Was it you that night?
Chapter 209 - 207: Qinghe, You Are My Calamity

Chapter 209: Chapter 207: Qinghe, You Are My Calamity

As it turned out, dual cultivation indeed was the best way to enhance the affection between a man and a woman. Dongfang Wuya was very satisfied with the admiration Shen Qinghe now showed him, the kind a woman has for a man. Although it might just be admiration for the strong, it still made him feel content.

He could not predict what would happen in the future, so what he needed to do was to make sure he occupied a place in her heart by any means necessary, like a self-imposed ordeal.

"You don’t need to rush your cultivation. Let me continue telling you about my past," Dongfang Wuya said, having Shen Qinghe lie on top of him.

Shen Qinghe immediately showed interest and listened attentively.

Dongfang Wuya was pleased with her dependent posture and her facial expressions: "There’s a place that you should still remember, and that is Snow Bone City."

Shen Qinghe’s clear, bright eyes shone like fire: "Snow Bone City has something to do with you, right?"

Dongfang Wuya nodded slightly: "Last time in the Red Moon Secret Realm, I was also surprised that I entered the secret realm of Snow Bone City with you. If there’s no accident, I am the controller of that secret realm because I grew up in Snow Bone City. The only difference is that the Snow Bone City I lived in had no one else but me."

Shen Qinghe was so fascinated by his story that she couldn’t help but urge him, "Keep going."

"Since I have memory, I was the only one in Snow Bone City. I don’t know where I came from, and I don’t care about these things." As he spoke, Dongfang Wuya fell into nostalgia, "Perhaps that was the most carefree time of my life, right?"

"What happened afterward?" Shen Qinghe unconsciously leaned closer to Dongfang Wuya.

Dongfang Wuya stroked her hair, enjoying her affectionate behavior towards him.

Later, he unintentionally left Snow Bone City and traveled through The Four Seas and Eight Wilds. He met many cultivators, saw many landscapes, witnessed much killing, and learned a great deal about the ways of the world.

Afterward, he too wondered why everyone had parents, while he alone did not.

Then he met a man named Shangxuan Yue, who was well-versed in all matters and even claimed to know his origins. Finding Shangxuan Yue interesting, he followed him to many places.

During that time, Shangxuan Yue also told him that he possessed the Snow Bone Mother Grass and that consuming it would awaken the divine power within him.

Years passed, and he became close friends with Shangxuan Yue who he could talk to about anything.

Later, when he grew tired of playing outside and remembered that the Snow Bone Grass was about to bloom, he planned to return to Snow Bone City.

Shangxuan Yue said he was worried about him and accompanied him back to Snow Bone City...

Shen Qinghe guessed what happened next and felt saddened: "I understand, Shangxuan Yue stole your Snow Bone Grass."

Since Dongfang Wuya had spiritual sense, he had no relatives and did not know his own origins. While traveling through The Four Seas and Eight Wilds, Dongfang Wuya made his only friend.

But it was this only friend who in the end stole the immortal herb that meant the most to him.

His most trusted friend had betrayed him!

"At first, I didn’t understand why the Snow Bone Grass would be more important than friendship. Over time, I came to accept it, and the feeling of indignation from being betrayed by the friend I trusted most gradually faded. Such a so-called friend, it’s better to be without. It’s just an immortal herb, it’s just my home that he destroyed; it’s not a big deal," Dongfang Wuya said lightly.

The Snow Bone Grass was gone, Snow Bone City had vanished, and he had nowhere to go, so he wandered through The Four Seas and Eight Wilds, and eventually, he decided to settle at the Sky Pole Sect.

Life in the Sky Pole Sect was leisurely. He steered clear of worldly affairs, didn’t dwell on the past, and life went on as usual.

Only occasionally, he still thought about killing Shangxuan Yue; he knew that Shangxuan Yue wouldn’t give him much time.

When Shangxuan Yue took away the Snow Bone Grass, he told him he would give him ten thousand years. After that, Shangxuan Yue would have a decisive battle with him.

Now, the time appointed by Shangxuan Yue was drawing near, and his peaceful life was about to come to an end. He didn’t want to involve the Sky Pole Sect, so he planned to leave in a few years.

Shen Qinghe just happened to appear at that point in time, entering his heart, bringing him joy and sorrow.

If it weren’t for Meng Yun, he would have endured until the day he left without ever touching Shen Qinghe.

But Meng Yun, in collusion with Xiao Bai, broke the balance, tying him and Shen Qinghe together with feelings, and he selfishly dragged her into his unstable world.

"If I had known Snow Bone Grass could awaken your Divine Race bloodline, I should have saved it for you," Shen Qinghe lamented.

A hint of amusement flashed through Dongfang Wuya’s eyes, and his heart felt warm: "The one I lost was the Snow Bone Mother Grass, even if I had taken your Snow Bone Grass, the Divine Power inside me couldn’t have possibly awakened."

Shangxuan Yue, in order to get his Snow Bone Grass, didn’t hesitate to spend a thousand years with him, winning his complete trust.

Yet Shen Qinghe, this silly girl he had only known for a few years, was willing to give him the Snow Bone Grass unconditionally.

Clearly, she needed the Snow Bone Grass more than he did.

This was the difference between people.

"You’ll never be able to awaken?" Shen Qinghe asked with furrowed brows, "Then if Shangxuan Yue wants to remove you, you won’t be able to beat him?"

Dongfang Wuya fell silent.

If he awakened, he would be the only Ancient God in the Three Realms, unbeatable by anyone.

But since the Divine Power within him had not awakened, and there could not be another Snow Bone Mother Grass in this world, Shangxuan Yue, having obtained the Snow Bone Mother Grass, had an incomparable cultivation base, and Dongfang Wuya might not be able to defeat Shangxuan Yue.

Seeing Dongfang Wuya’s silence, Shen Qinghe felt a pang in her heart.

She stepped forward to hug him proactively, patting his back comfortingly: "Don’t be afraid, I am here, I will protect you."

Dongfang Wuya chuckled deeply in response, wrapping his arms around her, his brows and eyes filled with tenderness: "Yes, you protect me."

Shen Qinghe also felt silly, but she thought that life was unpredictable.

"Don’t laugh at me, maybe one day I really will be able to protect you. Anyway, I will cultivate diligently, and one day I will become as powerful as you!" Shen Qinghe stated earnestly.

Dongfang Wuya, looking at Shen Qinghe like this, suddenly had a different realization: "I suddenly feel encountering Shangxuan Yue was not my tribulation."

Otherwise, why would he have stayed in Sky Pole Sect, and why would he have rescued her by chance?

Otherwise, there would be no intersection between him and her!

"What do you mean by that?" Shen Qinghe looked at Dongfang Wuya, puzzled.

Dongfang Wuya kissed her forehead gently: "Qinghe, you are my tribulation."

She was the emotional tribulation he could not cross, and he relished it sweetly.

Shen Qinghe’s pretty face visibly reddened, as she buried herself in Dongfang Wuya’s embrace, wondering if he was speaking these words of affection to her?

When she used to like Yan Changsheng, she was always the one chasing after him, and even without any response from him, she wasn’t sad.

Thinking about it, she hadn’t felt heartbroken or sad due to Yan Changsheng’s indifference; facing his visage, her heartbeat had never quickened.

This time, however, was the first she felt her heart racing for a man...