Chapter 381 - 377: Original Heart

Chapter 381 - 377: Original Heart

After Wei Wuyin gathered his thoughts, he was greeted by Su Mei. She rapidly flew toward him, inspecting Wei Wuyin’s with her pure black eyes. When she landed, she wanted to say something but was uncertain what.

Wei Wuyin smilingly grabbed Wu Yu’s ring and conjured a string of astral force, placing it around his neck. "Inspect the conditions of everyone present. Also, mark their names and backgrounds. For those who’ve died today, make a list. We’ll ensure their families want for nothing for the next few centuries. As for those alive, give them each one of these elixirs." As he spoke, simultaneously sending a box containing vials of life-rejuvenating elixir, Su Mei’s eyes lit up. She nodded, diligently shooting off to perform her task.

Wei Wuyin didn’t have the time to feel guilt or sadness for those who’ve lost their lives. They were dead, there was nothing else left to be said or feel about it. He could only try to lessen the struggles their families would suffer or pain felt from their passing. While he knew this was merely a patch to some, most would be ecstatic from his support. Knowing the character of some living creatures, they might even yelp in happiness at the deaths of their kin.

Tuo Bihan heavily sighed. "Little Boss, you should warn us before you perform these experiments." He wasn’t sure why Wei Wuyin was conjuring Void Portals or how, but Wei Wuyin kept performing one extraordinary feat after another without end. He could only bitterly smile at this.

Wei Wuyin realized that Tuo Bihan’s naming sense was becoming rather consistent when he referred to him, somewhat shocked by this. Briefly taken aback by this consistency, he responded: "Sometimes, its a spur of the moment." While most times it wasn’t, this was a truly unexpected event.

He had no idea that his Astral Souls would provoke a tribulation that would send him across multiple starfields and almost make it his burial sight. He wasn’t certain they knew.

Hearing this, Tuo Bihan was startled for a moment before his bitter smile became a little warm. In cultivation, there were numerous incidents outside of a cultivator’s expectations. For example, nearly being trapped on the Bloodforge Continent for decades. There were times where experimentation and quick action had to take place.

If Wei Wuyin hadn’t left the Bloodforge Continent, would the Grand Spirit Trials have happened? Would the Alchemist Association be merged with the Myriad Monarch Sect? Would he be the era-defining character named the Ascendant Emperor of Neo-Dawn?

Absolutely not!

Sometimes, risks had to be made for the future. He understood this principle.

Wei Wuyin glanced over at Long Chen’s group, seeing Su Mei arrive to deliver a vial of elixir to Qing Qiumu. She turned to look at Wei Wuyin, her eyes coated by a faintly pink shade and brimming with wetness. She smiled gratefully, pouring it into Na Xinyi’s mouth without question and helping her refine it. He frowned, realizing that his actions had brought a lethal danger to the lives of everyone present.

He didn’t know how to feel.

Wei Wuyin lifted his right arm once more, inspecting his Bloodline of Sin tattoo. He was silent for a long moment.

"Lord Wei!" A soft voice resounded from his side, snapping Wei Wuyin out of his stupor. He turned to see the crimson dressed Xue Yifei walking towards him with a faint happiness in her eyes, but the core emotion was still sadness. She had just inspected the corpse of a nearby individual that was in front of them. They were a young woman no more than twenty-five whose cultivation base was only at the Sixth Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm. She had flopped dead right in front of them.

Qing Qiumu halted. She turned towards Long Chen, her expression still the picture of serenity. Her beauty at this moment lacked a hint of her usual warmth, feeling cold and distant.

Long Chen felt his mind tumble. Qing Qiumu was looking at him with those eyes? AT HIM?! A swelling sense of rage and anger emerged within his mind, feeling as if he was being unfairly judged on this matter. He had already given his explanation! She should trust him!

Then, like a bolt of lightning, he recalled the scenes of Qing Qiumu standing together with Wei Wuyin. They stood together like the perfect immortal couple, beautiful and warm. When his eyes shifted to Na Xinyi’s face, recalling her choice, his anger erupted!

"After everything we’ve been through, you’re JUST going to END it like that?! You...YOU! You must want to be his as well, right? RIGHT?! From the beginning, it’s always been like that, hasn’t it?! You were just looking for an excuse to leave me to be with HIM!! You’d rather be his than mine!" His words were spewed with all his negative thoughts, not even that organized.

Long Chen hadn’t realized that his face had become contorted and twisted in rage, becoming extremely unsightly.

His actions and words caused the expressions of everyone present to shift, looking at him with shock.

Qing Qiumu’s eyes flashed with a chilling coldness like never before, "You’re delusional. I wasn’t looking for an excuse, never had a reason to. But YOU could’ve protected Na Xinyi, saved her from nearly dying. If you can do this to her, what’s to say about me? How can I trust you?" Her words were fierce and cold. She added: "And I’m not some possession of yours to begin with, so who I’m with or decide to be with has nothing to do with you."

"I-I...I didn’t mean it like that Qiu’er..." Long Chen hurriedly explained with a frantic stutter.

Qing Qiumu had witnessed Long Chen in a new light, uncertain how this came about. The little boy that held dreams of one day reaching the stars had devolved into a spiteful individual, someone who lost their original heart. She didn’t hesitate to walk away with Na Xinyi in her embrace.

Xiang Ling was startled by this development, but felt disgusted by Long Chen’s words. She grabbed Long Tingyu and sought to leave, but Long Chen didn’t simply allow that.

"Where do you think you’re taking MY little sister?!" Long Chen aggressively questioned, his spiritual aura flaring as it pressed against Xiang Ling. Caught off-guard, she let loose a groan of pain. But she was similarly at the Soul Idol Phase, so besides a brief spell of pain, she regained herself. Without hesitation, her spiritual aura flared outwards to face Long Chen’s.

But Long Tingyu cried out, "Stop!" Their spiritual battle came to an abrupt end, with Long Chen staring at Long Tingyu with seemingly crazed eyes. Long Tingyu had never thought Long Chen would attack her master, feeling unfathomably lost at the moment. All of her thoughts were a complete mess.

"Just stop!" She shouted again, grasping her master’s hand with her own. "Let’s go." She told Xiang Ling, who glowered at Long Chen with a hostile gaze. In the end, she took Long Tingyu and flew away.

Long Chen was frozen, only able to stare blankly at the situation. The last gaze Long Tingyu gave him was as if she was looking at a complete stranger. ’How am I a stranger? What is this?! Are you all abandoning me? ME?!’ His thoughts were in utter disbelief.

Soon, he felt a soft hand enter his own. Turning around, he saw Lian Yu gently smiling towards him. This caused his raging emotions and mental instability to become better.

"I’ll always be here for you, no matter what." Lian Yu said with the gentlest expression, caressing Long Chen’s heated cheek.