Chapter 69

Yun Che seeing Itachi in front of him, took a few deep breaths so that he could calm down. It was still hard for him to face Itachi without hiding some of his hatred for this man who stole his wife.

"I want you to hold up your end of the bargain, so I need you to follow me for the next three months." Yun Che said.

Hearing what Yun Che wanted him to do, Itachi thought for a few seconds before nodding. Following Yun Che for three months wasn't much of a problem as long as he didn't get into big trouble or encounter any Sovereign Profound Realm cultivators.

"Very well. But once the three months pass, I will leave."

Saying those words, Itachi disappeared from Yun Che's front. He decided to hide and only appear in case Yun Che faced a situation he couldn't handle. This might allow him to be able to evaluate further the ring that was on Yun Che's finger, as well as will enable him to cultivate some peace of mind.

Seeing how Itachi had disappeared, Yun Che clicked his tongue as he thought, "Tsk, what a show-off."

But he was also more relieved that Itachi hadn't tried negotiating his part of their deal. That was because Yun Che needed a person to protect him during his three-month training. The place he would train was dangerous for someone of his cultivation level.

The place that Yun Che was going to train was precisely the Desert of Death, a land that had been left to grow wild. The desert was overrun from afar, with dry grass and rocks lining the rugged terrain. This place is 950 kilometers long and 800 kilometers wide, countless profound beasts roam the desert, and even Profound Emperor Realm profound beasts are not rare in this place.

As he had already decided where to go, Yun Che wasted no time and quickly headed towards the Desert of Death. His purpose for training in this place was due to the Blue Wind Classification Tournament that would take place in a few months. He knew from the information he received that to fight in this tournament. He would need to be at the Spiritual Realm Profound. Otherwise, only defeat would be waiting for him.

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Reaching the Desert of Death was relatively quick. On the way, Itachi realized his mistake of agreeing to follow Yun Che for these three months. This was because the boy he was following was a magnet for trouble. It took three days for them to reach the Desert of Death, and during these three days, Yun Che encountered difficulty with at least twenty different people, of which Itachi had to make an appearance to keep the boy from dying.

"How did he manage to survive for so long?" Itachi wondered.

He remembered Yun Che going into a store to buy medicine, and after a few minutes, he came out of the store being chased by a cultivator from the Earth Profound Realm.

The cultivator who was chasing Yun Che said things like, "You dare to flirt with this man's wife?", "You don't know the difference between heaven and earth."

Itachi even had a headache remembering the dozens of phrases he heard from the people Yun Che offended. He feels that this boy would likely die if he were not here.

Yun Che thought just the opposite of Itachi for him, who always had to run with his tails between his legs after offending someone. Having Itachi take care of trouble was a good thing indeed.

"Besides, I have to admit. This guy is powerful..." Yun Che thought.

He tried to talk to his master to ask about Itachi's cultivation level, but when he did, he found out that his master seemed to be hiding from something, which puzzled him, but soon after, he forgot about that and focused on his training.

During these three days that he followed Yun Che, Itachi noticed that the boy's ring seemed to be inactive, a sign that he feared being detected by him, or better said by Jasmine, who always kept an eye on Yun Che's ring. She noted that keeping an eye on these people from the devil race was good.

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A whole month had passed since Yun Che began his training in the Desert of Death, and he had to admit the boost this training gave his strength was no joke.

Initially, he was only at the First Level of the True Profound Realm, but in just a month, he managed to advance to the Third Level of the True Profound Realm. Only that two whole levels didn't seem like much. Yun Che was still happy, mainly because he was using a technique that suppressed his cultivation so that he would make a mighty breakthrough in the future.

Right now, he was eating the flesh of a profound beast while looking at the black ring in his hand. He tried to communicate with his master again but still had no answer. He was even beginning to think that his master had disappeared.

But his thoughts were soon interrupted because a Ferocious Falcon flew extremely fast in his direction and quickly grabbed the black ring in his hand.

Having his ring stolen by the Ferocious Falcon, Yun Che instantly turned pale. Only he knew how vital this black ring was to him, so how could he allow the Ferocious Falcon to steal his ring? Especially when the ring was responsible for all his current strength.

"LONG XIAO! LONG XIAO! TAKE MY RING BACK, PLEASE!" He shouted in desperation. His pale expression seemed not to lie how desperate he was.

Itachi looking at the boy's pale expression and then at the Fierce Hawk in the distance, shook his head slightly as he disappeared. He wondered how the Ferocious Falcon had accurately picked up the Black Ring in Yun Che's hands.

"This guy's luck is horrible." Itachi thought as he chased after the Ferocious Falcon.

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