Cloud Sea Planet

Days of space travel are monotonous and boring; the starry sky outside the cabin window seems unchanging, and no matter how magnificent it is, it becomes dull after seeing it for too long.

A month later, they finally arrived at Cloud Sea Planet.

As the name suggests, Cloud Sea Planet is a massive world almost entirely covered by a sea of clouds. Looking down from above, one can see thick, turbulent clouds rolling like waves, with the land beneath completely hidden from view.

A blue satellite, dozens of times smaller than Cloud Sea Planet, orbits the planet like a loyal guardian. Connecting the satellite and Cloud Sea Planet is a massive white hurricane, clearly visible even from tens of thousands of miles away.

The white hurricane follows the small satellite as it drifts across the planet's surface. Wherever it passes, the thick clouds are swept up and transformed into torrential rain, only to turn back into mist and merge into the clouds above before ever reaching the ground.

The spaceship passed through the clouds and, guided by the tractor signal, landed steadily at the planetary spaceport.

The cabin door slid open, and Li Yilin and Si Yao flew out. Perhaps due to the clouds overhead, the air was very humid, and a light drizzle was falling, though the sky didn't look gloomy—just heavy with clouds.

In the spaceport waiting area, a slender young man wearing black battle armor with two snail-like antennae on his head had been waiting for some time.

This young man was the target of Li Yilin's trip: Gui Jiao.

"Gui Jiao!"

Upon seeing the man, Li Yilin was the first to open his arms and head toward him. Just as they were about to embrace, he slapped him on the shoulder with a heavy thud that made Si Yao, standing behind him, wince.

Gui Jiao's lips curled slightly. After taking the blow, he grabbed Li Yilin's arm, pulled him in, and they bumped shoulders in a friendly greeting before sharing a laugh.

"Yilin, first time meeting in person. You seem even more impressive than you do in the Virtual Universe." Gui Jiao's face wore a stiff smile. He was cold by nature and not good with words; there were few people he recognized as friends, and Li Yilin barely counted as half of one.

He was deeply moved that Li Yilin had traveled so far just to visit him.

"You too," Li Yilin grinned. "Want to spar again when we have the chance?"

"It would be my honor!"

After chatting for a while, the initial sense of unreality faded, and they grew more familiar. Only then did Gui Jiao look at Si Yao, who had been standing behind Li Yilin the whole time.

"Is this... your disciple?" He paused, then added, "She's quite good."

With his strength, he could naturally see the domain energy swirling around the little one, who was only at the Planet level. Although faint, it was very stable, clearly not a recent breakthrough.

She looked very young, making her a rare talent.

"Hahaha, she isn't my disciple yet; for now, she's just my student." Li Yilin laughed heartily, though in his heart, Si Yao was already his disciple.

It was just that he was currently planning a trip back to the Leimai Galaxy. He wanted to take Si Yao back there to hold an apprenticeship ceremony and formally take her as his disciple in the presence of his teacher and the clan leader.

Only then would she have a recognized status, which was a validation of her hard work.

Not a disciple yet?

Si Yao glanced at Li Yilin and bit her lip, the disappointment and sadness in her eyes barely contained.

Teacher is too strict!

She thought dejectedly.

Could it be that she really needs to comprehend a Law before he's satisfied?

Li Yilin's attention was entirely on Gui Jiao and he didn't notice, but Gui Jiao's peripheral vision was still on Si Yao, and he naturally saw the disappointment in her eyes after his friend's denial.

He couldn't help but feel a flicker of curiosity.

Logically, given the talent this little one displayed, even a World Lord would be satisfied. Why was his new friend in no rush?

Wasn't he afraid that someone with a keen eye would snatch his student away?

Though full of curiosity, he didn't intend to ask, choosing instead to change the subject.

"Knowing you were coming, I've prepared a banquet and your favorite wine, just waiting for you to drink together." He said dryly. He remained as inarticulate as ever, but Li Yilin knew his personality and didn't mind.

"You're a good man, knowing I've been craving this." Li Yilin nodded with a smile. He brushed his hand over his ring, and a wooden box appeared in his palm. He handed it forward and laughed, "This is a gift for our meeting. A small token, don't turn your nose up at it."

A gift for him too?

Gui Jiao didn't stand on ceremony and took the wooden box to open it.

Inside lay a fruit exuding a chilling aura. Its exterior was silver and brilliant, yet streaks of black light flickered across it from time to time. His eyes narrowed, and his breathing hitched.

Is this a Phantom Spirit Fruit?

The Phantom Spirit Fruit is a precious spiritual fruit capable of healing injuries and restoring energy for Domain Lord level powerhouses, but that was only its common use.

If the consumer practiced the Light Law, the Phantom Spirit Fruit had another ability: repairing soul damage.

The universe is full of countless treasures, and any treasure capable of repairing the soul is extremely rare. Even if the Phantom Spirit Fruit only worked on those up to the Domain Lord level, it was still incredibly precious.

This tiny Phantom Spirit Fruit was worth at least two Hunyuan Units.

And that was just the official price. In reality, every time a Phantom Spirit Fruit appeared, it would trigger a bidding war, and it wasn't uncommon for the price to soar to three Hunyuan Units or even higher.

A simple meeting, and yet such a surprise.

"This..." He looked up at Li Yilin, his lips moving, his face conflicted.

Reason told him that if he accepted it, it would be inappropriate; the value of this gift far exceeded the bounds of a normal friendship.

However, as a Domain Lord level warrior practicing the Light Law, he simply couldn't refuse the Phantom Spirit Fruit.

"Thank you." In the end, he simply said those two words solemnly to Li Yilin and tucked the Phantom Spirit Fruit into his World Ring.

I will accept it for now and see if there is any opportunity to make it up to them later.

He thought to himself.

As the most important main planet of the Cloud Sea Family, Cloud Sea Planet was naturally very prosperous.

A city far larger than Qiu Dragon City on Qiu Dragon Planet sat upon a vast, boundless plain.

The drizzling rain from the sky was blocked by an invisible barrier just before it could reach the city, sliding along the curve and merging into the moats surrounding the city on all sides.

Above the city, thousands of mountains of varying sizes floated in the air. These peaks had been leveled by divine power, with cities built upon them.

These cities were actually private residences, and those who could live on them were all powerful experts or individuals of extraordinary status on Cloud Sea Planet.

As a warrior with Domain Lord level nine strength and the most talented clansman of the Cloud Sea Family in nearly one hundred thousand years, Gui Jiao was almost tacitly acknowledged as the next family head, so he naturally had his own residence among these cities, even occupying an entire mountain peak to himself.

Both Li Yilin and Gui Jiao possessed Domain Lord level strength, so flying up to a city ten thousand meters in the air was naturally effortless.

With Si Yao held by Li Yilin, they reached the floating city in a few flashes.

Looking up from the ground, the mountain peak seemed like a tiny speck, but once they were actually on it, the area was much larger than imagined.

The three of them landed on an open space at the edge, which seemed to be a platform specifically used for takeoffs and landings.

As soon as she arrived, Si Yao couldn't wait to break free from Li Yilin's hand, leaning over the railing at the edge and stretching her neck to look down.

Her blue eyes were full of novelty, showing no fear at all of standing on a ten-thousand-meter cliff. She curiously gazed at the giant city ten thousand meters below, the novel perspective bringing a hint of excitement to her face.

The rain in the sky seemed endless, and the crisscrossing rivers on the ground divided the boundless plain into squares of various sizes.

"Teacher, why are these cities built in the air?"

It's so high, and so cold!

Can it be comfortable to live here?

After watching for a while, the hurricane blowing up from below made her face stiffen. Si Yao hunched her shoulders, rubbed her arms, shivered, and silently pulled her clothes tighter around herself.

The cold wind on this Cloud Sea Planet seemed somewhat unusual.

After Li Yilin came up, he keenly noticed this slight difference. Seeing his student shivering from the cold, he didn't even think before taking a pink cloak from his ring and draping it over her.

"Don't look for too long; the wind is too strong. Don't catch a cold."

"Thank you, Teacher." Si Yao pulled the cloak around her, the sudden warmth making her involuntarily hunch her shoulders and bury her face into it, taking a deep breath.

The familiar and reassuring scent lingering on it made her eyes curve into crescents.

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