"I... finally got out!"
On a mountaintop, Ye Qingyun knelt on the ground and bawled.
He had been trapped on this mountaintop for ten whole years.
Ten years ago, Ye Qingyun had transmigrated.
He had thought that, having arrived in a world where cultivation was possible, he would receive a golden finger and then reach the pinnacle of life.
Just as he brimmed with anticipation, Ye Qingyun discovered that the world he inhabited was only as big as a single mountaintop.
An invisible barrier seemed to surround it, cutting off Ye Qingyun's mountaintop from the outside world.
Fortunately, a Sainthood System really did descend upon him.
Just as Ye Qingyun thought he truly was about to reach the pinnacle of life, he discovered that this so-called Sainthood System only taught him bizarre things.
Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, physics, chemistry, machinery, electronics...
It even taught him all the ins and outs of fucking cooking, animal husbandry, and other crap like that.
Over those ten years, Ye Qingyun learned everything the system taught him, except cultivation.
He even earned the title of All-Purpose Saint.
Who the hell knew what use that All-Purpose Saint title was?
Back in his old world, Ye Qingyun would have had nothing to worry about with all these skills. He would have become a man above other men for sure.
But trapped on this mountaintop, what good were all those skills?
Just now, after getting up to take a piss, Ye Qingyun discovered that the barrier surrounding the mountaintop had vanished.
He could walk out into the outside world.
Ye Qingyun wept with joy, even forgetting to pull up his trousers.
Just as Ye Qingyun was about to go out and run wild, an utterly emotionless voice rang out.
"In view of the host's deplorable behavior of relieving himself wherever he pleases, the system is deeply outraged and will therefore sever its bond with the host."
"The system hopes the host will conduct himself properly from now on and mind his manners."
"Goodbye..."
Ye Qingyun was dumbfounded.
What the fuck...
Why didn't you sever our bond all those other times I relieved myself wherever I pleased?
Now that I can leave, you pull this on me?
"Don't!"
Ye Qingyun hurriedly pleaded.
Unfortunately, the system really was gone.
"Motherfucker..."
Ye Qingyun beat his chest and stamped his feet, standing on the mountain and cursing for over ten minutes.
A large golden-haired dog emerged sleepily from the house and looked at Ye Qingyun in some confusion.
The system had given him this large golden-haired dog as a reward. Ye Qingyun had raised it for ten years and named it Damao.
After cursing for a while, Ye Qingyun found it pointless, too. He collected himself and set off down the mountain to see the world.
"Damao, stay here and watch the house. I'll be right back."
After giving Damao his instructions, Ye Qingyun headed down the mountain.
Ten years.
Ye Qingyun had looked forward to the outside world for ten whole years. Now that he could finally leave, he naturally had to take a good look.
Not long after Ye Qingyun had descended the mountain,
a brawny man dressed in black arrived at Floating Cloud Mountain, carrying two young women in his hands.
"Hmm? Isn't this place shrouded in gray mist all year round?"
The brawny man was somewhat astonished, but paid it no mind.
He glanced at the two young women he carried and grinned, his face full of greed.
"It would be such a waste to kill you two outright. This is a fine spot. I'll enjoy you two little wenches here."
"Then I'll kill you!"
With that, the brawny man carried the two women straight up the mountain.
"Princess, I'm scared!"
Of the two women the brawny man carried, one wore luxurious clothes and had delicate, beautiful features.
The other wore green, was a little younger, and seemed to be a maid.
The richly dressed girl addressed as princess was pale.
Though she forced herself to remain composed, fear also showed in her eyes.
"Don't be afraid, Qing'er. Someone will come to save us!"
The richly dressed girl comforted her.
But even she did not know whether anyone would come to save her.
Besides, this place was so remote. With this burly man having brought them here, the two of them would likely meet a miserable end.
The richly dressed girl was named Chu Yanyu, a princess of the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
But at this moment,
she and her personal maid, Qing'er, had been captured and brought here by this burly man in black.
Chu Yanyu took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
"What did the Song Clan offer you? If you let us go, I can give you twice as much!"
Hearing this, the burly man in black laughed heartily.
"Princess, stop entertaining fantasies."
"Your princely household can't give me what the Song Clan offered."
"Besides, I've already captured you. If I let you go now, wouldn't I offend both sides?"
"Stop getting ideas and resign yourselves to your fate!"
At these words, Chu Yanyu's heart sank.
Grief and indignation filled her heart all the more.
She was a princess, yet she had been reduced to this.
It was all because of the Song Clan!
"Damn the Song Clan! Even as a ghost, I, Chu Yanyu, won't let you off!"
Soon,
the burly man in black reached the summit with the two women.
"Someone actually lives here?"
"What an unusual courtyard. It looks so fresh and elegant, lifting the spirits and soothing the mind."
The burly man in black looked surprised at the sight of the courtyard here.
Chu Yanyu and her maid also saw what the place looked like, and a spark of hope involuntarily rose in their hearts.
Someone lived here!
Perhaps they could save the two of them from this burly man in black's murderous clutches.
"Is anyone here?"
The burly man in black asked in a deep voice, sweeping his gaze around.
No one answered.
Only a large, powerfully built yellow-haired dog ambled out of the house.
After emerging, the large yellow-haired dog looked at the burly man in black and the two women outside the courtyard.
It showed no particular reaction.
It was just like an ordinary, somewhat dim-witted mutt.
Seeing that there was only a dog here, Chu Yanyu and her maid immediately despaired.
It's over!
No one could save them now.
The burly man in black, however, was delighted to see the large yellow-haired dog.
"Haha, what luck! This dog's so plump. It must taste wonderful."
The burly man in black looked at the two women in his hands.
"Once I'm done with business, I'll slaughter this dog for meat. What a fine life."
With that, the burly man in black set Chu Yanyu and Qing'er on the ground.
The two women could not move.
The burly man in black had sealed the meridians throughout their bodies.
They had no strength to resist at all.
They could only let this burly man in black do as he pleased with them.
Grief, indignation, and despair showed on both Chu Yanyu's and Qing'er's faces.
They were not afraid of dying.
But to be defiled by this burly man before they died was simply worse than death.
"Such soft skin and tender flesh. I'm in for a treat today."
The burly man in black was about to undo his belt when he saw the large yellow-haired dog approach, its eyes fixed on him.
"Get lost. I'll eat you later."
The burly man in black raised his hand and slapped at Damao.
But then, unexpectedly,
Bang!!!
Damao slapped a paw onto the burly man in black's head.
His perfectly intact head was smashed to pieces on the spot.
Chu Yanyu and Qing'er were utterly stunned.
They stared at the scene in disbelief.