Chapter 486 Nine Divine Dwelling (1/2)

The festivities of Saint Genesis Peak lasted for three whole days.

However, Zhou Yuan waved the white flag on the second day, and hid away in his cave dwelling. He had experienced several desperate battles one after another, and was tired both in body and mind, so he really no longer had the energy for another bout of wild celebrations.

Moreover, his attempt at unsealing the main peak would begin three days later, a matter which not only affected the future of the entire Saint Genesis Peak, but also the second Saint Rune he deeply yearned for.

Hence, he locked himself away on the second day to adjust his condition, in order to ensure he was at peak performance three days later.

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The peaceful and cooling cave dwelling was lush with greenery.

Zhou Yuan had just completed his daily training, and had changed into a set of comfortable, loose-fitting robes. He sat in a stone pavilion, leisurely sipping on fragrant tea, as he admired the view before him.

It was the view of a flower garden, where hundreds of beautiful flowers vied for attention. At this current time, a slim and graceful girl with her hair pulled back into a bun, was wandering about in the garden as she tended to the many plants with a look of concentration.

Light sprinkled down from above, shining on her perfect face. The light made her skin glow, making it impossible for anyone to turn away.

This scene was even more enchanting than a hundred beautiful flowers.

Under Zhou Yuan’s admiring gaze, Yaoyao completed her inspection, before stretching her back, revealing her soul-stirring curves.

She leisurely walked out of the flower garden, and sat down in the stone pavilion. Upon realizing that Zhou Yuan’s gaze was still fixed on her, her eyes turned a little frosty.

Zhou Yuan immediately let out an awkward laugh as he withdrew his gaze, and hurriedly poured Yaoyao a cup of tea.

Yaoyao ignored him, and instead retrieved a letter from her sleeve and placed it on the table. “Shen Taiyuan sent someone to deliver this while you were training earlier. It seems to concern the Cangmang Continent.”

Zhou Yuan’s expression trembled faintly when he heard this. He had previously been informed that although the Cangxuan Sect could not directly interfere, they would help him observe the situation in the Cangmang Continent.

He speedily tore open the letter, before carefully reading it.

Moments later, Zhou Yuan breathed a small sigh of relief as he looked towards Yaoyao and said, “Over the past year, the Great Wu Empire has begun slowing their other campaigns, and are clearly turning attention towards the Great Zhou Empire.”

“It seems that king Wu has finally begun to take note of the Great Zhou Empire he had once forgotten.”

Yaoyao said, “You nearly killed Wu Huang, of course he no longer dares to neglect the Great Zhou Empire.”

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, “However, the Great Wu Empire is still being cautious. They’ve offended quite a number of top tier empires during their earlier campaigns, and do not dare to take action against the Great Zhou Empire till they are absolutely certain.”

“But it’s only a matter of time.”

Zhou Yuan let out a long, drawn-out sigh as his expression turned focused. “There’s isn’t much time left…”

Yaoyao slowly said with a tone of warning in her voice, “But you cannot rush things. Your progress is already very swift, and if you attempt to speed things up, your hardfought foundations will end up being destroyed by you instead.”

Zhou Yuan nodded. There was naturally no way he would be so short-sighted.

His fingers gently tapped the surface of the table and suddenly asked, “How strong are the Chosens of the Cangxuan Sect?”

Yaoyao shot a glance at. “Oh? Turning your sights to the Chosens so soon after becoming a chief disciple?”

“They’re the next step.” Zhou Yuan grinned. Though a chief disciple was strong, a Chosen was the true ultimate goal.

Yaoyao propped up her chin with a hand, making herself appear lazy as she said, “You’d better not think about Chosens for the time being. Even the tenth ranked Zhao Zhu is far beyond your capabilities.”

“So powerful?” Asked Zhou Yuan in a skeptical voice. His Genesis Qi cultivation was currently at the fifth layer, but his foundations were extremely strong, making him no weaker than ordinary eighth layer disciples.

When the power of his physical body was added into the mix, Zhou Yuan felt that he might be able to match even a ninth layer disciple.

Yaoyao slowly said, “The gap between the eighth and ninth layers is the biggest in the Alpha-Origin stage.”

“How many stars do you currently have in your Qi Dwelling?”

“Four thousand.” Replied Zhou Yuan.