Soul Land 3: Legend Of The Jade Emperor

A/N: If the top comment for the last chapter was what you were expecting, I'm sorry to announce that it's not what you're expecting. The blood and gore stuff will naturally happen later on. : )

As the dance ended, it left an unforgettable shadow within the souls of all those present. Inside the banquet hall was a pin drop silence, as everyone couldn't help but replay the dance over and over in their minds.

Within Huang Yu's embrace, Gu Yue's eyes were slightly red and misty. Hearing those words come from Huang Yu's mouth had reassured her immensely, and it brought indescribable feelings from the depths of her heart.

The silence was enjoyed by everyone in the room, all of them deep in their own memories. However, all good things had to come to an end as one person snapped out of the beautiful trance he had been in.

That same person began clapping slowly, snapping others out of their trances as well. The claps started to pick up as more and more people began clapping.

It eventually escalated to a resounding applause that filled the entire banquet hall. Whistles and cheers quickly joined the cacophony as the room bubbled over with excitement.

After this, was there any doubt who would be the ones sweeping the entire competition? Despite this, no one felt any misgivings towards Huang Yu and Gu Yue. They all felt that it was a victory well deserved.

Huang Yu slowly released Gu Yue from his embrace and looked at her with a gentle gaze that made the hearts of every woman in the banquet hall go wild.

With her hand in his, he pulled Gu Yue along as he wordlessly left the banquet hall with her.

Being the centre of attention, this was naturally noticed by everyone. Many people began sneaking out of the banquet hall as well, hoping to catch a glimpse of what would happen next after such a breathtaking performance.

Unfortunately, the more senior people inside the banquet hall couldn't go since they wanted to keep face. However, terrible anxiety filled their ċhėsts as they wanted to know what happened next as well!

One should know that the seniors in the banquet hall were all high level Spirit Masters and could control their emotions very well. It was a testament to how emotion evoking the performance between Huang Yu and Gu Yue was to do this to them.

Xiao Chen and Romario were feeling conflicted about this. They didn't like Gu Yue, but they had to admit that the two of them had perfect chemistry.

Their deepest and darkest fears had been dragged out as they watched that dance. Nonetheless, this made the image of their king in their hearts even greater since he was the messiah who brought them out of the hell they were once trapped in.

Xie Xie and the others were definitely part of the group that sneaked out to look at Huang Yu and Gu Yue's next actions. They had been watching the relationship between Huang Yu and Gu Yue grow all this time so the curiosity was too strong for them to resist.

'Sorry Captain. You're too late now,' Xie Xie grieved for Tang Wulin inwardly.

It was regrettable though that despite their best efforts that none of them could find out where Huang Yu and Gu Yue had disappeared off to.

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Inside Huang Yu's cabin, the two of them faced one another as the pale moonlight shone upon them.

"Gu Yue… I..." Huang Yu began, unsure of how to properly weave the complexity of his feelings, halted only by the soft press of her finger and the sweet whisper of her voice.

"I know." she replied with tears trailing from her eyes.

When they first met, Huang Yu was incredibly suspicious of her. She had many secrets that he didn't know were harmful to him or not.

But somehow, as they spent more and more time together, the walls he put up around his heart were slowly pulled down by her. She gradually became an irreplaceable existence to him within his heart.

He had never felt this way for anyone else before. Whenever he was with Gu Yue, he couldn't help but feel as if he was the luckiest person in the world. In his eyes, she was witty, charming, bright and the most beautiful person he had ever seen.

They had good and bad times throughout the past few years, but they were all things he wouldn't ever choose to forget.

She had her secrets, but he had his own as well. Since he loved her, he would naturally accept all her flaws along with all the good things about her.

Gu Yue looked at Huang Yu with her misty red eyes as a myriad of emotions filled them.

To her, Huang Yu was an enigma. She had initially approached him with bad intentions, all for the sake of the prosperity of the spirit beasts.

However, the man in front of her began displaying miracles and greatly drew her curiosity. She really couldn't help but want to learn about Huang Yu deeper and deeper until before she realised it, he was already an irreplaceable existence to her.

Along the way, she fell for everything about him. His smile, his laugh and even the sarcastic banter that the two of them shared. With him, the status of her kind fell a place in her heart as it was replaced with the person in front of her.

There was no need for words during this beautiful moment. Just being in each other's presence was more than enough for them to understand the depth of each other's emotions.

Unknowingly, their eyes began to slowly close as their lips gradually drew closer to one another, a subtle, yet powerful attraction drawing them together.

When Huang Yu's lips made contact with hers, he felt a heat rise from his stomach to his ċhėst. Gu Yue's lips were soft and scorching hot, reflecting the powerful emotions erupting from the depths of her heart.

The smell of her was hypnotic beyond reason as it made him never want to let her out of his arms.

Their kiss stretched on for an unimaginable period of time. It was as if time had ceased to exist for them as they just wanted to enjoy this moment.

Huang Yu's arms were wrapped tightly around Gu Yue's back while her arms were tightly coiled around his neck in a vice-like grip. Both of them couldn't help but let their hands roam each other's body as they were lost in ecstasy.

After a long while, their lips finally parted with both of their lips swollen. They were panting heavily, but they refused to let go of each other, preferring to stay in an embrace.

"I love you Gu Yue,"

"I love you too Huang Yu,"

They fell into another kiss as they returned into the room, the doors to the balcony closing behind them.