Shi Mengying had just been about to say something when she realized that Gu Chen's inner force had already shattered her internal organs.
She could not utter even a single word now.
She could only stubbornly raise her head, trying to meet Gu Chen's gaze.
This was the first time Shi Mengying had met Gu Chen since her rebirth.
The instant their eyes met, the fury in Shi Mengying's heart surged even more fiercely.
Scenes from her previous life flooded into Shi Mengying's mind like a rising tide.
Shi Mengying had originally been the Phoenix Clan's last surviving bloodline in this world.
In her previous life, the Phoenix Clan had declined. Shi Mengying had grown up among commoners from childhood, never knowing her true identity.
One day, the lonely and helpless Shi Mengying encountered Gu Chen. He drove away the bullies and saved her from the depths of fire and water.
Back then, Shi Mengying had thought she had met the man destined for her.
But later, she discovered that Gu Chen had merely coveted the Phoenix Clan bloodline within her!
Gu Chen had actually known all along that Shi Mengying was a lost pearl of the Phoenix Clan, yet he had never told her.
Instead, he often bled Shi Mengying to treat her, claiming it was to help expel the curse within her body.
But Shi Mengying had long since seen Gu Chen for what he truly was.
How was Gu Chen helping her expel any curse?
He was clearly using her Phoenix Spirit Blood to raise his Cultivation Level!
Shi Mengying had even tried to find her clansmen in the end, only to discover that they had long since been exterminated, roots and all.
From that moment onward, Shi Mengying had regarded Gu Chen as her greatest enemy.
Even if she fell into the cycle of reincarnation, she would not forget him through lifetime after lifetime!
Gu Chen merely stared straight at Shi Mengying.
Although Shi Mengying was now covered in wounds and looked exceedingly weak,
Gu Chen could still see the towering hatred in Shi Mengying's eyes.
"Gu Chen... you... why do you keep staring at me?"
"Could it be that you finally feel the slightest bit of guilt for what you did?"
Hearing Shi Mengying say this, Gu Chen found it rather amusing.
He could not help but feel speechless.
Had these women been reborn once, yet their brains were still this useless?
Sure enough, they were all a bunch of crazy women. It seemed only by constantly raising his Cultivation Level could he completely cast them off.
"Heh, why aren't you saying anything?"
"Could it be... that you want to repent now too?"
Enduring the pain throughout her body, Shi Mengying squeezed out those few words.
But Gu Chen spoke in an icy tone, "You're blocking my way."
The moment she heard that, Shi Mengying's expression froze on her face.
She had thought that upon seeing her, Gu Chen had finally wanted to repent.
But in the end... in the end, she was blocking his way?
At that moment, Shi Mengying suddenly noticed something beside her glowing faintly.
With great effort, she turned her head and discovered that it was actually a floating orb of light.
Boundless spiritual energy surged around the light orb, as though it connected to another realm of heaven and earth.
Just moments ago, Gu Chen had unleashed his inner force and sent Shi Mengying flying.
By sheer accident, Shi Mengying had triggered the entrance mechanism to the Lingxu Secret Realm!
In her previous life, a wild boar had accidentally rammed into the entrance mechanism.
In this life, Shi Mengying had struck the entrance mechanism.
Either way, it was all about the same. To Gu Chen, so long as he could enter the Lingxu Secret Realm, it did not matter who had hit the entrance switch.
Only then did Shi Mengying suddenly understand.
So Gu Chen had never felt any remorse from beginning to end!
He was still that cold and heartless man, focused solely on cultivation and raising his Cultivation Level.
"Heh, you truly haven't changed at all..."
"But... that's for the best."
"Only then, when I finally kill you, will I have no reservations whatsoever!"
At that moment, intense pain was tearing through Shi Mengying's internal organs.
Yet she still vented the hatred in her heart at Gu Chen with extreme fury.
However, Gu Chen did not take any of it to heart.
"You're blocking my way. Move."
Upon hearing Gu Chen say that, Shi Mengying was utterly stunned.
Then an even more overwhelming fury erupted in Shi Mengying's heart.
"Gu Chen, who do you think you are?"
"Let me tell you, today..."
Bang!
Before Shi Mengying could say anything more,
Gu Chen lifted his leg and kicked her away without the slightest mercy.
Although Shi Mengying was seriously injured, Gu Chen showed absolutely no tenderness toward her.
The force of that kick was considerable, sending Shi Mengying crashing into another great tree.
That tree was not snapped cleanly in half at the trunk.
But a huge patch of bark had been torn away, and the entire tree swayed and trembled without stop.
"I told you to move. What are you still standing there babbling about?"
Gu Chen coldly tossed out those words without even sparing Shi Mengying a proper glance.
He lightly touched the floating light orb before him with his right hand, and in an instant, his entire body vanished into the dense forest.
East Desolation Commandery, the Wei family residence.
Wei Qingyu arrived at the Training Hall, only to find that coming here seemed rather useless.
Because she had no idea how to raise her Cultivation Level at all!
In her previous life, Gu Chen had basically been the one to formulate her cultivation plan.
When to absorb spiritual energy, when to temper her body, when to take medicine, when to rest...
Gu Chen had attended to Wei Qingyu in every aspect with meticulous detail.
So now that Wei Qingyu had to cultivate on her own, she truly did not know where to begin.
Fortunately, Wei Qingyu had been an Empress in her previous life.
When it came to cultivation, even without anyone to teach her, she could figure it out with just a little thought.
Wei Qingyu followed the cultivation methods recorded in the books within the Training Hall and began trying to circulate her inner force.
It had to be said, it actually worked!
It was only that the results still paled greatly compared to the cultivation methods Gu Chen had given her in her previous life.
Wei Qingyu even remained in the Training Hall for several hours, yet her Cultivation Level did not break through at all!
"Why?!" Wei Qingyu truly could not stop herself from cursing.
Could it be that Gu Chen was the only person in this world who understood cultivation?
Without Gu Chen, was Wei Qingyu supposed to become a useless cripple?
Wei Qingyu refused to accept it and continued cultivating in the Training Hall.
But compared to before, rather than cultivation, it was more like Wei Qingyu was venting her frustration one-sidedly in the Training Hall.
She charged at those wooden training dummies and unleashed a barrage of attacks.
Yet Wei Qingyu's Cultivation Level was too low now, and her wounds had not fully healed.
After that frenzied outburst, her entire body immediately became sore and aching.
"Hiss!"
"I am a dignified Empress, yet I have actually fallen to such a state!"
"How utterly pathetic!"
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