On their way to the Blue Wind Profound Palace(1)

Lan Xueruo and Yang Tian continued to talk for some time before they went on a walk towards Blue Wind Profound Palace's direction.

While they were walking in that direction, they spent another 2 days in the forest. The food wasn't a big deal for the two considering the number of corpses present within the space of the Sky Poison Pearl.

During the sleep time, Yang Tian used the Concealing Star Technique to conceal both his aura and Lan Xueruo's while he meditated to keep himself in top shape. As he was meditating, he heard Lan Xueruo mumble some words.

He wondered what that was and went near to her tent and asked her from outside, "Are you alright?" Perhaps he was just that bored, so he decided to check up on her.

Lan Xueruo was a little startled and took a deep breath when she thought that Yang Tian probably heard her words.

"No… I… I am fine." Her sentence was spoken by taking small breaks in between as if she was convincing herself that she really was okay.

"Is that so? Alright then," Came the tepid response of Yang Tian before he went to the stone and started meditating.

Since Lan Xueruo was intent on keeping it to herself, he wasn't going to be pushy. She could drown herself in despair for all he cared…

Time passed… And after what appeared to be an hour or two, Lan Xueruo left her tent.

Her light blue gown was soaking wet with what Yang Tian guessed to be sweat.

Yang Tian looked into Lan Xueruo's eyes and noticed that instead of her brightly sparkling eyes were showing hints of breakdown. The whites of her eyes had already transformed to that of red colour. Perhaps her anxiety was much higher than he expected. But it still wasn't a big deal for him. He had multiple backup plans in his mind for those scenarios.

Anyway, back to observing Lan Xueruo, he stared at her for some time and asked her, "What's the matter now? Weren't you fine just now?"

Just like the red colour of her eyes, even her face resembled that of a blood tomato.

"I am… I am having nightmares. I killed them… I killed them even though they couldn't resist at all… I could have just crippled them… Taken them to the Empire and handed them to the guards. I didn't need to kill them…" She continued to speak with broken words and a distraught look on her face.

Yang Tian breathed out before carefully observing Lan Xueruo and saying with a cold voice, "Those are not related to me. It's clearly because you are very weak in terms of mentality. Speak… What do you want from me?"

"I…I just wanted to be by your side. I feel okay when I am next to you." As these words left her mouth, Lan Xueruo felt like she would die of embarrassment.

Contrary to her expectations, Yang Tian replied with a hint of a frown, "That shouldn't be for more than a few days, right? If you are growing an obsession with me, then I suggest you stop now."

"N-No… It's just for a few days." Lan Xueruo added a little frantically, somewhat anxious that Yang Tian would take back his words. She added another line in her mind though 'Just until we get to the Palace, though.'

Right now, they would need more than 11 or so days to get to the Blue Wind Profound Palace. If Little Snow (Giant Snow Eagle), was in its peak condition, it would have taken them a day less. But considering its injuries, it would need nearly a day to recover.

From what Yang Tian had observed, Little Snow wasn't injured that significantly. It could recover from those wounds and exhaustion after a night of sleep.

Lan Xueruo brought her bedsheet out of her tent and placed it right in front of the stone on which Yang Tian was meditating.

Yang Tian looked at her sleeping face. He noticed that she didn't even take more than 10 breaths to fall asleep.

'Was that a lie?' This thought emerged in his head. But Yang Tian shook his head and thought to himself once more 'No… She shouldn't love me. I haven't done anything to let her feelings grow for me. Is it really just an obsession? She should get over it quickly… Her figure is somewhat distracting me from more serious matters...'

Although Yang Tian didn't plan on getting into a romantic relationship with Cang Yue (Lan Xueruo's real name), he couldn't deny that she was indeed beautiful.

Her figure indeed attracted him a lot and got a reaction from him.

But still… Yang Tian thought to himself 'No, I won't get attracted to her. I do not have such a luxury to be so casual with Xisu's body…'

This was one of the reasons why Yang Tian had tried to not get into a romantic relationship with any women. He honestly believed in his mind that sullying Xisu's body with his impure thoughts wasn't something that he should do.

Yang Tian was awake of the fact that he shouldn't think so much of this matter, after all, Xisu did entrust his own soul and body for his own reason. But still, he was unable to change his mind about it.

Lan Xueruo didn't know any of the struggles with Yang Tian's mind. She was genuinely sleeping comfortably. She didn't know why but his presence was somewhat calming… It was like those nightmares wouldn't dare show themselves in Yang Tian's presence.

In the end, Yang Tian turned his body and continued to meditate. He tried to not look at Lan Xueruo and just ignore her altogether.

The night passed quite quickly. After they travelled after the day on foot, Little Snow was finally good enough to give them a ride.

Little Snow flew until it had utterly exhausted itself. Fortunately, it landed near an inn on the way.

Both Lan Xueruo and Yang Tian took a room each.

However, Yang Tian was surprised when in the middle of the night, Lan Xueruo suddenly knocked on his door with a light blush on her beautiful face.

Yang Tian was finally having a good sleep, and he really didn't like being interrupted by Lan Xueruo.

He was about to shout at her when he noticed that same look in her eyes that he had seen in the previous night.

Swallowing what he was about to say, Yang Tian continued to stare at her with a blank look on his face.

"I want to sleep with you."

"Not interested!"

Yang Tian immediately closed the door as soon as he heard Lan Xueruo's words.

It took a couple of moments for Lan Xueruo to register the other meaning of what she had said.

"Wait… I didn't mean it like that. I really just want to sleep! Please open the door!" She continued to slam her palm at the door, knocking onto it again and again.

Yang Tian was somewhat annoyed with all noise, and he opened the door once again.

"Whatever, come inside then. You don't need to speak so loudly. You will wake up the other guests." Yang Tian said while letting her inside his room.

"Yes! Yes!" Lan Xueruo got inside his room with a hint of excitement and relief in her eyes.

"I will be sleeping on the bed. You can choose where you want to sleep." After having said that, Yang Tian went to his own bed and let Lan Xueruo chose wherever she wanted to sleep.

But not long after, he felt two large 'buns' pressed against his back. They were so large, soft, and comfortable that he couldn't hold back his impure thoughts.

Even though his mind was having a whole lot of impure thoughts, he asked with a neutral tone, "What is the meaning of this, Lan Xueruo?"

"Didn't you say that I should sleep wherever I want? I just chose the most comfortable place for myself," Lan Xueruo said calmly with a hint of cheekiness which was quite contrary to her usual meek disposition.

Yang Tian found that statement logical but annoying 'This will be troublesome… I should deal with it now.'

[A/N: Just to inform you, this will be MC's heart demon. He is not perfect, and I never planned for him to be. Also, since it's a heart demon, it would naturally be dealt with. The only thing I can tell you anymore is that it will be dealt with during the Dragon God's Trials.]