Phantom Shadow Demon Trace

Volume II: Phantom Shadow Demon Trace, Chapter 6: Is This the World of the Strong?

But just then, the earth suddenly gave a violent shudder.

Bai Qiuran clapped his hands and said, "I have already thought of a cultivation technique for you. Once you finish the tenth level of the Fortune Body Forging Technique, I will take you to the mountain next door and formally teach you a cultivation method."

The maiden's face darkened, and she sat alone in a corner of the hot spring. Seeing that she was in a bad mood, the surrounding monkeys quietly left the spring, fearing they might anger her.

It vaulted over the mountain stream between the Main Peak of the Azure Nether Sword Sect and several secondary peaks, slowly arriving beside Seven Star Peak. Then, the mountain paused slightly before suddenly rising from the ground as if thrown by someone. It crossed a distance of several miles in a straight line and landed with a thunderous boom right next to Seven Star Peak. At that moment, a massive seal descended from the sky, suppressing the violent tremors caused by the mountain into the earth.

The maiden took one look, and her expression turned black.

There was no bathhouse on Seven Star Peak. Even if her body got dirty, Bai Qiuran could solve it with a small spell, but there was still a place to bathe on Seven Star Peak: a natural hot spring on the mountainside that Bai Qiuran used for occasional leisure and relaxation.

Tang Ruowei smiled slightly, then began to undress.

Returning to the courtyard, Tang Ruowei happened to bump into Bai Qiuran, who had just returned, at the gate.

While soaking in the hot spring, Tang Ruowei wore a very innocent, silly smile.

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that after practicing the Fortune Body Forging Technique, her chest seemed to have become a bit softer and more prominent.

Just like that, another peak was added to the mountains of the Azure Nether Sword Sect, and Seven Star Peak gained a new neighbor.

"Is this... the world of the strong?"

"It will come, it will all come."

Tang Ruowei opened her mouth, not knowing how to respond.

This small gesture touched Tang Ruowei's heart slightly. She picked up a meat bun and took a gentle bite, then noticed the note Bai Qiuran had left pressed under the steamer.

After gathering her change of clothes, Tang Ruowei thought for a moment, then snuck over like a thief to open the box she had secretly brought under her bed. She took out two strange, soft pads, hid them in her clothes, and followed the mountain path to the hot spring on the mountainside.

It seemed Bai Qiuran had used a spell to seal the temperature of the food, keeping it warm.

"Damn it, I will have them too in the future..."

"Alright, it's getting late, go to sleep."

Seeing him covered in dust, returning from outside in the dead of night, Tang Ruowei had already guessed something. With a complex expression, she asked, "Master, that mountain next door..."

Rip!

After obtaining the Fortune Body Forging Technique, for some unspeakable reason, Tang Ruowei had been practicing it with such obsession that she went deep into the night.

Her former friend, now her master, looked as if he had rolled down a mountain; his white robes were covered in dust, making him look incredibly disheveled.

After carefully putting away the scroll of the Fortune Body Forging Technique, Tang Ruowei felt her clothes sticking to her skin from sweat and decided to take a bath.

"I'm going out to find you a training ground. Go to sleep early yourself; don't be too aggressive with your training, or you might blow up your foundation."

But doing this was completely useless. Bai Qiuran wasn't here. After sulking by herself for a long time, Tang Ruowei finished the food on the table, only then realizing how massive the consumption from her recent practice had been.

Subsequently, Tang Ruowei saw the culprit behind the commotion.

Seeing her, Bai Qiuran took the initiative to greet her, then asked with great surprise, "Oh, Ruowei, you've already finished the first level of the Fortune Body Forging Technique?"

Returning to her room, Tang Ruowei saw a simple meal left on her table. She reached out to touch it, and the Spirit Light of a spell emerged; the meat buns in the steamer were still hot.

At this very moment, this mountain, which towered into the clouds, seemed to have grown legs underneath, moving bit by bit toward Seven Star Peak.

Tang Ruowei expressionlessly tore the note in her hand to shreds. The warmth she had felt just moments ago vanished, replaced by a boiling, churning darkness. She grabbed a meat bun, imagined it was someone, and took a vicious bite, sending the juices splattering everywhere.

"Mmm, ah..."

Amidst the sound of fabric rubbing against skin—a sound that would make any man's blood boil—Tang Ruowei's naked, jade-like body was exposed to the air: skin as delicate as white porcelain, rounded buttocks, a slender and soft waist, long and beautiful legs, and, well, a chest as flat and open as a man's.

Staring blankly at the abruptly appearing black mountain, Tang Ruowei's mouth hung open, and the towel in her hand dropped into the water.

Seeing her chest, a female monkey sitting by the spring pointed at her and let out a strange cry. It patted its own belly, then raised its arms, showing off its own bosom to Tang Ruowei.

Tang Ruowei covered her chest with the towel, stood up from the hot spring, and looked toward the Azure Nether mountains. Lights were already flickering on the mountains over there, with Sword Light occasionally darting through the air. The bell of the Azure Nether mountain gate rang three times; it seemed they didn't know the cause of the massive change either. Strangely, the bell stopped shortly after, and the Sword Light diminished by more than half, as if someone had quelled the panic among the Azure Nether disciples.

Bai Qiuran patted himself off and replied, "I saw that the material structure of this mountain was very suitable for a earth-attribute training ground. However, I don't know how to control a sword, otherwise, I would have carried it back from the sky and wouldn't have had to make such a big commotion in the middle of the night."

"Squeak! Squeak!"

D-damn it, even a female monkey has curves!

After she emerged, drenched in sweat, she realized she had actually completed the first level of the realm.

Angering her didn't matter, but behind her stood that old monster who had occupied Seven Star Peak for countless years.

While keeping her skin submerged in the hot spring water, Tang Ruowei reached out to rub her chest.

The water in the hot spring rippled in a large circle, as if a bowl on a table had been accidentally bumped. The monkeys that had been comfortably enjoying the spring water all squeaked in alarm and scrambled into the forest in a panic.

"What happened?"

"..."

There were already a few monkeys soaking in the mountainside hot spring. These monkeys were native creatures of Seven Star Peak and were naturally spiritual. Seeing Tang Ruowei arrive, they weren't afraid; two of them even scratched their red bottoms and squeaked to greet her, giving up the best spot for her.

"Ah, that? I moved it back from the Western Lands."

Immediately following, a rhythmic shaking arrived, causing the surrounding earth to tremble. The hot spring water sloshed incessantly, and the vibrations grew more and more obvious, as if a Giant were approaching from that direction.

It was a towering mountain, about a thousand meters high. There was no vegetation on the peak, which was composed of a pitch-black rock. It looked bare, but the top of the mountain seemed to have been sliced off by a sword, turning it into a flat platform...