Spirit Hall, outside the Elder Hall.
Qian Renxue's long, straight legs came to an abrupt halt, and the golden hem of her palace dress swayed gently in the breeze.
Her brilliant golden hair shimmered in the sunlight. Shock was written all over her exquisitely beautiful face.
Her pale violet eyes were fixed on the Sky Curtain, her small mouth hanging open. She looked completely dumbfounded.
"Me?"
Qian Renxue pointed at her own nose, her mind going blank.
The Heart of the Wind God?
When had she ever had something like that?
She rummaged around for a moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something. In a fluster, she dug a green chess piece out of a corner of her Storage Soul Tool.
It was the very same one shown on the Sky Curtain.
That guy who was always wandering around with a wine bottle in his arms had casually tossed it to her before.
What had he said at the time?
"This thing's all shiny. It goes perfectly with your golden hair, so take it as an ornament."
An ornament?
Qian Renxue looked at the chess piece in her palm, the corner of her mouth twitching twice.
This was a divine artifact that had surpassed the Asura Demon Sword and ranked fourth on the Rare Treasure Ranking!
And that guy had called it an ornament?
Bibi Dong wasn't faring much better.
She still held the scepter symbolizing the authority of the Pope, but had nearly crushed it in her grip.
Bibi Dong's phoenix eyes were wide as she looked back and forth between Qian Renxue and the Sky Curtain.
"Where... did you get that?"
Bibi Dong's voice was a little hoarse.
She had considered every possibility. She had expected Qian Daoliu might have left Qian Renxue some hidden trump card. She had expected the Angel God Armor.
The one thing she hadn't expected was that Qian Renxue possessed something that could even surpass a Super Divine Artifact.
She'd kept that well hidden!
But then, a complicated feeling welled up in Bibi Dong's heart.
Although her relationship with Qian Renxue was strained, they now faced a powerful enemy. The pressure brought by Tang San's Dual Godhood was simply too great.
Now that Qian Renxue had the Gnosis of Wind, she at least had the means to face Tang San head-on.
For the Spirit Hall Empire, this was unquestionably wonderful news.
Jialing Pass, atop the city wall.
Tang San had been laughing wildly after obtaining the Asura Demon God Sword, but his laughter abruptly stopped, like a duck choked by the neck.
His previously triumphant face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Qian Renxue?"
"How could it still be her?"
The veins bulged on the back of the hand gripping the Asura Demon Sword. His knuckles had turned white from the force of his grip.
He couldn't accept it.
Why?
He was the successor chosen by Asura God, and the divine artifact in his hands was the foremost weapon of slaughter.
And yet, before he could even enjoy it, Qian Renxue had already stolen the limelight?
Was that wretched chess piece really more powerful than Asura God's judgment?
"Impossible!"
Tang San gritted his teeth, his eyes full of malice.
"The Asura Demon Sword is the Divine Realm's supreme divine weapon of law enforcement. There can be no object in this world more powerful than it."
"There must be something wrong with this ranking!"
Yu Xiaogang stood beside him with his hands behind his back, his brow furrowed as he stared at the green chess piece.
A thoughtful expression crossed his stiff face.
"Xiao San, don't rush to judgment."
"Look at this Gnosis. The wind elemental energy swirling around it—isn't it very similar to the Vision we saw earlier?"
Yu Xiaogang's reminder made everyone realize it.
Indeed, the aura of wind, so pure it seemed beyond compare, was exactly the same.
The only difference was that the Gnosis was more vast and unfathomable.
"Teacher, you mean..."
Tang San narrowed his eyes.
"This thing was also made by that so-called Wind God?"
While the entire continent speculated, the Sky Curtain helpfully offered a detailed explanation.
The scene shifted, and rows of golden text appeared.
[Heart of the Wind God]
[Introduction: This object is the emblem of the Seven Sovereigns of the Mortal World, the embodiment of the Wind God's authority. It contains vast, boundless divine power. Its bearer can use it to communicate directly with every wind element between heaven and earth.]
[Property: Divine Power Amplification. When activating the Gnosis, its bearer can temporarily receive the blessing of the Power of the Wind God and wield a god's authority!]
Everyone who saw this sucked in a sharp breath.
Borrow the power of a god?
This wasn't some magical treasure. It was practically a portable divine-power battery!
And it belonged to that mysterious and inscrutable Wind God!
But the scene that followed was the real highlight.
The Sky Curtain didn't show some earth-shattering battle.
Instead, the image was a little hazy.
On a gentle moonlit night,
a young man dressed in green smiled and tossed it to the golden-haired girl before him.
The boy's face wasn't clear, but everyone could sense his carefree, unrestrained nature.
[Special Note: This is a gift from the Wind God to the one he loves. It is both a protective treasure and a token of love.]
The moment that note appeared, the entire Douluo Continent erupted.
A token of love?
The Gnosis of Wind was a token of love?
Didn't that mean the mysterious Wind God and Qian Renxue, the young mistress of Spirit Hall...
This was such huge gossip that people could barely digest it.
Godwind City, City Lord Mansion.
"Smash!"
The teacup fell from Shui Bing'er's hand and shattered on the ground.
She stared blankly at the Sky Curtain, then lowered her head to look at the Wind God Vision hanging against her chest.
The joy she'd felt at the Vision's evolution vanished in an instant.
An emotion called "jealousy" spread wildly through her heart.
"T-Teacher?"
Shui Bing'er bit her lip, her eyes turning red.
Shui Yue'er sprang up beside her, pointing at the Sky Curtain and shouting.
"Why her?!"
"Who is that woman? Why did Teacher give her something so precious?"
"A token of love? I refuse to accept this!"
"I want to be Teacher's wife too!"
Bai Chenxiang held her face in her hands, looking utterly astonished.
"Teacher always seemed so unreliable. So... so this is the type he likes?"
"A mature blonde beauty..."
"But Teacher, we're not bad either!"
For a moment, the entire plaza rang with the female disciples' teasing shouts and plaintive complaints.
The male disciples exchanged glances, each of them ducking their heads in silence.
The air reeked of a love triangle. Anyone who dared butt in now would probably be torn to shreds by these young ladies.
The atmosphere on Spirit Hall's side was even stranger.
When Qian Renxue saw that note, her fair, pretty face turned bright red, all the way to the tips of her ears.
Her heart pounded so fast it felt ready to leap out of her throat.
"A... a token of love?"
The hand holding the Gnosis trembled slightly, and her palm grew damp with sweat.
Her feelings were a tangled mess.
She felt shy and shocked, but above all, there was a sweetness and delight unlike anything she'd ever known.
So I'm special to him?
He just casually gave me something this precious?
What did this mean?
Was it a confession?