"If you want a drop on blood, I give it to you, but the teique... err, I don't think it will suit you. I have a few other more fitting teiques," Yun Wuji said thoughtfully.

  There was nothing wrong with the body thiing teique; it was very effective for strengthening one's physique. However, the mere thought of giving it to Xia Qingyue made him feel as if he was doing something immoral...

  'Obviously, I'm just a good guy. So why do I feel like I've turned into some wicked creep?'

  "No! I want the same teique Senior Murong used!" Xia Qingyue shook her head firmly. She tell what her master was thinking, he likely believed she was too young to uand the real use of that teique.

  'Master is so silly,' she thought, 'still thinking I'm too young. Girls my age ba my hometown are already mothers!' A smile crept across her face. 'But I like this silly side of Master, hehe~'

  "Please, Master, pretty please!" Xia Qiiced her master's hesitation and took his hand, her voice sweet and pleading. "If you give it to me, I promise I'll be good iure and work hard on my cultivation!"

  Yun Wuji looked at his disciple, hesitating for a while as he weighed his decision. Finally, he sighed and said, "Alright, I'll give it to you."

  After sidering it for a moment, he decided to give it to her. The teique only required dragon blood essence as the minimum requirement, simir to the Ice Phoenix God Iure , the World Ode of the Phoenix, and other divis.

  So, even if he didn't personally hand over the teique, Murong Qianxue, Gong Yunxian, or maybe even Huan Caiyi, would probably end up imparting it to her anyway. Instead of dang around the issue, it was better to just give it to her directly.

  "Yay! Master is the best!" Xia Qingyue cheered, jumping happily as she hugged his waist.

  "Alright, alright, enough!" Yun Wuji shook his head helplessly. He tapped her forehead, imparting the teique into her mind, and then added, "Sit down; I'll help you refihe blood."

  ...

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  In a remote valley not far from the Demon Imperial City, violent explosioed with relentless force. Each bst sent shockwaves through the air, rumbling like thunder and shaking the ground. The booming sounds echoed across the distance, even reag the ears of those within the Demon Imperial City.

  In the air, Yun ghai hovered, locked in a fierce frontation with a t purple giant.

  The behemoth stood over 100 meters tall, its massive body adorned with seven white orbs: two perched on its shoulders, two on its knees, one embedded in its chest, another in its stomach, and one gring down from its forehead. This colossal figure resembled a giant human, its blue eyes crag with purple lightning.

  The most shog part was the aura it emitted, which was that of a 10th-level Sn Profound Realm!

  The gia out a deafening roar and swung its massive right hand at the space before it. In an instant, the space shattered like a broken mirror, sending ripples c through the surrounding area.

  Yun ghai unched a punch, his hand crag with purple lightning as it collided with the giant's massive fist.

  Booom!

  With a deafening explosion, the space around them shattered, bck lines appearing like a web. The ground hundreds of meters below them buckled, sending rocks plummeting into fine dust!

  The purple lightning surged, pushing the giant's hand away and f it to take a step back. The giant roared again, advang forward to deliver another punch.

  "Haha, e again!" Yun ghai ughed as he braced himself, meeting the attack with a punch of his own.

  The thunderous explosions echoed for a while as all kinds of attacks collided violently. Eveershocks were deadly, sending shockwaves through the air and causing the ground to tremble beh them.

  Bang!

  With a deafening roar, the giant was sent crashing into the ground, creating a deep crater. It groaned as it glowed with intense purple light. When the brilliance finally subsided, the giant was gone, repced by seven figures panting heavily, they were Yun Qinghong and the elders from the Yun .

  "This formation is incredible! It allows seven individuals at the Sn Profound Realm to biheir powers and unleash the might of a peak Sn Profound Realm!" One of the elders stood up, dusting off his robe as he excimed in awe.

  "Lord Yun Wuji is truly unfathomable! He mao create such a profound battle formation!" another elder remarked, his voice filled with admiration.

  Yun ghai desded and said, "Ihis battle formation is mystical. However, since you all are still getting used t together, you 't fully unleash its strength. Otherwise, I would have a harder time defeating it."

  "The only downside of this formation is that it requires the individuals using it to cultivate the same profound art and cultivate the same elements," Yun Qinghong added as he walked over to his father. "But this isn't an issue for us and the uardian families."

  "Our Illusory Demon Realm has more Monarchs than the Four Sacred Grounds, but our top-tier power is too weak. The Demon King is the only o the Peak of Sn Profound Realm, while each Sacred Ground has more than one. With this formation, we finally elimihis weakness!" another elder added with a ugh.

  "Lord Yun Wuji is ihe savior of our Illusory Demon Realm!"

  ...

  After Yun Wuji guided her for a while, pointing out some issues she entered in her cultivation, Xia Qingyue eagerly returo her cultivation room to try out her eique.

  Watg her skip away happily, Yun Wuji shook his head, then teleported to the bead walked casually along the sand. After returning from the Azure Cloud ti, his mood was still down, but after talking with his disciple, he felt a bit better.

  Still not in the mood to meet others, he chose to wander alone on the beastead of visiting his women.

  'The epiphany I got when I visited Master's grave is indeed helpful. Now that I have the framework for my teique, it won't be long before it is pleted,' he thought as he looked at the waves ing and reg. Refleg on the epiphany he had a few days ago, he realized that after meditating for several days, his uanding of many things had bee deeper and clearer.

  He tio walk aimlessly for a long while when suddenly he heard a voice calling out to him, "Master!"

  "Lingxi?" Yun Wuji turned around and saw Xiao Lingxi running toward him, stepping lightly on the sand with her bare feet.

  "Master, when did you e back?" Xiao Lingxi looked at her master and said, "If Sister Qingyue hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known you were already back."

  "Haha, I was in the mood for a walk and lost track of time," Yun Wuji chuckled, patting her head. "e o's walk together."

  *FBI, Stop! Get away from that loli!*

  "Hmm," Xiao Lingxi smiled and held his hand, walking alongside him.

  "What have you been doing tely? I heard you've been spending most of your time at sea," Yun Wuji asked.

  "Yes! The sea is so beautiful!" Xiao Lingxi g her master's profile and nodded vigorously.

  "Ihe sea is beautiful..." Yun Wuji replied, gazing out at the water.

  The two walked together in silence for a while, taking in the view. Yun Wuji was lost in thought, while Xiao Lingxi occasionally stole g his profile, her small feet pyfully kig up the sand.

  "Master, I heard from sister Qihat she broke through to the Peak Spirit Profound Realm," Xiao Lingxi suddenly said.

  "That's irue," Yun Wuji replied.

  "Sister is very talented; she could cultivate so fast..." Xiao Lingxi said in a low voice. "pared to her, I feel so ordinary. My cultivation speed is so slow. Even little Che, who started cultivatihan me, is already catg up."

  "..." Yun Wuji.

  "Master, I'm useless, aren't I?" Xiao Lingxi suddenly stopped walking and stood in front of him. "You took me as your disciple and put in so much effort to teach me how to cultivate, but in the end, I really am useless. I 't pare to Sister Qingyue or little Che."

  "Sometimes I think that someday because I 't keep up with them, you'll kick me out or just stop g about me," Xiao Lingxi spoke in a low voice, her hand gripping his tightly. "But... but I don't want to be left out! I don't want Master to leave me!"

  'Sigh...I just want to spend some time alone, now I have to deal with my disciple's insecurities as well, being a master isn't so easy,' Yun Wuji thought to himself as he listeo his disciple's words.

  Smack!

  "Stupid! What nonsense are you saying?!" He lightly knocked her head and scolded her.

  "Ouch!" Xiao Lingxi held her forehead in pain and looked at her master with a pitiful expression.

  "Qialent is indeed monstrous, and Xiao Che also had some talent in him, but you 't belittle yourself!" Yun Wuji said in a serious tone. "You are my disciple; how could I take in useless disciples?! You have your own special traits!"

  "Really?" Xiao Lingxi rubbed her forehead and replied in a skeptical tone.

  "Of course! In fact, you are more special than Qingyue and even anyone else in this universe," Yun Wuji nodded, patting her head. "In some ways, your existence is eveer than those primordial gods and devils from the a era."

  "You are the most special person in this universe, so hink too little of yourself! Be more fident!"

  "I'm really that great?" Xiao Lingxi couldn't believe her ears. Was she really that awesome? Why couldn't she se all these years?

  "Of course you are! Do you think I'm too bored to lie to you?" Yun Wuji nodded. After all, he wasn't lying; she truly was the most special existen the universe, the 1,000th reination of the stro being iehe Aral Goddess.

  "Eveer than you, Master?" Xiao Lingxi looked at her master with curiosity. Everyone and their mothers khat her master was very narcissistic; he believed he was the greatest person in the past, present, and future, vihat no one in the world could match even 1% of his greatness.

  She was waiting for him to say something like, 'Of course, not how someone surpass my almost frightening genius?'

  But she was taken aback wheiced a hesitant expression on his face as he sidered her question. "Hmm, that's a tricky question indeed. Holy, I don't know; perhaps I'm a bit better," Yun Wuji scratched his and replied.

  "I'm really that great?" Seeing his rea, Xiao Lingxi began to believe what he said. From her iions with her master, she knew he was very proud of his talent and would never lower his standing just to coax her.

  Or perhaps he did, just to make me feel better? Xiao Lingxi suddenly thought, looking at her master gratefully. After all, she knew herself well; she had lived her whole life as an ordinary person. If she hadn't met Yun Wuji, she probably would have never left the tiny floating Cloud City.

  So instead of believing that she was some special existehat could be pared treat master, she'd rather think that he was just coaxing her.

  After all, everyone khat his talent was almost frightening.