With This Mark, You're Mine

With This Mark, You're Mine

Qian Renxue said nothing. Her eyelashes trembled, but she did not open her eyes.

"Are you willing to tell me what happened? As long as you're willing to talk, I'm willing to listen."

Qian Renxue pressed her lips together, her thoughts in turmoil.

What had she been thinking yesterday? How had she ended up running into his bed like this? And now she was even leaning against him... How embarrassing...

Knowing she could not keep pretending, Qian Renxue opened her eyes and struggled to sit up, lying on her side with her back to Lin Feng.

Her voice was hoarse and choked with emotion.

"Xiao Feng, I... sob—"

Qian Renxue frantically wiped at the corners of her eyes, but she could not stop the tears. Clearly, she did not want Lin Feng to see her cry, yet she simply could not help it.

"Sob... Mm?"

Qian Renxue froze as Lin Feng wrapped his arms around her from behind. The sensation at her waist stirred an unfamiliar feeling within her.

"If saying it will be painful, then don't say it.

But no matter when, you're always welcome to come to me and pour your heart out."

Qian Renxue stopped crying, though tears still shimmered in her eyes. Between soft sobs, she spoke in broken fragments:

"Xiao Feng, my father is gone..."

Lin Feng was stunned. Thinking back to how Qian Renxue had disappeared these past two days, it was probably because of this.

He wanted to say something, but did not know what to say.

"Xiao Feng, I should go. If Grandpa discovers I'm gone, he'll worry."

"Xiao Xue, you..."

Qian Renxue tidied her messy hair and rubbed her cheeks before quickly getting out of bed.

Lin Feng got up as well, looking at Qian Renxue, who still seemed weighed down by her thoughts.

Then he suddenly Pulled her hand.

"Come on. Let's wash up first, then go have breakfast."

Neither of them mentioned last night, both tacitly understanding not to bring it up.

Qian Renxue took a sip of Soy Milk and felt that today's Soy Milk tasted far too complicated.

Sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet, sometimes bland and tasteless.

She set down the porcelain bowl resentfully and sighed.

"Xiao Feng, come take a walk with me."

"Alright."

The two walked side by side along the roads of Spirit Hall. Spirit Hall seemed especially quiet today, with far fewer people around.

"You noticed it, right?"

"Noticed what?"

Qian Renxue kicked away a stone.

"There are a lot fewer people outside."

"Yeah."

Qian Renxue stopped and gazed at Lin Feng quietly.

"Grandpa has confined me here. I can't even personally witness my enemy's downfall.

Xiao Feng, tell me, if I wanted a top-tier power to be destroyed, what should I do?"

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Before Lin Feng could answer, Qian Renxue continued, "I need more power. One person's strength is not enough, and Spirit Hall as it is now isn't enough either."

An indescribable light flickered in her eyes.

Lin Feng's heart pounded as he watched her. Why did it feel like this little girl was about to turn dark?

"Xiao Xue, the Great Enshrinement didn't let you go because he wanted to keep you safe. Focus on cultivating. Once you have enough strength, there will be more things you can do.

Don't let hatred become your obsession. It will affect your state of mind."

Qian Renxue burst out laughing.

"I understand everything you said. I just feel a little sad."

After wiping the corner of her eye, Qian Renxue turned around.

"I'm leaving now. You won't see me for the next few days. I need to sort out my feelings, and I don't want to cry in front of you either."

"...Alright."

Watching Qian Renxue's retreating figure, a trace of worry rose in Lin Feng's heart.

Suddenly, Qian Renxue turned back quickly. Empowered by Soul Power, she instantly arrived before Lin Feng.

She lightly touched his lips with hers.

"Mm?"

Lin Feng stared dumbfoundedly at Qian Renxue, his cheeks flushing slightly.

Although they had slept together last night, they had not done anything too intimate.

But this... this was their first kiss. Had it just been taken like that?

Qian Renxue smiled brilliantly and whispered into Lin Feng's ear:

"I've stamped you. You belong to me now, Xiao Feng."

Her eyes shimmered as she winked at Lin Feng, then lightly departed.

Lin Feng was left standing there in a daze, touching the glistening moisture at the corner of his lips.

"That kid sure is lucky, managing to win over the Young Master."

Ling Yuan Jie sighed, lamenting how wonderful youth was. Relying on her exceptional talent, she had always focused wholeheartedly on cultivation. As a result, she was still alone even now.

"Maybe I should find someone and give it a try too?"

Ling Yuan Jie thought over the people around her. Those whose strength matched hers were too old; those around her age had inferior talent; and those with both good talent and age had looks that did not meet the mark.

"Tch, what a hassle. It's better to stay single."

Ling Yuan Jie shook her head. Her gaze shifted to Lin Feng, who was still touching his lips, and she could not help feeling annoyed.

She flashed in front of Lin Feng and grabbed his ear.

"You brat, stop acting lovesick. You should get back to your research."

Lin Feng helplessly brushed aside Ling Yuan Jie's hand and headed toward a private room in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

"Someone's getting anxious. I won't say who."

"You brat!"

The days spent in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion became somewhat boring. With someone suddenly absent from his side, Lin Feng was not quite used to it.

Looking at the Innate Treasure Pearl in his hand, a hazy aura flowed around it.

This martial soul contained an exceptionally vigorous vitality, and the aura it emitted made one feel as if bathed in a spring breeze.

Qian Renxue often came to Lin Feng to ask for it, using it as a pillow to hug.

In terms of attributes, Lin Feng's First Soul Skill came from a more than three-hundred-year-old evergreen vine and possessed the wood attribute.

The keys of the human body: the liver belonged to wood, the heart to fire, the spleen to earth, the lungs to metal, and the kidneys to water.

Wood generated fire, fire generated earth, earth generated metal, metal generated water, and water generated wood.

Lin Feng planned to use these five organs as the core to construct the initial centers of the Spirit Meridians.

Once all the Spirit Meridian routes were fully researched in the future, he could use them as vital points to circulate the heavenly cycle.

Therefore, he had already begun attempting to fuse his Soul Ring into the Meridians of his liver.

The reason he had not chosen a Soul Ring with too high an age back then was that the higher the age, the more energy the Soul Ring contained.

He was only conducting an experiment now, so there was no need to take such a risk.

And once a Soul Ring shattered, what did that bit of age matter anyway?

"Ling Yuan Jie? I'm planning to begin integrating the First Soul Ring."

A slender figure appeared. Ling Yuan Jie frowned.

"So soon? You're already confident?"

Lin Feng nodded.

"Ring Fusion is nothing more than an application of Soul Power compression. Although Explode Ring is not simply shattering a Soul Ring to release energy, there are principles to follow.

I've already understood everything that can be explored within it.

My Innate Treasure Pearl can already move freely within my body and protect my Meridians, bones, and blood at all times.

If you're still worried, Ling Yuan Jie, go find a few healing Spirit Masters."

Ling Yuan Jie nodded.

"Then wait a moment longer."

A short while later, Ling Yuan Jie arrived with an elegant female Spirit Master and signaled that Lin Feng could begin.

Lin Feng also knew the female Spirit Master. She was one of the academy's teachers, Ye Zixin, a level 73 Soul Sage whose martial soul was Narcissus.

At the same time, high in the sky, in a place difficult to notice, another figure appeared. It was Qian Daoliu, who had received Ling Yuan Jie's Telepathic Communication.

"Whew—"

The pale yellow Soul Ring bobbed up and down above the Innate Treasure Pearl. The next instant, Lin Feng activated it, and it appeared over his right hand.

With a flick of his left hand, he sent the Innate Treasure Pearl into his liver. Pure white light made Lin Feng's body glow.

Ling Yuan Jie and Ye Zixin were both stunned by the sight.

Lin Feng shouted, "Shatter!"

Crack!

A sound like breaking glass rang out, and the Soul Ring in Lin Feng's hand was no longer solid.

It was as though a ring of water had transformed into a larger mass of mist.

"Cough, cough."

Lin Feng's brows furrowed tightly. Enduring the pain brought by the shattered Soul Ring, he drew it back into himself.

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