Chapter 1226: Obliterating Divine Sense
Qiu Yuexin looked up at the moon in the void, a trace of helplessness on her face. "It's just fate playing tricks on people. But cultivating the Emotionless Dao isn't so bad either. At least from now on, the path I walk will shake the Eight Wastelands, and no one will be able to block my martial path."
"You're lying!" Lin Feng looked at Qiu Yuexin and said. "If you were truly emotionless, even if you were invincible across the Eight Wastelands, the smile you once had would never appear on your face again."
"I'm not lying. Maybe I can't let go now, but as I continue down this path, I will definitely achieve a state of no desires and no emotions, leaving only my martial heart. Perhaps then I won't be as conflicted as I am now." Qiu Yuexin seemed to be trying to convince herself, but even she didn't quite believe it. She wasn't so obsessed with martial arts that she would sever all worldly emotions just to pursue the Dao.
Qiu Yuexin knew very well that those who were so obsessed with martial arts that they could sever all worldly emotions were either madmen or prodigies. That was another version of herself.
"Why deceive yourself?" Lin Feng said softly. His hand reached out and grasped Qiu Yuexin's hand. She seemed to want to struggle, but the strength in Lin Feng's grip made it impossible for her to break free, so she let him hold it.
"I promised you that I would go to the Qiu Clan to propose marriage. How can you cultivate the Emotionless Dao?" Lin Feng felt the cool temperature of Qiu Yuexin's palm and looked up at the moon in the void, as if talking to himself.
Qiu Yuexin's body trembled slightly, her heart stirred. But was there still a chance?
"I won't return to the Qiu Clan anymore. You don't need to go and propose marriage." Qiu Yuexin turned her head to look at Lin Feng, a rare smile appearing on her face. "If I cultivate the Emotionless Dao, I can use the path of emotionlessness to cut down all your enemies. Using emotionlessness to guard your path—isn't that good?"
"So that's why you killed sixty-eight disciples of the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress in a row and then chased Bai Qiuluo for millions of miles!" Lin Feng looked at Qiu Yuexin. Her beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she lowered her head, as if afraid to meet Lin Feng's gaze.
"Silly girl!" Lin Feng gently wrapped his arm around Qiu Yuexin's waist. Her whole body stiffened, but she only felt Lin Feng's hand exert a little force, and her head naturally rested on his shoulder.
"I will walk my own path. If you cut down all my enemies for me, then my martial path would be empty. How could I move forward?" Lin Feng said softly. "I don't need you to guard my path. I just need you, the person."
Qiu Yuexin's eyes became misty. The coldness in her gaze finally faded away, replaced by infinite tenderness.
Lin Feng said: I don't need you to guard my path. I just need you, the person.
"Lin Feng, no matter what path I walk, I will never betray you. Even if I betray the entire world!" Qiu Yuexin smiled gently. This was her obsession. Even if she truly embarked on the Emotionless Dao one day, she would make sure this thread of obsession was deeply rooted, never fading, and never harming Lin Feng.
"Even if I betray the entire world!" A warm current flowed through Lin Feng's heart. He turned his head slightly and looked at Qiu Yuexin's tender, water-like features. At this moment, there was no coldness, only a deep, affectionate obsession.
A faint blush of shyness flashed across Qiu Yuexin's cheeks. The icy beauty now revealed a hint of bashfulness, breathtakingly captivating.
Lin Feng held her close and kissed her cool, red lips. Qiu Yuexin's body trembled violently, her hands suspended in the air, at a loss.
Finally, Qiu Yuexin's body went limp, leaning against Lin Feng, her arms wrapping around him. She felt the warmth of his body, and at almost the same time, a surge of icy intent seemed to erupt wildly from within her. Her eyes flickered wildly, sometimes tender, sometimes cold. Two obsessions seemed to be battling within her.
Lin Feng seemed to sense that trace of emotionless aura. He broke the kiss, cupped Qiu Yuexin's face in his hands, and said tenderly, "Yuexin, I know you might have two obsessions. You can overcome her. You definitely can!"
Qiongqi had not told Lin Feng the truth. He had only said that some supreme experts could defy fate and live a second life, which Lin Feng understood as the awakening of reincarnation memories. If that were the case, it meant Qiu Yuexin now had the memories of two people: the real Qiu Yuexin and another version of her. Two memories, two obsessions—one that loved him and one that was emotionless.
Qiu Yuexin's current state should be a stalemate between the two obsessions, with neither able to overcome the other. That bastard Qiongqi had told him to use affection to help Qiu Yuexin expel the emotionlessness, which was actually meant to help this obsession of hers defeat the emotionless one.
"Mm." Qiu Yuexin nodded gently, as if suppressing one obsession. After a long while, she seemed to have finally pushed the other obsession down. Her expression returned to normal, and she gave Lin Feng a faint smile, regaining some of her former carefree tenderness.
"Yuexin, give up the Emotionless Dao, or you will be completely suppressed." Lin Feng cupped Qiu Yuexin's face in his hands. An expert who could use heaven-defying means to live a second life was absolutely terrifying. If Qiu Yuexin continued to cultivate the Emotionless Dao, she would never be able to suppress her other side and would become another Qiu Yuexin.
"Lin Feng, it's not that I want to cultivate the Emotionless Dao. It's the other me who wants to. I can only go along with her, but I can use her abilities. Do you understand?" Qiu Yuexin looked into Lin Feng's eyes, as if afraid she couldn't explain clearly.
"I understand." Lin Feng nodded. Qiu Yuexin had not been possessed. The two versions of her were actually one person, just with two sides. Lin Feng could not let her other side merge with and consume the current Qiu Yuexin.
"No wonder that bastard Qiongqi told Qiu Yuexin to cultivate the Six Desires Heavenly Art, using that method to counter the Emotionless Dao she was practicing."
Lin Feng murmured to himself. Although Qiongqi's idea was a bad one, it had to be said that it made sense. If Qiu Yuexin could cultivate a powerful technique that ran counter to the Emotionless Dao, she would inevitably weaken the emotionless side to its minimum. Ideally, the current Qiu Yuexin would completely absorb and devour the other side. That way, Qiu Yuexin would control incredibly terrifying memories while remaining her true self.
"It seems I really need to find a powerful technique for Yuexin to cultivate." Lin Feng thought to himself. How could he stand by and watch Qiu Yuexin become another version of herself, losing her current self?
"From now on, stay with me always!" Lin Feng's hand brushed over Qiu Yuexin's smooth cheek as he said softly. Qiu Yuexin nodded, as if she would obey Lin Feng in everything.
"Who's there?" At that moment, Lin Feng's divine sense suddenly surged outward, probing into the void. It was as if an invisible giant hand had appeared, grabbing a pair of divine sense eyes.
"Let me go!" A delicate shout rang out. It was a woman's voice.
"Who are you, and why are you spying on us?" Lin Feng asked coldly.
"Hmph, do I need your instruction for what I do? Let me go quickly, or don't blame me for being rude." The woman's voice was exceptionally arrogant as she shouted at Lin Feng's divine sense.
"You're asking for death!" The giant hand formed from Lin Feng's divine sense suddenly tightened, intending to obliterate that strand of her divine sense. With his current cultivation, besides cultivating his main Divine Mind Palace, materializing his divine sense was naturally a simple task.
"How dare you touch my divine sense? I'll make sure you two dogs and bitches pay for this!" The arrogant voice continued, extremely domineering.
"Hmph!" Lin Feng snorted coldly. The giant hand of divine sense suddenly exerted force, directly obliterating that strand of her divine sense. She had come to spy on him and even had the audacity to speak arrogantly and insult him. How outrageous.
"Ah..." In one of the courtyards of this inn, a scream rang out. It was a beautiful young girl, her divine sense stinging. A large amount of her divine sense power had been obliterated.
"Miss!" Figures flickered and descended into the courtyard. These people were all extraordinary experts, at the Venerable Martial Realm.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong?" A young man stepped forward, walked to the girl's side, and asked.
"Brother, that bastard Lin Feng obliterated my divine sense. Help me kill him." This girl was none other than Qi Jiaojiao. When she had released her divine sense, she had discovered Lin Feng and Qiu Yuexin and wanted to spy on them. She hadn't expected Lin Feng to discover her instantly and destroy her divine sense. She had never suffered such bullying, and she still had a score to settle with Lin Feng in the City of Fate.
"Lin Feng!"
Qi Tiansheng's expression tightened. This name was now extremely famous. There were probably few people in the Eight Wastelands who didn't know him. Some busybodies had already included Lin Feng among the Ten Great Prodigies and were discussing which of the Ten Great Prodigies would be eliminated. Some even said that he, Qi Tiansheng, would be the one eliminated.
"Jiaojiao, rest well. We'll talk about this after Old Master Wen's birthday banquet in a few days!" Qi Tiansheng turned and left, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes.
PS: Thanks to brother cmx3288 for the 1888 tip!