Chapter 32

Chapter 032: That’s Not Love

Yue Hongling chose not to merge in.

She restrained the desires of her body, the ultimate instinct of a living being to survive.

Infinite pain surged into her mind.

Her brain continuously issued commands for her to absorb the Pure Clarity Water Pearl, to absorb it immediately.

So that’s what Senior Brother went through back then.

He suppressed his instinct to survive just to enhance his talents.

No wonder Senior Brother got hurt so badly.

No wonder, no wonder…

It’s too painful!

Yue Hongling deeply felt the agony that Lu Ye had endured at that time; her strong regrets clawed at her heart like countless venomous insects.

Senior Brother was far too good to her.

What man in this world would be willing to treat her better than his own life?

Feng Wuxie couldn’t do it!

Although she had never been with Feng Wuxie, she was certain he could never manage it.

But Senior Brother, that’s not love!

Even if you treat me well, without that fleeting spark, I can only feel gratitude towards you, not love.

Only when she was with Feng Wuxie did Yue Hongling feel her heart racing, her body heating up with excitement.

Senior Brother, in this life, apart from letting me be with you, I’ll agree to anything else, even if it means dying for you!

Yue Hongling silently swore an oath.

She started to swim upstream, feeling her strength waning.

No, she really couldn’t hold on any longer.

After much hesitation, Yue Hongling chose to refine the Pure Clarity Water Pearl.

Since this thing was useless to Senior Brother, she could give him any precious item he needed without hesitation.

Since it was useless to him, after improving her own condition, she would definitely help him find something extremely valuable.

As she swallowed the Pure Clarity Water Pearl, Yue Hongling’s injuries began to recover rapidly, and the pearl was wildly changing her physique, driving out countless impurities.

Yue Hongling’s cultivation started to break through.

She was about to shatter her dan and become an infant.

Yes, back when she fought Shangguan Wuchang, she hadn’t broken through to the Breaking Embryo Realm yet; it was just a cloaking of her level.

In fact, had Yue Hongling been at the Breaking Embryo Realm, she could’ve badly defeated Shangguan Wuchang with just one move.

That was a Great Emperor’s rebirth.

By the time Yue Hongling’s injuries healed and she successfully broke through to the lake’s surface, Shangguan Wuchang had already been waiting for a long time with his Fang Tianhua Halberd.

“Just now it wasn’t enough fun in the water; how about we spar again?” he asked, his heavy halberd pointed at Yue Hongling.

Yue Hongling’s stunning face cracked a cold smile. “You couldn’t even handle me in the water; forget about now.”

The fearless divine fist struck out once more.

A fist mark charged towards him in an instant; Shangguan Wuchang swung his halberd, aiming to sever the fist mark, but his next attack was already planned.

However, at the moment of collision between the halberd and the fist mark, Shangguan Wuchang felt an overpowering force surging from the fist.

“Boom!”

The Fang Tianhua Halberd flew up high.

Shangguan Wuchang’s face flushed red, and he couldn’t stop his body. He stepped back, leaving deep footprints, retreating more than ten steps before barely stopping himself.

He looked at Yue Hongling in shock.

How could this be possible?

But Yue Hongling paid him no mind; she had no intention of killing this guy—better leave him for Shangguan Huanling!

…

Lu Ye emerged from the volcano, a flame resembling a ribbon swirling around his nascent soul.

One of the flames in the Three Fire Mountains extinguished.

It meant that a type of divine fire had been taken.

The divine fire Lu Ye took was called the Daylight Yang Fire, with a temperature high enough to last before reaching the fourth layer of the heavens; otherwise, he could let it evolve.

Next stop.

Hundred Herb Valley.

If he wanted to condense his second life, he needed a Golden Heavenly Sunflower from the core of Hundred Herb Valley—this thing was hard to find elsewhere, and he’d also found it here in his past life.

His figure moved on.

Chu Ling left as well.

She finally realized a very real and frightening thing.

That was, Lu Ye’s strength was growing stronger and stronger; if she continued to lag behind, she would no longer qualify to follow him.

In the last life, Lu Ye had actively brought her along.

In this life, he wouldn’t care whether she lived or died.

Considering the time.

Other monsters and various forces were about to descend; those things were far from the Genius Ancient Battlefield, so they were a bit late.

Lu Ye looked up.

He saw above, either purple or black whirlpools appearing.

Colorful whirlpools burst into existence almost every minute, followed by demonic energy, ghost energy, and demon energy…

Strange cries, maniacal laughter, roars…

Lu Ye glanced and then lost interest, even feeling a bit annoyed by the noise of these folks.

His figure reached Hundred Herb Valley, filled with all kinds of formations. According to rumors, it was actually a medicinal garden of an ancient and powerful sect.

But Lu Ye knew this rumor was false.

Because the formations in Hundred Herb Valley were all set up by one person, who wanted to use the formations to battle the unparalleled geniuses of the ages—now that was impressive.

Even after dying in battle, he still accomplished great feats with his formations that circulated through the ages.

Of course, he wasn’t dead yet.

A group of people in Hundred Herb Valley were diligently studying formations; for a formation master, the medicinal materials might not be as precious as the formations themselves.

Because when this formation was set up, the formation master was only around twenty years old, and the concepts fit quite well with the disciples of the younger generation.

Among them, one person kept disappearing and reappearing.

This was because this person was constantly breaking formations and encountering new ones; looking at his speed in breaking formations, Lu Ye showed a hint of surprise.

How did he not notice such a talented formation master before?

With that speed…

Normally, one wouldn’t remain nameless, yet he remained nameless—there’s only one possibility.

This guy died halfway through.

Lu Ye felt a bit regretful; such a formation master hadn’t grown up before dying—truly a pity.

Maybe he could lend a helping hand.

Lu Ye stepped into the formation; it rippled slightly, and his figure completely vanished.

He entered and chose not to break the formation but rather moved through it, soon appearing right in front of the formation breaker.

The breaker, focused on his task, was startled when someone suddenly appeared before him.

“Are you… human or ghost?” the young man, with red lips and white teeth, asked in terror.

Lu Ye???

“Have you ever seen a ghost?”

“N-no…”

“Then have you ever seen a human?”

“I have.”

“What’s the difference between me and a human?”

The youth finally composed himself, feeling a bit embarrassed; Lu Ye’s sudden appearance had indeed frightened him.

“Sorry, you… you’re the most handsome of them all.”

Lu Ye couldn’t help but chuckle; what a kid. Should he call him dumb? He had some emotional intelligence. Should he say he had emotional intelligence? He really did have a bit.

“What’s your name?”

“I am Li Huaiyu.”

“Alright, keep breaking the formation and reflect carefully on it.”

Having said that, Lu Ye vanished.

Li Huaiyu stood wide-eyed, incredulous as he looked in the direction Lu Ye had vanished, then glanced at the perfectly intact formation.

How how how… How did he do that?

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