"It looks like I'm going to be a pioneer."
Yun Cheng smiled playfully and said to his brother, "Brother, you've got to watch out for me."
"It's not that serious. You said the other time that it seemed that your body was getting warm, right? Maybe my blood can turn you back into a human."
Yun Che replied to his brother's joke without any pressure
"Haha…that's true."
In Yun Cheng's smile, there was a little happiness. The last time he felt his body was getting warmer was after having sex with his senior brother. Though it was only for a brief moment, he knew he was right. For a very long time, he had been ice cold and his body temperature wouldn't even rise after having sex. But that time, he felt warmness coming out from his body.
He did not tell his senior brother about this because he knew that he still felt sorry for him turning into a zombie. He was afraid that if he got his hope up, he would only end up more disappointed. But he told his brother the next day. After some discussion, they were certain he didn't mistake it. Heiyu once said there was hope that he was going to turn back to human, so it was normal for his body to get warm.
"Drink it. I'll stay with you."
Jokes aside, Yun Che still put a border around him in case he really went crazy. After all, neither of them had experience in this regard, so no one knew exactly what would happen in the end.
"Okay."
Yun Cheng did not hesitate and brought the bowl to his lips, tilting his head and drinking all the rest of the blood.
"Pa!"
"Umm…"
The moment the blood entered his throat, he felt heat covering his whole body, as if he was going to be burned. The bowl stained with blood was dropped to the ground and Yun Cheng grabbed his neck in pain. His face was distorted and his body kept trembling.
"Che."
"Stay calm. Let's see what happens first."
Yun Che subconsciously wanted to rush over, but Heiyu, who jumped onto his shoulder at some point stopped him. At the same time, Tan Weiye and the others opened their eyes one after another. As they saw Yun Che sliding from the bench to the ground and curling up, they looked at him worriedly without paying attention to their own condition.
"Uh… ah…"
Yun Cheng, who curled up on the ground, grabbed his neck with his two hands, the sharp fingernails slitting through his skin. He could feel nothing. Compared to the burning pain inside his body, this was negligible. As he roared, his eyes that were filled with blood glowed, and his fangs that had not been revealed for a long time were revealed. His white skin gradually turned red. It was not a healthy kind of red when the blood refilled his vines; the skin was so red as if it was being roasted by fire.
"Cheng…Ah…"
Yun Yao, who just opened her eyes, saw this scene, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes. Just when she was about to cry out, she bit her lips and stopped herself. Gu Mingxuan took her into his arms heartbrokenly. They had to wait and see if it was a good thing for Cheng or not.
"Boom…"
Suddenly, the emptiness around Xing Feng, who was beside Yun Che, distorted violently, as a large amount of aura swarmed into his body. Heiyu's pupils shrank, "Lay a border to separate him and Cheng now. Feng is entering the Nascent Soul stage."
In the twinkling of an eye, the team immediately laid a solid border between Xing Feng and Yun Cheng. Yun Che looked at Yun Cheng worriedly and then at Xing Feng, his eyes were as quiet as a cold pool of a thousand years.
"Your cultivation level has increased as well?"
Xing Feng was just one step away from breaking through the Golden Pill Stage to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, but he oy made it after drinking his blood, so Yun Che had to be cautious.
"Yes, I seem to be at the Peak of Golden Pill Stage."
"Me too."
"I've improved three levels."
"I'm level five now."
Everyone's answers were different, but they were all improved more or less so Yun Che's worry finally disappeared. Then Heiyu said, "You are destined to be the Creator, and though you have no intention to be one, your flesh and blood are some real deals. When they form a blood contract with you, their soul and blood will be strengthened, so it was normal that their cultivation is improved.
His words reassured Yun Che so he turned his attention to Yun Cheng. Therefore, he didn't notice Xing Feng frowning, until…
"What's going on? What the hell is Xing Feng doing?"
After a long while, Xing Feng's advancement did not stop. Instead, his cultivation level improved madly after he broke through the Golden Pill Stage to reach the Nascent Soul Stage. Nascent Soul Stage 1, Nascent Soul Stage 2, Nascent Soul Stage 3, … Nascent Soul Stage 9, Nascent Soul Stage 10, Peak of Nascent Soul Stage. He soon surpassed Yun Che and it seemed he was about to break through the Integration Stage. Even Heiyu was immensely shocked.
"Boom boom…"
The rich aura frantically poured into his body as if it was conscious. He was already breaking through to the Integration Stage.
"Integration Stage. Crap. Is boss out of his mind?"
Shen Rui and others widened their eyes out of shock. Breaking through the Golden Pill Stage to reach the Nascent Soul Stage was already scary enough. How ridiculous it was that his cultivation kept soaring, and now he had actually broken through to Integration Stage. How unworldly he was now?
"What's going on?
Yun Che frowned. Soaring cultivation was not something good for cultivators. Everyone wanted to become stronger, but improving so rapidly with the help of external forces would only make the cultivation impractical and the foundation weak, and it would be permanent.
"How do I know? Maybe…"
Looking at Xing Feng, who finally stopped improving after he reached the Integration Stage, Heiyu didn't finish his words. Such speculation was too unrealistic. Even he couldn't convince himself, let alone convince Yun Che and the others.
"Integration Stage?"
The turbulence gradually stopped, and Xing Feng slowly opened his eyes. However, he didn't seem to have noticed Yun Che's worry and he lowered his head to look at his palms, frowning. His dark eyes, that were always full of determination, now had some sadness and displeasure inside, which soon disappeared, as if they had never appeared.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Yun Che raised his hand to remove the border that isolated him from Yun Cheng, and held his head in both his hands.
"Ming Che, haven't seen you in a long time!"
"What?"
As he touched his face, Xing Feng called out a name of someone else. Yun Che frowned. In that instant, he felt as if Xing Feng had become a stranger, but that strangeness soon disappeared, "What did I just say?"
Xing Feng also frowned. He remembered that he called Yun Che Ming Che, and said he hadn't seen him in a long time. This was not something he could explain. It seemed that someone was delivering a message using his body. It was a shitty feeling.
"Nothing, congratulations. You are now in the Integration stage and your cultivation has reached level right."
Acutely aware of the strange situation, Yun Che blinked and hid his worry and then smiled gently at him, planning to ask Heiyu later on what was happening. However, he didn't know that Heiyu was so shocked when he heard the name Ming Che that he was unresponsive.
"How can I improve so much? And I don't feel it is fake cultivation."
Knowing that Yun Che did not want him to be worried for nothing, Xing Feng quickly replied and clenched his fist. It was already shocking that he had straightforwardly reached the Integration Stage, and now his cultivation had also reached level eight, which was two levels up.
"Damn boss, are you competing with Che on who is more ridiculous?"
"Indeed. Last time, Che directly advanced from the Peak of Foundation Building Stage to Nascent Soul Stage 3 and his cultivation also reached level 7. But boss is more impressive that he advanced from Peak of Golden Pill Stage to Integration Stage and his cultivation from level 6 to level 8. That is a hell of improvement. I feel we are not in the same dimension."
"Impressive, Xing Feng. You are not even losing to Yun Che in terms of being ridiculous."
"Integration Stage, and level 8 superfunction. Why are you giving me a blow like this? I won't be able to catch up with you even I work my heart out."
The crowd surged up and surrounded the two, Tan Weiye punched Xing Feng's chest with displeasure. Xing Feng had directly left them behind and he had to admit defeat. However, having said that, he was still as happy as Chu Haoling and the others. For one thing, the competition between him and Xin Feng had always been healthy, and they were not real enemies. And for another, it was good news for them that Xing Feng become stronger. Even if he was a bit stronger, their chance of winning would grow.
"Ah…"
"Cheng!"
On the other side, Yun Cheng's eyes were suddenly filled with blood, as he knelt on the ground and roared. Leng Yehan rushed over heartbrokenly, but with the border laid by Yun Che in the way, there was no way for him to get close to him.
"You guys, look!"
Xing Feng and others no longer had the heart for anything else and all of them rushed over. Someone shouted and the crowed looked. Underneath Yun Cheng's white skin, there were indeed veins visible. Their hearts seemed to have blocked their throats and all of them held their breath. Was he really turning back to a human?
"Poof…"
"Cheng!"
The next second, Yun Cheng spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then he twitched. After that, he stopped moving.
"Stop Yehan, I'll take a look at him first."
Fearing that Leng Yehan would do something irrational, Yun Che only lifted the border after Ye Xingchen and Jiang Shang pulled him. He carefully squatted down to check on Yun Cheng. When he accidentally breezed his fingers under Yun Cheng's nose, he felt that Yun Cheng was feebly breathing. He was shocked as if he was struck by lightning and he was stiffened like a stone.
"Cheng, is he alright? Let go of me…you guys let go…"
Seeing this, Leng Yehan thought that something seriously bad happened to Yun Cheng and he struggled excitedly. Ye Xingchen and Jiang Shang were barely able to hold him, "Yehan, calm down, Cheng will be fine. You have to believe him, and believe in Che."
"He will be fine!"
Even Jiang Shang, who was not good with words, anxiously tried to calm him down. Xing Feng went up and squatted in front of Yun Che, "What's wrong?"
Yun Che's reaction was too abnormal, which made everyone else worried.
Turning his head in an almost mechanical way, Yun Che said blankly and incredulously, "Cheng, Cheng, he's…breathing…"
"What?!"
Hearing his words, Xing Feng hastily reached out to sense Yun Cheng's breath. Although it was faint, Yun Cheng was indeed breathing. To make sure he was not imagining it, Xing Feng nudged Yun Cheng to instruct him to lie on the ground, and then placed his palm on his chest.
"Well?"
Having no patience to wait for his slow reply, the crowd asked nervously. If Yun Cheng really had breathing and heartbeats, that would mean he was human again, which would definitely be the best thing they had encountered since the doomsday.
"There're heartbeats, though it's faint."
"Damn, that's great. Have you heard it, Yehan? Cheng has heartbeats and he can breathe. He's human again…"
"Whoo..Cheng…"
"Great, Yao, that's great…"
"Damn, finally some good news…"
Hearing the definite answer, everyone was jumping and dancing with excitement. Yun Yao and Zhan Yafei were so thrilled that they started crying, and tears welled up in Yun Che's eyes. Now that Yun Cheng had turned back to human, he no longer had any regrets.
"Cheng!"
Leng Yehan, who was one step too slow broke away from Ye Xingchen and Jiang Shang, and rushed forward to pick up Yun Cheng. After carrying him to the bed inside, he buried his face on Yun Cheng's shoulder and refused to get up, his tears drenching Yun Cheng's clothes. Though he had been telling himself that it didn't matter whether Cheng could turn back to human or not as long as they were together, he knew in his heart that he hoped that Yun Cheng could turn back to human.
He always believed that this was a wish that would never come true. But unexpectedly, it was granted today. Placing his hand on Yun Cheng's chest to feel his wee heartbeats, Leng Yehan could not control his excitement, tears streaming down. He was really human again. His Cheng had really turned back to human
"We should be happy that Cheng has become a human."
Outside the compartment, Yun Che squatted on the ground for a long time, unable to come back to his senses for a long while, Xing Feng, who was squatting next to him, reached out and held him in his arms. He could understand how he was feeling now. Even he was so excited that tears were about to come out, let alone Yun Che, who had always regarded his sister, brother and little nephew as his top priority.
"Feng…Cheng, he, has turned back to a human…"
Before he finished his words, Yun Che excitedly jumped into his arms, tears of joy staining the clothes on his chest. It wasn't his illusion, nor was it a dream. Cheng had really turned back into a human. It was real…
"Yeah."
Holding him tightly in his arms, Xing Feng nodded firmly. There was nothing else that could made them as happy as they were now
Everyone was excited and thrilled about Yun Cheng turning back human, so no one noticed that Heiyu was curling at the sofa and kept murmuring the name Ming Che. The more times he said the name, the pain in his eyes grew. What was worse, he didn't even know why he felt so painful.