"She was very interested in the cultivation art I had obtained during my travels and hoped I would let her study it. But I knew that learning it came at an enormous price, so I refused."
"That cultivation art came from another world. It had to be fused with the soul before it could be practiced, and it was called the Tortoise Shell Technique. I studied it, but ultimately gave up. I neither wanted to learn it myself nor let Fuluo learn it."
"But she didn't understand my intentions. She thought I was selfishly hoarding it and refusing to teach her. Later, she invited me on an outing, and I gladly agreed. After that outing, I planned to enter seclusion, break through to the ninth order, and marry her. But during our trip, we were surrounded. A great many people dressed in black attacked us."
"All of our enemies were at least seventh order, and there were so many of them. Though I was powerful, I was still outnumbered. In the end, I could only fight my way out with Fuluo. Yet just as we were about to break through their encirclement, a dagger plunged into my chest. The person holding it was Fuluo."
By this point, Electrolux was in agony. His face twisted as though he could still feel that pain.
Shangguan Yan and the Starlight Divine Beast both looked shocked.
"I cultivated day and night so that I could marry her sooner, yet she tried to kill me over a cultivation art. The dagger pierced the left side of my chest, where a normal person's heart would be. Clearly, she hadn't even intended to spare my life."
"Her gaze was cold and venomous, as though all those years of love between us had vanished. At that moment, she