Just Discharged From the Military and Got Tied Down by A Cold Beauty
Chapter 639: I’m young, with hard work I can surely rise.

Chapter 639: Chapter 639: I’m young, with hard work I can surely rise.

From Xuanyuan Tomb to Wind Blade Mountain, the straight-line distance is roughly 70 kilometers.

With some twists and turns, it’s almost a hundred kilometers.

"What the hell got into you these past few days?" Having walked nearly thirty kilometers, Xuanyuan Panshi really couldn’t hold it in any longer.

Lu Xiao, that kid, was still sprawled over the horse’s back like a dead dog.

"Never mind, life isn’t worth it," Lu Xiao said, without even bothering to lift his head.

Xuanyuan Panshi’s facial muscles twitched.

He was actually spouting nonsense like ’life isn’t worth it.’

A perfectly fine young man, acting all nihilistic and artsy—it was nauseating to watch.

"If it’s not worth it, then you might as well die. Looking at you just pisses me off," Xuanyuan Panshi started cursing.

We’re almost at the battleground, and this is your condition?

What kind of crap is this?

"Then stop looking at me. I just want some peace and quiet," Lu Xiao responded.

Xuanyuan Panshi: (╯▔□▔)╯

You’ve been ’quiet’ for six whole days now. Is being quiet so darn addictive?!

"What’s the deal, at least tell me!" After another ten minutes of silence, Xuanyuan Panshi couldn’t keep it to himself anymore and asked.

He was feeling uncomfortable just watching Lu Xiao in this state.

He had no clue what might have upset the kid this much. Nothing particularly special had happened, after all.

"Old guy, do you even know what your realm is called?" Lu Xiao suddenly asked, his head still not lifted, just dangling over the horse’s neck.

"Above Half-Immortal," Xuanyuan Panshi replied.

"Your realm, it’s called Ascension Realm," Lu Xiao corrected him.

Xuanyuan Panshi was slightly stunned. Ascension Realm? Where did Lu Xiao get that information from?

The name of that realm seemed rather fitting.

"Above the Ascension Realm, there are the Unity Realm, True Fate Realm, and Human King Realm."

Xuanyuan Panshi’s mouth gradually opened wide. There were more realms? That many? Were these realms even achievable by humans?

The crucial question was... how to break through to the next realms?

According to the methods of cultivation in the Divine Continent Realm, even if one could open all acupoints in the five major acupoints, totaling 45, that was only the Unity Realm.

But Lu Xiao had said there were the True Fate Realm and Human King Realm above the Unity Realm; there wasn’t even a method for cultivating them.

Moreover, just opening all 45 acupoints in the five major acupoints was difficult to an extreme degree.

The Transcendent Realm involved opening nine acupoints in one acupoint, the Transcendence Realm entailed eighteen acupoints in two acupoints, the Half-Immortal Realm required opening twenty-seven acupoints in three acupoints, and the Ascension Realm meant thirty-six acupoints in four...

It’s been almost seventy years since Xuanyuan Panshi entered the Ascension Realm, and up to now, he had only opened thirty-three out of thirty-six acupoints, still three short.

And these three acupoints were each harder to unlock than the last, each with an explosive level of difficulty.

To open the fifth acupoint and enter the Unity Realm? Xuanyuan Panshi had just one thing to say: Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"Damn it, I’m feeling all EMO now..." The entire energy of Xuanyuan Panshi deflated.

He had thought he was the pinnacle of cultivation, holding the ceiling of combat power attainable by humans.

It turned out there was still a long, long way to go.

Suddenly, all motivation left him, and he felt completely unwell.

No wonder Lu Xiao was acting like this...

This would send anyone into a downward spiral.

"Ah, life isn’t worth it." The next second, Xuanyuan Panshi also slumped over the horse’s back.

The two horses carried on with two "dead dogs" for another forty or fifty kilometers, only to be blocked by a wide river.

"Oh, we’ve reached Shuangliu River. Once we cross it, we’re in the realm of Wind Blade Mountain," Xuanyuan Panshi said listlessly from atop his horse.

Hearing Xuanyuan Panshi’s introduction, Lu Xiao sprang up from the horse’s back in an instant.

"Good, so this is Wind Blade Mountain!"

"This time, my name, Lu Xiao, must resound throughout the entire Wind Blade Mountain," he declared.

"No, I’ll make sure the entire West Continent Realm knows who Lu Xiao is!"

Xuanyuan Panshi looked at Lu Xiao, who seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, with shock and confusion in his eyes.

What are you doing, Lu Xiao? Weren’t we on the same page about life being worthless? Weren’t you all disheartened and unmotivated, ready to give up?

Where did this sudden surge of excitement come from?

"What are you staring at? I’ve figured it all out," Lu Xiao retorted.

"I’m still young. At just twenty-five, I’m already in the Half-step Heavenly Realm. With a bit of effort, I’m sure I can reach the higher realms!" he said to Xuanyuan Panshi with conviction.

Xuanyuan Panshi’s entire face twisted.

This damn kid must be doing this on purpose! Definitely!

To irritate me, he really will stop at nothing.

"Let’s go, cross the river!" Lu Xiao released his Inner Qi, and with his black horse beneath him, he flew into the air.

The flamboyance of his horse-flying display nearly spat in Xuanyuan Panshi’s face.

"What did I ever do to deserve this!" Xuanyuan Panshi took a deep breath, then mustered up the energy to cross the river.

Wind Blade Mountain... wasn’t actually a mountain.

It was just a place that rose higher in elevation.

Anyway, after crossing Shuangliu River, it was an uphill journey all the way.

In the end, they arrived at a large expanse of rocky open ground that used to be a mountain.

When Lu Xiao and Xuanyuan Panshi arrived on horseback, there were already people there.

"From the West Continent Realm?" Lu Xiao pointed at the two individuals not far away.

"Right," Xuanyuan Panshi confirmed.

"Great, early arrival’s not as good as timely arrival; let’s kill them off first!" Lu Xiao said as he prepared to take Xuanyuan Panshi with him into the fray.

Xuanyuan Panshi’s eye twitched once more, then he forcefully grabbed Lu Xiao’s arm.

"There are rules to the battle, don’t mess around, okay?"

"You should’ve said that earlier." Lu Xiao waved his hand dismissively, then gave the middle finger to the two men from the West Continent Realm.

The two from the West Continent Realm were clearly baffled.

What did the other side’s middle finger gesture mean?

"I’m praising your punctuality," Lu Xiao yelled over to them.

The two on the other side nodded in realization. So that was it.

The people from the Divine Continent seemed pretty polite, after all.