Chapter 476

Chapter 476: Emotional Tribulation

The roads in the village were not good either. To avoid causing a stir, both of them concealed their auras, so no one noticed them.

Like most villages, beside the crisscrossing roads were farmlands, and the crops in the fields must have been harvested already.

Still, one could see weak-bodied, sallow-faced, and emaciated farmers with their children on their backs, carrying baskets and walking through the fields, picking leftover grains.

Perhaps because of poverty, both adults and children wore very tattered clothes. They tried hard to mend them, but it was no use.

Apart from this, there were women who had just given birth.

Although they’d just had babies, for survival, they had to carry crying infants and help their husbands.

They looked weary and exhausted, their eyes empty and lifeless, like walking corpses, covered in numbness.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Luo’s mind remained unaffected at all.

Because along the journey, he had witnessed too many such things.

Each time he saw them, he felt tremendously grateful that he possessed spiritual roots.

Even though it was the lowest Ninth Grade, it brought him the chance for immortality and allowed him to take the Qinyuan Sect test.

Although he failed that test in the end, he still embarked on a different path nonetheless.

Otherwise, if he’d been reborn directly into an ordinary body, even with a "system," reaching his current state would take who knows how long.

Moreover, who could guarantee he could truly climb step by step from the bottom?

"All living beings suffer!"

Wang Yu Wei looked indifferently at this scene and gave this comment.

Cultivating the Supreme Emotionless Technique, she felt little about this matter.

Survival of the fittest.

Back then, hadn’t she lived a difficult life too, enduring various contempt and slander in the family?

Everyone has their own suffering; if you empathize with everything, it’s just a burden for cultivation.

So she only sighed lightly.

Compared to these, she cared more about Zhou Luo beside her.

This year felt not long, even very short, for a cultivator.

Through their interactions, she gradually realized that without her slightest awareness, her heart had truly settled on him.

She did not know when it began.

Perhaps it was when he agreed to trade with her and smoothly gave her the Bi Shui Dan, letting her extend her mother’s life.

Or it might have been later, when he saved her by risking his life to lure away that group of evil cultivators.

Or perhaps during this year, when he surprised her repeatedly.

……

Cultivation was very dull; cultivators had to spend most of their time cultivating. Only those with no hope of breaking through chose to engage in other matters.

Thus, at such times, every event experienced by cultivators was extremely important to themselves.

Wang Yu Wei had experienced quite a few things, but every time something major occurred, the shadow of Zhou Luo seemed to be there.

Perhaps precisely because of this, his image had quietly taken root in her heart until it sprouted and grew into a towering tree.

The experiences of that year had made her completely understand her own heart.

Because she understood, whenever she drew near him during this time, she always felt surrounded by a spring breeze; her mind would ripple with unrest, unable to find peace.

Perhaps her master had already noticed the problem back then, which was why she instructed her to temper herself through worldly love affairs, to ultimately transcend the emotional tribulation.

However, mere understanding could not help her pierce through illusion and achieve true breakthrough and transformation.

She understood in her heart that she needed to go further with Zhou Luo, to engage in deeper interaction.

Only a deep communion would count as confronting her feelings for him, allowing her to slowly detach from this emotion, finally achieving profound enlightenment, shaking off the shackles, and attaining the true state of Supreme Emotionless.

"Shall we continue observing?" Zhou Luo looked toward her.

Wang Yu Wei responded, "Let us go to the Longfeng Mountain range once more."

She spoke while looking at him. Her beautiful eyes shone with a light, subtle spiritual light, coupled with her gentle voice, giving him a feeling like being bathed in a spring breeze.

The Longfeng Mountain range was the place where she had obtained her immortal opportunity, the crucial juncture where they had become truly entwined.

Otherwise, given her circumstances back then, she would likely never have crossed paths with him again in this life.

It was precisely because of that event that they journeyed together today.

Zhou Luo did not refuse. He merely said, "It’s been a year. I need to go back and see."

Throughout this year, although he and Ye Qian frequently exchanged letters, he still wanted to know what Long Yunting and the others were truly thinking now.

A few days later, they arrived smoothly back at Zhou Fu.

During this time, Zhou Luo’s seventy-third child was born successfully, earning him twenty talent points.

After settling Wang Yu Wei in, he went to find Long Yunshuang.

A year had passed, and the two were still holding on, especially Long Yunting. Poisoned for so long, yet he still retained resilience – truly worthy of being the legitimate heir of the prince’s residence.

According to Long Yunshuang, Long Yu had recently relaxed his vigilance, so they planned to set off and leave a while later.

Perhaps because Zhou Luo and Wang Yu Wei had been journeying and training together this past year, or because Long Yu was busy managing clan affairs, his surveillance over Zhou Fu hadn’t been as intense as before.

This had given Long Yunshuang their chance to escape.

Zhou Luo was naturally all too willing. He mentioned casually that he would be heading to the Longfeng Mountain range in a few days, so if they were to leave, they must ensure they avoid detection.

Long Yunshuang assured him that was understood, even reiterating that the previously promised spiritual artifact could only be given after their mission was accomplished.

After all, they still needed that very artifact to evade Long Yu’s pursuit.

Zhou Luo expressed understanding, and then obtained several high-grade Foundation Establishment magical artifacts from Long Yunting as collateral.

Night time, within a room.

Wang Yu Wei sat cross-legged upon the Dao platform.

She had intended to cultivate the Supreme Emotionless Technique to adjust her mental state.

Yet, unknown why, her mind was too disordered; she found herself unable to enter a meditative state for a long time.

"The matter of the emotional tribulation is pressing indeed."

Wang Yu Wei sighed.

This situation had been recurring repeatedly for many days now.

It was precisely some time ago, once she clearly understood her feelings toward Zhou Luo, that cultivating the Supreme Emotionless Technique became exceptionally difficult.

Throughout this year, she had relied on him to seek her own breakthrough opportunity, but it had also trapped her within a cage of her own making.

While her mental state had improved, she had sunk deeper and deeper; she needed to complete her emotional tribulation swiftly.

This single thought plunged her mind into greater chaos.

She simply rose, intending to step outside her room for respite.

A white figure drifted down silently under the moonlight, appearing atop the roof of the room. She raised her head, gazing quietly at the bright moon in the sky…