A Clumsy Lie

Misty haze dispersed, and heaven and earth returned to silence.

Only, this stretch of mountains and rivers had already been shattered and withered.

Yuan Linning recalled how, yesterday, she had arrogantly tried to force Su Yi to hand over the Azure Green Seed.

She recalled Su Yi's provocatively charged words—"I'll teach you how to conduct yourself."

She recalled how, last night, she had been so enraged by the provocation of a Spirit Appearance youth that she had tossed and turned sleeplessly.

Only now did she realize that the one who had truly been blind and arrogant beyond measure was herself...

A profound sense of defeat flooded Yuan Linning's heart like a tide, leaving her expression dejected and forlorn.

How could she not understand that if they continued fighting, the only one who would lose was herself?

"From this day onward, I suppose I'll be the first Emperor in all of history to be defeated by a Spirit Dao cultivator..."

Yuan Linning's words were filled with bitterness.

"So... he won just like that..."

Cui Jingyan murmured. Her formerly stunned mind gradually regained clarity, yet deep within her heart, turmoil still churned without end.

From yesterday until just now, the girl had nearly worried herself sick over Su Yi, terrified that one careless misstep would get him killed by Yuan Linning.

For that, she had prepared all manner of plans and methods.

But only now did the girl abruptly realize that she had been fretting over imaginary troubles. Su Yi... simply had no need for her to worry over him!

Especially now that this battle had ended, when she saw the defeated Yuan Linning standing there alone, Cui Jingyan felt an indescribable shock arise in her heart.

"A miracle—this is absolutely a miracle unprecedented since ancient times!"

The Old Blind Man cried