YUJI'S GOAL & THE WATER STONE

[ 2487 WORDS : I updated the pictures for some of the girls to better looking ones. I've put them all in the 'PICTURES OF GIRLS' chapter including Yuna and Cliona's and deleted the originals from the other chapters. If the colours of their hairs and eyes don't match just imagine it with all the colour features I gave them.]

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Nianci was surprised that he lifted her and was about to get mad again but then seeing him put her down and jump into the pool she calmed down the anger that she felt earlier and just now for him seeing her body and carrying her as a form of thanks for helping her but since she was still troubled by what he said and the fact that he was the one who helped clear up her misunderstanding she still wanted to talk to him a bit. "Wait!" She shouted as he jumped into the pool.

This was partly because she still wanted to talk to him a bit more about the rules and thank him then the other reason was because the pool he jumped into was extremely cold even for her who cultivated an Ice Attribute technique.

She didn't know exactly how strong Yuji was and even though from the fact that he kept her held down even with her using all her strength to push off him she understood that he was stronger than her she didn't think he could easily survive the cold of the pool. "Stupid pervert you'll freeze to death!" Nianci shouted as she crouched next to the spot in the pool Yuji jumped into with a small frown on her face and even a slight look of regret in her eyes for not stopping him sooner since she felt indebted to him for helping her realise the lifelong mistake she made so she doesn't disgrace the teachings of her master any longer.

She waited for a few moments but then seeing that he wasn't coming up she sighed then thought to herself. 'Master...not only did I disgrace the teachings of our ancestors by twisting them to my own wrong understanding, I failed to at least thank the man who helped me realise it.'

Even though she wanted to jump in and save him Nianci didn't because she would be sacrificing her life and possibly abandoning the Sect which she was meant to protect if she failed to save him and died instead since even for her just swimming a few hundred feet deep made it impossible for her to go deeper into the pool that looked as if it stretched down forever because of its extreme cold.

-- Meanwhile In The Pool --

"Hahaha, Husband she called you a stupid pervert when you left!" Yuechan laughed out as he dived into the pool.

"I'm surprised she didn't try kill me when I picked her up and put her on my laps though and I was really expecting her to try freeze or stab me again especially when I carried her. If me being a stupid pervert will get her to enjoy life a bit and stop being so uptight I don't mind." Yuji replied as he thought to himself. 'I know what it feels like to live a lonely and empty life so I know firsthand just how she feels under that thick mask of hers.'

"Fufu but I didn't expect you to spank the Ancestor of a sect. You should have seen the look on her face, with a very spank her cold demeanor was crumbling." Yuechan said as she giggled remembering Nianci's expression as Yuji happily spanked her ass.

"Well I did warn her that I would punish her if she tried to kill me. It's her own fault that she ended up getting spanked and even though her ass did feel good it's still far from yours and the others. It wasn't nearly as satisfying to have it in my hand." Yuji replied since when he spanked her he honestly felt something was missing even though it still felt good.

" Husband it's your own feelings that made you feel like something was missing. You have always placed importance in relationships so unless you develop romantic feelings for her even though it will still feel good to the touch you'll still feel like something is missing. This obviously means that you already have feelings for us who have already become your wives allowing you to feel best with us in your arms." Yuechan explained since she knew that when it came to him this was the only answer to such a situation.

After having Cliona tell her stories about Yuji when they were together even though she wasn't there with him to properly see everything Cliona talked about for herself she was able to develop a very solid idea and image of Yuji's character which she honestly loved very much.

Yuji grinned hearing her explanaition. "Seems you know me quite well even though we've only been together for a few days." Yuji said in response.

"Cliona told me stories about your time with her so I'm confident in my understanding of you and honestly I think I fell in love with you while she told me about the stories of how you took care of her and lived life. They made me wish I had found you sooner." Yuechan replied as she smiled while sitting by the lake in the Fairy Gate looking at her reflection in the water while talking to him.

"I don't think you realise how happy you just made me telling me how you feel, I love you too." Yuji replied as he smiled happily since it was quite the nice surprise to hear her confession.

Yuechan who was in the Fairy Gate smiled wider as she heard him respond to her confession. "You conquered the heart of a fairy who lived for millions of years avoiding all men because they simply wished to use her as a breeding machine after only hearing a few simple stories about you, you better take care of me." Yuechan said in a loving tone but if you listened carefully you could tell there was a hint of hate and disgust mixed in it which wasn't directed at Yuji but to something or rather someone else.

Yuji was happy at the beginning of her sentence but when she talked about how she could have ended up being used as a breeding machine he immediately frowned. "Why would they want to use you as a breeding machine?" He asked in an angry tone with a bit of his Conquerors Haki leaking.

At first when Yuji jumped into the pool he swam down rather quickly but when their conversation started getting more intimate he slowed down a lot.

By the time their conversation reached the point where Yuechan talked about men wanting to use her as a breeding machine he had only dived down 600 meters and even though after almost every 100 meters the water would get colder thanks to being in the Divine Nascent realm it didn't affect him at all.

"Once you reach the Divine Spirit Realm I'll tell you about my past then I'll also be able to give you my gift so let's not ruin the mood with stuff like this. Anyway are you sure that the water stone is in here? I've been searching the area for some time and I can't find anything of such an extraordinarily high value." Yuechan was happy hearing his change of tone after hearing what she said but she tried to change the topic since of it wasn't yet time for Yuji to know about what happened to her millions of years ago.

Noticing that she didn't want to talk about it and what she meant by giving him a goal Yuji calmed himself down as he thought. 'Basically I'm too weak to do shit. Fuck this!' Yuji cursed out to himself for his own weakness in his head.

"Yuechan do you really think something as precious as a piece of the Sage God's bloodline would be found so easily? Especially in a place like this that was purposefully made by someone else, I know it's artificial since it's abnormal to find a mountain with a pool so deep inside it afterall. They made it so only the inheritor of the bloodline is able to find the stones unless it's by some extremely good luck. If not for the fact that I could feel the connection between me and the stone the moment I entered the Palace even I would have been skeptical of wether it's actually here so I understand why you are." Yuji said as he went along with her change of topic while swearing to get stronger as fast as possible to himself.

"I see. No wonder I can't find it but I did find something about 2000 meters deeper inside from where we are right now. Since it's close I could tell that it's a bunch of very valuable Ice Attribute herbs. Judging from the conditions in the area and the trend in their changes that suggest the deeper we go the colder it gets and the fact that this is such a secluded place meaning they must have been here for a very long time so the herb is probably the Eternal Ice Lotus. Even in the God Realm it's a rare herb because of how difficult it is to grow since it requires constant extreme cold and very long periods for maturity and because it grows in such cold environments it's extremely beneficial for Ice Attribute cultivators. As for time to grow and mature it may take up to a few thousand years to bloom and over 15 000 years to become useable but it's effects peak once it reaches maturity at 20 000 - 25 000 years of age ." Yuechan explained about the herb that she had managed to find.

"Hoo there's even herbs down here. I've been planning on finding some to plant in the Fairy Gate for my alchemy and if the Ice Lotus really are mature that would mean whoever made this place was here over 20 000 years to hide the water stone...." Yuji said in response.

"It wouldn't be strange to consider the fact that this place has been unexplored for that long considering how cold it is anyway I'm sure I don't need to remind you but if you level up the Fairy gate even growing herbs that could normally take hundreds mabye even thousands of years to mature can mature within a matter of weeks or a few months." Yuechan said

"Yes I remember. It's not my fault that I forgot to do it with Cliona. Author-san was the one that forgot that it could level up." Yuji replied as he once again mentally slapped Author-san since he wasn't satisfied with the first time.

"I won't even ask who that is this time. Just hurry up so I can go back to watching you melt the frozen heart of Mu Nianci again." Yuechan replied as she brushed off the fact that he mentioned the great Author-san again since she guessed he wouldn't tell her.

"I agree, let's get this over with." Yuji replied then increased the pace he swam at.

Yuji dived further and further down in the water and the light around gradually started fading away until it was completely dark except for a single faint blue light glowing far ahead.

The moment his eyes saw the blue light the familiar and attractive feeling that Yuji felt skyrocketed and he could clearly feel that it was coming from the blue light. "Found you." Yuji said

Little by little as Yuji got closer to the light it got brighter and larger with the familiar feeling getting stronger too.

At this point Yuji had dived about 1400 meters deep which even for him who was in the Divine Nascent Realm was making him feel a bit cold.

Then once he got close enough to the blue light he could see the blue crystal that was releasing it. The moment he was close enough to see it the crystal started vibrating violently and once he closed in more it shot forward at him at a blinding speed.

Yuji wasn't very surprised by the fact that it came to him since he knew it would happen but he was shocked by the fact that he could barely see it moving. If not for the fact that it was shining blue he wouldn't have noticed it.

As soon as the crystal entered his body it began merging with the Sage God's bloodline making Yuji feel comfortable within his body and withing a few moments it completely merged then the slight cold he was feeling earlier completely disappeared and he felt comfortable inside the water.

"Husband that was the crystal right?" Yuechan asked soon after he merged with the crystal.

Once Yuji merged with the crystal he made his way even deeper into the water so that he could go see the Eternal Ice Lotus.

Thanks to the Water stone he was now able to maneuver through the water as if he were flying so within a few seconds he arrived just above them and once he did he realised that this was where the pool ended meanwhile he was replying to Yuechan. "Yeah it was definitely the water stone anyway Yuechan will the Eternal Ice Lotus be able to grow in the Fairy Gate without the same cold conditions?" Yuji asked since he didn't want to mindlessly remove them from their natural habitat.

They were a bunch of about 14 bright blue coloured lotus looking flowers growing from the ground. some with over a dozen petals and some with only a few of the largest having 20.

"At the level it's at currently it's impossible but when it gets to level 3 or 4 to be safe it will be possible. From what I can tell about these only those with 20 petals are entering the maturity stage then once they get 25 it will be complete. " Yuechan replied.

"I see...I should just leave them here until the Fairy gate gets to level 4 then. I'll just come back and take a few mature ones when I actually start my alchemy when I need them if I haven't gotten it to that level by then." As he said that Yuji turned around and swam...well literally flew back up and after fly-swimming for a few moments he was a few hundred meters away from the exit but what he saw as he reached about 700meters away from the surface shocked him.

It was Mu Nianci, the both of them met eyes as he reached a hundred meters away from her and he could tell from how stiff her body was and the look in her eyes that she was freezing and barely keeping herself conscious.

Meanwhile seeing Yuji appear Nianci let out a small smile involuntarily as her concious slipped with her thinking. 'Stupid Pervert it's good you are alive..' and then she passed out soon after and started floating down to him.

'This idiot!' Yuji thought to himself as he swam forward and hugged her in his arms once he reached her then swam out of the water.