Chapter 1: The Seven-Colored Dragon Boat, Azure Pearl...

  As soon as the sword light entered through the cave entrance, the monster felt a suffocating feeling like its throat was being slit.

  A disaster in the making!

  In an instant, the deep wrinkles on the monster's face seemed to crack open. "Whoosh!" Two heads simultaneously opened their mouths and spewed out a blazing flame, these two flames were more ferocious than the one the monster had just spat out. It seemed as if even the air inside the cave was about to ignite.

  As if nothing had entered!

  But that sword light seemed to be able to cut through space, directly cutting into the flames and in just a flash, one of the two-headed monster's heads flew up.

  Blood gushed out, and the monster's blood was actually olive green! The monster let out a painful screech, its alligator-like tail thrashing about on the ground, sending rocks flying in all directions.

  But the young man seemed to have forgotten that the monster was just a short distance away from him, his eyes fixed intently on the faint flying sword.

  The sword flashed once, and the terrifying monster was beheaded directly, that's power!

  When can I have such power, and be like those people with sword lights, without having to stand on the ground and look up!

  The young man looked at the sword light, his heart was shocked. The sword light had already flown like a floating light and swung down to the monster again.

  Under the faint light, the young man saw that the monster's body was stained with dark green blood, looking even more terrifying. However, in the eyes of the remaining head, there was a look of fear and pleading, its hands clasped together at its chest, bowing repeatedly. The young man felt that this terrifying monster seemed like a child who had done something wrong and was begging for forgiveness, extremely pitiful. Having grown up in hardship and loneliness, the young man's sympathetic heart was easily stirred, and as he saw the faint sword light about to strike again, he instinctively stepped forward to block its path.

  "Good-for-nothing!"

  Yu Tianyi's flying sword was so swift that the young man had just arrived in front of the monster, and the sword light had already reached his chest. Even if the flying sword and Yu Tianyi's mind were connected, and he withdrew in time, it almost cut the young man into two segments. "It wants to kill you, but you want to save him. Since that's the case, then go ahead!" In a fit of rage, Yu Tianyi directly recalled his flying sword, deciding not to care about the young man's life or death.

  The shattered mountain rocks rolled down!

  In his rage, Yu Tianyi's flying sword pierced through the top of the cave, which was made of hard rock several meters thick. However, the sword's light cut through it like a hot knife through tofu, without any resistance. In an instant, it stabbed through the top of the cave and into the stormy sky, as if a dragon was ascending to heaven. The young man saw this and felt even more chilled to the bone, thinking that if the flying sword had slashed past him, he would have been cut in two, even if he were made of iron. Suddenly, the young man felt a severe pain in his chest, and when he looked down, he saw that he was covered in blood. It turned out that even though Yu Tianyi had instantly recalled his flying sword, its tip had already left a shallow wound on his chest.

  Under the intense action, the boy himself was already shaky, and with this new injury, the boy felt even more dizzy, his legs softened, and he fell to the ground. The wounds all over his body were pulled, and the pain made the boy suddenly unable to bear it and hummed again.

  "I don't know if I saved this monster, but it might still want to kill me." Such thoughts flashed through the young man's mind again, and when he turned his head to look at the monster, he found that it seemed to be afraid of the sword light of the original Tianyi, shrinking into a corner of the cave, its whole body curled up, trembling with fear.

  Look at that monster, it looks so pitiful. The young man's sympathy arose again, and he couldn't help but comfort him in a loud voice: "Don't be afraid, he is a rare person in the world. If he says he won't kill you, he will absolutely not deal with you again." The young man was extremely respectful of Yuan Tianyi. Before being accepted as a disciple by Yuan Tianyi, he didn't dare to call Yuan Tianyi his master, and could only use "he" to refer to him.

  The monster seemed to understand his words, its body trembling gradually subsiding, but its eyes still filled with a fearful and terrified expression.

  The boy's whole body was in pain, his chest was bleeding non-stop, and he didn't care about the monster anymore. He tore open his already tattered clothes and began to bandage his wounds. When the bleeding finally stopped, the boy had no more strength left and fell to the ground. After lying there for a few moments, the boy heard a rustling sound, and it was the monster that came to his side.

  This monster, although beheaded, seemed to have no concern for its life, and the bleeding from the wound had already stopped. The two bright red eyes on the remaining head rolled around like fireballs, mouth agape, teeth bared, looking very ferocious. "How about it, are you going to kill me? Now if you're going to kill me, I don't have any strength left to resist, so go ahead and kill me." The young man lying on the ground smiled weakly at the monster's appearance.

  "Hiss", the monster stared at him for a while, then suddenly nodded and bowed to him repeatedly.

  "So you wanted to thank me, not kill me?" The young man was stunned for a moment, then reacted and shook his head: "No need to thank me, your head has been chopped off, are you okay? Are those fruits yours? I'm not going to rob them, just haven't seen them before, curious to pick one up and take a look." "Hehe", the young man said, only then remembering that this monster didn't understand human language, and after hearing what he said, the monster made a series of gestures, which made the young man laugh again.

  The boy's smile made the monster feel embarrassed, and it scratched its remaining white hair with its curled hands. This action looked even more comical, and the boy couldn't help but laugh again, while the monster also smiled, and for a moment, the monster no longer seemed ugly and terrifying in the boy's eyes.

  "You live here?"

  "Is this your home? Can I stay here for a night? Because I'm really too exhausted to climb down now."

  The young man and the monster chatted for a while, but it was unclear whether the monster had understood anything. The young man's strength had slightly recovered, and he had just sat up from the ground when the monster suddenly stretched out its hand, holding a small green grass in its palm, and handed it to the young man.

  "What is this?" The young man only saw that the leaves of this small green grass did not look unusual, but there were small spherical roots and neat root hairs, as if they had been carefully pulled out with their roots intact.

  "Huh?" As soon as the monster pulled out this thing from the prism, Yuan Tianyi was stunned. The amber-colored eyes of Lao Zhao also flashed with a bright light: "Zanxikza grass?"

  "Unexpectedly, this ungrateful mountain toad also knows how to repay kindness." Yu Tianyi didn't respond to Lao Zhao Nan, and with a cold hum, the prism that had been observing everything in the cave suddenly disappeared without a trace.

  The wrinkles on Lao Zhao Nan's face spread out, revealing a warm and sincere smile. "Master, not judging good or evil by appearance or background, but rather with kindness and benevolence - this is something that can't be taught. And it's precisely this that sets you apart from those people outside."

  Yu Tianyi fell silent, slowly raising his head to gaze at the sky. In the hazy rain-filled air, he saw subtle changes in the atmosphere that few people could see, yet still couldn't discern the cause and effect of this world.

  The young man was just measuring the small green grass handed over by the monster, but he found that the monster kept making gestures, his hands constantly sending to his mouth. The young man asked in surprise: "Do you want me to eat this thing?"

  As soon as the young man spoke, the monster's mouth hissed and nodded continuously.

  "What's the use of this thing?" The young man asked again, and the monster made a series of gestures, but he still couldn't understand what it meant. Because of being deceived by Arden into eating the worm bead earlier, the young man was quite hesitant now. However, looking at the monster's sincere expression as it continued to gesture, the young man hesitated for a moment before putting the entire sprig of green grass into his mouth.

  The leaves were extremely bitter and had an indescribable fishy smell. When he ate them, there was no sensation at first, but after just a moment, a warm current suddenly surged up from his lower abdomen, like fire, straight to his liver, heart, throat, and finally to the top of his head, with a loud bang.

  The young man couldn't help but let out a loud "ah" as a white hot air burst out of his mouth.

  The young man was both surprised and strange, feeling that his whole body was like soaking in a hot spring, warm and cozy. Just after a short while, the young man felt refreshed and couldn't help but jump up from the ground. What made him even more surprised was that this jump actually jumped over a dozen feet high, and when he landed on the ground and stood still, the young man saw that although there were some wounds on his body oozing out blood, he felt that his whole body was filled with strength that he had never had before. "What is this thing, it's so amazing!" The young man exclaimed in surprise and delight, stretching his arms and legs, and couldn't help but shout out loud.

  That strange creature made another rustling sound, still unable to tell what it was saying, but it looked very pleased and delighted.

  "This is great, I should thank you instead!" The young man was overjoyed and bowed to the monster: "You gave me this thing to eat, maybe today I can climb to the top of the mountain."

  When the young man said he was going to the top of the mountain, the monster seemed to be a little afraid and retreated a bit. The young man hastily waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, he's a good person, he's just afraid you'll hurt me, that's why he hurt you."

  The monster "squeaked" and made some gestures with its hands, but it seemed to be a little afraid after all. It carefully plucked the fruit from the dark shrub and put it in its mouth. No matter how much the young man explained to it, it still bowed to him repeatedly before exiting the cave, climbing down along the iron chain and disappearing from the young man's sight.

  At this time, the rainstorm had subsided, and the iron chain was a bit slippery, but the young man's strength had increased greatly, thinking that he should also climb up the mountain peak as soon as possible, lest his strength disappear. So after seeing off the monster, he began to climb up along the iron chain again.

  At first, the young man was worried that he would not be able to hold on and fall off the mountain, but as he climbed, he felt more and more at ease, as if his hands and feet had an endless supply of energy. The young man climbed faster and faster, until he was like a spider walking up its own silk thread, his climbing speed increasing several times over what it had been before.

  Suddenly, the young man saw an iron chain tied to a cylindrical stone, and with one leap, he stood up and found himself standing on the top of the mountain!

  The majestic peaks of Mount Luofu, all within sight!

  "I've finally made it!" For a moment, the young man's heart was filled with an indescribable feeling, his emotions surging, unable to calm down.