Martial Peak

Chapter 6104, Woke Up Naked

Author: Silavin

Yang Ji opened his eyes in a state of confusion. Looking up from below, he could clearly see the familiar blue sky up above. However, he felt his body was far heavier than what it should be, and far colder as well. Not to mention, his back and bottom both felt a little cold and moist.

“Oh, you’re finally up.”

Soon came a familiar voice, one which Yang Ji could never forget. After all, this was the same voice from the youth who had knocked him out before he was in this state.

Lying down, Yang Ji tried to look to his sides, but he saw no one. Then again, the voice seemed to be directly entering his mind, so Yang Ji presumed that Wu Lun must be somewhere far away. Until…

“Stop looking around. I do not have my physical form at the moment. Can’t get exposed, you know. I’m on your chest.”

“Huh?” Yang Ji exclaimed and looked down. Only now did he realise why everything was so cold.

He was naked!

“What the!” Yang Ji hurriedly jumped up, stumbling a little due to the unfamiliar weight on him. He quickly looked around and saw that his fingers did not have the Space Ring his Parents had given him. In fact, on him, there was nothing but a boring looking string necklace, with a ring attached. 

The ring was nothing remarkable. It did not have any marks on it. It was just a band, like someone took a thin metal cylinder and drilled a hole through it.

With his precious jewels out in the open, Yang Ji quickly hid them with his hands and looked around again to make sure there was no one around him.

“Relax. No one is around to see you buttnaked. Besides, who would be interested in a child– you know, never mind.” As if realising something, Wu Lun quickly changed topic. “Just scrap up some big leaves and tie them around your body.”

“Where are my clothes? Wait. Where are we in the first place? Why are you now just a ring? Where are Yang Xu and Yang Ling? You didn’t make them go around naked as well, did you!?” Yang Ji suddenly realised there were more pressing questions than his clothing as he hurriedly shot questions after questions.

“Hey hey hey, move your mouth less and move your hands more. I will answer your questions as you create your new attire, alright? I don’t particularly enjoy seeing your naked jewels as well, just so you know.” Wu Lun said as matter-of-factly, causing Yang Ji to momentarily open his mouth and then shut it.

The boy soon moved to a nearby bush, which had quite large leaves. Just one leaf would be enough to wrap around half of his waist.

Yang Ji soon moved his hands to try to pluck a leaf out but…

“Huh?”

The leaf could not be torn. Even as he tried with all his strength, with veins popping out of his forehead, the leaf simply would not get torn off.

“Did you forget that your cultivation has been completely transferred onto your Sister?” Wu Lun, seemingly exasperated, reminded.

“But, don’t I still have my Physique? Why. Won’t. This. Leaf. Come off” Yang Ji pulled, and pulled but it all seemed to fail.

“Did you forget where I’ve sent you? We are now in the Outer Heaven, which is within the Upper Realm. We’re no longer in your Lower Realm World. Everything here is not just a tier or two tougher than the materials in your world. They are on a whole other level of existence. Even with your trained Physique, it doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want over here.” Wu Lun sighed and explained patiently.

“Instead of some fresh leaves, just use those that have fallen to the ground.”

Yang Ji, already feeling his hands sore from all the pulling, did as he was told. Truly, instead of plucking fresh leaves, it was so much easier to pick those that had fallen to the ground.

“To think I can’t even take leaves from a plant now…” Yang Ji remarked, a little taken aback by how weak he had become.

“In the first place, who taught you to pull? A normal person would have sliced it from the side…” Wu Lun, realising that he was dealing with a sheltered child, now knew how much work they had to cover. “Also, you don’t need to worry that much about being weak. A normal child borned and raised here also would not be able to pull a leaf out with just their physical strength.”

“Really?”

“Well, they would use Qi for it. But, it’s not like you can use it right now.” Wu Lun added, which only served to annoy Yang Ji since he knew that too.

However, the boy just focused on gathering and tying up some leaves instead of commenting much. Not to let Wu Lun annoy him.

Seeing Yang Ji was being boring, Wu Lun continued to explain their current situation.

“You’ve been sent to the Outer Heaven, while your Sisters have been sent to the Central Heaven. I wish I could have you start off in the Central Heaven as well, but that would be making you seek death in your current state. But well, not like the Outer Heaven lack opportunities for you. As long as you can grasp them, you will eventually be able to see your Sisters again.”

“How long would that take?”

“Depends on you. If you’re strong enough, then we can just go. But right now, you need to build up your whole foundation first. As for why I didn’t allow you to take any of your items from your world, it’s simple: those things will not just expose your identity, and the world you are from, they can also hinder you. You Sisters likewise cannot take anything on them made from your world.”

Hearing that, Yang Ji accidentally used too much force and snapped a dried up leaf.

Seeing this, Wu Lun continued, “Don’t worry. Unlike you, they aren’t naked. Those girls have to maintain appearances in the Central Heaven, or others would take advantage of them. Your Sister can pose as a Young Lady from some powerful Family with the things I’ve passed onto her. With how much she snapped back at me while you were knocked out, I’m sure she can play her role fine. After all, she has a truly haughty overseer with her.”

At this point, Yang Ji could let out a sigh of relief. At least, his Sister had items on them to assist them in case they got into trouble. Though he was still worried, they at least have some kind of safety net. Unlike him, butt naked in the wild, with only a talking ring to accompany him.

“If you could have given her stuff, you could have left me with something, at the very least.” Yang Ji complained.

However, Wu Lun seemingly scoffed. “You don’t even know what the Outer Heaven is like. If I give you something precious like that, you think you’ll be left alone? You, with no Qi to use those Artifacts in the first place? You can’t fully protect yourself, and you want to put a target on your back?”

“But you could have at least left me some clothes…” Yang Ji said as admittedly, the cold ground on his bottom and jewels reminded him of how harsh nature was to the uninitiated.

“Look. I don’t have anything that looks vile enough to make people leave you alone, alright? Anyways, with where we are going, honestly, any clothes that I give you would be in tatters pretty much instantly.” Wu Lun spoke as if everything he did had a reason for it. “Why do you think I took on such a dull form? It’s so no one would want to steal me from you.”

“Now that you mention it, why are you not here in person? What’s with this form of yours?” Yang Ji questioned as he tied some leaves together and tried to put them on. It did fit, albeit a little loose. He also felt a little less exposed, truly only a little less exposed as the small wind beneath his loins reminded him of this fact. [I guess this will do…]

“To simply put it, I cannot physically join you. Like, it would seriously cause you more harm than good if people realise your relationship with me. That’s why I tried my best to leave as small a mark of my existence on your Sisters as possible.” Wu Lun said while seemingly shrugging his shoulders. Though Yang Ji could not see the youth at the moment, he could certainly feel as though that was what Wu Lun would do.

“Wait. Then, it’s fine if it is with me?” Yang Ji questioned, a little bewildered by this.

“Yeah. If not, I wouldn’t actually agree to do this with that ancient being in you two.” Wu Lun said and paused for a moment.

“It seems to be about time.”

“Huh? Time for what–”

At that exact moment, the ground suddenly shook. It was strong enough to cause Yang Ji, who had barely gotten used to his current strength, who could no longer fly, to stumble onto the ground.

Yang Ji soon closed his eyes and used his Divine Sense, which thankfully could still be used due to his Knowledge Sea still being present. After all, if one were to remove one’s Knowledge Sea, that would be no different to leaving a person brain dead, if not have their Soul extinguishing.

Off in the distance, not too far from him, Yang Ji could feel an immense concentration of energy. This energy was unfamiliar to him. In fact, if Yang Ji still had his cultivation and tried to sense the World Energy here, he would come to realise that it was no longer the same World Energy that he was used to.

Nevertheless, this blast of energy struck the sky as if announcing to the world that something world changing was happening.

Wu Lun in the ring, seemingly enjoying the look of astonishment on Yang Ji’s face, gave a smirk and said. “That’s where we need to go. To build up your foundation before you even start cultivating, we need to head there.”

At those words, for some reason, instead of fear, Yang Ji felt his heart race with anticipation.