Xu Le narrowed his eyes slightly, then nodded.
"Very intense emotions. Hatred and anger. I even felt the urge to kill you."
Gu Beichen nodded too.
"I felt the same way."
Both of them found this strange. Why did touching each other provoke such intense emotions?
The hostility and anger were utterly unfounded.
Xu Le handled it much better than Gu Beichen. After carefully examining the sensation, he used the Soul Tree to absorb those emotions.
"Gu Beichen, come here and hold my hand."
"Huh? What for?"
"What else? To get down to business, of course."
Thinking Xu Le wanted to test how those emotions arose, Gu Beichen hurriedly took several deep breaths to regulate his Heart Energy.
"All right. Let's do it."
Then the two grown men clasped hands again. The hatred and anger were still intense.
But they were less pronounced than the first time.
Gu Beichen's gaze flickered. He struggled to restrain himself, suppressing the impulse to punch Xu Le twice on the spot and then stab him to death.
Having to suppress his own emotions like this felt truly awful.
"Xu Le, how's it going? Have you sensed where these emotions are coming from?"
"Almost, almost. Any moment now."
Gu Beichen looked at Xu Le. Why did he seem not particularly angry, but almost like he was enjoying himself?
In fact, Gu Beichen's assessment was entirely correct.
Xu Le silently absorbed the anger and hatred. The anger fruit on the Soul Tree was growing rapidly.
Through his own efforts and willpower, Gu Beichen now overcame that hatred and anger.
He looked at Xu Le beside him, who wore an expression of enjoyment, and thought:
*He can face emotions this intense without even changing expression. As expected of a man on par with me. Luckily, I'm no