Sword Peak was very high. Standing halfway up the mountain and looking out in all directions, one could not help but feel, "I shall climb to the very summit and see all the mountains below shrink into insignificance." Certain areas were veiled by hazy clouds and mist, presumably Lingyun Academy's forbidden grounds.
To save himself the effort during the ascent, a certain boss floated forward the entire way, making Gu Yunxi rather envious. By comparison, she could only climb upward step by step.
Along the way, Gu Yunxi had said things like, "Boss, give me a lift," more than once, but Luo Chuan ignored every single one.
Now that they had finally reached their destination, tiny beads of sweat faintly seeped from Gu Yunxi's forehead, and her breathing had become slightly rushed.
"Aren't you in the Divine Soul Realm? Why do you look so exhausted from just climbing a mountain?" Luo Chuan casually asked.
"Huh?!" Gu Yunxi, who was resting against the railing, immediately widened her eyes. "Boss, don't you know that you can't use any cultivation on the way up... Well, I guess it doesn't make any difference to you, Boss. And them too..."
Gu Yunxi looked in another direction. Yao Ziyan and the others were happily taking pictures with their Magic Phones.
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Fortunately, she was not alone. Jiang Wanshang, Bu Shiyi, and Xu Youwei were in roughly the same state, utterly exhausted from the climb and finding a quiet spot to rest, with no desire to move at all.
A few minutes later, their brief rest ended, and they continued onward.
After passing through the final stretch of the path, the sword chimes and conversations they had heard earlier became increasingly clear. Sword Qi of every color crisscrossed and scattered