The next morning, Huai woke up earlier than usual. He got up then got fresh and got out of the tent.
Seeking the purest view of the dawn, he flickered his body and appeared at the very peak of a nearby mountain. The air was crisp, and the sky was a deep, velvet indigo.
Thinking he was entirely alone, he did not wear his veil.
His long hair flowed like a river of silk down his back, and his shimmering light-brown eyes caught the first golden rays of the sun. The Origin Mark between his eyebrows pulsed with a soft, ethereal light.
"Beautiful," a deep, melodic voice whispered.
Huai spun around, his eyes widening in genuine shock. Standing on the jagged rocks behind him was Wuhe. He looked imposing, his deep brown hair messy from travel, his golden eyes fixed on
Huai's face with an intensity that felt like fire.
For the first time in centuries, Shen Huai felt a flush of heat rise to his cheeks. He was exposed. "You... What are you doing here?"
He completely remembered those shameless idiotic things he did in the past with this guy . He even wanted to dig a hole and bury himself inside, if he could.
Wuhe stepped closer, his heart pounding like a war drum. "I tried to find you in the Western Region, but I didn't find you," he said, his voice slightly raspy. "Then I went to the Central Region, the Northern Region, and the Eastern Region... but I still didn't find you. Just a few days ago, I reached the Southern Region. I came to this peak to practice my blade, and where I never imagined I would find you, I saw a tent then I saw you."
Huai was dumbfounded, looking at Wuhe's travel-worn appearance. "Why are you trying to find me?"
"I don't know," Wuhe replied softly, his gaze never leaving Huai's face. "I just want to."
Inside, Wuhe's mind was in a state of absolute chaos. Because I want you, his inner voice roared. I want to hug you, to sniff your scent, to keep you near me... Wuhe felt the urge to hug him so strongly it was almost a physical pain. His heart was getting warmer and warmer, and his wolf form was getting wild with the thought of holding Huai close. In his eyes, the Eternal Sect Master looked incredibly cute and vulnerable without his veil.
Huai looked away, his heart beating a rhythm he didn't quite understand. "You're a strange person, Wuhe."
Wuhe smiled, a flash of something lost in his eyes, he said happily,"i never thought I'd meet you here ."
Huai became dumbfounded, he lost his words what is this guy speaking , is he speaking human language ..
He gets embarrassed and puts the veil again
Wuhe frowned tried to say something but never had the courage to say it .
He said to himself ,'why are you hiding your face in the veil , isn't it wasting that beautiful divine being like face '.
Shen huai stopped looking at wuhe and started descending the mountain, the huge gap between him and wuhe becomes more and more when wuhe come to realise and ran towards huai and followed him from behind.
Huai didn't say anything and let him follow...
At this moment in Yan wuhe's mind ,
[ Ding!
Congratulations host !
For completing the task
"finding the veiled entity "
Gaining rewards ,
1. Realm Advancement ( full one major realm )
Initiating 1..2..3]
In a moment a huge amount of system power swept over Yan wuhe and in just a split of seconds wuhe broke through from immortal emperor peak to immortal saint peak realm .
Huai looked at him with indifferent eyes . But those light brown eyes felt as if sharp arrows to Yan Wuhe . As if in his perfect condition from his previous life as Divine emperor , he's still a child in front of this beautiful person .
' isn't this guy, an immortal sovereign a few months ago when he met him , why he felt that his whole realm is changed in just these few months.'
He asked his Training system in mind ' system , why can't I see through him at all ?'
[ Ding!
Don't even try to see through him host .
If you were found out then this system cannot save you from him.
He is the owner of the strongest system in existence.
If that entity gets angry for no reason , then I also have to die .]
Wuhe gulped then came towards Huai. Huai didn't say anything to him again and started descending the mountain.
The descent from the mountain peak was quiet, the only sounds being the crunch of gravel beneath boots and the distant call of awakening birds.
It took nearly thirty minutes of walking at a leisurely, mortal pace for the two to reach the outskirts of the Southern Province's bustling streets.
Shen Huai walked in front, his silhouette graceful and steady, while Yan Wuhe followed a few paces behind, his eyes fixed on the red robes drifting before him.
"Wuhe?" Huai called out softly without turning back.
"Hmm..." Wuhe responded, his name on Huai's lips causing a sudden, involuntary shudder to run through his entire body.
As they walked, Wuhe's heightened senses sharpened by a lifetime of survival focused on the man before him. He could clearly feel the staggering, ocean-like volume of energy contained within Huai.
It wasn't just spiritual Qi,it was something denser, something that felt as though it preceded the creation of the universe.
Huai finally turned his head slightly. "You're not from this plane, right?"
Wuhe stiffened, releasing a long, weary sigh. He felt a sudden weight in his chest; he thought Huai was preparing to shoo him away now that his secret was out. He knew that even at his previous peak as a Divine Emperor, he was like an ant compared to the person standing before him. If Huai wanted him dead, he would cease to exist before he could even blink.
"Yes," Wuhe admitted, his voice low and tinged with a hint of murderous intent. "I'm from the Divine Realm. I was a powerhouse there, but I was betrayed by my own cousin and died. I was reincarnated here in this lower world."
Huai stopped and looked at him. With his divine eyes,
he saw a potent immortal Wolf bloodline pulsing within Wuhe, but beneath that, there was a hidden, dormant lineage that had not yet awakened,
something much older and more terrifying than a mere Immortal beast. Huai didn't mention the bloodline, choosing instead to listen.
"I am an orphan in this life," Wuhe continued, his golden eyes clouding. "My memories of this world start from when I was five years old in the slums. I've survived alone ever since."
Huai looked at the man,
this fierce, travel-worn warrior and felt a rare spark of sadness. He understood the sting of betrayal; he understood the cold weight of solitude.
"If you want, you can follow me," Huai said, a trace of hesitation in his voice as he looked toward the horizon. "I have a sect of my own on this planet. It lacks elders... you could join, if you wish."
"I'll join," Wuhe blurted out instantly. He didn't even budge or think twice. He stepped forward and bowed deeply. "Greetings, Sect Master."
"You don't need to talk to me like that," Huai said, feeling a bit awkward. "You can just call me Huai, Shen Huai."
They started walking on the road of wanfeng city. Huai in front while Yan wuhe is behind . Wuhe continuously wanted to say something to Huai ,
Huai asked while still looking in front while trying to hide his embarrassed face , " do you want to ask me something ? "
Wuhe , " Yes , sect master !"
Huai looked at him . Those light brown eyes make wuhe more and more startled,
Huai, " didn't I tell you to ask me by my name , Huai ! You're the only person I think I made a friendship with other than my sect members."
Yes it's true . Yan wuhe is the only person who became his friend without knowing. Others are just mere subordinates to him . But wuhe is different. He don't know why but every time he met Wuhe's deep black eyes he felt that he forgot something really important about this guy .
He felt as if a long lost friend he met just now . That's why Huai told him to use his name to address him.
Wuhe scratched his head then said embarassed, " umm huai , which realm are you in right now ?"
Huai sighed for a long time . He thought that wuhe would ask him about the last meeting at the mountain top . He wants to forget that incident and doesn't wanna remember the shameful behaviour of himself,
He said , " Divine Sovereign peak "
Wuhe looked at him in confusion, although he was a divine emperor back then he still didn't
know the above realms of the Divine emperor .
He asked again, " can you tell me the realms above the divine emperor? "
Huai looked at him in surprise then said , " although divine emperor is a huge level in the divine realm , there are still many levels above that , they are Divine True Lord, Divine Saint , Divine Great Saint , Ancient Divine , Divine Supreme , Divine ancestor, Divine Venerable then at the last is Divine Sovereign. Each and every realm has 10 small realms while the 10th realm is known as peak ."
" I am at the realm of Divine Sovereign peak . "
Wuhe gulped a huge amount of saliva . He never thought even in his peak in past life , he is really a child in front of this being.
At this moment, Huai said
" You have a System in yourself , why don't you know about those realms ?"
Wuhe's whole body froze in place . Even his system froze the moment huai mentioned it . His system believes that huai and his system haven't detected the presence yet . But after hearing that Huai mentioned the system means both of them knew its existence for a long time .
Wuhe asked carefully, " From when were you aware of my system's existence? "
Huai said nonchalantly, " the first time I saw you , I already knew it from then . Didn't your system inform you about my system's existence?"
Wuhe sighed in relief , " yes ! My system already told me about that mysterious System's existence. It even told me..."
Before he said anything his system started cursing him out loud in his head ,
[ Wait Wait Wait
The moment you say those words we are dead .
That system already gave me a warning !
Warning ! Warning! Warning!
The system is in danger . . .
System shutdown
1
2
3
Beeeeeeeeep]
Wuhe stopped in his action . He never thought that a single thing that the system slipped through last time would cost his system to shut down for the moment.
Huai looked at him in confusion then asked , " Wuhe are you okay ? Just a moment ago you were active but now , you looked like something happened to you ? "
Wuhe , " No nothing ! Nothing happened to me but , but my system..."
Huai looked at him in more confusion, " what happened to your System ? "
Then he thought about something, looked at Wuhe and thought just what happened a few moments ago , he asked his system in a deep voice , " System did you just do something to wuhe's system? "
[ Ding!
Host , wuhe's system broke the rules and told something important to Yan Wuhe.
I needed to intervene to remove the existence of the malfunction and punished his system so that the training system won't break the rules again in future.
His system will be active in 10 minutes .]
Huai looked at wuhe then said , " I am extremely sorry Wuhe , I don't know what your system told you but my system said it broke rules and told something that shouldn't be told .
So as the strongest system of all my system punished your system .
Your system will be active in 10 minutes."
Wuhe nodded and became more confused. He don't know why but in that sentence he can't say it out loud now .
It's his system's survival , that depends on it .
But the more he thought about it the more he became confused ,
At last his system told him ,
" Last time it was even more difficult to find him ?"
What the hell does this indicate. It indicates that his system searched for this beautiful being before but somehow didn't find him .
But what does this indicate. Is Huai somehow related to his system ?
In his past life before he died he suddenly awakened the power of the system that means this system didn't search for him in that life .
So maybe before he got the system someone else was the owner of this system.
But in the past he asked his system about this confusion. But his system told him that he is the only owner of this strongest training system.
So how is this possible . His head is becoming heavy and heavy . His heart started beating loud . His head started spinning the moment he thought about it .