Chapter 243: One Kiss per Second
Behind Yang Xu, Jiang Yue was also experiencing a similar situation.
He felt like he had not slept in a thousand years and wanted nothing more than to his close eyes and fall asleep.
[Azhen, something seems to be wrong with me.] He quickly transmitted.
He didn’t know if someone had plotted against him but he knew it was not a good idea to fall asleep in the open.
With his last strength, he had to convey his situation to his husband.
In this way, Yu Nianzhen would know to protect him and investigate the cause and effect of his situation.
Unfortunately, he didn’t know that Yu Nianzhen was also in a similar situation.
After hearing Jiang Yue’s transmission, Yu Nianzhen bit his tongue and forced himself to stay awake.
[XiaoYue, take out a defence formation disk and activate it.] He said urgently.
[XiaoYue...]
[Okay.] Jiang Yue heard Yu Nianzhen and mechanically removed a formation disk from his storage ring.
He quickly activated it and was soon enclosed in a defensive formation.
[I have done it.] He managed to say before his consciousness blackened.
When he heard the words, Yu Nianzhen heaved a sigh of relief.
He then activated a defence formation disk and allowed himself to black out.
A moment later, he found himself in front of a towering tree.
The tree was more than a kilometre tall and two kilometres wide. It had millions of branches and countless dark green leaves.
Standing in front of it, Yu Nianzhen felt a sense of awe and insignificance.
He felt like a lone ant standing in front of an elephant.
However, after the initial awe passed, Yu Nianzhen discovered that the tree was more than half rotten.
It exuded a profound sadness and his heart became a little heavy.
"What happened?" He subconsciously asked.
As if to answer him, the leaves shook and a familiar aura enveloped him.
Yu Nianzhen frowned and tried to place the aura but he couldn’t think about it.
Before he could continue questioning the tree, a leaf detached from the tree and rushed toward him.
When he saw this, Yu Nianzhen instinctively tried to dodge. His body shifted to the right but the leaf followed him.
At a loss, Yu Nianzhen released his sword and wanted to fight.
However, the leaf swayed around him and used a blind spot to enter his body.
"Damned it." He cursed and used his divine sense to examine his body.
Although he didn’t feel any malicious intent from the tree or leaf, Yu Nianzhen didn’t like things he couldn’t control.
When he remembered the mouthful of wine he drank in Thousand Herbs Garden, Yu Nianzhen felt a little desperate.
He didn’t want something unpredictable to happen again so he carefully examined his body.
However, before he found anything, a majestic voice resounded in his mind, and Yu Nianzhen froze.
’Prize for winning first place in the Cangxing ranking?’ He thought and felt a little excited.
The reward had been delayed for a long time and he had almost given up.
"The timing could be a little better." He muttered and suddenly opened his eyes.
He looked around and saw several cultivators crowding around his defence formation.
However, he couldn’t care about them for the time being.
What he was most concerned about was Jiang Yue’s situation.
[XiaoYue.] He urgently transmitted.
[I am here.] Jiang Yue replied.
He had just woken up and was about to contact his husband.
[Are you okay?]
[I am fine. What about you?]
[I am good. I received my Cangxing ranking reward.]
[You too? Quickly tell me what you got?]
Yu Nianzhen smiled when he heard that.
His husband’s eagerness meant that he was okay and Yu Nianzhen relaxed completely.
[I received some kind of leaf. I don’t know what it is yet. What about you?]
[I got the demon core of a blue illusion butterfly.]
[That’s a great reward.]
[Unfortunately, I can’t use it yet.]
Jiang Yue’s voice was a little frustrated when he said that but Yu Nianzhen didn’t say anything.
The blue illusion butterfly was a chaos beast.
It would be strange if Jiang Yue could subdue its demon core with his cultivation at the first level of the origin tempering realm.
[There will always be a time when you can use it.] Yu Nianzhen said.
[I know.]
After a deep sigh, Jiang Yue no longer dwelled on the demon core.
He put it away and cancelled the defence formation around him.
[Azhen, don’t think about the leaf for the time being. Take some time to adjust your condition before you go on stage.]
At that, Yu Nianzhen looked at the martial platforms and saw that more than half the fights had already been concluded.
[I know.]
[Do you want a kiss for luck?]
Yu Nianzhen smiled and his eyes softened a little.
[I want a thousand kisses.] He said.
[How about one kiss now and the rest later?]
[I will charge an interest of one kiss per second.]
When Jiang Yue heard that, his lips twitched in amusement.
If the interest rate was so high, wouldn’t he spend the rest of his life trying to get ahead of the debt?
However, Jiang Yue didn’t mind it.
If he could, he definitely wanted to spend an endless life kissing his husband.
[Deal.] He said.
[Okay, I am waiting for my good luck kiss.]
A moment later, the soul bond between them began to throb.
Soon after, an intense feeling flowed through the bond and pleasure spread from Yu Nianzhen’s lips to every part of his body.
The feeling of kissing Jiang Yue was overwhelming and Yu Nianzhen almost forgot they weren’t actually kissing.
[How was it? Do you feel like you can win ten thousand fights?]
[You are right. I can definitely win ten thousand fights.]
Jiang Yue chuckled and his heart filled with happiness.
He wanted to hug his husband and watch the world go by but the time was not right.
Yu Nianzhen had to fight soon and he needed to speak with XiaoLan to find out what she learned.
[Be careful in the arena.]
[I know, don’t worry.]
At this time, the last fight ended and the winner jumped down from the martial platform.
The loser was in bad shape and his allies went up to get him.
[The sixth round will begin in an incense stick.] Lin Qian said and her voice was a little excited.
As the elder in charge, she knew which cultivator had which number.
Because of that, she knew that Yang Xu’s disciple would enter the arena in the sixth round.
Although the disciple was only in the first level of the origin tempering realm, she was still interested in him.
She wanted to see what kind of disciple could satisfy the man who was once called the hero of Cangxing.
’Don’t disappoint me.’ She thought and looked at Yu Nianzhen.
At this time, Yu Nianzhen had already adjusted his breath and removed the formation around him.
His easy demeanour when talking to Jiang Yue had also been put away.
All that remained was determination and a deep desire to win.
When the time was up, Lin Qian flew above the platform and looked at the waiting group.
"Numbers sixty-one through seventy can enter the stage." She said.
Almost immediately, twenty figures moved and appeared on the ten martial platforms.
"Gu Meng is on the eighth platform." A spectator exclaimed.
"His opponent is Kong Mu from the Thunder God Temple."
"What are the odds?" Someone sneered.
"Are you saying that someone arranged this?"
"Who cares? The Ghost Valley and Thunder God Temple are always against each other. It should be a good match."
"You are right."
"The one on the third platform is at the first level of the origin tempering realm. He should be the disciple of ancestor Yang."
"Does he think that his life is too long and wants someone to help him end it?"
"He is too unlucky. His opponent is Nan Fan from the heavenly flower cult."
"Nan Fan is not easy to deal with."
"It’s impossible for a first-level trash to escape Nan Fan’s charm."
"Why don’t you pee and look at yourself? You are not even in the origin tempering realm. Do you dare to call others trash?"
As the discussions continued, Yu Nianzhen looked at the woman in front of him.
She was beautiful and had a mature charm that couldn’t be ignored.
Unfortunately, all this was wasted on Yu Nianzhen.
He only had eyes for his Jiang Yue and couldn’t be charmed by other people.
’She should be from the heavenly flower cult.’ He thought and remembered the woman he met in the underwater garden in the Thousand Herbs Garden.
That woman wielded her charm like a weapon.
If someone was unlucky to be caught, they would go as far as to disregard their life for the woman.
’Her cultivation is not bad.’ He observed but wasn’t intimidated.
Although the woman was at the sixth level of the origin tempering realm, Yu Nianzhen didn’t feel any threat from her.
While he was thinking, the bell rang and the match officially began.
