Murong's Method

After listening to Zhou Hao's story about the illusion, Murong's expression became somewhat subtle.

Zhou Hao did not understand what that look meant and asked worriedly, "Is... is it very serious?"

Murong's expression grew even more subtle before she said, "That's it?"

"Huh?" Zhou Hao had never expected Murong to react like this.

Murong looked at him speechlessly and said, "It was only killing someone. Did you really need to develop a heart demon over that?"

At her words, Zhou Hao's mouth twitched. Fine! He had forgotten that she, too, had made her way through this Mysterious Fantasy world, and held an exceptionally high status. To her, killing someone might have been as simple as eating and drinking.

Seeing his stiff expression, Murong continued with a smile, "Actually, being like this is quite good. Being afraid to kill means your former life was very peaceful. That is a life many people envy!"

Zhou Hao smiled and scratched his head. "Yeah! The country I lived in and the era I lived in were both the best for me."

Murong raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Now that you mention it, I'd like to go take a look."

Zhou Hao shrugged helplessly and shook his head with a bitter smile. "I don't know how to get back either."

"Oh, right." Murong paused, then asked, "You were already here when we first met. How did you get here?"

Zhou Hao sighed faintly, rubbing the Spirit-Womb Ring as he said, "It teleported me here. I can't go back now."

Murong froze for a moment, instantly thinking of her own Spirit-Womb Ring. If it had a teleportation function, hadn't she missed the chance to spend every morning and evening with Zhou Hao?

She immediately figured out the crucial point. It was all because she possessed the Chaos Divine Body and had destroyed the Teleportation Array in the Spirit-Womb Ring.

Boom~

The more Murong thought about it, the angrier she became, until she could not help releasing a burst of power. In an instant, the entire secret chamber turned into an ice chamber, though all the ice automatically avoided Zhou Hao, Zhou Yuanbao, and Mu Jinyin.

Even so, Zhou Hao and the others were badly frightened.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Hao asked timidly, "Y-you... what's wrong?"

She had suddenly erupted like that and nearly scared him to death.

Murong waved a hand. "Nothing. I just thought of something unpleasant."

I can only blame myself, she sighed inwardly.

Who told her Chaos Divine Body to be so powerful? Still, she had to marvel once more at how formidable Du Tianhong was. She had not even noticed the Teleportation Array on the Spirit-Womb Ring. It was definitely no ordinary Teleportation Array.

Zhou Hao hardly dared to speak now. After being frightened by her like that, he felt as though even his heart demon was about to be scared away.

Murong thought for a moment, then turned to Zhou Hao and asked, "What were we talking about just now?"

"Huh?" Zhou Hao was equally bewildered and could not answer for a moment.

Murong waved her hand. "Forget it. Let's continue with the topic of your heart demon."

She gathered her thoughts and said, "Actually, your heart demon is very easy to resolve."

The moment Zhou Hao heard that, his eyes lit up. "How do I resolve it?"

"Kill more people. You'll get used to it." Murong delivered that terrifying statement expressionlessly.

Zhou Hao looked at her speechlessly, as though asking, Do you have a more reliable method?

Seeing the speechless look on Zhou Hao's face, Murong burst out laughing. Then she said, "Just kidding."

Zhou Hao's mouth kept twitching. If he could beat her, he would have slapped this woman already.

He discovered that Murong really liked to toy with him—in every possible way.

Murong smiled and continued, "Only someone like you would have this kind of heart demon. No other cultivator would have your sort of trouble."

Zhou Hao rolled his eyes and asked with pursed lips, "Are you praising me or mocking me?"

"Of course I'm praising you." Murong said with certainty, "Having this kind of heart demon means you are a kind person. If anyone else killed for the first time, they might feel panic, unease, fear, guilt, and other emotions, along with intense discomfort, but they would not develop a heart demon like yours.

Anyone who develops your kind of heart demon after killing for the first time is, without exception, a kind person."

The heart demon Zhou Hao had developed was not actually born of fear. Rather, he had begun questioning the act of killing itself. Sometimes, heart demons arose from matters one thought about too much yet could not find an answer to.

Murong looked at Zhou Hao and said, "Actually, resolving your heart demon is very simple. Don't overthink it."

"Hm?" Zhou Hao's face was full of question marks, unable to understand.

With her hands behind her back, Murong took two steps and looked at the formations on the ceiling. "Your heart demon was born from your thoughts. It is because you think too much, yet cannot figure things out. If you cannot obtain an answer, you will sink into it, deeper and deeper. That is the process by which a heart demon takes shape.

"So what you need is to empty your body and mind, so that you stop thinking about this question. Some questions have no answer now, but that does not mean they will have no answer in the future. Before you find the answer, what you need is experience. When you have experienced enough, perhaps the answer will appear before you."

Zhou Hao listened very seriously and felt that Murong made a great deal of sense. But doing it was far harder than saying it. Sometimes, his thoughts were not something he could control.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Is there any way to help me empty my mind?"

Murong turned around with a beaming smile. "There is."

Zhou Hao had a feeling that something was not quite right and cautiously asked, "What is it?"

"What do you think?" Murong chuckled.

Zhou Hao realized that he had already appeared in the secret chamber above. Since he was here, there was no need to think about what they were going to do.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded thoughtfully. "True. Doing something more exciting should help shift my attention."

As he spoke, he had already begun taking off his clothes.

Murong smiled and shook her head. "That isn't the solution. I just don't want to waste time. We can do it while I tell you."

Zhou Hao froze. He had thought this was meant to shift his attention!

Whatever. He would enjoy himself first and worry about the rest later.

He sped up the process of undressing, and before long, the two were "baring their hearts and souls" to each other.

In the blink of an eye, Murong appeared before Zhou Hao. There was little difference in their height, and with a slight lean forward, she kissed him.

Zhou Hao's mind immediately went hot, and he responded to Murong's kiss.

Although Murong said this was not the solution, it truly left him unable to think of anything else. His eyes and mind held only Murong's enchanting, captivating figure at this very moment.

Soon after, the curtain rose on the two's "great battle"...