You Are Only My Feng Ling, the Feng Ling Who Soars Above the World

Just then,

The surface of the pool broke with a splash.

Feng Xiu slowly emerged from the spring, his complexion much better than before he had gone in.

He raised his eyes to Qian Renxue.

Seeing that Feng Xiu was safe and sound, she instantly hid the anxiety on her face and replaced it with a cold expression.

"I'm glad you're all right."

With that, Qian Renxue stood up and prepared to leave.

But Feng Xiu caught her by the wrist.

"Thank you, Xue'er."

Qian Renxue froze for a moment, but did not pull away.

The two stood like that beneath the moonlight.

Qian Renxue turned around, a smile on her face once more.

She took a step back.

"You never fooled me."

"You are only my Feng Ling."

"The Feng Ling who soars above the world."

"I believe in you, and I always have."

Feng Xiu was moved once again by her words.

He slowly walked toward Qian Renxue and raised a hand to caress her cheek.

"Don't you hate me for not telling you who I was?"

"Don't you hate me for causing the deaths of so many humans?"

Qian Renxue shook her head.

"You've never harmed anyone. Even in that battle, you clearly had the strength to kill every human there, but you didn't."

"Thank you."

"During this time, you let me experience what it feels like to have someone by my side."

"And to have someone quietly protecting me in secret."

Feng Xiu froze for an instant.

He had thought she hadn't noticed anything he had done in secret. He hadn't expected...

"In almost every city we passed through, those lechers who had designs on me vanished without a trace the next day."

"I thought they were afraid of my strength."

"But now I understand. You were the one who got rid of them for me in secret."

Qian Renxue looked sincerely at Feng Xiu.

She had thought about it for a long time on the shore.

Feng Xiu said nothing, merely gazing at her gently.

"If future generations come to speak of our past together,"

"I hope it will have nothing to do with race."

With that, Qian Renxue threw herself into Feng Xiu's arms.

At that moment, both of them gave themselves over completely to their feelings.

A moment later, the two released each other.

Feng Xiu looked at her gently.

"Xue'er."

"I am not targeting the human race."

"But I have reasons that leave me no choice."

"Ever since my people came to this continent, we have had to fight the human race without cease and seize every resource."

"I will lead them home!"

"All we want is the warmth of the homeland in our distant memories."

Qian Renxue raised her eyes to Feng Xiu.

So he bore such a heavy burden.

"Is there really no way for you to live on this continent together with humans?"

Feng Xiu shook his head.

"Soul Beasts and humans cannot even coexist peacefully, much less outsiders like us."

With that, Feng Xiu slowly turned around.

"Xue'er, it's time to go back."

"I promise you, I will not slaughter humans on a massive scale."

"I will leave the human race room to survive."

Qian Renxue showed not a trace of joy after hearing this.

"Is that the only way?"

Feng Xiu said nothing. A spatial rift appeared before him.

He took Qian Renxue away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After helping Qian Renxue hunt down a ten-thousand-year-old Sacred Unicorn, Feng Xiu left.

Perhaps the two of them were never meant to be together...

Three days later.

Inside Spirit Hall, in the Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong sat on the papal throne, a stack of intelligence reports in her hand, her expression growing uglier by the moment.

Several cardinals stood below, every one of them with his head lowered, not daring to breathe too loudly.

"Trash!"

"A bunch of trash!"

"Dozens of Soul Master teams entered the Star Dou Great Forest, and fewer than a tenth came back!"

Bibi Dong's voice was icy cold.

"I spent so many resources supporting you, only to raise a bunch of trash?"

One cardinal steeled himself and spoke.

"Your Holiness, the Star Dou Great Forest has indeed been strange lately. Those Soul Beasts seem to be under something's command. They advance and retreat in an orderly manner, completely unlike before..."

"Nonsense."

Bibi Dong cut him off.

"If there were no high-level Soul Beast commanding them, how could they launch a beast tide?!"

"I want to know exactly what happened in there!"

"Elder Ju and Ghost Elder were severely wounded in Treasure Sword City, and now not one of you good-for-nothings is of any use!"

She rose and released her Soul Power, and the air pressure in the entire hall grew heavier.

The cardinals' legs gave way, and they fell to their knees.

"I will go myself."

"Summon ten thousand of Spirit Hall's elite. We leave in three days. I want to see what waves those beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest can still stir up."

The cardinals bowed in unison.

"Your Holiness is wise!"

The order was quickly passed down, and Spirit Hall's Soul Master camp fell into a bustle, some calling up troops and others preparing supplies.

Inside the Worship Hall.

Golden Crocodile Douluo paced anxiously back and forth with his hands behind his back.

Several other enshrined sat in chairs nearby, their expressions none too pleasant either.

"Why hasn't big brother come out yet?" Golden Crocodile Douluo turned to glance at the door to the Worship Hall's inner chamber, then turned back.

"Has that woman Bibi Dong gone mad? In the battle at Treasure Sword City, even big brother wasn't sure he could beat those fellows, yet she dares charge in there with ten thousand men on her own? If that isn't courting death, what is? Those ten thousand elites are the foundation of our Spirit Hall!"

"We absolutely cannot let them come to ruin in that woman Bibi Dong's hands!"

"Golden Crocodile, settle down for a while. Your pacing is making me dizzy." An enshrined beside him rubbed his temples.

"I can't settle down!" Golden Crocodile Douluo raised his voice even louder.

"When big brother comes out, I have to get him to stop her!"

Just then,

The door to the inner chamber opened, and Qian Daoliu walked out at a measured pace.

Golden Crocodile Douluo hurried up to him. "Big brother! That woman Bibi Dong is taking ten thousand elites into the Star Dou Great Forest herself! Isn't she sending them to their deaths? She's going to destroy the foundation of our Spirit Hall! Big brother, hurry and stop her!"

Qian Daoliu frowned deeply and remained silent for two breaths before speaking.

"Bibi Dong is simply acting recklessly!"

With that, he turned and headed out of the hall.

The other enshrined followed him.

In the square.

Some of Spirit Hall's elites had already formed ranks, a dense mass beneath snapping banners.

Bibi Dong stood on a raised platform.

"In three days, I will personally lead a force to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt down the Soul Beasts!"

Cheers shook the heavens below.

Qian Daoliu arrived and confronted Bibi Dong.

"Bibi Dong, the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest is unclear. Taking ten thousand men in there is too great a risk."

Bibi Dong glanced at him sidelong, an edge to her voice.

"Does the Great Enshrined not trust me?"

"How can I trust you with something even I am not sure I can accomplish?"

"Not sure?" Bibi Dong gave a cold laugh.

"Is the Great Enshrined unsure, or... do you simply not care about the people suffering under the beast tide?!"

Qian Daoliu's brow furrowed even more deeply.

"Bibi Dong! Stop slandering me!"

"In that case, how about coming with me, Great Enshrined?" Bibi Dong said with a cold laugh.

"...Very well," Qian Daoliu said slowly.

"I'll go with you!"

Bibi Dong raised an eyebrow, a little surprised.

"Then sorry for the trouble, Great Enshrined."

With that, Bibi Dong also left the square.

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