Against The Heavens 32 A Meeting To Melt The Cold.

Li Yang was crawling along the ground when he suddenly heard the rumbling of thunder above him again. These last few days, it had started raining much more, often raining once or twice every day. The reason he was crawling along the ground was that he was getting much closer to the emerald volcanoes, so the strength of the Demonic beasts in this area was terrifying.

Just like he originally a.s.sumed, the Demonic beasts that inhabited this area all had strength that was above a person with nine runes. Because of this, Li Yang had completely abandoned the idea of hunting for meat to eat. He now sustained himself by eating herbs and gra.s.s that he found as he crawled, but since he was a cultivator, the amount of food he needed to eat was less than a normal person.

"It doesn't matter, the more it rains, the better it is for me. Jinwu, hide within my robe."

When the sound of rain hitting earth rang out from outside the forest, Li Yang stopped crawling and stood up, placing Jinwu within his jacket. After making sure that Jinwu was safely packed away, Li Yang stepped out of the forest and into the rain.

The forests were protected by arrays, so it was impossible for the rain or the lightning to enter them. But outside of the forests, the rain and lightning were free to cause as much havoc as they wished. Not even the Demonic beasts that lived in this area dared to get hit by the purple rain, lest they quickly dissolve.

But Li Yang was not scared of the rain, in fact, he welcomed it with open arms. The purple rain that would normally dissolve anything it touched felt like a pleasant shower to him, rolling down his skin without causing any damage.

Since the Demonic beasts in the area all went into hiding whenever the rain appeared, Li Yang would take these chances to increase his speed and quickly move towards the emerald volcanoes. Of course, he would quickly enter the forest and hide again if he ever suspected that the rain might stop.

"You know, Jinwu, walking in the rain like this really makes me nostalgic. This poison resistance of mine is one of the reasons I managed to get close to Ying'er."

This poison resistance was something Li Yang gained in his last life. It was not a poison resistance gained from a bloodline or anything like that. Even in his last life, his talent had only been average, and he also didn't have a bloodline. It wasn't as bad as his talent in this life, but it could only be considered average.

His poison resistance was something he gained when he first acquired insight into the laws of destruction and carved his first destruction rune. His town had just been attacked and destroyed. His acquaintances, his friends, his family, all had been slain. It was then that he first touched upon the laws of destruction and automatically carved his first rune.

When the rune appeared, the same phenomenon that appeared when he carved it in this life appeared. A small black hole appeared in the middle of the city, the laws of destruction running rampant. An entire city vanished without a trace, even countless years after, people still did not know how the town vanished.

To call what he gained poison resistance was not completely right. With the laws of destruction now coursing through his body at all times, any harmful or unknown substances that entered his body would be automatically destroyed.

While Li Yang ran through the rain, his mind slowly moved back in time, to the first time he actually talked with Fang Ying. Zhao Feng had introduced Fang Ying to Li Yang, but that was only Zhao Feng pointing at her from the distance, it could not be called a proper meeting.

When Zhao Feng pointed out Fang Ying, Li Yang felt that she looked lonely. Her face carried a smile and she chatted with a lot of people, but no one got close to her, giving her plenty of s.p.a.ce.

A few days after that, in the middle of the night, Li Yang wandered around the grounds of the clan. He was technically a guest, so there were many places he was not allowed to go. But thanks to his technique that let him completely erase all traces of himself, he could wander around freely.

It was then that he heard the sound of a zither, a lonely yet hopeful tune resounding in his ears. He followed the sound, sneaking past several patrolling guards and around a few hidden arrays. Following the sound took him to a small and secluded garden.

At the center of the garden was a small pond, a few colorful fish swimming inside it. Next to the pond was a white pavilion, just large enough to fit two people. And sitting inside that pavilion was Fang Ying, wearing a light blue dress that revealed her nape and shoulders, her white hair hanging loosely down her back. Across her lap was a small zither, much smaller than Li Yang was used to seeing. Her fingers were gently moving across the strings, weaving a lonely melody.

Li Yang was still a bit immature at that time, so he decided to give Fang Ying a small fright. With his hiding technique active, he quietly snuck up behind her, grabbed her shoulders and whispered into her ear. Of course, he only whispered a short h.e.l.lo as well as his name.

He only meant to give her a slight fright, but he did not expect her entire body to jump up from the seat the moment he touched her, a squeaking sound escaping from her lips. He kept it a secret for his entire life, but he found it quite cute how she jumped up and let out a slight squeaking sound.

After she realized that someone was touching her shoulders, she hurriedly turned around a panicked expression on her face. But when she saw Li Yang stand behind her, a victorious smile on his face and his arms completely fine, her expression turned into one of disbelief.

That was when Li Yang learned that Fang Ying was still not able to properly control her poison laws, so her poison would transfer to others if she touched them. No one in the clan knew this, they only believed that she preferred keeping her distance from others, not liking to be touched.

When she explained this to him, it was Li Yang's turn to be dumbfounded. Was it possible for a person's laws to be that uncontrollable? Before she had the chance to react, he reached down and grabbed her hand, holding it tight.

When he concentrated, he could indeed sense that there was a powerful type of poison entering his body through the place where he touched her. Of course, his laws of destruction quickly destroyed the poison that entered his body. He also noticed that Fang Ying's hand was cold as if it hadn't been warmed for quite some time.

When he looked up, he was slightly embarra.s.sed when he saw that tears were quickly welling up in Fang Ying's eyes. Thinking that he had done something bad, he quickly let go of her hand and apologized. But she told him not to mind it and wiped her tears, quickly giving an explanation.

For the last four years, she had been unable to control her poison laws. Fearing that she would harm those around her, she no longer allowed anyone to touch her, not even letting people get too close to her. Not even her parents or friends were allowed to touch her. Four years without human contact, four years without warmth. And then she met Li Yang, and the cold she had started feeling was completely shattered.

"Oops, I'm getting a bit too distracted."

Li Yang's mind quickly snapped back to reality when he realized that he was going a bit too absorbed by his memories. Now was not the time to get caught up in the things that happened in the past, he had to focus on the present more than anything.

"Alright, time to cross the finish line."

Li Yang looked ahead, the emerald volcanoes were very close now, only a short distance. He glanced at the sky and saw that the clouds were still very thick, it looked like it would continue raining for a little while. Li Yang tapped into the power of his lightning rune, arcs of azure lightning dancing around his legs.

His speed explosively increased, his body shooting forwards and closing the distance between him and the emerald volcanoes. When he reached the outskirts of the emerald volcanoes, his body felt like it pa.s.sed through a thin membrane. As he pa.s.sed through the membrane, the rain stopped and a faint heat struck his body. Emerald light shone from all around him, letting him know that he had reached the emerald volcanoes.