Pinky Promise and Breakthrough

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--- Chapter 27 ---

Two weeks later.

With Xia Qingyue in the Yu Clan, Yu Long's daily life becomes much busier.

His mother also nagged more, often teasing him and Xia Qingyue.

Although Yu Xin never mentioned engagement or anything directly related to it, Yu Long was clear she wanted to pair Xia Qingyue with him. Not in a forceful way, but more accommodating for sure.

Every lunch or dinner, Yu Xin would put their seats closer and make the mood more merrier. Sometimes, she'd talk about Yu Long's childhood to Xia Qingyue despite it being a few years ago.

People say a mother is a frightening creature.

Yu Long experienced it firsthand now.

Yes, there was also something weird.

Yu Long's father doesn't comment concerning Yu Xin's arrangement. 

The same goes for the slick Xia Hongyi, who made Yu Long train his son a few months back.

The two fathers seemingly have a 'Dads' Agreement' with each other, which Yu Long is curious about but doesn't care enough to uncover.

Aside from this 'interesting' development, Yu Long's relationship with Xia Qingyue becomes closer. 

When a cute girl calls you 'Big Brother' in such a heartwarming way every single time, you're bound to love or hate it. 

And Yu Long freaking loves it!

It also happened because Yu Long didn't have any younger siblings in his previous life. In the Yu Clan, he is also the youngest.

Yu Long and Xia Qingyue become inseparable due to their research on the profound way. Even if Yu Xin didn't meddle, he wouldn't mind Xia Qingyue's presence near him. 

Xia Qingyue is a quick learner.

She's also insufferably intellectual and talented. 

The amount of knowledge Yu Long poured into Xia Qingyue would make any so-called martial saint suffer an existential crisis, but she took it like a champ.

Usually, Xia Qingyue didn't take a day or two to have in-depth knowledge about something. 

On top of that, Xia Qingyue's cultivation soared rapidly.

Yu Long was surprised when he discovered that Xia Qingyue's cultivation was at the 10th level of the Elementary Profound Realm. Yes, this was when she arrived at the Yu Clan two weeks ago.

She took less than a month to convert her vitality into profound strength. 

Xia Qingyue's cultivation base is currently at the 6th Level of the Nascent Profound Realm. No wonder Xia Qingyue's Nine Profound Exquisite Body is 'literally' described as a heaven-defying physique, and many people want to covet it in the novel.

Fortunately, Yu Long has developed profound patterns and aspects.

He has sampled Xia Qingyue's 'Nine Profound Exquisite Body' and altered it slightly to fit his body. He called this [Broken Profound Aspects]. If Yu Long didn't want to uncover the mystery of this world's cultivation path and limited his cultivation base, he could have reached the Tyrant Profound Realm any moment now.

That's counting the factor that several 'altered bloodlines' and 'profound aspects' contained in his body.

Tyrant Profound Realm is also called 'Overlord.' in this world.

So, Yu Long could attain 'Overlord' at ten.

Ten years old Overlord, what kind of concept is that?

If any higher powers in the Profound Sky Continent knew of Yu Long's existence and monstrous potential, they wouldn't let him be. 

Fortunately, they don't.

Even then, Yu Long's life becomes much more colorful than before.

Is it a bad thing?

Or a good thing?

Who knows, but Yu Long doesn't mind it, and that's what matters.

...

On the morning day, Yu Long woke up with a yawn. He scratched his cheeks and looked around for a bit. 

His bedroom is messy, as usual. 

There are books everywhere.

And female underwear on the floor.

"Wait, Female Underwear?!" Yu Long's eyes widened in shock.

The fuck?

Yu Long pulled his pants up slightly and saw everything was fine. 

Priority, priority.

"Safe. I thought someone fucked me..." He sighed in relief.

After that, Yu Long trailed his gaze to the other side of the bed and saw Lily sleeping soundlessly.

"Yum, yum... One bread, two bread." Lily murmured happily. Drools are coming from her mouth, touching Yu Long's sacred bed.

"..." Yu Long's mouth twitched in disbelief.

This maid.

How in hell did she enter my room?

Yu Long peeked at the round, perky things below Lily's collarbone and faked a 'respectful' cough after seeing them. "Hmm, Lily's become bigger than before. The bloodline likely affects her..." He wondered slightly.

"I need to do more research."

"For scientific purposes." Yu Long nodded sagely and covered Lily with a blanket. 

He stretched and wrote a note, sticking it on the maid's forehead.

Yu Long refreshed himself with a splash of cold water and wiped his face with a towel. "Phew, it's morning, and I'm already panicking." 

After brushing his teeth, Yu Long changed his clothes into a black training uniform and went to the courtyard.

Yu Long started his usual exercises and bathed in the morning's sunlight to absorb Violet Qi. He sensed someone's presence in the back and crouched slightly.

Xia Qingyue missed her target and pouted, "I almost got you..." 

"You're too green to catch me." Yu Long flashed a grin at the charming girl.

Xia Qingyue placed her hands on the hip and returned, "I've asked this several times, but aren't you bored, big brother?" 

"Me? Bored?" 

"Hahaha~!" Yu Long laughed at her joke.

"I would never get bored as long as Qingyue is on my side." 

"Y-You're teasing me again!" Xia Qingyue's ears reddened.

Yu Long shook his head and continued, "There are many things to do in the house, you know?" 

"For example, sleep." 

"Out of many things, you chose that..." Xia Qingyue was amazed by Yu Long's reason for staying at home.

"What, sleep is important!" Yu Long straightforwardly stated.

"What happens when one doesn't have enough sleep? They become less productive!" 

"What happens when one doesn't have enough sleep in a war? The enemy will wait until drowsiness hits and kills them." 

"What happens when..." 

'There he goes again...' Xia Qingyue smiled helplessly. 

She thought Yu Long was more mysterious than others. Well, he is. But sometimes, boys will always be boys.

"That's why, without enough sleep, no one will succeed!" Yu Long finished his speech.

Xia Qingyue sighed, "Whatever..." 

"I was thinking you could bring me to an interesting place." She blinked innocently.

"That's not going to work against me anymore." Yu Long responded casually.

"Eh?" Xia Qingyue was shocked. Those maids lied to her!

Oh, sweet Xia Qingyue.

You're too naive.

How could such a trick work twice on Yu Long? Even without [Kaiju Maker], he's immune to it after the first attempt.

Yu Long flicked Xia Qingyue's forehead and said, "Go, train your profound strength." 

"If you reach the 7th Level of the Nascent Profound Realm, I'll bring you to an interesting place." 

"Ouch-! Really?!" Xia Qingyue was about to rub her aching forehead when she listened to Yu Long's second line and became excited instead.

"Promise you won't take your words back." 

"I promise." Yu Long lifted his pinky finger.

Xia Qingyue tilted her head as she didn't understand his gesture.

Yu Long chuckled and explained, "This is called Pinky Promise." 

"When one makes a promise with another, they can link their pinky fingers and promise to fulfill it."

"The gesture is taken to signify that the person can break the finger of the one who broke the promise."

"Now that I think about it, this is horrible..." Yu Long regretted explaining this.

However, Xia Qingyue's eyes lit up immediately as she locked her pinky finger with Yu Long's.

"Hehe, Pinky Promise. You can't take your words back now." She giggled excitedly.

"Bye, Big Brother Yu Long. I'll go and cultivate!" Xia Qingyue happily skipped onto the ground and disappeared into her bedroom in the opposite courtyard.

"..." Yu Long stared at his pinky finger. 

It wouldn't break, no?

"Whatever..." 

"It's just a harmless promise." Yu Long shrugged and continued training [Art of Violet Mist].

Yu Long has understood the essence of the Nascent Profound Realm, so it's time for him to break through.

At Elementary Profound Realm, what matters the most is the 'Conversion' of one's vitality into profound strength.

The Nascent Profound Realm took one further step of that 'Conversion' and developed the newly profound energy in one's body, using the power of Earth and Heaven. 

The key is the 'maturing' process from the surroundings' energies.

When the profound energy in one's body matured enough, one could step into the True Profound Realm. 

Yu Long closed his eyes and felt the warm sensation on his 54 profound entrances. Yes, he had all of them open a while ago.

The warm current washed Yu Long's body as he steadily entered the 1st Level of True Profound Realm.

But it doesn't end here.

Yu Long's profound energy boiled and kept surging forward, raising his cultivation base.

2nd Level of the True Profound Realm.

3rd Level of the True Profound Realm.

4th Level of the True Profound Realm.

5th Level of the True Profound Realm.

6th Level of the True Profound Realm.

7th Level of the True Profound Realm.

8th Level of the True Profound Realm.

9th Level of the True Profound Realm.

10th Level of the True Profound Realm!

After absorbing immense energy and controlling it perfectly, Yu Long steadily stopped at the 10th Level of the True Profound Realm.

Yu Long opened his eyes and released a violet-colored smoke from his mouth. He felt refreshed and definitely much 'stronger' than before.

The increase of strength in the Elementary Profound Realm and Nascent Profound Realm is too little for Yu Long to notice. However, the True Profound Realm is different.

"What the means by 'mature' is actually more 'stable' than the previous realm." Yu Long ridiculed this world's vague definition of the cultivation path.

He lifted his head and saw the sun ganging in the sky.

"Interesting place, huh?"

"Visiting that bird doesn't sound bad."