Chen Fan frowned slightly as well. He felt that Little Golden Monkey had not grasped the situation. It seemed to think they could ignore the restrictions and Heartless Flower poison here just as it could, and was trying to joke around with them.
One had to know that even if he did not need to pick the Heartless Flowers himself, the dense Heartless Flower poison here was equally lethal. He truly had no confidence in passing the trial of love—it was his weakness.
Even his master had once said that emotions were divided into three stages: heartlessness, sentiment, and forgetfulness. In his previous life, when he had never encountered outsiders and had remained deep within the mountains, heartlessness had made him incomparably powerful. That had been his strongest period.
But once one had feelings, that became one's weakest time. Only by breaking through the stage of sentiment and entering forgetfulness could one shatter and then stand anew, undergo rebirth and transformation, and reach one's most flourishing, powerful state.
And now, after coming into contact with Bald Bird, Old Yellow Tooth, Qin Xian'er, Chen Jingjing, and the others, Chen Fan realized that he had entered the stage of sentiment. He now possessed familial love, romantic love, and friendship alike. He also understood why having feelings instead made him weaker.
Because he had bonds, because he had concerns. He could no longer fight as he once had, disregarding everything—staking every last thing he had in battle!
Now, his heart carried other burdens. In a roundabout way, this had shackled his sword heart.
The trial of love? It was far too difficult!
"I'm still not strong enough!" For the first time, Chen Fan doubted himself!
At this moment, Little Golden Monkey, standing amid the rosy mist, rolled its eyes and grinned. "Heartless Flower...