Chapter 251 – Jasmine’s Decision

As soon as Ling Yuefeng left, Ling Jie took an arrow step to Yun Che’s body: ”Boss! What about our group! Although this is the first time I’ve come in here, but Pops has told me a lot of things about this place, and there are a lot of things that can come in handy, so I promise I won’t drag Boss down!”

He said “not dragging behind”, but his intention was clearly to protect Yun Che, after all, the state Yun Che was in at this moment, if he were to travel alone, it would be too dangerous.

Yun Che was naturally touched by Ling Jie’s heart, but he rejected it with a wave of his hand, saying, “No need, since this is an experience, it’s better to travel alone. Especially you, Little Jie, although your talent is good, and your sword intent and sword heart are both superior, but you have always been within the Heavenly Sword Villa, and what you lack the most is this kind of experience of being alone and facing danger. If you travel with me, it will greatly reduce the effectiveness of this experience for you.”

“But, but ……”

“No buts.” Yun Che reached out and cupped his chin, “This matter of being my little brother was something you personally promised. What, you won’t listen to my first decision?”

“Eh ……” Ling Jie, whose heart was simple and whose head wasn’t too good at turning corners yet, was blocked by Yun Che’s sentence, and after half a day of being tangled up, he had no choice but to say, “Alright then. Boss, you must be careful. My old man’s words before really weren’t to scare you.”

“Don’t worry, I’m not someone who dies so easily, and besides, I’m wearing the Dragon Scale Treasure Armor on my body.” Yun Che pinched the corner of his coat, revealing a piece of dragon scale that reflected an icy cold light. As the reward for the first place in the ranking battle, even though Heavenly Sword Villa was reluctant to part with it in a million ways, they had to grit their teeth and endure the pain to give this Tian Xuan Armor, which originally belonged to them, to Qin Wushang. Qin WuXian gave this Dragon Scale Armor to him yesterday, and he wore it directly on his body today.

The Dragon Scale Armor was only a very thin layer, neither cold nor heavy on the body, and would adjust itself to fit the wearer’s body type. This armor was a well-deserved life-preserving weapon. As he expected, when he revealed the Dragon Scale Treasure Armor, a dozen or so gazes filled with greed and jealousy were immediately shot around him.

Ling Jie turned to Ling Yun and said, ”Big brother, my boss said that it would be best for me to act alone, so I won’t be joining you, I’ll leave first……. Boss, you must be careful. Otherwise my beautiful princess sister will have to be alone …… ah ah! I’m going too!”

Ling Jie summoned the Heavenly Mandarin Sword, puffed up his chest and gathered all his energy as he walked forward alone. Ling Yun gave a nod to Yun Che, his eyes glanced at where Xia Qingyue was seemingly unintentionally, and after taking a few steps forward, he finally drew in a light breath and walked in front of Xia Qingyue, courteously saying, “Fairy Xia, how about we pair up and travel together? I came here three years ago, I am more or less familiar with this place, this place is full of dangers, our companionship is not only enough to deal with any dangers, but also to reach farther places. If we find any treasures, it will also be Fairy Xia’s priority to choose, how about it?”

Not far away, Burning Jiecheng and Xiao Manyu simultaneously showed a strange expression. They had similarly entered the Heavenly Pond Mysterious Realm three years ago, and at that time, Ling Yun had gone alone in the lead, not giving anyone the chance to pair up with him. And now, he actually took the initiative to travel with someone, and the words he said, how they sounded, all bore the implication of a request.

What was in his mind, as long as one wasn’t an idiot they all knew in their hearts.

“Thank you Young Lord Ling for your kind words, Qing Yue has decided to travel alone.” In the face of Ling Yun’s active invitation, Xia Qingyue, however, directly refused without hesitation.

Ling Yun’s active invitations in the younger generation would not add up to more than five fingers, while being rejected would be the complete first time. Ling Yun’s face remained unchanged and he no longer insisted, nodding, “In that case, please be careful, Fairy Xia.”

After saying that, Ling Yun also left alone, his figure quickly disappearing in the midst of the flying snow.

As even Ling Yun was rejected, Xiao Manyu, who was originally eager to try, gritted his teeth and struggled for a long time before finally choosing to give up. As for the others, none of them dared to try. Even Xiao Mania Lei, the son of the Xiao Sect’s Patriarch, could not gather the courage to strike up a conversation with Xia Qingyue. With the strength she had shown in the qualifying battle, she was steadily outclassing them by a level. The sons of these big clans were all in a superior position outside, and they could not follow anything. But in front of Xia Qingyue, they all had a feeling of not being able to raise their heads at all.

Other than that, just the point of strength alone, they were not qualified to travel with Xia Qingyue.

Yun Che, who was alone, swept his gaze around, didn’t greet anyone, and casually chose a direction, walking unhurriedly.

“Senior sister Xia, we’ll leave first, make sure you’re careful.” Shui Wushuang and Mai Xuexin greeted and left in pairs. Xia Qingyue nodded and watched them leave, then her gaze inadvertently glanced at Yun Che’s departing direction, and a small amount of complexity flashed in her eyes, then she traveled alone towards the north.

The entire world was covered in flying snow, and the only thing that could be used to discern the direction was that one towering ice peak. As Yun Che traveled all the way forward, even though he had Xuan Power protecting his body, he was frozen and shivered continuously.

“This place is either ice or snow, and as for the ‘Heavenly Pool’, there isn’t even a shadow of it… In a place like this, how could there be heavenly treasures or something like that. Even if there is, it must have been buried by the ice and snow a long time ago……. Hoo, it’s so cold.”

Yun Che kept walking for more than half an hour, and all he saw was still only the boundless snow plains and the flying snow in the sky, without any harvest. This was completely different from the scene he had expected of strange flowers and exotic grasses everywhere, piles of strange stones and spiritual jades, and his sight filled with high mountains and dense forests, and after walking for so long, he hadn’t even seen a single Xuan Beast’s shadow!

Which is to come to look for exotic treasures, is simply to come to live and suffer!

“The existence of this small world is strange.” Jasmine murmured.

“Weird?”

“This small world is indeed artificially created, and the level of power is extremely high, and the time of existence should have been a long time already, so it is not strange that it would derive some low to medium level heavenly treasures……. What’s strange is that such a small world shouldn’t have appeared in a place like this, because it is simply not created by the power of this realm.”

“It might have been left behind by some strong person from a long, long time ago.” Yun Che casually said. He was unconcerned about the origin of this Heavenly River Mysterious Realm. He walked unhurriedly and suddenly said, “Jasmine, how many people are following me?”

“Four.” Jasmine replied.

“Four?” Yun Che was stunned, this number, did not match what he had guessed.

“The one thing that will never be lacking by your side is enemies who want to kill you, don’t you think about why?” Jasmine said coldly.

“Nah! These people can’t be called any enemies at all.” Yun Che wiggled his fingers and laughed coldly, “They are merely a group of stepping stones that seek death on their own!”

“Of these four people, three of them should be here to kill you, and the other one doesn’t seem to be, instead, it’s possible that he’s here to save you.” Jasmine said.

“Hm? Save me? Who is it?”

“You’ll know in a moment.”

Yun Che’s footsteps gradually slowed down, lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment before he said, “Jasmine, later on, you help me kill someone.”

“Yes!”

Jasmine agreed so readily, which caused Yun Che to freeze for a moment. Every time Jasmine made a move, it would cause the poison on her body to spread, so until it was a matter of life and death, and the enemy was one that Yun Che was absolutely unable to cope with, she categorically would not make a move. And this time, Yun Che had only opened his mouth when she directly agreed, which made it impossible for Yun Che not to drum in his heart, and weakly said, “Uhm …… don’t you have any other …… additional conditions? ”

“Of course there is!” Jasmine’s voice gradually coldly hardened, “Your current physical state, you yourself know best. This small world, too, is a perfect place to kill with absolutely no consequences. Which people will possibly kill you here, you know it best in your heart. But you still dare to come here, solely because of my existence! This person you asked me to kill, I have to kill him, otherwise, you will die, and you will also drag me down with you.”

“I remember you once said that you were never willing to become dependent on my power. But you seem to have completely forgotten those words you said. When doing many things, as well as weighing your abilities, you would take my power into account. At the time when my power can be utilized, in the entire Tianxuan Continent, it is impossible for you to encounter any real danger. This kind of potential dependence in your mind will cause a great curb on your growth …… “Jasmine’s every word was said with extreme seriousness, and that tone was like that of a great master who had experienced countless stormy experiences and was lecturing a junior disciple.

Yun Che did agree with a small portion of Jasmine’s words. For example, this time, he didn’t want to give up the opportunity to explore the Heavenly Pond Mysterious Realm, and if it wasn’t because of Jasmine’s existence, he would have never entered this place with his current physical state. Burning Jade City was secondary, the key was that he also felt a killing chance against him from Mu Tian Bei’s body.

As the current Fort Master of the Heavenly Lance Thunderflame Fort, Mu Tianbei’s strength was by no means inferior to Qin Wushan’s.

“I’ll help you kill one last person, and then, I’ll seal my own Xuan power for the next long period of time, and use the Heavenly Poison Pearl to submerge and drive away the poison. For everything in the future, you can only rely on yourself, don’t even think about counting on me anymore.” Jasmine coldly said.

“…… There’s no need to be so absolute, right?” Yun Che’s heart fluttered, “What if I encounter a life-threatening danger that I can’t resist? If I die, you will also perish along with me, aren’t you afraid of ……”

“Hmph! After clinging to the Heavenly Poison Pearl for so long, I’ve had several poisonous eruptions due to forcibly utilizing my power, and by now, the poison in my body hasn’t dispersed much at all compared to when I met you! Instead of having poisonous eruptions over and over again and not seeing any hope of healing, it would be better to just die and get it over with.” Jasmine did not have the good sense to say.

Yun Che opened his mouth, meditated for a moment, and slowly nodded his head, “Alright. Moreover, I also agree with this decision of yours.”

At this moment, in the midst of the roiling wind and snow ahead, there were suddenly two more blurry silhouettes. As Yun Che’s footsteps moved forward unhurriedly, these two silhouettes also became clearer and clearer in his line of sight.

When he saw these two people clearly, Yun Che stopped his footsteps, revealing a surprise like encountering a partner in the midst of danger, and jogged forward to greet them, ”Isn’t it Young Sect Master Burning and Jiebi Buddy, why are you guys here? To be able to meet in this vast Heavenly Pond secret realm, who dares to say that this is not a beautiful destiny destined by heaven!!!”