“Junior… Brother…”
Feng Yuheng gently wrapped her arm around Li Qing’s. She leaned her slender waist slightly toward him, and the sword wound came into view, as though she were about to bury Li Qing in it.
[What the hell?]
[Something is seriously getting more and more wrong with Feng Yuheng.]
[What is she trying to pull?]
“Junior… Brother… do you really not know?” Feng Yuheng lightly bit her pearly teeth.
[Of course I know.]
[I know it all too well.]
[Did she notice something?]
[Or did she follow me?]
[Forget it. I was planning to give these things to her anyway. Her ending in my previous life was far too miserable. She gave all her love to a bastard, and reading it made me feel awful. I guess this can also make up for the emotional damage I suffered back then.]
Li Qing glanced at Feng Yuheng. With a flip of his hand, a pure white jade box appeared in his palm. “What you want is inside.”
The moment Feng Yuheng saw the jade box, excitement flashed through her eyes. She reached out, accepted it, and opened it immediately.
A golden ginseng root and a golden pill appeared before her eyes.
“This is…”
The instant Feng Yuheng saw the two items, her heart trembled violently.
“Emperor-grade pill, Nine Revolutions Soul Suppression Pill.”
“Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Ginseng King.”
“Both of them are yours.”
Li Qing smiled faintly.
Feng Yuheng froze in disbelief. “You’re giving me both? Junior Brother doesn’t want either of them?”
Either treasure inside that box would cause a bloody storm if it appeared in the outside world.
“Of course.”
Li Qing nodded slightly and explained, “Although the Nine Revolutions Soul Suppression Pill can deal with the Great Emperor’s Remnant Soul, you’ll also have to pay a considerable price yourself. This Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Ginseng King can replenish the vitality you’ll lose.”
Feng Yuheng’s heart trembled as she asked, “Junior Brother, do you know how valuable these two treasures are?”
She had thought it would already be extraordinary if Li Qing were willing to give her the Nine Revolutions Soul Suppression Pill. She had never imagined that he would give her the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Ginseng King as well.
“Of course.” Li Qing nodded.
[How could I possibly not know how valuable these two things are? How could anything worth a Child of Destiny personally taking action for possibly be ordinary? If I sold them, I could buy an entire city or countless heavenly treasures.]
[But then again, I really do sympathize with you. What can I do? I’m just too softhearted.]
[Looks like I’ll never be able to become someone as heartless and ungrateful as Gu Beichen in this lifetime.]
[Besides, I have the system. What kind of good things won’t I get in the future? Forget it. Since I’ve transmigrated into a novel, I should at least do something worthwhile. That’s that.]
He’s sympathizing with me.
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Yet even when darkness shrouds the human heart, there will always be a ray of light capable of piercing through it.
And I, Feng Yuheng, actually encountered that ray of light.
Feng Yuheng’s heart trembled even more fiercely. For reasons even she could not explain, two trails of clear tears slipped from her eyes.
Li Qing’s voice softened as he said, “Go. Deal with it.”
“All right. I’ll listen to Junior Brother.”
Feng Yuheng nodded firmly. Afterward, she rose and left the room.
“Tsk, tsk. I saved one of the female leads. Not bad.”
Li Qing chuckled gleefully to himself.
“Senior Brother Li, are you there? Mu Qiuxue has come to visit.”
At that moment, a crisp voice echoed through the sky above Azure Cloud Residence.
“Mu Qiuxue?”
“Why did she come looking for me?”
“I don’t even know her.”
Li Qing was slightly stunned.
However, Mu Qiuxue was the Saintess of the sect and possessed an exalted status, so he could hardly neglect her. Spiritual light immediately swept around his body, and in the next instant, he appeared in the sky above Azure Cloud Residence.
Not far away stood Mu Qiuxue, peerlessly beautiful and aloof from the mortal world. Her breathtaking face, beautiful enough to bring down cities and empires, entered Li Qing’s sight.
Li Qing hurriedly cupped his hands and greeted her, “Greetings, Saintess.”
Mu Qiuxue returned the greeting. “Greetings, Senior Brother Li.”
Li Qing waved his hand and said, “Saintess, you’re too polite. You’re the Saintess of the sect. I really can’t accept being addressed as Senior Brother.”
[Of course I can accept it. I’m currently at the early-stage Nascent Soul Realm, the same realm as her. Besides, I joined the sect before she did. Doesn’t that make me her Senior Brother?]
What?
Senior Brother Li is actually a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator?
Mu Qiuxue’s heart shook violently.
She possessed a sacred-grade Ice Spiritual Root and supreme-grade cultivation aptitude. Even with such extraordinary talent, she had only managed to reach the early-stage Nascent Soul Realm at the age of twenty-three.
Yet Li Qing appeared to be around the same age as her, and he was also at the early-stage Nascent Soul Realm.
Could he possess a sacred-grade spiritual root as well?
But according to the information she investigated, Senior Brother Li possesses a high-grade Metal Spiritual Root and is only at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm.
As expected, Senior Brother Li is hiding secrets.
Mu Qiuxue smiled sweetly and said, “Senior Brother is too modest. You entered the sect before Qiuxue, so it’s only right that I call you Senior Brother.”
[Fine. Senior Brother it is. It’s not like she’s losing anything by calling me that, so there’s no point arguing over it. Let’s see what Mu Qiuxue actually wants.]
Mu Qiuxue smiled and explained, “It’s like this. A few days ago, I discovered a secret realm in the Heaven Severing Mountain Range. I would like to invite Senior Brother to explore it with me. What do you think?”
This Senior Brother Li seems to know a great deal about future events. Since I can also hear his inner thoughts, I must spend more time around him. That way, I can learn even more information.
[Is something wrong with Mu Qiuxue’s head?]
[I’m Li Qing, basically a background disciple of the Supreme Origin Immortal Sect with a cultivation at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm. And you’re asking me to explore a secret realm with you? Are you kidding me?]
[Shouldn’t you be going with your beloved Brother Beichen instead?]
That was a little abrupt of me.
Mu Qiuxue silently listened to his inner thoughts as countless ideas turned through her mind.
As for “Brother Beichen,” she automatically ignored it.
From this moment onward, she, Mu Qiuxue, would have absolutely nothing to do with Gu Beichen.
[Wait a minute. The Heaven Severing Mountain Range… the Qing Residence Secret Realm. I remember now. Damn it, it was only mentioned once in the book, and its name was changed later. That’s no secret realm at all. It’s actually a Ruins of Oblivion, an incredibly dangerous place.]
[Throughout this world, only a handful of people have ever entered a Ruins of Oblivion and come out alive.]
He knows about it again.
Ripples appeared in Mu Qiuxue’s beautiful eyes.
Senior Brother Li, just what kind of person are you?
At this moment, Mu Qiuxue’s curiosity about Li Qing had reached its peak.
[But then again, although this Ruins of Oblivion is incredibly dangerous, it’s also Mu Qiuxue’s land of opportunity. There’s the corpse of an immortal woman inside. If Mu Qiuxue can absorb a single drop of her Soul Origin, her Profound Gold Soul Physique can transform into the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden Physique. From then on, there will be no shackles on her Grand Dao. Her cultivation path will be completely smooth, allowing her to advance all the way to the Great Emperor Realm.]
What?
Mu Qiuxue’s heart shook violently.
I really came to the right person. He actually knows about such a heaven-defying opportunity.
I, Mu Qiuxue, must obtain that immortal woman’s corpse.
[But even if this girl goes there, it’ll be useless. She won’t be able to obtain that opportunity.]
[If you want to blame someone, blame that brain-dead author. Anyone following the plot could tell that the immortal woman’s corpse was clearly prepared for Mu Qiuxue. Later, that idiot decided Mu Qiuxue was going to be killed off anyway, so he gave the immortal woman’s corpse to Gu Beichen and turned her into his ghost bride instead. Absolutely insane.]
What?
Mu Qiuxue froze.
Gu Beichen.
Mu Qiuxue tightly clenched her pearly teeth.
No. I absolutely have to make Senior Brother Li come with me. If he doesn’t go, I’m afraid I won’t be able to obtain this opportunity.
Mu Qiuxue’s gaze gradually became resolute, as though she had finally made a difficult decision.
Suddenly, Li Qing felt a fragrant breeze brush across his face. Before he could react, Mu Qiuxue’s peerlessly beautiful face had already appeared directly in front of him.
“Senior Brother, please come with me.”
Mu Qiuxue extended her fair, delicate hand and gently clasped Li Qing’s palm.
[Hey, hey, why are you holding my hand now?]