The wind assaulted his face like knives and swords, scraping against every inch of his skin, causing a faint ache.

Li Yun felt it was particularly exaggerated.

Zhang Ruohan dragged his body along, almost never touching the ground, yet her speed was like a sports car going full throttle, at least three hundred kilometers per hour.

It made his heart pound so hard it felt like it would leap out of his throat.

If something went wrong, if she couldn't turn in time and hit a mountain wall or a tree, could he even be saved?

Fortunately, such a thing did not happen.

After a rapid dash.

About an hour later, the two stopped above a Valley.

Li Yun was still a bit dizzy, and when he saw that one more step from where he stopped was a cliff, he was so scared he immediately backed away several steps.

Zhang Ruohan looked at him with a bit of malicious amusement: "How does it feel? Isn't it exciting?"

Li Yun was utterly speechless.

He complained, "Senior Sister Zhang, are you taking me running or flying? Next time, can you give me a heads-up first? You almost made me throw up."

Then he looked around.

It was all desolate wilderness, and he could no longer see the pavilions and towers of Heavenly Martial Sect everywhere.

However, he was certain that this should still be within the Heavenly East Mountain range.

"Senior Sister Zhang, where is this?"

"Why did you bring me here?"

Zhang Ruohan blinked her eyes: "Guess?"

Perhaps because there was no one else around, Zhang Ruohan became more relaxed. She who had no airs to begin with actually started joking with Li Yun.

Seeing this, Li Yun didn't bother to pretend anymore.

"Guess my foot!"

"You brought me here, how would I know what we're here for? But I don't think it's because Senior Sister Zhang saw that I'm young, handsome, and talented, and fell in love with me at first sight, specially bringing me to this wilderness for a date, right?"

Slap!

Zhang Ruohan immediately gave Li Yun a flick on the forehead.

It hurt so much that Li Yun grimaced.

Only then did he realize how miserable Zhang Chu, who was constantly being flicked on the forehead by Zhang Ruohan, was. Having such a violent older sister was definitely not a happy thing.

"You wish!"

"Look at the Valley below. I discovered it by chance..."

Zhang Ruohan pointed towards the cliff. Li Yun subconsciously turned to look, but before he could make anything out, he suddenly felt a kick.

That single kick sent him flying directly over the edge of the cliff.

"Ah..."

Li Yun was so scared that his heart almost stopped, and he let out a miserable wail on the spot.

But it was useless.

After a moment's pause, his body began to fall rapidly.

"Hehe, you dare to tease me? Let me teach you a lesson!"

Zhang Ruohan, however, acted as if nothing had happened, smiling with malicious amusement, and then leisurely jumped off the cliff as well, falling rapidly downwards.

And her falling speed was noticeably faster than Li Yun's.

Soon, she caught up to Li Yun.

"Senior Sister Zhang... my dearest Senior Sister Zhang, please don't mess with me like this. I'm still underage, I'm still a child..."

Seeing Zhang Ruohan again, Li Yun was so excited he almost cried. It's no exaggeration to say that he almost peed himself the moment he fell.

It wasn't that he wasn't afraid of death, it was that he was really afraid of death!

The cliff down to the Valley below was conservatively estimated to be at least three hundred meters high. In his previous life, that would be roughly the height of a hundred-story building. Falling from a hundred-story building, what normal person wouldn't be scared!

Without thinking twice, he quickly reached out and hugged Zhang Ruohan.

He hugged her tightly.

Suddenly being hugged by Li Yun like this, a faint blush couldn't help but appear on Zhang Ruohan's pretty face.

She had never been hugged like this in her life, not even by her nominal fiancé, Zhao Chuanfeng.

The aura emanating from Li Yun, a scent that a Mysterious Woman didn't possess, made her heart beat a little faster.

However, she tried her best to act normal.

"Hmph, let's see if you still dare to tease me!"

"I don't dare, I don't dare... I'll never dare again."

"That's more like it!"

Zhang Ruohan smiled in satisfaction, used her hand to pry Li Yun's arm away, grabbed his body again, and a surging force rushed out. Li Yun immediately found that the rapid falling speed had miraculously slowed down.

Then, a little while later.

The two landed steadily on the ground.

Only then did Li Yun feel his soul return to his head. He said with a face full of resentment, "Senior Sister Zhang, can we not do this next time? Scaring people to death is a real thing!"

"Tsk... What's there to be afraid of!"

"Once you reverse your Innate state and learn true lightness techniques, you'll find that this height is nothing at all!"

"But the problem is, I'm still just in the Body Refining Realm..."

"......"

Zhang Ruohan was a bit speechless. She almost forgot, this guy was indeed still only in the Body Refining Realm. It was a bit early to talk to him about this.

Immediately.

She also straightened her expression.

"Alright, no more jokes."

"Look at this Valley. Can you find anything?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yun also subconsciously looked up and scanned the surroundings.

Below the cliff was a circular Valley, surrounded by steep cliffs, with only one Valley entrance. Strong winds occasionally blew in from the direction of the Valley entrance, making a whimpering sound.

This sound was very strange.

It contained a hint of sorrow.

If one wasn't careful, just hearing the sound could even lead to a misunderstanding, making one think it was a sad person whimpering and crying mournfully, which sounded extremely unpleasant.

And when he focused his gaze on the Valley entrance, the System actually reacted.

【Observe the rhythm of the wind, Cognition Point +10】

【Observe the rhythm of the wind, Cognition Point +10】

...

"This wind... is not right!"

Li Yun muttered to himself, quickly opened the System, and glanced at the panel.

【Host: Li Yun】

【Age: 16】

【Aptitude: Fifth Grade Medium】

【Identity: Heavenly Martial Sect, Courtyard 95 of the Ren Branch Outer Sect Disciple】

【Realm: Postnatal, Body Tempering Fourth Layer】

【Martial Arts: Unnamed Sword Art (Loading 1%...), Basic Stance (Perfected), Coiling Silk Force (Perfected), Reversing Fate Art (Initial Success), Thunderclap Fist (Fist Intent), Flying Star Step (Perfected)... Expandable.】

【Martial Dao Cognition Points: 600000】

Originally, he had 1069565 Cognition Points. He used 312000 points to raise four Martial Arts to Perfected, and then used another 200,000 points to sublimate the second and third Basic Stance and Thunderclap Fist, which should have left him with 557565 points.

However, later when fighting He Tingfeng and Xu Youwu, he unexpectedly gained Cognition Points, bringing his Cognition Points back up to 600,000.

However, that wasn't the point.

The point was that Li Yun actually found an 【Unnamed Sword Art】 in the Martial Arts column, and it was in the process of loading, although the loading speed was a bit slow.

He was a little puzzled.

After focusing his attention on the 【Unnamed Sword Art】 column, he suddenly understood.

The wind at the Valley entrance contained a natural Sword Art, but because his Aptitude was too low, only Fifth Grade Medium, he couldn't generate the Martial Art immediately upon observation.

He had to observe for a while longer until it was fully loaded before he could consume Cognition Points to improve it.