Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way - Chapter 215: The First Step

“I…I…” Li Yu’s face was all red, and he stammered frantically as he tried to explain himself, but he was cut off by Rou Lingyun’s angry voice, “Pull it out…”

“Huh?” Li Yu had no idea what she was talking about. He propped his upper body up and had a confused expression on his face as he looked down at Rou Lingyun’s beautiful eyes while she continued to lean against his chest.

“The thing down there…pull…it out…” said Rou Lingyun firmly as she struggled to maintain an aloof expression while cursing him inwardly for being an idiot.

Unfortunately, her half-open dress, messy hair, glassy eyes, and reddened cheeks only made this already strange scene even more awkward.

When he looked at the two smooth mounds that kept moving very slightly against his own chest as she breathed, his throat became very dry, and he felt like there was a fire burning in his abdomen. Without him realizing it, his member decided to raise its head and straighten itself out once more.

Gu Suihan’s wisp of spiritual sense could see all of this unfolding as it rested inside Li Yu’s ring. He couldn’t help but smack his forehead and sigh deeply. “This young man really has no experience.”

“How…why is it hard again?” exclaimed Rou Lingyun with some alarm as she felt the heat inside her. Her mind was a mess, and she couldn’t maintain that emotionless look anymore.

“That…It’s beyond my control…” Li Yu was a little upset by her accusatory stare, and he tried his best to calm himself down, but it wasn’t working at all.

Just when another moment of passion was about to begin, a terrible shriek resounded from outside.

“How dare…how dare you!! AHH!”

“That voice sounds familiar. Could it be…” Rou Lingyun ignored the thing that was rising in temperature inside her and got up. Even though she was almost too weak to move, she forced herself to crawl to a crack in the rubble so that she could see what was happening outside.

At almost the same time, she saw a bright red figure crash heavily to the ground. The figure did not move or make any sound after landing.

“Xia Yun…” Rou Lingyun nearly let out a shout, but she quickly snapped out of her surprise and forcibly used her internal energy to conceal both her and Li Yu’s presence. She continued to stare at the motionless figure covered in wounds, lying in the crater she had created by her crash landing.

“What sort of saintess are you? You’re just a piece of trash,” spoke a calm, indifferent voice that was as emotionless as a pool of dead water.

Li Yu nearly leaped to his feet in horror. That voice was a voice he wouldn’t forget, even if he were dead.

“Damn it…if not for you…if you hadn’t…” His expression turned nasty, and his features were twisted as he glared furiously at the crack in the rubble. A wave of sadness and anger instantly filled his heart.

“Hmm?” Rou Lingyun sensed movement behind her and instinctively turned around. But what she saw nearly shocked her to death. Li Yu was holding up a weapon and looked like he was going to fight the person outside to death.

“Are you stupid?!” She immediately ran over and held his tense and trembling body back. She slammed a palm into his abdomen to silently seal his internal energies, then hit the back of his neck hard enough to make him lose consciousness and collapse onto the ground.

“Let’s go. It seems she used up all her stuff while escaping. Damn it!” A rough and thick voice resounded, accompanied by a slight shaking of the ground. It was as though the ground was about to give way from the sheer weight of the person walking on it.

“A barbarian…a barbarian at Origin Core…oh dear…” Rou Lingyun simply allowed the dust and tiny rocks to rain down on her because of her shaking. She made sure she didn’t move and even held her breath, afraid that the other party would discover her.

A short while later, the frightening presence of the people who had come by disappeared, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She collapsed weakly onto the ground, and her thin dress was already soaked in perspiration, so it stuck to her skin. The dim light coming through the crack made her look even more seductive.

“Whether we succeed or not will depend on what she chooses to do. Now, Xia Yun is severely injured, and so is Rou Lingyun. The only person who has enough energy to fight is just a piece of trash at Foundation Establishment, so we don’t have to worry about him.” Gu Suihan and the rest stood at the top of a tower that was less than ten kilometers away and looked toward the rubble with an indifferent and icy looks on their faces.

Several hours later, the motionless body in the crater that was presumed dead suddenly let out a horrifying groan. Her fingers moved stiffly, crushed a few pills, and poured them onto her wounds.

“I just knew you weren’t dead yet.” Rou Lingyun had remained within the rubble and had watched the crater very warily. Her expression turned frosty as she sneered.

She decided to check out the situation before deciding what to do and immediately turned to look at the silent Li Yu behind her, who sat with his head bowed.

She was about to tell him to go out by himself, which might end up getting him killed when the scene of their lovemaking suddenly appeared in her mind. Her heart was thrown into confusion, and her tone softened.

“You…I need help to walk over and take a look at her.”

But when Li Yu heard her voice, he suddenly leaped up like he was agitated by something. He looked resolutely at her and said, “I…I will take responsibility.”

They both fell silent for a while as they stared at each other. One looked extremely determined, while the gaze of the other one flickered slightly as though she didn’t dare to look at Li Yu’s burning gaze out of a guilty conscience.

“I…I…” Her heart trembled as she lowered her gaze and stammered for a moment as though she felt touched by him and didn’t manage to say anything in the end.

“That fellow…was right.”

“The Esteemed One was right.”

The same thought hit Xia Yun, who was eavesdropping from outside, as well as Li Yu at the same time.

“It’s a success.” Gu Suihan received a message from the wisp of spiritual sense in Li Yu’s ring and said calmly to the rest, “Rou Lingyun’s heart and mind are not stable. They’re now inevitably linked to that boy.”

“The rest will depend on Xia Yun!” Chamu leaned against his giant hammer and scratched his head as an intelligent look that no one would expect of him appeared on his face.

“Stay here and don’t move. I’ll go outside and take a look,” said Li Yu in a domineering voice. He punched a hole in the rubble above him and walked toward the crater with heavy footsteps.

“You…be careful.” Rou Lingyun pursed her lips and eventually listened to him without knowing why. She told him to be careful and didn’t speak anymore after that.

“Who’s that?” The red dress of the person in the crater began to flap in the wind as Xia Yun struggled to sit up and leaned against some rocks.

“Someone who’s here to kill you.” Li Yu broke into a terrifying smile. He rid himself of the fear he felt earlier and gave a loud shout as he ran toward her.

“A cultivator at Foundation Establishment?” Xia Yun raised her head slightly and a disdainful smile spread across her pale face. “You’re just a piece of trash.”

“A…piece of trash? I’m going to show you that I am NOT A PIECE OF TRASH!”

Li Yu became even more enraged when he heard these words. He had been called a piece of trash for nearly 20 years, after all. As he yelled back, the qi in his body went up by yet another level. He swung his fists like the wind, moving as quickly as a snake and as powerfully as a dragon to reach Xia Yun in no time.

As he threw an iron fist at her, he let out a roar that sounded like it belonged to a wild beast. It made Xia Yun’s heart suddenly tremble and interrupted her qi flow for one moment.

At the same time, Li Yu brought his fist down, but…it landed about three inches from her.

“And so what if I call you a piece of trash?”

Xia Yun did not panic. She raised her fair hand and flicked her fingers to shoot a beam of greenish qi at Li Yu’s wrist. It whooshed loudly like an arrow and pierced through his wrist, making him howl in pain.

But she had underestimated how courageous and determined he was. His wrist was severely injured, but after just letting out a howl of pain, he continued with his attack. He stomped the ground hard and shot himself into the air before bringing his long legs down on her abdomen like a whip and whipping her mercilessly.

“How dare you!” The new injury to her body made her spray a cloud of blood out from her mouth. She gave a loud shout and used her palms to thrust a magic seal out. Li Yu didn’t dodge in time, and the magic seal made a depression in his chest. He vomited blood and flew backwards like a willow in the wind, eventually landing right in front of Rou Lingyun.

“Humph!” For some reason, Rou Lingyun actually became angry when she saw how badly Li Yu was injured. She pried his mouth open to stuff a few pills down his throat, then grabbed the air with a hand as she let out a shout to fly at top speed toward Xia Yun.

“Damn it, you’re here too? Rou Lingyun…” Xia Yun looked up with a start. Her expression was one of shock, hate, and…fear.

Meanwhile, Gu Suihan and the rest, who were using a seeing spell to watch the fight, couldn’t help but marvel. This woman’s acting chops were superb.

If they didn’t know anything, they wouldn’t have imagined that Xia Yun already knew beforehand that Rou Lingyun was here.

“You’re surprised, aren’t you?” Rou Lingyun held a long sword in her hand, and it sparkled like the stars, glimmering brightly and bathing its owner in its light. The brightness of the sword extended a meter beyond the blade, and the sounds of it slicing through the air resounded loudly. Rou Lingyun couldn’t help but smile icily at Xia Yun’s horrified expression and brought the sword down on her.