Chapter 2001 - 1991: A Glimmer of Hope
Suddenly being picked up, Zhou Mumu was caught off guard.
She hadn’t even had time to let out a cry of surprise.
When she found herself being held by Lin Tian, suddenly transported to mid-air.
She was completely stunned!
Her delicate eyes went round, her mouth agape, she listened dumbly to the wind beside her ear.
In an instant, she felt that sense of being suspended in the air.
After a brief moment of daze.
She couldn’t help but turn her head to look down.
Dozens of meters!
A hundred meters!
Two hundred meters!
Five hundred meters!
A thousand meters!
...
Lin Tian’s speed was too fast.
Houses, beaches, and the sea below rapidly shrank within her view.
At this moment.
Zhou Mumu watched as Lin Tian stepped on the Void with both feet.
What seemed like a leisurely skywalk was, in fact, as swift as lightning.
In a flash, they were in the sky several thousand meters above the ground.
Up high, Zhou Mumu looked around and saw layer upon layer of white clouds floating and rising in mid-space.
"Is this... the sky? Am I dreaming?"
Still somewhat unable to believe everything before her eyes, Zhou Mumu remained quite flabbergasted.
She thought she was in a dream.
"It’s not a dream!"
Lin Tian noticed Zhou Mumu’s reaction and immediately smiled and said.
Not a dream?
Zhou Mumu took a deep breath and then used great force to pinch her hand.
"Ow! Why... why did you pinch me!"
Her waist was grasped and pinched hard by Zhou Mumu, and even Lin Tian couldn’t help but cry out in pain.
Upon hearing Lin Tian’s words, Zhou Mumu’s eyes widened again.
"It’s truly not a dream!"
Zhou Mumu took a deep breath of cold air, then couldn’t help but look down again.
The once vast beach now seemed as small as a palm.
All around, there was endless sky, and in the distance was the expansive earth, indistinct to the eye.
Seeing all this, Zhou Mumu felt a bit of acrophobia and quickly withdrew her gaze.
She took a few deep breaths before saying to Lin Tian, "We’re really up in the sky now? You lifted me up and flew! You can fly?"
At this moment.
Zhou Mumu realized how astonishing the young man holding her really was!
He had flown up with her!
She stared intently at Lin Tian’s side profile, wanting to see clearly what kind of existence he was!
"Yesterday, I promised you I would help you fulfill your greatest wish!"
Lin Tian, stepping across the Void, said, "This moment is the realization of my words to you!"
Saying that.
Lin Tian floated towards the depths of the sea in mid-air.
He found the largest cloud.
He gave a slap of True Qi from afar, solidifying the rising cloud wisps, and walked up with Zhou Mumu.
"We can talk later! Let’s watch the sunrise first! I’ve never watched a sunrise from this perspective before..."
Lin Tian pulled Zhou Mumu to sit on the cloud wisps and smiled at the east.
At this moment.
Even from the high altitude, the sea remained vast, and the horizon between sea and sky seemed endless.
From this direction.
The earth vaguely revealed its curves.
The sky was already flushed with the glow of dawn.
The sun was about to burst forth.
The two did not wait long.
Zhou Mumu’s eyes glittered brightly, fixedly staring there.
This moment she had dreamed countless times, but now, it was truly happening.
"Sunrise! What a huge sunrise! Wow..."
When the sun leaped from the horizon, Zhou Mumu, like a child, exclaimed and cheered, her face full of excitement.
Her joyful expression spread over her face.
Watching the sunrise from the clouds above, it’s something that many ordinary people can’t achieve in their lifetime!
"So beautiful!"
"Ah... too bad, too bad... I forgot to bring a mobile phone or camera!"
"If only we could capture this beautiful moment!"
"Wow, if only I could fly over and touch the sun!"
...
Zhou Mumu stood up, arms outstretched, embracing the wind in mid-air, shouting towards the east: "Ah..."
Her inner excitement and joy poured out completely.
Who knows how long had passed.
The sun completely emerged from the horizon, warming up.
The dawn clouds gradually dispersed.
"Lin Tian... are you an Immortal?"
Now Zhou Mumu had calmed down; she sat quietly next to Lin Tian, turned to look at the young man beside her, and asked softly.
As her emotions settled, she finally voiced the question that most puzzled her heart.
Flying up into the sky, this is not something humans can do!
Even the Martial Arts Grandmasters she had heard of didn’t have this ability.
It’s said that Martial Arts Grandmasters can walk on water as if it were flat and travel thousands of meters without touching the water.
That’s already extraordinary, extremely impressive.
But everything before her eyes.
Surpassed her imagination entirely.
Now sitting with Lin Tian on clouds in the Void, looking at the boundless sky and earth, it felt dreamlike.
"Immortal? That’s not so easy! A true Immortal could almost be immortal, living with the heavens and earth, with a lifespan of unknown eons!"
Lin Tian shook his head with a bitter smile and said to Zhou Mumu, "I’m just a Cultivator! Also known as a Cultivating Immortality practitioner! In essence, I am on the path to becoming an Immortal! But our lifespan is much greater than that of ordinary people!"
Cultivator? Cultivating Immortality practitioner?
He’s indeed not ordinary!
Even though Zhou Mumu didn’t quite understand, she knew Lin Tian might be from a completely different world than hers.
At this moment.
She recalled Lin Tian’s response yesterday about whether they could be together, saying it was impossible.
Now she understood a bit.
"Even if you’re not an Immortal, you’re like a half-Immortal!"
Zhou Mumu pursed her lips, the joyful expression gradually faded, replaced by an immense sense of desolation and loss.
With Lin Tian’s abilities, in this world, he was absolutely unmatched!
And she?
Though regarded as a goddess in Mizhou City, compared to him, she’s just a mere mortal!
"Being together is nearly impossible! Of course, if you can keep up with my pace, there might be a sliver of chance! This world is too small..."
Lin Tian sighed softly, saying in a melancholy tone, "It all depends on your choice! Given your current circumstances, you can live a wealthy life, happily for a century! However... if you choose my path, you’ll face uncertain life and death, thorny challenges at every step, and may end up perishing along the way!"
"A sliver of chance? My choice?"
Initially stunned, Zhou Mumu soon reacted, exclaimed excitedly, "Are you saying... I can be as formidable as you? I can cultivate? I can’t even practice Martial Arts; how could I achieve what you’ve done! If there’s even a sliver of chance, I would be willing!"
At this moment, Zhou Mumu’s eyes suddenly lit up, her beautiful eyes shining brightly, full of excitement.
"You can! But it depends on your fate and fortune! The Cultivation Path is not as simple as Martial Arts!"
Lin Tian regarded Zhou Mumu deeply and said solemnly, "On this path, you must face numerous separations and deaths, countless battles, endless peril, with every step fraught with danger, every step a potential Abyss! Think it through!"
I can!
That’s great!
Zhou Mumu seemed to ignore the dangers Lin Tian mentioned, exclaiming excitedly, "So how do we start? If I work very hard, when can I be as mighty as a Martial Arts Grandmaster? If it takes decades... I’d be old and faded by then!"
Saying this, Zhou Mumu suddenly felt a bit disheartened, her expression turning bleak.
Martial Arts Grandmaster?
You compare that child’s play to this!
Lin Tian rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.