Han Li and Liyue conversed curiously as they walked toward Yue Li. Han Li had once left a Heart Qi binding on her, so it was not too hard to find her. Now that he had full control over his Heart Qi, he could do many things with it.
He planned to make a mark of Heart Qi and plant it on everyone whose life he truly cared about, but it was not immediately necessary. However, there were some things he had to get an immediate understanding of.
He now had some major tasks to complete.
Mainly four came to mind immediately—
Understanding the golden aura around his Mom. Seeing why Ruo's Existence had the Aura of a Beast Emperor, which had scared The Spirit. Getting to know his own Existence, and gouging his own limits, and... handling the business with the Spirit.
As he was walking, Liyue, who was on his back, winked at the bald monk women they passed by on their way. Almost as if showing off. She really did have some childish sides.
They mostly ignored her. They were people with a different mindset, and the main reason the Monk Hen Shin even allowed Han Li and his debauchery to run wild in the Temple was because of that. He was training his monks.
"Big Brothe—Hubby," Liyue called when she saw him quickening his pace. "Why are you always so rushed? Rest a bit. We are stronger now. I am strong; you are strong. We deserve to rest.
Just enjoy what you worked hard for, maybe?"
"Are we strong?" Han Li didn't loosen his pace.
He hadn't made a scene about it, but he was pretty mad at himself for not being able to protect Liyue.
The Spirit had so easily surpassed his protective preparations! Even though the fact that he had no idea of the Existence made it a natural thing, that was no excuse. Would he say the same after all of them died?
He had indeed been mellowed in this heaven-like place.
"Are we NOT strong?" Liyue grumbled at his calm face. "I am so strong," she said softly in a voice only he could hear, "One touch at someone's Existence—even that Monk Hen Shin's and I'd probably win. Hell, I could probably kill him."
Han Li stopped dead in his tracks.
"You don't actually believe in it, do you?" he asked.
Liyue frowned. "What?"
Han Li changed his route and moved towards a different area of the Temple. To another place in the huge temple complex—where only one person lived.
Liyue knew where he was headed by the direction, and immediately enough, she also knew he was not going to take the normal route. Her heart beat with excitement.
Jumping from the ground and catching on to the hanging roof of a temple building, he climbed on top of its thatched roof.
"Amazing!" Liyue exclaimed.
Then, he looked at the complex array of buildings while Liyue was on his back, her eyes full of anticipation. She knew what he was about to do. His body was almost as strong as any Evolution Stage cultivator's could be.
Of course, if he tried, he could jump onto the roof of a building from the ground!
Why would he take the stairs?
The Temple of Suffering was located on top of a mountain, and the temple buildings were numerous. As they looked around, they could see pagodas everywhere, each one more beautiful and awe-inspiring than the last. Hua Yu's training room was located on a higher floor, and they had to jump from one pagoda to another to reach it.
Han Li leaped from the ground, and Liyue felt the wind brush against her cheeks; she closed her eyes and held on to him for dear life. Then, they suddenly came to a halt as Han Li's foot came to rest on the pagoda wall like standing on the ground.
He laughed, and she tightened her hold around him. Gravity seemed to ignore them as he put strength on his feet and jumped onto the opposite pagoda—to an open window.
They fell through the window and into a huge room full of waving green curtains. Amidst the wind, in the middle of the room sat Hua Yu on a couch, who looked at them, a bit startled.
Around her, many feathers were floating around as she seemed to be training something.
Liyue immediately clung to him tighter as he once again got back into a nicer position, and he could feel her heartbeat against his back, powerful and thumping. She was also breathing heavily.
Flying with the help of a Power Born, where there was no chance of falling and jumping roof to roof with Han Li, was indeed a different thing.
"Hua Yu," Han Li walked towards Hua Yu, and Liyue gently got down from his back. Even though she said, she couldn't walk without help in their room, that was her acting pampered more than anything. She was not that weak.
"What are the newlyweds doing here when they should be flirting around in some meadows?" Hua Yu, ever the curious woman, asked, removing the manifested moss feathers from around her.
"She could go through hell and earth, and she won't be able to harm my hair." Her gaze was languid. "Why are you doing this to our poor Liyue?"
"Go fight. Try her." Han Li smirked. "She'll defeat you."
"Oh?" Hua Yu looked at Liyue in intrigue and jumped out of the couch. Then, she reached in front of Liyue and touched the girl's cheek.
"Can you really defeat me, girl?"
Liyue squinted, and her Existence flared.
It was like she could see the unprotected soul of the other party by a mere touch. Hua Yu's physical body became but a mere shell that could never protect her Existence from another Existence.
Only people who had sensed their Existence could see this coming and resist. Only people like herself, Han Li, and The Spirit had a chance of resisting.
Hua Yu didn't even have a chance... before she stumbled back and her eyes rolled into unconsciousness, but before she could fall, Han Li was there and hauled her into a princess carry.
He smiled.
"Indeed, an Existence is strong against someone who hadn't sensed their own Existence."
He carried Hua Yu back onto the couch. The green-haired, green-eyed, curious woman was now completely helpless. She laid on his lap like a sack of potatoes, her jaws loose.
"But now, Liyue, try killing Hua Yu. Don't worry. I won't let that happen for real. Try your hardest to do that."
Liyue frowned but then realized. She didn't even have to try; she couldn't harm Hua Yu.
Hua Yu had a Power Born-level physique, and there was no attack in her hand that could come close to harming a Power Born.
Their body, even the [Below Average Power Born Physique] that was the weakest, wouldn't be harmed by the likes of herself.
Liyue realized... she could make Power Birth Stage Cultivators faint for a short time by touching them (as long as they themselves were unaware of Existence,) but she couldn't harm the fainted person. She had no weapons in her hand sharp enough.
"I have been over the top of my head," Liyue sighed, her face a bit downcast.
"Yes, you have been. And the Power Born won't just let us go and touch them like this woman." Han Li nodded in praise but taught patiently. "Hua Yu was too unguarded. A Power Born's Soul Sense is a tangible power that is enough to crush anyone below the Power Birth Stage. They can squeeze you to death with their telekinesis alone."
Liyue blushed. "Indeed..." But then, she asked, "What about you, Big Br—Hubby, do you have a way to...um, kill Power Borns?"
Han Li sat Hua Yu on one of his laps and called for Liyue to sit on his other. She jumped in without any hesitation.
"Power Borns are not weak, but they are still not strong. Not to the point I can't kill them when they are straight asleep and unguarded. I am not you."
Liyue leaned against him. Curious.
What had 'Devouring' a part of the Heavens, the entire Lust Dao, into himself actually done to him?
Was he still human?
What made him different now?
But then, she chuckled nervously as Hua Yu's eyes flapped open in startled surprise.
"What the hell was that?" Hua Yu squirmed in Han Li's embrace, clearly filled with disbelief.
Liyue noted in her mind, 'Not even five minutes before she woke up...'
Han Li leaned to the side and kissed Hua Yu on the lips, then parted. "Calm down, woman, why are you so surprised? I told you she'd defeat you."
With fear on her face, Hua Yu looked at Liyue.
"What is this new freak?"
Liyue smiled. "Just a talented young woman. I could have just killed you if I wanted to, but of course, I won't do that. But, fufu, now I am the strongest in his harem."
Hua Yu became even more fearful but, at the same time, deadly curious.