledge!

Xiao Cao, break it with that bad friend! The great road was still waiting for you. You shouldn't be slatternly!

Yun Xi felt his lower abdomen grow hot. One of his body part was going to raise its head.

No! I can't expose my identity here! The Apostle is still near. I can't remove my disguise now!

However... I can't hold on any longer! For god's sake, Xiao Cao's healthy and flexible breasts were pressing my chest! They are a pair of all too powerful weapons!

"Whoaaa!"

"Patter! Patter!"

"Pa pa pa pa!"

Under the moonlight, they peeked at the black-haired girl's perplexed expression, translucent skin, soaked maid's black uniform, and...

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

A lot of blood spurted into the sea and dyed the water red.

Chapter 119: Tropical Temptation

After another long, gentle, sweet kiss, Yun Xi was finally freed from Xiao Cao's offensive attacks and escaped his fate of being drowned in kisses.

No! I must stop her! If she continued, Yun Xi doubted how long could he stop one of his body part's rising. He took advantage of his height, decisively holding Xiao Cao in his arms.

Because Yun Xi was a head taller than Xiao Cao, he could easily take her whole body in his arms, stopping her wild attack in this weird manner.

"Xiao Cao... You are wrong! We are friends, but... but you can't do this to your regular friends!" Yun Xi strenuously suppressed his desire and tried to persuade Xiao Cao at the same time.

"Regular friends can't do this? Then what kind of friends can do this?" Xiao Cao asked with curiosity. Her tongue softly touched and slipped around Yun Xi's neck, making him shiver as if he was getting an electric shock.

"Well... I, I have very few friends..." Yun Xi didn't know how to answer her question.

He had tried this game with his childhood sweetheart many times, but none of them were as fervent as Xiao Cao.

Xiao Cao's mysterious friend, what had you taught Xiao Cao?!

"Puff! Puff!"

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"

"Yo-ho! Yo-ho!"

Yun Xi heard strange sounds again.

By the way, wasn't the temperature around him too warm?

The storm was just dispelled and now it was really a sunny day. However, Yun Xi felt hot as if he was in a tropical rainforest.

Xiao Cao was hugged in his arms at this moment. She was like a colorful fish who was emitting bright lights, catching Yun Xi's eyes tightly.

Yun Xi's hands touched Xiao Cao's skin. Her skin was so smooth and soft, not like a civilian’s at all. Yun Xi remembered that her skin was rough due to her hard life and too much practice.

What had exactly happened to Xiao Cao when she was missing?

"I... I also don't have too many friends. So, I'm glad to know that you are willing to be my friend, Mei!" Xiao Cao said. Her voice was quiet and gentle, as warm as a strand of grass in the tropic sea.

Why is Xiao Cao so cute?

What is this feeling in my heart?

Isn't the temperature around me too high?

"Puff! Puff!"

"Pa pa pa pa!"

"Drip! Whoa! Drip!"

Again. What is the sound exactly?

It didn't sound like the water or the waves slapping on the beach, but come from a more far away place in the deeper water.

"Hvwalar!" The several whales leapt out of the water and passed by each others. The water they carried formed a big heart-shaped symbol in the air.

"My new friends are saying that I can't let the chance slip. Mei is my best friend!"

Xiao Cao said firmly.

As a girl from a remote and poor village, she didn't have any teacher or legacy.

She was like a strand of grass in the wild, practicing her sword skill all by herself.

She valued her friends more than anyone.

Especially Mei. After taking a strand of her magical black hair, her whole world was turned upside down.

If Xiao Cao was like a strand of grass in the wild in the past, then Yun Xi's seed was like a drop of sweet dew, making her vibrant with life.

Xiao Cao appreciated Yun Xi's seed so much. She didn't good at speaking, so she just kept her gratitude firmly in her heart.

Friend is important.

Mei is special.

Therefore, I want to be her best friend. I want to stay with her forever.

"Eh. We are best friends."

Yun Xi could only accept her. After all, who could refuse such an innocent girl?

Even if Xiao Cao didn't have his seed, she was still an attractive girl.

Who would not want to have such a friend?

"Mei is my friend!" Xiao Cao smiled. She didn't take further steps, because that was all her friends had taught her.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

One giant, gratitude balloon after another shot up from the sea. They exploded and sprayed in the air, reflecting different color.

Deep purple and bright red.

Emerald green and dark blue.

White gold and not pink.

Various color and different shapes made the small beach looked like a aquarium, full of a dreamy atmosphere.

"Is that your friend?" Finally, Yun Xi persuaded Xiao Cao to put on the clothes which he temporarily made by using leaves. After that, he looked at a location in the sea.

"Yes. A very, very beautiful new friend. But she is a little big."

Xiao Cao nodded. Then pointed at her own skin, which was obviously more smooth and delicate than past.

"She let me drink her milk. Delicious and good for health."

Milk? Very big? Thoughts thronged Yun Xi's mind. That contained abundant information.

"Ha!"

"Hi!"

"Puff! Puff!"

Giant water waves shot up from the sea. The mysterious creature who carried Xiao Cao to the island started to dive. After a while, the creature and the several whales disappeared in the horizon.

"Has she left? What a pity. I want to let Mei drink her milk too!" Xiao Cao waved her hands to them with a regrettable look.

"What... is its race exactly?" Yun Xi gazed at the sea. In the end, he still didn't know what Xiao Cao's friend was.

"Hum... My friend, has big breasts. She is the biggest. Very beautiful, very soft, and takes care of me very much!" Xiao Cao said with a natural look, although her ambiguous describe really made Yun Xi feel confused.

However, this was not a problem.

Xiao Cao had come back.

He saved all the thirty-seven female swordsmen! Not one less.

Yun Xi held Xiao Cao's hands with a bright smile, walking on the way leading to their camping ground.

"Help! Help me! Whooooh! Anybody here? Please help me!"

Suddenly and surprisedly, Yun Xi heard a pitiful, cute and heart-touching voice.

Chapter 120: Silver-haired Girl

"Hmm?" Yun Xi stopped, looking at the place where the voice came from.

Are there other people on the island?

Yes, it is possible. Although Yun Xi had only found these female swordsmen on the island through his seeds, but it was possible that other people on the ship, White Lotus, also drifted to this island.

After all, White Lotus carried over a thousand of people. Except for the twin witches and Hua Huo, who he had confirmed that weren't on this island, it was very likely that there were other survivors here.

"Xiao Cao, let's go to save her!" Since he had already saved thirty-seven people, then there was no reason for him not to save more.

"En!" Xiao Cao nodded, but her eyes looked very vigilant.

Soon after, Yun Xi followed the voice and found the only survivor apart from the thirty-seven female swordsmen.

"..." Yun Xi looked at the girl with a weird look, because the girl was gingerly hiding on a tree, and the monsters around the tree were... several little animals Yun Xi was very familiar with: squirrels.

"..." Xiao Cao grasped Yun Xi's hands, motioning him to wait for a while.

Don't misunderstand. She wasn't fear of the several little animals, who looked not dangerous at all and just surrounded the tree with curiosity. She was on guard against the girl, who should have been their save target at first.

This was the same reason why Yun Xi stopped.

"Well... Who are you?" Yun Xi asked with a careful look.

That was a girl whose clothes looked very exotic. No one in the entire Eastern God's Domain would dress like that.

She wore a big silver headwear on her head, which looked like a pair of silver bunny ears. Three silver blue gems were studded on her forehead and her ears.

Yun Xi saw a big necklace on her neck, which said "No. 001" on it. He could see the broken chain that was still hanging on it.

Not only her neck. Her shoulders, arms and waist were all constrained with similar restraints, which made her look like a prisoner who just escaped from the jail.

In addition to these restraints, she only wore a dress which was as thin as nightclothes. She didn't even wear shoes!

Her naked feet were restricted by a pair of cold fetters. Maybe she felt cold, her cute toes were curled up like cat's paws. She looked shy and cute.

Her translucent legs were smooth and soft. Yun Xi looked down and noticed her feet, which were so perfect and flawless.

Her five toes curled, forming four slightly bent curves, as if they were five flower buds in early puberty.

Under her strange, big silver headwear, her face looked as delicate as a cute porcelain doll. Plus her innocent eyes and timid expression, she was as lovely as a timid rabbit.

Yun Xi noticed that there was a blue trace in the middle of her chest. It was a condensed ice crystal, which shouldn't have appeared in this season.

"Whoooh! Help!" The girl didn't see Yun Xi and Xiao Cao. She covered her head in her hands, crouching like a hedgehog on the tree.

"..." Yun Xi looked at the small tree, which was about two meters tall and was shaking due to the girl's weight and action, then looked at the several squirrels, who were merrily jumping up and licking the girl's soles.

Well, did she really need help?

"That's strange..." Xiao Cao murmured.

Yes, that was too strange. Yun Xi was sure that this girl wasn't one of the Sword Palace's candidates.

Her exotic clothes and ruby-like eyes were too conspicuous. He would have noticed her if she was on the ship.

Yun Xi didn't think that she was a native. In his view, her headwear should be very valuable. Probably it wouldn't be cheaper than White Lotus's Star and Moon's Ring.

Besides, the ice blue trace on her chest was also suspicious. This was a tropical island but it was still frozen here. It couldn't be something ordinary.

Although Yun Xi couldn't judge her power with his naked eyes, however, he didn't think that the several squirrels, who actually could do no harm to her and seemingly just wanted to play with her, would be a threat to her.

Even if a three-year-old child wouldn't be scared by squirrels. Why was she so scared?

"Whoooh! Help me! That's tickling! What monsters they are! Terrible!" The silver-haired girl finally noticed Yun Xi and Xiao Cao. She gazed at them with a pathetic look.

"Sigh..." Finally, Yun Xi couldn't bear to see the girl's tears. He whistled and tapped the ground with his feet.

"Hiss!" The squirrels happily ran to Yun Xi. They were not afraid of human at all.

Yun Xi picked off several wild fruits from the tree. The several squirrels joyfully ate them and ran away.

"Whoooh! They are finally gone!" After seeing the squirrels leaving, the silver-haired girl finally had the guts to climb down the tree.

"They are just squirrels. You don't need to afraid of them." Yun Xi comforted her, but still didn't relax his vigilance, because he didn't see a speck of dust on her body. No one would be still spotless after falling from the sky.

Hua Yue broke her bones and Xiao Cao lost her clothes. If the silver-haired girl fell down from the ship, she couldn't be unscathed.

"No, no, no! They are horrible demons! They got in my dress, did this thing and that thing to me! Whoooooh. They were bullying me!" The silver-haired alleged these squirrels' crimes with tears in her eyes.

"They are just squirrels..." Yun Xi was dumb and didn't know how to comment her words. Were you a princess, living like a flower in the greenhouse in your life? Why are you so innocent and timid?

However, judging from her headwear, probably she was really a princess. This headwear... was she from the Western God's Domain?

"Thank you. I'm Mumu. Can you tell me where I am?"

Chapter 121: Abandoned Child

"Where... Don't you know where you are?" Yun Xi looked at the silver-haired girl peculiarly. Her name was... Mumu? How could she be so naive? How could her parents allow such an innocent girl to leave her home alone? She needed a team of guards!

"I don't know. My head aches. I forget many things." Mumu said. She held her silver, bunny-ears-like headwear with a troubled look.

"I remember that I was looking for my papa, but something happened on the way and I fell down. After I woke up, I was already on this island."

"Poor girl." Xiao Cao relaxed her vigilance. She realized that Mumu was harmless. Her threat degree wouldn't even be higher than a squirrel.

"Did you lose contact with your father?" Yun Xi's heart melted after seeing her worried look.

Her worry was from the bottom of her heart. That couldn't be a disguise.

Besides, Yun Xi didn't think that this girl knew the meaning of disguise. Probably her head was hurt and forgot many common senses, for she didn't even know what squirrels were.

"No. I'm looking for my papa, but we didn't lose touch with each other. Mom told me that papa abandoned us when I was very young. I need to find him after I grow up!" Mumu said and proudly puffed out her chest, but the truth contained in her words was really poignant.

Who are Mumu's father?! How dare you to abandon such a cute child! Don't you have a heart?

And Mumu's mother too! Why did you take such a little girl out the door?! I know you want to see your husband again, but don't you know that the world is too dangerous for your daughter?

"Where is your mom?" Yun Xi looked around, trying to find where Mumu's mom was.

"I left home alone, because mom said that I could leave now."

Mumu blinked and told Yun Xi the startling fact.

"What?! You are too young. How could you leave home alone!" Yun Xi opened his eyes wide with a flabbergasted look.

What a bad mother! Weren't you afraid that you child would be kidnapped?!

Judging from her silk-like clothes and her silver headwear, she must be from a rich family. Yun Xi wouldn't be surprised if she said that she was a princess.

How could such a princess-like girl leave home alone?!

"Come here, little girl. Let's take you to a safe place."

Yun Xi stretched out his hands and softly held Mumu in his arms. She wasn't Xiao Cao, who could walk in the forest with her naked feet as easily as through walking upon a level road.

"Mei, be careful." Although Xiao Cao had relaxed her vigilance, she still looked at Mumu with doubt, for she felt that something was wrong.

"Don't worry. She is just a harmless child," Yun Xi said and put his seed into Mumu's thin body. His seed detected the girl's inside and found that her true strength was feeble and pathetic just like what she looked like.

"Warm, delicious... hum... I'm sleepy..." After having Yun Xi's seed, Mumu gently stretched herself and slept in Yun Xi's arms.

Yun Xi's heart melted as he gazed at her angel-like face.

He didn't know the reason, but when he looked at her, he felt an indescribable affinity with her. He naturally knew that she wasn't dangerous and he had to protect her.

Even her appearance was so sudden and mysterious.

"No... I don't mean that..." Xiao Cao didn't know how to describe her heart as of now.

Was it... hostility?

To Xiao Cao, this was a very strange feeling. It was obviously that she liked to have friends.

One person alone and two people together were two totally different situations.

Sharing your happiness with your friend, the happiness would be doubled.

Sharing your sadness with your friend, your sadness would be reduced to one-second.

It was always so happy when she stayed together with Mei.

However, unlike Hua Yue or other female swordsmen, when Xiao Cao saw the girl, she suddenly had a foreboding that her "Mei" would be taken away.

The girl named "Mumu" had a natural spiritual attraction, catching her eyes like a magnet.

Maybe Mumu didn't do it by intention and that was her natural talent.

But… she is my enemy...

Xiao Cao took a deep breath, remembering the words her new friends told her.

"You can only have one best friend. If she is your only one, don't let her go. Become her most important person! Love... Cough, for your sacred friendship, don't lose! Puff, puff!"

Xiao Cao patted her own face. She gazed at Mei and Mumu in Mei's arms with a determined look.

Xiao Cao won't lose!

Puff, puff!

...

As Xiao Cao and Yun Xi returned, the girls were clumsily putting up tents on the platform. The female swordsmaidens immediately saw them.

"Mei, Xiao Cao, welcome back!"

"Great! Now everybody is here. Not one less!"

"What a miracle! Mei found everyone!"

After their hearty welcome, they found the little angel who was sleeping in Yun Xi's arms.

Her silver hair, which obviously didn't belong to the Eastern God's Domain, and her snow-white, were too eye catching.

"Ah... Who is this child?"

"Was she on White Lotus? Why don't I remember her... "

"Mei, where did you find her?"

Yun Xi told them Mumu's story. After that, everyone looked at Mumu with compassion.

"Whoooh! She is so young, but she has the guts to look for her father alone!"

"That man who abandoned his wife and Mumu must be a bastard! How could he abandon such a cute child! He is really scum!"

"The girl's mom must be a beauty! How can any man have the heart to abandon them? I can't understand that!"

"Yes, yes! What a heartless bastard her father is!"

Yun Xi had the same feeling. Any people who dared to do such a thing would be cursed with bad luck during their lives!

"Ah... Hum..." Mumu was awakened. She slowly opened her eyes, and her ruby-like big eyes made the girls scream.

"She is so cute!"

"No! Her appearance is too dangerous to my heart!"

"If I can have a child like her... I can die without anything to regret!"

"Hi, hi, is your name Mumu? Don't worry. There are no bad men here, only beautiful big sisters!"

"Humph. There is no good man living in this world. They should die!"

Well... Yun Xi embarrassedly looked at himself.

What an unexpected allegation!

Chapter 122: Hunger Crisis

After the storm, the originally safe platform was muddy now. Fortunately, Xiao Cao's mysterious friend had dispelled the storm, otherwise, the situation would have been worse.

Due to the impact from when they had fallen from the sky, almost everyone's clothes were tattered. The girls often unintentionally exposed their skin to the air, making Yun Xi feel pretty embarrassed and awkward. Fortunately, the island had a tropical rainforest climate. Even during the night, the weather wasn't cold, they could endure it. However, there was something they couldn't endure with their will.

"Whoooa! We are out of food!"

"I'm hungry! What should we do?"

"Can we go to the forest to look for wild fruits?"

After surviving the largest crisis in their lives, other than Xiao Cao who had eaten her fill with her friends, the other girls' stomachs were growling. Even Hua Yue also showed a helpless look.

"Let me prepare dinner." Yun Xi said. As the only baker (incidentally, he was a 3rd ranked baker) amongst these female swordsmen, Yun Xi had to stand up.

When Yun Xi had searched for the girls along the coast, he had thought about the problems they may face in the coming days. He had collected a lot of goods and materials from the broken ship and stocked them in a place not far away.

He hadn't expected that a tropical storm would come, but there was a distance between the coast and the place he had stashed those goods. In that case, those goods shouldn't have been damaged too much. Conversely, the storm washed more materials up onto the shore that had dropped from White Lotus.

"Mei, you are great!"

"I'm saved! I thought that I would starve to death! I know nothing about how to survive in the wild!" Several noble female swordsmaidens let out a sigh of relief at the same time.

"We'd better not eat wild fruits because none of us know them. Mei, let’s go carry the goods you found." Hua Yue said. Her charisma reassured the girls.

"Ok. Mumu, be good," Yun Xi said and touched Mumu's head. His fingertip slipped through her silver headband, and he felt a smooth and cold sensation. Yun Xi had never seen such material before. It was like a kind of metal, but also like gemstone. Undoubtedly, it was a priceless treasure.

"Eh. Mei's smell is agreeable. You're not a bad person!" Mumu sniffed, then stood on her toes and softly kissed Yun Xi's face.

"Mumu likes sweet, soft food. It's better if it tastes like cream."

Haha, all children like sweet food. Yun Xi remembered that Hua Huo, El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li, were not an exception.

Fortunately, Yun Xi knew that there was something in the goods he had collected that met all the requirements of "sweet", "soft" and "creamy".

...

Two hours later, Yun Xi, Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and a few other girls smoothly brought back several sealed big boxes from the place where Yun Xi had stashed the goods.

"Wow, White Lotus really had everything!" Yun Xi identified the goods in the boxes from their inventories.

As White Lotus Sword Domain’s ultimate weapon, the food White Lotus stocked was sufficient to let three thousand people eat for a hundred days. There was a special freezing storeroom in the ship that could retain the freshness of vegetables for a hundred days, and potatoes for a whole year, not to mention a variety of meat.

Yun Xi was a 3rd ranked baker, well, actually this was a pretty rare career. Due to this, he had talked with the head chef on the ship. He knew about the consumption of materials on the giant ship from the head chef.

Normally, White Lotus had a thousand sailors and passengers. It needed tonnes of meat, a hundred thousand potatoes, countless loaves of bread, and fresh milk every month. The ship also stocked a great amount of emergency rations as a last reserve. When necessary, they were enough to support the ship battling in the air for a hundred days. Moreover, all the goods and materials were sealed in sealing boxes which were waterproof and fireproof, in accordance with the war standard. This really helped them a lot.

"Flour, eggs, and assembled simple cookware. No wonder it is a military reserve box!" Yun Xi tore off the sealing tape and opened the box. At first sight, his eyes were caught by the snow-white flour and eggs that were perfectly placed on cushions.

With these two raw materials, he could play his role as a 3rd ranked baker now! Yun Xi was a 3rd ranked baker, but that didn't mean he only knew how to make bread. Yun Xi chose this career simply because he liked to make bread. In fact, Yun Xi was well versed in all kinds of household duties. He had learnt to cook since he was six years old, and the breads he made always let Hua Huo, El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li show bright smiles on their faces. Now that Yun Xi came to think of it, he thought that perhaps his childhood sweethearts' smiles were the most important reason why he had absorbed himself in making bread.

He adroitly selected the best flour, then mixed it with yeast, egg wash, and milk, stirring it attentively. His movements were as smooth as floating clouds and flowing water. The girls were all dumbfounded, for none of them had made bread before.

"Well, this weight should be enough." Yun Xi estimated the weight of the flour, thinking that it was enough to make about forty buns and fresh fruit salads.

He started to knead the dough and called Xiao Cao to help him. He let Xiao Cao help him because she had experience in cooking. At least, she was far better than these noble girls.

"Is the bread done yet? I'm hungry. I can even eat raw flour!"

"Vegetables! Vegetables! I can eat raw vegetables!"

"Xiao Cao, be quick! I'm starving to death!"

These girls had never been so hungry in their lives. They gazed at Yun Xi and Xiao Cao with a pathetic look.

"The fresh fruit salads are done. You can eat them to whet your appetites."

Yun Xi ordered Xiao Cao to send the diced fruits to them. Under these girls' hungry eyes, he had to increase the raw materials he had prepared for making bread. Maybe he needed to make sixty buns to satisfy their stomachs?

About thirty minutes later, Yun Xi put sixty doughs into the simple ovens. The girls had just finished eating the fruit salads at this time, but that didn't fill their bellies at all. They felt even hungrier. After all, fruits wouldn't fill their empty stomachs. They were used to whet their appetites.

"Ah ha... please wait for a while..." Looking at their eyes, Yun Xi felt as if he was surrounded by a group of hungry wolves now, and as the smell of baking bread spread in the air, the hungry wolves' eyes were becoming more and more green.

Chapter 123: Yun Xi's Bread

In the ovens, the doughs Yun Xi made by mixing flour with egg wash were sending out tempting smells.

"Gu!"

"Gu!"

"Gu!"

As if they were frogs in a rice field during summer, the girls' stomachs were growling, unladylike at all. This was their lives' instinct. They were all allured by the wonderful smell of freshly baked buns.

"Don't worry, be patient. I have made sixty buns. You'll all get one." Yun Xi looked at these girls, feeling stressed in his heart.

"Mei really knows everything!" Hua Yue sighed.

Mei not only had perfect sword skill, but also had wonderful cooking skills. Hua Yue wanted to have such a maid too!

If Mei wasn't Hua Huo's maid, she wouldn't hesitate to use her family's privilege to obtain her. Where else could she find another black-haired maid who knew how to cook, battle. and warm her bed?!

"Yes. These buns can't be normal! I can smell that!"

"Is this the skill called 'Sun Hand'? That's a culinary arts that can bring out the raw materials' full advantages by controlling the heat."

"I know! That's a skill only 3rd ranked pastry chefs can use! It requires a very high talent!" Several noble girls immediately guessed Yun Xi's cooking rank. After all, no one could play tricks at this point.

"En. They are almost ready." Yun Xi placidly changed the topic. He didn't want to expose his true identity.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!" There were a row of ovens. The first several ovens opened automatically, exposing the sweet, golden buns inside them to the air.

Considering that everyone was very hungry now, Yun Xi chose to make toast with a few black raisins as embellishment. Incidentally, they were also one of the main and the most popular products at Yun Xi's bakery.

"Awwoo!"

"Awwoo!"

"Yummy! Why had I never eaten such delicious toast before!"

"Whoooa! My life will lack the means if I can't eat Mei's toast again!"

The girls bit a small piece of toast in their mouths and instantly, a gust of a strange but wonderful flavour spread inside their mouths. That was the perfect result after mixing wheat flour with milk and egg wash.

The baked toasts were soft and warm. With the raisins' crunchy taste, the girls' eyes were moist when they ate the toasts. That was the sun's taste! They had only eaten a few fruits before that hadn't filled their stomachs, but had made them feel even hungrier. To them, they felt that they were in heaven at this moment.

"Ding!" Another row of ovens opened. The buns in these ovens were pineapple buns, the choicest goods amongst all the buns and the sweetest buns which were popular amongst young girls.

"Pineapple buns!"

"Great! I like pineapple buns!"

"Mei! You're amazing!"

Before they finished eating their toast, some girls had eagerly taken away the freshly-baked pineapple buns and gulped. Compared to toast, the pineapple buns fit these girls' flavour much more. After their stomachs were slightly filled, pineapple buns were their favourite choice.

The last was Yun Xi's masterpiece, his trump card which was usually used to feed his strongest childhood sweetheart in the past: butter bread.

"Come here, Mumu. This is the butter bread you wanted." Yun Xi opened the last three ovens, then waved his hand to the silver-haired girl, who was putting a thick toast and a yellow pineapple bun in her mouth at the same time.

"Awwoo! Awwoo!" Mumu had a thin body, but her appetite was incredible. Normally, a brick-shaped toast was enough to fill a girl's stomach, but she had eaten three toasts and ten pineapple buns in the twinkling of an eye.

Yun Xi was very confused about how her thin body could consume so much food.

"Awwoo!" At the first second Mumu ate Yun Xi's butter bread, she showed a surprised and happy look on her face. She moaned with satisfaction on her white, small face, as if she was going to cry with joy.

"Take it easy. There are still plenty raw materials. I will make as many types of bread as I can to fill your belly!" Yun Xi gently patted her back. He thought that she choked.

"Whooooh! It's delicious! It's the best food I have eaten!" Mumu said with a look of anguish, "When I was young, I was only allowed to eat crystals. These crystals were too hard! It took me a lot of time to digest them! But mom said that I wouldn't become stronger if I refuse to eat these crystals. If I want to find my father, I have to eat a lot of crystals! They really gorged me with crystals! I never thought that there was such delicious food in the world!"

Crystal? Was it edible? Could it be a local food from a country I don't know?

Yun Xi feed Mumu the butter bread and felt puzzled in his heart.

"Yummy!" Xiao Cao picked up a piece of butter bread, putting it into her mouth bit by bit. She was so careful, and didn't even let a crumb of bread drop on the ground.

Children who grow up in families which are short of money are better prepared to deal with the problems of adult life than children who are brought up by wealthy parents. The staple food in her village was black steamed bread. The bread was made with fine flour and was already a luxury food in the villagers' eyes, not to mention the bread made by a 3rd ranked baker.

"Mei, do you want to join my family?!" This time, even Hua Huo couldn't stop Hua Yue's eyes from turning green with jealousy.

Why was Mei's bread so delicious?!

All she used were the reserved materials from White Lotus and the tools she used to make bread were just some simple, temporary cookers. How could she make such fantastic bread under such circumstances!

Look! These girls who had eaten Mei's butter bread were all showing a look of ecstasy on their faces. Their tongues and hearts were all enraptured by the delicate flavour.

"I'm not that good. It should be because the raw materials are good. I can't do so well every time."

Yun Xi also felt surprised in his heart. He had stopped making bread for many days, why were his hands still as good as before? He even felt that his rank as a baker was going be to upgraded.

Even though cooks couldn't fight, a 4th ranked cook was also recognized as a hero ranked person. He heard that once a cook reached the 4th rank, the food the cook made would contain incredible power.

All the recipes mortals knew weren't higher than the 3rd rank, and a person who could make 3rd ranked food already deserved to be called "master". Even though a 4th ranked cook couldn't be compared to a 4th ranked swordsman, it was still a great honor, which meant that he had stepped into a higher realm and become a legend.

Would I not become a hero ranked swordsman first but become a hero ranked baker in advance?

Chapter 124: Enemies Forever

No one would deny that Yun Xi's hand-made bread was one of the best foods in the world, from both the meaning of to fill the belly and to satisfy the desire of mouth. Even Hua Yue who was born an aristocratic miss and had lived an extravagant life since her childhood, was full of praise for Yun Xi's bread.

In that case, there was a problem.

"Gee?" Mumu looked at the last piece of butter bread with desire. She licked her lips and grasped Yun Xi's hand, acting like a spoiled child.

"Ah?" Xiao Cao hurriedly finished eating her piece of butter bread and stood up, not even wiping off the white cream on her lips.

"No more butter bread?" Hua Yue drew out her silk scarf. She gracefully wiped off the white cream from the corners of her mouth and also gazed at the last butter bread.

Well, undoubtedly, the owner of the last piece of butter bread was Yun Xi. He held it in his hand, speechlessly looking at the three girls around him.

Mumu was still a child, so her behavior was understandable. But why were Xiao Cao and Hua Yue also looking at him with longing and strong hints in their eyes?

Xiao Cao, aren't you a girl who didn't mind your food’s taste and will feel satisfied as long as the food can fill your belly?

Hua Yue, your family should have much better tasting food than my butter bread!

Why are you looking at me like that? I'm hungry, too!

"Zizzy!" Xiao Cao and Hua Yue ignored Mumu, who was shaking Yun Xi's hand. They looked at each other like diamond striking diamond.

"Well, I still want it." Xiao Cao sighed. She wiped off the cream from her mouth, then stood up and claimed, "Mei's last piece of butter bread is mine!"

"What a coincidence. I think so too!" Hua Yue also stood up. With her action, her two "mountains", which were wrapped by bandages on her chest and half exposed to the air, made Yun Xi almost expose his true identity in an "unmentionable method".

"The best should belong to the strongest leader!" Xiao Cao moved her hands and legs, warming up her body. Her leaf-made clothes were fit for battle and wouldn't impede her motions at all.

"I agree with you. It's the time to decide who is the leader again. Otherwise, Mei will be bothered." Hua Yue used new bandages to bind her half exposed breasts again.

With the help of her bloodline, the wounds on her ribs had already recovered at a speed that was way faster than her estimation. Not only so, after seeing that terrible presence, her White Gold Rose Bloodline had some unknown new changes. Hua Yue didn't know the reason why, but she guessed that it was due to Mei.

"Hence, let's start the second round of duels!"

Xiao Cao didn't know too much about the noble family's rules. As a girl from a small village, she trusted in her strength more than anyone.

"Oh oh oh oh, big sisters are going to fight again!"

"Who will be the winner? I guess it will be Big Sister Hua Yue!"

"No, Xiao Cao isn't inferior to Hua Yue. If she had a better weapon, she wouldn't be defeated so easily."

"Yes. I think that their winning percentage is half - half."

After the girls saw that Hua Yue and Xiao Cao were going to fight again, regardless of the reason, their duel had naturally drawn everyone’s attention.

As the noble girls' representative, Hua Yue's leadership and prestige were recognized by all the female swordsmaidens in the group. As the civilian girls' representative, Xiao Cao learned perfect sword skills by practicing on her own. She was respected by all the female swordsmaidens in the group.

This female swordsmaidens group centered around "Mei" as its core, formed imperceptibly by Hua Yue and Xiao Cao.

Hua Yue's natural noble style and noble golden hair let everybody accept her leadership. However, Xiao Cao's sword skill that was self-taught also shocked their hearts and made them admire her.

The two people stood for two different styles. The white golden rose. The tough little grass.

Hua Yue had won the first battle, and this laid the foundation for her leadership within the female swordsmaiden group. But now, the 2nd round of the battle was going to start. Xiao Cao threw down the challenge to the current leader, Hua Yue, as a brave challenger.

"Don't fight... If you want to eat butter bread, I can immediately make more now!" Yun Xi looked at Xiao Cao and Hua Yue with a dumbfounded look. He didn't expect that they were going to duel simply because of a piece of butter bread.

"No. That's not the point." Xiao Cao said and shook her head.

"Yes. This is a duel between us girls!" Hua Yue said with a serious and holy look.

"For bread."

"Let's fight!"

As if their battle from the entrance test had reappeared again, Hua Yue was still holding her gorgeous white gold crossed sword in her hand, Xiao Cao was still holding an iron sword that was reforged by using the fragments of her broken sword.

Compared to their last battle, there was still a great gap between their weapons. However, Xiao Cao's sword wouldn't be broken so easily again. The reforged black iron sword was much heavier and harder because it had been mixed with more hard materials.

"I know. You have reached the 3rd rank." Hua Yue took a deep breath.

Her eyes instantly become clear and pure. She had disregarded all her distracting thoughts. Xiao Cao wasn't a rival she could let her guard down against. If she wanted to win, she must do her best.

"The same as you." Xiao Cao said.

She had figured out Hua Yue's true strength, only a step away from reaching the peak of the 3rd rank. They knew each other very well, as if there was an invisible string linking them, making them inseparable. Of course, not only them, all the members of the female swordsmaidens group, including Mumu, had the same feeling in their hearts.

They were on the same invisible web, linking their souls and blood through one invisible thread after another, and at the center of that web was the mysterious black-haired girl.

Xiao Cao and Hua Yue were like a binary star system, closely rotating around the center of the web. They were beautiful, strong, healthy, and energetic, both having the same great talent. This was an inevitable battle between them.

"Mei's bread is mine!"

"No way! I was the first to claim it!"

With a glint and flash of their swords, their battle started.

That was a sword's song, gorgeous and beautiful. It not only symbolized their youth and friendship, but also symbolized their envy and glory.

The heavy white gold crossed sword cut and slashed against the austere black iron sword again and again, generating dazzling sparks between them.

Hua Yue's holy crossed sword skill was one of the most direct sword skills. In Hua Yue's hand, her sword skill was not only gorgeous, but also powerful. In contrast, Xiao Cao's sword skill had become tougher with the sea's boundless artistic conception in it. It had reduced a little hardness, but also had increased a little softness at the same time.

Chapter 125: Flying Swallow, and Flying Swallow!

"You..." Yun Xi felt the wills in Xiao Cao and Hua Yue's eyes. He stopped himself from trying to stop them.

From their seeds, he felt their growth. Even if this was just a joke-like duel, it had a special meaning to both of them. They regarded each other as their lifetime enemy, so they tried their best to show their strengths to each other. At this moment, they were so beautiful and bright.

"Crossed sword!" Hua Yue lifted her white gold crossed sword, showing the sword skill she had used to block Yun Xi's "The Swallow Returns" in the entrance test again.

Xiao Cao raised her black iron sword. She was suppressed by Hua Yue's crossed sword from the beginning. Now, she started her counterattack.

This was also the first time that Yun Xi and all the other girls saw Xiao Cao's full assault. This time, Xiao Cao didn't need to worry if her weapon would break. Her sword skill finally showed its powerful side.

That was a flashing sword! This was what others thought after they saw Xiao Cao's sword. Apparently, even it had been reforged and wouldn't be broken by the white gold crossed sword easily, it was still a rough black iron sword. However, Xiao Cao's every single brandish was like a streak of light, drawing everyone's attention.

That was a streak of dangerous, fatal light cast by Xiao Cao's tough will, for overcoming adversity and surviving in the world. That was Xiao Cao's Mortal's Sword (perfect).

Comparatively, Hua Yue's Holy Crossed Sword, which also reached the perfect stage, was suppressed by Xiao Cao's Mortal's Sword. Other than Yun Xi, no one had seen their attacks and defenses clearly. Xiao Cao and Hua Yue's sword skills were beyond their understanding.

Their battle was as gorgeous as a sword dance. The other girls' eyes couldn't take it all in, and all they could do was tremble with excitement. They were obviously fighting with their full strength, not showing even a bit of mercy to each other at all. Only at this moment could one really find out the difference between their sword skills.

Hua Yue's Holy Crossed Sword was derived from the knight's sword skill. Its offensive power was great, and its defense was even better. After getting a firm foothold with its defensive power, it would be time to launch straight attacks.

Xiao Cao's sword was unfettered. When she attacked, her sword would become a summer storm, reckless and unbridled; when she defended, her sword would become a stalk of water grass, swallowing all her enemy's attacks.

"The freckled sister's sword skill is better!" Mumu was held by Yun Xi, looking at the last piece of butter bread in Yun Xi's hand with desire, but her judgement was very right.

"Yes, but Hua Yue also has an advantage. Her bloodline is stronger." Yun Xi intently watched the dancing of their swords.

To be honest, if he hadn't obtained Hua Huo's sword talent, he would be no match for both of them. One had an old bloodline and was a talented female swordsman that had received the best knight education from her childhood. The other was just a village girl that obtained no legacy, growing up freely like a grass stalk in the wild, but had practiced her Mortal's Sword to the limit.

Clearly, Xiao Cao cared about her failure in the last battle very much. She specially reforged and reinforced her iron sword. After filling the gap between their weapons, Xiao Cao immediately showed her frightening talent. Yun Xi even thought that if she could keep improving herself, someday, she wouldn't be inferior to his perfect childhood sweetheart.

Her sword contained a potential that neither the Flying Swallow Sword nor the Holy Crossed Sword had. Perhaps it was still at its embryonic form now, but as Xiao Cao grew, her Mortal's Sword would reach an inconceivable realm.

However, Hua Yue was strong, too. No one should disdain any noble family's history and legacy. That was their essence after countless deaths, bloodshed, and failures, which had been engraved in their descendants' bloodlines.

The White Gold Rose Bloodline was such an essence. After experiencing countless battles, it finally became a kind of instinct, inherited by the Hua Family's descendants from generation to generation.

Hua Yue's bloodline also contained a special property, just like Xiao Cao's tough will. At the next second, Yun Xi's guess was confirmed.

"Blooming! My Rose Sword!" Instantly, a bright light burst out from Hua Yue's white gold crossed sword.

A translucent white gold rose blossomed on her crossed sword. This was the first time that Hua Yue unleashed all her bloodline's power after she had awakened her bloodline.

Hua Yue's White Gold Rose couldn't be compared to Hua Huo's Sky Flying Sword, which was so strong that it could even slay a dragon, but it was still a power that was beyond a mortal's limit and had reached the hero rank. Compared to Yun Xi's "The Swallow Returns", the power contained in her sword symbolized White Gold Rose's glory.

Xiao Cao's black iron sword groaned. Its sword blade, which had been reinforced, instantly became scarred. However, Xiao Cao didn't step back. On the contrary, she walked forward.

In that same moment, Hua Yue made the same movement.

"This..." Yun Xi felt their footsteps, breaths and rhythms in surprise.

At the last moment, they made the same choice.

"Crossed Flying Swallow Sword!"

"Continuous Flying Swallow Sword!"

The heavy white gold crossed sword turned into lights. In Hua Yue's hand, it wasn't like a flying swallow, but like a hovering eagle, holy and unstoppable.

And the scarred black iron sword perfectly recreated Yun Xi's Flying Swallow... No. It was Xiao Cao's Flying Swallow!

Flying Swallow Ten Fold Attack!

Flying Swallow Fourteen Fold Attack!

They were both Flying Swallow Sword, but had turned into two different styles in the two sword geniuses’ hands. Hua Yue's Flying Swallow Sword reduced flexibility, but increased the attacking range and power. Xiao Cao's Flying Swallow Sword was more nimble, changeable, and faster.

This was a battle of power, speed, attack, and nimbleness. They both understood how to make Flying Swallow Sword more suitable to themselves. What they understood was really breathtaking.

"Oh, I take back my words. These two sisters are both very good!" Mumu looked at Hua Yue and Xiao Cao in admiration.

"Yes, they are both good girls. I can't watch them getting hurt. Mumu, can you leave the piece of butter bread to them?" Yun Xi unsheathed the Crane Wings Twin Swords.

Chapter 126: Innocent Paradise (1)

The twin swords hovered in the air like a pair of flying dragons and respectively locked onto Xiao Cao and Hua Yue as their targets.

"Ding!" Hua Yue's white gold crossed sword shivered. Her Flying Swallow Sword was interrupted.

Obviously, the Crane Wings Twin Swords were stronger than Hua Yue's white gold crossed sword.

"Ding!" Xiao Cao's reforged black iron sword couldn't block the twin swords' attack. Even though she had tried her best to parry the twin swords with her sword's unbroken part, it was still useless.

The Crane Wings Twin Swords were superior to Hua Yue's white gold crossed sword. It was matchless amongst all mortal ranked weapons.

"Ok, ok, let's eat the butter bread together!" Yun Xi used Quicksilver Motion, instantly appearing beside Xiao Cao and Hua Yue. He divided the last piece of butter bread into three slices.

"This is yours, Xiao Cao." Yun Xi gently put the first slice of bread to Xiao Cao's mouth, feeding her to eat it. Xiao Cao blushed and this made Yun Xi really feel curious.

Did she really like his butter bread so much? As far as he remembered, Hua Huo, El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li liked his butter bread too. Did his butter bread really taste so good?

"Ah!" Hua Yue felt jealousy as she watched this scene, but her face immediately turned bright, because Yun Xi came to feed her too.

"Awwoo!" Unlike Xiao Cao, who had eaten the whole slice of bread immediately. Hua Yue first put out her small tongue and lightly licked the white cream on the bread - she even stealthily licked Yun Xi's finger - then bit the slice of bread bit by bit with a satisfied look.

I lost! Seeing Hua Yue's cunning behavior, Xiao Cao finally realized what a mistake she had made. She shouldn't have eaten up Yun Xi's bread so fast!

They were really engaged in a close battle just now. Neither Xiao Cao nor Hua Yue conceded defeat. In that case, Yun Xi's intervention was just in time. It wouldn't mean anything if they kept fighting. However, Xiao Cao suffered a great deal on another battlefield, and Hua Yue wasn't the last winner, too.

"Mei, feed me!" Mumu stretched out her both hands and kissed Yun Xi's face. She gazed at the last slice of butter bread with desire, acting like a spoiled child.

This was her privilege as a child. Neither Xiao Cao nor Hua Yue could kiss Yun Xi so easily and not be hampered.

"Ok, ok!" Looking at Mumu's watery eyes, Yun Xi felt that his heart had melted.

He mercilessly despised Mumu's father in his heart again. How could her father abandon such a cute child so easily?!

"Ah... wuwuwu... Mei's bread is the best! There is Mei's taste inside it!" Mumu licked the white cream on the bread bit by bit with a bright smile on her face.

"It's just a slice of butter bread. Please don't exaggerate. I can make as many as I can as long as there are still raw materials." Yun Xi didn't understand why Xiao Cao and Hua Yue fought for his bread.

Was his bread really so fantastic? His technique had unleashed the food's full taste and nutrition, but they were still normal food.

"We need your bread." Although the battle had ended in a draw, Hua Yue didn't feel at ease at all.

Xiao Cao's advancement speed was too fast. If Hua Yue hadn't awakened her White Gold Rose Bloodline, or wasn't using her white gold crossed sword, she probably would have been defeated.

"En. Bread is good," Xiao Cao said and nodded, looking at Mumu, who was fed by Yun Xi, with an envious look.

Yun Xi felt that as if he had returned to that small town. He looked at the three girls with a confused look. He remembered that in the past, his childhood sweethearts often kept fighting for his bread too. However, because Hua Huo was the strongest amongst them, she had taken almost all the butter bread Yun Xi had made. Occasionally, Yun Xi would make extra butter bread and only at that time would he could stealthily share that bread with El'phyllis, Milei, and Ye Li.

At this time, the girls had all finished eating Yun Xi's bread. They let out a sigh of relief. The battle between Hua Yue and Xiao Cao was too fierce, getting out of their breaths. They could see Hua Yue's Heavy Flying Swallow Sword and Xiao Cao's Flying Swallow Fourteen Fold clearly, but couldn't understand them. Most of the girls could only understand the starting position of the two different Flying Swallow Sword, and that was due to Yun Xi's seeds in their bodies.

"I see! So this is the Flying Swallow Sword!"

"Hua Yue won't be defeated!"

"But Xiao Cao is strong too! Neither side got the better of the other."

"Can we create our own Flying Swallow Sword in the future?"

Due to Yun Xi's seeds, all the girls had a special feeling towards Flying Swallow Sword. After seeing Hua Yue and Xiao Cao's battle, they had all learned something.

The seeds were growing fast in the girls' bodies.

...

After a night, the tropical storm that had raged last night was like an unreal dream, leaving no trace on the island. The scorching sun was shining on the unknown island, making the girls feel the full power of the heat in the tropical regions.

Not only the sun, the air was hot too. Soon afterwards, sweat broke out all over the girls' bodies and trickled down their backs, wetting their tattered clothes.

"I feel so hot! The heat is killing me!"

"Is this the tropical climate? How can people live under these circumstances?"

"I can't live with this smell on my body!"

"We need to have a bath and change our clothes!"

"No! I can't stand it anymore!"

In the scorching sun, the girls finally couldn't stand the current situation.

When they were stranded, they could put up with inconveniences, but it was still a cruel torture to them.

"It's indeed very hot today..." Yun Xi wiped away his sweat from his forehead. This was his first time being on a tropical island. Fortunately, his black maid's uniform could clean itself automatically, so he wasn't as embarrassed as other girls.

"Mei and everyone, guess what I have found!" Ling Ling's voice came from a side of the mountain with a cheerful tone.

"What? New supplies?"

"You found some new survivors?"

The girls chattered, but none of them guessed the right answer.

"It's a hot spring! I found a hot spring! This is a volcanic island!" Ling Ling said loud with excitement.

This news instantly ignited these girl's passions.

"Hot spring! There is a hot spring!"

"I will die if the situation continues like this! I'm saved!"

"Let's go and have a relaxing time at the hot spring together!"

"Mei, come with me! Let's enjoy the hot spring!"

Yun Xi didn't answer. His body was as stiff as a stone now.

Wwwwww... what?!... Hhhhh... having a bath together with these girls?!

Chapter 127: Innocent Paradise (2)

The hot spring Ling Ling found wasn't far away from their temporary campground. It was only about a mile away. However, it was on the other side of the mountain, so they couldn't see it from the platform.

The existence of a hot spring meant that the island wasn't formed by corals, but formed due to a volcanic eruption.

They didn't see steam rising from the volcanic vent, which meant that the volcano was dormant. Therefore, they didn't need to worry that the volcano would suddenly erupt. The ground, piled up by thick volcanic ashes, could be very good farmland. This also explained why there were so many tropical shrubs and little animals like squirrels. However, the most important thing to the girls was still the hot spring.

After a day of hard work, they could finally take a break. Nothing would be better than a hot spring for them. Under the scorching sun especially, their bodies felt squishy and their clothes were tattered. How could they endure such an environment at ease!

"Hurry up. It's here!" Ling Ling stood on a rock above the hot spring and waved her hands at them.

"Hot spring! Hot spring!"

"Thank god! Heaven will always leave a door open! If things went on like this, I will absolutely be driven crazy!"

"Mei, be quick! Let's go bathe together!"

To girls, it was one of the best methods to express their feelings with each other. All the girls were expecting a wonderful time and to enjoy the hot spring together with the mysterious black-haired maid.

No one noticed that Mei was trying to dodge their gazes and her face was as pale as a paper now. However, it was apparently impossible to run away without being noticed. No matter how quiet and unimpressive Yun Xi tried to be, his long black hair and the gorgeous maid's uniform had both exposed him.

Under the scorching sun, all the girls, including Hua Yue and Xiao Cao, were sweating profusely. However, Yun Xi was still not sweating at all. This was really unfair in the other girls’ eyes.

If they hadn't seen a few beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, they would even wonder if Yun Xi was a mysterious fairy.

Www... What can I do?

After realizing that everyone was looking at him and he wouldn't have any chance to run away, Yun Xi sweated profusely in his heart. To take a bath together with so many beautiful girls... That was far beyond his moral bottom line.

Why did he have to face such a situation? He only pretended to be his childhood sweetheart’s maid, hiding and training himself in the Sword Palace. Then he would finally find a way to get rid of that Apostle.

There must be something wrong. I shouldn't be surrounded by girls like now, having to bathe together with them! I must find a method to run away. I must! Yun Xi, remember that you are an upright gentleman!

Unfortunately, before Yun Xi could find a way out, the girls had reached the hot spring. The hot spring wasn't large, but it could accommodate forty or even fifty people. Thin mist floated on the water, it was really irresistible to the girls, especially in the hot tropical rainforest.

"Well... I suddenly remembered that there is something I must finish..."

"Mumu wants to take a bath!" Mumu's body was as clean as Yun Xi’s, but after she saw the hot spring, her eyes immediately brightened up. She cheered and quickly ran to the hot spring, taking off her socks from her snow-white legs.

In the hazy mist, Mumu's feet looked as white as a pair of white jades. She bit her lips and on her moon-like beautiful face, her big eyes were bursting with happiness. Her silver long hair covered her shoulders, emitting a unique, fantastic temperament. Her petite feet, round foot arches, from her toes to her insteps, were showing an attractive gloss. With her sweet groans when she jumped into the water, they were as fatal as poison to Yun Xi’s heart.

Her skin stained with sweat was reflecting a beautiful white color. Her petite body trembled due to the hot spring’s heat. Both of her shoulders shivered when she bent down, and that posture... Oh. Due to the heat of the water, her thin body started to ooze sweat. Her white skin was covered in pink. Her pink lips groaned, and her small breasts rose and fell with each breath, and her pink buds...

"Awwoo..." Mumu's voice sounded like a small fox. Yun Xi wondered if it was her natural talent, because he heard an allure in her voice.

Her skin shivered due to happiness and her temperament was becoming more charming with her breath and scent. That was a girl's scorching and innocent rhythm of love.

Her soft skin was so alluring that one wanted to bite it, as if one could suck out sweet milk from her skin.

"Don't be in a hurry, Mumu!" While Mumu jumped into the hot spring, Xiao Cao was taking off her clothes.

Unlike Mumu's snow-white skin, Xiao Cao's skin looked healthy and tight. Her long legs that naturally formed due to her regular training were her most prominent features. Even though Yun Xi had seen her body before, he was still attracted by her.

"Let's go, Mei. Let's go down there together!" For the first time, Hua Yue exposed her perfect body in front of Yun Xi.

Her skin, waist, legs were so perfect... She was just standing there, but it was sufficient to charm men all over the world. What a pornographic and fatal scene! Especially these girls' innocent smiles... they were the most terrible monsters in Yun Xi's heart now!

No! I'm finished! I'm not an upright gentleman anymore!

Yun Xi blushed as if his face was burning.

No, I can't keep on like this!

Even though his disguise was perfect... but "one part" of his body couldn't be changed! If he went bathing together with them, there wouldn't be any chance for him to hide his identity!

"I... I... My family has a special custom that no family members can go bathing together with anyone! I will come back here after you all finish bathing!" Yun Xi made a farfetched excuse, then awkwardly ran away without glancing back.

Chapter 128: Girls' Chat

"Titter!" The girls couldn't help but laugh out when they saw Yun Xi's awkward appearance.

"Well, I didn't expect that Mei is so shy."

"Isn't it a pleasurable thing to go bathe together?"

"Yes, her breasts are slightly smaller than average... but is it necessary to mind it so much? At any rate, she wouldn't be smaller than Mumu, right?"

"My breasts aren't small! They are very big!" Mumu quibbled with an angry tone.

However, after looking at her flat chest, she had to admit the fact while grinding her teeth that her breasts were indeed very small at this moment.

Well, almost all the girls of the female swordsmen group had thought the wrong way. They thought that Mei, too, cared about her flat chest and didn't want to let anyone realize this point, so she chose to run away. This little flaw didn't hurt Mei's impression in their hearts, but let them feel more intimate.

Haha, so Mei also had her weak point. She was too cute!

"By the way, Hua Yue, how can your breasts be so big? What's your method of absorbing nutrients?"

"Yes, yes! How did you maintain your skin? Your skin is as smooth as milk! I'm jealous!"

After someone opened the conversation, almost everyone had focused their minds on Hua Yue. They had to admit that after awakening her White Gold Rose Bloodline, Hua Yue's beauty and body shape were both the undoubtedly number one amongst all the girls. Especially her chest... Even three Xiao Caos were no match for her! The gap between them was as wide as a gorge.

"Well, firstly, you need to drink milk. I recommend you drink the milk from the Western God's Domain's plateau areas. They are not cheap but I can help you reserve them after we enter the Sword Palace." Hua Yue didn't try to hide her secret but shared it with everyone generously.

As long as they were still in puberty, the growth of their breasts wouldn't be irremediable. Not to mention that even after puberty, there would still be many ways that could make up for their lifetime regret.

At this time, the multi-headed dragon must be mentioned here. In the eyes of the girls whose breasts were pathetically flat, its blood was really a fantastic medicine, and no matter how many years had passed, its wanted lists were still hanging all over the universe because too many girls were eager for its blood... Well, how to describe it concretely? It was said that in order to hunt the multi-headed dragon who was really good at escaping, dozens of female groups had formed a huge organization called "The Alliance of Hunting Multi-headed Dragons". The members of this rare female organization were all over the god's domains. As long as they found any trace of the multi-headed dragon, they would chase after it by fair means or foul.

"What?! Does such a fantastic medicine really exist in the world?"

"I heard that its blood is even effective on legend ranked adult females! Oh gosh, I want its blood!"

"The multi-headed dragon must still be alive! There is still hope for me yet!"

Undoubtedly, to pursue a perfect body and chest were all the girls dreamt of. Even if they were already older than sixteen... they were still young girls! The legend ranked females who were still hunting for the multi-headed dragon diligently from one god's domain to another also thought so!

After discussing the multi-headed dragon's miserable fate with their great enthusiasm, the girls started to talk about their own fantastic changes.

"By the way, I find that my skin has become far better than before!" No one knew who said it, but soon afterwards, all the girls joined in the discussion.

"Gee? You too? I thought that it was my illusion! Great!"

"Look! I was always distressed at my scars. But they had suddenly disappeared one day!" Ling Ling raised her hand to prove her words.

Not only her. All the members of the small female swordsmaidens in the group had noticed that some inexplicable change had occurred to their bodies. Their skin had become much smoother, and their thinking had become clearer. When they practiced their sword skills, their growing speed had frightened even themselves.

At first, they thought that it was just an exception, but after this bathe, the secret wouldn't be a secret anymore. So, not only Hua Yue and Xiao Cao were becoming stronger and stronger. In the past few days, over ten girls had felt that the door to the 2nd ranked was opening up to them, and other girls had also touched the edge of the 2nd rank.

"So, everyone is the same!"

"Incredible! I was told that my talent was bad and no matter how hard I tried, I could only reach the 2nd rank in my life. However, I have the self-confidence to reach the 2nd rank... no, even a higher rank now!"

"Yes, me too! I don't know the reason, but I do have the confidence to follow Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and everyone to reach a higher realm!"

"I even started to wonder why I was so foolish in the past. Why did I have to spend such a long time to practice the simplest sword skill at that time?"

Hua Yue and Xiao Cao looked at each other, wearing an expression of “could that be the reason” on their faces. Everything had been changed since that day. More specifically, since the moment they met that mysterious black-haired girl.

The mysterious black-haired maid perfectly conformed to the tale that only spread in the Sky Sword God's Domain. After obtaining a strand of her black hair, everything started to become fantastic for them.

Due to her black hair's blessing, Hua Yue awakened her family's old White Gold Rose Bloodline, and Xiao Cao obtained her perfect Mortal's Sword. Other girls hadn't obtained that many changes like Hua Yue and Xiao Cao yet, but their sword skills also started to contain inconceivable spiritualities.

The most important thing was that they came together because of this reason and link, and finally became intimate with each other.

Why had that happened? They should have separated and never had any links after the Sword Palace's entrance test. But now, they got along well with each other, having formed an inseparable small group.

"Haha, as I expected, Mei is different."

"Hua Huo is stronger, but Mei has a different charm. I always feel happy when I can stay with Mei."

"Yes, yes! I think that Mei's potential isn't inferior to Hua Huo’s!"

"Mei is the main reason that we can be together."

At this moment, the girls finally ensured that the smiling, warm, mysterious black-haired maid was the tie linking everyone together. No one knew when it started, but her and them had become so intimate now, as if an invisible thread named "fate" had linked them and their beloved Mei together.

In the female swordsmen group, Mei was special and unique. No one could replace her. Mei was the moon, and they were the stars around the moon, sparkling with a charming moonlight.

Chapter 129: Synchronous Reaction

"I... I suck." Yun Xi laughed at himself and gasped.

With great difficulty, he had finally forced himself to run away from the girls. He knew that he shouldn't go to the hot spring with them, but he didn't say no immediately at that time and finally, almost made an unforgivable mistake.

If Hua Huo was here... A shudder run down Yun Xi’s back. Hua Huo's Jealous Radar would have made her go mad. Fortunately, Hua Huo was far away and wouldn’t know what happened. He was really lucky.

...

At a place far away from the island Yun Xi and the girls were at, Hua Huo and the twin witches were fighting a large monster side by side.

"No! Something is wrong!" Hua Huo felt an inexplicable irritation a moment ago.

She didn't know why she suddenly felt gloomy and fretful, but since she had fallen into this sea area, an ominous presentiment kept haunting her heart. She had a persistent suffocating feeling, and restlessness as if her blood was flowing backwards. What was happening to her Little Xi at that place she couldn't reach?!

"Don't get distracted! This is a tough enemy!" Red Lotus noticed Hua Huo's absent-minded look.

She had to warn Hua Huo as they were fighting a powerful monster. The monster's whole body was covered with a thick shell. Only its milky white part under its shell was exposed and suspended in the air. Its tentacles shockingly revealed a kind of red blood. It wasn't a local monster from the White Lotus Sword Domain. It was an intruder from the void, having broken into the sword domain through the hole that the White Holy Dragon had made.

"I know! I know! I just can't stop worrying!" Hua Huo was driven into a frenzy again. She felt uneasy due to some unknown danger.

Little Xi, you must be safe!

...

"If things go on like this, I can't avoid all accidents," Yun Xi sighed, looking at his own face's reflection on the sword blade.

His skin was as white as snow and his black hair was so smooth that it could even reflect rays of sunlight. If Yun Xi didn't know that this was his current appearance, he would even be captivated by his own look.

The greatsword maid's legacy was too terrible! It could even change a person so much! No wonder that Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and all the other members of the female swordsmen group doubted him. They even invited him to go bathe together. However, he was 100% male. The black maid uniform's disguise couldn't hide his true nature.

To be honest, no one would be indifferent to Hua Yue’s and Xiao Cao's naked bodies. He was a man. He couldn't stop his physiological reactions.

"Elf, elf, what did you think of me that night? Was it really a dream?"

Yun Xi had had only one experience of skin to skin contact. He only intertwined both his body and soul with a girl once. He couldn't help but remember what happened that night again.

Was it a dream or reality?

That night, under that memorable tree, he walked up to her, holding her hands and kissing her lips. With his hand stroking, the elf's body shivered. Her long legs tightly closed due to her nervousness. He stretched out his hand, taking off her shoes and socks from her beautiful feet. Under the moonlight, her feet shuddered as if they were a pair of cheeses, spreading a delicious scent in the air. He looked at her gem-like legs as if he was staring at the most beautiful piece of art in the world. In his eyes, nothing was more beautiful than her legs.

The elf blushed. She turned her face and waited, suppressing her groan with all her strength, but finally failed to control her mood. She put down both her hands, tightly holding the grasses on the ground in her hands.

He gently licked her feet and kissed her foot arches, kissing her white skin from her toes to her insteps, leaving his kiss marks on her slender legs. The elf sweetly groaned, opening herself up to him. What a beautiful body! What a strong allure! Yun Xi already couldn't control his desire any longer...

"Whoa... What am I thinking!" Recalling that he was remembering the most embarrassing part in his memory, Yun Xi's face instantly turned red.

Yun Xi finally failed to recall which part was a dream and which part was reality.

...

Immersing in the hot spring with hazy mist, Mumu's small face turned red. “What's this? What's this weird feeling?”

Mumu was too young to know the meaning of this strange, exciting feeling. She felt as if someone was gently raising her feet, kissing her from her toes to her insteps, then from her insteps to her foot arches.

After that, she felt as if someone was lifting her face, gently kissing her lips and opening her mouth with his tongue. The person was tasting her mouth and intruding into the inside of her mouth. She gingerly put out her tongue, intertwining her tongue with the nonexistent tongue.

The warm tongue made Mumu lose her head. She couldn't help but emit a sweet groan. With a few beads of sweat on her skin, her petite body shook due to stress. In the warm water, Mumu's body started to sweat. Her white skin was covered with a layer of pink.

Why? Why am I feeling so comfortable?

Her mouth's temperature was rapidly rising, as if someone was taking her lips, making her blush and immersed herself in happiness. Her ears, legs, chest, and invisible tail were warming up, as if a pair of burning eyes were looking up and down at her body rudely.

"Whoooa!" Mumu held her slender feet in her hands, but found out that her snow-white hands were uncontrollably stroking her feet.

She didn't want to do that, but couldn't suppress the impulse from deep within her heart. Moreover, she didn't know why she had this feeling, but when she stroked her body, she felt that it wasn't her doing so, but someone else.

Her slender legs were inexplicably sensitive at this moment, a few simple touches had made her body limp. Suddenly, Mei's face appeared in Mumu's mind. Her petite body shivered, finally emitting a sweet melody with an unstoppable joy.

Almost at the same time, the elf in Yun Xi's mind suddenly turned into Mumu. The silver-haired girl lightly bit her lips, giving a shy and stealthy glance at Yun Xi with an unquenchable expectation in her timid eyes.

Chapter 130: Destiny Knot

"Gee?!" Yun Xi couldn't believe his eyes. Why did Mumu's appearance suddenly emerge in his mind?

What was wrong with him? Why did such an evil idea suddenly pop up in his mind? Mumu had no relationship with him, and the only link between them was the seed he planted in her body for protecting her. Why did the elf suddenly become her?

...

"Ooo!" Mumu emitted out a cute groan. She feebly fell down in the hot spring and lost her voice due to shame.

That was too awkward. Why did her body feel this way? Whooooooh! No, Mumu wouldn't be a bad child!

"Mumu, are you ok? Did you bathe in the water too long?" Hua Yue asked with concern. She looked at Mumu's burning face, then stretched out her hand to take her temperature.

"Your face is hot! Your temperature is too high."

"Hiss!" Mumu blushed as if she was burning. Her snow-white skin was covered with a layer of pink.

"Mumu is becoming a bad child! Whooooooh!"

"Be good, be good, it's okay. You just stayed in the hot water too long. Children shouldn't bathe in a hot spring too long!"

...

"Something happened just now?" Yun Xi gazed at the thread between himself and Mumu, which had suddenly been dyed with a suspicious red coloured layer.

Yun Xi was sure that before he had gone to the hot spring, the thread was still normal. But something strange had happened to Mumu's seed just now.

"Mei'er, why has this thread changed its colour? Shouldn't the threads all be transparent?"

"In fact... that's... a hint from your love system..." Mei'er stammered. She was too embarrassed to explain that.

"What's the hint that makes the thread turn red?" Yun Xi suddenly had a kind of foreboding.

"Perhaps... Maybe... It should be... a hint about the resonance between two lovers... Which means, master and Mumu have a very high synchronization rate." Mei'er finally told Yun Xi the startling truth.

"This is a hint from the great stars. It's just like the destiny knot in the Eastern God's Domain's fairy tales."

"A destiny knot between Mumu and me? Don't be ridiculous. She is still a child!" Yun Xi shouted.

At any rate, Mumu couldn't be his lover. She and Ye Li must wait for at least seven... eight years to be his candidate brides! If he stretched out his hand to them before that, he would be worse than a beast!

He always considered himself as an upright gentleman. He only wanted to run his bakery and marry one of his childhood sweethearts!

"It has nothing to do with the thread... Perhaps it's because master and Mumu have a high corresponding nature..." Mei'er also didn't know the reason clearly.

Whatever she thought, she didn't think that Mumu would like Yun Xi so much from the very beginning. That was too weird.

Only Hua Huo's love had reached such an extent so far as she knew. The twin witches, Hua Yue, and Xiao Cao were still far from reaching this extent.

"Heck, how can it be possible! Mumu isn't even an Eastern God's Domain local person!" Yun Xi was speechless to hear his star elf's stupid words.

Perhaps it was a bug in his love system. After all, according to his personal experience, the great stars were unreliable when things referred to love. Awakening the sleeping beauty by kissing and saving the princess on the tower... How old were these fairy tales! What decade were the stars living in?

It must be the same reason to make the stars mistakenly believe that Mumu's thread was a destiny knot. A girl came from a distant place to look for his father, didn't this sound like a fairy tale? Was it one of the reasons?

"She is young, but you can wait for her to grow up, my master!" As the communicator of the great stars, Mei'er didn't think that the stars would make mistakes.

The stars recorded the universe's beginning and its end. Their will was beyond time and all living beings' imagination. Since the stars thought that the thread between Mumu and Yun Xi was a destiny knot, then they shouldn't be wrong. After all, the Star Love System was made for teaching Yun Xi how to "love" and escape away from his four ex-girlfriends.

"Since you can accept Ye Li, why can't you accept Mumu? Cheer up, master!"

To the star elf, she didn't care about the moral principles of mortals. She only needed to follow the stars' will, helping her master grow up, learn how to love, and to become strong.

"I don't understand! I mean, I was unlucky enough in my past life. Why do I have to continue to make mistakes? Can't I just have one lover? Can't I keep hiding my identity and marry Hua Huo? Isn't that good enough?" Yun Xi sighed.

"Sorry, but you can't. If you choose Hua Huo, I have to say that only death is waiting for you." Mei'er immediately warned her master to give up this impracticable idea.

If Yun Xi was satisfied with the existing state and married Hua Huo, after the Apostle found him, he would die... no, his condition would be even worse than death!

"I know, I know. I'm just saying. So... Do I have to use this method to become stronger?" Yun Xi raised his hand and gazed at the girls' seeds.

Every minute, every second, there was various information flowing into his body via the seeds' threads. Likewise, his information also flowed to the girls via the threads at the same time.

Taking the twin witches' seeds and Hua Huo's seed as the peak that he could reach, himself as the core, and the dozens of female swordsmen as the branches, a web made by using the stars' power had been born.

It looked like a beautiful star map. He was the sun, and the girls were stars, revolving around him. The sun and the stars were connected by countless light threads like a never-ending rhythm.

“Like the sun that will rise from the horizon every day, even if I’m surrounded by the relentless darkness, I will also break it by using my mutilated body. Like the night that will come every day, even if I’m troubled due to the twisted fate today, I still believe that the world will never change. Only we will be changed. The truth that we are still alive is our strongest weapon. The sun, the moon, and the stars will never to be separated.”

The sun and the stars had appeared, then where was the moon? Maybe it meant that the most excellent girl would rise from the stars, becoming the moon to accompany the sun?

Chapter 131: Starwings

Various comprehensions, various scenes, and various colours were vivid in Yun Xi’s mind. As if they were flowers that were blossoming in a garden, the threads between Yun Xi and the girls were indeed increasing his power steadily.

Even though Yun Xi hadn't entered any trial recently, he could still feel that his understanding about sword skills was growing, and his talent was also constantly getting stronger at the same time. The best evidence was that the Crane Wings Twin Swords were making happy, tremulous sounds. One of the special properties of the twin swords was that they could become stronger as their owner's talent became stronger. When Yun Xi had just obtained the twin swords, he could barely control them to launch flying attacks within ten metres. Now, the range had increased to fifteen metres.

His sword flying ability had also increased. In the past, he couldn't hover above the ground any higher than two metres, but now, he could fly about three metres above the ground. This had barely entered the realm of air battle.

The girls' growth advanced Yun Xi's growth, and Yun Xi's growth also advanced the girls' growth. They had formed a perfect, virtuous cycle. It wasn't a kind of inconspicuous growth, but like a seed under the soil, suddenly being exposed to the sun and growing comfortably and naturally.

"Mei'er, will it be better for all the girls if I share my seeds to as many girls as I can?"

The more Yun Xi used the seed system, the more love from the stars Yun Xi could feel. The system could not only improve his power but also improve his talent. That was too fantastic! Moreover, it wasn't only increasing his talent, but also included the girls’ talents and powers!

"Yes. Master, you'd better share your seeds to all the good girls you will meet. For example, Mumu is a very good target. You did well at that time. Your seeds aren’t only good for yourself, but are also good for them." Mei'er never felt bored carrying out the task the stars ordered her to do.

As long as Yun Xi was still at the mortal rank, he could share his seeds with about a hundred girls, and he had only used about forty seeds till now. There were still sixty quotas before Yun Xi reached the hero rank. If he didn't use them, that would be a great loss.

“I must urge my master to find more promising girls and give out all the hundred seeds!” The star elf, Mei'er, secretly made this decision in her heart.

...

At the same time, in the hot spring, the girls were discussing a very important matter.

"Hey, hey, listen to me. Since we hit it off with each other, why don't we form a formal group?"

"Yes. We were all born in the White Lotus Sword Domain, and gathered together from different places and became the best of friends. This must be destiny's guidance."

"It's about time. No one here thinks that she can't become a formal disciple of the Sword Palace, right?"

Of course not. After sharing Yun Xi's seeds, the girls were congenial to each other tastes, and their talents had also improved to an incredible extent. Even if they were not as good as Hua Yue and Xiao Cao, but they were sure that they would reach the hero rank someday. It sounded like unreasonable confidence, but they were so sure about that and not one of them had any doubt about that.

After being blessed by Mei's black hair, they had become different. Their lives had been changed after that day. Yun Xi thought that no one would realize his behavior of propagating his seeds, but he ignored the girls' instincts. They had vaguely realized that there must be some link between Mei and their changes from a long time ago. Hence, the girls gathered here and considered how could they repay the miracle Mei had given them.

"So, what can be a suitable name for our group?"

"Hua Yue is our leader and Xiao Cao is our deputy leader, so... how about ‘Rose Knights’?" Ling Ling raised her hand. As one of Hua Yue's subordinates, she naturally supported her big sister.

"No, no, we are not nobles from the Western God's Domain. Besides, there are already a lot of Rose Knights all over the god's domains!" The civilian girls shook their heads together.

"The Plantagenet Knights?" The noble girls asked. Due to Hua Yue, they were inclined to choose a western style name.

"No! Why are they all flowers? I think that 'Convallaria Knights' sounds better." Undoubtedly, this was a girl who biased towards Xiao Cao.

Hua Yue and Xiao Cao's supporters were split about half and half. Hua Yue's noble identity let her easily become their leader, even the civilian girls didn't have too many complaints about that. However, it didn't mean that they would let the noble girls decide their group's name all by themselves.

Flower or Grass? Both of them had their own ideas. They singularly quarrelled with each other.

"I think that Starwings will be a good name!" As they quarrelled, Mumu woke up. She offered them her proposal.

"Humm, it doesn’t sound bad." The noble girls looked at each other, then nodded.

Since they couldn't use traditional female group names such as "Rose", "Plantagenet", and "Iris", then "Starwings", which sounded neutral and dreamy, was also acceptable.

"Good girl, Mumu. You're smart! I also think that 'Starwings' is a good name."

"Well, look at the starry sky, I can image that someday we will finally sprout wings and fly amongst the stars. That's romantic! I like it!"

"From now on, we are the 'Starwings Female Knights'!"

Mumu's charm was matchless. Besides, Starwings sounded romantic and poetic, conforming with the girls' tastes. They were all satisfied with this name.

"Therefore, from now on, I'm the leader of Starwings Female Knights! Everyone, be good to each other!"

As the Hua Family's girl, it was a natural thing to form a small group. However, after being elected as the leader of Starwings Female Knights, Hua Yue still felt that a ball of flame was burning in her heart.

"I'm the deputy leader... well, not bad..." Xiao Cao looked at Hua Yue's breasts and her own breasts, then finally nodded and accepted the difference.

She wasn't suited to be the leader, which was a career that needed to spend a lot of time communicating and leading everyone. Her only mission was to practice her sword skills to the limit and defeat all the potential enemies of Starwings Female Knights.

If Hua Yue was the imperial crown of Starwings Female Knights symbolizing honor and glory, then Xiao Cao was the sword of Starwings Female Knights eliminating all their enemies, even if it meant that she would be bathed in blood. As for Mei, the reason for the birth of Starwings Female Knights, she was naturally the emperor of the imperial crown and the sword.

Starwings Female Knights was finally formed. At that time, the girls didn't know how far the "Starwings Female Knights" would go, and how famous they would be in the future.

Chapter 132: Invasive Creatures

Yun Xi was standing at the top of the mountain and watching the whole island. The place where he and the girls were was just a very small area if comparing its size to the entire island’s. Judging from the sun's location, they should be in the eastern corner of the island within a radius of about ten kilometres.

The dormant volcano wasn't the summit of the island. It was just a part of a group of volcanoes. The largest volcano was about several kilometres in height at the center of the island. Although the island was in a tropical region, Yun Xi could see ice caps and white snow on the volcano.

"I never thought that it would be such a large island!" Yun Xi only saw a small part of the island, but the area he could see was already a thousand times larger than the small town he lived in in the past.

The island was located in the forbidden area of the White Lotus Sword Domain. Apparently, there wouldn't be any aborigines. It was an uninhabited island that had never been developed, which meant that it was an impossible goal to leave the island only with his and the girls' power.

The'd better collect all the materials they could find from White Lotus's wreckage and the forest, to build a solid makeshift camp and wait for the Sword Palace’s rescuers. Maybe there was no one that could match the Apostle even in the entire White Lotus Sword Domain, but there must be someone far stronger than the Apostle in the Sky Sword God's Domain.

The legendary "Sky Sword" were a group of swordsmen that ruled all the sword domains, and the master of Sky Sword God's Domain was the strongest swordsman in the whole Eastern God's Domain. The fact that the White Lotus Sword Domain was invaded by an unknown Apostle wasn't a small matter. Yun Xi thought that the rescuers should be already on their way now.

"Before the rescuers come here, we should make sure that we have enough food, water, and a safe place to live." Yun Xi listed all the troubles they may face. Finally, he cleared his head.

He and the girls would strive to survive on the island together. None of them knew how to live on an uninhabited island, and they didn't know if there was something dangerous on the island. Therefore, they must be very careful.

"Master, be careful! A large part of the sky is becoming unstable!" Whilst Yun Xi was working on his "Desert Island Survival Plan", Mei'er suddenly warned him in a serious tone, "Invaders are intruding this airspace! Red alert! Red alert! They are not Apostles! They are monsters from the void!"

Even if Mei'er didn't warn Yun Xi, he and all the girls on the island saw that the sky was breaking up like a layer of glass, suffusing with waves.

A large number of unknown monsters were staring at the island and the living beings on the island with their vicious eyes.

"Mei'er, how many are there?" Suddenly, he had to stop his desert island surviving plan and fight against intruders. The change was too drastic.

"Scanning... the space is repairing itself, but there is a 4th ranked monster and a lot of its children squeezing into the airspace!" Mei'er's voice sounded anxious.

"Hiss!" A humongous blue spider was squeezing into the world from the void. It was about ten metres long with countless dark shadow patterns on its back. Almost half of its sharp legs had been broken, but it still emitted a gloomy and cold temperament.

Countless spider threads dropped down along its eight legs and were tightly wrapped around the island's main peak. With that, it barely pulled itself out from the void crack in the air.

"It's a dark shadow spider, a common hunter in the void. It's good at spinning webs and hatching little spiders, having a burning desire to catch prey to feed to its descendants. It's seriously injured now, but the chance of you winning is still not more than 10%."

Mei'er searched her memory and told Yun Xi the spider's information. It was one of the bottom feeders in the void and was known for its strong reproductive capacity and patience when it hunted its prey.

In essence, dark shadow spiders didn't need to eat blood and flesh. They could even live without food for dozens of years. The only purpose for them to hunt was to produce descendants.

"My chance of winning is not more than 10%? That's really bad."

Yun Xi watched the dark shadow spider. Maybe it was just a negligible existence in the void, but to him and the girls, it was a horrible monster that had the ability to eliminate them all.

"Be careful, master. It has noticed you!" Mei'er warned Yun Xi in an anxious tone.

"I know!" Yun Xi had seen its eight compound eyes, which were full of killing intention inside them.

To the dark shadow spider, it didn’t need a reason to kill, because it would never give up any chance to catch its prey, especially when the prey was a black-haired, sweet human. In the dark shadow spider's memory, humans were a kind of super delicious food.

I want to eat this human, hunting and hunting, then produce my descendants! The dark shadow spider's instinct was telling it that it was time to kill.

"I can't run away. The whole island has become the spider's hunting ground." Yun Xi took a deep breath with large drops of sweat dripping from his skin.

He felt nervous. After all, this was not a star's trial. He was facing a bloodthirsty monster in reality.

"Mei'er, tell me characteristics of its attacks!" Yun Xi started to run to the highest volcano at his full speed.

"Yes! Dark shadow spider is a creature that is good at lurking and spinning webs. Normally, dark shadow spiders will take a large amount of time to catch their prey in the void, so they won't eat their prey easily. Instead, they tend to stock prey and wait till the best spawning time. At that time, they will ovulate and fertilise themselves to produce clones. Oh, the spider is a hermaphrodite! Its super power is its dark shadow spider thread that has strong ductility and tenacity. It's not easy to break free from its threads!"

As Yun Xi heard Mei'er's words, the dark shadow spider had descended onto the volcano and started to hunt. One spider thread after another formed a prodigious web. Taking the dark shadow spider as the center, the web had covered the whole area within a radius of ten kilometers.

"No! Hua Yue, Xiao Cao and the other girls are still there!" Yun Xi stepped on the twin swords, flying to the volcano.

"Arrr!"

"Yaaaa!!!"

"Noooooo!!!!!"

The girls emitted plaintive cries. They were bathing! None of them had expected that they would face such a sudden misfortune. They were wrapped up by the threads and dragged into to the sky.

"You said that the spider wouldn't kill its prey easily, didn’t you?!" Looking at this scene, Yun Xi's heart was burning with anger.

If the spider ate them immediately... No, I won’t let it do this!!!

"Before the spider starts to produce its descendants, it won't kill its prey. Master, be careful, it has locked on you!"

Chapter 133: Upgrade

"Whoooa! No!"

"Let go of me! Let go of me!"

"Help!"

The girls' cries resounded throughout the sky. The Starwings Female Knights had just been formed, then immediately faced its first huge crisis.

"What? What's this?!" Ling Ling's arms and legs were wrapped in countless black threads. No matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't get rid of these tough threads.

Her shoulders shivered. Her white, attractive arms were folded in front of her chest in shyness, but could only barely cover her full breasts. As for the beautiful curve between her waist and ass, and her slender, white-gem-like legs... She had no way to cover them up.

The other members of the Starwings Female Knights were also wrapped up in the web. Their gem-like breasts, smooth and snow-white skin, and trembling bodies were all exposed in front of Yun Xi's eyes. Looking at so many girls' naked bodies, Yun Xi could barely control his heartbeat.

Whaaaat a damn spider!

The self-invited spider's first hunt had caught thirty-five girls, almost all the members of Starwings Female Knights. Only Hua Yue and Xiao Cao escaped from the spider, oh, and Mumu, she was hiding in a place that even Yun Xi couldn't find.

As one of the three strongest members of the Starwings Female Knights, Yun Xi immediately guessed Hua Yue and Xiao Cao's plan.

"Hua Yue, Xiao Cao!"

Yun Xi didn't need to say anymore words. In the face of the dark shadow spider from the void, the three people made the same choice.

Fighting!

Yun Xi took the lead. He ran to the spider from the front to draw the Dark Shadow Spider's attention. His Crane Wings Twin Swords flew in the air, making the void monster feel a little threatened. Well, if it was a human, then the twin sword was like a pair of poisonous wasps. That was how the dark shadow spider felt.

"Hiss!" It expertly put the captured prey aside, spinning its web again. Compared to the web it had just spun, this time, its web was more elaborate and it had almost no loopholes.

"Master, be careful! Don't get wrapped in the web!"

"I know!" Yun Xi looked at the web deeply with his eyes. His chance of winning was less than 10%. If he didn't pay his entire attention to the spider, his chance of survival would be very slim. However, he wasn't going to give up as long as there was still a flash of hope. He could clearly feel the girls' fear and anxiety via the seeds between them.

"Whooooh. It's horrible. Am I going to die?"

"No! I still want to do many things! We just formed Starwings Female Knights, how can I die here now!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Help me!"

Yun Xi clenched his fists. For the first time, he used his seeds' connecting ability to comfort the girls. He had never done it before, but he naturally understood how to do it.

"No, you won't die. I will protect you!"

His voice was firm and strong. That was his voice echoing within their souls. That was an oath Yun Xi made to the Starwings Female Knights.

No one would die!

"You all trust me, so I will believe in your trust! Give me your talents and powers! I won't give up on any of you! This time, let me save everyone! If only a miracle can defeat the monster, then I will become that miracle!"

His voice directly echoed in all the captured girls' hearts. Yun Xi was talking to them via their souls, telling the girls his heartfelt thinking. Hearing his voice, powers started to emerge from the bottom of the girls' hearts. As if they were a group of lost lambs that were hearing an angel's voice, they saw his appearance with their eyes, then their hearts naturally felt peaceful; they heard his footsteps with their ears, then their bodies naturally relaxed; they touched his soul of light, then they were naturally relieved.

Their hope still exists! Mei hadn't given up on them! She is fighting for them, rushing towards the monster for them!

The threads among the girls were becoming clearer and clearer. The more dangerous the current situation was, the more solid the friendship amongst the girls would become.

Their hope was only as great as their despair. The girls prayed for their miracle, Mei. Their wishes continuously turned into countless true power, enchanting Yun Xi's body via the invisible threads.

Power! A new power was emerging in Yun Xi's body!

"Language and cognition, behavior and appearance, soul and body!"

The girls' pure wishes turned into powers and crossed the starry sky, turning into a mirror that could achieve all their wishes.

Breaking the barrier!

As if it was just a piece of paper being torn, the barrier between the 2nd rank and the 3rd rank instantly disappeared inside Yun Xi's body. Instantly, Yun Xi understood that his threads weren't just some ornaments. They were true yokes between him and the girls. The seeds in their souls were linked by these threads, transferring him incredible powers to create a miracle for them!

This was a system the stars specially made for him. It was his unique power!

The great sword maid's black uniform was emitting a pleasurable and exciting smell. The Killing Princess's power was gradually being awakened by Yun Xi's heart.

Yes. Since I have to fight, then I should have no hesitation!

At this moment, he only wanted to see his enemy's death!

"Break!" Yun Xi stepped on the flying male sword, holding the female sword in one of his hands.

The things which he couldn't do in the past, the realm which he could only look up to in the past, was becoming closer and familiar. He successfully launched the sword skill which Hua Huo had once shown in a previous battle.

Flying Swallow Sixteen Fold Attack!

The sharp sword turned into a flying swallow, cutting off the overwhelming spider threads.

Speed up, speed up, and speed up! This was Yun Xi's Flying Swallow Sword. It wasn't as nimble as Hua Huo's sword, wasn't as heavy as Hua Yue's sword, and wasn't as instinctive as an animal, like Xiao Cao's sword.

He just made it faster, faster, and faster, till the limit of his speed. He broke through all the barriers in front of him and flew straight to the summit of the volcano, where the void intruder was.

"Hiss?" The dark shadow spider's compound eyes stared at Yun Xi. For the first time, it became a little serious.

In its eyes, Yun Xi had just been upgraded from a poisonous wasp to a killer bee now.

Chapter 134: Spread

Faster! Be faster!

Like the wind and the thunder, he wouldn't stop! He wouldn't step back! The gap between the mortal rank and the hero rank was wide. Yun Xi had to risk everything on his luck to fight for the smallest chance of winning.

His heart was beating fast, and his blood was flowing backwards due to nervousness. For the first time in Yun Xi's life, he was going to challenge a hero ranked enemy with only his own strength.

It wasn't a dream or a trial, but a real, life-and-death battle. If he died, he wouldn't be revived! Even though he had died hundreds of times in star's trials, he still had only one life in the real world.

To challenge a 4th ranked monster as a 3rd ranked swordsman... Yun Xi never dared to imagine this in his past life.

Then, why did he feel so excited in his heart?

Stepping on the male sword, the information about the dark shadow spider was flowing into Yun Xi's mind. Its body was big, over ten metres long. Half of its eight legs had been broken, which would greatly reduce its movement speed in battle. Its hero ranked super power was its black threads, which could block the area within a radius of ten kilometres and lock on to all the targets within the range.

As a hero ranked living being, the dark shadow spider's strength, attack, and defence, were all above Yun Xi’s. If the dark shadow spider was still at its peak state, Mei'er wouldn't tell Yun Xi that his chance of winning was 10%, but 0%! Its broken legs were Yun Xi's only chance of winning.

Even though it was a hero ranked living being, when it faced the void crack, it wouldn't be any tougher than paper, unless it became a legendary creature like the 8th ranked White Holy Dragon, then it would have the ability to break the void.

The dark shadow spider had barely pulled itself from the void into this world relying on its threads. As s price, half of its legs had been broken. Its movement speed had suffered a deadly blow.

Speed! This was Yun Xi's only advantage!

"Hiss!" The dark shadow spider opened its cold compound eyes, locking onto Yun Xi who was rapidly flying in the air with his twin swords.

Indeed. Its greatest weak point was its movement speed. However, its attack range was about ten kilometres. With its inexhaustible black spider threads, its weak point had been perfectly covered.

Originally, dark shadow spiders weren't famous for their movement speed. They were hunters, who usually made traps and waited for their prey to fall into their web, then launched a fatal strike.

The black spider threads immediately turned into ashes after they were cut off by Yun Xi's Crane Wings Twin Swords. But at the same time, the dark shadow spider immediately emitted more spider threads. These black spider threads could instantly extend to dozens of kilometres. They were retractable and controlled by the dark shadow spider's mind.

It was rare to find prey in the void. Therefore, once the dark shadow found prey, it could be very patient. It could even spin a web for ten years, then silently wait for the prey to be caught in its web.

With the creepy spinning sounds, the dark shadow spider's web had finally been formed. If one looked down from the sky, one would see that the black web had covered the entire area within a radius of thirty kilometres.

Yun Xi was at the center of that web. The web was like an elaborate trap, not giving the prey the tiniest chance to escape. This was the dark shadow spider's dangerous hunting habit.

Yun Xi's Flying Swallow Sixteen Fold Attack had really taught it a lesson. This time, all the threads of the spider’s web were made with over ten black spider threads. The web’s intensity was so high that it could even make all mortal ranked warriors feel desperate.

Fortunately, Yun Xi's twin swords weren't normal. Even if one were comparing the Crane Wings Twin Swords to all hero ranked weapons, they were at the top and were entitled to become a pair of artifacts.

"Flying Swallow Sixteen Fold Attack!"

Sixteen after images of sword crisscrossed in the air. Every attack was cut on the same point.

This wasn't a property from Hua Huo's Flying Swallow Sword, but a special ability from Xiao Cao's Mortal's Sword. After practicing her sword skill for a million times, Xiao Cao finally learned her perfect Mortal's Sword, which was as stable as a stalk of grass at any time.

The reinforced spider web was ripped off by Yun Xi's attack again. This time, Yun Xi was only about a kilometer away from the summit of the volcano, where the dark shadow spider was.

To the dark shadow spider, Yun Xi's danger class rose again. He had become a giant killer bee in its eyes. To the dark shadow spider, it was unable to move freely and was going to lay eggs. Yun Xi's lightning speed was really a big problem for it now.

"Hiss!" The dark shadow spider made a weird sound again. It slowly opened its mouth, emitting out a large quantity of black fluids from its mouth.

It's coming! Yun Xi could feel that the next three seconds would decide the battle's result.

The first second!

Black fluids gushed out from the dark shadow spider's mouth, and was then divided into four sections, spreading in the air. Each divided section was like a mirror, clearly reflecting Yun Xi's figure, which meant that the dark shadow spider had put all its attention to its only threat: Yun Xi.

Four ribbons were formed by countless mirror surfaces crisscrossed and floated besides the dark shadow like four snakes. Once the black threads around them were touched by the four ribbons, they were immediately absorbed by them.

After absorbing thousands of black threads, the ribbons turned into a frightening dark black in the air and continuously emitted dissonant, horrible sounds.

"I can't dodge them..." Yun Xi observed the four ribbons and made a decision in his heart.

This must be the dark shadow spider's strongest skill, its trump card was just like the male fiery dragon's Dragon's Breath.

As a 3rd ranked swordsman, he had forced the 4th ranked dark shadow spider to use its strongest skill. It was already an amazing achievement that he could be proud of. However, Yun Xi didn't want any achievement, he wanted to win!

The second second, high-speed shock waves, which could even be seen by the naked eyes, appeared beside the four black ribbons, which had covered half of the island. Around and around, they spread as if they were stones that were breaking the surface of water.

"Crane Wings Twin Swords, flying!" Yun Xi held the twin swords in both his hands.

He launched his fastest, strongest attack towards the dark shadow spider. As if he was a shooting star, in the girls' worried eyes, Yun Xi chose to face the difficulty.

Chapter 135: Flying Yun Xi

The third second.

In the first one tenth of the third second, four huge black ribbons floated and crisscrossed in the air, forming a weird shape that looked like a large eye. This was one of the dark shadow spider's strongest abilities: Dark Shadow Evil Eye, a nightmare spun by itself.

Looking at Yun Xi, the dark shadow spider grinned. It laughed at the little bug's overconfident behavior. Its gigantic Evil Eye stared at Yun Xi, staring at his skin, black hair, and flappy maid's uniform.

In the third one tenth of the third second, in the blink of an eye, a weird curse easily cut through Yun Xi's body.

"Hiss!" A heartbreaking scene appeared in front of the girls. Yun Xi's maid's black uniform was pierced through by countless black light points. He was thrown out and flew in the air like a tattered paper doll.

His strength, blood, and soul were all annihilated by the Dark Shadow Evil Eye. This skill was the dark shadow spider's super power and its trump card. To a mortal whose life and soul wasn't stronger than the dark shadow spider, this was an inescapable, unstoppable, deathly blow.

"How dare you!"

"Go to hell!"

At the instant Yun Xi was hit, Hua Yue’s White Gold Crossed Sword and Xiao Cao’s black iron sword cut the air, smashing on the dark shadow spider's broken legs from both its sides. With Yun Xi's cover, Hua Yue and Xiao Cao finally launched their attacks. However, their attacks only made a few slight wounds on the dark shadow spider's body.

Not everyone could cross the wide gap between the mortal rank and the hero rank like Hua Huo. Even though the dark shadow spider was badly hurt, its shell was still far harder than steel. In fact, the dark shadow spider had noticed Hua Yue and Xiao Cao when they sneaked up on it. It just ignored them. After all, compared to Yun Xi, they were just a pair of honey bees.

In the middle of the third second, as the dark shadow spider triumphantly looked at Yun Xi's body dropping to the ground, the Crane Wings Twin Swords suddenly emitted rays of cold lights.

"Blow up!" Yun Xi used his last Green Hippo's Seed to recover his physical strength.

When the dark shadow spider's Evil Eye had stared at Yun Xi, he was almost killed - if he hadn't used the Green Hippo's Seed, which he had hidden in his body just in case. The Evil Eye Curse only plundered all of Yun Xi's physical strength. His blood had almost frozen at that time. However, that was just the curse's side effect.

The most powerful part of the dark shadow spider's Evil Eye was directly released into Yun Xi's soul. The black Evil Eye put one piece of dead information after another in Yun Xi’s body within one tenth of a second, making him fall from the sky, making his whole body scattered and disunited.

Pouring kerosene on his body and burning him to ashes.

Tying him up on the cross, hanging him in the air, and making him die under the sun.

Tying him up and fixing him in concrete, then sink him in the water till he was drowned.

Hanging him to death.

Throwing him into a snowfield and making him die of cold and hypoxia.

Chopping him into pieces with swords.

The dark shadow spider had made eighteen death methods to torture Yun Xi, to make him fall into the worst nightmares it wove.

To most living beings, a near-death experience would become the worst nightmare of their life. Most people couldn't even hold on till the end of the dark shadow spider's first deathly nightmare. Their blood froze, and their lives were taken away. It was hard to recognize which part was reality and which part a dream, and if they failed to distinguish the parts, they would die in the reality and the nightmare at the same time.

Once people's brains were fooled into thinking that they had died, then they would really die in the real world! However, the dark shadow spider wouldn't have expected that although Yun Xi hadn't had any death experience in reality, but its deadly nightmares were just a piece of cake to him, for he had died in the star's trails countless times.

Dying eighteen times? That pain wasn't even more painful than what the green hippo had done to him. The damage the dark shadow spider's Evil Eye had caused Yun Xi was actually zero, because he was already used to such since a long time ago.

Only the Dark Shadow Evil Eye's side effect, which froze Yun Xi's blood and drained his life, forced Yun Xi to use his last Green Hippo's Seed, so that he could restore his energy at the last possible instant.

All these things happened just in a second. Wandering between life and death, a new door suddenly opened up to Yun Xi in his mind.

Quicksilver Motion reached perfection.

Flying Swallow Sword reached perfection.

Both of the two skills had reached perfection at the same time. They overlapped together, opening the door leading to the God's Sword Skill for Yun Xi. Nothing could be better than a real life-and-death battle to force a person to release their full potential.

The girls' expectation and prayer. The Killing Princess's Legacy was activated in his blood. Hua Huo, Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and all the other girls' seeds released their powers for him, to help him reach an unattainable realm.

"Sky Flying Sword!" Yun Xi put one foot on the male sword. Transparent waves emerged around him.

Yun Xi didn't have the Sky Flying Bloodline, so he couldn't fly in the air like Hua Huo. However, with the Crane Wings Twin Swords' help and his boiling blood power, he finally created his own Sky Flying Sword.

Speed up!

Speed up!

Once he started, he couldn't stop, and wasn't ready to stop!

Stepping on one of Crane Wings Twin Swords, Yun Xi turned into a flash of lighting, hovering in the sky. With his full strength, he flew to the dark shadow spider, who was in a debilitating condition after casting its Dark Shadow Evil Eye.

One transparent halo after another emerged in the air. They displayed deadly rhythms, announcing the dark shadow spider's death. The Crane Wings Twin Swords crossed in the air. As if they were a pair of poison stingers, they penetrated into the dark shadow spider's compound eyes, splashing its blood in the air.

“Oh, so the spider had black blood.” Yun Xi thought in his heart. He had used up his energy. He felt a fit of dizziness, then he finally couldn't keep flying and heavily fell to the ground.

"Mei!"

"Mei!"

"No, Mei!"

Oh, white, and white, and white.

Yun Xi toppled down onto the summit of the volcano, seeing a lot of warm, snow-white, alluring, and cute bodies.

One, two, three... thirty-eight. They were all here. Not one less.

That was really, really good.

Chapter 136: The Scent of Milk

Yun Xi smelt a very pleasant scent. It was sweet, soft, and smelt like milk. Unlike Ye Li's milky odor, it was more mature and richer.

He tried to open his eyes but failed to do this simple action.

Oh, right. Yun Xi remembered. He overdrew his strength, finally releasing the God's Sword Skill, Sky Flying Sword, which he had always failed to learn in the past. With the Sky Flying Sword and the Crane Wings Twin Swords' attack power, he finally tore through the dark shadow spider's steel shell, dealing a deadly blow.

What happened after that? Had the dark shadow spider died? Had the girls been saved? Where was it now?

"Master, are you awake?" Mei'er's voice echoed in Yun Xi's mind, finally making him recover a bit from his condition.

"Mei'er, what happened to my body?" Yun Xi asked his star elf in confusion.

"Nothing. You are just too weak after overtaxing your strength. You will recover after about 24 hours. Master, you had depleted all of your energy! Unfortunately, the dark shadow spider abandoned its old body. It split itself into a new body and escaped away with its core. Otherwise, you could use its seed to recover yourself." Mei'er told Yun Xi the result in an apologetic tone.

"However, its old body has been destroyed. It should have already been downgraded from the hero rank and ran to the deep side of the island. It won't be a threat temporarily. After all, there is nothing that it can use to recover itself."

Sigh. As he had expected, it wasn't that easy to defeat a hero ranked being.

However, this was still a good result that Yun Xi could accept. After that, Yun Xi felt his body being lifted up. He could feel a reassuring, soft, and resilient cushion on his back.

"Ah..." He heard a familiar voice. It was Hua Yue.

"No, she doesn't open her mouth. In that case, I can't feed her anything." Yun Xi could feel Hua Yue's anxiety from her voice.

"No problem, my fair lady. I know how to solve this problem. You can feed her with your mouth." Yun Xi heard Ling Ling's voice from his back. It seemed that they were looking after him.

"Hum... Well... I... It seems that I have to do that..."

Was it an illusion? Yun Xi felt that Hua Yue's voice sounded very happy.

"Cheer up! You can do that!"

Yun Xi felt that the milky smell was getting closer and closer. After a while, he felt the girl's warm lips touched his mouth with the warm milk.

Despite Yun Xi not being able to open his eyes, he still knew what Hua Yue was doing. With the warm milk, her small tongue stirred in Yun Xi's mouth, sending the milk down Yun Xi's throat.

"Bang!" Yun Xi’s body was still fatigued. Only his heart was pounding faster and faster.

The thread between their seeds was rapidly becoming tighter. Yun Xi could also feel Hua Yue's pounding heart.

Excitement, agitation, tenderness, expectation, and addiction. Various emotions flowed into Yun Xi's heart through the thread. The thread was giving a sweet, curative, instrumental performance.

"Cough..." Yun Xi felt that his drained seed was being activated by Hua Yue's emotions.

He slowly opened his eyes, looking at Hua Yue's pink-white face. She was so nervous that she closed her eyes tighter, so she didn't see that Yun Xi had awakened.

Hua Yue let out a sigh of relief after pouring all the milk into Yun Xi's mouth. Although Yun Xi just fainted, but his pale face and feeble breathing really scared her.

"Sorry, if we were stronger at that time..." Hua Yue muttered. She swallowed another sip of milk, trying to feed Yun Xi again.

Then, she saw Yun Xi's wide-opened black eyes and his shy look.

"Whoa!!!"

Hua Yue instantly blushed. Her face turned from a red apple into a red sun, emitting an attractive temperament. For the first time, Yun Xi saw her shy look. She behaved as if she was a kitten who was found secretly eating. It was too cute. Especially when the white milk was still dripping from her mouth. That gave him an indescribable allure.

"What's the matter?" Ling Ling was behind Yun Xi, so she didn't see that Yun Xi had opened his eyes. She still instigated Hua Yue, "Don't be shy. This is just a necessary feeding behavior."

"Hum..." Due to the milk in her mouth, Hua Yue couldn't say anything, but looking at Yun Xi's feeble appearance, she showed a determined look on her face.

Ling Ling's suggestion was effective! Therefore, she needed to continue, even though she had never done this before. Hua Yue got up her nerve and kissed Yun Xi again. She sent the warm milk and her tongue into his mouth at the same time again.

"Gu... Gu..." Yun Xi was forced to swallow the milk. He felt that his exhausted body did obtain a bit of new strength from that.

"Oh... Oh! The female element is effective! Master, let her feed you! In that case, your recovery time can be greatly reduced!" Mei'er looked at this scene with a contented look.

Compared to the milk, Hua Yue's female element was a better medicine for Yun Xi's recovery!

Why do I feel that I'm an abnormal negative character... I'm an upright gentleman! Yun Xi retorted his star elf in his mind.

"Ok, is that enough? Mei?" After feeding Yun Xi the milk for ten times, Hua Yue's face was hotter.

"If you feel it is enough, blink your eyes once; if you don't feel it is enough, blink your eyes twice."

Yun Xi strenuously blinked one of his eyes once, signalling her that he didn't need her to feed him again.

Even if she did nothing, his body could recover itself after a dozen of hours. However, Yun Xi forgot that his body was still uncontrollable now. After the first blink, he uncontrollably blinked again...

One, two... two blinks. Hua Yue felt nervous.

Was the sequela of the battle too serious?

"Not enough? Well, let me feed you some more..."

The next an hour, Yun Xi's body and Hua Yue's body were full of the scent of milk.

Chapter 137: Dark Shadow Gems

Thanks to Hua Yue's feeding and her girl element, Yun Xi's physical strength finally recovered to an extent that he could open his mouth.

"Enough... Hua Yue..." If Yun Xi didn't hear it for himself, he wouldn't believe that the deep, attractive voice was his own voice.

What the hell was the Great Sword Maid's Legacy?!

"Mei! Oh, great!" Hearing Yun Xi's voice, Hua Yue’s face brightened up, as if she was soaking in the sun.

Her golden hair hung down on Yun Xi's face. He could even see the tears in her beautiful eyes.

"I'm sorry to have worried you." In that moment of life and death, they understood each other's minds.

For the girls who were captured by the dark shadow spider, Yun Xi risked his life to challenge the hero ranked monster. For Yun Xi who protected them regardless of danger, the girls also transferred all their powers to protect him.

After the dark shadow spider's attack, Mei had become even more important in all the girls’ hearts. When Yun Xi had released his Sky Flying Sword, flying to the seemingly unbeatable dark shadow spider, all the Starwings Female Knights had cried.

After defeating the dark shadow spider, Yun Xi toppled down to the ground. This scene made all the girls feel worried and cry their hearts out. Fortunately, they finally made sure that Yun Xi just fainted due to exhaustion. They finally smiled through tears. The links amongst them were becoming tighter due to the crisis they faced together.

Yun Xi could feel that the threads between him and the girls were becoming tighter and brighter. At the same time, a lot of girls had broken past their limits during the crisis. Especially when they saw Yun Xi toppling down to the ground, ten girls had upgraded to the 2nd rank at the same time.

Now, the Starwings Female Knights had two 3rd ranked members, a dozen of 2nd ranked members, and the remaining girls were all at the 1st rank. Even in the entire god domains, it could be regarded as a super strong knight group now.

"Is everyone ok?"

"Don't worry, Mei. You saved everyone."

"That's fine."

Yun Xi barely opened his mouth. He felt that none of his body parts were in good condition. His muscles were torn due to overexertion. Especially his feet, the most important parts required to release Sky Flying Sword, had almost lost feeling.

The secret of the Sky Flying Sword was to control the air waves under the feet. This was a God's Sword Skill that could let the user fly in the air. Strictly speaking, Yun Xi's Sky Flying Sword was incomplete. He didn’t have as much energy as Hua Huo, so he couldn't fly in the sky all by himself.

His Sky Flying Sword was a simulation of Hua Huo's Sky Flying Sword, based on his Flying Swallow Sword and Quicksilver Motion. With the Crane Wings Twin Swords' flying ability, he was able to step in the air. It looked very similar to Hua Huo's Sky Flying Sword but lacked both explosiveness and dexterity. Sky Flying Sword (incomplete), one could call Yun Xi's strongest sword skill that way. After all, God's Sword Skills weren't something mortals could learn.

Half a month ago, Yun Xi wasn't even a 1st ranked swordsman. It was already a miracle for him to master the incomplete Sky Flying Sword. Even though it was incomplete, it was still a God's Sword Skill. It had raised Yun Xi's battle power to the hero rank within a few seconds so that he could defeat the dark shadow spider.

If one didn't have hero ranked power, they would not defeat a hero ranked monster (Hua Huo was an exception). One must pay something to control the god sword as a mortal. Yun Xi created the embryonic form of his god sword within three seconds. Even though he had eaten the Green Hippo's Seed, he was still exhausted after the battle.

After saying a few words, Yun Xi had to close his eyes and fell into a deep sleep again. When he opened his eyes again, it was already evening. The scent of milk still lingered in his mouth and on his lips, however, he sensed something different from Hua Yue's scent.

They were... Xiao Cao, Ling Ling, and... and a lot of other girls. Yun Xi tried to move his body, then strenuously stood up.

"Very well. I can move now." Yun Xi exercised his arms and legs, letting out a sigh of relief.

Looking up, Yun Xi found that he was in a cave. Probably being worried about being attacked by the dark shadow spider again, the girls had moved their camp into the cave, which was easy to defend but hard to attack.

Bright lights illuminated the originally dim cave. It seemed that the girls had collected a lot of goods and materials from White Lotus whilst he was sleeping. As the strongest weapon of the whole White Lotus Sword Domain, White Lotus really carried various goods and materials. From temporary tents to various foods, vegetables, and weapons. Even though they had just collected a few items, it was sufficient for them to build a camp.

"Mei, are you awake?" Xiao Cao carried her black iron sword, stepping into the cave from outside.

The distance between her footsteps were all the same, as if she had measured them with a ruler. Not only her footsteps, her breathing and the rhythm of her heartbeat were also as calm as an old well. Her spiritual state was already beyond mortals' imagination. Obviously, the battle between the dark shadow spider and Yun Xi had stimulated Xiao Cao and Hua Yue. They grew fast through battle.

"Hua Yue went to hunt the spider, and I had just killed several of the spider’s avatars, too. We will avenge you!" Xiao Cao casually threw several black gems to Yun Xi, but her eyes were full of pride, as if she was saying, "Praise me! Praise me!"

"This is..." Yun Xi looked at the black gems, feeling some scent of deep darkness from them.

"Hua Yue says that they are dark shadow gems. They are the spider's life essences. Oh, the biggest gems were taken from the wounds you caused to the spider," Xiao Cao said. She sat beside Yun Xi and gazed at him, as if she was a puppy that was waiting for its master's praise.

"Xiao Cao, you did well!" Yun Xi smiled and gently stroked her hair.

"Hum hum, I will do my best. Mei... Don't die!"

Chapter 138: For Bread! Rated Battle!

Seven days later, a small fort was built in the middle area of the island, in front of the cave on the highest volcano. The fort wall was made of sharpened wooden pikes. There were sharp black thistles and thorns filled in the gaps, and unknown flowers blooming on the pikes.

As the saying goes, "A sparrow may be small, but it has all the vital organs". The fort the Starwings Female Knights built in seven days had three layers for the defense system, besides, they also drilled a deep well, which perfectly solved their water issues.

For the first time on the island, human civilization started to be built. This day, in the center of the small fort, the girls were having a daily match: Battle for the Butter Bread! In some sense, it was also a rated battle amongst the girls. The prize was Mei's butter bread, which could effectively replenish their energy.

As the baker, Yun Xi didn't need to take part in their battle, and because Mumu was too young, she could get butter bread without fighting. As for the other girls? They had to fight each other to strive for their butter bread.

Yun Xi would make about fifty rolls of butter bread every day, and the girls would decide the distribution based on battle rating. Normally, the leader, Hua Yue, and the deputy leader, Xiao Cao, would seize the first place and the second place, and the other girls strived for the places from the third to the tenth.

In Yun Xi's eyes, it was just a game-like battle, but to the girls, it was their favorite recreational activity on the boring island.

On the seventh day, almost all the girls had upgraded to the 2nd rank.

"For butter bread!"

"For my tongue!"

"For our cute Mei!"

The girls shouted slogans, bursting with enthusiasm and great potential. The barrier between the first rank and the 2nd rank had been unable to stop them.

Even in the countries of the Western God's Domain, a Knight group whose members were all at the 2nd rank could be regarded as a strong force. It was hard to believe that the Starwings Female Knights was formed by a group of girls, who hadn't even started their study lives in the Sword Palace!

Now, the girls who were fighting for the third place and the fourth place were Ling Ling and Mei Lan from the two camps of the Starwings Female Knights. Ling Ling was born in a decadent noble family. She was one of Hua Yue's subordinates. Mei Lan was born in a civilian family. She was one of Xiao Cao's loyal fans. Both of them were Hua Yue and Xiao Cao's assistants. Amongst all the girls, their powers were only slightly inferior to Hua Yue and Xiao Cao.

Ling Ling's sword skill was a fencing skill named "Flower Fencing". It was a dueling sword skill from the royals in the Western God's Domain. Unlike Hua Yue's Holy Crossed Sword, it required high skill to learn it, and was a sword skill suited to aristocratic ladies. Her sword had a round handguard and a slender, long blade. It abandoned its "slash" ability but increased its "stab" ability to the limit.

Compared to Ling Ling's sword, Mei Lan's sword was much more ordinary. As a civilian, she didn't have the money to buy an expensive, soft sword like Ling Ling’s, but was using a standard military sword. Her sword skill also biased towards actual combat, straight, and narrow.

The two girls were having a fierce fight. Ling Ling's sword skill was slightly better. Her soft sword often attacked Mei Lan from unexpected angles. As for Mei Lan, her sword skill had inherited a part of Xiao Cao's combat skill, not very excellent, but also flawless.

"The dark shadow spider should have died." Under the stage, Hua Yue put the last dark shadow gem in Yun Xi's hand.

"Yes. We found no traces of the spider in the forest," Xiao Cao said in a confident tone.

In order to avenge Mei, Xiao Cao and Hua Yue cooperated with each other and cleaned out the whole forest. They had killed almost all the spiders in the forest and had collected over ten dark shadow gems. Even if there were still a few little spiders in the forest, they wouldn't be a threat anymore.

"Thank you." Yun Xi took the dark shadow gem and pinched it.

"Ding!" The dark gem turned into powder, then was absorbed by Yun Xi's maid uniform.

Yun Xi accidentally found out that the Killing Princess's maid's uniform could absorb these dark shadow gems. When Xiao Cao had handed over the dark shadow gem to him, he had felt that the maid's uniform suddenly had a special desire to swallow it. He naturally understood that the maid's uniform could eat the dark shadow gem to strengthen itself. After feeding all the dark shadow gems to the maid's uniform, Yun Xi found that the uniform became more gorgeous. Even the ribbons on the skirt’s corner had become glossier.

These magic clothes he had inherited from the unknown Killing Princess was eager for these dark-type gems.

"Mei, your maid’s uniform is becoming more beautiful!" Xiao Cao looked at Yun Xi with her sparkling eyes.

After that, Xiao Cao had decided to kill as many dark shadow spiders as she could to collect more dark shadow gems for Yun Xi.

"It's said that the Killing Princess abhorred dark creatures, so the legend is true!" Hua Yue stroked the maid's uniform and remembered the legend.

Yun Xi embarrassedly looked at the two girls beside him and the girls who were fighting for his butter bread on the stage.

Was it his illusion? Why did he feel that after the dark shadow spider's attack, the girls had become more intimate with him?

"Mei, can you make more bread?" The girls finally let Mumu wear white socks and shoes. She pulled the corner of Yun Xi's clothes, looking at him with a pathetic look.

"Little girls shouldn't eat too much. You will become fat." Yun Xi pinched Mumu's mouth and wondered in his heart, “Mumu is so thin, why does she eat more than Hua Yue? Judging from their bodies, it should be Hua Yue who needs more nutrition.”

Chapter 139: Eye of the Storm

Across the forest and a part of the swamp the girls hadn't been before, in the deepest point of the volcano cave, a large spider nest was formed. A dark shadow spider that was about three metres long and had four eyes, was hanging upside down from a large web, looking at the prey captured by its avatars with a dissatisfied look.

Judging from the various sizes of prey, its avatars had done very well. They had even captured a python which was over seventeen metres long. The python was one of the top predators that were at the top of the food chain on the island. It never thought that someday whilst sleeping, it would be caught in spider threads and fail to move an inch, and see several small spiders dragging it into a dark cave underground. It had suffered numerous privations along the way.

"Hiss!" With a cruel hiss, the spider's sharp leg stabbed into the python's head, starting to draw its brains and body fluid. After a few seconds, the python had become only a piece of snake skin. In addition to the python's skin, there were also several ferocious beasts' bodies on the large spider web. Most of them were only remains of their skins and furs.

After absorbing the python's flesh and blood, the dark shadow spider's body became a little larger. Looking at itself, the spider expressed a resentful look. Yun Xi's sword really hurt it. He had not only eliminated its core, the body part that released its supernatural power, but he had also broken its life element.

As a hermaphrodite, it had to abandon its "male" part and barely let its "female" part escape into the forest, but it was still hunted by Xiao Cao and Hua Yue. Finally, its "female" part also sustained a fatal injury. It was forced to split again, into a new body which only had 25% of its original power. It then ran to the most remote area on the island.

If it wasn't a void creature and its body was totally different from common animals within White Lotus Sword Domain, it would have died under Yun Xi's attack. Now, it had only a weak new body and three avatars. Its combat power had reduced to 10% of its original power - even after it had eaten almost all the large creatures it could find around the cave.

“Revenge!”

“Kill!”

“Enemy!”

Remembering who had made it lose half of its body, the dark shadow spider opened its mouth, screeching as if it had gone mad. Once a dark shadow spider lost its "male" part, it couldn't produce offspring again. It was doomed to live completely alone after losing its male part.

Its hate was irreconcilable! Its angry scream echoed within the cave, around and around, for a long time.

...

The tenth day after White Lotus dropped from the sky, Hua Yue, Xiao Cao, and Yun Xi sat together with a serious look.

"Something is wrong. According to my calculation, rescuers should have come..." Hua Yue said, sharing her worry with Xiao Cao and Yun Xi.

"The sword domain should have known that something had happened to White Lotus. Ten days have passed. That was enough time for them to report the accident to the Sky Sword God's Domain master. However, we still haven't seen any rescuers. Maybe the situation is worse than we imagined."

Yun Xi and Xiao Cao looked at each other. They were just civilians. Naturally, they didn't know this. Although they were trapped on the island, but they had the materials from White Lotus and the tropical island was fertile, the pressure of their survival had been reduced after building the temporary camp. The materials they had collected would help them survive on the island for at least three months.

"So, what's the reason that makes the rescuers unable to come here?" Yun Xi asked.

He also felt something was wrong because the seeds told him that Hua Huo and the twin witches' location hadn't changed at all from the beginning. They could fly! Theoretically, they should have found this island by following traces of White Lotus's debris. However, their seeds hadn't moved from the first day they fell from the sky.

"I have two guesses. The first, they have sent rescuers but the rescuers are all being stopped by 'that thing'. Maybe they are fighting in the sky as we speak."

Speaking about "that thing", Hua Yue shook her head. If that was the truth, they shouldn't expect any rescue. After all, an 8th ranked monster was far beyond ordinary people's range. The rescuers wouldn't have any chance to defeat it.

Why did such a monster appear in White Lotus Sword Domain? It’s too strange!

"The second guess is that we are not at our original location. Maybe this island is far away from the place where we encountered the monster!" Hua Yue lifted her second finger.

This was her main guess. According to the position of the sunset and the sea breeze's direction of movement, Hua Yue calculated and drew an inconceivable conclusion. This island wasn't on White Lotus's airline, but at a place that was ten thousand kilometres away.

In the entire White Lotus Sword Domain, none of the noble families had been to this place, and no one knew what was in this place as if it was a natural forbidden area since the dawn of White Lotus Sword Domain.

In legends, there were countless terrible dark currents in the sky and in the sea in this area, and anytime and anywhere, this area would have devastating storms. Even if it was a floating ship like White Lotus, once it was caught in any of the storms, it wouldn't have any chance to fly away.

This corresponded to the tropical storm happened ten days ago. Hua Yue remembered that when the storm appeared, the sky and earth were covered with darkness. She remembered her fear when she saw the storm sweep through the sky. Even a hero ranked warrior wouldn't be able to do anything in the face of such a terrible natural disaster. If the storm hadn't suddenly disappeared just like it had suddenly emerged, she couldn't imagine what a dire situation the girls on the island would have faced.

"Storm Sea... Probably this is where we are. This island should be in the middle of the Storm Sea." Hua Yue said and sketched a map on the ground.

It was a weird map which looked like a giant monster's single eye. From generation to generation, the noble families of White Lotus Sword Domain always warned their descendants not to come to this area: Eye of the Storm!

Chapter 140: The Tale of the Storm

"Eye of the Storm!"

"How can it be possible?!"

Yun Xi and Xiao Cao wore a surprised look after they heard that taboo name.

The demon's sea. The abyss in hell. The place no one returns from.

It was the most mysterious area in the middle of the White Lotus Sword Domain. Even ordinary people had also heard of its existence.

Eye of the Storm. It was said that if you looked down from the sky, only this area was covered in darkness. It was an area of the sea that was covered by countless storms.

Many hero ranked beings had tried to explore this area of the sea in the past, but most of them had lost their way before they had ventured deep into this area. This area had swallowed a lot of people’s lives.

Many people believed that there was a terrible monster living within this area and that mortals should never come to this area. This was the most frightening forbidden area in the entire White Lotus Sword Domain. Even the ship, White Lotus, also specifically kept a distance from this area in the past, because no one could predict when the overwhelming black storm would come.

“No one can return from the Eye of the Storm”, was an old saying spread within White Lotus Sword Domain. It accurately described the weird area's properties.

Were they in that legendary forbidden area?

"Remember the hero ranked adventure team I talked about before? They were eliminated within the surrounding region of Eye of the Storm. Unfortunately, we have gone deeper than they did, probably in the middle area." Hua Yue didn't want to acknowledge it, but that was the most likely truth.

After all, who would think that White Lotus would fly off the airline route and crash in the most dangerous area in the entire Sword Domain?

This was a real dead zone that may have indescribable monsters! Maybe the monster who could even swallow the hero ranked adventure team was on this seemingly common island!

"In legends, White Lotus's secret treasure is in the Eye of the Storm..." Hua Yue murmured.

She remembered an unsubstantiated old tale. The White Lotus Sword Domain was just a common lower-level sword domain, but it had a rare "secret treasure". No one knew what the secret treasure was. Someone said that it was a matchless weapon, another said that it was a supreme sword skill, and yet another said that it was a flag that could dominate all beings.

The only thing that could be confirmed was that the secret treasure did exist, because there was a trace of the secret treasure's shadow in Sword Palace. It was said that only when the Sword Domain was in danger, would the master of White Lotus Sword Domain use it.

As for what the real secret treasure was... no one knew. People only knew that once upon a long time ago, when the Sky Sword God's Domain was just born in the void, the secret treasure had appeared in the White Lotus Sword Domain. After it released its earth-shaking power, it disappeared with not the least of a trace to be found.

It was said that someone realized the rules of the world after seeing the secret treasure's shadow in Sword Palace, and finally became a "Sky Sword". It was said that when the "Sky Sword" was still a mortal, he was born in the White Lotus Sword Domain and left his legacy in the sword domain. He was Yun Hai. Before he became a Sky Sword, people called him "Yun Hai, the Sword Master". He was the only Sky Sword who was born in a lower-level sword domain.

Due to this, every time the Sword Palace began to organise their entrance test, there were always a lot of geniuses across the star bridge, coming to take part in their test from various sword domains. Their goal was the secret treasure's shadow in the Sword Palace.

At the same time, every few years, some hero ranked warriors would form a team to explore the most terrible forbidden area in the White Lotus Sword Domain: the Eye of the Storm.

Their goal was very specific: come to search for the legendary secret treasure, because all the other areas in the White Lotus Sword Domain had been searched. Only the Eye of the Storm hadn’t been thoroughly searched.

Year in and year out, one group after another came to the Eye of the Storm, but most of them couldn't even get through the surrounding region. A few people entered the inner area, but none of them returned.

Theoretically, legend ranked beings couldn't enter the White Lotus Sword Domain unless they wanted to destroy it. In that case, the strongest person that could go to explore the Eye of the Storm was still at the hero rank.

After many hero-ranked adventure team were eliminated in the Eye of the Storm, almost no one dared to challenge this dead zone again. The Eye of the Storm was the only forbidden area in the White Lotus Sword Domain.

"If this island is in the deepest area of the Eye of the Storm, unless the master of Sky Sword God's Domain comes to change the Sword Domain's rules to allow legend-ranked people to enter this area, we'd better give up waiting for rescue..." Hua Yue analysed with a depressed look.

She felt too hopeless, so she only told Yun Xi and Xiao Cao this cruel news.

"Are you sure that we are in the Eye of the Storm?" Yun Xi took a deep breath. His eyes didn't look depressed but had become brighter.

"Yes..." Hua Yue looked at "Mei" and was enchanted with his determined look.

What a pair of beautiful eyes!

In her black pupils, it was comforting enthusiasm and confidence, as if being trapped in the Eye of the Storm was just a miniature disaster in her eyes Even though she was facing the Eye of the Storm, the dead zone which had swallowed one hero ranked being after another, her eyes were still saying that she would never give up!

"In that case, I think that we should make a long-term plan." Yun Xi had to prepare for their future after knowing what cruel situations they would be facing.

Of course, he wouldn't give up nor did he feel desperate. Compared to be hunted by the White Holy Dragon sent by his four overlord ex-girlfriends, what was the Eye of the Storm? It was nothing. If he couldn't even escape from this place, how would he escape from his ex-girlfriends and their Apostles?

He must become stronger and stronger!

Since it was very likely that the terrible monster who could even eliminate a hero ranked adventure team was on the island, then he would get in touch with it in his next star trial.

In his next star trial, he would find out what the most frightening thing in the Eye of the Storm was and face it!

Chapter 141: Mumu's Expectation

The third star trial didn't start as soon as Yun Xi had expected. The girls had been living on the island for half a month since they fell down from the sky. As Hua Yue had expected, no rescuers came. Even if it was the White Lotus Sword Domain master, he wouldn’t dare enter the Eye of the Storm, not to mention others. Maybe they were the first visitors setting their feet on the tropical island.

"Mei'er, why hasn't the trial started?" Yun Xi had waited for half a month and was well prepared every night, however, he still didn't see any signs of the trial starting.

"Probably because the star trial this time involved too many strong beings." As the stars’ prolocutor, Yun Xi's exclusive star elf Mei'er had a special premonition.

This time, the star trial wouldn't be some niche like the previous two trials. The first trial, in the dark forest, and the second trial in the tall tower, weren't at the same level as the next trial.

They were in the middle of the Eye of the Storm, the dead zone which may have a frightening monster that could even eliminate a hero ranked team. No one knew exactly how many monsters were in the Eye of the Storm.

"If so... I'm really behind the eight ball." Yun Xi forced a smile.

No one could know beforehand how terrifying the star trial could be. If Mei'er was right, then he would encounter monsters from the Eye of the Storm island, and the intruders from the void. It would be a nearly impossible task for him.

How many times would he die in this trial? One thousand times, two thousand times, or more?

But he had to face it, because only the deepest despair would help him understand the value of life and freedom, so that he could vitalize his potential. At the very least, he was the only person who had a chance to save everyone on the island.

"At least, I must learn to master my Sky Flying Sword to the extent that I can face true hero ranked existences."

This was a goal Yun Xi made for himself. No matter how many times he would die, he must accomplish it!

"Mei! Can you look for my papa with me?" As Yun Xi swore that he must become strong to protect the girls, he heard Mumu's sweet voice.

"Mumu, are you still looking for your father?" Yun Xi took a breath, looking at Mumu running towards him.

They had waited too long time. Even though Hua Yue hadn't told them the truth, the girls still gradually became depressed. At this time, Mumu became their favourite delight as she was still carefree and optimistic. Yun Xi wondered how her mom raised her. She was just like a blank sheet, because she didn't even know how to find her way in the wild, and often lost her way carelessly in the forest.

"I'm not a direction idiot! There were just too many trees!" Mumu insisted that she wasn't a direction idiot, even though it had become a daily task for Yun Xi to look for Mumu.

Incidentally, the several squirrels who harassed Mumu in the past had become familiar with her. They often followed her running in the forest, and that was one of the reasons why Mumu often lost her way in the forest.

Mumu's mom must be a beauty judging from Mumu's appearance. Why would she agree to let Mumu look for her father alone? Her confused daughter couldn't even find the way by herself!

"Mumu, your papa isn't in the forest. At least, he can't be on this island. This is a desert island!" Yun Xi stroked Mumu's head and persuaded her.

"But papa and mama met each other and fell in love on an island!" Mumu raised her head, looking at Yun Xi seriously, "So, Mumu thinks that it's very likely that papa is on this island! I just haven't found him yet!"

"Well... the possibility... I can't say that it's zero..." Yun Xi whispered, finally surrendering to Mumu's innocent eyes.

That man! The man who abandoned his cute daughter and virtuous wife! Come and bring your daughter back!

If no one looked after Mumu, she was very likely to be kidnapped by strange men.

"Mei, can you be my papa's bride? If so, I can call you mama!" Mumu suddenly said something flabbergasting as she looked at Yun Xi.

"No... impossible! No way!" Yun Xi felt his back cold. It was really a bad joke.

"Mama said that papa was too amorous and irresolute. As a result, he faced a 'nice boat' [1]," Mumu said, then asked Yun Xi in confusion, "What are the meanings of ‘amorous’ and 'nice boat'?"

Oh, so that's what happened... the man finally paid for what he did! Yun Xi quickly shook his head. This wasn't something that children should know. He didn't want to expose the ugly adult world to her.

"That should be your mom’s joke. Your mother must like your father a lot!"

"En! Mama said that she must be the woman who liked papa best! To this point, she won't give up or concede to anyone! No matter how many years pass and how many rivals she has to defeat, she will be papa's only lover! As long as he is still alive, she will pay any price to find him!"

What a persistent woman! However, it was also a manifestation of love.

To Yun Xi, who couldn't stay with his first love, he also longed for such a pure, persistent love.

How would any boy not be that pure in front of his first love?

Suddenly, Yun Xi started to worry about Hua Huo. What was she doing now?

...

"There are too many of them! If I can't get rid of them and find Little Xi as fast as I can, he will be in danger!" Hua Huo wiped her sweat away. The situation around her was becoming worse and worse.

Compared to the first battlefield, the situation now was developing towards the worst direction.

The Eye of the Storm. She shouldn't have come here at this time!

[1] "Nice boat" is a meme spawning from the imageboard 4chan from the cancellation of the regular broadcasting of the anime "School Days" in Japan. The program was then replaced with relaxing images of scenery and classical music. A boat was pictured, and someone commented "Nice boat".

Chapter 142: The Monster

Walking through the moist tropical jungle, Yun Xi curiously looked at Mumu bouncing and vivacious like a bunny. Looking at her from her back, the strange headwear on Mumu's head looked like a pair of cute long rabbit ears.

"Mumu, who made your headwear?"

"It was papa. It was papa's gift. Mama always told me that papa was a great man. He can do many things that no one else can do. He knows how to dig out unusual meaning from any trifle! So, Mumu's papa is a very, very, very great man!" Mumu opened her arms, trying her best to describe her papa, the man she hadn't even seen once.

"So, what was his job?" Yun Xi felt confused hearing Mumu's words.

What kind of person was Mumu's father? He abandoned his wife and daughter, but they still loved him and never complained about him.

From Mumu's words, Yun Xi felt that her father was an amorous, unreliable man, but Mumu still thought that he was a great man.

"Papa knew how to make beautiful things. He had created a cute doll that could act like a living human. He had written an old long poem, which recorded the truth and future of the world. He had created a gem that was as beautiful as the sun and as mysterious as the moon. Even the gods contended with each other for his gem. Anyway, Mumu likes him best! He is the greatest father in the world!"

Is that so?

According to Mumu's words, Yun Xi imagined her father's appearance in his mind.

He should be a man about thirty or forty years old and was unfettered. Maybe he was an innocent, unworldly artist?

Since he could even enchant Mumu's mother, who must be a great beauty, his artistic talent must be very high and unique.

He knew how to write poems, make gems and dolls, and his artworks were popular among the upper classes. Because he was too absorbed in his artist creations, he didn't pay too much attention to his emotional life, and his daily life was also a complete mess.

After Mumu's mother conceived and had Mumu, he didn't want to undertake family responsibility, so he ran away without leaving a message. And it seemed that he had also had relationships with other women.

Sigh. Were artists all irresponsible like him?

Mumu is looking forward to meeting you. She even came to look for you alone.

Since you have a child, why don't you return home and enjoy the happiness of a family union?

A child like Mumu will be very poor if her father can't stay with her.

However, it was impracticable to look for Mumu's father on the island. As an artist, he probably had run to the high society in the Western God's Domain.

"I hope you can find your father." Yun Xi walked to Mumu, staying on the summit of the volcano together with her. He looked around the island, suddenly, he felt something wrong.

Was it due to the atmosphere or the island's shape? Yun Xi couldn't accurately describe his weird feeling.

Every time, when he stood at this place and overlooked the island, he always had this feeling, as if he subconsciously noticed something wrong in his sight.

His instinct had discovered it, but his mind still hadn't discerned it.

"The island... is something wrong?" Yun Xi murmured unconsciously.

"Of course. Because this is an eye." Mumu answered naturally.

"Eye?" Mumu's words made Yun Xi see the light. He finally noticed it.

The island was too flat! Especially the coastline, there were no reefs which should be on all natural islands!

The island's shape looked like a narrow eye.

The highest volcano he was standing on was the center of the eye, and the volcanoes around formed the pupil together with it.

Could it be... the truth of the island was... Looking at the ground under his feet, Yun Xi felt creeped out.

If the whole island was an eye of a massive monster, then how big was the monster?

Could it be bigger than the White Holy Dragon who was a hundred kilometres long?

"The secret treasure in the White Lotus Sword Domain... Can it be..." Yun Xi had a crazy guess in his mind, but he quickly shook his head.

He shouldn't speak it out. He wouldn't expose the truth to others.

The island under their feet was just a part of a creature... That was too creepy.

If the creature woke up, then none of the girls on the island would survive!

Why? The White Lotus Sword Domain was just a lower-lever sword domain. Why was there a sleeping super monster?!

Yun Xi finally understood why the star trial hadn't started. It must be a giant project to drag the sleeping monster into the stars' dream.

Yun Xi could think of no way to defeat the sleeping monster in the star trial.

It had nothing to do with his will or courage. It would be just as desperate as using an egg to break a stone, when the stone was a diamond that was one million times larger than the egg!

"I saw it when I fell from the sky! This is its eye, that is its tail, and that is its heart!" Mumu waved her hand, pointing out the big secret hiding in the Eye of the Storm.

"It's a very, very big guy! It seems that it had slept for a very, very long time. Maybe the storms in this area are its dreams."

Did she see it? Had she also found out the truth about the Eye of the Storm?

Yun Xi looked at Mumu in surprise. When Mumu fell from the sky, she had found the weird part of the sea area.

Hua Yue was right. There was really a frightening monster in the Eye of the Storm.

Hua Yue just didn't expect that the monster was actually this massive.

They were standing on the monster's eye!

Chapter 143: The Transformation of the Stars (1)

After finding out the desperate truth, Yun Xi was uneasy for several days. After all, the truth that the girls and he were on the eye of an incredibly large monster was too appalling.

Only Mumu was still carefree, which made Yun Xi feel really envious.

At the same time, some changes, although ordinary people hadn't noticed them, were happening.

Every night, the girls on the island could see the stars in the sky becoming brighter and brighter, and the number of stars in the sky were also increasing.

Normally, unless one was an astronomer, it would be hard to discern the stars save for the famous stars. Most of the stars were lifeless. Only the stars that could be intelligent species' habitats had the probability to form an embryonic form as a new god's domain.

The Sky Sword God's Domain was a large god's domain located in the eastern star river. It was formed by countless sword domains, including thousands of stars. Every sword domain had its own Sword Palace.

The Sky Sword God’s Domain had hundreds of lower-level sword domains. Most of them, including the White Lotus Sword Domain, Flying Swallow Sword Domain, and Stygian Sword Domain, took "sword" as their names.

The middle-level sword domains were more complex. Some sword domains were named after famous swords such as "Dragon Abyss", "Xuanyuan", and "Sky River", but there were also dozens of sword domains that used country names such as "Da Liang", "Da Jin", and "Da Ming".

As for the Sky Sword God's Domain's greatest honor, top-level sword domains, there were only four: "Da Xia", "Da Zhou", "Da Han", and "Da Tang".

The Da Xia Sword Domain, which was known for its oldest artifact, was the capital of all the sword domains.

The Da Zhou Sword Domain, Da Han Sword Domain, and Da Tang Sword Domain had the largest population and were known as "the three holy sword domains". Most of the "Sky Sword" were born in the three sword domains.

The rank of a sword domain wasn't immutable.

The White Lotus Sword Domain was a lower-level sword domain, but it had once been a middle-level sword domain. Most of the noble families in the White Lotus Sword Domain had been founded during that period of time.

All thanks to the only Sky Sword in the history of the White Lotus Sword Domain, Yun Hai, the White Lotus Sword Domain managed to upgrade to become a middle-level sword domain at that time.

He forged an artifact, the symbol of a middle-level sword domain, for the White Lotus Sword Domain and left his legacy here. After doing that, he left the White Lotus Sword Domain and became a Sky Sword.

Benefitting from Yun Hai, the Sword Master's efforts, his birthplace finally had the honor to be regarded as a middle-level sword domain, even though both its population and territorial area didn't meet the requirements.

After Yun Hai's departure, no new legend ranked warrior had been born in White Lotus Sword Domain. The sword domain gradually descended to become a lower-level sword domain again. Even so, the White Lotus Sword Domain still attracted many geniuses from other sword domains.

Every year, when the Sword Palace's entrance test began, many geniuses came to this sword domain to try their luck. They wanted to repeat Yun Hai's experience and obtain his legacy.

Anyway, all the sword palaces in the entire Sky Sword God's Domain were an integral whole. Unfortunately, so many years had passed, no one had comprehended what Yun Hai saw and understood in the Sword Palace.

The secret treasure of White Lotus was still a mysterious, alluring tale.

The traces of stars couldn't be changed easily. Even with the destruction of a star, the end of the world to the living beings on it, was just a small wave in the vast star sea.

The stars in the star sea always followed certain rules, to be a part of the memories of the river of time, and to be a part of the entire universe. However, several days ago, some people suddenly discovered that the stars in the Eastern God's Domain, especially in the Sky Sword God's Domain, were changing in an incomprehensible way.

Many people thought that they were mistaken when they saw the first change. There were various tools that had observed the change: such as a star observation tower on a hill, a large magic circle on the mountains, and a matrix formed by countless mirrors in a desert... There was even an all-seeing eye, which was transformed from a planetoid and wouldn't even waste its computing power to observe small sword domains.

They had all observed and recorded the change. The data they recorded was so inconceivable that it could even make their observers have a heart attack.

Looking at the data, many people's world outlook crashed.

"It's impossible!" Some people were hysteric.

"Gosh! There must be something wrong with my eyes!"

"Tell me, this is not true! This is not true!"

Whether it was a saint in the Western God's Domain, or an astrologer in Eastern God's Domain, when they observed the absurd change, they went mad.

Soon afterwards, several god's domains went into a mess. Most of the people who could divine via astrology or calculate destiny were in the leading class of their god's domains. After they commanded, the whole god's domain had to follow their orders.

Twenty-four hours passed, they had assembled more observation tools. Hero ranked warriors, even legend ranked beings were all working for this.

The star saints and astrologers who dedicated themselves to astronomy all fell into a frenzy. They shouted unintelligible terms and acted very excited as if they were children who just discovered a new toy.

All the observation tools were aiming at the same location. At that star region, the stars' orbits were breaking.

On the second day, they observed the same phenomenon.

No matter whether they looked like old men or young boys, these god-like powerful beings were all staring at that star region as if they were possessed.

The stars' orbits shouldn't change within such a short time. They should never change within a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even a million years. Their life cycle was beyond a mortal's imagination, as long as the universe itself. However, they witnessed it with their own eyes now. They observed that the never changing star orbits, were changing.

Many people's world outlook was shaken. They even started to wonder if they mistook the nature of the world in their past lives.

Chapter 144: The Transformation of the Stars (2)

On the second day, after their world outlook was shocked again, they built more observation tools and used a wider variety of monitoring magic to observe this star region. Some people had even stepped over the star bridge, travelling to the Sky Sword God's Domain day and night in order to observe the abnormal phenomena with a closer look.

The astrologers in the Eastern God's Domain had already gathered around the Sky Sword God's Domain to observe the rare astronomical spectacle at the closest place.

Since the beginning of the history of the Eastern God's Domain, it was the first time that so many astrologers had gathered together.

On the third day, finally the visitors from the Western God's Domain had reached the Sky Sword God's Domain. After giving a previous notice to their fraternities in the Eastern God's Domain, they quickly arrived at some remote corners and started to build their observation tools.

That night, they witnessed the mysterious, beautiful scene again.

Taking the Sky Sword God's Domain as the center, countless stars shone and cheered, converging together, forming a bright star sea around Sky Sword God's Domain. Some stars that had nearly reached the end of their lives even started to self destruct of their own initiative, turning into bright lights.

"The stars are killing themselves!"

"Why? Why? Why?!"

"The stars' orbits are changing! So harmonious! So beautiful!"

"The stars are cheering!"

People exclaimed whilst looking at the stars self destructing. They didn't even dare to breathe when they saw any star's orbit changing. They shouted and wrangled, then quickly calmed down, waiting for the next change.

Only the star saints and astrologers knew the meaning of the change. It exposed a part of the world's nature, and it showed a corner of the eternal truth of the universe.

"It must be God's heartbeat!" A believer kissed his cross and praised the God of Light.

"No. It's the universe's heartbeat!" Other people retorted him. Compared to gods, who were only omnipotent in their god's domains, what was happening now was greater and contained more meanings.

Although they knew the stars very well and some of them were so strong that they could even destroy stars as easily as blowing off dust, none of them knew why this fantastic scene was happening in this star region. They didn't know how to explain what was happening in front of them. No theory or rule could explain it. The knowledge they had learned and found in the past wouldn't be any more useful than waste paper in front of this miracle.

From three days ago, since the stars began to change, all the theories and rules in the past would definitely be rewritten in the future.

It didn't matter. They had enough time to record and calculate the meaning of the changes.

To them, when they devoted themselves to study the stars, a thousand years was as short as blinking one of their eyes. Every achievement was worth being written into the annals of history.

Undoubtedly, the change of the stars was a phenomena that was worth being written into the annals of history. It would be researched by countless people for thousands of years.

All of them hoped that the fantastic phenomena would continue for as long as possible, so that they would have more time to record it.

They believed that it was a gift from the great stars!

...

"Mei'er, is it about time?" Yun Xi raised his head, gazing at the starry sky. He felt that more and more star wills were gathering around him.

It seemed that this time, the star trial would really be unusual. How many people did the stars want to drag in?

"En. The stars have finished writing the rules. Be careful, master. This time, the dream will be infinitely approaching the real world. The more creatures in the trial world, the more benefits you can obtain. After all, the stars love you!"

Mei'er sat on Yun Xi's shoulder, looking at the starry sky together with him.

"But master, you must remember to hide your true identity even in the star trial. The Apostle will also appear in your trial."

Yun Xi forced a smile. The Apostle was an 8th ranked White Holy Dragon! Oh stars, why would you drag it into my star trial? Your love is really difficult to stand.

"I will become strong!" Yun Xi stretched out his hand, opening his five fingers then held his fist.

"Someday, I will be strong enough to defeat the Apostle!"

"Yes! This is it! Master, as long as you can become stronger and stronger, you can finally solve all your problems! At that time, you don't even need to worry about your four ex-girlfriends!"

Mei'er had confidence in her master, because her master was the greatest man in the world, the beloved starchild!

With the stars help, nothing could stop her master. Moreover, her master was trying to become strong!

On the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day... In the eyes of the star saints and astrologers, the stars' change finally reached an end.

A transparent ring spread in the star sea, performing a song of stars.

On the seventh day, at 7 o'clock, Yun Xi's mouth was covered by his star elf's lips again.

Above the girls' fort, countless starlight turned into fragments floating in the air, shining down on the Eye of the Storm which was always covered with some weird power.

Even the weird power couldn't stop these star fragments.

"Hum? Why? Is papa in the neighborhood?" Mumu looked at the star fragments with curiosity. She stretched out her small hands, catching several fragments.

At that moment, the world's time stopped.

No. Time didn’t stop. It was because this other world was accelerating incredibly!

The stars forced the time velocity in the world and made it accelerate. In order to perform this, hundreds of stars self destructed into star fragments, raising a small wave in the river of time.

"Language and cognition, behavior and appearance, soul and body!"

The stars created a complete world for their beloved child. They even reversed the rules between life and death to create an immortal spark.

This was the stars' blessing given to Yun Xi, the truth about the transformation of the stars.

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