Chapter 363

Chapter 363: The Two Girls Sever Their Feelings

“Junior Brother, how did you get mixed up with the Three Axe Strikes!” Lian Luosha pinched Li Hui’s ear, exasperated. “This little girl knows how to create chaos. Learn decisively from the those senior sisters! Yet all she accomplishes is to fail miserably—all three strikes will surely leave her powerless after a few rounds.”

“Hehe, it’s actually the Four Axe Strikes; I’ve made progress recently,” Li Hui said with a shy smile.

“You brat! Senior Sister entrusted the refined body to your care—have you been spending day and night together?” Lian Luosha asked playfully, unable to resist teasing him every time they met.

“Hmph!” A cold snort cut through, and Qian Qiu Yue approached, solemnly thanking him, “Thank you, Junior Brother, for your support. Everything is intact. The Dragon Blood Incense Tree is extremely precious. I’ve summoned all the body refiners, and they will arrive in three days.”

“What! You found the Dragon Blood Incense Tree?” Lian Luosha gasped, her chest rising and falling in disbelief. She turned pale and said, “Qian Qiu Yue, you are too greedy. Pursuing a deep love for the one who is distant is pointless. No matter how outstanding you are, he won’t spare you a second glance.”

“Not for him! My heart is already dead,” Qian Qiu Yue shook her head. “Like a dry tree meeting spring, to rekindle old feelings is foolish. Great love knows no bounds, but Brother Zhang is too far away. I’d rather sever this one-sided love to avoid jealousy from others; it’s irrational!”

“You… you’re really willing to sever your feelings?” Lian Luosha was astonished.

“Why not sever them? Those who disturb my heart have troubled me enough! What was lost yesterday should not be held onto. If he is heartless, sever! If he is indifferent, sever!”

“Good! What a well-reasoned approach!” Lian Luosha declared resolutely. “If there are more Dragon Blood Incense Trees, lend me a piece, and I’ll sever my own feelings too!”

“What are you saying? Brother Zhang clearly…” Qian Qiu Yue looked shocked.

“Has feelings for me?” Lian Luosha smirked bitterly. “He is just a shield! How much suffering have I endured over the years? You only see the one painting he made for me, and look at all the trouble it brought me? Hahaha, isn’t it laughable? I tore up that painting! Yet who would believe me? They think I’m basking in glory, not knowing how frail I am; my heart remains unrefined, and I can only hide away!”

“Ro Sha…”

“Don’t call me that! Ji Luosha is dead; from now on, I am Lian Luosha. I have refined myself. That person is heartless and ungrateful; after all these years, I’ve seen through it. He has walked the path of an elder, where is the heartfelt sincerity of my Junior Brother? Who knows when my heart changed; severing feelings!”

Li Hui understood now. Lian Luosha and Qian Qiu Yue both had unrequited feelings for the same senior brother, but he didn’t reciprocate. Their troubled relationship led to unnecessary exhaustion; what was the point?

“It’s best if both Senior Sisters could bury the hatchet!”

Lian Luosha raised an eyebrow. “Who says I’ll bury the hatchet with her? Not a chance! I will trade treasures for the Dragon Blood Incense Tree—that’s a fate earned through your dangerous effort, and I deserve my share!”

The two women hurried off, seemingly in a state of unrest.

Li Hui shook his head, thinking they lacked communication. Why couldn’t they just clarify their feelings? Based on past experiences, women could be the most obstinate creatures in the world. Being a man was better—open-minded, straightforward, and fulfilled. Like him, he lost sleep over his pursuits; ever since he began refining his spirit, even with his thirty-six times speed of time flow, he still felt like he didn’t have enough time.

“Sigh! Loneliness like snow; at my age, I should be talking about love, but I also want to enter the inner sect of Jin Tian Sect. I must break through to the Bosa stage before twenty-three and refine my Ideal Body. That’s no small challenge!”

Three days later, as dawn broke, hundreds of palaces began moving towards Jieshi City.

The speed was incredible. When the guards on the castle walls spotted the palaces, in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the palace group flew over Jieshi City, releasing blinding brilliance that swept away all gloom.

“The Heart Refining Saintess has arrived! May Qian Qiu last forever, lengthening her days with the heavens!”

Petals flew, and the sound of the zither resonated as a group of female cultivators elegantly floated down from a resplendent palace, carrying a wide jade bed, enveloped in light veils and fragrant scents that enchanted the senses.

“Uh, why is Senior Sister Yue presenting herself like this? The Heart Refining Saintess, is she an older leftover woman?” Li Hui was taken aback and suddenly noticed another palace flying out, bringing a flower sedan, gently settling in front of the Surveillance Pavilion.

“Junior Brother, come here!” Lian Luosha insisted, pulling Li Hui into the air.

“Whoa, wait, slow down!” When he stepped into the flower sedan, he found it was a whole new world inside, arranged like a boudoir, though with a strong medicinal scent. A skeletal hand raised from the bed and beckoned, “Come to your Senior Sister; help me, I don’t want to be seen like this.”

When he reached the bed, Li Hui’s eyes widened—was this Lian Luosha’s true self?

She was gaunt and weak, devoid of beauty, almost skeletal! Thinking about how alluring she usually looked made him feel a deep sadness; he blinked away tears and hurried to grasp her hand.

“Ha ha! In my youth, I was naïve and foolish! I was used by others and still felt pleased, but the road to heart refinement is not easy. One misstep makes it hard to turn back. Just right, Qian Qiu Yue wants to turn back, and I want to turn back too; let’s all take the road back together.” Lian Luosha smiled through tears, two lines of clear sorrow falling, “If anyone in the Heart Refining Branch knew I had become like this, they would surely mock me. Only you, Junior Brother, truly pity me!”

“It’s alright; understanding is what matters! Senior Sister isn’t foolish, just pure. A pure heart is easily deceived; learning through suffering, cultivation requires an open heart. Honestly, you’re too closed off!”

“How wonderful! Junior Brother at the Jade Symbol Sect is good at comforting people. Those Junior Sisters surround you day in and day out for advice. I didn’t expect you to become the confidant of the female cultivators!”

“Are you complimenting me or mocking me? Hurry up and tell me how to help you recover!” Li Hui sat on the edge of the bed, carefully lifting Lian Luosha up with gentle movements.

Even though Lian Luosha seemed weak, she couldn’t be that fragile, right? Nonetheless, she particularly enjoyed his concern. Calming her restless heart, she said, “It’s simple. Retrieve all refined bodies and use the Dragon Blood Incense Tree for a death replacement once. I know your talisman methods are exceptional; you need to draw eight thousand replacement talismans. If you have some to spare, send a few to Qian Qiu Yue.”

“Now I’m relieved; you’ve already resolved your entanglement,” Li Hui stood up to start making talismans. With his current skills, drawing eight thousand replacement talismans was nothing; he could produce them with a wave of his hand.

He moved so fast that Lian Luosha’s eyes sparkled with pride, seeing the boy she once knew had finally grown up. She cheered for her Junior Brother!

The two girls severing their feelings stunned many, especially seeing Senior Sister Lian eagerly pulling a certain charming young man into the flower sedan and then that young man appearing, merging into the light veils surrounding Qian Qiu Yue’s jade bed. How could anyone not misinterpret that?

Li Hui didn’t think too much about it; even if the two girls didn’t reach the level of soulmates, their relationship was far from shallow, and it was possible they would become lifelong friends in the future.

He didn’t think much of it, but others thought far too much, to the point of nearly exploding from curiosity; the news spread and began to ferment…