Myth Beyond Heaven

Chapter 2240  Background

The woman with silver hair, Gu Tongjia, glanced at Huang Zheng and said coldly, "You're here."

"Why? Do you want to fight me here?" Huang Zheng chuckled.

Meanwhile, the gentle-looking woman, Long Chunmei, arrived by Long Jingxia's side and carefully checked her condition. "Your injury has already healed."

"It's all thanks to Senior Yun," Long Jingxia didn't hide anything when she contacted Long Chunmei.

Long Chunmei looked at Yun Lintian and said gratefully, "On behalf of the Heavenly Dragon Sword Monastery, thank you for saving Jingxia. We owe you a favor."

"This is nothing, Senior. Venerable Darkness attacked me first. I merely retaliated," Yun Lintian responded calmly.

"You've now become the Nine Hells Gate's target. You can come to our place. We will protect your safety."

"Thank you, Senior. I will consider it." Yun Lintian cupped his fists.

"Our Silverfrost Sword Pavilion can provide you a guard if you need," Gu Tongjia said expressionlessly. She was several times colder than Gu Bingning's initial appearance.

"Thank you, Senior, but I don't need it," Yun Lintian responded politely.

Gu Tongjia nodded and looked at Gu Bingning. "Let's go."

"Yes," Gu Bingning bowed her head towards Yun Lintian gently before following Gu Tongjia into the silver profound ark.

With a flash, the profound ark transformed into a silver streak and disappeared into the void.

"It's time for us to leave as well," Long Chunmei said softly as she looked at Yun Lintian. "We will send you to the Central Region."

"No need," Huang Zheng cut in. "He will go with me."

Long Chunmei didn't say anything and waited for Yun Lintian's decision.

Yun Lintian looked at her and said, "Thank you, Senior, but I will go with Senior Huang."

"Alright," Long Chunmei nodded gently. She looked at all the passengers and said, "Everyone, come with us."

With a wave of her hand, Long Chunmei sent everyone into her white profound ark.

"See you over there, Senior Yun," Long Jingxia waved her hand and flew onto the white profound ark.

Soon, the white profound ark set off and disappeared into the void.

"Hmph! They are fast enough," Huang Zheng snorted coldly.

Huang Ba looked at Yun Lintian with an embarrassed smile. He hoped Yun Lintian wouldn't mind his second uncle's odd temper.

Yun Lintian, of course, didn't mind. On the contrary, he preferred someone like Huang Zheng over Gu Tongjia any day. Huang Zheng was much more interesting to travel with.

"Let's go as well," Huang Zheng waved his hand and brought everyone onto his profound ark.

Walking into the cabin, Yun Lintian looked at the rough decor with interest. Compared to the usual luxury style he had seen countless times, this one didn't suit Huang Zheng's status at all.

Although the decoration wasn't impressive, Yun Lintian was aware of this profound ark's performance. It was certainly better than his Cloud Dragon Ark and the black vessel he had boarded previously.

"Sit down, sit down," Huang Zheng brought the two to the living room and beckoned them to sit down on stone chairs. Then, he took out a few jars of wine.

"I'll use these to make up for the ones I broke earlier," he said, and drank a mouthful of wine directly from the jar.

Huang Ba's eyes lit up. The wine in Huang Zheng's hand was the famous Drunken Immortal Wine, considered a rare treasure.

Just as he reached out to grab one, Huang Zheng glared at him and said, "You will be punished. No more wine for two months."

"No way, Second Uncle. You can't do this to me," Huang Ba protested, but it was futile. He could only look at Yun Lintian with a pitiful expression.

Yun Lintian took a sip of wine and nodded approvingly. "This is definitely the strongest wine I've ever had."

"Really? Then drink more," Huang Zheng smiled. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Yun Lintian wasn't polite and poured two cups of wine for himself and Huang Ba.

Huang Ba was delighted. He cautiously glanced at Huang Zheng and saw that the latter said nothing. Immediately, he grabbed the cup and downed it in one go.

"Hah! It's still as good as usual," Huang Ba let out a satisfied sigh.

Huang Zheng glared at him and turned to Yun Lintian. "Which faction do you come from, Little Brother Yun?"

"To tell you the truth, I am an ascender from the lower realm," Yun Lintian didn't hide anything except for the realm's name.

Huang Zheng and Huang Ba were surprised to hear this.

"How long have you been here?" Huang Zheng asked curiously. "Forgive my rudeness. You don't have to answer if you don't want to."

"There is nothing to hide," Yun Lintian shook his head slightly. "I entered the Divine Realm a few weeks ago."

Huang Zheng was genuinely shocked. In his opinion, Yun Lintian must have lived in the Divine Realm for a long time. Otherwise, how could he reach his current realm?

"That's amazing. You are definitely the strongest ascender I've ever encountered," Huang Zheng didn't press further, though he was extremely curious about Yun Lintian's background. It was impossible for a lower realm to produce such a monster.

Yun Lintian looked at Huang Zheng and asked curiously, "I often hear that the natives here don't particularly like ascenders from the lower realms. Is that true, Senior?"

"Just call me Second Uncle," Huang Zheng waved his hand. "It's true. Many people here don't like ascenders. In their eyes, these ascenders are basically beggars."

"Even if they are talented?" Yun Lintian asked further.

"Yes," Huang Zheng drank a mouthful of wine and said further, "You must know that at the end of the day, it's all about background here. People will check their opponent's background first before deciding on a further course of action. Without a good background, you are similar to a leaf that flies along with the wind."

Yun Lintian nodded slowly. It wasn't that he was oblivious to such a concept, but he didn't realize the severity of it here. Clearly, this world was several times harsher and darker than the one he came from.

"We're different from them, Brother Yun," Huang Ba quickly explained. "We don't care about people's backgrounds. After all, the world is ruled by fists."

"Yes," Huang Zheng nodded in agreement. "What's the point of having a good background but being weak? It's not like they can rely on their families for the rest of their lives."

Yun Lintian smiled and took a sip of wine silently.

"Right. This year's competition is a bit unusual," Huang Zheng changed the topic.