Chapter 1365: Unintentional Yue Chan (Part 2)

"Little monster!?"

Before Feng Xian'er could reply, the little girl flared up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Who are you calling a little monster!"

"Uh..." Yun Che turned his gaze back. He sized up the girl seriously and smiled, "Of course I wasn't talking about you. You're so cute, how could you be a little monster?"

"Hmph!" The girl's nose twitched upwards, seeming quite pleased with Yun Che's compliment about her cuteness.

"Little sister, what's your name?" Yun Che asked... But he didn't realize that, with his heart shrouded in darkness and no interest in anything, he was actually initiating a conversation with her, completely subconsciously, and his voice and gaze were uncharacteristically gentle.

The little girl answered directly, with an imposing air: "My name is Yun Wuxin. Who are you? Why are you coming near here! Don't you know this is my mother's and my territory?"

"Yun Wuxin?" Yun Che didn't answer her. Instead, he smiled, "How strange... no, it's a very nice name. Who gave it to you?"

"My mother, of course!" the little girl said, her star-like eyes still full of vigilance. Her gaze constantly swept over Yun Che's and Feng Xian'er's feet, as if telling them with her eyes that they absolutely must not step into the bamboo forest area.

"Wuxin... why did your mother give you such a name?" Yun Che asked again. He still didn't realize why he was so interested in the name of a little girl he had just met.

It was as if, in the depths of his being, an inexplicable tremor compelled him to learn more about her...

Feng Xian'er stared at Yun Che, momentarily stunned... because he was looking at the little girl in the bamboo forest ahead with a full smile on his face, his gaze unwavering.

For the past month or so, Yun Che had not been without smiles, but his smiles were always stiff and forced, revealing a sorrow and desolation that anyone could perceive. Yet, at this moment, the smile on his lips was incredibly natural and warm.

Feng Xian'er was so engrossed that for a moment she forgot to pull Yun Che away... away from this seemingly cute, yet actually extremely dangerous "little monster."

"My mother said," the little girl's face became serious, and she tried to maintain a very intimidating posture, "All things in the world are full of suffering. If you don't want to fall into sorrow, you must be free of delusion and have no attachments. Without attachments, there is no delusion; without delusion, there is no sorrow; without sorrow, there is no regret!"

"..." Yun Che paused, then burst out laughing: "Hahaha, little girl, do you even know what those words mean?"

Feng Xian'er: ... (Huh?)

The question made the little girl momentarily stunned, then she retorted indignantly, "I... I, of course I know! You, you, you, you still haven't answered my question! Who are you, and why are you coming near here! Are you some kind of dangerous villain!"

"Do I look like a villain?" Yun Che laughed, then suddenly chuckled... Wait, her surname is Yun?

Not Feng?

Also... in the Illusory Demon Realm, the Yun family was a well-known guardian clan. But on the Profound Sky Continent, the surname Yun was very rare.

The little girl stared at Yun Che very seriously, then suddenly arched her brows and laughed, "Wow! Uncle, you're so weak! Hehehe..."

Un...cle...

Yun Che's mouth twitched violently. As the foremost pretty boy of the Profound Sky Continent, the Illusory Demon Realm, the Eastern Divine Region, and the Western Divine Region, it was the first time he had ever been called that. He immediately put on an even more indignant expression than the little girl, almost gritting his teeth as he said, "Uncle? Have you ever seen an uncle as handsome and refined as me!"

As he spoke, he instinctively reached to smooth his cheek... but his hand met a full beard and unusually rough skin.

He immediately froze.

With the God Ash Technique, his body was nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth every moment. Every inch of his skin, while as hard as heavenly steel, was also quite fair and flawless, and no matter how severe an injury he sustained, it would not leave the slightest scar.

His appearance always seemed to be no more than twenty years old, and would remain so even after thousands of years.

However, after his resurrection, he no longer possessed his profound energy divine body, nor was his body tempered by spiritual energy. The turbid aura of the lower realm, the mountain winds blowing daily, his physical weakness... especially the incredibly heavy knot of depression in his heart, all contributed to his rapid, unnoticed aging.

In just over a month, he seemed to have aged more than a decade.

Yun Che's words made the little girl curl her lip and stick out her tongue: "You talk so shamelessly! And for a big man like you to be so weak and even need a girl to support you, that's even more shameless!"

If anyone else had said that, it would have been a silent blow to Yun Che. But facing the girl's contemptuous words, Yun Che merely shook his head and chuckled, "Alright, alright, everything you say is true. I am a very weak, shameless uncle. Look, since I'm so weak, I'm certainly not dangerous, am I? Can I just take a look inside the bamboo forest?"

"No!!"

The moment Yun Che finished speaking, Yun Wuxin's face instantly changed. Her star-like eyes, which had softened slightly, suddenly regained their... ferocity? She pointed a tender, pale little hand, warning, "This is my mother's and my territory, and no one is allowed to come near. Otherwise... otherwise, I won't be polite! I'm telling you, don't think you can bully me just because I'm young; I'm very powerful!"

"Benefactor Brother," Feng Xian'er tugged at Yun Che. If Yun Che's divine sense had still been intact at that moment, he would have noticed Feng Xian'er already releasing her profound energy, shielding him. "Let's go back. Otherwise... it will be dangerous."

"…?" Yun Che raised an eyebrow, a slight smile on his face. He gazed deeply at the imperious little girl, wondering, "Could she really be the 'little monster' you were talking about?"

Feng Xian'er: "..."

He didn't heed Feng Xian'er's words. Instead, the inexplicable tremor in his heart prompted him to take a gentle step forward, treading on the edge of the bamboo forest area.

"Don't come any closer!!"

This tiny step seemed to land directly on the little girl's heart. She let out a shriek, her long hair suddenly flying up, and the surrounding bamboo forest swayed violently as if a strong gust of wind had suddenly swept through.

"Ah!" Feng Xian'er gasped in alarm, quickly flashing to block in front of Yun Che. This instinctive action also caused one of her feet to step into the bamboo forest area.

Yun Wuxin's face subtly changed. A tender, white, still-developing hand suddenly... or rather, reflexively, pushed out at that instant.

*Boom—*

An incredibly dull roar echoed across the tranquil land.

Feng Xian'er held nothing back, releasing all her profound energy completely in an instant, firmly blocking the incoming force... Amidst the dull roar, space visibly twisted, and she and Yun Che were instantly thrown back, exiting the bamboo forest area.

"Ugh..." Yun Che's entire body trembled, and he narrowly avoided spitting blood. Feng Xian'er frantically clutched him, "Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

The girl, who had just instinctively struck, now withdrew her hand, somewhat flustered. Seeing Yun Che's visibly pale face, a panicked look flashed in her eyes. She hastily took a few steps forward... then immediately retreated, stammering, "You... you... are you alright? I... I... I didn't mean to... Who... who told you not to listen to me..."

Yun Che clutched his chest, his ribcage aching with a tumultuous discomfort, but none of this was his focus. His eyes were fixed intently on the little girl, as if looking at a monster that shouldn't exist.

Just now... that was clearly a distortion of space!

While the space on the Azure Cloud Continent was far from comparable to that of the God Realm, it was certainly not that easy to distort. To cause such a distinct spatial distortion, one would need at least the cultivation of the Sovereign Profound Realm.

And this little girl in front of him, at most just over ten years old, actually... possessed profound energy at the Sovereign Profound Realm!?

In the Sovereign Profound Realm, in the Blue Wind Nation, this was the strength level of the Grand Sect Masters of the four major sects! Ling Tianni, the top expert in Blue Wind at that time, was only a sixth-level Sovereign.

And Feng Xian'er, to protect him, must have held nothing back in her urgency, yet her full defensive power was repelled by the girl's mere instinctive strike... meaning her cultivation was even higher than Feng Xian'er's!?

Not only was she a Sovereign, but she could be a mid-stage, or even a late-stage Sovereign!

"You... you... how old... are you this year?" Yun Che asked, his words almost more stammering than the little girl's.

"Eleven years old," the little girl answered, somewhat flustered, but her star-like eyes remained wary.

Yun Che secretly gasped, an eleven-year-old late-stage Sovereign... Let alone the Blue Wind Nation, the entire Profound Sky Continent, and even the Illusory Demon Realm, had never seen anything like it!

At this age, most profound practitioners' profound veins were just forming, barely at the starting point of profound cultivation... When he was eleven, he was still hiding by Xiao Lie's side, not even truly understanding what profound cultivation was.

Yet, the little girl before him could twist space with a single palm strike!

When did such a little monster appear on the Profound Sky Continent!!

Huh? Little monster?

No wonder Feng Xian'er called her a little monster! This was more than just a little monster...

Seeing that Yun Che seemed to be alright, the little girl finally relaxed a little, but her face remained taut: "Uncle, you really are so weak! Hmph, now you know how powerful I am, right? If you're scared, hurry up and leave, otherwise... otherwise, I... I'll really get angry."

"Benefactor Brother, let's go," Feng Xian'er urged. The little girl's sudden strike moments ago filled her with lingering fear.

Yun Che's heart was in turmoil. He no longer insisted, nodding slightly.

As he turned to leave, he glanced deeply at the little girl again... For some reason, an incredibly strong feeling of reluctance welled up in his heart.

Strange, why did his heartbeat become so chaotic when looking at her?

Could it be that her spiritual power was also very strong, and his own was too weak?

Watching the two leave, Yun Wuxin let out a small sigh of relief, and her petite figure then disappeared into the bamboo forest.

A moment later, the bamboo forest swayed, and a clear breeze blew, carrying with it a cool yet gentle female voice.

"Xin'er, were you cultivating just now?"

"No, Mother," this time, it was the girl's voice: "A strange uncle tried to come in, but I chased him away."

From that not-so-close distance, it should have been impossible for Yun Che to hear the mother and daughter's voices with his current hearing.

But this wisp of clear breeze inadvertently drifted towards the direction Yun Che was heading, carrying the ethereal, fairy-like voice into his ears.

The wind carried the ethereal voice, light and fleeting like smoke, yet it struck Yun Che like a sudden bolt of thunder, making him freeze on the spot...