For a moment, she was at a complete loss, her heart a tangled mass of conflicting emotions.
But soon, she stepped forward, lowered her head of silky hair, and bowed to Qin Shaofeng.
"B-Brother Shaofeng, I truly don't know what to say about you." Tears brimmed at the corners of her eyes, and her voice was gentle and moving.
"I knew from childhood that you were an extraordinary genius, rare beyond measure. But what you have achieved today has still far surpassed anything I could have imagined."
"It's just..." She hesitated, her face filled with struggle.
Qin Shaofeng smiled faintly and comforted her gently. "Miss, do not worry. I naturally understand what lies in your heart. Though the feelings between us may have been decreed by the world, having set foot upon the path of cultivation, I have gradually drifted farther and farther from the mortal world. If you and I continue to harbor attachments, they will surely become obstacles in the future."
Upon hearing this, Qing Daoxun could not stop her tears from falling like rain. Since childhood, she had regarded Qin Shaofeng as the love of her life. Now that she saw he had already transcended the ordinary and entered the sacred, while she could never catch up to him, the turmoil in her heart was easy to imagine.
Yet Qin Shaofeng's words made too much sense. Though they had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, their paths ahead had already diverged. Now that she had finally resolved to sever the threads of love, it could also be considered a kind of release.
Just then, an aged voice suddenly rang out beside their ears.
"What profound enlightenment, what a complete sweeping away of delusions! Qin Shaofeng, Qin Shaofeng, you have finally grasped the mystery of sudden enlightenment into