"Just as I remembered it." Gently caressing the teacup, Yang Ze brought it close to his eyes before observing the cracks on it. Every single crack was as he remembered. All of them were glued together in a crude way, just the way they originally were.

"I thought I would never see it again." With a smile, he kept on holding the cup, afraid of letting it out of his sight. If one were to look at him carefully, they would see his red eyes and his ragged breathing, as he desperately tried to hold back his tears.

After five minutes, the cup he was holding dissipated into thin air and with it, Yang Ze's mental energy.

But the current Yang Ze didn't pay any attention to his mental energy. Instead, his eyes were in a daze, looking at his empty hands. He wanted to manifest it once again, but a sharp pain prevented him from doing so.

"Ugh." Even though he wanted to try again, without enough Mental Energy, it was impossible to do so. In the end, he could only give up.

He didn't say a word but just lay there in silence as scenes of his past life flashed before his eyes once again. Unfortunately, he didn't have anyone to talk to, so he could only immerse himself in those memories.

He then spent the entire night lying there quietly in a daze.

It wasn't until the first ray of sunlight hit his face that he came out of the trance.

"It's morning already?" Licking the dew on his lips, Yang Ze stretched his body for a while before heading back to the house. He hadn't forgotten about the matter of beasts. He wanted to see if he could go there by himself. If not, he would just ask Lin Yue.

After a night of drinking together and talking, she would at least consider his proposal instead of refusing him right away.

.....

.....

"NO."

*BANG

Looking at the door closing on his face, Yang Ze was stunned for a long time.

He couldn't believe that Lin Yue would reject him this brutally.

Earlier, he was still thinking that their relationship had improved. But his understanding shattered the moment he asked her to visit the market with him, and she laughed before closing the door on his face.

"Damn it." Yang Ze wanted to kick open the door and curse at her, but thinking about the disparity in strength, he held back.

Once he steps into the Vein Expansion realm, he will definitely teach her a lesson. But till then, he had to endure and be patient.

"Should I go alone?" Yang Ze muttered to himself. Since Lin Yue wasn't going to accompany him, it was better to go alone, but in his mind, he was hesitant about it. He hadn't even taken a step out of the house, much less seen the Heavenly Sword Sect. Without any guidance, it was next to impossible for him to reach the market.

How could Lin Yue, who had stepped into the Vein Expansion realm, not hear his muttering?

"Hmph!" With a cold snort, she shouted from her room.

"Don't even think about going alone. There are no men in the Heavenly Sword Sect. If you dared to roam around, they would break your legs and put you in prison."

'Damn it.' Yang Ze shivered upon hearing her warning before gritting his teeth in anger. He couldn't go by himself, and she wasn't coming with him. What else could he do?

In a daze, he looked around only to stop in front of Xiao Ruolan's room.

Were it before he saw her drinking, he would have definitely not considered her. But after spending a night talking to her, he didn't find her as emotionless and cold as she presented herself to be.

Without any other options, he could only rely on her. If she refused, then he would just sit in the backyard, hoping to come across more wild animals. But if she agreed...

Without wasting another second, Yang Ze walked away from Lin Yue's door.

"Finally." Hearing his departing footsteps, Lin Yue just snorted in displeasure. She was already annoyed with her slow progress, and now this little bastard wanted to explore the sword sect? Did he really have that much free time?

She had decided that after she finished her practice, she would definitely teach him a lesson so he would focus on the Mystic Nether Art instead of thinking about roaming around.

But before she could even close her eyes to practice, she heard a knocking sound again, except this time they were coming from another door.

And sure enough, she heard the familiar, annoying voice.

"Senior Xiao Ruolan. Do you want to explore the Heavenly Sword Sect's market together?"

"I am gonna kill him." Lin Yue almost flew into a rage. This shameless bastard, after being rejected so bluntly, didn't hesitate to go and look for another person.

"Forget it." It took her great effort to rein in her emotions. "It's not like she is going to accompany hi..."

But before she could even finish her sentence, she heard Xiao Ruolan's cold voice.

"Okay."

"Huh!?" Not only Lin Yue, but even Yang Ze was surprised. He merely asked it on an impulse. In his heart, he knew she was going to reject him. At worst, she would just stay silent.

But who would have thought that she would agree so easily?

Yang Ze just stood there, stunned.

It wasn't until the door to Xiao Ruolan's door opened and he saw her familiar figure with long legs, extraordinarily large breasts and her dark red eyes that he came back to his senses.

"Let's go. I need to buy a few things too." Xiao Ruolan just threw him a cursory glance before walking out the door, followed by Yang Ze, who was still in a daze.

"This... What... what the hell?" Inside her room, Lin Yue's eyes widened in disbelief. How could she not understand Xiao Ruolan? It was exactly because she knew what kind of person she was that she was surprised by her decision.

"Forget it." In the end, she could only shake her head before closing her eyes and focusing back on her cultivation.

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On the other hand, Yang Ze quietly followed behind Xiao Ruolan while he gazed at the scenery in excitement.

This was the first time he saw what the Heavenly Sword Sect looked like, and it filled him with a sense of awe.

Looking at the long, narrow mountains that were in the shape of mountains, he couldn't help but let out a sharp breath.

"Hisss..."

This was the first time he felt like he truly was in another world. Even though he had seen all kinds of magical things, the scenery around him always felt like he had travelled to a medieval world instead of a cultivation world.

But now... The numerous sword-like mountains, which were placed together, finally made him feel awe.

Unlike Yang Ze, who would keep looking around in wonder, Xiao Ruolan was rather calm and composed. She didn't pay any attention to the sword peaks around her. She had visited this place many times in the past. When she first came here, she too was awe-struck like the man following her, but over time, she got used to it.

"Can you tell me something about the Heavenly Sword Sect? Like the history, their greatest feats and the mightiest experts in it?"

After seeing such a grand display, he was already itching in his heart. He wanted to know more about this world, he wanted to learn its history, its conflicts and its beauty. He wasn't thinking about joining or making his own force; instead, he was genuinely interested in knowing about this magical place.

And the only person who could answer his question was the woman walking in front of him.

Listening to his request, Xiao Ruolan's footsteps paused for a moment before she looked at the sword peaks around her in silence. She then turned around to face Yang Ze before opening her cherry lips and speaking in her emotionless and cold voice.

"NO."

"..."

Listening to the familiar response, Yang Ze's corner of lips twitched as he shook his head with a bitter smile. It seems he had misunderstood her. She didn't come just to accompany her; she truly has something to do in the market.

The rest of their journey was spent in silence.

There were a few times when Yang Ze wanted to start a conversation, but held back after seeing her cold gaze.

After an hour, the two of them finally reached their destination.

At the end of the sword mountain was a large open market with women everywhere. All of them were wearing the same grey robes with sword marks on their sleeves while carrying a sword behind their back.

Yang Ze quietly watched the scene in front of him. There was not a single man in his sight. The entire market was filled to the brim with women with sharp bearing and sword-like eyes. Every woman had her own charm, but if there was something common between them, then it would be their cold expression.

Looking at them and then at Xiao Ruolan, Yang Ze couldn't help but wonder if the majority of the women in this world suffer from facial paralysis. Every single woman that he had met, be it Lin Wan, Lin Yue, Xiao Ruolan, Cang Yue or Lin Meilin... Almost all of them had this blank, cold expression the majority of the time.

"Forget it." Shaking his head, he didn't think too much about it but walked around.

Because of him being the only man in the market, most of the women would frown after looking at him. But with Xiao Ruolan by his side, they didn't make things difficult for him.

"What do you want to buy?" Xiao Ruolan suddenly asked him.

"Eh!" Yang Ze wasn't expecting her to care about his purchase, but now was not the time to delay. Without any hesitation, he replied, "I was hoping to buy some kind of animals. It is too lonely there."

"...." Xiao Ruolan just nodded in response before taking him around the market. After wandering around for almost fifteen minutes, the two of them finally stood in front of a small wooden shop.

Even before stepping inside, Yang Ze was stunned by the sight of different beasts in the cage.

There was a fox-like creature, except it had four ears and four eyes. A small cat-like creature with a horn on its head. Then there was a rat, except instead of claws it had long blade-like hands.

The more Yang Ze looked at them, the more shocked he got. He never expected the animals of this world to be so different from what he had imagined.

It wasn't until he reached in front of a small cage that he finally stopped.

Instead of a cage, it was more appropriate to call it a glass jar.

It wasn't big, at most two feet in height and half a foot in width.

It wasn't the size of the container that caught his attention; instead, it was the thing inside.

Inside the container, there were seven small butterflies gently floating around, as if playing with each other.

Without any hesitation, Yang Ze narrowed his eyes before moving forward. The shopkeeper just smiled at his reaction before walking beside him and whispering softly in his ear.

"This is the prized possession of our shop. The Spiritwing."

"Dear customer, do you want to buy it?"

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