Thunder Python Robe, Thunder Python Sword

"Ru Xue..."

Tang Tian had little experience with romance between men and women, especially when faced with such an ice-pure, jade-clean peerless beauty.

No matter how arrogant and overbearing he usually was, he now seemed like a clueless young fool.

"Pfft..."

Seeing Tang Tian's awkward state, Ye Ruxue covered her mouth and laughed first.

So Tang Tian had such an adorable side too. That was fresh and interesting.

"Hehe..."

Tang Tian scratched his head, not knowing what to say, and could only laugh foolishly along with her.

"Enough. If you keep laughing, you'll really look like a fool."

Ye Ruxue shot Tang Tian a look. She recalled the first time she had met him—hadn't her first impression been that he was a "fool"?

"He's more than a fool. He's plainly a coward. He likes her, yet all he can do is grin stupidly instead of daring to say it."

Within the Burial Ground of Stars, Fan Siren looked at the scene unfolding amid the starry sky before him and shook his head.

He had not chosen to block those words, allowing Tang Tian to hear every last one of them.

"Master Fan, have you ever liked someone?"

Tang Tian's question immediately left him speechless.

Fan Siren's mouth twitched. He had no answer. If he could, he might have dragged Tang Tian over and beaten him up first.

With a beauty before him, Tang Tian naturally could not be bothered with the venomous snake Fan Siren.

Tang Tian gave an awkward laugh. "If my foolishness can set off your beauty, then it's worth it."

"Really?"

Ye Ruxue had not expected Tang Tian to be so direct. Joy filled her heart, and her lovely face flushed with shy sweetness.

"Of course. Actually, even without my foolishness to set it off, you're already very beautiful."

Everything was difficult at the beginning. Since he had already said one such thing, Tang Tian's words came much more naturally now.

Ye Ruxue rolled her eyes at Tang Tian, but her heart was as sweet as if honey had been spread over it. She said softly, "Stop sweet-talking. Hurry and try the Spirit Artifacts my father forged for you."

"Alright!"

At the mention of Spirit Artifacts, Tang Tian also began looking forward to their power.

He first took out the silver robe. After putting it on, Tang Tian smiled and said, "From now on, this will be called the Thunder Python Robe. As for that sword, it'll be called the Thunder Python Sword. What do you think?"

"They are your Spirit Artifacts, so naturally you decide."

After putting on the Thunder Python Robe, Tang Tian gained a few more traces of sharpness, and his aura became much more powerful.

Ye Ruxue said softly, "The Thunder Python Robe contains lightning-element power and inherited the characteristics of the Heavenly Thunder Python. If its wearer possesses lightning-element power, its defense will become even stronger. An ordinary Bone-Forging Realm cultivator wearing it can withstand one strike from an Advanced Organs-Hiding Realm expert. But if a lightning-element cultivator activates the Thunder Python Robe's power, they can even withstand one strike from an early Soul-Emergence Realm expert."

"It's that powerful?" Tang Tian's gaze twitched. If he reached the Soul-Emergence Realm, wouldn't he be fine even if he stood still and let a Soul-Emergence Realm expert attack him?

Of course, he was confident that if he truly cultivated to the Soul-Emergence Realm, he could utterly crush his opponent. Why would he need to defend at all?

Ye Ruxue nodded. "This is a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact. Not just anyone can possess one."

Tang Tian asked, "Then why not give this Thunder Python Robe to you? My physical body can take a beating anyway."

"What? This is a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact. How can you just give it away?"

Ye Ruxue stared at Tang Tian in astonishment. And he wanted to give it to her.

Tang Tian smiled. "Without Uncle Ye, I couldn't have obtained a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact. Besides, we killed that Heavenly Thunder Python together. What's wrong with giving it to you?"

Ye Ruxue shook her head and smiled. "No need to give it to me. There was a great deal of Heavenly Thunder Python skin—enough to make two robes. One is yours, and one is mine. So keep it properly. I accept the thought."

"Uh... alright..."

Tang Tian awkwardly rubbed his nose. He had forgotten about that.

When worn, the Thunder Python Robe looked like an ordinary garment and clung closely to the body, making it extremely comfortable.

Then light flashed, and the hall grew several degrees colder. Tang Tian raised a brow and looked at the longsword in his hand.

The sword was four feet long, its entire body bone-white and chilling. Its hilt was the head of a python with a gaping blood-red maw, while the blade extended from its mouth.

"Fine sword!"

Tang Tian could not help but sigh. In this life, he planned to become a Sword Cultivator, and a longsword would be his companion through thick and thin.

The Thunder Python Sword in his hand was extraordinarily remarkable. Even Ye Ruxue's Wind-Snow Sword fell far short of it.

Tang Tian looked at Ye Ruxue and smiled awkwardly.

"Don't worry. Father fused the Heavenly Thunder Python's excess bones into my Wind-Snow Sword. My Wind-Snow Sword is now better than before and has already become a High-Grade Spirit Artifact. This time, I benefited from you, so I should thank you instead."

Ye Ruxue's beautiful eyes blinked gently. Yet she had always been cold as frost, so she was not very good at showing her emotions.

"We've faced life and death together. No need for thanks."

Tang Tian waved a hand and smiled, then carefully poured his yuan power into the Thunder Python Sword.

"Buzz..."

A clear sword cry rang out. Its incomparably sharp aura made even Tang Tian's heart tremble.

Fortunately, his yuan power was abundant enough for him to barely sustain the use of the Thunder Python Sword.

Ye Ruxue said in surprise, "Father said the Thunder Python Sword was forged from the Heavenly Thunder Python's fangs and bones, along with several lightning-element materials. It inherited the Heavenly Thunder Python's ferocity and destructive power, so its demands on yuan power are extremely high. To wield the Thunder Python Sword with ease, one must at least be at the Organs-Hiding Realm. You... you've reached the Organs-Hiding Realm?"

As she spoke, she widened her eyes and carefully examined Tang Tian.

Tang Tian felt somewhat embarrassed under her gaze and nearly could not resist telling her the truth.

But the Breath-Concealing Art was extraordinarily powerful. It was a high-grade Heaven-tier cultivation art.

Cultivation arts were divided into Yellow, Profound, Earth, Heaven, and Spirit tiers...

Even Tang Lingyun could only cultivate Profound-tier arts. Heaven-tier arts were beyond the reach of small Lineages like theirs.

I'll have to find an opportunity to give Father some powerful cultivation arts.

Tang Tian did not care about the other members of the Tang Family, but his father was likely his only emotional tie to the Tang Family.

"Ru Xue, if you keep looking at me like that, even someone as thick-skinned as me will get shy."

Tang Tian teased her. In truth, if he could, he would have been willing to let Ye Ruxue look at him like that forever.

Admiring a beauty was a delightful thing. And being admired by a beauty was no less so.

"Only you can talk like that."

After rolling her eyes at him, Ye Ruxue suddenly said solemnly, "Do you have confidence in your battle with Lin Yichen the day after tomorrow?"

Tang Tian smiled. "Of course. If I didn't, why would I have challenged him?"

"You..."

Ye Ruxue had no answer. Back then, Tang Tian had only been at the Meridian Refining Realm, yet he had dared to provoke Lin Yichen, an Advanced Bone-Forging Realm cultivator?

It could be said that everyone thought Tang Tian was a fool, completely charging toward death.

Ye Ruxue still reminded him, "While you were away, I helped you investigate. Lin Yichen has been cultivating all this time. It's very likely that he has also broken through into the Organs-Hiding Realm. Wouldn't fighting him be dangerous...?"

"The Organs-Hiding Realm? That makes it exciting." Sharp light flickered in Tang Tian's eyes, and the corners of his lips curled upward.

Ye Ruxue was speechless. This fellow had just been acting like a silly fool, yet now he was once again acting as though no one in the world mattered.

Though many people believed that fighting Lin Yichen was courting death, she did not know why Tang Tian's aura drew her in and made her heart tremble.

Just then, an angry roar came from outside the door. "Tang Tian, get out here!"

[Author's Note]: The second update for today is here. More updates will follow shortly—it's almost time for Tang Tian and Lin Yichen to battle! Tang Tian and Master Fan are shamelessly begging for silver tickets!