“Young master, a day has passed. Do you want to take a break? Activating the golden core for a long time will also consume a lot of spiritual power.”
“No need. Continue.”
Victor frowned and gritted his teeth, sweat seeping out from his forehead.
An entire day had passed, but Victor was still stuck at the second step, fusing the golden core with the mountain spirit.
Victor knew very well where the problem lay. The mountain spirit’s forced submission made the second step exceptionally difficult.
However, there was no other way. Victor did not have much time. Now, there were only two days left. He still had to engrave the mountain spirit’s spiritual power into his flesh and blood and complete the final refinement. Two days was too limited… Victor did not have the time to convince the mountain spirit to cooperate with him. He could only suppress it forcefully.
“Mountain spirit, you better cooperate with me. Otherwise, I will definitely destroy you!”
“You wouldn’t dare. You need my help to break through the power of mountains.”
The mountain spirit responded to Victor with an extremely arrogant attitude.
“Are you sure that I won’t attack you? Don’t forget, just in the Central Plains alone, you are not the only one who can help me solve my problem.”
“Far water can’t quench immediate thirst. You can only choose to refine me now, but why should I be refined by you? It took me three thousand years to transform from a wisp of mountain intent into a mountain spirit. Why should I be at your mercy?”
The mountain spirit was fearless and arrogant, which made Victor very unhappy.
“Soaring Serpent, is there anything else that can help me break through the mountain stage?”
“Of course there is.”
“Alright, since this mountain treasure is unwilling to cooperate, we can only find another way out. Soaring Serpent, is there any way to destroy the mountain treasure?”
“There’s even more. Is young master proficient in fire magic? As long as you use fire magic to roast the mountain spirit, you can completely destroy the latter.”
“I understand.”
Victor nodded and retracted his aura. He immediately turned his spiritual power into a fiery tongue and surrounded the mountain spirit!
To its surprise, the mountain spirit began to panic. It suddenly realized that Victor was a lunatic. He would rather not break through the power of mountains than ask for its conditions!
“Wait!”
“There’s no need to wait. You’re not the only one, and you’re not the one with the best effect. Moreover, you’re not willing to cooperate. There’s no need to wait.”
As he spoke, Victor activated his spiritual power, and the flames grew even more intense. The mountain spirit was completely flustered.
“I’ll cooperate! I’ll cooperate with you! It took me three thousand years to transform into the mountain spirit! I can’t just disappear like this!”
“I said, there’s no need. What if this is just a stopgap measure for you? It’s better to destroy you and feel safer.”
“Are you a f*cking pervert? ! I’ve already said that I’m willing to cooperate! Are you f*cking crazy?! Instead of using a ready-made mountain spirit, you’d rather give up on what you have and seek for something far away from you?”
“Weren’t you arrogant just now? You weren’t willing to cooperate no matter what?”
“I just want to discuss the conditions. I’ll just cooperate with you.”
“That’s more like it.”
Seeing that he had sufficiently suppressed the spirit, Victor stopped and once again used his qi to pull the spirit of the mountain.
At this moment, an unprecedented magical feeling filled Victor’s heart. This feeling was indescribable with words. It was as if he had become one with the mountain spirit, but there were still some gaps.
Before long, this magical feeling gradually disappeared. Victor had already completed the second step.
Following the third and fourth steps, after knowing that Victor could really destroy it, the mountain spirit was very obedient and cooperated with Victor to complete the refinement. When Victor opened his eyes again, it was already the fourth day.
“I can still make it on time…”
Victor slowly stood up and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
Although he had just refined the mountain spirit and had not strengthened his qi and blood power, Victor could still clearly feel the huge improvement in his qi and blood power.
One punch carried a force of ten thousand catties. In the same realm, there were not many people who could withstand Victor’s punch!
“Not bad. You’re safe now.”
Feeling the mountain spirit in the golden core, Victor nodded with satisfaction.
“In that case, it’s time to leave. Otherwise, senior sister will be anxious.”
Victor turned to look at Soaring Serpent and the others and said, “You guys can leave for the time being. I’ll call you guys after my business in the Fire Sect is over. During this period, don’t expose my identity, and don’t expose the fact that you’ve already handed me the mountain spirit.”
“Yes! Young master!”
“Also, there’s one more thing. After you go back, take away all the resources that are helpful to my cultivation. I want to try my best to improve my cultivation in a short period of time.”
“Yes, young master.”
The Soaring Serpent and the others nodded and left the Small World with Victor.
When they returned to the Hundred Thousand Mountain, it was already evening. The sky was gradually darkening.
Ever since Victor was taken away by Elder Tianji, Nalan Lengling had been waiting at the same spot. For three whole days, she had not consumed a single drop of water. Her mental strength was exhausted, and in addition, she had suffered some minor injuries during the fight with the Three-legged Golden Crow, this caused Nalan Lengling’s expression to be extremely unsightly.
Even so, she did not leave. Nalan Lengling stared straight at the small path not far away, her eyes filled with worry.
She hoped that the familiar figure would appear in front of her, but she was afraid that it was just her wishful thinking.
“Today is already the fourth day… Wang Cheng… When will you be back…”
Seeing that the fourth day was about to end, Nalan Lengling wanted to take the initiative to look for Victor, but she was afraid that the two of them would take the wrong path. She was extremely anxious, but there was nothing she could do. The only thing left was to wait endlessly.
Two hours, four hours.
Time passed bit by bit, but Nalan Lengling still did not see Victor’s figure. The depletion of spiritual power forced her to withdraw her perception ability.
Nalan Lengling slowly stood up. Her eyes were empty, and she was like a walking corpse as she walked toward the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Mountain. Nalan Lengling, who was mentally and physically exhausted, had a pale face and a dazed expression.
“Senior sister, where are you going? Can you bring me along?”
At the right time, the voice that had been in Nalan Lengling’s heart finally sounded. She turned to run, but Victor was right behind her. He was dressed in white, and his black hair fluttered in the wind.
“Wang Cheng…”
In an instant, Nalan Lengling’s tears gushed out like a fountain. She no longer cared about her so-called reputation. She ran in front of Victor and threw herself into his arms.
“Senior sister… You’re so heavy…”
“You… are you really Wang Cheng?”
“Senior sister has become silly. Of course, it’s me.”
Victor nodded. He held Nalan Lengling’s soft hand and placed it on his chest.
Feeling the warmth from his palm and the rhythmic heartbeat, Nalan Lengling finally revealed a smile.
“Senior sister, I’m sorry for making you wait for so long.”
“It’s okay. As long as you’re back, it’s worth it no matter how long I have to wait…”
We may not have met when we were at our best, but we’ve met each other at our worst.
