Chapter 00231: I Want to Get Close to You
# I Want to Get Close to You
Chapter 231
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 231 I Want to Get Close to You
Night fell, and a bright moon climbed above the treetops.
The climate of this Thunder Mountain was very strange.
During the day, one would see dark clouds gathered around the mountain peak, but as soon as night fell, the clouds would vanish without a trace.
It was even said that it had never rained on Thunder Mountain at night.
Not far from the foot of the mountain, Yang Yiyi found a narrow mountain cave.
The cave was only four or five meters deep, and its entrance could only accommodate one person entering sideways.
The entrance was long and narrow, providing good ventilation.
It was a perfect spot for camping.
Yang Yiyi lit a bonfire, sprinkled insect repellent around the folding bed, and then took out the small box Li Chengxi had given her.
This small box was about the size of a palm.
Opening it revealed it was filled with small, uniformly sized metal discs.
She scattered four or five of them at the entrance.
This was a magic alarm.
It would glow and emit a loud noise if a person or a feral beast approached.
Of course, this wasn't sold in Li Chengxi's convenience store.
It was a contribution from Audel.
Apparently, in her world, adventurers and travelers would all prepare a box of these, as they were cheap and practical.
Having prepared for camping, Yang Yiyi turned back, picked up a bottle of Farmer's Mountain Spring, and poured it into the pot.
As the water temperature gradually rose, a spicy, savory, and fragrant aroma filled the cave.
Yang Yiyi had already prepared the rabbit she had caught on the road, slicing the meat.
She added it to the pot along with the daylilies she had gathered earlier, then held her chopsticks, waiting for the meat to cook.
Even in the wild, she didn't have to suffer through eating dry rations or salt-only barbecue.
As someone who ran a convenience store, Li Chengxi could provide seasonings to her heart's content.
Before long, the water boiled.
Yang Yiyi quickly used her chopsticks to fish out the meat, eating with great relish.
Outside the cave, a figure in white silently landed on the treetop near the mountain wall.
A living person didn't even bend the treetop, displaying an extraordinary lightness skill.
This person was Ning Xian'er, the one who had pretended to be a ghost back at the inn.
The story the Heavenly Absolute Palace Master had previously told Yang Yiyi and the others was mostly true.
The opera troupe and the heartless man were indeed killed by the painted face female ghost, but only one detail was wrong.
Ning Xian'er was rescued by the Heavenly Absolute Palace Master who was passing by, and successfully survived.
Not only that, Ning Xian'er's aptitude was heaven-defying.
Before even reaching the age of twenty, she had already mastered the Heavenly Absolute Palace's sect-guarding divine technique, showing great potential to become the next Palace Master.
But no matter how good her aptitude was, she still had to follow the rules of the Heavenly Absolute Palace.
All disciples of the Heavenly Absolute Palace had to enter Thunder Mountain once.
This was also considered a trial ground, which was why Ning Xian'er was here.
After all, it was their home turf.
The disciples of the Heavenly Absolute Palace had all seen the map of Thunder Mountain, and their senior martial brothers and sisters had told them where to find treasures and what dangers to watch out for.
It was basically an open-book exam.
Other than that, their treatment was the same as outsiders.
If they couldn't even handle this, dying on Thunder Mountain was considered a good thing.
If you couldn't manage even with a guide, you would only bring shame to the Heavenly Absolute Palace in the future.
It was better not to have such a disciple.
When Ning Xian'er entered, she was at the very back of the group, so Yang Yiyi didn't notice her at all.
Besides, even if she had, it would probably have been difficult to recognize her, as there were quite a few people wearing white.
But Ning Xian'er was not in a hurry to go to the places where heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and martial arts secret manuals appeared.
Instead, she had been paying close attention to Yang Yiyi the whole time.
The reason was simple.
The Palace Master had said that not only had Yang Yiyi undergone marrow cleansing to change her aptitude, but her fate had also been changed against the heavens, allowing her to avoid a great calamity of life and death.
Ning Xian'er's own experiences were already quite bizarre, but she felt they seemed much more mundane compared to Yang Yiyi's.
The Mayfly Divine Art she cultivated required breaking through four major gates to reach completion: the Birth Dao, the Transformation Dao, the Ruthless Dao, and the Facing Death Dao.
The first two gates were relatively straightforward.
The Birth Dao required the cultivator to experience the feeling of being reborn.
The Transformation Dao required the cultivator to change their fundamental nature, like if you originally liked sweet food and then one day suddenly started loving salty food.
It sounded absurd, but it was actually a normal part of a person's growth.
Everyone would have some insights, more or less.
Ning Xian'er's comprehension was heaven-defying, so it was naturally not a problem for her.
The final gate, the Facing Death Dao, was actually even simpler.
One just needed to have a near-death experience.
In the past, those who cultivated this divine technique would directly drink a specially concocted poison that would torment a person to the brink of death, but wouldn't actually kill them.
The most troublesome was the Ruthless Dao.
Upon entering this gate of the Ruthless Dao, the cultivator would lose most of their emotional capacity, their heart forever as still as water.
Although a calm state of mind was good for cultivating internal energy, to break through the Ruthless Dao, one had to cause violent fluctuations in that still heart, breaking the ruthless with emotion.
This was really difficult for Ning Xian'er.
She had tried many methods, but each time she only reached a level of slight annoyance, far from a violent fluctuation of her state of mind.
Although achieving so much before the age of twenty was already rare, everyone wanted to reach the next level, and Ning Xian'er was no exception.
So, she began to ponder on her own.
Look, since the Palace Master said someone changed Yang Yiyi's fate against the heavens, and even the Palace Master can't perform such a heaven-defying fate-changing art, doesn't that mean the person behind Yang Yiyi is more capable than the Palace Master?
If that's the case, if I could get guidance from the profound master behind Yang Yiyi, maybe I could break through the Ruthless Dao.
This line of thinking wasn't wrong, there was just one small problem.
To meet the person behind Yang Yiyi, she first had to build a good relationship with Yang Yiyi.
But Ning Xian'er had never made a friend before.
In the Heavenly Absolute Palace, she had always maintained the image of a cold and aloof genius.
Especially after she reached the Ruthless Dao stage, her face was naturally expressionless.
To outsiders, she seemed as cold as ice and frost, with a frosty temperament.
Combined with her high status in the Heavenly Absolute Palace, no one dared to approach her.
It wasn't that she wanted to be cold and aloof; she was just very awkward and didn't know how to make friends.
Ning Xian'er racked her brains but couldn't think of a good method.
In the end, she decided, I'll just follow her for now and see if there's a chance to strike up a conversation.
She stared at the firelight leaking from the cave for a good while, almost turning into a statue.
At that moment, she noticed the light from the bonfire was beginning to dim.
Ning Xian'er silently leaped down from the treetop, her steps as light as the wind, and peered into the cave from near the entrance.
She thought, if Yang Yiyi opened her eyes in the morning and saw that I had kept watch for her all night, would that be a way to connect with her?
Because of her childhood experiences, Ning Xian'er had become very insecure.
Judging others by her own standards, she thought that if she woke up and saw someone had kept watch for her, she would also feel very happy.
This just went to show how awkward she was.
She clearly didn't realize how terrifying it would be to wake up in the morning and find a stranger by your bed.
The cave entrance was too narrow for Ning Xian'er to see the situation inside.
She turned her body sideways, trying to squeeze into the cave.
A spicy, savory aroma drilled into her nostrils.
It was so infectious that Ning Xian'er, who hadn't been hungry, suddenly felt her mouth water.
One sniff and you knew it was delicious.
Just then, Ning Xian'er suddenly noticed several small metal discs placed on the ground just inside the entrance.
Of course, she didn't know these things were called magic alarms, but seeing a layer of spiritual light flowing over them, she faintly felt that these items were not simple.
Then, considering she had to speak to a stranger, Ning Xian'er immediately chickened out.
She quickly retreated two steps, leaped back onto the treetop, and sat down, leaning against the tree trunk.
She comforted herself,
There's still plenty of time.
I'll deal with it later.
Inside the cave, Yang Yiyi, unaware that someone outside had tried to enter, smacked her lips on the folding bed, contentedly rolled over, and continued to sleep…