Two Childish Brats

Within this Secret Realm, the sun and moon are indistinguishable; one can only estimate the time by relying on the subtle changes in the flow of stellar energy.

After traveling for several days, they found the ancient ruins where Tan Lingfei had practiced in the simulation.

The star energy here is abundant, which Li Qingluan can use, but for now, fortuitous opportunity is more important.

Without lingering, they continued their exploration northward.

After traveling a considerable distance and passing through a misty area filled with chaotic stellar energy, the view suddenly opened up before them.

However, what came into view was not a spectacle.

Ahead was just a relatively flat open space, the ground still covered with the dark rocks common in the Secret Realm.

The only difference was that the dome above this open space seemed to be particularly badly damaged.

Several exceptionally thick and condensed beams of starlight descended from the extremely high dome crack, like a tangible silver waterfall, crashing into the center and surrounding area of the open space, stirring up a hazy starlight mist, making that area appear shrouded in light and shadow.

Apart from that, there is nothing special.

But Qin Wangchuan stopped in his tracks.

He looked up at the few streaks of starlight that seemed to be just a natural landscape, and his eyes flashed with Dao Patterns, revealing traces of the Great Dao that others could not see.

"Found it," Qin Wangchuan whispered to Li Qingluan beside him.

He then stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and gently pressed it against the void where the Dao Patterns was located.

A cool, solid sensation came from my fingertips; there was a barrier.

With fingers slightly clenched, he quietly exerted force.

"Snap."

With a barely audible cracking sound, the open space before them shattered like a phantom, revealing the perfectly concealed reality beneath.

Behind it, a huge Cloud Platform was quietly floating!

The Cloud Platform is not a physical entity, but is constructed from highly condensed star power and some kind of ancient formation. It is translucent pale silver in color, with starlight cascading down its edges like a waterfall, connecting with the surging star mist below.

If the barrier had not been broken, it would have been easy to mistake it for a common stellar phenomenon found in the Secret Realm.

Although Li Qingluan was already used to Qin Wangchuan's many unbelievable actions, a slight ripple still crossed her cold eyes when she witnessed such a hidden place being revealed so easily.

"You found it... so easily?"

She whispered, her tone carrying a hint of admiration that she herself didn't even realize.

"It's not that simple, actually."

After all, it took two Simulation Count, and I only found it by pure luck.

Let's go.

After saying that, the two of them moved slightly and landed lightly on the floating Cloud Platform.

From the top of the Cloud Platform, the view suddenly opens up.

This appears to be an ancient sacrificial site, with a simple yet grand layout.

Apart from a few scattered, dilapidated stone building outlines on the edges, the most eye-catching feature of the entire Cloud Platform is a mirror standing in the center.

It was an ancient, round mirror with a surface that seemed to shimmer like mercury, quietly suspended three feet above the ground.

The surrounding architectural ruins vaguely reveal a layout resembling a pilgrimage to a central circular mirror.

The fortuitous opportunity is obvious.

Qin Wangchuan glanced at Li Qingluan beside him. There was no hint of competition in her eyes, only a hint of curiosity as she quietly observed the strange starlight and ancient array patterns flowing around the Cloud Platform.

Noticing his gaze, she tilted her head slightly, giving him a calm look that said, "Go ahead."

He found the place, so the fortuitous opportunity should naturally be his too.

Moreover... she had absolutely no intention of competing with him.

Without further hesitation, Qin Wangchuan strode towards the center of the Cloud Platform.

The instant my fingertips touched that cold, mirrored surface—

Buzz!

The entire Cloud Platform seemed to come alive!

In the surrounding void, the starlight that had been falling or spreading randomly was suddenly drawn in and precisely projected onto the seemingly decorative, hidden mirrors on the edge of the Cloud Platform.

Countless rays of pure starlight, refracted and converged, ultimately focused on the ancient round mirror in the center, like rivers flowing into the sea!

The light shone brightly!

Qin Wangchuan's consciousness was instantly pulled into a time fragment from ten thousand years ago.

Countless fragmented images swept past like a torrent—altars, Star Track, moonlight pouring down, Daoist priests meditating in oblivion...

A fleeting moment that lasts forever.

The moment his consciousness returned, he understood everything about the opportunity he fortuitous opportunity here.

Drawing upon the moonlight of the nine heavens, it tempers the supreme Dao heart.

The ultimate inheritance of the High Antiquity Great Dao — Moonlight Heavenly Heart!

This lineage can draw upon the purest power of the moonlight, cleansing the Divine Soul and forging an unparalleled heavenly heart, providing incredible benefits to cultivation, especially suited to certain special constitutions and Dao Path.

However... to obtain this inheritance, one must use one's own Dao heart as a guide and undergo the baptism of the moonlight.

Qin Wangchuan's Supreme Dao Heart, domineering and self-centered, encompassing all Daos, is fundamentally in conflict with the cold, aloof, and almost detached Moonlight Heavenly Heart.

Trying to have both at the expense of others is tantamount to destroying one's own foundation, like picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon.

With this thought in mind, Qin Wangchuan did not hesitate at all and withdrew his consciousness from the Star Sea.

He turned to look at Li Qingluan, who was looking around, and gestured for her to come over.

Upon approaching, Qin Wangchuan grasped her wrist and led her to the mirror that still reflected the moonlight.

Li Qingluan's fingertips curled slightly; instead of moving forward, she instinctively tried to pull back. "Since this is your fortuitous opportunity, you should take it. I don't want it."

She thought this meant the fortuitous opportunity was being given to her.

"This inheritance clashes with my Dao heart; forcibly taking it will be futile," Qin Wangchuan said succinctly.

After hearing the explanation, the doubts in Li Qingluan's eyes lessened slightly, but a trace of uncertainty remained.

"Is it really not a deliberate concession?"

"If I truly wanted to give it to you, why would I need such an excuse?" Qin Wangchuan shook his head with a smile.

As he spoke, he grasped her wrist, his fingers gently intertwining with the girl's slender fingers.

Palm against the back of the hand.

He placed her entire hand steadily on the cool mirror surface, forming a gesture of interlocking fingers, touching the legacy together.

"Like this," Qin Wangchuan said in a low voice, with a hint of demonstrative certainty, "Just grab your hand, press it up, and you're done, right?"

The warmth of their skin touching transmitted through the back of their hands, and Li Qingluan's eyelashes trembled almost imperceptibly.

After hearing his twisted logic, which was accompanied by intimate gestures, the last bit of hesitation in her eyes finally vanished completely like morning mist.

"I understand," she replied softly. Instead of pulling her hand away, she slightly bent her knuckles, silently tightening their intertwined fingers.

Qin Wangchuan sensed the subtle yet persistent force, and with a slight thought, he tried to gently pull his hand back.

It remained completely still.

He raised an eyebrow slightly, turned his head closer to her ear, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe, his voice so low that only the two of them could hear, tinged with a helpless smile:

"Childish."

The two words floated into her ears, Li Qingluan's clenched fingers stiffened slightly, then suddenly loosened as if burned by something.

Qin Wangchuan withdrew his hand smoothly, naturally giving her all the space.

This enchanting interlude lasted only a moment.

Li Qingluan said no more, closed her eyes, her cool face calmed down, and her consciousness was completely immersed in the round mirror, beginning to receive the vast and ancient inheritance of the Moonlight Heavenly Heart.

He wasn't idle either; his gaze swept around the Cloud Platform.

'This place not only has a heritage, but there should also be something that can be called a Divine Object.'

My gaze swept over the remaining stone bases and broken pillars, finally settling on the entrance to a half-collapsed, dilapidated palace at the edge of the Cloud Platform.

There, the Great Dao Rune appeared.