13 Chu Yuechan's shock

"Why did you suddenly decide to leave the ten-thousand beast mountain range?" Behind him, at some distance, Chu Yueli;s fleeting, cold and tranquil voice resounded.

Chu Yuechan too seemed curious about his abrupt departure from the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

Itachi calmly replied: "It wasn't a sudden decision. That was always the plan. I first needed to increase my strength to the minimum before going to another place for which I may truly require your assistance. That's why, I asked to sent word about the request for meeting later."

Chu Yueli asked this time unable to hide her curiosity: "Where is it?"

Itachi gazed towards the northeast, and slowly said: "The place where rampant profound beasts live… The Wasteland of Death!"

"What?"

The name "Wasteland of Death", was actually able to cause even Chu Yuechan, whose strength was half a step away from the Emperor Profound Realm, to hold hints of shock in her voice: "You're actually going there to train? That place has been termed as the heaven for profound beasts, and the hell for practitioners. Countless of practitioners die in there every year."

"I know that. But there is no better place to test myself than there. More importantly, there is a trial that I must pass before I can be considered a true cultivator. Our deal requires only you to grant me protection, if either one of you find yourself in danger of your life, you may leave, I have no objections." Itachi said indifferently.

Chu Yuechan was silent for some time before she replied: " We will stay for now. This task is of utmost importance. Moreover, you haven't yet fulfilled your end of the deal."

Chu Yueli nodded her head, in agreement with her: "Yes. It is better for us to stay. Although, you have continued to defy our expectations, even now, you are already at the True Profound Realm Level five in just a few weeks. I am guessing we won't be needed much anyways."

"Since you have already decided on staying, I will fulfill atleast a part of our deal. Once we arrive at the wasteland of land, which one of you would like to first be granted the Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins?" Itachi said with his usual bored tone.

Hearing Itachi's sudden words, both the fairies couldn't keep their non-existent emotions in check any longer.

Seeing how Itachi spoke so with such confidence, together with Xia Qingyue's true and genuine Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins as proof, even though they were shocked to the extreme, they had no choice but to incline toward believing his words.

To open all profound entrances and achieve Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins, what kind of idea would that be? That was the ultimate aptitude, craved even in their dreams of nearly every single profound practitioner in the Profound Sky! If Itachi really did it, then it would be far from "enough" compensation…

"My sister: The First Fairy of Frozen Cloud Asgard" Although Chu Yueli was tempted to go first but she understood that the sooner her sister opened her profound entrances, the sooner she would have a chance to get to the Emperor Profound Realm.

Chu Yuechan didn't say anything as she completely understood her sister's reasoning.

Itachi simply nodded before saying: "Very well, as you wish. Once we arrive at a town near the Wasteland of Death, we will find a secluded spot to do it."

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Ten days later.

The Wasteland of Death was one of the areas within Blue Wind Empire which had an impeccable reputation of being dangerous and brutal. Spanning nine hundred and fifty kilometers long and eight hundred kilometers wide, countless of profound beasts roam the wasteland, and these profound beasts were mostly wild and ferocious.

The bright moon hung high up in the clear night sky, enveloping the city nearest to the Wasteland of Death with a sublime atmosphere. From afar, the drawn-out roars of profound beasts could be constantly heard, one after another. Each of the countless inns situated in the city was filled with practitioners from all around. The Wasteland of Death was just fifteen kilometers away from the city, and all the guests in the inns were people who wished to challenge the Wasteland of Death.

Under the night sky, being drawn in by the sublime atmosphere, a calm-looking youth carrying a heavy sword on his back slowly walked over.

"I'm finally here."

Itachi randomly picked a guest house to stay in, but he did not go to sleep. Rather, he sat on the bed and started meditating the Great Way of the Buddha that he had recently gotten from Jasmine.

Some time later...…..

Itachi continued to dive deeper into meditating. Just as he retracted his focus, he sensed a familiar aura enter his room.

In front of the bamboo window in his house, dressed in a snowy attire and possessing a dreamlike beauty, stood a woman's silhouette.

"Can we begin?" The white clothed goddess obviously Chu Yuechan asked.

Chu Yueli was guarding outside, making sure there were no unwanted happenings.

Itachi opened his eyes and thought for a bit then said: "We can start right now. However, the ice poison you are infected with is going to be nuisance. So, we have to obviously detoxify it first before opening your profound veins."

Itachi's following words made her crescent-shaped eyebrows crease slightly: "How do you know I've been infected with ice poison?"

Itachi smiled lightly, and said leisurely: "Not only do I know you've been infected with ice poison, I also know that the ice poison you've been infected with is a Poison ...…..Once you realized it was impossible to suppress this poison, you thought of searching for a Devil's Flaming Blood Crystal to dispel it."

Itachi gave her the same explanation since he had already known about it.

Chu Yuechan revealed an expression of shock for an instant, because everything Itachi had said was completely accurate.

Of course, she had no way of knowing how Itachi didn't even need to apply his medical knowledge to know that.

Some days ago before coming here, she had indeed fought and killed an ice-attribute poison profound beast, and was infected by its poison right before its death. After, outbursts of the poison had occurred rapidly, and her abundant profound strength could only forcefully suppress it, but was completely unable to dispel it.

"Who are you really?"Chu Yuechan's gaze at Itachi had changed, and did not use the same gaze she used on a True Profound practitioner. Even though, he had shown her some unbelievable things in the short few days that they had been travelling she still hadn't really enough of it.

But now…..

Itachi revealed a mysterious smile, and said: "My name is Itachi..or maybe it is Xiao Che , and I am only a True Profound realm cultivator… Additionally, I seem to have another identity being the disciple of a genius doctor."

After Itachi finished speaking, he glanced at her for a moment, then closed his eyes, waiting for her to think it through

"How did you know she was infected by a Poison of Origin?" Jasmine asked with surprise.

"Regardless of the poison, symptoms will always show on one's expression. If I can't even tell whether she was infected by a poison, or what poison she was infected with, it would be embarrassing to call myself a genius doctor." Itachi replied to Jasmine with a thought.

Itachi patiently explained his thought process to Jasmine, but his attention was completely focused on Chu Yuechan.

Chu Yuechan's crescent eyebrows furrowed as her bright eyes cleared, and said lightly: "Since you can tell I've been infected by an Poison of Origin at a glance, and claim to be a genius doctor, then, do you also know how to quickly dispel the poison in my body?"

Itachi was waiting for her to say these exact words. He nodded very casually and said: "Of course, I know. Although this Poison of Origin is quite troublesome, there is indeed a relatively quick method to dispel it; the treatment only takes around a few hours, and doesn't have any side effects… So, do you want me to dispel the poison for you?"

After hearing Itachi's words, Chu Yuechan's eyes brilliantly shined. She slowly nodded and said: "Then, I'll have to trouble you to dispel the poison in my body for me. I will additionally reward you greatly after you do so."

Itachi's face remained impassive as he asked: "Fairy Chu, aren't you afraid that I'm plotting something?"

"I don't think so." Chu Yuechan responded evenly.

Itachi smiled lightly: "Alright then, I will dispel the poison in your body. Then, we can continue to do what we actually set out to."

Chu Yuechan said evenly: "I've said before, I'll repay you greatly."

Itachi asked: "Although, I would have done it without the additional repayment but you seem to be a proud woman . So, I will just accept it."

"...What do you need?" Chu Yuechan spoke indifferently.

"I am not sure at the moment!" Itachi said bluntly. Not waiting for her to respond, he continued to explain right away: "To be honest, I don't have anything that I need from you right now."

"I see. Are you certain that you can completely detoxify the poison in my body?" Chu Yuechan asked hesitantly.

"I am." Itachi saidwith complete surety.

Chu Yuechan only thought for a short period of time before directly nodding: "Okay. This, I will accept. I will agree to one of your request if it is acceptable."

"Then it's settled" Itachi nodded calmly: "As for the request… I haven't decided upon it yet, and I'll tell you after I've decided. Of course, you still have the right to decide whether to accept it or not. Now then, let's start detoxifying the poison."

Itachi stood right before the goddess, extended his hand toward her, and said very seriously: "Fairy Chu, extend your hand out first. I must first ascertain the condition of the ice poison in your body."

Towards this, she was extremely uncomfortable; but since she had reluctantly promised Itachi, she could only accept it with a frown. However, what Itachi said after, as well as the motion he made, caused her face to become as cold as condensed ice: "I had never and will never allow any man to touch my body."

Itachi perfectly knowing her personality as well as subsequent reaction had no change in his expression; replying with the same cold tone: "Well, I am a Doctor not a God. I can't detoxify it without at least some form of physical contact. So, it it inevitable. Don't worry, though, as a genuine doctor, I promise that I will try my best to not any touch any part of your body."

Chu Yuechan's ice-cold gaze swept over him once, and she finally extended out her right hand. Her palm was excessively white like snow, and also faintly revealed the glistening of ice. It made even Itachi, who caught sight of it, feeling something for an instant and caused him to somewhat not believe that this was actually a woman's hand…

Itachi calmed his state of mind, extended out his palm and his profound energy was gently released, touched onto the goddess's wrist, and then slowly crawled along the wrist, spreading to the meridians in her entire body….

As he probed on, Itachi found that the poison was relatively weaker as compared to the one in Yun Che's timeline. But that was to be expected since she had just been affected by it a few weeks ago. However, it had been months when Yun Che first encountered her.

Itachi's profound energy continued to spread. As it reached the vicinity near the heart of her profound veins, there was a very small ball of a fog-like thing that continuously squirmed as it emanated an icy and ghastly chill outwards.

The Poison Spirit!!

As Itachi's profound energy touched the Poison Spirit, the goddess had also noticed as her expression immediately swayed a little.

Itachi retracted his palm, and said calmly: "Fairy Chu, you should have also felt it just now. The acute poison in your body actually produced a Poison Spirit! To rid of this sort of acute poison, the Poison Spirit must be eliminated first! And to destroy this ice-attribute Poison Spirit, the bond between the Poison Spirit and profound veins must be severed by flame energy that's pure enough.… Don't move!"

Itachi said in an almost commanding tone. His gazed concentrated as the Phoenix blood in his body boiled, and scarlet-red colored flames began to burn on top of his palm.

"Phoenix Flame?"

Although she had already he had passed the trial and she herself had exchanged moves with disciples of the Divine Phoenix Sect before, and possessed some understanding toward the Phoenix flame's special attributes. As the flame ignited on top of Itachi's hands, she instantly recognized that this was clearly the Phoenix's flame. Moreover, it was even several times purer than the Phoenix flames she had seen before.

"This is indeed the Phoenix flame." Itachi casually said.

From a distance of a few centimeters, his palm aimed at the center of the Yuechan's chest, and the Phoenix flame traveled through the air and slowly extended into her body.

Everything of the ice attribute dreads fire, and the fragile ice attribute Poison Spirit was even more so, not to mention that this was an extremely high-grade Flame of the Phoenix, much better than the one Yun Che had.

Itachi closed his eyes completely. Because in order to chase away the Poison Spirit, he must completely concentrate his mind. Yuechan closed her eyes as well, and as she felt Itachi's Phoenix flame energy move within her profound veins, surprise rippled through her heart… She was now even more certain, that this was without doubt, indeed the Phoenix's flame.

The Phoenix flame's speed suddenly accelerated, and completely wrapped the fleeing Poison Spirit inside it in just an instant.

The Phoenix flames abruptly flung, and his right hand that was controlling the flame quickly grabbed toward his front…

After being forcefully sucked out by Itachi's Phoenix flame, it combusted as the Phoenix flame wrapped around it

After Itachi finished dealing with the poison spirit, he lifted his left hand, palm facing the goddess. He circulated his profound energy, and in an instant, the Sky Poison Pearl's purification ability brushed upon the Yuechan's body along the flow of his profound energy… Yuechan's brows furrowed for a moment, but she did not reject or obstruct.

The purification power expanded into the Yuechan's body, and under Itachi's guidance, completely dispelled the Ice Poison of Origin in her body in the short span of a few breaths of time.

"Alright,the poison should be completely detoxified now." Itachi retracted his hand as a hint of exhaustion seemed to appear on his face.

Finally seeing a trace of emotion on Chu Yuechan's face, Itachi smiled lightly, and said: "I request Fairy Chu to keep both this and the Phoenix flame in my body a secret That is also the favour that I ask in return for dispelling the poison as promised"

Chu Yuechan's gaze turned slightly complicated. His mysterious and unusual ablilties had truly made her frozen heart unstable. Most of all, she didn't doubt his ability to open all the profound entrances any more.

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Yuechan to react, he said: "Let's begin with our main task."

"Won't there be a problem? We have just detoxified the poison spirit." Chu Yuechan said, her gaze fixedly staring at Itachi, her expression fully brimming with unprecedented expectations…, attain Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins…

"Don't worry. Just turn around and show your backside to me." Itachi said without a pause.

"Very well" She said

Chu Yuechan turned around, showing her back to Itachi. Her snow attire was dampened by the sweat due to the heat of the phoenix flames and stuck tight to her body.

To voluntarily show her back in front of a man, was something that she had never thought of before. She closed her eyes, and said: "Let's begin."

Itachi turned around, and saw Chu Yuechan's back that was covered with a white cloth at a glance. Her slender waist like a willow, the curved bodyline winded downwards like water, connecting to ample buttocks hidden by the snow attire. Her snowy skin that was visible above the neckline was more so tenderly pink and flawless like glossy resin, making one become endlessly lost in a reverie at just the thought of the utterly charming scenery that laid to the front of this charming body. Itachi secretly blamed Yun Che for these thoughts, yet his expression was entirely unperturbed. He sat down before Chu Yuechan's backside, and touched his finger onto her back… The instant that the fingertip and the white cloth made contact, Yuechan's body clearly trembled a bit, but immediately returned to tranquility. At the same time, his palm slightly flickered with a green light. Sky Poison Pearl's purification power released

Chu Yuechan instantly felt the entrance throb for a slight bit.

Chu Yuechan instantly opened her eyes, and cried out in disbelief: "It opened!!"

"Do not speak!" Itachi suddenly spoke with a solemn expression: "Close your eyes, calm your heart and breath."

If it was just before, how could Chu Yuechan follow to Itachi's orders? But now, Chu Yuechan instantly stopped speaking obediently and calmed her breath.

Even though there was Xia Qingyue's state, she had still been skeptical from, but now, in just a few breaths of time, he actually straightforwardly opened a profound entrance. The last doubt she had toward Itachi was also completely gone.

Every single time he opened a profound entrance, Itachi's palm that pressed up against Chu Yuechan's delicate back would touch for an instant. But in actuality, whichever profound entrance that he wanted to open, he only needed to accurately locate the profound entrance's location, and purifying it with the Sky Poison Pearl's power would suffice; it could be done in just several breaths of time. Moreover, let alone needing to touch one's back with his hand, he could do it across clothing, and could even do it across space with ease… The total time Itachi needed to open the profound entrances added together would just be several tens of breaths, as for the extra time… not that he was a pervert but he needed to act like he had to make some effort; he couldn't let them know that he could it without any physical contact although Itachi hadn't asked her to take her clothes off; he was definitely not as shameless as that Yun Che but he still wanted to keep his abilities low-profile.

Following that, his hands finally left Yuechan's jade back to wipe his forehead… All of Chu Yuechan's profound entrances had been opened, and the time, absolutely did not pass ten minutes.

Chu Yuechan stood up, shifted her snowy robe, and was momentarily moved speechless. Her profound entrances had all been opened, making her distinctly feel that the profound energy circulating within her body quickened by at least three fold. She also felt so light, feeling as if she weightless…

Chu Yuechan abruptly raised her head, almost losing her voice: "It really is the Heavenly God's Spiritual Veins!"

Seeing the sweat on Itachi's forehead, Chu Yuechan walked over in front of Itachi, asking in a somewhat soft voice: "Are you alright?"

"I'm alright, only a bit dizzy. Even though I did not use that much profound energy, this kind of matter uses up too much mental power. You should consolidate your strength while I rest, we will leave in the morning." Itachi shook his head, as if he was in a weakened state. Even though he didn't like to feign weakness, it had to be done for his own protection.

Although she had a lot of questions, her desire to cultivate with her newly opened profound veins still made her chose leave.

Chu Yuechan said with a gentle yet cold voice: "Very well , I will leave you to rest."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Itachi to reply, spirits of ice was already floating on her body, and her graceful body that was encased in the ice spirit slowly turned into mist, and completely disappeared in front of Itachi.

Itachi then laid back onto his bed, exhaled with extreme comfort, and closed his eyes.

…....…

In the morning, Itachi exited the guest room and purchased sufficient rations.

Itachi left the guest house, and walked towards the Wasteland. An hour later, Itachi officially entered the area of the Wasteland of Death.

"Itachi, I don't understand why. But…" Jasmine said intuitively: "I feel like there is something in particular here that you are after. I am pretty sure that you don't need their protection for this."

Itachi glanced at the Chu sisters that had appeared in front of him; with their snowy veils covering their faces and replied to Jasmine's inquiry in his mind: "You are right, I am after something in particular that I might need their protection for but it isn't here at the moment."

Chu Yuechan said at this time, her tone not as cold as always: "Junior Itachi, we will follow you from the skies." and she was already floating.

Chu Yueli looked at Itachi once with an inexplicable gaze, then she too went to flying.

In the blink of an eye, they had disappeared from Itachi's line of sight.

"Junior….." Itachi smiled lightly: "I guess, I am indeed a junior."

Following their departure, Itachi too ventured deep into the Wasteland of death; towards his next trial which may not turn to be as easy as the last one.