Chapter 50: Wilderness Love Story (Part 2)

  Wang Wanyuan ran over with a happy face, her face flushed as she stood in front of Qin Fengchuan. The two gazed deeply into each other's eyes, the girl first to look away, lowering her head and rubbing her collar forcefully.

  "Wind, Wind River, you've been gone for so long, have you thought of me?"

  Qin Feng's eyes blazed like fire as he suddenly opened his arms and wrapped Wang Wanyan in a tight embrace.

  The girl in purple clothes hummed softly, her cheeks burning hot, and pressed her face against Qin Fengchuan's chest, with a look of happiness and sweetness on her face.

  The two of them couldn't stop talking sweet nothings to each other.

  Those words, though Li Ran didn't want to hear them, still pierced his ears. Looking at the couple in front of him, he felt a sense of comfort in his heart and silently wished happiness for his friends.

  This girl is one of the warmest memories in Li Ruo Dao's heart, seeing his friend happy, Li Ruo Dao also likes it. From what Wang Wan Xuan said, it can be inferred that the two have had feelings for each other for a long time, and they should be childhood sweethearts.

  Two figures leaned against the bluestone, whispering their farewells.

  Looking at the two of them, Li Ran Dao smiled and shook his head, thinking that they wouldn't leave for a while, and quietly stepped back into the cave, no longer wanting to see their affectionate appearance.

  At this time, Wang Wanxuan suddenly raised her pretty face and asked again with a wrinkled nose:

  "Feng Chuan, you haven't answered me yet, you've been away for so long, have you thought of me?"

  Qin Fengchuan's face was momentarily stunned, and he slowly sat up straight, looking at Wang Wenyu with a serious expression. Wang Wenyu was puzzled in her heart and looked at this proud senior brother in surprise.

  Qin Fengchuan slightly furrowed his brow and asked in a soft voice:

  "Wan Xuan, who else in our Shanyin Institute knows about this?"

  The girl shook her head and said in puzzlement: "Nobody knows, I haven't told anyone."

  Qin Fengchuan suddenly hummed a soft tune: "Yes, no one knows about us, so the words from others' mouths are quite unbearable."

  Wang Wanyue heard this and felt a little flustered, her face showing anxiety as she asked: "Fengchuan, what do you mean by all this?"

  Qin Fengchuan's face showed some pain, and he shook his head: "Wanxuan, after I came back, everywhere I heard people saying how good you were to that Li Rendao. This time, during the test, Li Rendao broke through the fifth level of Jingyuan Qi in one go, and many people secretly linked your name with his, saying things like 'a perfect match'... Hmph! Wanxuan, what's going on between you and him?"

  Qin Fengchuan's words were full of vinegar.

  Upon hearing this, Li Ran's expression changed drastically, he hadn't expected to be inexplicably implicated, furrowing his brow, he quietly turned around again and looked out through the wisteria.

  Wang Wanyue's face was filled with joy, and she smiled slyly as she stared at her senior brother Qin Fengchuan. Suddenly, she stretched out her hand to hug his waist, pressing her face against his chest.

  "Feng Chuan, I'd be delighted if you could eat vinegar for me."

  The gentle feelings of the girl in his arms softened Qin Fengchuan's heart, and he also stretched out his hand to hold Wang Wanyue.

  In her arms, the girl's mouth corner was rippling with a sweet smile, and she said dazedly:

  "Feng Chuan, you also know that Li Ruo Dao and Xiao Hu are my good friends. Since Li Ruo Dao's family has fallen on hard times, we're just doing our best to help him out of friendship."

  "But..."

  Qin Fengchuan still can't untie the knot in his heart.

  Wang Wanyue gently lifted her head and looked at her loved one, softly sighing and saying quietly:

  "Feng Chuan, what are you talking about? How can you still be jealous of Li Ruo Dao? You're so excellent, achieving the 8th level of Jing Yuan Jin at just 16 years old. Such talent is envied by many geniuses. And you're also so handsome, with an aura that surpasses everyone else. What can Li Ruo Dao possibly compare to you? Feng Chuan, having a lover like you, how could I possibly look at someone else?"

  Qin Fengchuan heard this and let out a long sigh, a smile also appearing on his face. He hesitated before saying: "However..."

  Wang Wanyuan stretched out her slender hand and covered her lover's mouth with force, smiling coquettishly:

  "No, not at all. Feng Chuan, Li Ruo and a few others are good friends of mine. The other day, I heard that he and his brother were drifting in the broken temple outside the town, lacking clothes and food. At this time, if I don't help him, who will?"

  "Feng Chuan, don't you trust me? I and Li Ruo have nothing going on between us. I just think he's too pitiful, the two brothers are like stray dogs wandering around, it's unbearable to watch. If it were you, you would do the same thing."

  Hearing this, Qin Fengchuan had no more doubts, his face radiant with joy, he wrapped Wang Wenyue in his arms and lowered his head to kiss those cherry lips.

  Li Ruo's eyes were empty in the cave, and King Wanxuan's words just now echoed loudly in his ears:

  "I just found him too pitiful, the two brothers wandering like stray dogs, I couldn't bear to see it and..."

  Li Ran's heart was filled with a pang of sorrow:

  "It turned out that she was just pitiful of us two brothers, and looked at us like stray dogs. It turned out that I was only worth this much in her heart."

  Li Ruo's eyes moistened at the corners, and the purest and warmest friendship that had been left in his heart suddenly collapsed.

  What was originally thought to be the most beautiful part of memory was suddenly shrouded in a thick shadow, and Li Ran's heart was deeply stabbed with a knife.

  Wang Wanyuan was not wrong. This kind girl was once the one who helped Li Ran the most when he fell on hard times.

  But what is this? Is this charity? Li Ruo originally thought that friendship was precious, and had accepted his friends' help with a clear conscience, but he hadn't expected that behind those gifts, there would be hidden glances of pity.

  Li Ran's mind continued to echo with Wang Wanxuan's voice:

  "Feng Chuan, what are you talking about? Why are you still jealous of Li Ruo Dao? You're so excellent, reaching the 8th level of Jing Yuan Jin at just 16 years old. Such talent is envied by many geniuses. And you're also so handsome, with an aura that surpasses everyone else... how can Li Ruo Dao compare to you?"

  "That Li Nian's knife can't compare with yours..."

  "That Li Neng's knife can't compare with yours..."

  ……

  Li Rendao's mind was rumbling, quietly leaning against the mountain wall, a cold smile suddenly appeared on his face. Qin Fengchuan is the son of heaven, but is he really stronger than me, Li Rendao?

  Is it very powerful to reach the eighth rank of Jingyuan at the age of 16?

  You just wait and see, what kind of state can I, Li Ruo Yan, reach at the age of sixteen.

  Is Wang Wanyuan sympathizing with me? She looks down on me, do I care? I have my own lover, Su Su's appearance is stunning, her talent is extraordinary, which one is not astonishing the world? With such a lover waiting for me, why would I care about what other women think of me?

  Li Ruo's heart suddenly surged with a mix of emotions, unsure whether it was righteous indignation or heroic passion, and it took him a good while to calm down.

  In the previous life, Wang Wenyu's thoughts were unknown to him, but now Li Ran realized the importance of strength even more. It was not only about saving one's own family and loved ones, but also about a person's - dignity.

  Outside the cave, two people were affectionate and loving, while inside, Li Ran's knife was gleaming with a faint light.

  As the dusk fell, it was unknown when the two people left. Li Ranno returned to the cave and sat on the dry grass, drinking a mouthful of medicinal soup while practicing tirelessly. The longing for strength pierced his heart deeply, making Li Ranno's practice even more bitter.

  Dry and difficult practice never stops, the horizontal path drawn on the mountain wall is about to reach thirty lines, tomorrow is the day when the mountain temple will depart together.

  In the deep and quiet stone cave, Li Rou's body still sat there like a stone statue.

  The energy threads in the medicinal broth continuously poured into his meridians, circulating endlessly, and the energy in his dantian grew thicker and thicker, accumulating to a critical point. Suddenly, with a loud rumble, Li Ran's chest felt as if a hard barrier had been blasted open, and the energy surged forth like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, pouring into a completely new realm.

  Li Ran's eyes suddenly opened wide, and a glint of light flashed in his pupils before disappearing.

  He let out a long, murky breath, and Li Ran's heart was filled with great joy: "The sixth realm of Jingyuan's vigor has finally been broken through by himself, and this breakthrough is even earlier than he expected. Before departure, he had achieved a new transformation."

  At the sixth level of Jingyuan's realm, Li Ran's knife was already equivalent to standing on a high ground overlooking the lower side.

  Such strength, among the tens of thousands of people in Wangheji, and even in the nearby mountain city, can be considered a powerful force.

  The leader of the Hunters, Wang Dahu, had just reached the fourth stage of his High Rank power. In the past, Shi Langzhong, who was at the third stage of his Jingyuan Power, made him tremble with fear. Now, he could look down on him with disdain.

  Calculating the time, from rebirth to now is only half a year, and Li Ruo's knife has risen from second-order hard power to sixth-order in this half year. If such a cultivation speed were to be told, I wonder how many people would be shocked. That Qin Fengchuan, no matter how high his innate talent was, could he achieve this?

  Thinking of this, Li Ran's expression turned bitter as he slowly shook his head, knowing that he had been a bit too obsessed.

  Wang Wanyue's words stimulated him, making him subconsciously want to compare himself with Qin Fengchuan. Having lived for two lifetimes, why still bother about those trivial matters? Saving one's own loved ones and changing one's fate against the heavens - this is the most important thing that must be accomplished in this lifetime!