Chapter 90 - 78: The Sleeping Giant, About to Awaken...

As Su Chen said this, the sadness in his heart faded a little. Just then, Yue Xianling’s trademark gentle laugh drifted over, like a breeze. "Su Chen, you’re still daydreaming here, lazy bug, aren’t you supposed to be training?" Su Chen jolted awake and quickly jumped up from the grass. Looking at Yue Xianling, who was dressed up like a beautiful fairy, he whispered, "I’m not slacking off, just thinking about things." "Thinking about things? What things are you thinking about?" Yue Xianling walked around Su Chen with her hands behind her back, pretending to be mature, a mischievous expression on her pretty face. Su Chen didn’t want her to know, so he casually changed the topic, "Why didn’t Huanhuan come with you? It’s quite rare." "Su Chen, don’t change the subject, answer my previous question." Yue Xianling said discontentedly, making Su Chen’s heart sink as he secretly thought this was bad. "Well, I was just thinking about my father and them..." Su Chen scratched his head and said helplessly. "You’re lying." Yue Xianling suddenly stopped in front of him. Her delicate body, emitting a faint fragrance, already had the appearance of a beauty, and her big, bright eyes were filled with suspicion. Su Chen was startled inside, and biting his lip, he said, "I’m not..." "If you lie again, I won’t talk to you, Su Chen." Yue Xianling’s demeanor suddenly became very serious, and this seriousness made Su Chen’s heart race. Su Chen looked at Yue Xianling, who was very close, and his breath became rapid. To be honest, he didn’t want Yue Xianling to know about his secret, especially the failure of casting the Supreme, which dashed his dream. He felt very ashamed. But he also knew that Yue Xianling was really angry, because she had never looked at him with such eyes before. After thinking it over repeatedly, he finally decided to tell the truth, "I was thinking, if only this Supreme hadn’t failed in casting, how great it would be." Yue Xianling was startled, then her gaze fell on that monstrous longsword lying quietly on the grass, a hint of peculiar light flashing in her beautiful eyes, "Supreme, is that it?" "Yes." Su Chen lowered his head. Yue Xianling, however, stepped carefully, squatted down, and delicately touched the strange sword’s body with her small, jade-like hand, her gaze changing several times. That kind of serious demeanor was something Su Chen had never seen before. "Su Chen, what’s its name?" Yue Xianling’s tone was not as cheerful as usual but had become gentler. "Blood Light Sword, that’s the name I gave it." Su Chen said in an embarrassed tone. "Haha, what a terrible name, I wonder how you thought of it?" Yue Xianling looked at Su Chen mischievously, her beautiful eyes containing a hint of a smile. Su Chen’s face turned red as he said embarrassingly, "Because it turned from Supreme to ordinary iron due to a flash of blood light, so I named it that." Yue Xianling put down the longsword, turned her delicate body away from Su Chen, and chuckled, "Su Chen, don’t be sad now, later I’ll take you to a good place." "What place?" Su Chen was puzzled for a moment. "You’ll know if you follow me, I won’t lie to you~" Yue Xianling suddenly started walking briskly away. Su Chen was momentarily stunned, then quickly strapped on the longsword and followed behind her. ... Su Chen followed Yue Xianling all the way around Phantom Moon Pavilion to a peculiar place he had never seen before. The place seemed like a cliff, with flowers, trees, and grass growing all around, but among the trees, a faint moist mist lingered. Its area was about the same as the usual place they trained in the back mountains, but ahead was an extremely narrow and dangerous gorge. It was said to be a gorge, but it was actually a path that only allowed one person to pass through, with large rugged stones enclosing either side. Between the stones was the crack that served as the path to another mountain peak. Su Chen saw a few brightly carved red characters on the stones: Forbidden Area, any trespassers will be expelled from the sect! Just looking at it made Su Chen feel nervous, was this path safe? If one were careless and slipped, wouldn’t they fall into a bottomless abyss? "Senior Sister Ling’Er, what is this place?" Su Chen swallowed and asked with some difficulty. Yue Xianling shook her hair and smiled lightly, "Su Chen, do you know why this place is called Three Pure Ones Mountain? Because, Three Pure Ones Mountain is composed of three peaks, the main one where we stand is called Three Pristine Peak, and the one opposite, is called Yue Peak." "What about the other one?" Su Chen asked curiously. "The other is called Mei Peak, east of Sword Casting Pavilion by several hundred meters." Yue Xianling looked at the path, enthusiastically giving an introduction. "Then... why not take me to that side instead of this distant place..." Su Chen was a bit uneasy, his expression slightly changing. Yue Xianling giggled, turning to look at Su Chen, her slender lips slightly upturned, "Because what I want to show you is across here, you can’t see it from Mei Peak~" Su Chen was shocked, "Senior Sister Ling’Er, have you been to Yue Peak?" "Yes, what’s the matter?" "But isn’t it written on the stone, forbidden area, trespassers will be expelled from the sect?" Su Chen said in disbelief. "Haha, I’m not a disciple of the Carefree Sect, what is there to fear? Besides, it’s just to scare them, I don’t believe in such things!" Yue Xianling said nonchalantly. "But..." "No more buts, let’s hurry there, while it’s still early, we’ll take a look and come back, otherwise when it gets late, we won’t be able to see anything!" Without letting Su Chen say more, Yue Xianling took his hand and walked towards the path. Su Chen was pulled by the hand, his face suddenly turned red. Senior Sister Ling’Er’s hand is so soft, smoother than water, if only I could hold it twice every day...