Red River Village 2

"Just who are you?" As I landed before the blue-haired woman, she screamed at me while trying to buy time to heal her injuries.

"Me? I'm just the strongest. Don't worry, I will play fair. I will wait for you to heal." I said with a shrug, she gritted her teeth at my words. And seeing as I really just stood there, looking around to enjoy the view of the forest, her rage was fueled.

Ice covered her body, speeding up her recovery. As soon as she had recovered, Ice took the form of wings behind her, and with a flash, she shot towards me. Seeing as she caught me off guard, ice-covered her sword as she went on to swing forward... yet she was shocked to see her sword pause in front of me.

"W-what?" She cried not knowing what was happening, I didn't even make a move and was more busy looking around, so she had no idea how I did this.

"Why are you attacking infinity? you should be attacking me right?" I asked with a smirk, she jumped backward to make space between myself and her. She looked at me, trying to find any clue as to what happened.

"Don't bother trying to figure it out. go on, trying and touch me." I said while holding out my palm. Seeing this she gritted her teeth not knowing if it was a trap her not, but she stepped forward and reached out to touch me... just for the last moment, she cut towards me... and again, her sword paused in front of me.

"Haha, it's pointless. come on, I will not bite." I said with a smile while waving at her to come closer. making her grit her teeth while looking at my handsome face. but in the end, she reached out to touch my palm, just to see she couldn't touch me, which caused her to widen her eyes.

"See, thats not so bad," I said while looking into her eyes, she looked back, although all she saw was the mask.

"I call it Neutral Limitless: Infinity. Fun fact, infinity exists all around us, down to the scale of an inch. and an inch can be further broken down to more infinities and so on." I said while I turned off Infinity and took her hand,

"Doesn't it feel better to be together?" I asked before my fist slammed into her stomach, her eyes widened as she coughed up a mouthful of blood. She fell to her knees, unable to say or do anything but struggle to breathe.

"Well, it was nice meeting you. I should get going." I said while waving goodbye, I was about to fly off, but she called out to me.

"Just who are you, why didn't you kill me?" She said to which I shrugged.

"I'm We Xian... and I only kill the strong," I said while flying off, leaving her eyes turning bloodshot. She never hated a man more than anyone in her life. She only lived because she was weak? a Xiantian said this to her face. Her, Chu Yueli.

I ignored her and arrived back in the city. there everyone's eyes landed on me, as I touched the ground, my eyes were instead on a female who had arrived when I was gone. She was easily the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.

She had a pair of indescribably magnificent eyes as if the world's essence lay deep within. Her two tranquil pupils, clear like crystals, were like the radiance of a flowing dream. her two black thin and curvy eyebrows, similar to a pair of crescent moons.

Her jade-like skin and creamy face were as white as snow. Her lips were like the world's most delicate petals and her nose was of the most beautiful of sculpted white jade, high and proud with an innate nobility. Her soft and shiny black hair fell gently behind her shoulders.

Her figure was wonderfully moving and delicate to the extreme. Looking from afar, her physique was so graceful that it was simply too hard to describe. Under the azure long skirt, one could faintly make out a pair of exquisite and slender legs.

Her dress floated in the wake of her slow walk and her jewelry occasionally twinkled on her delicate, womanly figure. The perfect arcs of her waist, breasts, and buttocks were indescribably lovely. She radiated an incomparable, soul-shaking charm and had a kind of proud appearance and attitude that transcended this world.

We locked eyes, and unease was clear in her eyes. The fact I returned and her master was nowhere to be seen was not good.

"Judging by the fact you're the most beautiful woman I have seen, your age, and the fact you only now appeared. You should be with her. You need not worry, she is alive. Just teach her to respect others." I said with a smile while sitting back in my seat and had things continue. I ignored everything, even as Chu Yueli arrived, worried that her disciple's beauty might catch my attention.

Yet she sighed in relief seeing as I had ignored her and was more worried about my book. Everyone took a deep breath seeing the blood that covered her dress, and the injuries she had suffered. It was clear her beauty or the fact she was a woman didn't weaken my attacks.

"That should be everyone. we will be setting off next week. So get married or whatever." I said while getting up, and putting everything away. Yun Che was going to get married sometime this week as Xia Qingyue was leaving to join her sect, which was one of the large sects on the continent, so it was a big deal.

"Master... who was that?" Xia Qingyue asked softly looking at the hatred filling her master's eyes and seeing me walk away.

"A... freak. Maybe one day you can rival him... but I'm not sure." She said with a sigh, she couldn't hate someone for protecting their future sect disciple. the fact she was overwhelmed in that fight and was completely hopeless also played a role in her thoughts

"what do you mean?" Xia Qingyue asked in confusion, causing Che Yueli to hesitate for a moment, but in the end spoke.

"he is only at Xiantian." She said softly, shocking Xia Qingyue who looked at her not believing her words for some time as that should be impossible. She could only skip around 8 levels at best, the concept of a whole realm was shocking even to her

"you need not be down, he cultivates differently, he seemed to have found a way to go beyond the 10th level of Houtian and reach level 11th Houtian." She said. she worried that this would make her disciple depressed

"Level 11 Houtian?" She said in shock, as someone who ensured she reached perfect at every level, how couldn't she be shocked hearing there was more? She didn't care about being the strongest, she just wanted to ensure she was strong enough to turn her dreams into a reality.

She was an extremely talented cultivator and also completely dedicated to her cultivation. Her desire for strength derives from her wanting to be strong enough to find her mother who disappeared and abandoned her when she was four.

How could she cultivate peacefully knowing that because she never reached the 11th level of Houtian, her future path was going to be limited? if someone never reaches level 10 Houtian, their future growth would be limited, the same was true for level 10 Xiantian. One has to reach these levels or else their future cultivation journey will hit a bottleneck, but then again, not everyone can reach level 10 Houtian.

She had to get the information on this new path of cultivation, and Che Yueli sighed seeing the look in her disciple's eyes. It would be a lie to say that she too didn't want such information, but she and I were not on good terms... but for her disciple, she would try and fix things.

So, the day passed. I did nothing but lay on a roof and waited for time to pass. but the next day, someone appeared in the sky, causing me to wake up.

"you came for round two or did you miss me?" I asked with a bored yawn.

"Why is someone as powerful as yourself doing such small work? with your power and capability, you would easily be the sect leader of the White Cloud sect." She said ignoring my last part, to which I shrugged,

"clearing the mind can improve cultivation. I'm not talented, so this is the only way for me to boost my cultivation speed." I said with a sigh. My cultivation was fast to others, but that was just thanks to my high levels of energy control. take that away, and I would still be at level 6 Houtian or something.

"... I came to apologize." She said with great difficulty,

"So, what is this? your attempts to get close to me and find my weakness or so you can steal my secrets?" I asked with a smile, making her grit her teeth slightly.

"I came to understand a few things from cultivators. they are prideful, arrogant, and greedy. you're no different." I said making vines cover her forehead, she tried her best to control her rage. She had always suppressed her emotions, yet ever since she met me she found it harder and harder to do so.

"For greed, you're willing to put aside your pride. Have some respect for yourself woman." I said with a disdainful smile, but she closed her eyes and said nothing else.

"My disciple is interested in how you reached a stage above the 10th level of Houtian," She said with closed eyes. I looked at her before ignoring her.

"Have your disciple come to ask, if she proves worth it then sure," I said with a bored yawn, leaving her stunned as she didn't expect such a thing. but she was on guard, she was unsure if it was safe to bring her disciple near me. but then again, I wasn't charmed by her

She thought for some time, and in the end, still decided to get her disciple. It took a few seconds, but soon they floated in the air, 

"I wish to know of the way to reach 11th Houtian." Xia Qingyue didn't waste time and got straight to the point. I sighed at her words, and with a slight wave, a blue orb appeared, pulling her towards me. Chu Yueli was shocked and quickly tried to grab her disciple, just for a blue orb to appear behind her, pulling her away.

Xia Qingyue landed on the ground and almost fell, but she stabilized herself. She was uneasy and looked at me with a guarded look. but she froze seeing me looking at her, with part of my blindfold lifted so I could look at her better. She was shocked seeing just how beautiful the eyes were, she had never seen anything so beautiful,

"... what's the name of the physique you have? A small world? I should start reading up on physiques." I said with a sigh, making Xia Qingyue's world freeze. She looked at me while taking a step backward. Her physique was special, and those who knew about it would understand why she just stepped backward.

"I don't care to have it... but I do want to study it. Let's make a deal, you let me study the physique, and you get how to reach level 12 Houtian." I said causing Xia Qingyue's eyes to widen, even Chu Yueli who was flying over was shocked and slowed down. They thought this only went to 11th Houtian, but 12th? That was a whole new matter.

"how can I trust you?" Xia Qingyue asked. she wanted to have me make an oath. but experts would normally be offended by such a request.

"I could kidnap you and no one would be able to do anything. be it your master or sect," I said causing her to swallow some saliva as that was true.

"Plus, lying is for the weak. thats for people like you to do, not me." I said causing Xia Qingyue to be annoyed, but she nodded lightly.

"I just want to watch you cultivate, a few spars would help," I said calmly, Xia Qingyue nodded, and so with that, I got up. I had her follow me while we went to the forest where I had her start attacking me.

She looked towards her master who had followed, and saw Chu Yueli nodding. Ice spears gathered behind her, and with a point, they shot forward at blinding speed. I had my blindfold off and was closely looking at her. I didn't even care when the ice spears exploded, sending countless smaller pieces shooting all over the place. yet at blinding speed, my hand moved knocking them all away, leaving Xia Qingyue to question what happened as she didn't even see my hand move. 

'With the inner world, she can store more power than what her cultivation can handle. it allows her to go beyond her limits.' I thought while thinking of how I could add this concept to my cultivation art.

'She can skip 5 levels on her own, but with that inner world, she can skip... 8 levels.' I thought with a smile, already forming an image in my mind. I just had to see how this world reacted to things, and how it grew... so I began attacking, although I held back to not injure her too badly, I did push her to her limits.

She had to do everything within her power just to survive, which quickly tired her out. My fist stopped before her paled face, she wasn't able to move due to how tired she was, so I stopped.

"You waste too much energy, you have no combat experience at all. It looks like all you do is cultivate," I said with a shake of my head while putting the blindfold back on my face.

"I can get combat experience later... right now I need to be stronger." She said while breathing heavily, 

"Do you know that through battle, you can draw out more of your potential? Going through life and death will not only boost your cultivation speed but also allow you to better sense flaws within your cultivation realm. I know you noticed a few in this battle," I said calmly, leaving Xia Qingyue unable to say anything for some time as I was telling the truth.

"Wait, how do you know this?" Xia Qingyue asked not understanding how I could know so much about her cultivation. 

"To create a way to reach the 11th and 12th level, fully understanding every realm was something I did. I focused mainly on understanding cultivation techniques and watching people cultivate. I also did some tests on myself," I said calmly,

"Until your marriage, we will do this. I will stop by there to watch you cultivate. I might need you to do a few things with your Qi, so clear your mind." I said calmly while flying off. Xia Qingyue watched me leave, before sighing.

Part of her felt like she was being cheated, but the fact she made such huge improvements within a short amount of time and even saw how her future growth would be... well, she thought even if she didn't get the way to reach the 11th and 12th level, she might reach a point where she can skip a whole realm. thats 10 levels.

She returned home and went on to clear her mind, it didn't take long for me to pop up, and sit across the room with snacks in my hands. I lay on the ground, with my hand holding my head up. I lazily looked at Xia Qingyue while eating, which caused Xia Qingyue to grow annoyed.

Who was she? maybe the most beautiful woman in existence, sure the fact many always look at her with lust annoys her and stuff... but the fact someone can sit right here, not giving her beauty a second look kind of annoyed her. but she put such thoughts out of her head, while Chu Yueli sat at the side watching us.

'this small world also grows with cultivation. If I do what I'm thinking, I might be able to skip 23 or 25 levels.' I thought calmly. currently, I could skip 21 levels. At the 11th level of Xiantian, I could skip the Qi Condensation, and fight someone at the realm A half step away from the Core Formation realm.

Chu Yueli was talented, but even she could only skip 2 levels. She was at the 7th level of the Core Formation realm, her combat power was at the 9th-level Core Formation realm. 

"Send your Qi northwest," I said calmly, causing Xia Qingyue to look at me in confusion, she was currently absorbing energy and using it to cultivate, one can't just go against the cultivation art they have been cultivating all of their life.

"Don't send it all the way, just send it towards it," I said to which she nodded before doing so, my eyes narrowed while looking at this. I went on to tell her to do a few other stuff, but these changes used up a lot of her mental energy. at the same time caused her to slowly lose control of her energy, causing her to panic before she sent them out, not wanting to destroy her cultivation 

Boom

Xia Qingyue Qi went on to destroy her clothing, causing her to quickly cover herself while looking towards me. Yet she only saw me ignoring her, while I wrote on a piece of clothing that had flown towards me.

"y-you!" She didn't know if she should be angry that she was being ignored, or if she be happy or something. 

'Maybe he is gay.' She thought. It bugged her, that someone was ignoring her... well, not just anyone, but someone talented. Someone with such strength and talent, not giving her any attention was annoying, and that bugged her. Compared a mortal falling in love with you, to powerful experts falling in love with you, which one would feel better?

"I'm not gay, you're just not worthy of me," I said causing a vein to pop on her forehead. She didn't need to hear that. with a flash, clothing appeared on her body, yet from start to finish, she was ignored. She glared at me, and sensing this I spoke.

"What is your reasoning for cultivating?" I asked calmly,

"To find my mother." She said after some time, she didn't like seeing her broken family. She had locked herself away from a young age, putting all of her attention on cultivation for the sole goal of healing what was broken.

"Sounds deep, adding the fact you have two physiques, I'm guessing your mother wasn't a simple person," I said stunning Xia Qingyue who only knew she had one physique,

"Don't worry about the second one, you can't awaken it now. instead, tell me about your mother." I said while another piece of her clothing flew into my hands, while I destroyed the one I was writing on.

"I can give you paper." She said in annoyance, which I ignored. Gritting her teeth, she calmed herself down and went on to explain a few things about her mother. such as how her mother had lost her memories when her father found her, but she didn't get past that when she saw me rolling her eyes.

"What?" She asked with a frown.

"I'm willing to bet she was a powerful expert who awakened her memory. kind of messed up to marry someone who has lost their memories. Did she have another family out there, a husband?" I said with a shake of my head, causing Xia Qingyue to go quiet as she thought about the possibility 

"You going to find her might just make things worse for her. if anything you're going to do, stay away from her until you have the strength to ensure you can protect her even after the news that you're her daughter comes out." I said with a bored yawn,

"There is also the possibility she left to protect you. Who knows, after her memory came back, her aura caught the attention of her enemies. Fleeing was her way to protect you, and you just running out there might just force her to suffer great injuries to draw away their attention." I said while destroying the shirt and getting another one.

"In the end, she might not even want to see you. She might be going through hell, wanting to see you yet at the same time hating you as it was a mistake. The best thing for you to do now is simply put her out of mind for now. you have a family, yet you ignore them to focus on something that might break your heart. Enjoy what you have, as you are also destroying the family." I said to which Xia Qingyue looked at me with some tears.

She thought of such things, but it hit her differently when hearing them from someone else. Indeed, she had locked herself away to cultivate, indeed she had not spent time with her younger brother or father, all for the sake of her dream.

"Well, I got what I needed. I thought I would need some more time studying it. but your physique is simple," I said while I looked towards Chu Yueli, causing her to frown

"You would die if you try and reach the 11th level of Houtian, you're not talented enough. but she is. She is more talented than me, I only passed thanks to my mastery of each realm, strong foundation, and overwhelming willpower." I said calmly, making her frown slightly, but she got up and left.

"what do you mean by overwhelming willpower?" Xia Qingyue asked wanting to know what on earth she was getting herself into.

"Well, I have black-grade talent. The breakthroughs were as painful as painful can be, I needed strong willpower to break through. your talent is beyond white, it should be gold or something. right?" I asked to which Xia Qingyue froze in shock as I guessed it, but she nodded.

"You will not have to suffer the pain I went through. maybe you will, but not as much." I said calmly...