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The Blue Wind Ranking Tournament's Invitation
🕑 Added 2023-12-21 08:01:46 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 109 ---
Hong Guan jumped from peak to peak, using her superior sense and intuition to sense Yu Long's presence.
She reached the peak of the Sovereign Profound Realm a year ago but decided to suppress it to the 1st level to accumulate more profound energy.
She is considered one of the strongest people in the Lost Heaven Sect and second-in-command in the Shadow Realm.
She arrived at the Tempering Earth Peak and saw Yu Long sparring with a muscular youth whom she recognized as Xia Qingyue's younger brother.
The muscular youth is somewhat famous in the Lost Heaven Sect due to his towering, burly body like a steel block and personality that of an adorable puppy.
'The disciples called him Gentle Giant if I wasn't wrong.' Hong Guan thought as he landed on the peak.
She looked around and saw Xia Qingyue and a scarlet-haired girl standing under a great pine tree. According to Chu Yueli, this girl was 'fortunately' saved by her young master.
Hong Guan tilted her head and recalled some information, 'Her name was Jasmine, but she introduced herself as a princess whenever people unknown to her got closer. Hmm, what an interesting gimmick.'
If Jasmine knew what Hong Guan was thinking, she would complain because her princess status is no gimmick!
Jasmine glanced to the right and noticed Hong Guan staring at her intently.
At first, Jasmine was shocked because she never expected to find yet another beauty here. She rarely goes outside and socializes with others besides Yu Long, Xia Qingyue, Cang Yue, and occasionally Chu Yueli.
Jasmine parted her mouth and mumbled solemnly, "This blood-boiling presence..."
"A Dragon?"
Xia Qingyue followed Jasmine's gaze and smiled, "Morning, Senior Guan."
"Or should I call you Sister Guan from now on?"
Hong Guan shook her head gently, "Although the former is fine, you may call me sister anytime."
"Then, I'll call you Sister Guan from now on." Xia Qingyue winked cheerfully.
Jasmine glanced back and forth between the two ladies, "You two know each other?"
Xia Qingyue covered her mouth and giggled, "Well, let me introduce this beautiful woman to you."
"Her name is Hong Guan, and she's also Yu Long's fiancee."
"Then why did she wear a maid outfit?" Jasmine pointed out the white and black dress Hong Guan wore.
Hong Guan stared at Jasmine, "It's because I'm a maid."
"I might be Young Master Yu Long's fiancee. Still, I have to uphold my duty as his maid."
"Why, though?"
"I already devoted my everything toward my young master. I owed him so much that I couldn't bear to stay idle for a second and wanted to do my best for him."
"..." Jasmine.
What's this woman? A freak?
Then, again. Hong Guan's words and resolution reminded Jasmine of her older brother.
'Love has blinded her.' Jasmine firmly believed Hong Guan was similar to her brother.
If Hong Guan knew what Jasmine was thinking, she would chuckle at her silliness.
How could love blind her when it was the emotion that made her more powerful than ever?
Hong Guan and Xia Qingyue talked a bit, giving each other a heads-up about the current situation.
"I see, something like that happened..." Hong Guan nodded in understanding.
Indeed, Hong Guan couldn't think of any other person who could help Xia Yuanba and his problem besides Yu Long himself. Her young master's power to dismantle anything at such precision and minuscule level is second to none.
'Does she know about his power?' Hong Guan asked Xia Qingyue.
Xia Qingyue maintained a calm face while rubbing Jasmine's head and answered mentally, 'No, Husband never showed his power deliberately to Jasmine.'
'Even when he helped Yuanba, he held back a lot and made the process rather long.'
'That's good enough for now, I suppose.' Hong Guan knew Jasmine was from the upper realm. A place where the Shadow Realm has no influence, which makes Hong Guan wary of outsiders.
However, Yu Long doesn't show vigilance against this scarlet-haired girl, as if he knew her already, surprising Hong Guan a little.
"Oh, no. Dodge!" Xia Yuanba's shout suddenly entered their ears.
The three ladies glanced back to the land near the artificial lake and saw a burning fist made out of profound energy homing toward Hong Guan.
Hong Guan stretched her hand and scattered the burning fist by flicking her finger.
BOOM!
Jasmine's eyes widened, "This is..."
'Did she use Spatial Manipulation? At such a small degree where one needs to have complete control over it...'
'Individual from the low star realm possessed this kind of ability? No, wait. If she was Yu Long's fiancee, then it's understandable.'
Xia Yuanba ran with a guilty look and bowed to Hong Guan rapidly like a chicken, "Sorry, Elder. It was my fault!"
Hong Guan waved her hand, "It's okay. Your control over profound energy is lacking, and you must start training your basics again."
"Go to the Administration Hall and take ten Greater Heart Opening Liquids later."
"T-Ten? Aren't those medicines expensive?" Xia Yuanba fumbled with his fingers.
Yu Long walked behind him and laughed, "Haha, do you forget who your brother-in-law is?"
"Ten Greater Heart Opening Liquids is nothing."
"You can even take a thousand of those and put it on my tab."
After all, Yu Long is filthy rich. Who's brave enough to charge him when the whole thing is 'basically' owned by him?
Maybe Lily.
"Okay, then..." Although Xia Yuanba felt wrong about it, Yu Long's words made him more confident.
Yu Long observed Xia Yuanba's condition and nodded because the burly youth was fine after obtaining Benevolent Ruler Divine Veins. Xia Yuanba's potential will be no less than Xia Qingyue's before meeting him.
'I felt a massive change is already happening in this world. It's just that the change hasn't reached the Blue Pole Star.' Yu Long rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
'I hope everything I've prepared is enough to handle it.'
Yu Long cleared his throat and asked, "Ehem, what do you need from me, Guan?"
Hong Guan smiled and answered, "The Blue Wind Ranking Tournament is about to be held again."
"The Heavenly Sword Villa has sent us the invitation."
"According to Young Master's words, the secret realm must have entered that phase."
"That phase..." Yu Long knew what Hong Guan mentioned.
Three years ago, the Lost Heaven Sect won the Blue Wind Empire and Heaven Basin Secret Realm, but since it wasn't the time yet, they entered a completely different area.
Instead of the snowy field with heavy hail, they entered a jungle forest with countless dangerous beasts. Even then, they still survived the area and brought some rare medicines.
This year's Blue Wind Ranking Tournament will allow Yu Long to enter a proper Heaven Basin Secret Realm and obtain another Evil God's Seed.
More specifically, Evil God's Water Seed!
Yu Long has extracted a decent amount of [Law of Fire] from the Evil God's Fire Seed and even mastered it to a certain degree.
He also obtained perfect immunity against fire elements without using Evil God's legacy.
"Qingyue, do you want to represent the Lost Heaven Sect in this tournament?" Yu Long asked with a smile.
Xia Qingyue narrowed her eyes and returned, "That would be bullying, no?"
Yu Long laughed, "Yeah. But who said you can't have fun? I believed Xueruo would represent the Blue Wind Imperial Academy so you could fight with her."
"Are you insisting that I fight with my fellow Sister-Wife?" Xia Qingyue pouted.
"No, please don't put it in that way." Yu Long was helpless. Aih, having too many wives is indeed troublesome.
Xia Qingyue giggled, "I'm just joking. I also wanted to see how strong Sister Xueruo has become."
Hong Guan watched this and said, "Then, I'll deal with the rest."
"Mm, thanks for the hard work." Yu Long gave her a nod.
"Everything is for you, Young Master." Hong Guan returned modestly. And this was the truth.
Yu Long appreciated Hong Guan from the deepest part of his heart and vowed to repay her soon.
After that, Xia Yuanba went to the Administration Hall, and they went back to the Soaring Dragon Peak.
Yu Long met Cang Yue, seeing her meditate near a pond.
BOOM!
Cang Yue opened her eyes and released the might of Sovereign Profound Realm Expert. She has successfully broken through into the 1st Level of Sovereign Profound Realm and even jumped two more levels before stabilizing her cultivation base.
Cang Yue's cultivation speed is slower than Xia Qingyue's.
[Monarch Heart Secret Art] and [Art of Body Refining] weren't focused on cultivating energy, so her cultivation realm is low. Well, she still benefited from them.
Xia Qingyue is probably at the peak of the Sovereign Profound Realm now.
Still, Cang Yue's physique and divination technique evened the playing field.
"Congratulations on becoming a Monarch." Yu Long walked in with Xia Qingyue and others.
Cang Yue chuckled, "It's all thanks to you."
After Dual Cultivating with Yu Long, Cang Yue felt her profound energy become smoother and more powerful.
"Also, good morning, Qingyue." She added while gazing at Xia Qingyue.
Xia Qingyue crossed her arms, "Morning."
For a moment, Yu Long saw a spark between their gazes.
Hong Guan shook her head and thought, 'They are surely energetic.'
'Qingyue is the first, and Xueruo is the second. I think it's my turn now...'
At this moment, Hong Guan steeled her decision and watched Yu Long's back. Her green eyes are smoldering with passionate love.
