Reaching The Third Layer

[Inner Domain, The Great Mount Kunlun Mountain, second layer]

The more she walked forward, the more she encountered strange pictures. There were wealth, treasures, beautiful men, power, and many more.

All of those were enough to attract people's attention. Yet she bypassed these images one by one without stopping or looking back. To her, those piles of mountain wealth and treasures were valuable; unfortunately, too much temptation was a disaster.

She loves treasures, but not to the point of madness and greed. Only by getting those treasures through her effort does she make them valuable.

Power—without the hardship process, was it meaningful to get something for free? Was this something she should be happy and proud of? Obviously, no. Only by suffering to climb the thorny road step by step, from weak to strong, from nothing to powerful, did it make life enjoyable and satisfying.

Beautiful men? Thinking of that scene when she encountered beautiful men, Huang Ying Yue shuddered. She seemed to remember that those beautiful men's faces seemed to be people she knew.

Yet one of them was extremely familiar to her. The man resembled the fox, Xiao Li. Thinking of that man's coquettishly clinging to her and his seductive-foxy appearance in the red hanfu, she felt goosebumps.

Fortunately, that was just an illusion. If all those illusions were real, she might not dare to face the fox.

[Inside the Ethereal Small World]

"Achoo! Who dares to gossip behind this honorable being? Are they tired of living? Are those beasts free? If I have time, I'll go kick those stupid brats' ass and knock them on the mud to let them see why the potato can fly!" Xiao Li, who was bathing in the spiritual waterfall leisurely in the Ethereal small world, sneezed and rubbed his nose in doubt. His ears shook back and forth.

"Pohh! Ahhh! Which bastard dares to knock on this honorable being's head?" A sound of something being knocked on echoed, accompanied by a complaining and furious sound from Xiao Li.

He turned to look at the culprit, then he suddenly changed from a stinky face to a smile like a spring breeze.

"Boss Yun, what's the matter?" Xiao Li asked while taking out a towel out of nowhere to wrap his fur body.

Xiao Yun "...…."

Looking at the fox who wrapped himself in the towel, Xiao Alan, who just arrived after sightseeing in the space, twitched his lips.

"Xiao Li, what are you doing?" Xiao Lan tried to make a simple expression, but one could see that his lips were twitching.

"Do you see that I'm barbecuing in the backyard?" Xiao Li stared at Xiao Lan with his eyes wide open.

Xiao Lan "...."

"We couldn't get into contact with the master; instead of worrying about her, you still have the time to bathe here leisurely?" Xiao Yun asked in dissatisfaction as he walked back and forth in the space.

"Boss Yun, you don't have to worry about the master. Please trust her. I believe that she could solve her problem. She wasn't a kid. To be stronger, she has to bear the hardship and misery so that she won't grow up wrongly." The fox said it seriously as he licked his pink paw.

"Beside, I believe in the Master. We have to respect her path. More importantly, in this sect's task, those sect people won't let anything serious happen to their good seedlings. Beside me and Xiao Lan, there weren't any spiritual beasts in this second layer that could pose a threat to the Master." He shrugged his shoulders. His white whings disappeared; now Xiao Li was like a normal white fox.

"This is the first time I found out that you aren't too annoying. It's not a waste of resources to let you in." Xiao Yun pondered for a moment, then said.

Xiao Li was right; in this great Mount Kunlun mountain, the sect people already sent their people to protect the rookies. As long as the rookies persist harder, it's just a matter of time before they complete their trail.

"Of course, I'm such a lovely, clever, and beautiful fox. How could it be a waste that the master accepted me? This is her lifetime fortune to encounter me. No one was as lucky as her; don't you think so, Boss Yun?" Xiao Li boasted himself shamelessly as he shook his body charmingly, trying to show off his great image.

Xiao Yun's face was blue, while Xiao Lan turned in another direction and pretended that he didn't know this fox.

"In the past, those people begged me to be their contracted beast and promised to raise me well with rich resources; unfortunately, who am I? Why should I accept their offer?" Xiao Li said confidently, pretending not to see the two beasts' increasing dark looks.

"They were blind." Xiao Yun replied expressionlessly.

"...." The fox was stunned to speechlessness while Xiao Lan's body trembled as he tried not to laugh.

.......

Outside the Ethereal Small World

Another month has passed. Five days more, and that will be the deadline date that the elder Li has given to the rookie for climbing the mountain.

Until now, not many people could reach the third layer of the Great Mount Kunlun mountain.

Out of five thousand rookies from the Inner and Outer Damian, around three thousand people reached the first layer of the Great Mount Kunlun mountain.

A thousand people reached the second layer of the Great Mount Kunlun Mountain, while the number of people who reached the third layer in time was less than twenty people.

Huang Ying Yue, who reached the third layer of the Great Mount Kunlun mountain, looked at the small number of people who were resting under the tree.

"This sect task was extremely hard. Not many people could reach this step. Among 5 thousand rookies, not even more than 20 rookies reached this third layer of the Great Mount Kunlun mountain around this period of time." A handsome boy around 16 years old complained as he sat on the land without an image.

"I should've stayed with my family so that I wouldn't have to suffer this much with this stupid task! How many times have I changed my clothes?" Another arrogant voice of a girl around 17 years old sounded as the owner of the voice wore the exquisite Hanfu dress, yet the dress seemed to be torn apart in some place.

"Lowered your voice; be careful that they'll throw you out of the sect. Here, you cannot be presumptuous and show this kind of arrogant attitude. The people in the sect will not care about your family's power. Everyone here is equal." A boy around 14 years old said it coldly and frowned in dissatisfaction with this spoiled girl. He took out a bottle of water from his space ring, then ignored the spoil girl's blue face.

"Unexpectedly, the scene here was not as I'd imagined. Ahhh, I'm so exhausted and hungry; fortunately, my parents prepared everything for me." A chubby boy around 16 years old muttered, then he took out a bag full of food from his space ring to eat under the shade of the tree.

"Noisy!" A cold voice sounded. The owner of the voice was a beautiful boy in a tidy white Hanfu dress who sat far away from other people. He touched his white earring expressionlessly. He seemed to disdain getting in touch with or talking with anyone.

When his voice echoed, everyone seemed to be quiet; even the spoil girl shut her mouth in fear.

"Hump!" Huang Bai Xing didn't know when to arrive; she snorted and stood on the tree branch as she hugged her hands and looked at everyone coldly.

Tan Zi Mo sat down carelessly under the tree while ignoring everyone.

"Hump!" Feeling Huang Ying Yue's arrival, he lifted his head to look at her for a few seconds, then turned his face in another direction arrogantly.

Huang Ying Yue "...."

Now she could get into contact with her partners in the Ethereal small world. She didn't have time to communicate with them when many eyes fell upon her.

Huang Ying Yue looked around and ignored everyone's unknown eye sights and Huang Bai Xing's cold eyes at her.

"Sister!" Huang Wan Yan didn't know when to arrive in front of her; he hugged her tightly as if he hadn't seen her for ten years.

"When did you arrive here? Are you hurt somewhere?" She asked while touching his soft purple orchid-colored hair.

"A week ago. I'm fine!" Huang Wan Yan buried his gorgeous face in her slender neck.

The warm breath touched her neck, making her white skin turn a little pink.

She checked if Huang Wan Yan was fine, then let go of him and looked at the people who presented here; most of these seemed to be people from the Inner Domain. These people seemed to be a powerful force.

Only Huang Ying Yue, Huang Wan Yan, Huang Bai Xing, and Tan Zi Mo presented here were from the Outer Domain.

"Hmmm," Huang Bai Xing glanced coldly as her eyes flashed with murderous light. Unexpectedly, this waste could climb here.

{Heh…this will be fun. The higher you climb, the more miserable you'll be when I drag you from your proud place! I'll let you see my power.} Huang Bai Xing thought coldly.

"Who allowed this beggar to appear here?" The girl in the exquisite Hanfu dress frowned as she looked up and down at Huang Ying Yue.

Huang Ying Yue looked at her messy and brown clothes like a beggar, then twitched her lips.

She ignored the spoil girl's harsh words, then walked into the lush forest to find a quiet place for bathing and changing her clothes. She believed that there would be a lake or pond here.

The spoil girl "....."

"Hey, how dare you ignore this, Miss?" The girl shouted behind her and stomped her feet.