Quick Travel to the Clouds

Chapter 728 Hidden Mission 14

After that hazy barrier in his heart was completely pierced by his feelings, Yue Ze Zhenjun's gaze became an invisible thread clinging to Yun Chu, pulling her inch by inch, never leaving her side.

When hunting demonic beasts, he was no longer the aloof and indifferent bystander who let her fight amidst blood and fire. His dark figure followed her like a shadow, and the air seemed to freeze slightly with his approach.

Just as Yun Chu was about to flick his finger to cast a spell, the target monster was instantly frozen by the visible, chilling white aura emanating from his fingertip under his casual glance!

A colossal ice sculpture, frozen in a state of terror, suddenly rose up, its fangs gleaming with a deathly cold light beneath the translucent ice. A chill swept over her, causing Yun Chu's fingers to stiffen slightly.

"True Lord!" Yun Chu stomped her foot in anger, her boots crushing the fresh snow on the ground. Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment and helplessness. "With you protecting me like this, how can I hone my skills, how can I attain enlightenment and reach higher realms?"

He seemed not to hear her, his wide sleeves fluttering slightly as he gently brushed away the snowflakes that had fallen into her hair. The way his slender fingers brushed through her hair carried an undeniable possessiveness.

His voice was deep and steady, yet each word carried the weight of a thousand pounds, striking the desolate snowfield: "Why seek proof? My sword path is your sword path. What fear is there of sharp edges? My cultivation is your shield."

The matter-of-fact tone in those words made even the wind and snow pause.

Yun Chu thought to herself: I thought True Lord Yueze was cold-hearted and indifferent, but I didn't expect him to fall in love.

He's become so chauvinistic!

Not only during hunts, but at any time, whenever Yun Chu spoke a few words to someone, whether a stranger or a fellow disciple, her icy eyes would narrow slightly.

Without a word, an invisible pressure had already spread.

The figure of Yueze Zhenjun would appear silently, precisely embedding itself half a foot to her side.

The ice elemental power was no longer a gentle shield, but transformed into extremely sharp, ferocious thorn-like ice crystal tendrils.

It spread silently from the frozen ground beneath his feet, icy and piercing, carrying a clear sense of repulsion, forcing all who tried to approach to retreat hastily several feet as if pricked by needles, leaving behind a mess of frost marks on the ground.

His love was domineering and undeniable, carrying the resolute determination of a thousand-year-old ice peak melting into a sweet spring.

One day, he actually took out the "Millennial Mystic Ice Jade Marrow" that was hidden deep within his soul's origin and nurtured. This was his natal spiritual object when he first attained enlightenment.

With a flickering flame in his palm, he carefully split it in two, transforming it into two flawless, translucent ice pendants that shimmered with a faint moonlight.

The moment I put it on Yun Chu with my own hands, something strange happened! The extremely yang and intense fire spirit root in her body was not suppressed, but instead emitted a joyful hum, blending with the vast and pure ten-thousand-year-old ice breath in the jade marrow to generate abundant chaotic spiritual energy.

Yun Chu felt as if all the acupoints in her body had opened up, and her cultivation speed suddenly increased several times over, with spiritual energy circulating endlessly.

His fingertips, still slightly cool from the millennia-old ice, traced the outline of her delicate earlobe with deep affection. His voice held a barely perceptible tension and profound meaning: "Within the jade marrow, there is a wisp of my natal soul imprint that I have sealed away, which can protect you."

The faint light from the earring flickered in sync with the icy flames in his eyes, like an invisible guardian.

During a routine herb gathering, the resilient thousand-year-old blood vine left only a tiny, light pink scratch on Yun Chu's fingertip, from which a fine drop of blood seeped out.

However, Yueze Zhenjun was on high alert, and a sudden burst of cold energy erupted from his body, instantly covering the surrounding vegetation with white frost.

Without a word, he took her soft hand and, without warning, placed her injured fingertips between his cool lips!

The soft tongue, imbued with the essence of millennia-old ice, meticulously licked the small opening. The extreme cold spiritual power and the scorching fire spiritual root contained in the fingertips suddenly intertwined and collided, as if igniting a string of tiny sparks and currents.

In an instant, the sensation shot from her fingertips straight up her spine, causing Yun Chu to tremble violently all over. A soft moan escaped her throat, and her face flushed crimson.

He remained calm and composed, a deep blue vortex seemingly churning within his eyes. His lips brushed against his delicate fingertips, and his tone was... perfectly righteous?: "This is the 'Ice Kiss Healing' method. It removes all the cold poison and heals quickly."

That slightly hoarse voice fell into her ears like icicles striking each other, and her heart trembled.

Yun Chu never expected that after Yue Ze Zhenjun fell in love, he would become like this.

More than a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the Tianqiong Secret Realm is about to open.

This Tianqiong Secret Realm is the secret realm where True Lord Yueze perished.

This time, Yun Chu planned to go into the secret realm with them. Before entering the secret realm, the two prepared a lot of things to ensure everything was in order.

On the day the Tianqiong Secret Realm opened, the sky tore open a fiery, molten gold rift, and the entrance spewed out chaotic nebulae.

Yueze Zhenjun stood in the distance, setting up an array. A point of ice light flickered at his fingertip—it was the Life Space Stone, a miniature world containing life.

He pulled Yun Chu into his arms without giving her a chance to resist, whispering like a cold spring striking a rock: "This world is dangerous, I cannot afford to make the slightest mistake." After saying that, his icy spiritual power enveloped her, and in the next instant, Yun Chu fell into the space of life.

"I'll bring you out after we enter the secret realm."

"Okay." Yun Chu entered the house within the space.

This house is a magical artifact; it can change size. Yun Chu sat cross-legged in the room, waiting.

More than an hour later, the secret realm opened.

The entrance to the secret realm swallowed Yue Ze's figure. Only when his feet touched the scorching sand did he gently lift it with his palms. The ice crystals shattered, and Yun Chu staggered out.

She frowned and looked around: the boundless red sand was like molten gold scorching the sun, and the wind-swept dust storms were like the wailing of hungry ghosts.

Yueze Zhenjun put one arm around Yun Chu's waist, and his Xuanbing spiritual power condensed into frost wings to lift the two of them up. "Let's go."

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Three days later, beside the ruins of camel bells and withered bones, a "Blood Sand Serpent" broke through the sand! This beast was at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm, its scales and armor were crimson like lava, and its poisonous saliva turned sand and stones into smoke wherever it dripped.

It roared and pounced, a foul wind whipping up a dust storm that blotted out the sun. Yue Ze, however, remained motionless, merely flicking his finger—

"Crack!"

A beam of pure white sword light tore through the sky! It was as fast as thunder and as cold as ice.

The fangs of the serpent were only three inches from Yun Chu's brow when frost pierced through his skull and into his body, instantly freezing him into an ice crystal sculpture.

The chilling aura caused Yun Chuhuo's spiritual root to buzz and ache. Before she could even strike with her hammer, the Blood Sand Serpent shattered with a deafening roar, leaving only ice shards that cascaded into the quicksand. The entire process took less than half a cup of tea.

Yun Chu thought to herself: True Monarch Yue Ze is getting more and more powerful.

On the fifteenth day, after traveling to the heart of the desert, Yun Chu discovered an ancient restriction hidden hundreds of feet deep in the sand.

The two used earth magic to enter the restricted area.

The stone wall is engraved with the "Nine Hells Locking Spirit Array": a thousand incantation chains coil like dragons, with raging fire and lightning intertwining and bursting forth.

The Yueze Ice Sword struck down, but instead rebounded and caused frost marks!

Yun Chu's eyes flashed with wisdom: "Yang formations counter Yin soldiers, I will focus on attacking the core of the formation!"

She took out nine formation-breaking nails and drove them into the Xun position; Yue Ze condensed black ice in his palm and suppressed the raging flames of the Li Palace.

As ice and fire clashed, the array patterns cracked!

boom--

The massive gate to the underground palace collapsed, and the two fell into darkness.

A hundred black iron golems stood in the underground palace corridor, but the Yueze Ice Domain instantly solidified their joints. The black iron golems were then collected by Yun Chu.

Star marrow stalactites hung from the deep dome, and treasure chests were laid out: Nirvana Fire Seed, Xuanming Array Diagram...

Yun Chu accepted the Nirvana Flame Seed, while Yue Ze stored everything else into his spatial storage.

At the deepest altar, a jade coffin floated above the remains of an ancient cultivator, finger bones clutching half a scroll of the *Tai Xu Lu*. Just as Yun Chu was about to pick it up, the blue bricks beneath Yue Ze's feet suddenly gleamed—

"Yun Chu!"

The teleportation array's purple light engulfed his figure! The icy thorns danced wildly, but grasped only air. Yun Chu stood alone in the desolate underground palace, the jade earrings flashing with a ghostly light, like his unfinished whispers.

Yue Ze fell into a "Shattered Star Palace". Star trails flowed on the four walls, and the oppressive power of the void crushed bones and shattered souls!

"If you wish to inherit my teachings, you must first sever all worldly ties!" The old man's divine thoughts resonated like a booming bell.

Illusions abound: Yun Chu is trapped in a sea of ​​fire, her heart consumed by poisonous miasma... but Yue Ze's ice sword suddenly returns to its sheath.

"To protect her is my Dao heart, not something that can be severed by worldly ties." He shattered the illusion, and the Xuanbing Jade Marrow resonated within the palace—

Boom!

The star trails collapsed into a crystal core that disappeared into the space between the eyebrows! The "Tai Xu Lu" transformed into golden patterns and was imprinted on the soul. This is the inheritance of the "Void Walker": a step that covers a thousand miles, a palm that can shatter heaven and earth.

Outside the hall, Yun Chu touched her earring, which was icy cold: "You must be safe and sound..." The jade marrow suddenly became scorching hot, as if in response.