Skeleton Mountain's top, the night is as cold as water.
The lonely moonlight poured down, illuminating a cyan figure even colder.
Shi Ji hugged his knees and sat quietly on the edge of the cliff, looking at the unreachable Ming Yue on the horizon, motionless, as if he had become one with the cold rock.
The night wind blew by, rolling up her skirt and black hair, bringing with it a desolate chill.
At this moment, a cloak with a familiar temperature and breath quietly fell on her shoulders.
Immediately afterwards, a warm and powerful chest came up gently from behind, and a pair of arms wrapped around her slender waist.
Shi Ji's body stiffened suddenly.
She didn't need to look back to know who was coming.
This embrace is the gentle place she has fallen into for thousands of years, and it is also the source of her worries about gains and losses.
"What are you thinking about?"
Qin Feng's chin gently rested on the top of her hair, his warm breath sprayed in her ears, and his voice was low and gentle.
"Even I can feel the chill in your heart."
These plain but caring words were like a key, instantly opening the long-sealed gate in Shi Ji's heart.
In the past few days, the hard shell she had built with silence and alienation suddenly shattered and fell apart at this moment.
An unspeakable grievance, like a torrent and a tsunami, instantly overwhelmed her reason.
Shi Ji suddenly turned around, he was no longer the cold and aloof Interception Sect fairy, nor was he the Sihai Mistress who was just beginning to show his majesty.
She is just a little woman who has been wronged and has mist in her eyes.
"You..."
As soon as she said a word, her voice choked up uncontrollably. In her beautiful eyes, the mist quickly condensed into tears, and large ones slid down her pale cheeks.
Qin Feng didn't speak, just looked at her quietly, stretched out his hand, and gently wiped away the tears on her face with his fingertips.
His silence and gentleness made Shi Ji no longer able to suppress his inner emotions.
"You are getting stronger and stronger..."
Shi Ji burst into tears and her voice trembled so much that she poured out all the uneasiness, inferiority and fear she had felt over the past few days.
"You are in the East China Sea. One word can determine the ownership of the four seas, and one word can reverse the decrees of the saints. Heavenly Court Jade Emperor Even in front of you, I must bow my head and apologize. Your future is to establish Divine Court and to dominate the entire Primordial World."
"There will be more and more women around you, and they will become more and more outstanding..."
"Those four dragon princesses, they are of noble birth, and behind them are the entire Dragon Clan. They can provide assistance for your future Divine Court hegemony..."
"But what about me?"
Shi Ji's eyes dimmed, filled with inexorable inferiority.
"I'm just a stubborn stone on the Skeleton Mountain that got lucky enough to turn into shape. I have nothing. Apart from this empty skin and this barren Skeleton Mountain, I can't give you anything."
"I have a low cultivation level and can't help you in any way. I don't have a prominent family background and can't give you any help. I can't even... I can't even give birth to children for you. I'm just a cold stone..."
By the end of her speech, her voice was as low as a gnat, full of despair.
She is afraid.
She was really scared.
She was afraid that one day, this radiant man would go too far, so far away that she wouldn't even be able to look up to him.
She was afraid that one day, when his eyes glanced at her, he would look at her like an ordinary ornament, without the original warmth.
She was afraid that one day, he would feel that she was not worthy of him, would feel that keeping her was a burden, and then... abandon her.
When he thought of that possibility, Shi Ji's heart hurt as if it was about to be torn apart.
Qin Feng listened quietly, with no impatience in his eyes, only a hint of distress.
It turns out that this silly stone is trying to get into trouble.
Just as he was about to say something, Shi Ji made an astonishing move that even he didn't expect.
"No!"
Shi Ji seemed to have exhausted all his strength and shook his head violently. An unprecedented determination flashed in his beautiful tearful eyes.
"I have something else to give you!"
Before she finished speaking, a tiny bloody gap suddenly opened between her eyebrows!
Buzz!
A colorful light point that was so brilliant that it almost outshone Ming Yue in the sky slowly flew out from the gap.
The light spot was not big, only the size of a grain of rice, but it exuded an extremely pure aura of origin.
That's True Spirit Mark from Shi Ji!
It is the foundation of all Tao, fruit and life that she has condensed after tens of thousands of years of practice!
It is the most precious, core and only thing for her as a living being!
The moment True Spirit Mark left the body, Shi Ji's face became visibly pale as a sheet of paper, and his whole body became sluggish, as if all his energy had been drained away.
But her eyes were astonishingly bright.
She stretched out her trembling fingers and gently pushed the True Spirit Mark, which carried everything about her, to the center of Qin Feng's eyebrows.
Her movements were slow and gentle, but with a kind of sacrificial piety and determination.
"I have nothing to give you, only this true spirit."
Shi Ji choked with sobs, his vision blurred by tears, but he still stared at Qin Feng's eyes, as if he wanted to carve his appearance into the deepest part of his soul.
"Give it to you. From now on, my life and death, my path, and everything about me will depend on your thoughts."
"I give myself, completely, to you."
"Please..."
She prayed humbly, tears bursting out again.
"Please, don't leave me, let me follow you forever..."
"Even... even if it's just a maid serving you tea and water, I'm willing to do it!"
True Spirit Mark fluttered slowly towards Qin Feng with a woman's purest, humblest and most decisive love.
As long as Qin Feng Spiritual Sense makes a move and integrates it into his own Primordial Spirit, then from this moment on, Shi Ji's life and death, path, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy will be completely under his control.
She will become his most loyal slave and the most perfect puppet.
He asked her to give birth, and she gave birth.
He wanted her to die, and she wouldn't even have the slightest thought of resistance.
This is the most complete surrender and the most desperate confession.
Qin Feng looked at the True Spirit Mark that was getting closer and closer to him, and looked at the pale and determined face of Shi Ji, as if something had stabbed him hard in his heart.
For the first time, violent waves appeared in his eyes, which had no ripples in their ancient wells. They were used to seeing Saintly Gambit and the ups and downs of heaven and earth.
This stupid stone!
What he wanted was never a slave who obeyed his every word!
Seeing that True Spirit Mark was about to touch the center of his eyebrows, Qin Feng finally moved.
He did not retreat or resist the mark.
He just stretched out two fingers, accurately and extremely gently, pinched the slightly trembling colorful light spot.
It's warm in the hand, but with a hint of coldness coming from the soul.
He could clearly feel that this small mark contained everything about Shi Ji.
Her memories, her emotions, her joy, her sadness... and that love that is buried deep in my heart and is humble enough to be in the dust.
Shi Ji's body shook, and when she saw Qin Feng clamping her own True Spirit Mark, a trace of undetectable hope and more sadness flashed in her eyes.
Will he accept it after all?
Yes, who would refuse to have a follower who puts his wealth and life completely into his own control?
Just when Shi Ji was heartbroken, Qin Feng made an action that she didn't expect at all.
He held the True Spirit Mark between his arms and without any hesitation, pressed it back into the cracked eyebrow of Shi Ji with great gentleness.
Buzz!
The moment the true spirit returned, Shi Ji's body trembled violently, and a warm current spread from the center of his eyebrows to his limbs. The originally depressed breath began to recover quickly.
She raised her head in disbelief and stared blankly at Qin Feng.
He... he actually returned the true spirit to himself?
"Silly stone."
Qin Feng stretched out his hand, held her pretty face with pear blossoms and rain, and gently stroked the slowly healing blood stain between her eyebrows with his thumb. His eyes were full of unprecedented seriousness and dominance.
"Listen to me."
"Your life is yours, not mine. I, a Qin Feng woman, do not need to use this method to exchange for the so-called sense of security."
"I declare you to be the Mistress of the world, not because you need this identity to match me, but because, in the world, you are the only one worthy of being Mistress!"
"Those dragon girls?" Qin Feng's mouth curved with a touch of disdain, "In my eyes, they are no different from the flowers and plants on the roadside. I accepted their gifts and promised them a future, just to see that Dragon Clan is still somewhat useful after their death."
"But you are different."
Qin Feng stared into Shi Ji's eyes, word for word, like the most sacred oath, was deeply imprinted in her soul.
"They are ministers, and you are my wife."
"I established Divine Court and Junlin Primordial World not to have them assist me."
"It's to turn this entire Primordial World into our back garden, so that you can do whatever you want in it and never feel aggrieved again."
"You are not my burden, nor my vassal."
"You are the reason why I move forward."
Boom!
Every word Qin Feng said was like a Chaos Divine Thunder containing supreme power, striking Shi Ji's heart fiercely, smashing all her inferiority, insecurity and fear into pieces!
Her mind went blank as she stared blankly at the man in front of her.
He... what did he say?
Minister? Wife?
What is the meaning of his move forward?
The huge sense of happiness was like a flood that broke a dam, instantly overwhelming her last psychological defense line.
With a "wow" sound, Shi Ji couldn't bear it any longer, threw herself into Qin Feng's arms, and burst into tears.
This time, it's not grievance or despair.
But the emotions that had been suppressed for too long were completely released at this moment after receiving the most perfect and domineering response!
Qin Feng hugged the trembling body tightly in his arms, patted her back gently, and let her tears wet his clothes.
He said nothing more.
Because he knew that from this moment on, the knot in the heart of this stupid stone had been completely untied.