However, although his Spirit was suppressed, the Genesis Qi in his body remained vigorous and lively. His figure swiftly flew past, hovering just above the mountain as Genesis Qi pulsed around him to block the dark green poison.
Chch!
The poison clashed with his Genesis Qi, creating a sizzling noise. Its overbearingness caused Zhou Yuan’s eyes to shiver a little.
“Yaoyao!”
Wrapped in Genesis Qi, Zhou Yuan’s shout thundered within the mountain.
But there was no response.
This made the worry in Zhou Yuan’s heart intensify and grow stronger. If something happened to Yaoyao...the mere thought caused bloody veins to climb up into his eyes.
If anything happened, exterminating every single Sacred Palace disciple would not be able to wipe away even a fraction of the pain and regret he would feel.
His figure frantically darted about in the Spirit Subduing Mountain. After several minutes, he finally reached the empty deeper area where only the dark green poison fog could be found.
The color in Zhou Yuan’s eyes faded, his footsteps heavy as he stumbled forward. In the end, he powerlessly fell to his knees, his five fingers clawing the ground as an indescribable feeling frantically battered his heart. It felt as if his heart was being torn open from the inside.
“Yaoyao...Yaoyao…” He mumbled, the Genesis Qi in his body on the verge of going crazy.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
While Zhou Yuan’s eyes were growing increasingly red, a clear, puzzled voice suddenly sounded in the empty and spacious mountain.
Zhou Yuan’s body turned rigid, and he slowly turned around to find a familiar figure burrowing out from the ground nearby. She patted off the dirt on her body as her clear, vacant eyes looked straight at Zhou Yuan.
Who else could it be but Yaoyao?
“Yaoyao?! You?” Zhou Yuan blankly stared at her.
Why had Yaoyao appeared from the ground?
A faint smile rose on Yaoyao’s gorgeous face as she looked at Zhou Yuan and said, “You can’t have thought that this Spirit Subduing Mountain would really be able to subdue me, right? I was originally going to finish off those two fellows, but I had suddenly detected a hidden seven-color treasure location in this place and thus ended up neglecting them.”
She lifted her hand, revealing a ball of seven-color light as her red lips curled slightly. “See? I’ve obtained another seven-color Divine Establishing Treasure. That silly debt of yours is nearly repaid now.”
She smiled, seemingly a little pleased with her work.
Swish!
A figure suddenly dashed over, slightly alarming Yaoyao. She immediately raised her hand as Spirit power gathered between her brows. But she paused and halted her Spirit power when she felt the familiar presence.
Zhou Yuan's body crashed into her, and he reached up, tightly hugging her slender figure. His arms were akin to an iron hoop as he forcefully hugged her.
The scent filling her senses caused momentary panic to appear on her usually indifferent face. She tried to push him away, but she forgot that without Spirit power, her feeble strength was of no use against Zhou Yuan.
“Yaoyao...it’s great that you’re fine.” Zhou Yuan greedily breathed in the womanly fragrance of the beauty in his embrace as he continuously repeated these few words. He was unable to imagine how great of a blow it would be if something had happened to Yaoyao.
She stopped struggling against Zhou Yuan’s chest, and she gently bit her lips. This was the first time she had heard such a panicked and desperate tone from him. He had never sounded so filled with panic and despair even when he had been incapable of finding his eight meridian channels back then, but she could clearly feel the fear that was currently within him.
Such feelings evidently originated from her.
This caused ripples to appear in Yaoyao’s usually indifferent heart. It was a soft and gentle feeling that touched the deepest part of her soul and caused her fair-as-jade face to blush a little.
In that very moment, even time itself had its breath taken away.
Yaoyao’s hand reached past Zhou Yuan’s arms and gently patted his back, a never before heard tenderness in her voice. “It’s okay, I’m fine.”
The sound of her voice finally allowed the panic in Zhou Yuan’s heart to slowly fade away. He breathed a heavy sigh of relief as if a great burden had been lifted from his shoulders before suddenly feeling the warm and wonderful curves in his arms, causing him to hug a little tighter.
“Yaoyao’s figure is really great,” the thought flashed in his head.
This was strictly speaking the first time he had held her in his embrace.
Zhou Yuan lowered his head slightly and found Yaoyao’s slender, fair neck and her cute little earlobe. Consequently, he lowered his head even farther and gently bit that exquisite little earlobe.
Zhou Yuan felt the body in his arms suddenly turn rigid.
He was abruptly shocked back to his senses with a violent quiver, and he hurriedly released Yaoyao. Her face had turned beet-red, but her eyes were staring at him with endless frost containing a sliver of embarrassment and anger.
Zhou Yuan hastily braced himself and said, “Yaoyao, you have to believe me, I didn’t know what I was doing.”
Yaoyao’s eyes lowered slightly as she indistinctly said, “Zhou Yuan, you truly are...extremely daring!”
She clenched her hand as a whip made from condensed Spirit power appeared.
Zhou Yuan’s scalp instantly turned numb. “Yaoyao, please let me explain!”
Pa!
The Spirit whip suddenly lashed out, rippling the air as it viciously swung towards Zhou Yuan.
AHH!
Zhou Yuan howled miserably when the whip struck his body, and he hugged his head and fled.
Pa! Pa!
AHHH! AHH!
Outside the Spirit Subduing Mountain, Zuoqiu Qingyu, Li Chunjun and Ning Zhan looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.
Was there another Sacred Palace Chosen in the Spirit Subduing Mountain?
To think that such miserable shrieks could be beaten out of Zhou Yuan!
Chapter 639 Blessing Appears
The Zuoqiu Qingyu trio were shocked to see how dispirited Zhou Yuan looked when he and Yaoyao walked out from the Spirit Subduing Mountain. It was a completely different appearance than the unstoppable ferocity he had displayed earlier.
“Were you poisoned by the poison gas inside?” asked Ning Zhan in surprise.
Zhou Yuan sneaked a glance at Yaoyao and saw her calm-as-a-lake expression. He immediately gave an awkward laugh and said, “Nope, taking on the two of them earlier probably took much more out of me than I had expected.”
Zuoqiu Qingyu and the others did not doubt his answer. After all, killing two Sacred Palace Chosen would indeed be very exhausting.
“Yaoyao, I’m glad that you’re alright.” Zuoqiu Qingyu walked forward and grabbed Yaoyao’s hands with a look of relief on her face.
Yaoyao also grasped Zuoqiu Qingyu's hands as a seemingly gentle smile appeared on her gorgeous face. She knew that Zuoqiu Qingyu and the others had come all the way here for her, and she was a little touched by their gesture.
After all, she clearly understood that the trio had taken a substantial risk to do so.
“Though the main mastermind is the Sacred Palace, the Heavenly Ghost Sect should likely have had a part in this as well, given their extremely close proximity. What’s more, the information that Yaoyao had been trapped was secretly transmitted to us from the Heavenly Ghost Sect side,” Li Chunjun said. His eyes, which were wrapped in a black cloth, were looking towards Zhou Yuan. “You should have already guessed who gave us this information.”
Zhou Yuan nodded. The informant was most likely Zhen Xu. Due to the Heavenly Ghost Sect’s participation, it was impossible for him to openly reveal himself. His current position in the sect was after all not very high, and he therefore did not have a say in such matter
s.
Hence, giving them this information as a Heavenly Ghost Sect disciple was already his limit.
As such, Zhou Yuan was also grateful to Zhen Xu.
These companions that had left the Cangmang Continent together with him had not disappointed Zhou Yuan.
“The Sacred Palace only managed to find an opportunity to set up Yaoyao because of me,” said Zhou Yuan. He knew that Yaoyao had only appeared here because she was helping him search for Divine Establishing Treasures to repay his debt. It made him feel somewhat ashamed.
“You’d better pay more attention in the future. I won’t let you off if something happens to Yaoyao,” threatened Zuoqiu Qingyu as she waved her little fist at him.
Zhou Yuan forced a smile and nodded.
Roar!
While they were conversing, an earth-shaking roar suddenly sounded from far away, and then a ray of light streaked through the sky. It ultimately transformed into a mysterious and ferocious beast and arrived in the air above them in an aggressive and menacing manner.
The terrible creature was covered in golden scale armor, and Genesis Qi was surging under its feet. A mysterious black light flowed in its mouth. It was Tuntun.
Tuntun’s eyes were filled with violent murder, but it soon discovered Zhou Yuan, Yaoyao and the others on the hill, and happiness erupted from its eyes.
Swoosh!
Its giant body rapidly shrank as it descended.
It landed on Zhou Yuan’s head, barking at Yaoyao as its paws messily threaded all over his head.
Yaoyao could sense the worry in Tuntun’s bark. Moreover, there were obvious signs that it had gone through a tough battle. Tuntun had evidently clashed with the Sacred Palace Chosen after hearing about Yaoyao’s predicament and had ultimately managed to rush here after giving its opponents the slip.
She smiled faintly as she reached out and plucked Tuntun off Zhou Yuan’s head. She gently stroked its soft golden fur and said, “Don’t worry, everything is okay now.”
Another four rays of light descended from the sky shortly after Tuntun’s arrival and landed on the hill. Kong Sheng was leading the group of four, and Zhao Zhu’s figure could be seen amongst them.
“Where are the Sacred Palace Chosen?” questioned Kong Sheng as he frowned and looked towards Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao. Although there were some disagreements between the Sword Cometh Peak and Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao, it was only limited to while they were inside the sect. Kong Sheng understood what was important in the Mythic Utopia, and so he had thus rushed over as soon as he could upon receiving Li Qingchan’s message.
“There should be two Chosen here, Lei Jun and Tie Mo. Neither is weak, and both are ranked in the middle amongst the Sacred Palace Chosen.”
Zhao Zhu shot a glance at Zhou Yuan and slowly said, “You are too reckless. I can’t believe you dared to come here alone without any support from the other Chosen. How would you explain yourself if things went wrong?”
Zhou Yuan curled his lips. Although he was a little grateful to them for rushing here, the way Zhao Zhu talked was quite dislikable at times.
“Zhou Yuan has killed both Lei Jun and Tie Mo,” Zuoqiu Qingyu spoke up from the side.
Her words immediately stunned Zhao Zhu and the rest, but the group soon burst into laughter. They said, “What nonsense are you spouting. That’s two Chosen, won’t they be able to run even if they weren’t his match?”
Let alone the numbers advantage, killing a single Chosen was far more difficult than defeating one!
Even Kong Shen frowned, clearly feeling that Zuoqiu Qingyu’s words were too unrealistic. Even amongst the ten great Cangxuan Sect Chosen, the only ones who could kill Tie Mo and Lei Jun were the few individuals in the upper ranks.
Zuoqiu Qingyu shrugged, though such actions only made her appear extremely seductive. She pointed towards a collapsed cliff wall in the distance and said, “His body is still stuck there.”
Kong Sheng, Zhao Zhu and the rest immediately followed her finger. They could not help but gasp upon seeing the corpse still embedded in the cliff.
Even Kong Sheng’s face violently twitched for a moment.
“Zhou Yuan had smashed Lei Jun to pulp, and now not even his body remains,” Ning Zhan chipped in.
Kong Sheng’s group went silent, only returning to their senses after quite some time. For the very first time, there was a trace of graveness in his eyes when he looked towards Zhou Yuan. If Zhou Yuan had really done as they had said, it would mean that he was quickly catching up to the top-tier Chosen of the Cangxuan Sect.
Zhao Zhu was stupefied for a very long time as a complicated expression arose on his face.
He had used his Chosen status to bully Zhou Yuan in the past, but after today, he understood that his actions were practically a joke. He would at best be able to match the likes of Lei Jun and Tie Mo, but Zhou Yuan had killed both of them. In other words, Zhou Yuan had already surpassed him.
Kong Sheng looked deeply at Zhou Yuan and said, “It’s good that nothing went wrong.”
“I’ve troubled everyone.” Zhou Yuan cupped his fists together. Although they had not helped in the end, he accepted their gesture of rushing here to lend their support.
“Let’s prepare to leave. This location is too close to the Heavenly Ghost Sect, and we should not linger for too long since they appear to be working with the Sacred Palace,” said Kong Sheng.
The others nodded in agreement.
Rumble!
Just as they were about to leave, however, the surrounding Genesis Qi suddenly seemed to begin boiling. Giant torrential waves erupted from the depths of the Great Mythic Mountain Range, forming an enormous Genesis Qi wave in the sky.
The wave spread at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye, creating thunderous dins as it clashed against the air.
This sudden turn of events caused everyone’s expressions to change. This Genesis Qi wave made even the hearts of individuals like them beat faster.
“What’s going on?” asked Zhao Zhu in alarm.
Yaoyao stared at the depths of the Great Mythic Mountain Range as amazement emerged on her face. She slowly said, “The super boundary in the Great Mythic Mountain Range has broken, and the greatest blessing hidden within its depths...is finally about to emerge.”
Her words made even Kong Sheng’s pupils shrink.
Unconcealable excitement exploded in the eyes of Zhao Zhu and the others. Wasn’t all their hard work till now for the sake of the greatest blessing?
Was the long-awaited greatest blessing finally about to appear?!
Zhou Yuan licked his lips. He raised his head and stared at the depths of the Great Mythic Mountain Range. He took in a deep breath.
He knew that the appearance of the greatest blessing marked the start of the most exciting segment to this Mythic Utopia saga...
Chapter 640 Mysterious Jade Disc
The many sects soon detected the Genesis Qi wave originating from the depths of the Great Mythic Mountain Range. After realizing its origins, a frenzied atmosphere soon enveloped the entire Great Mythic Mountain Range.
The many factions stared at the depths of the mountain range with burning gazes. They knew that the greatest blessing should be the final destination in the Mythic Utopia.
If they could obtain a slice of the greatest blessing, they would surely be able to ascend to the heavens in a single step.
...
The Cangxuan Sect headquarters.
Chu Qing, Li Qingchan, Kong Sheng and the numerous Chosen were currently gathered. However, their gazes were glued to Zhou Yuan because they had just found out that he had slain two Sacred Palace Chosen.
In the face of such shocking news, even individuals like them were rather overwhelmed, and grave looks filled their eyes as they stared at him.
As for the other disciples like Gu Hongyi and the rest, their eyes were practically glowing, and they were clearly extremely excited. They stared at Zhou Yuan with gazes filled with admiration and respect.
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nbsp; After all, there had been a lot of friction between the Cangxuan Sect and the Sacred Palace ever since they had entered the Mythic Utopia, and their side had been the one on the losing end most of the time, causing the numerous disciples to harbour some inner resentment.
In this very moment, Zhou Yuan's astonishing battle accomplishment wiped away all of their built up resentment.
All of them felt a little proud at this moment.
But they still found it somewhat hard to believe that Zhou Yuan was the one to achieve such an astonishing feat. One must know that Zhou Yuan was strictly speaking still a chief disciple from the Saint Genesis Peak.
“Cough…” Chu Qing coughed softly, drawing everyone’s gazes as he smiled and said, “It is fortunate for the Cangxuan Sect that junior brother Zhou Yuan has grown so tremendously after his secluded cultivation.
“However, we should not underestimate the Sacred Palace. Now that the final greatest blessing is about to appear, they will surely go all out and will no longer hold anything back.”
The crowd nodded with serious expressions. Although they loathed the Sacred Palace, they had no choice but to admit that the latter were currently akin to rising suns and were growing ever more powerful. Underestimating such a rising powerhouse would only be akin to courting death.
“We should also prepare to move towards the deepest area of the mountain range and see for ourselves exactly what this greatest blessing is!” Chu Qing raised his eyes and peered towards the depths of the mountain range. Even someone as lazy as him was a little curious about the greatest blessing.
The eyes of the others gradually began to burn with excitement.
The Cangxuan Sect disciples quickly made their preparations before rising into the air. With Chu Qing, Kong Sheng and Li Qingchan in the lead, the huge group swiftly flew towards the depths of the mountain range.
At the same time, wave after wave of figures swarmed out from various locations in the Great Mythic Mountain Range and rushed towards the depths of the mountain range.
The entire Great Mythic Mountain Range turned into an extremely bustling place.
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