When Dugu Chen brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the backstage area, he found several of them vomiting, their faces deathly pale. Clearly, they had yet to recover from the shock.
There was nothing Dugu Chen could do about it. This was a hurdle they had to overcome. He himself had only fared better because, after witnessing the life of an Elemental Spirit, he had seen even more brutal scenes.
Killing one's opponent with one's own hands—the sight of blood spraying wildly, the enemy's bulging eyes, and their twisted expressions at the moment of death—had all been deeply etched into everyone's minds.
At that moment, Gu Feng and the other two also arrived from the private room. Seeing Ning Rongrong's unstable state, Gu Feng felt somewhat distressed for her. But he knew this was something she had to experience. Once she returned to the sect, with how dearly those people doted on her, they likely would never make such arrangements.
"Every successful and powerful Soul Master has walked forward over the blood of enemies and opponents. Humans and Soul Beasts are both living beings; from the perspective of life, they are no different. Go ahead and vomit. You'll get used to it eventually," Gu Feng said as he looked at them, trying to console them from another perspective.
After hearing this, Ning Rongrong and the others indeed felt a little better, though they still looked shell-shocked.
Seeing this, Gu Feng said no more. These were problems they had to overcome themselves; all the others could do was guide them.
Dugu Chen brought everyone back to the hotel. As they drew closer and closer to the rooms, he looked at Dugu Yan in his arms, and his thoughts suddenly began to wander.
However, Dugu Yan, who had been in Dugu