I alone am the Honoured One!

Another few minutes passed, and then he heard the sound of water shifting.

Yan Zijin stood up on the tub and looked down at her body as water droplets rolled down her body.

A sense of peace washed over her as there is very little dirt on her body right now.

She then glimpsed at Zhao Tian and saw that he is sitting on the ground, with his back faced toward her.

She stepped out of the bathtub and glanced at her tattered robes on the ground.

She unwrapped the more intact section and sighed, glancing down at her body.

There simply wasn't enough material to cover everything.

She closed her eyes for a moment 'Got no other choice...'

A few moments later, Zhao Tian heard her voice "...Tian, you can look around now."

Hm? Zhao Tian turned to look at her and was dumbfounded to see her attire.

Yan Zijin was walking toward him....

The cloth remnants of her robe had been tied securely around her waist, covering her lower body with care.

But her upper half was completely naked, exposed to the open air without a trace of shame.

Her long, wet hair cascaded down her back and chest, sticking to her skin in uneven strands.

Water still dripped from her, trailing glistening lines along her shoulders and abdomen.

His gaze instinctively landed on her breasts which are wet with water droplets, as her red nipples glistened in the light.

"You are looking..."

Zhao Tian's gaze flickered up to meet her gaze "I mean... you are showing them."

With a sigh, she walked past him "Tough times. I don't mind you taking a peek or accidental gazes."

"But don't stare at them for too long. Survival is our top priority right now, not dignity."

Zhao Tian walked beside her, stretching his arms above his hand "It is not that hard to escape this place... we need to find the edge where space energy is less chaotic."

She tilted her head slightly. "You say that like you've done it before."

Zhao Tian gave a faint grin "And we can exit by manipulating the space energy around it. Think of it like finding the eye of a storm. The pressure shifts. If we trace it carefully, we can fold ourselves out"

Hm? Yan Zijin's gaze narrowed "How... do you know that? I am pretty sure, no one has ever survived a rupture or entered a core before."

With a nod, he spoke "But I have. When I was travelling to Jade Eclipse Star from my home world, I got sucked into a small rupture."

"I got out of it in the same way."

What the fuck?

Yan Zijin's eyes widened in shock upon hearing this "Tian... you?"

But then she realized that even she could not have survived that rupture, but Zhao Tian saved her from there and even entered the core safely.

'So he really is...'

Nodding his head, he replied "So, I have experience here... I am your senior in that regard."

She gave him a long, blank stare.

Then, without a word, she started walking again, her bare feet gliding silently across the sand.

Zhao Tian followed a second later, catching up to her side.

He turned slightly to glance at her, but his gaze dropped again.

The cloth tied around her waist had shifted slightly with her movement as the damp fabric hugged her hips tightly.

But above that… her upper body was as bare as before.

Her breasts moved gently with each step, droplets still gleaming on her skin.

She raised his chin and made him look into her eyes "My eyes are up here, disciple."

Zhao Tian nodded his head as he looked into her heterochromia eyes "Oh..."

For a long second, they simply stared at each other.

Her gaze narrowed slightly "I know you are a good young man, Tian and great at heart. But I guess it's your male instincts."

"I mean... I can understand, and in this situation, I don't mind you looking at them. As a woman, it feels embarrassing if you stare at them too much."

With a soft chuckle, he nodded his head "Alright."

She lowered her hand and crossed it across her breasts "And, senior... do we know what we should do now to escape this place?"

Hearing this, Zhao Tian tilted his head "Hmm... first we need to find the guardian spirit of this rupture."

-_- She looked at him in confusion "Guardian spirit?"

Zhao Tian smiled dryly in his heart as he couldn't really explain about Eleanor's soul shards.

"Yeah, something like that. It might help us."

Yan Zijin sighed in her heart, as in this situation, she has no one else to rely on other than him.

"Ok, let's go..."

Zhao Tian nodded his head "Let's travel by flying. We can cover more land. How is your body?"

With a faint grunt, she muttered "I feel better after a bath... I think I can fly somewhat."

...

The two of them flew up above the shattered terrain, drifting below the fractured and distorted sky-bridges.

Zhao Tian gazed upward and muttered "Don't go too up... the space energies up there are more unstable."

"Mhm."

Flying in silence, Zhao Tian looked around using his senses because he needed to find Eleanor first and talk with her.

He can't let Eleanor blurt out to Yan Zijin about him being the Honoured One.

Yan Zijin gazed at him through the corner of his eyes and saw the serious expression on his face.

She was quite amused, as he is like a pervert sometimes and a pure gentleman sometimes.

She couldn't help but smile in her heart...

At this time, Zhao Tian noticed a presence far ahead and frowned in confusion.

Huh?

Someone inside... rupture?

*swoosh* He hurriedly dashed towards the presence, and his gaze narrowed, looking at the naked body lying on the ground.

Noticing the pair of breasts and long black hair, his eyes narrowed further.

'A... woman?'

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