Chapter 74: One Drags Two, Qin Yuan Falls Into the Net Again

Lin Xiu did not expect that this fire would eventually burn him.

His expression was stiff, and he dodged and weaved.

"I didn't..."

But these three words sounded too pale and too thin!

Lin Xiu eventually fell silent.

How could he not know that Lu Ren must have seen through his intention to end his own life.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xiu looked up with a bitter smile.

His eyes contained misery.

"Second Brother, I originally didn't want to say much about this matter."

"But I am already a cripple now; even if I take a Life Extension Pill, I will barely survive for a few hundred to a thousand years at most. What is the point?"

"Now that my meridians are completely severed, my spiritual platform destroyed, and my path of the Dao cut off, although I was unwilling to come this time, I also intended to fan the flames, just so I could hand the Fate-Origin Extinction over to you."

"After I die, Second Brother, make good use of the Fate-Origin Extinction, and by no means let my efforts go to waste."

There are ways to recover meridians.

But what about the spiritual platform?

And the Dao that was cut off from him? The Dao in Lin Xiu's heart was already broken; his Path of Forgetting Emotions was unable to withstand a single blow in front of Long Tian'ao, like shards of broken glass.

It was not just his Dao that was shattered.

It was also his pride.

Looking at the man before him, who looked dejected and like a stray dog, Lu Ren's thoughts sank slightly.

How could he not know that what Lin Xiu said was the real problem.

"I won't allow it," Lu Ren said firmly.

He was resolute, without the slightest hesitation.

"If your meridians are shattered, then I will find medicinal pills for you to heal them."

"If your spiritual platform is destroyed, then you shall walk the path of immortality again, refining or regrowing a spiritual platform."

"If your path of the Dao is cut, then choose a new path, or extend the past one and go further."

"Lin Xiu, even if you don't believe in yourself, you must believe in me."

Lin Xiu opened his mouth.

He wanted to say that it was not that easy.

But the person speaking was his Second Brother.

"... I can't do it," Lin Xiu said in a low voice after a long time.

He closed his eyes in pain, lay back in his wheelchair, and reached out to cover his eye sockets, shrouding himself in boundless darkness.

"As soon as I close my eyes, the image of Long Tian'ao is before me."

"He has already become my..."

"Heart Demon."

Lu Ren also felt it was somewhat tricky.

A Child of Luck who has already grown up is absolutely not like Qin Yuan and the others, who are just playing around.

He could treat Qin Yuan with indifference, or even let him go at will, just to play a long game to catch a big fish, without investing too much thought into them.

But that Long Tian'ao must absolutely not be treated with such a method.

Otherwise, he would surely be overturned and suffer a great loss.

"The Path of Forgetting Emotions..." Lin Xiu murmured in a low voice, his hands clenched and trembling, "I was wrong from the very beginning."

"I cannot forget."

The bond of Jueyi.

The bond of friendship.

The bond of burdens.

He was never a cold-blooded or heartless person; he had luckily gained insight into the Path of Forgetting Emotions, took a wrong step, and embarked on this path that did not belong to him.

The more Lin Xiu thought about it, the more painful he felt.

The intensity of his body's trembling increased, and his breathing became unstable, but at this moment, he heard a sharp shout.

"Wake up!" Lu Ren tapped his fingertip on the spiritual platform on his forehead, and a wisp of spiritual light flashed and vanished, waking Lin Xiu from his Heart Demon state.

Lin Xiu suddenly came back to his senses, gasping for air, his clothes soaked through with cold sweat.

He felt slightly annoyed.

He had almost fallen into a cultivation deviation just now! How great was Long Tian'ao's influence on him...

Lin Xiu turned his face away in embarrassment, unwilling to let Feng Wuyou and Lu Ren see his state, and he pleaded in a mournful voice: "Second Brother, Little Sister, stop worrying about me..."

"What is 'forgetting emotions'?"

Lu Ren did not pick up on his words, but asked suddenly instead. Lin Xiu was stunned.

He answered subconsciously: "Forgetting emotions is to forget feelings..."

"What is 'no emotions'?"

"No emotions..." Lin Xiu opened his mouth, unable to say anything more.

Forgetting emotions is to forget.

No emotions is to abandon.

It seemed there was no great difference.

But the two paths never merged; it was absolutely impossible for there to be no difference.

"Have you ever heard a saying?" Lu Ren's gaze was profound, his lips parting and closing as he spat out a few words, "It is precisely because of being sentimental that it resembles being emotionless."

"The Sentimental Dao, the Forgetful Dao, and the Emotionless Dao have never been three parallel lines; they are intersecting and merging!"

"An actor is emotionless, yet an actor also has emotions!"

"To forget emotions is to forget the feelings one already possesses, but because the Great Dao is emotionless—yet the Great Dao being emotionless does not focus on 'emotion,' but rather on 'nothingness'—forgetting does not mean erasing. Lin Xiu, you have fallen into a Heart Demon."

The words Lu Ren spoke were like a sudden enlightenment to Lin Xiu.

He wore an expression as if struck by lightning, sitting motionless in his wheelchair, the expressions on his face shifting constantly, looking just like an overturned palette.

Around him, the aura of the Great Dao gradually spread.

Forgetful, emotionless, and sentimental—they were blending and in chaos.

Lu Ren felt a slight relief in his heart.

Regardless of whether Lin Xiu could reconstruct a Dao of his own, as long as he could endure the Heart Demon, his future would surely be smooth and open.

Moreover, what Lu Ren had said at the beginning about refining the spirit platform was no joke.

Qi Yi had originally used a Dao platform of the Forgetful Dao as a stepping stone.

If Lin Xiu failed to achieve Enlightenment, then he would take him to that Forgetful Dao platform to collect the remains, merge with the Forgetful Dao of others, and construct his own forgetfulness.

Lu Ren had always been single-minded toward his sworn brothers and sisters.

Watching Lin Xiu, who was trapped in the chaotic interweaving of the Great Dao, Lu Ren did not disturb him, but instead rose and left with Feng Wuyou.

After receiving the news from Lu Ren, Qu Guan rushed in excitedly, guarding tightly by his master's side.

But Lu Ren left the Lu Family.

His footsteps appeared unhurried, but in reality, he was using Shrinking Ground to an Inch, heading straight in one direction as if he already had a target.

That direction was precisely near the city gate of Wanren City!

Before Lu Ren even arrived at the location, he had already seen the Red Lanterns floating in the sky.

And...

The three people bound beneath the lanterns.

Although Lu Ren had not recalled Chaos, but had secretly ordered Chaos to pursue Dantai Jingcheng, he had never thought it would go so smoothly.

It even dragged two others along.

Seeing Lu Ren approaching, Yu Chunlan and Qin Yuan were both terrified, wishing they could turn and run immediately.

Especially Qin Yuan, who was so anxious that his body was twisting about, yet without any method; a great fear assaulted his heart.

Lu Ren could not help but smile.

He had originally intended to let Qin Yuan go to cast a long line to catch a big fish, but he had not expected that when he had Chaos pursue him, it would bring these two along as well.

Since that was the case, he could not be blamed.

Seeing that she could not break free, Yu Chunlan instead put on a pitiful appearance: "Lu Family Head, I really don't know where I offended you."

"Let me go."

"You Fierce Beast... you captured me for no reason, but I don't blame you; I know you must have had your reasons..."

Is the specialty of this cultivation heroine template, who possesses a spirit spring, nothing but empty talk? Dantai Jingcheng's expression became speechless.

He almost cursed out loud.

Is this woman Yu Chunlan's brain made of dung? Even now, she still has the time to act pitiful and flirt with a man.

Qin Yuan gritted his teeth and growled: "Lu Ren, you cannot kill me. If you kill me, my master will definitely not let you off."

Seeing him like this, one could tell how deep the shadow Lu Ren had left on him was.

Lu Ren laughed immediately.

"Is that so?"

"I have never killed the same defeated opponent twice."

"Hearing you say that, I am actually looking forward to it."

(End of this chapter)