"This is only my guess," Green Yaxin said.
She did not know what Qian Renyue truly thought or what she intended to do. Sometimes, she found Qian Renyue strange, but when she connected everything together, it actually made sense. Qian Renyue had accepted the Kindness Divine Trial at the very beginning, and it had profoundly affected her disposition. Her repeated decisions to spare Tang San and the others probably had everything to do with that trial. The kindness in her heart had been magnified, leaving her indecisive and overflowing with compassion. Later, however, her Divine Test had been interrupted, and a Heart Demon had suddenly arisen. Her temperament seemed to have changed a little after that.
Last time, she had killed Tang San without hesitation, most likely because of that change in temperament. But Green Yaxin knew that cultivating Divine Runes while steeped in an aura of slaughter would probably make the process extraordinarily difficult. The Heavenly Tribulation would strike all the harder, too. If things went badly, her Martial Soul Third Awakening might even take place under the Heavenly Tribulation at the same time.
"..."
Seeing Green Yaxin's slightly grave expression, Little Nine knew it was nothing good; she simply had not said it aloud. As Little Phoenix, he was already one with Qian Renyue. Being able to live until now with his consciousness intact was fulfillment enough. If the Heavenly Tribulation descended and Qian Renyue could not withstand it, he would try everything he could to help her. Even if he died and his Beast Soul scattered, he would charge forward without hesitation.
Meeting Qian Renyue and then rebuilding his Beast Soul within her had already been an extraordinary stroke of fortune. No matter what happened, he would never stand by and watch harm befall her, just as