Chapter 71

In a silence, Bai Yuan and Gu Yue Na locked eyes, seeing the astonishment and shock in each other's eyes, unable to recover for a long time.

After a long while, Gu Yue Na's expression turned cold, she crossed her arms and snapped, "What are you looking at? It's just a slip of the tongue, what's there to see?"

Bai Yuan didn't back down; instead he chuckled, "You're so beautiful, how can you not let people look?"

Gu Yue Na gave a light 'hum', turned her head away, and said coldly, "Sweet talk."

Bai Yuan retorted with an unhappy face, "I'm clearly speaking the truth, how did that become sweet talk?"

Gu Yue Na calmed her emotions, turned back and calmly looked into Bai Yuan's eyes, saying, "Then you're not sweet talk, you're lustful at first sight—does that work?"

Bai Yuan's expression stiffened; he suddenly felt that the label 'sweet talk' was better than 'lustful at first sight'.

Gu Yue Na chuckled 'hehe', turned and wanted to run aside.

Bai Yuan wouldn't miss such a rare opportunity; instinctively he reached out and grabbed Gu Yue Na's wrist.

To flirt with a woman, you must cause big emotional swings; under normal circumstances, Gu Yue Na basically has no emotional fluctuation.

But at this moment, she unintentionally said something, which caused her to experience strong emotional fluctuation.

In such a situation, if we let her fully calm down without adding fuel to the fire, we likely won't get such an opportunity again.

"Anything?" Gu Yue Na seemed to have completely calmed her emotions; her gorgeous purple eyes were like a tranquil lake, without a ripple.

Bai Yuan felt happy inside, because Gu Yue Na didn't shake off his hand—this was giving him a chance.

On the surface, Bai Yuan spoke solemnly, "I forbid you from saying I'm lustful at first sight!"

"Oh? Not lustful at first sight, then perhaps love at first sight? But is there a difference?" Gu Yue Na's flawless beautiful face bore a smile that was lovely yet false.

Bai Yuan rebutted, "Of course there's a difference. The emphasis of love at first sight lies in the two words 'love,' not in the first 'first.'"

Gu Yue Na's expression flickered slightly.

To Gu Yue Na, the idioms 'lustful at first sight' and 'love at first sight' were merely one blunt, the other embellished.

After all, humans only feel lustful at first sight toward attractive opposite sexes, and love at first sight toward attractive opposite sexes, but Bai Yuan's explanation just now shocked her heart and mind.

Bai Yuan continued, "We've only known each other for a year; perhaps to you a year is just a nap, but to humans it's already quite long."

Gu Yue Na's eyes flickered again.

Is a year long?

To her it's both long and not long.

From the day of her birth, Gu Yue Na was severely injured, chose to retreat into seclusion and sleep; therefore, aside from inheriting part of the Dragon God's memories, she actually has hardly experienced anything herself.

Thus, the year she spent with Bai Yuan, for Gu Yue Na, can be said to constitute not all but about ninety percent of her personal experiences.

Gu Yue Na fell silent for a moment then said, "I don't care; still the same as before—you haven't gained immortality, so stop mentioning the demon empress affair, I could bear being a widow."

This time, Gu Yue Na didn't stare blankly, because this was her deliberate statement, not the earlier unconscious, blurted-out situation.

As for the taste of being a widow, Gu Yue Na hasn't experienced it, but the Dragon God has known the loneliness of losing his wife, leaving only a child behind.

Thus Gu Yue Na can understand a bit of that.

On Bai Yuan's extraordinarily handsome face, he regained his sunny smile and said, "Gu Yue Na, you have only obtained a false longevity; you say you worry about becoming my widow, but I too fear becoming yours—why not you also turn into a demon beast, and we together seek true immortality?"

Gu Yue Na stared blankly for a moment, giving up her current false longevity to pursue true immortality?

Bai Yuan seized the moment, saying, "Gu Yue Na, look, even the invincible powerhouse you admire, the Dragon God, will one day perish; if I someday attain the Dao and become an immortal, and you die accidentally in the end, how heartbroken would I be?"

Gu Yue Na lowered her head and fell into contemplation.

She suddenly realized that if Bai Yuan attained the fruit of immortality, and she were with him, yet due to some reasons she died, the other would certainly be heartbroken.

But just as Gu Yue Na opened her mouth to agree, she suddenly sensed something amiss, involuntarily lifted her head to gaze at Bai Yuan and snapped, "Well done, Bai Yuan, you're playing me—I haven't even agreed yet, and you're already telling me you'll become an immortal while I die accidentally."

Bai Yuan said without the slightest embarrassment, "Gu Yue Na, I'm doing this for your own good; given your bloodline talent, the soul power path has no divine position, impossible to reach god king, whereas the cultivation path would at least reach the tribulation-crossing stage of a great cultivator."

Gu Yue Na felt quite moved upon hearing that.

The tribulation-crossing stage—that's far beyond the Dragon God's power!

But Gu Yue Na also realized something was off, saying, "You yourself are only at the foundation establishment stage now—how can you be talking to me about the tribulation-crossing stage?"

Bai Yuan felt helpless; he hadn't expected Gu Yue Na to so easily see through his empty promises, yet he wasn't discouraged.

After all, Gu Yue Na doesn't dislike him, and right now the only one pursuing her is Bai Yuan, so taking it slow is fine—love that grows over time isn't just talk.

"Fine, since you don't believe me, saying more is useless; everything we'll see in the future." Bai Yuan said no more, silently searching for medicinal herbs in the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

This time he was concocting the Marrow-Washing Pill.

The Marrow-Washing Pill, a top-grade second-tier elixir, can enhance a cultivator's aptitude; the effect varies by person, and each person may take only one in a lifetime.

Having gathered all the ingredients, Bai Yuan took out his newly forged pill furnace, set up the formation for pill refining, and immediately began the concoction.

……

Angel Holy Hall.

Qian Renxue, upon realizing that she herself was truly the Angel's Ninth Trial, not the Angel's Eighth Trial like her grandfather, was utterly stunned.

"Everything he said is true." Qian Renxue's exquisite perfect face showed some stiffness.

After absorbing the hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, Qian Renxue returned to the Spirit Hall and at once went to ask Qian Daoliu.

She asked about her father's cause of death.

She wanted to verify the truth of Bai Yuan's words.

The result was obvious—he was speaking the truth.

However, at that time Qian Renxue still harbored a sliver of hope in her heart, after all, the thoughts of gods cannot be predicted by mortals.

The result was obvious—Bai Yuan had guessed correctly again.

She truly was the Angel's Ninth Trial.

At this moment, Qian Renxue desperately wished she were not the Angel's Ninth Trial but the Angel's Eighth Trial like her grandfather.

Because if that were the case, it would mean Bai Yuan had lied to her; afterward her mother would kill her and destroy the entire Angel clan, which is also false.

But now the facts lie before Qian Renxue's eyes.

This proves that Bai Yuan's last words were true; Bi Bi Dong will kill her own daughter, will destroy the Angel lineage.

「Bi Bi Dong, I will absolutely not lose to you! 」

(End of chapter)