A blue light flashed, and the world changed. Yun Che opened his eyes and looked at the preliminary selection venue in front of him, which had gathered all the young talents in the God Realm.
The land was withered and yellow, and the buildings were majestic and ancient, but mostly dilapidated. Around him, Ice Phoenix disciples appeared one after another, looking at the world they were transported to, and the excitement and tension in their eyes gradually turned into surprise.
This is clearly an ancient, quaint and long-silent city; it doesn't look like a "preliminary election venue" at all.
“This… seems to be an abandoned ancient city?” Yun Che said as he looked around.
"I heard from Master that because of the Eternal Heaven Pearl, the preliminary rounds for this Profound God Convention will be teleported to the inner world of the Eternal Heaven Pearl." Huo Poyun walked over and said, "So this is most likely not the preliminary round venue, but a temporary resettlement point before the competition."
Of course, they were not the only ones here. There were strong auras coming from all around. Because to be sent here, one had to be at least in the Divine Tribulation Realm. This meant that in this world, the Divine Tribulation Mysterious Masters, who were rarely seen on weekdays, and even the Divine Spirit Mysterious Masters, could be seen everywhere.
However, they did not explore around. Most of them sat still, calmly making the last and most important preparations before the war.
“The interior of the Eternal Sky Pearl is indeed very exciting.” Yun Che said with a smile: “There are less than three days left. Brother Poyun, do you want to adjust your state?”
“No need.” Huo Poyun was full of confidence: “Although the aura of the Eternal Heaven God Realm is very different from that of the Flame God Realm, it won’t have any effect on me.”
He looked into the distance, and his voice suddenly became heavier: "In this Mysterious God Conference, I must be among the top 1,000... no matter what."
“I believe Brother Poyun can do it.” Yun Che did not say any words of comfort like “Don’t put too much pressure on yourself”, because the pressure that Huo Poyun was bearing was as heavy as a huge star realm, and could not be soothed by any comfort.
On the other side, the Ice Phoenix disciples had been gathered together under the guidance of Mu Hanyu. He came to Yun Che and said, “Senior Brother Yun Che, we just found a quiet place. Would you like to join us?”
“No need.” Yun Che shook his head: “I want to walk around, you don’t have to worry about me.”
"Okay." Mu Hanyu nodded, said no more, turned around and left.
"Brother Yun," Huo Poyun gave him a deep look and said, "I feel... you don't seem to have a strong desire for the Mysterious God Conference. Instead, you have something else on your mind?"
“The Profound God Conference is for extraordinary talents like Brother Poyun. With my level of cultivation, it is impossible for me to achieve anything, so I don’t have much interest in it.” Yun Che said casually.
“Brother Yun, please don’t underestimate yourself.” Huo Poyun shook his head and said, “Brother Yun, it took only less than three years to go from the Divine Origin Realm to the Divine Tribulation Realm. Add to that your natural talent for ice, if this Mysterious God Conference is postponed for twenty years, I’m afraid that everyone in the entire Eastern Divine Region will know Brother Yun’s…name…name…”
Huo Poyun's voice suddenly weakened, and he stood there, his eyes staring straight ahead, as if he had suddenly lost his soul.
“?” Yun Che turned around in confusion and saw a beautiful snowy silhouette.
She was originally looking over here, but when she met Yun Che’s gaze, her pair of beautiful, cold, crystal eyes turned away, leaving only a slowly receding, indifferent back view of Yun Che.
“Feixue?” Yun Che said softly without realizing it, with a slightly complicated feeling rising in his heart.
"Just now... that was also from your sect... Brother Yun's junior sister?" Huo Poyun had come back to his senses and tried to cover up his previous gaffe with words as calm as possible.
“It can be considered… right.” Yun Che has always addressed Mu Feixue as his senior sister. Although in terms of the sect’s rules, Mu Feixue is indeed his junior sister. He glanced at Huo Poyun’s expression imperceptibly and said with a half-smile, “She is the granddaughter of Great Elder Huanzhi, Mu Feixue.”
"Ah?" Huo Poyun was startled, then said excitedly: "So she is Mu Feixue! I... never noticed her before."
Before Huo Poyun first set foot in the Snow Song Realm with Huo Poyun three years ago, he had heard of the names of Mu Hanyi and Mu Feixue of the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect, but he was obsessed with cultivation and didn't care about anything other than the Xuan Dao, so naturally he wouldn't pay attention to the top disciples of the Divine Ice Phoenix Sect.
Just now, it was the first time he saw Mu Feixue. At that moment, it was as if a flawless ice lotus blossomed in his pupils, making the whole world in his pupils as beautiful as a dream. Then, this feeling spread throughout his body like an uncontrollable plague, and then invaded his soul, making the flames in his body and soul burn spontaneously, boiling chaotically, without stopping.
This feeling was something he had never experienced before in his life, and it could not be described in any words he knew.
“Brother Poyun, are you okay?” Yun Che suddenly asked, “Could it be that you are…”
“No, no, no! I have absolutely no such intention.” Yun Che hadn’t finished speaking, and before he could make his meaning clear, Huo Poyun felt as if he had been stabbed by a needle. He quickly denied it, “I’ve long heard that Mu Feixue is as beautiful as a snow-white fairy. When I saw her just now, she lived up to her reputation and was even better than her. That’s why I was deeply astonished and lost my composure. I have absolutely… absolutely no other intention. Besides, I have vowed to pursue the ultimate profound way my whole life, so how could I disdain the love between men and women?”
“…I wanted to ask, isn’t this the first time you’ve met Junior Sister Feixue? I thought you’d already met her a long time ago.” Yun Che said with a half-smile.
"..." Huo Poyun's face froze, he smiled awkwardly, and said a little embarrassedly: "It is indeed... the first time."
In terms of the cultivation of the Mysterious Dao, Yun Che and Huo Poyun were far apart, but in terms of the love between men and women, Yun Che had dabbled in much more than Huo Poyun. How could he not understand what Huo Poyun's reaction just now meant? He said casually, "In terms of pursuing the Mysterious Dao, Junior Sister Feixue is very similar to Brother Poyun. Ice Phoenix women are inherently pure and have few desires, and Junior Sister Feixue is the direct descendant of the Ice Phoenix bloodline. It is said that she will never have love or desire between men and women in her life, let alone marry, just like my master and Palace Master Bingyun. Alas, it's a pity."
Once someone who has always been indifferent or even disdainful of love between men and women suddenly falls in love with someone, the feelings will often be extremely strong and deep, and this may only happen once in a lifetime. Yun Che did not feel funny about Mu Feixue's momentary distraction in front of Huo Poyun, but rather felt a little heavy.
This is never a good sign…
All he could do was try to let Huo Poyun gradually erase the throbbing he had just felt, but no one could predict what the result would be.
"Well, I seem to have heard about these from Master before." Huo Poyun said, but his words seemed a little absent-minded, and his eyes would drift in the direction where Mu Feixue left from time to time.
Huo Poyun's appearance made Yun Che sigh secretly, thinking in his heart: The Yang energy in the Flame God Realm is extremely strong, and there are mostly men, and most of the women are also masculine. Huo Poyun has seen too many ugly women in the Flame God Realm, and when he sees a fairy-level woman like Mu Feixue...
I hope he is just impressed for a moment.
In the distance, Mu Feixue stopped, turned around, looked in the direction of Yun Che and Huo Poyun, and muttered to herself: "How do you know... that I won't fall in love..."
Mu Bingyun had said that although the scale of this Profound God Conference had been greatly reduced, there would still be tens of millions of profound practitioners participating, so this dilapidated ancient city should only be one of the resettlement sites.
Although a large number of profound practitioners had already poured in to participate in the war, the entire ancient city was unusually quiet. Perhaps it was because they were under the control of the Eternal Heaven God Realm and restrained their words and actions, or perhaps they were trying their best to concentrate and calm down. The silence of this ancient city undoubtedly exaggerated the extreme depression before the war.
Yun Che and Huo Poyun were talking when a group of people suddenly came to them at a leisurely pace. They were a group of young profound practitioners dressed in similar attire, each with an extraordinary temperament and a more powerful aura than the other. However, such a group of genius profound practitioners who would be famous in any star realm were following behind one person like the moon surrounded by stars.
At the front was a young man in gold clothes, handsome and noble with a bit of evil in his appearance. His golden clothes were shining, and he was definitely not an ordinary person. His eyes were as proud as the sky and the earth, even in this world that only the most talented people could enter.
He saw Yun Che, but his gaze did not linger for a moment. He just glanced past him, as if he was passing by a stone thrown on the side of the road. When he saw Huo Poyun, his gaze was fixed and his brows slightly frowned, but in the end he did not say a word and walked proudly past the two of them.
Looking at his back, Yun Che’s brows slightly darkened.
"Brother Yun, do you know him?" Huo Poyun asked, but his words were quite solemn.
“In the Divine Martial Realm, Wu Guike!” Yun Che said.
He had seen Wu Guike, but only in the shadow engraved on the Xuanying Stone. This was the first time he had really seen him.
The divine world is so vast. I almost encountered it in the Hei Ya world back then. Now I meet him here again. It is really a fate.
"He is Wu Guike?" Huo Poyun took a deep breath and said with a heavy heart, "No wonder Master praised him so much. His profound strength... is definitely above mine!"
“Above you?” Yun Che turned around, a look of astonishment on his face.
When he was in the Black Ya Realm, he heard Ji Ruyan say that Wu Guike was the most outstanding of the three young children of King Wu of the Divine Martial Realm. He was extremely talented and had achieved the Divine Realm at a young age... But he never thought that his profound strength was not only in the Divine Realm, but also in the late stage, and even surpassed Huo Poyun today.
Huo Poyun’s cultivation is at the seventh level of the Divine Realm. To be above Huo Poyun… doesn’t that mean he must also be at least at the seventh level of the Divine Realm, or even higher!
“Just because his profound strength surpasses mine doesn’t mean I will lose to him.” Huo Poyun clenched his hands tightly, his expression tightening a little bit. Obviously, Wu Guike’s appearance had doubled the pressure that he had been carrying. “I must not… disappoint the expectations of my master and the Flame God Realm!”
Huo Poyun's words, which he almost uttered with gritted teeth, and his trembling hands as he clenched them, all made Yun Che frown slightly. At this moment, he suddenly realized that Huo Poyun might not be concerned about the expectations and future of the Flame God Realm, but about the persistence and dignity deeply engraved in his bones.
At this moment, Yun Che seemed to sense something and raised his head almost subconsciously.
She was a young girl who seemed to be only 13 or 14 years old. She was wearing a long black palace dress with flowing black hair that fell to her waist and ankles. She had a black butterfly belt tied around her waist, which tightly bound her slender waist. Even the pair of jade shoes on her feet reflected the faint light of black crystal.
She was like a petite elf walking out of the dark night, with black hair and black dress, all of which exuded a dangerous mystery. Her skin was as white as jade, which gave off a charm that was totally inconsistent with her youth.
The girl was not alone, beside her, there was another girl who looked less than 20 years old. She was wearing a light blue long skirt, which fluttered like water while flying, inadvertently outlining her graceful figure. She had a beautiful face, but it was cold and aloof, and exuded a sacred and inviolable aura, which made people feel ashamed at just one glance.
When Yun Che's gaze was fixed for a moment, the girl in the black dress suddenly looked towards him, and Yun Che was immediately met with a pair of eyes as bright and clear as a newborn baby's.
The identities of these two girls must be extraordinary, and it would be rude to look at them rashly. Yun Che should have retracted his gaze, but, as if he was firmly attracted by something irresistible, Yun Che stared straight into the girls' eyes without blinking.
In silence, the world seemed to suddenly freeze, and everything else was quietly fading and disappearing. Gradually, in his vision, in his world, only these star-like eyes remained.
It was like suddenly falling into an endless dark night.
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