"I don't remember you being this gentle!" Phoenix Ritual Zither Master stared at the Qilin Beast.
Be more ferocious! Bite his foot, drag him up from the ground, swing him around like a windmill, and show him what's what!
"Don't forget, he's Cheng Lin." Phoenix Ritual Zither Master reminded it.
Although he looked like a young man, he was undoubtedly Cheng Lin. That saber strike just now was proof enough.
"I know, but..." The Qilin Beast cautiously glanced at the young man on its back.
For some reason, even though it knew that this young man was 'Cheng Lin,' it simply couldn't bring itself to be ruthless.
In fact, after Phoenix Ritual Zither Master reminded it that this young man was Fairy Cheng Lin, its heart became even gentler instead.
Its heartbeat involuntarily quickened.
This is bad... This feeling of my heart fluttering.
Could it be that I've always been secretly in love with Cheng Lin?
A terrifying thought surfaced in the Qilin Beast's mind.
It had always hated Cheng Lin. In fact, merely hearing that name would make it suffer so much that it would go mad.
Could this be what they meant by 'the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred'?
Back in the era of the Ancient Heavenly Court, Jade Lake Empress Cheng Lin had been the ideal dual-cultivation partner in the eyes of many Daoist friends.
Could it be that I had once harbored feelings of love for Empress Cheng Lin? Was that why, when she became the true culprit behind the destruction of the Heavenly Court, I hated her so much?
The Qilin Beast fell into self-doubt.
Even the image of Fairy Cheng Lin began to emerge in its mind.
That woman who had always worn a crooked Daoist crown—when it thought back on her,