Soul Land 3: Legend Of The Jade Emperor

Fluttering his eyes open, Huang Yu let out a soft groan.

His hand moved to the side, trying to push himself up from the couch. However, he froze immediately when it made contact with a soft fleshy orb.

Did he just...

Snapping his head to that side in an instant, Huang Yu was met with the figure of a silver-haired girl sleeping on the couch next to him.

Yes, he did.

Huang Yu closed his eyes. He took several more squeezes before he nodded sagely.

It really is bigger and softer than before.

That night that they had returned, Gu Yue had banished him to the Shadow Realm(i.e. The couch).

He had acquiesced to her demands. However, in the dark of night, she had somehow found a way to crawl onto the couch without waking him up.

And his mental power was at the level of Gods!

Women truly do have mystical powers.

Huang Yu let out a sigh as he reluctantly removed his hand from a blissful paradise. Using the King's Wisdom, he discreetly left the bed without disturbing Gu Yue.

As of this time, he was able to use some of the powers of the King's Wisdom without using his third eye.

It was difficult at first, but with the ascension of his cultivation, it became a lot easier over time.

Huang Yu opened the door to the balcony silently, blocking out sound and other tells with his Divine Sense.

Just as he was about to take off, he paused.

"I love you."

It was only then did he have the heart to leave.

As the balcony window gently closed with a gust of wind, Gu Yue's sparkling amethyst eyes opened.

There was a gentleness in her eyes that she would only ever reveal to her lover.

She touched the spot where Huang Yu had kissed before she chuckled.

"I love you too, you rouge."

— — — —

Under the pale moonlight, arcs of light flashed in the darkness as the trees rustled in the centre of the forest.

Huang Yu was the source of all this as the sword moved dexterously in his skilful hands.

That was in his opinion of course.

Stopping his graceful dance, Huang Yu let out a sigh as he stared at the sword in his hands.

It wasn't enough.

This wasn't enough to allow him to reach that state he had reached when he had fought Hui Mie.

In their battle, he had managed to reach a state where he could sense the zenith of the sword for a brief moment.

This state wasn't the ones that other Spirit Masters would use.

For them, their skills were divided into three stages:

Sword Consciousness, Swordsoul and Sword God.

Pretty domineering names, just like all Xianxia techniques, but they were pretty shit in practical usage.

However, Huang Yu's path was different.

HIs path had split from theirs the moment he had managed to learn sword intent.

Naturally, sword intent wasn't the limit. However, no one knew what lay beyond the first stage of this path.

Although sword intent was common in the Divine Realm, not even Hui Mie knew what laid next.

Nonetheless, he was sure that he had seen a glimpse of it during their battle! It felt far too… special to be anything else!

He couldn't give any descriptions of it despite how great he had felt. His state of mind had been too blurry to give anything specific.

"Huang Yu."

Oh? Who was that now?

Sending his divine senses out to investigate, he found the energy signature of Hui Mie.

Huang Yu turned around and gave Hui Mie a polite hello. Then, he dropped into a stance once more to begin training again.

If he didn't know better, then he would have thought that Hui Mie was actually gay from how hard he was looking at him.

When he was finally done, he let out a sigh before he unsummoned his sword.

This night would probably be a fruitless one as well.

Just as Huang Yu was about to call Hui Mie to leave, the man himself suddenly spoke up.

"What happened to that tree?" Hui Mie asked as he pointed off into a distance.

Following his finger, Huang Yu found what he was talking about.

"Hmm? It was just a bit of collateral damage from the swings of my sword. It's pretty common to be honest."

The moment he had finished speaking, he saw a frown appear on Hui Mie's face.

Did he do something wrong?

Before Huang Yu could ask him what he was doing, Hui Mie suddenly spoke up once more.

"Watch."

Huang Yu raised an eyebrow to this but obliged anyway.

He wouldn't lose anything from watching Hui Mie do something.

Maybe he could get a few tips? That would be pretty sweet.

Huang Yu had pride in his power, but he wasn't arrogant. No matter how powerful one was, one could still learn from anything.

Not that a former God King was 'anything' though.

Life was about endless learning. To choose to restrict yourself because of a false sense of superiority was to restrict yourself from a boundless future.

Back then, his grandmaster Zhuo Shi had wanted to teach him something.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to accidentally reveal too many cards in front of him back then, he may have actually taken that offer up.

The caveat was that he had asked him nicely when he wasn't about to go out with Gu Yue.

Huang Yu sent himself into a state of focus as he stared at Hui Mie.

Hui Mie stood motionlessly for a few seconds before he let out a deep breath.

He punched out with a single fist.

It seemed to hold no power behind it, but Huang Yu couldn't help but take a step back as he realised the meaning behind that punch.

When Hui Mie finally retracted the fist that he had outstretched, Huang Yu could feel that his back was completely drenched.

That one fist nearly overloaded Huang Yu's analytical abilities from the sheer profundity behind it.

"You're not controlling your strength enough y'know? A true master of the sword wouldn't have accidentally cut trees just from training with the sword."

"That punch just now was concentrating my energy onto a single point. It sounds simple in theory, but don't be fooled. This punch is one that even some Second-Class Gods have trouble doing."

"Though, I'm guessing you already figured all of that out right??" Hui Mie asked with a smirk.

Well, he wasn't wrong.

The expression on his face just seemed to just scream, 'I'm amazing aren't I? Praise me!; at this moment.

Unfortunately, Huang Yu did not oblige.

He merely scratched the back of his head, causing Hui Mie to pout.

"I guess so. But that wasn't a 100% right?"

"Nope. That was only around 85%." Hui Mie shook his head. "It's impossible to concentrate 100% of the force you exert into a single point. That would mean a 100% efficiency wouldn't it?"

"Unfortunately, energy is always lost in some form, whether it be heat, sound or noise. If one day, someone manages to reach 100% though, they could be said to have broken the laws of the universe."

"And in that case, the universe would definitely annihilate that person. The Heaven's Dao will never allow a rebel in its Kingdom."

Huang Yu pondered about these words for a while.

Before Hui Mie could get any more words off, Huang Yu's fist suddenly burst into the air.

"You've failed. Try again."

Not being discouraged by this, Huang Yu's fist shot out again.

"Better."

Another punch.

"That actually wasn't half bad."

With this, Huang Yu and Hui Mie continued on training for the rest of the night.

Throughout the night, Huang Yu didn't even notice that he was beginning to truly warm up to Hui Mie.

— — — —

Gu Yue gently landed on the soft grass of the forest as she took a deep breath.

Ahh, this was much better.

The human cities were always incredibly interesting, but nothing beat the comfort and fresh air of the forest.

It was no Star Dou Forest, but it was plenty enough.

Easily traversing through the bushes, the sound of muffled collisions entered her ears.

It wasn't particularly loud, but her hearing as the Silver Dragon King was sharp.

Arriving at an open clearing, Gu Yue's eyes found the figure of a sweaty Huang Yu with his clothes off.

And ooh la la...

Did she like what she saw…

*Cough* Now back to business.

At this moment, Huang Yu suddenly stopped the repetitions that he had been doing. He turned his head over to Gu Yue before he walked over to her.

Gu Yue gave him a smile, but that smile nearly turned upside down when she saw Hui Mie beside him.

Seeing the similar expression on Hui Mie's face, she knew that what she was feeling was all mutual.

Nevermind. Ignore that guy.

"Hey. Do you wanna go back now?"

"Definitely. I've been training for quite a while now. I could use a break."

"Thanks for the tips Hui Mie. I'll be going first okay?" said Huang Yu as he turned his head to him.

"Sure. Let's do more of this some other time."

Hui Mie just gave a wave of goodbye before he teleported away in a flash.

Gu Yue was sure as hell that she saw a sneer on his face at her before he left though.

Nearly letting out a laugh, Gu Yue shook her head as she turned back to look at her lover.

Under the morning sun, his body was practically gleaming with the sweat on his broad, muscular, tanned body.

Gu Yue, building up a bit of courage, chose to walk up to Huang Yu at this time.

Before Huang Yu could react, Gu Yue had already summoned a towel in her hands as she gently wiped the side of his face with it.

"You've worked hard…" said Gu Yue with a gentle gaze.

Huang Yu was left stunned at Gu Yue's sudden shift as he stood there in silence. A smile soon appeared on his face as well.

"Thanks. Let's head back now okay?"

"Mmhm. Let's go." said Gu Yue as she held his hand with both of hers.

She didn't even notice, but a content smile had appeared on her face at this time.