Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 124: Changing Relationships

Chapter 124: Changing Relationships

Today, Yue Guang chose a nearby area for her cultivation, so she heard the crying. She mumbled to herself:

"There are two cries, but the louder one sounds familiar. Is that his voice? Is he sick today? Why is he suddenly crying like that? It seems like they’re having a contest to see who can cry louder and more pitiful. I have to go check this out."

Her curiosity piqued, she wondered if he had taken the wrong medicine today and was now having a crying contest with someone else.

After a while, she discovered he was crying with an extraordinarily beautiful young girl, not inferior to her own beauty back in the day. This wasn’t self-praise, she genuinely understood how beautiful she had been.

She approached them and asked:

"What’s going on here?"

Gu Zhou Jian saw a beautiful elder sister arriving and felt this might be a trustworthy ally. She said:

"Hic hic, elder sister, this bastard touched my body wildly but refused to take responsibility. Elder sister, please help me get justice."

Yue Guang looked at Jun Wu Xiao with a puzzled expression, then said:

"You just broke through, and then you went and did what? Rolling around crying? Are you having fun?"

"I don’t know either. She suddenly told me to take responsibility, and then she started crying. I didn’t know how to handle it, so I cried louder." Jun Wu Xiao explained.

"But what exactly did you do to her?" Yue Guang continued to ask.

Jun Wu Xiao scratched his head and said:

"Nothing special, just that when I hugged her, I accidentally touched her all over. I thought it was normal. When I fight with people, we touch like that all the time."

Gu Zhou Jian was startled upon hearing this, realizing that the newcomer was probably not her ally.

Yue Guang nodded at this, understanding that he had no interest in seeking a wife or being a pervert. She said:

"Little girl, you don’t seem to really want to marry him. What exactly are you planning?"

Gu Zhou Jian, realizing she had been exposed, stopped crying and laughed:

"Hehe, I’ve been exposed. I just saw that he’s very strong and wanted to follow him to learn and become stronger. He just flew in to save me, and from what I know, even a cultivator in the bone-forging realm can’t fly. He must be much stronger. But I’m also curious, he’s clearly much older, so why is he so childish?"

Yue Guang was startled upon hearing this and asked:

"Since when can you fly?"

Jun Wu Xiao began to boast proudly about his achievement:

"How about that, isn’t it amazing? I just found a way to fly, no, more precisely, to swim in the sea of dark energy. But the downside is that I have to push my brain to the limit, so it’s very painful. The faster I fly, the more my head hurts."

Yue Guang nodded, though she didn’t fully understand the mechanics of his method. Still, it seemed like a useful idea for the future.

"So what do you plan to do about this little girl? If you want to keep her around, I have no objections." she said.

Gu Zhou Jian was surprised but could see Yue Guang wasn’t pretending. She asked:

"You really have no objections? I thought you were his wife."

"Ah, that’s not the case. My relationship with him is more accurately described as a Path companion since we’re cultivators, not ordinary people. We don’t express our feelings like ordinary people, we just care for each other a bit more." Yue Guang explained.

Hearing this concept for the first time, Gu Zhou Jian immediately became interested in it. She said:

"Path companion? I like that term. Hey, would you like to be my Path companion?"

Jun Wu Xiao was stunned. Today had been full of surprises, and now he was suddenly being asked to be a Path companion. Although he liked her personality, he still needed to be sure:

"Are you serious? I feel like we don’t know each other well enough yet, and this is only our first meeting."

"I’m not kidding. I’m genuinely interested in you. You seem like an old man with a very childish personality, which means you must have spent a lot of time cultivating without experiencing too many things in life. On the contrary, it suits me very well, I also want to continuously practice to become stronger. To experience interesting things, and to have more time without the threat of danger around everywhere." Gu Zhou Jian said straightforwardly.

Jun Wu Xiao and Yue Guang were both extremely surprised. Yue Guang said:

"Wow, she seems to be like you. Her cultivation goals may appear very normal, but it takes someone extraordinary to pursue them."

"Ha ha ha, I didn’t expect you to be so much like me. That’s great, I accept." Jun Wu Xiao said with a laugh.

"Hey, both of your Path companions approached you on their own. You just sit still, and Path companions come to you." Yue Guang teased.

"This isn’t really important. It doesn’t matter who takes the initiative. As long as everyone is comfortable with the decision." Jun Wu Xiao said.

He didn’t deny it, because indeed, both of his Path companions had been the ones to make the first move.

"So, you and she can do whatever you need to do. I’ve got ten more years before I break through, so I’ll continue my cultivation. By the way, do you think this realm can be called the energy-gathering realm?" Yue Guang asked.

Jun Wu Xiao was slightly surprised that she had proactively named it:

"Sure, it doesn’t sound too bad. But it’s a bit strange. You used to say I was hasty, but now you’re naming a realm before even breaking through."

"Ha ha, does it matter? It’s just a name. If it’s wrong, we can always change it later." Yue Guang laughed and then left.

Gu Zhou Jian watched her leave and sighed:

"She’s really beautiful. So that’s why you didn’t pay attention to me, because you had someone so beautiful by your side."

Jun Wu Xiao felt misunderstood. He had never cared about beauty. If he had, he wouldn’t have fought with Yue Guang so fiercely back in the day. He said:

"It’s not like that. I just don’t care much about appearances. Looks can change easily. The more you break through, the more beautiful you become. I only care about people who interest me, and you are such a person. When I first observed you with those guys, I was already interested in you."

"Eh, so you’ve been standing there watching me for a long time? Then calling you a perverted stalker isn’t wrong, is it?" Gu Zhou Jian said teasingly.

Jun Wu Xiao’s face darkened at this, and he retorted:

"What do you mean by a perverted stalker? I was about to leave when you caught my attention. Even though the Kunlun mountains aren’t mine, it’s rare for anyone to go this deep, so I was curious."