Touched

"Creak, creak, creak…"

The God Slaying Sword's sharp blade sliced through the divers like it was cutting through tofu. It severed everything in its path.

Even though Gao Xuan hadn't been able to bring back the power he'd achieved after a hundred years of bitter training, he still had the sword techniques that he'd ingrained in his memory.

He had cultivated his Extreme Light Sword Technique to the peak of the Gold Grade.

Even though his level of strength was extremely low, the sword technique's immense perfectly brought out the strength in his body. It also brought out all of the advantages of the God Slaying Sword.

The reactions, actions, and thoughts of the captain and the rest of the group clearly appeared in Gao Xuan's brain from the Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada.

In actuality, these divers were like scattered sand.

They weren't organized in the face of an unexpected situation. Some of them wanted to retaliate, while others wanted to hide. They were a mess.

Gao Xuan didn't need to analyze their actions. All he cared about was swinging his sword and cutting down everyone in the room.

The God Slaying Sword was a Miracle Item, and it didn't have a physical form, which made it unbelievably fast. The Extreme Light Sword Technique was also lauded as the fastest sword technique in the world.

Gao Xuan had chosen to give up his eyes for the God Slaying Sword because the God Slaying Sword was the weapon most suitable for the Extreme Light Sword Technique.

The cabin quickly filled with the thick metallic stench of blood from the dismembered limbs.

He unleashed 13 strokes in 0.1 seconds. The divers didn't have time to react before they were cut down and killed by the God Slaying Sword.

The captain, who was lying in the middle of a pile of limbs, wasn't yet dead. He was glaring straight at Gao Xuan with his bull-like eyes. His expression was one of shock and fear.

The divers in the group all had guns, but they were cut down the moment Gao Xuan saw them before they had the opportunity to draw them.

This person's sword technique was terrifying. However, the calm expression Gao Xuan wore when massacring the group made the captain even more terrified.

How could he have been so dumb as to think that he could steal money from a guy like this? He'd even wanted to kill him!

Gao Xuan leisurely sheathed his sword, then tilted his head to look at the captain.

From this angle, the captain could just see Gao Xuan's shut eyes.

Even so, Gao Xuan's unbelievably handsome face wasn't affected by his closed eyes. In fact, it even added to his ineffable mystique.

Gao Xuan's body was extremely clean, without a trace of blood.

"Do you know why I didn't kill you with one strike? Because it's so boring without an audience."

Gao Xuan said, "I couldn't find a single person to talk to during these ten days on the boat. I nearly suffocated to death."

The captain said in a hurry, "Don't kill me, don't kill me. I can help you steer the boat. I can even help you register a new identity."

Since Gao Xuan was smuggling himself from the Beiyang State to the Eastern State, he probably didn't have a legal identity. The captain wasn't a fool. He knew that he could only survive if he proved himself useful.

"Even though this boat is shabby, it has automatic steering. As for registering a new identity, your methods are too backward."

Gao Xuan had chosen to stay on Pegasus Planet because he was extremely familiar with it.

Furthermore, the overall Source Power Level of Pegasus Planet was very low, which was very suitable for his current situation.

Some of the resources on this planet, at least the ones he knew about, also fit his current circumstances.

Thus, Gao Xuan intended to spend a few years on Pegasus Planet, at least until he finished university.

That was right. For some special reason, Gao Xuan had to go through university. This wasn't a step he could skip.

Gao Xuan told the captain, "I didn't want to kill you guys, but you sought your own deaths. I could only reluctantly enforce justice on behalf of the heavens."

The captain was unusually remorseful. How could he have been so ignorant as to offend Gao Xuan?

Gao Xuan shook his head. "I was kidding. I'm not killing you to carry out justice on behalf of the heavens. What right do I have to do that? I'm killing you to carry out justice for myself. I'm killing all the troublemakers. Furthermore, you're a Spirit Being, so you have to die."

The captain's eyes suddenly shone with an incandescent green light. He looked like an evil demon and was abnormally sinister.

"What's the use of putting up an act? Spirit Beings are parasites. You don't deserve to live."

Spirit Beings completely fused with the human body when they took it over. Thus, Spirit Beings would die when the human body was killed. The captain's current state was merely the result of a Spirit Being at the brink of death launching a mind attack.

Unfortunately, while the Spirit Being's mind attack might be effective against an average person like the captain, it was completely laughable to use it against Gao Xuan.

The mind attack that the captain used the rest of his life to unleash didn't deal any damage to Gao Xuan before he broke down. The green light in his eyes gradually became dull as he took his last breath.

Gao Xuan whipped out the God Slaying Sword and twirled it around in the air. The sword converted everyone into blood-colored light and absorbed them.

However, there was a speck of green light within the blood-colored rays of light. Gao Xuan picked out the speck of green light using the God Slaying Sword and realized that it was a green crystal the size of a grain of rice.

The green crystal looked fully transparent and shone with an eerie green light.

"Spirit Being Essence Crystal."

Gao Xuan wasn't surprised. The captain was a Spirit Being. Of course he would form an Essence Crystal after he died.

Low-level Spirit Beings couldn't transfer to a different body once they'd fully occupied one.

Thus, after the captain was killed, the Spirit Being followed. A Spirit Being's mind power would condense to form a Spirit Core after they died.

If the Spirit Core wasn't destroyed, the Spirit Core could receive life force under suitable conditions and revive the Spirit Being.

As the Spirit Core was always hidden deep within the brain of the body, it was incredibly hard to spot. That made it such that many of the Spirit Beings that were killed would come back to life.

To a cultivator, the Spirit Core of a Spirit Being was a valuable item. It could be used to enhance their mind power and improve their compatibility with Source Power. It could even be used to forge unique Source Power items.

Gao Xuan placed the Spirit Core in his pocket. He had no use for the item, but he could let Yun Qingshang use it. This was an unexpected find.

The God Slaying Sword broke down the corpses and absorbed them, and the metallic stench of blood in the cabin instantly went away. All that was left on the floor were various metal items like waist buckles, lighters, handguns, etc.

Gao Xuan cleaned them up and tossed the items into the ocean.

There was a low-level optical computer in the cabin. The captain had pre-set the route a long time ago.

Gao Xuan checked out the route and stopped caring about it when he ascertained that there were no problems. He then headed to the divers' room to finish off the three divers who were still asleep. He got rid of all potential threats.

When he returned to the room on the lower deck of the boat, Gao Xuan carried Yun Qingshang to the captain's cabin upstairs and placed the spirit core between Yun Qingshang's eyebrows.

A cultivator could easily absorb the spiritual qualities of a Spirit Core that didn't have any consciousness.

The Source Power Node between Yun Qingshang's eyebrows had already opened up. Her Source Power circulated on its own to absorb the Spirit Core.

Gao Xuan nodded. The small Spirit Core had completely opened up the Source Power Node between Yun Qingshang's eyebrows.

The Source Power Node between a person's eyebrows was one of the most important Source Power Nodes. Opening this node meant that a person had stepped into the fifth level. From that point on, the person would've surpassed the limits of a human body and activated a higher-level genetic sequence.

Yun Qingshang opened her eyes in a daze, then fell back into a slumber when she saw that Gao Xuan was hugging her.

When Yun Qingshang woke up again, she realized that she was in a wide, bright room.

There was a simple yet elegant wallpaper on the walls. Most of the furniture in the room was made of glass. The entire room had a clean and modern style.

This style was typical of an express hotel.

Yun Qingshang didn't care about where she was. She cared more about Gao Xuan. She looked around and immediately noticed him.

Gao Xuan was lying lazily by the window, sunbathing.

Judging from the angle of the sunlight inside the room, it should be around three to four in the afternoon.

Yun Qingshang felt more at ease when she saw Gao Xuan.

"You're awake?"

Gao Xuan noticed Yun Qingshang's movements and tilted his head to look at her. The smile on his face was radiant.

Even though Gao Xuan had his eyes closed, Yun Qingshang always felt that Gao Xuan was looking at her, which gave her the intense sensation of being watched.

Yun Qingshang asked after a moment's hesitation, "Have your eyes not healed yet?"

"They'll be like that in the future too."

Gao Xuan said nonchalantly, "It's all right. It doesn't affect anything."

Yun Qingshang didn't think it was right. After all, the eyes were the most important sensory organ. It would be really inconvenient not to have the use of one's eyes.

However, she didn't like to say much. Since Gao Xuan said it was fine, it must be so.

Gao Xuan knew what Yun Qingshang was thinking. He explained, "Something happened to my eyes, and I can't put on an electronic false eye. There's always a price for obtaining power."

Yun Qingshang nodded understandingly. It was no wonder that Gao Xuan's sword technique was so terrifying.

Even the powerful Zhou Lang hadn't been able to withstand a few strokes of Gao Xuan's sword. It was worth it if the only price Gao Xuan had paid was his pair of eyes.

Gao Xuan didn't want to talk about the God Slaying Sword and Six-Winged Heavenly Cicada. He didn't want to reveal all of his trump cards, even though he trusted Yun Qingshang.

He changed the topic and said, "You've reached Level Five, right?"

Yun Qingshang had slept for half a month after being injected with the three vials of genetic medication. Her body had completed multiple transformations.

The long scar on her face had completely vanished during the first transformation.

Genetic evolution caused the body to be continuously enhanced and strengthened. All of the body's systems underwent evolution. Damage to the structure of the skin, like scars, would definitely be repaired.

Based on Gao Xuan's observations, Yun Qingshang's Source Power Level had reached a stable Level Five.

Of course, Yun Qingshang still wasn't used to her power, which meant that she hadn't truly reached Level Five yet.

Yun Qingshang got up from the bed and punched the air inside the cramped space.

In the beginning, the force from Yun Qingshang's punch was fierce and violent. However, it quickly went away, and her form also became weak and erratic.

Yun Qingshang withdrew her fist and stood up straight. She gently exhaled, "Level Five."

She had originally been Source Power Level Four and merely one step away from Level Five. The years of cruel assassination training had pushed her technique to its peak.

She had mastered Source Power Level Five with little practice.

"Not bad, not bad. With the Crimson Heart, you have a fighting chance, even against a Level Seven expert."

Gao Xuan nodded with satisfaction. "It's enough for you to be undefeated in Blackwater City."

"Blackwater City?"

Yun Qingshang was a little surprised. Blackwater City was situated on the southernmost side of the Eastern State. They had come from the Beiyang State and should've set foot on the northern coast of the Eastern State.

"We've already traversed the entirety of the Eastern State by plane."

Gao Xuan explained, "By the side of Blackwater City is the White Dragon Mountain Range. There are many small, traditional tribes living there, with a population of a few tens of thousands."

"Oh?" Yun Qingshang didn't fully understand what that had to do with them.

"Our appearances are exceptional, which makes it hard to forge a suitable identity. Thus, we have to have a reasonable explanation…"

Gao Xuan had a long-term plan. He had to have a legal identity that would hold up against any investigation.

Forging a legal identity was easy. However, he looked too eye-catching. It would be hard to explain why no one remembered him.

Thus, Gao Xuan had brought Yun Qingshang over to Blackwater City.

The White Dragon Mountain Range had been closed off since ancient times. Tens of thousands of people still maintained a traditional way of life in their ancient tribes.

These small tribes might only have a dozen people and were partially closed off from the outside world. No one would be able to find a problem with them if they created an identity like that.

"There was a volcanic eruption some time ago that caused a massive forest fire. Tens of thousands of people fell victim to it."

Gao Xuan said, "Currently, Blackwater City is trying to arrive at a tally of the damages. There's an opening there that we can take advantage of."

"What do you intend to do?"

Gao Xuan had already arranged everything. Yun Qingshang was really surprised at this but didn't ask too many questions.

How many secrets Gao Xuan had wasn't important. What was important was that she was able to follow Gao Xuan.

"I've already contacted the Security Officer, Zhang Lifeng."

Gao Xuan said, "That old lecher will definitely ask you to do indecent things."

Yun Qingshang's eyes drooped slightly. "What should I do?"

They couldn't threaten an important figure like that with violence. Yun Qingshang was willing to pay any price for Gao Xuan. Assassins had to use any means at their disposal to achieve their goals.

"What do we do? We kick the old lecher to death, of course."

Gao Xuan told Yun Qingshang in a gentle tone, "Remember, from now on we're no longer assassins. Instead, we're independent beings. We have pride and freedom. We live for ourselves."

Yun Qingshang fell silent for a while, then suddenly nodded forcefully. For some reason, she felt her nose sting.

She didn't dare to say anything. She was afraid that she'd cry if she said anything.

"Are you touched? You can cry if you're touched. It's all right."

Gao Xuan patted his shoulders. "I can even lend you my shoulder to cry on. We can act out a great, touching movie: Teen killers become human once again, their brotherly love moving even the heavens…"