What? Yun Xi, the Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain, Fell in Love with Me?

"Ah, th-this is the God-Striking Stone?"

At the sight of the talking stone in Shi Xiu's hand.

A look of surprise appeared on Yun Xi's face.

As the Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain.

This girl had seen plenty and knew a great deal!

"Aha, yours truly!"

Hearing someone recognize him, the God-Striking Stone was delighted.

But he soon noticed something else.

The little stone made a show of sniffing.

"Huh? Kid, why do you also smell like this girl from Heavenly God Mountain?"

With that, the tactless little stone sucked hard through his mouth.

The earrings Yun Xi had given Shi Xiu earlier actually flew out on their own.

And at the sight of this.

The Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain blushed even harder.

Even her body grew slightly warm.

What was going on?

"Stinking stone, what are you doing?"

Seeing what was happening before him.

Shi Xiu thought the stone was trying to steal his treasure.

He snatched the pendant straight back.

Who knew the God-Striking Stone would start squawking?

"My heavens, isn't that the Lingxi Pendant, the Celestial Human Race's token of love? You-you two!"

What was going on?

A token of what?

"Explain yourself!"

Looking at the Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain, who had already lowered her head to her chest.

Shi Xiu's voice was filled with astonishment!

"Well, kid, just what makes you so charming? You actually made the Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain fall in love with you?"

What?

Yun Xi fell in love with me?

Was this another perk of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body?

Still, any girl who had just seen Shi Xiu take on three ferocious beasts alone.

Would probably have felt at least a little drawn to him.

Besides, this was Heavenly God Mountain's decision.

And Yun Xi was clearly an obedient Saintess.

She was kindhearted, too.

So the man before her was undoubtedly a fine match for Yun Xi.

It was just that having a stone say something like this aloud.

Seemed a little too... too, well, you know!

"Hey, hey, brat! I've already brought you where you wanted to go. Get down there if you want to flirt!"

At this awkward moment.

The divine beast Bifang could no longer hold back.

As they had previously agreed.

He had brought the two of them to the Ageless Spring's location.

But there was nothing here except yellow sand; it seemed to have dried up completely.

Wasn't it time for someone to keep his promise and release Bifang?

Right, this was a pretty good way to change the subject!

"Yun Xi, what do you think? Should we let this sparrow go?"

"You're the sparrow! Your whole family is sparrows! I'm Bifang, a Primordial Divine Beast!"

This one seemed a little hot under the collar!

"Shi... my dear Shi, I-I'll listen to you!"

My dear Shi?

Why had even the way she addressed him changed?

"Um, just call me Brother Shi. Or Shi Xiu is fine, too!"

"O-okay, Brother Shi!"

So sweet!

This Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain really was just as the animation had portrayed her.

Cold as ice in front of outsiders.

Yet so shy and sweet before the man she loved!

Hand in hand, the two of them jumped down to the ground.

They watched Bifang leave, grumbling and cursing.

When the other two ferocious beasts following from afar saw the parched desert.

They immediately lost interest.

Only the God-Striking Stone leaped down.

And gobbled up mouthful after mouthful of divine sand.

"It tastes even better! This tastes delicious! Looks like the Ageless Spring dried up long ago. Only this sand has a little moisture left!"

It was a deeply disappointing situation.

And the two ferocious beasts could also tell that Shi Xiu was no easy target.

He even had a Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain beside him.

So the two could only resign themselves to their bad luck.

They followed the sparrow in the sky and fled, grumbling and cursing as well!

But not long after those fellows had left.

The God-Striking Stone, still eating sand, suddenly noticed something strange.

Something resembling loaches seemed to be darting through the soil.

"What's this?"

Before the little stone could bite down.

Shi Xiu's eyes were sharp and his hands quick.

He grabbed the creature by its tail and pulled it straight out.

Well, well.

How was this a loach?

It was clearly a miniature Five-Clawed Golden Dragon!

"Th-this is the Ageless Spring's true form! It's about to transform!"

Yun Xi seemed to recognize its true nature at a glance.

Who would have thought this was the legendary Ageless Spring?

It seemed to have already developed sentience.

And there seemed to be two dragons before them.

Just enough for one each!

He and Yun Xi each took out a Magic Artifact.

Both got what they wanted.

They each obtained the Ageless Spring.

As for the golden sand moistened around it, apart from what the God-Striking Stone had eaten.

The two divided that amicably as well.

But Yun Xi seemed to want to give her own Ageless Spring to Shi Xiu, too.

This girl-did she have to be so gentle?

"Brother Shi, we should hurry and leave! Those fellows aren't so easy to fool!"

Perhaps feeling that this place was rather dangerous.

Yun Xi suggested leaving first.

If they waited until those three ferocious beasts realized what had happened, things would not be so easy.

After all, everyone who could come here was among the best of their respective clans.

Even ferocious beasts were not that stupid.

"Mm, let's head east!"

Yun Xi suggested.

Judging by the time.

The exit from the Hundred Broken Mountains was about to open.

And this was also the most dangerous time in this instance.

The native inhabitants of the Hundred Broken Mountains would all take this opportunity to emerge and hunt.

If they could not leave before the exit closed, they might well be trapped here for centuries.

And Yun Xi seemed to have a map in her hands now.

Though it might not be as complete as Huo Ling'er's.

It still marked some locations.

The nearest exit should be Flower-Fruit Mountain to the east.

But they would still have to pass through quite a few places along the way.

Some of those were the natives' lairs.

"All right, I'll follow you!"

In truth, with all the Treasure Artifacts he now possessed.

Shi Xiu could already swagger through the Hundred Broken Mountains unchallenged!

Even if he really encountered some vicious native.

At worst, he could just cut them down!

And when those fellows went out hunting.

We could do the opposite and slip in while their defenses were weak.

We might even pick up some treasures!

This was absolutely thinking in reverse!

It seemed the Saintess of Heavenly God Mountain had the same idea.

They set off without delay.

Their first stop was the Heavenly Bone Forbidden Zone.

It was said to be an ancient battlefield.

With many treasures left behind by those who had come before.

But danger also lurked on every side here.

Because other powerful beings had come treasure hunting with the same idea.

When two mighty foes clashed, the outcome was bound to be...

Sure enough, before finding any treasure, the two ran straight into serious trouble.

It was an enormous Pure-Blood Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly.

With its wings spread, it was actually larger than the Half-Blood Golden Peng from earlier.

And supposedly, its ancestors could tear the sky apart with a single flap of their wings.

They were truly divine beasts among divine beasts.

And this demon butterfly seemed to have a spoiled young lady's temper.

Upon seeing Yun Xi, the beauty of the Celestial Human Race, it attacked without a word of explanation!

"Insignificant Celestial Humans! All the treasures here are mine. I won't let you leave alive!"

Did it have to be this ruthless?

Everyone was only here to seek opportunities.

Steal if you wanted, but why act as though you had to silence everyone for good?

Shi Xiu could not stand this sort of thing.

So he immediately took out the Broken Sword embedded with Double Pupils.

And without the slightest hesitation, he opened that single eye!

Clang!

This was not the Broken Sword's power.

It was the might of Double Pupils.

It was most effective against Primordial Ferocious Beasts like this!

In the original story, this giant butterfly should have been defeated by Shi Yi, who possessed the power of Double Pupils.

Unfortunately, in this timeline.

That kid's body was already shattered all over, and the people from Demon Spirit Lake had taken him under their protection.

Otherwise, he probably would never have made it out of the Hundred Broken Mountains, would he?

"You-ah! What is this power? What's inside your sword?"

As the saying went, one move from an expert was enough to reveal whether they had the goods.

The Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly had been strutting around with its nose in the air.

But it had never expected that, the moment the double pupils opened,

the ancient bloodline within its body would be suppressed outright, leaving it unable to move...