10 Prefer white. (2/2)

Each of the trees was between 10-20 kilometres wide and about three times as high, making their appearance exceedingly strange. They were also covered in caves and stairs that had been carved out directly into them, each cave serving as a training ground while the stairs were there to make accessing the caves easier.

Li Yang didn't head straight for the cave located at the base of the branch he was standing on, turning around and gazing out across the vast ocean. He sucked in a deep breath of salty air, his practically sparkling gaze sweeping across the seemingly infinite ocean. From this position, even the island that the grand and majestic Deepsea King sect was on seemed so infinitely small, he only had to stretch out a single finger to fully blot it out.

Overlooking the ocean from here made it feel like he was standing at the top of the world, overseeing all creation. But raising his head revealed that there were many more branches above him, culminating in the crown of the massive tree. No matter how much it felt like he stood at the top of the world, there was still more above him, restricting his wings and vision like a prison. He turned his gaze away from the ocean and placed his hands behind his head, humming a soft tune as he headed for the cave at the base of the branch.

The wood around the cave was covered in engravings lined with blood, the engravings actually stretching into the darkness that was the mouth of the cave. These engravings formed a powerful spatial array that not only expanded the space within the cave but also altered it so that it suited the need of the sect. The blood and other ingredients used to create these arrays were much more expensive than a normal spatial array and it was thus completely forbidden to touch the arrays. The sect would be notified the moment they were touched or altered, and the punishment reserved for those who did so was death.

Li Yang stepped into the cave and entered the array, a bright light washing over him as his surroundings changed. He didn't end up inside a wooden cave but rather on a barren prairie, several small and craggy mountains rising up all around him. He only gave the grey mountains a cursory glance before bracing his body and calling out.

”Level 1!”

The mountains quivered slightly after his voice sounded out, hundreds of small rocks splitting off from them and hovering in the air above Li Yang. The stones started to descend one by one, smashing into Li Yang before falling to the ground and dissipating into energy that once again sank into the mountains. This was one of the body cultivation training rooms of the sect, it was mostly geared towards disciples who trained in the Herculean King technique which required one to withstand countless blows to slowly strengthen the body.

Li Yang closed his eyes under the constant barrage of attacks, the dull thuds coming from his body practically forming a rhythmic tune as more and more stones smashed into him. Each hit caused some force to course through his body, his flesh and bones quivering faintly as the force pulsed through them.

Li Yang stood still and endured the attacks for a few hours to sense the force that each of the hits unleashed, but it still wasn't enough. He managed to get a preliminary grasp of the force, but every time he tried to pry a bit deeper it would dissipate, having used up all the energy within it. As such, he could only let out an unsatisfied click of his tongue, his teeth gritting slightly as he called out once more.

”Level 2!”

The intensity and strength of each stone immediately increased after Li Yang called out, his knees bending slightly from all the attacks that crashed into him. But stronger attacks meant more force, which allowed Li Yang to study it even more deeply than before, the preliminary understanding slowly deepening as he understood the force more and more.

He knew that he had already completed the first step to cultivating the Heavenly Queen's 1st Star, sensing the force. But when it came to the second step, conquering the force, he still wasn't quite sure how to complete it. He had a faint idea, but once again he had no idea if it was the right one. But since he had no other choice but to move forward with his own answers, the hours quickly passing made him settle on attempting his idea. But just as he was about to open his mouth to call out once more, a different voice reached his ears.

”Well I'll be damned, you're actually cultivating? Are our pigs about to start flying? Are the seven realms of Naraka about to open and unleash all their tainted spirits?”

The barrage of attacks stopped as the voice sounded out, Li Yang opening his eyes with some surprise. The tall and curvaceous Ting Miu was walking over with a swaying gait, her dark orange hair cascading down her back while her brown eyes were looking at Li Yang with slight amazement. She was clad in a tight-fitting blue shirt and wore a somewhat short and frilly skirt, showing off her long and slender legs.

Li Yang gave his somewhat sore body a few stretches while looking at Ting Miu with slight confusion, a seemingly bashful smile quickly forming on his face as he twisted and covered his chest.

”Fairy Siter Miu, you actually missed me so much that you sought me out on your own? Don't get me wrong, I'm incredibly happy to see you, but Fairy Sister...I'm so dirty right now, I don't dare to show you my body. Is there any chance that you can contain your carnal desire for me until I've gotten to take a shower and become presentable for someone as... devilish and lustful... as you?”

An immense amount of pressure bore down on Li Yang's the moment he finished his words, his body immediately ending up getting squished against the ground. The pressure was so intense that it was almost hard for him to breathe, but at the same time it caused a large amount of force to pulsate through his flesh, making it incredibly easy for him to study it. And as he was getting crushed against the ground, Ting Miu walked over with a smile that wasn't a smile, her eyebrows twitching faintly.

”What's the matter, weren't you happy to see me, why aren't you 'praising' me more?”

Ting Miu stopped right in front of Li Yang, who had to struggle just to raise his head out from the dirt so that he could just barely direct his gaze upwards. His mouth opened as he started to stutter out a few words, but Ting Miu spoke up before him.

”Your father sent me here, he asked me to use my law of pressure to help you with your cultivation. So, what do you say, shall we have some fun cultivating?”

The smile she flashed him contained some playful maliciousness, he kept on teasing and playing around all the time so this was the perfect chance for her to get some payback and reclaim her position as the senior sister. But then Li Yang finally finished stuttering, his trembling finger just barely able to point upwards.

”Fairy Sister... Miu... I prefer... White ones...”

A sliver of confusion flashed through Ting Miu's pupils before she understood what he meant, an enticing shade of red spreading on her face as she quickly tucked the bottom of her skirt between her legs. The pressure bearing down on Li Yang immediately intensified, Ting Miu's slightly embarrassed voice sounding out.

”Level 3!”

The attacks that had stopped earlier immediately started up again and bore down on Li Yang, now far more ferocious than earlier. Coupled together with the pressure that Ting Miu was unleashing, a massive amount of force was constantly rampaging through the body of the weakly snickering Li Yang.

The pressure and force rendered him unable to speak now that it had increased so he focused fully on sensing and understanding the force. And as his understanding of the violent force grew greater and greater, thin lines started to gather within his dantian, a small rune shaped like an imploding star starting to form.