Chapter 225 - Challenged (1/2)

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”...” Silence pervaded throughout the hall. The sequence of events was unprecedented and entirely unexpected. Firstly, Yan Zaizen, a newcomer barely anyone knew outside of rumors appeared. With an astonishing amount of confidence, he swaggered into the hall amidst the gazes of peak leaders and talented youths.

To the crowd, Ma Xiuren suddenly rose from her seat and directly laid a wet one on this unfamiliar Yan Zaizen. To all the young elites who strove to establish a relationship with or obtain her unique features, they felt stifled and enraged. Some were so shocked by the events that they, to this very second, had blank expressions and empty minds.

Then, Yan Zaizen, an outsider and nobody, called the Xiuhei Sovereign - a peak character - Grandpa Xiu. After having been angered, he was sent away by the Xiuhei Sovereign. What was truly unfathomable was Yan Zaizen's last words that felt completely and thoroughly out of place.

”Hmph!” Zhou Xiuhei coldly snorted. His mood obviously didn't seem to be best, and it wasn't. Yan Zaizen had acted too unruly. In truth, he knew that Yan Zaizen didn't do so on purpose. After all, Ma Xiuren was the one who kissed him initially. All he did was accept it completely and enjoyed every last second.

Could he blame him? Yes. Should he? Hell yes.

That doesn't take away Ma Xiuren's fault. However, he suspected something greater at play.

”Oh?” The violet robed scholar with a silver-dot on his glabella frowned, his eyes flickering with suspicions as he gazed at the closed rift. Turning towards Zhou Xiuhei, his eyes slightly widened. Others may not have noticed but Zhou Xiuhei had stealthily used his grand heavenly powers to, in the shadows, nab an assortment of cakes nearly unnoticed.

There was even the white cake with the golden lotus. The reasons he noticed was that he had his eyes on that cake and his personal understanding of space exceeded everyone else.

A little disgruntled, the scholar said nothing in the end.

”Continue,” the scholar ordered the host. After a brief bout of confusion, the host cleared his throat and continued. No one could argue that what Zhou Xiuhei did. Sending the two away was the most appropriate decision.

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Yan Zaizen was seated within his cultivation room back on the Xiuhei Earthly Moon. With a bored expression, his mind wondered.

Zhou Xiuhei had segregated Ma Xiuren and him during spatial rift transit. However, that didn't stop him from replaying the kiss in his head countless times. The Ma Xiuren now was different than the Ma Xiuren of yesteryear. She was a top-class beauty who looked age-appropriate. No longer was she a six to seven year old girl in appearance.

With that, he felt completely satisfied that she was his first kiss.

Pinaka had been thoroughly silent since. To her, she felt both stifled and relieved. Stifled for some odd reason and relieved that Yan Zaizen wasn't enamored. As she was connected to his soul, she also understood his feelings and thoughts to a certain extent. Yan Zaizen may be physically attracted or liking the act of physical contact, but he wasn't in love.

This brought her endless amounts of relief.

However, that didn't mean Yan Zaizen wouldn't develop to that point someday.

After several days, Yan Zaizen was thoroughly bored. He had to stay in this room without leaving in isolation. He felt like a kid, and it's not like he didn't try to leave. Whenever he did, a formation would activate and cease any and all attempts he made. It was frustrating.

”I wonder if Ma Xiuren is being punished like this? If not, that's double standards! Not like it was my fault, anyhow.” He pouted a little. For some odd reason, he didn't feel too angered from being imprisoned. He was just mildly annoyed.

”Haaaa,” a soft sigh resounded throughout his soul. This sigh felt incomparably familiar.

”Grandpa Xiu! This isn't fair!” He shouted verbally as if ready to throw a tantrum. Just as he was about to complain further, using his cultivation base to amplify his voice, a small rift appeared before him. From this rift, rays of light appeared and arrived before Yan Zaizen.

”This?!” He was shocked but then he became incomparably excited. These were the assortment of cake laid out during the banquet. He didn't stand on ceremony, bringing out his personal eating fork. It was slightly curved, sharp ends, and made of a metal similar to white-gold.

On that day, all cakes of the world cried as they lost a few more brethren to this legendary cake killing fork and man duo.

After finishing, he had a face of ecstasy. Rubbing his stomach, he felt thoroughly satisfied. Since he could remember, his love for sweets reached near unfathomable levels, especially cake-like pastries. They were his one true weakness. As he cultivated, this became even more intense.

This actually wasn't uncommon among cultivators. With long lives and loneliness often occurring from cultivation, cultivators typically overly attach a liking or importance to specific things. Some choose objects or sex, some choose fighting or money, and quite a few choose food or wine. This was why the Xiantu Banquet amassed and brought out top-tier food in vast quantities.

For cultivators, especially those who cultivate the Essence Path, food and air is a non-essential factor. One's body is nourished and tempered and survives by essence alone. Therefore, it is a pleasure and not a need.

Even Zhou Xiuhei had his own likes. The violet scholar was similar to Yan Zaizen in his likes. This was why he noticed Zhou Xiuhei's sneaky robbery.