Chapter 94

Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PazjBDkTmW

Chapter 94: The Tenth Peak Summit

"Ye Xiaobai is making great progress, how can you, as the master, not practice more?"

The little dragon pulled Wen Yun’s skirt and excitedly said in a hoarse voice, "Hurry, take me inside, we can’t let Little Bai catch up with us."

Wen Yun did follow Ye Shubai to the base of Cloud Sea Tower and indeed intended to enter.

Hearing the usually lazy little dragon say such words really surprised her.

"Is this really my dragon?" Wen Yun began to doubt from the bottom of her heart.

"Oh! What are you waiting for, hurry and take me inside!"

The more Wen Yun listened, the more she felt something was wrong. Before, the dragon used to sleep a lot when she was practicing, but now it was eager to go with her?

"Why are you so active today? Are you worried that Little Bai is too strong and will take your spot?"

"Little Bai is like a close friend to me, why would I compete with him!" The little dragon muttered, then lowered his voice, too afraid to turn around, only daring to quietly ask Wen Yun–

"Did Old Su Yuan fall behind?"

It still remembered the feeling of the old man’s dirty hands touching its fat body! It could accept being hugged by Wen Yun, and maybe even with Ye Shubai, if not Mengran, that little girl, and many other beautiful female cultivators from the Sixth Peak…

In any case, the old man Immortal Su Yuan who doesn’t like to wash his feet is just unbearable!

It was despicable! In the past, the old man always despised the dragon’s fatness, treating it like a pig, never bothering to touch it, always threatening to roast or steam the pig, which made the little dragon extremely unhappy being treated like a pig.

However, during this escape, when Immortal Su Yuan helped Wen Yun hold the little dragon once and felt the soft fur on its body, he unexpectedly started to enjoy petting the dragon and even fell asleep hugging the dragon!

The little dragon was very disgusted with this sloppy old man, but the other party’s strength far surpassed its own, making it unable to resist.

Glancing back and not seeing Immortal Su Yuan’s shadow, it guessed excitedly, "Has he already been taken back by the people of Dongxuan World?"

"You naughty pig! How dare you hope for me to be caught!"

Immortal Su Yuan stepped forward in one swift motion, skillfully grasped the back of the baby dragon’s neck, hugged it close, and then angrily rubbed its head until feeling completely satisfied.

"You all have been waiting here for three days, do you not plan to go back?"

"Go back where?" Wen Yun glanced softly at Immortal Su Yuan. "Didn’t you say the prices inside Cloud Sea City are frighteningly high, and staying in such a luxurious inn made you uneasy? And also, you mentioned that us sword cultivators don’t need to sleep, so just a brief rest while standing is enough, right?"

Clearly making a good profit from selling Yi Yu’s tail feather, but the stingy old sword cultivator was reluctant to use it. There were many complaints when staying in that inn before. After Ye Shubai came out, he immediately found the innkeeper to return the room and even took away the complimentary toiletries from each room before leaving.

Ye Shubai also mentioned how the ancestors of the Qingliu Sword Sect were all noble and wise, obviously emphasizing the details into the soul.

Immortal Su Yuan, unperturbed by being exposed, replied with pride, "Indeed, since you are all going to challenge Cloud Sea Tower, why bother staying in an inn? That small villa doesn’t look great anyway, it costs quite a few Origin Crystals for one night, how expensive!"

Wen Yun sighed, "But elder, we can’t enter Cloud Sea Tower now either."

"No way around it, after all, only those in the Ascension Realm can start from the third level of the tower, naturally limiting the spots available. Little Yun girl, you must come back next month."

In Immortal Su Yuan’s arms, the little fire dragon made a sound and muttered, "Why do we have to check our level before entering the tower? Can’t I just go to the first floor to chase Little Bai?"

"You silly pig." Immortal Su Yuan patted the pig’s tail, frowned, and taught, "If Cloud Sea Tower’s challenges don’t consider levels, what if some shameless Ascension Realm bully those who haven’t ascended yet and stay on the first floor to block others from entering?"

The little fire dragon suddenly realized, but still unwilling to agree with Immortal Su Yuan’s words, grumbled, "I don’t believe it, who can be more shameless than you after ascending!"

"Ahem." Wen Yun choked on her saliva, dared not speak, she actually wanted to do such shameless things before…

Immortal Su Yuan finished rubbing the little fire dragon, turned his head and smiled at Wen Yun, "Hey, Little Yun girl, Kid Ye has been inside for three days, and still hasn’t come out, aren’t you worried?"

How could she not worry?

Since Ye Shubai was new to the Upper Realm, he was unaware of the current situation here, and his strength had not fully recovered yet. If he encountered strong enemies, it was possible for him to get hurt or even die.

Wen Yun was a step late after all. When she arrived at Cloud Sea Tower, the Cloud Brand that represent Ascension Realm for the month had already been taken by others.

If not for the Divine Soul Contract in her sea of divine sense that assured her that Ye Shubai was safe, she wouldn’t have been able to wait peacefully outside for three days.

Of course, it’s unnecessary to worry too much about it. There’s no need to explain it in detail to Immortal Su Yuan.

Wen Yun smiled calmly and confidently, saying, "I don’t worry about anyone else, only him."

With the Divine Soul Contract, you always know if someone is alive or dead.

When he said these words, Immortal Su Yuan chuckled and called out behind Wen Yun, "Hey young man, don’t stand there silly and mute. Little Yun girl has been waiting outside the tower for three days because of you. She refused to leave until she saw you safely emerge."

Wen Yun turned around, surprised.

She saw that Ye Shubai had already come out of the tower without making a sound. He licked his lips, and the slight blush on his fair face became more prominent. The hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth made it seem like he was secretly happy about something.

He looked straight at her, his dark eyes shimmering with tiny starry lights, reflecting her slightly embarrassed expression.

Certain things can be said behind someone’s back without harm, but saying them to their face might seem like flirting.

Wen Yun was thick-skinned and oblivious to such things, while Immortal Su Yuan on the side could only sigh and lament that these two were not as romance-filled as he was in his younger days.

Little dragon struggled free from Immortal Su Yuan’s embrace and headed straight for Ye Shubai’s shoulders, not forgetting to show off, "I waited for three days too! On the way, there was a vendor selling cloud candy, but I didn’t go with him!"

If he said this at other times, he could easily get two gems or a snack pack from Ye Shubai, so this time the little dragon was looking at Ye Shubai expectantly.

However, his hopes were dashed today.

Ye Shubai walked straight to Wen Yun, perhaps afraid that she would worry, walking faster than usual.

"I am fine."

He spoke before she could ask, and subtly lowered his gaze to check his clothes. After confirming that everything was fine, he generously let her inspect him.

Before coming out, he thought Wen Yun might worry, so he deliberately cleaned up all the traces of blood from his wounds, still looking the same as when he went in.

After more than a hundred battles, even though his opponents had not yet ascended, the methods from the higher realm were far superior to those in the cultivation world, so he inevitably got injured in the process.

Maybe he could be like the little dragon, getting hurt and quickly shouting grievances to Wen Yun, so he would receive lots of care.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t do it after all, not because of pride, but simply because he couldn’t bear to do it.

He couldn’t bear to let her worry for a moment.

When Immortal Su Yuan saw that expression on Ye Shubai’s face, he felt a bit sour. He patted Ye Shubai’s shoulder and interrupted their conversation, "Kid Ye, you have indeed advanced to the Soul Changing Stage, not bad."

Rebuilding is indeed simpler than the first time. Moreover, he had already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage before leaving the cultivation world, so it was not surprising that he broke through in battle now.

Seeing his breakthrough in cultivation, Immortal Su Yuan changed the topic and asked, "You’ve been in there for three days, have you already reached the top eighty?"

The first layer of the Cloud Sea Tower is mostly where loose cultivators from the Upper Realm stay. Since the challengers on the first two levels were at most at the Transmigration Stage, most of those behind were Soul Changing Stage cultivators.

Immortal Su Yuan estimated that although Ye Shubai’s previous sword skills, agility, and combat experience were all there, he had only just reached the Nascent Soul stage. It seemed that winning against ten opponents in a row would be his limit.

The reason for mentioning the eighty levels instead of ninety was just to prevent young people from being proud and complacent.

As expected, Ye Shubai was a bit stunned, hesitated for a moment, and then humbly said, "Elder, I only reached the ninetieth place before leaving the tower."

Su Yuan felt happy in his heart.

I knew you had skills, you guessed right!

It’s time to share the wisdom of the elders.

"Only ninety? Each generation is indeed different. Looks like the Qingliu Sword Sect will still rely on this old man to establish its reputation in the Upper Realm."

Ye Shubai lowered his eyes, tightened his grip on the sword, looking quite ashamed.

The old sword cultivator glanced lightly at the younger one, lazily held his sword, had a piece of grass in his mouth, looked deep into the hazy tower, seemingly reminiscing about his glorious past.

"Over two thousand years ago, back when I was still under the Dongxuan Sect, I unknowingly entered the Cloud Sea Tower, also known as the Tower of Life and Death."

"I didn’t choose to die in there like them, instead, I fought quietly and won against fifty people in three days. Although I was heavily injured and had to leave the tower, it caused quite a stir, slapped those people in the face, and demonstrated my power in the mortal realm!"

He closed his eyes and sighed deeply, "It’s a pity, I thought you could win against twenty people in a row, but you only managed ten. This generation of sword cultivators is not promising."

"Senior…"

"It looks like Kid Ye, you need to work harder…"

"Senior."

This time, Immortal Su Yuan finally heard Ye Shubai’s voice. He lazily raised his eyes and glanced at the younger one, speaking heavily, "Young people always want to argue for themselves, go ahead and speak."

"I didn’t just defeat ten people, but won consecutively against a hundred and ten."

Ye Shubai looked at him with clear eyes and calmly dropped a bombshell statement —

"I’m not ranked in the top ninety on the first level, but on the second level."

In the midst of speaking, he had already taken out Cloud Brand, and the numbers floated up soon after.

Level, second.

Rank, ninety.

It turned out that he was not in the top ninety of the first level.

"…" Immortal Su Yuan fell silent for a while, his wrinkled eyelids twitched a few times, and finally he barely returned to normal.

"Oh."

He made a difficult sound, then didn’t know what to say, chewed on the grass in his mouth with a bitter taste, and was finally shocked back to his senses by the bitterness.

"I see." Immortal Su Yuan nodded calmly, sparingly praised, "It’s not bad, you haven’t disappointed my expectations."

Wen Yun suppressed a smile, giving face to the elder without revealing the truth, but the little fire dragon was different. It immediately flapped its wings and flew aimlessly above Immortal Su Yuan’s head, throwing all kinds of sarcastic remarks without hesitation.

"Hahaha, old man, you were clearly outdone by Little Bai, and now you’re trying to act cool here. You’re going to make me laugh to death!"

Immortal Su Yuan’s hidden feelings were exposed. "…Shut up."

The little fire dragon didn’t stop talking, but instead became more arrogant, "Old man, you didn’t expect it, did you? We, wand spirit and sword spirit, are so powerful! Both of us are the spirits of Wen Yun Cloud. He can pass one hundred and ten levels, and as the big brother, I can easily pass at least one hundred and twenty levels. Are you scared now?"

Being too arrogant doesn’t end well. The little fire dragon was immediately picked up and squeezed by Immortal Su Yuan, making squealing sounds like a pig.

This time, neither Ye Shubai nor Wen Yun could save it.

When children grow up, it will be too late to understand that words can bring trouble.

After tormenting the little fire dragon, Immortal Su Yuan finally regained his senses. He glanced coldly at Ye Shubai and said in a not-so-friendly tone, "Since you have come from the bottom to be the ninetieth on the second level, there will be no new challengers looking for you."

Ye Shubai nodded calmly and replied, "Yes, those few on the second level are all dead. No one should come to challenge me this month."

"Dead?" Immortal Su Yuan’s eyebrows raised.

"Yes, they were a group who wanted to kill me."

Ye Shubai didn’t think it was wrong to do so, but after looking at Wen Yun’s face, he was worried that she might misunderstand him as a ruthless killer and added a word as an afterthought.

"Those ordinary cultivators on the first level, I only defeated them and did not kill them."

"Alright, in that case, for now, you should not continue challenging the Cloud Sea Tower. Simply fighting is not the best way to train. You urgently need to find a quiet place to reflect on your past battles, only then you can truly comprehend and improve…"

The Charmander interjected coldly, "Don’t bother finding a quiet place. Wasn’t the courtyard in the inn secluded enough? Didn’t you refuse to stay there because it costs thirty Origin Crystals per night? As cultivators, we absorb the essence of the heavens and earth and cultivate our spirit. Just find an open space to meditate, no need to sleep."

"Tonight we’re having Cloud Milk Pig, a specialty of Cloud Sea World. Say one more word and I’ll add Roasted Dragon Pig." Immortal Su Yuan said expressionlessly, successfully silencing the Charmander.

He reached out his hand to Ye Shubai. "Give me your Cloud Brand, and I’ll take you to Cloud Island."

"Cloud Island?" Ye Shubai seemed puzzled.

Immortal Su Yuan furiously stroked his beard. "It’s the reward you earn by challenging the Cloud Sea Tower. Do you think so many people risk their lives in the tower for what?"

Ye Shubai’s gaze was determined as he replied matter-of-factly, "To become stronger."

"…"

Wen Yun was holding a magic wand and confidently answered, "To become stronger."

"…"

The elder decided not to argue with the two young battle enthusiasts.

Immortal Su Yuan led Ye Shubai and Wen Yun forward, quietly explaining as they walked.

"You have won over one hundred and ten opponents, so you can now claim one hundred and ten Cloud Islands. However, if you lose once, you will lose one of your Cloud Islands. If you lose the Cloud Sea Tower challenge… then all your Cloud Islands will be taken back."

Cloud Sea World is vast, besides the huge floating landmass of Cloud Sea City, there are many smaller floating islands known as Cloud Islands.

Since there are too many Cloud Islands and they are too small for one family to manage all of them, they are offered as rewards for the Cloud Sea Tower challenge. Winning a challenge grants ownership of a Cloud Island, while losing means giving it up.

This is why countless people are willing to fight fiercely to enter the Cloud Sea Tower.

The abundant source power of Cloud Sea World ranks it among the top even in the upper realms. Obtaining a Cloud Island in such a grand realm is an excellent choice, whether to rent it to a large family or to use it for personal cultivation.

However, Ye Shubai now has over a hundred Cloud Islands, which is a bit exaggerated.

The process of transferring Cloud Islands is very simple. Ye Shubai can sense the locations of the one hundred and ten Cloud Islands he owns with just a touch of Divine Sense.

"There are three islands closer to Cloud Sea City," Ye Shubai said after sensing with his eyes closed. "The closest island is about a day’s journey by sword carriage from Cloud Sea City, and the farthest island among the hundred Cloud Islands would take a year to fly to."

Wen Yun exclaimed, "Wow, is this the Upper Realm?"

It’s actually so huge!

Even Ye Xiu Bai, flying at the fastest speed in the cultivation world, would only take ten days to fly by sword carriage.

So now, flying by sword carriage is measured in years?

She could use spatial laws to shrink distances, but she was afraid of attracting thieves. With her current level of cultivation, she could only obediently fly by sword carriage.

Immortal Su Yuan chuckled, "Alright, let’s just visit the three closer islands and rent out the distant ones! A small inn on a courtyard on my Cloud Island charges thirty Origin Crystals per night, while renting out the whole Cloud Island for a month costs ten thousand Origin Crystals. Not too expensive, right?"

Little Dragon didn’t argue with Immortal Su Yuan this time, but wagged its tail excitedly and agreed, "I think this idea is great! That way we’ll have over a million Origin Crystals!"

Immortal Su Yuan waved his hand and said, "Haha, this is nothing," but couldn’t help but show off.

"When I first wandered in the myriad realms, I was short of money and expenses were high in the upper realms. I couldn’t even afford a bottle of poor quality medicinal water to restore my source power. I started from scratch, and then lived lavishly for a while…"

Despite being accustomed to sword cultivators’ sensitivity to money, Wen Yun was impressed by Immortal Su Yuan’s words and felt respectful, thinking, "He truly is the ancestor of sword cultivators!"

*

The next day, the group arrived at the closest Cloud Island.

Just as Ye Shubai said, it took the whole day of flying on swords to reach Cloud Island.

However, when they landed, Little Dragon looked around and even flew up into the sky in disbelief, before looking dumbfounded.

"I thought that Blizzard Island was nicely arranged, and I was planning for you to replicate it for me. But what is this?"

"Is this it? This is the Cloud Island from above?"

Not only Little Dragon, even Wen Yun and Ye Shubai were lost in thought as they looked at Cloud Island.

Apart from not being as big as Blizzard Island, it might not even be half the size, there are only three peaks in The Tenth Peak that are this big.

"Why are you all so picky?"

Immortal Su Yuan looked very pleased, clearly satisfied with the island. He gestured with his sword, saying happily, "Cloud Island is not far from Cloud Sea City, and it truly deserves to be the prize for the second level. The area is indeed much larger than the first level!"

Wen Yun finally couldn’t hold back, hesitantly asking, "Um… When you say ‘large’, are you really referring to this Cloud Island?"

"Yes, look over there. Ah yes, that’s Cloud Island, I suppose that must be the reward for the first level."

Following the direction pointed out by Immortal Su Yuan, Wen Yun gazed into the distance and indeed saw a Cloud Island hidden among the clouds.

The Cloud Island had no mountains or valleys, it was flat with some beautifully built cottages, dozens of red-leafed trees, and a lovely flower garden ahead.

Then what?

And then it’s over, Cloud Island is just that small.

Seeing the younger generation looking shocked and inexperienced, Immortal Su Yuan chuckled, raised his eyebrows, and explained slowly.

"You don’t know that even though Cloud Sea World is vast, the land floating above the sea of clouds is very scarce. The sea of clouds below may seem calm, but it is actually fierce and turbulent. Even using earth magic cannot create land, only the Cloud Soil of Cloud Sea World itself can remain. Furthermore, deep in the clouds, there are Cloud Beasts that constantly nibble at Cloud Islands, so each inhabitable Cloud Island is extremely rare."

"Cloud Sea World, it is famous in the upper realm for being very valuable! So, I offered ten thousand to rent the entire Cloud Island, is that wrong? No!"

"…"

Therefore, they decided to use this Cloud Island beneath their feet as their base in Cloud Sea World.

Immortal Su Yuan happily went to do business renting out Cloud Island, as the strong scent of money revealed in this matter was too tempting. Even the little fire dragon who had been avoiding him all this time couldn’t resist and followed along with a wagging tail.

Now, only Ye Shubai and Wen Yun are left on the island.

She tugged on Ye Shubai’s sleeve and pointed to a pretty peak not far away, saying, "Doesn’t it look a bit like The Tenth Peak? Shall we go up and take a look?"

Standing on the only pretty peak on Cloud Island, you could see the boundary of Cloud Island covered by rolling clouds and mist. Looking further, besides the floating clouds and mist, there was nothing else to be seen, just this vast and calm white.

Actually, without flying up to the sky, Cloud Island is not small at all.

Standing side by side, with a mountain stream winding through the red maple woods behind them and Cloud Grass up to their knees under their feet. This special kind of thin grass in Cloud Sea World is a lush green color with translucent white tips. Some wild ones were almost Wen Yun’s waist height.

Ye Shubai’s hand hung low among the Cloud Grass, his sleeves were white, and his slender fingertips were also white.

She squinted around without paying too much attention to the itching from the Cloud Grass on her fingers.

Just then, a warm piece of Cloud Grass quietly caught her finger, then covered it bit by bit, finally holding her hand firmly.

The nearby Cloud Grass swayed as the mist blew through. The fine grass that brushed her hand just now also left, but this warm piece of Cloud Grass kept holding her hand.

The mist’s moisture landed on her face, refreshing and cool. Her eyes glistened slightly, but couldn’t calm down the sudden redness on her cheeks and earlobes.

Wen Yun’s heart was beating very fast, and her throat was getting dry.

What does he mean by this?

There is no danger now, and this place is so small that there is no need to worry about getting lost. What does it mean when he is also holding her hand?

Ye Shubai’s eyelids lowered, his gaze falling on their intertwined hands. He felt both happy and uncomfortable.

Whether it’s the heart, the hand holding hers, or the tips of his ears and eyes, everything felt burning hot.

He pursed his lips, noticing Wen Yun’s hand slightly pulling back. Without thinking, the words came out of his mouth –

"As we are new to this island and unsure of the situation, I see these layers of mist and clouds, there may be some hidden dangers inside. Holding tight so we won’t get separated."

Oh no, he actually blurted out those two most awkward excuses that she had just dismissed!

Wen Yun held back and managed to suppress the sarcastic reply that popped into her mind, at least she saved some face for Ye Shubai.

She remained calm and composed, as if such small scenes were nothing new to her, nodding naturally.

"Hmm, okay."

So natural! She has the cold and tough style of a sword cultivator!

Ye Shubai, this honest sword spirit, had no idea that she was actually nervous too, so she won this round!

Ye Shubai was unaware of the jumbled thoughts in Wen Yun’s mind. Seeing her not angry, though her face was calm, he was happy inside. Carefully, he led her through Cloud Grass.

As they walked, he seemed to be chatting with Wen Yun in a serious manner, completely disguising that he was trying to distract her.

"The previous owner of this Cloud Island built a wooden house at the foot of the mountain. If you like the mountain scenery, how about we build a courtyard up here on the mountain?"

Wen Yun nodded, but after a while, she shook her head.

"What’s wrong? Don’t you like it here?"

Ye Shubai wanted to suggest to change the place, but Wen Yun said, "I don’t just want to build a small garden here, I plan to create a Cloud Sea World The Tenth Peak."

After saying this, she somehow took out a small plaque made of mysterious iron and threw it on the ground.

The plaque had minimal decorations, with only a number "ten" on it.

This is The Tenth Peak’s Peak Lord Token!

Wen Yun’s focus had shifted from Ye Shubai’s hands, now all she could think about was establishing a branch peak of The Tenth Peak in Cloud Sea World…

If she could truly settle in Cloud Sea World, she could secretly bring all her senior brothers here later on.

Although the natural energy on Cloud Island is not as strong as in Cloud Sea City, it’s still comparable to some sacred places. If they cultivate here, maybe in a few hundred years, they could ascend?

Dongxuan World won’t spend too much time searching for these ants (referring to them), it’s like when people get bitten by mosquitoes, they might chase the mosquito for a while, but if they can’t find or catch it after a long time, they let it go, they have more important things to do.

As for Immortal Su Yuan, being treated as a traitor in Dongxuan Sect and chased for a thousand years is not surprising.

The silly people from Qingliu Sword Sect have never been to Dongxuan World, so they can easily follow along later.

Wen Yun blinked her eyes, and her emotions softened.

She could already imagine the ignorant sword cultivators shouting and flying around in the clouds here.

Martial Sister Mengran doesn’t like to fool around with them. She must be leaning against a tree, pouring wine, and teasing Martial Brother Zhu below.

Martial Brother Shen is usually quiet, but when there are big events, he says strange things, maybe even shouting bold words toward the clouds.

Then there’s Elder Martial Brother, who along with Third Martial Brother likes to follow behind Ye Shubai and keep saying, "Master, you’ve suffered in the heavens." As for Second Master Brother, he enjoys watching stars and sunsets with Elder Ziyun. The endless beauty of the clouds will keep him romantic for hundreds of years.

After quickly dreaming about this, Wen Yun clapped her hands and made a decision.

"Great! That’s settled! Let’s start by building The Tenth Peak cloud peak!"

After saying this, she began rummaging through her space bag for pen and ink, ready to plan the blueprint.

She made a big stroke on the paper and drew a chubby mountain.

Ye Shubai reluctantly watched her hand drift away, showing a helpless yet indulgent smile.

Well, to be honest, he also became interested in her idea and wanted to decorate this new home bit by bit.

He placed his hand on the paper, softly murmuring every detail of the features on the peak.

It was his peak that he had cut down, and with three apprentices, he arranged it into what it is today. It wasn’t difficult to restore it to its original state.

"There is a pavilion here. When the wind was still small, he always liked to hide inside, unwilling to practice swordsmanship."

He raised his wrist and elegantly sketched out a crooked pavilion…

A crooked pavilion.

Wen Yun immediately joined in, confidently drawing a shapeless little cottage beside it. "I remember this place. This is the wood shed where I lived when I first arrived at The Tenth Peak. The pile of firewood inside was all chopped by Third Martial Brother. Thanks to that pile of firewood, I got my first decent wand."

Talking about this, where did those precious fire hemlock go?

Oh, she remembered now. She, who now possessed an upgraded dragon bone wand, no longer cared for those items. She decided to put them away in a box for now and planned to give them to Third Martial Brother to use as firewood next time.

A wealthy magician is so generous!

"Oh, there’s also a stone table here…"

"Hmm, there’s also a block here…"

The two of them doodled on the paper in a messy way. Although they secretly didn’t admire each other’s poor drawing skills, they kept a harmonious appearance and completed a whole layout of The Tenth Peak map with a lot of joy.

Sitting on the leaves of the Phoenix tree that they placed on the side, there was a small figure. In the past, he always sat upright on the leaves, either gazing at the clouds in the sky while meditating, or painting and writing on the leaves with his fingers. Generally, he always had a gentle and elegant demeanor, even when he decided to follow Wen Yun, he still had a very dignified appearance.

Yu Qinghong stood on his tiptoes with a worried expression, looking at the drawing. Every time he looked, he couldn’t help but cover his face with his sleeve, but he couldn’t help but be curious. How bad could these two people draw for them to make a mountain look like this?

When the little fire dragon returned leisurely, it saw an ugly graffiti painting that was unbearable to look at, as well as Little Qing, whose face was pale and seemed to have suffered a major injury.

The creature held up the painting with its claw, looked at it for a while, then confidently said, "You’ve painted these Cloud Grasses!"

After realizing this was actually a restoration image of The Tenth Peak, the little fire dragon stuttered for a moment. Faced with the two people’s overconfidence, he hesitated and with a spark of survival instinct, he spoke again, "It’s pretty good, quite resembling. It makes me instantly dream of The Tenth Peak."

Ye Shubai and Wen Yun held the blueprint, happily started rebuilding The Tenth Peak.

The little fire dragon couldn’t resist, pulled a leaf from the Phoenix tree, peeked out first to make sure the two people were far away, then approached Yu Qinghong to whisper—

"Do you think they painted well?"

Young Master Qing Hong, who had been exposed to top-notch artworks since childhood, turned pale. He furrowed his brow deeply. Although he wanted to be tactful for the two benefactors, thinking about that extraordinary painting, he couldn’t hold back and quickly shook his head.

Where is the injustice in the heavens? The heavens are fair indeed!

Look at those two people, no matter how exceptional their talents in cultivation, when it comes to painting, they are only left with blind confidence, right?

His three-year-old clan brother can paint better than those two!

*

Even though Ye Shubai and Wen Yun are not very talented at drawing, they are good at hands-on skills.

Both of them are disciples, and they don’t need to chop trees slowly. With the simple arrangement of The Tenth Peak, everything was completed in just three days.

After the arrangement, although the lush green trees on the mountain turned into a forest of red leaves, and the fresh green grass turned into Cloud Grass, the stone path leading to the mountaintop, the pavilion, and even the large stone at the foot of the mountain were restored to their original positions at The Tenth Peak.

The most meticulous part is the courtyard on the mountaintop.

The previously planted white plum tree in the courtyard has now been replaced by a Phoenix tree, which is growing rapidly. The pot it’s planted in is almost too small, and with the strong energy of the Cloud Sea World, it will soon grow into a big tree.

There’s no need to worry about the Phoenix tree being dug up by other disciples, as the island is now owned by Ye Shubai. As long as his Cloud Brand remains unchanged, others won’t be able to take it easily.

Of course, this doesn’t apply to the legendary strong individuals from the Tao Realm.

However, those strong individuals won’t come to a small island just to wander around and casually steal a tree!

It was getting late, Immortal Su Yuan was still out collecting rent and hadn’t returned yet, while Wen Yun was happily distributing rooms inside.

"The senior likes to sleep halfway up the mountain, he says older people can’t stand the cold up there, so the courtyard below is for him, while the rest of us are at the mountain top."

"Little Qing is sleeping in the tree."

Yu Qinghong, who was pointed at, stood on the branches of the Phoenix tree, his figure appearing much taller and more solid than before. He was smiling gently at Wen Yun and Ye Shubai below, giving them a deep bow to show his gratitude.

"Little Hong is sleeping in your new dragon cave."

The little fire dragon struggled to stretch its chubby head, then disdainfully said, "Such a tiny hole, is this where the mighty Fire God Dragon should sleep? I don’t care, whoever wants to sleep in this poor place can go ahead, I look down on it, not going!"

Before Wen Yun could say anything, Ye Shubai calmly said, "I have put away all the treasures you entrusted to me, and in addition, I have put some new treasures in there for you, as a congratulatory gift for your moving in."

These words immediately had a magical effect, the little fire dragon that had just been full of disdain about not wanting to live there, changed its mind.

They saw a golden-red figure swiftly transform into a blur, entering the cave at a speed completely unexpected for its size. After a moment, cheers and excitement from the little fire dragon could be heard from inside.

Wen Yun felt like the wand spirit had made her lose face throughout her life.

Luckily, the sword spirit was very courteous and never embarrassed her.

Thinking about this, she cheered up and said to Ye Shubai, "Little Bai, stay–"

But her voice suddenly stopped.

Wen Yun forgot that the courtyard on The Tenth Peak belonged to Ye Shubai, and the only bedroom should also be Ye Shubai’s. However, after she moved in, Ye Shubai had to settle for the adjacent study.

She had been focused on restoring the layout of The Tenth Peak that she forgot to add another bedroom!

Knowing she had made a mistake, Wen Yun immediately picked up the Dragon Bone Magic Wand in preparation to start working, "You can have that bedroom, I’ll build a new one on the west side."

With two rooms, one on the east and one on the west, they were perfectly symmetrical.

To Wen Yun’s surprise, Ye Shubai, who had always been obedient, hastily stopped her, "No need."

Pausing for a moment, he felt the action was a bit strange. He calmed himself and then calmly said, "I still prefer how the courtyard is arranged now. Sometimes adding more to the good things can make it less wonderful. It’s better not to change it anymore."

Wen Yun had no choice but to give up.

So, they stayed until the end of the month. When Immortal Su Yuan came to collect the rent, he saw that the two of them still only had one bedroom.

He smiled knowingly, sighed, and loudly greeted his two apprentices inside.

"Kid Ye, Little Yun girl, quickly come out! It’s almost the start of a new month. Why aren’t you quickly following me, your ancestor, to the Cloud Sea Tower to show the strength of us cultivators to the world?"

That being said, only Wen Yun and Ye Shubai actually entered the tower, while the old sword cultivator happily went to look for new sword-making materials with a large sum of Origin Crystals.

Indeed, sword cultivators love their wives.

When Wen Yun and the others arrived at the Cloud Sea Tower, the challenges for the new month were about to begin.

Since the rankings in the tower were kept secret, unless someone revealed it like Yi Yu, no one knew who reached which level. Currently, no one knew how high Ye Shubai had climbed. Only a few cultivators who were eliminated from the first level were talking about the fearsome white-clad sword cultivator.

Ye Shubai went in first, and Wen Yun smoothly led Cloud Brand in this time too.

However, as she was about to head to the third floor, a familiar figure suddenly appeared.

With its colorful wings and tail, it was indeed Yi Yu!

He walked towards Wen Yun, shaking his tail feathers and smiling, "Ah, my dear sister, we haven’t seen each other since last month. Have you missed your brother?"

His flattery was not even half as good as Xu Wanfeng’s.

Wen Yun couldn’t help but stare at his tail feathers.

One is worth ten thousand Origin Crystals, so how much is his behind worth? If he goes broke, he could simply pluck them out and start fresh, right?

"Ah, my dear sister, can’t take your eyes off my tail feathers, huh? Are you dazzled by their beauty as well?"

Yi Yu chuckled joyfully and then handed her another feather, "Since you like it, here’s another one for you!"

Wen Yun took the Origin Crystal with a grateful heart when it was actually the tail feather. She expressed her sincere gratitude with a heartfelt "thank you".