Was it you that night?
Chapter 261 - 259: By Any Means Necessary, Break Her Wings

Chapter 261: Chapter 259: By Any Means Necessary, Break Her Wings

Shen Qinghe and Zuo An exchanged some pleasantries before she intended to return to the Simple Residence Courtyard, only to find that Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng were both following her.

She turned her head and asked, "Why are you two Big Senior Brothers following me?"

"I am going to see Master," Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng replied in unison.

Shen Qinghe’s brows furrowed slightly, although she didn’t feel that these two truly harbored any disciple-mentor affection for Shen Zhuo, she couldn’t keep blocking them indefinitely.

And so, Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng entered the Simple Residence Courtyard with her.

Just as Shen Qinghe was about to enter her own room, Xiao Chen followed and asked, "Qinghe, do you have any Healing Pills that could mend injuries? Could you give me one?"

He knew that Shen Qinghe carried the Remnant Soul of Dongfang Wuya with her, and unless something unexpected happened, the Soul-Nourishing Device would be in Shen Qinghe’s Qiankun Bag.

Shen Qinghe glanced at Xiao Chen coldly and refused quite directly, "No, I can’t!"

All her elixirs were given to her by Dongfang Wuya, and they were also refined by him. Now that he was gone, all that was left for her were these precious elixirs. How could she possibly give what Dongfang Wuya had left for her to these irrelevant outsiders?

Xiao Chen hadn’t expected this response from Shen Qinghe. He tried to persuade her, "I just need one..."

"Big Senior Brother should ask Sect Leader for it. I don’t have any here. After seeing my father, you two can leave," Shen Qinghe said as she set up a Barrier outside her room.

Xiao Chen was blocked outside, and despite his persuasion for a good while, Shen Qinghe remained unmoved, and he ultimately had to leave without achieving anything.

Yan Changsheng lingered reluctantly before leaving.

Days that once seemed ordinary and warm were now unreachable.

After the death of Dongfang Wuya, he had become calm and composed. Recently, the Demonic Energy within him rarely acted up, and he felt that it wasn’t so bad to occasionally see Qinghe like this, at least there was no longer a Dongfang Wuya to stop him from getting close to Shen Qinghe.

"Changsheng, is Qinghe about to Ascend? Her cultivation is now unfathomable, and she was able to retreat unharmed even when surrounded by two Cultivators at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage. Do you realize how fearsome that level of cultivation is?" Xiao Chen broke the silence.

Yan Changsheng smiled faintly, "She’s so intelligent and diligent, Ascension is to be expected."

"If she ascends, you will never see her again. Can you bear that?" Xiao Chen suddenly asked.

Yan Changsheng slowed his pace, his expression growing solemn.

Indeed, Qinghe’s progress was too fast. He was once considered a prodigy of the Sky Pole Sect, with an exceptionally swift cultivation rate, but Qinghe had reached such a level in just a few short years.

If Qinghe one day ascended while his cultivation remained at the Emergence Stage, ever since he developed a Heart Demon, his cultivation had stagnated, as if it would never Advance in level again.

"Changsheng, is there a chance we can keep her? Even if it means resorting to desperate measures, even if we have to clip her wings?"

Xiao Chen’s words reached Yan Changsheng’s ears. He turned to look at Xiao Chen, meeting his gentle smile face to face.

"What are you planning to do to Qinghe?!" Yan Changsheng asked sternly.

"With her cultivation so high, what can I possibly do to her? I just didn’t expect Qinghe to be so powerful, Nan Sheng brought so many experts to surround her, and she managed to escape unscathed. I wish Qinghe could be seriously injured and regress in her cultivation," Xiao Chen revealed his darkest thoughts without concealment, "It’s just too bad Nan Sheng is useless, unable to inflict even the slightest injury on Qinghe."

Yan Changsheng couldn’t believe that Xiao Chen harbored such dark thoughts: "How can Big Senior Brother think this way? She’s Qinghe – how can you wish for her to be injured?"

"Changsheng, don’t pretend, don’t you want to possess her too?" Xiao Chen said impatiently, "The fact is she’s too strong right now. If this continues, we will never catch up to her."

Unless he revealed his true form and forcefully took her away, he would never have a chance to win Qinghe’s heart. He didn’t just want Qinghe’s person; he also wanted her heart.

"Then you can’t harm her. Her achievements today are the results of her efforts, yet you wish for her misfortune. Big Senior Brother, you can’t hurt her; she has suffered and struggled so much to reach this point. We cannot do anything more to let her down." Yan Changsheng spoke earnestly.

Xiao Chen chuckled, "What are you so nervous about? I am merely at the Nascent Soul Stage in cultivation, while she could ascend at any moment. Do you think I can do anything to her?"

Yan Changsheng’s brows were tightly furrowed, not quite trusting Xiao Chen.

Although Xiao Chen appeared upright on the surface, his heart was very dark indeed, and Yan Changsheng feared that Xiao Chen seriously intended to harm Qinghe.

After returning to Spring Breeze Pavilion, Xiao Chen continued to ponder how to win over Shen Qinghe.

Despite racking his brain, he couldn’t come up with a good plan because his cultivation base was too weak and Shen Qinghe’s was too strong. Moreover, Shen Qinghe was so guarded against him that he didn’t even have the chance to get close to her, let alone scheme against her.

He couldn’t possibly rely on the power of the Three Realms to deal with Shen Qinghe. But Shen Qinghe wasn’t Dongfang Wuya; he only wanted to reduce Shen Qinghe’s cultivation level, not kill her. He couldn’t take that risk.

There was one last method, which was to awaken his true form, but that was a last resort...

Shen Qinghe was unaware that Xiao Chen was plotting against her. As soon as Xiao Chen and Yan Changsheng left, she split a wisp of her Divine Sense to accompany the remnant soul of Dongfang Wuya.

Maybe it was just her imagination, but today, Dongfang Wuya’s remnant soul seemed to be condensing.

She immediately found Shen Zhiyao, "Elder sister, look, isn’t Mr. Wuya’s remnant soul condensing?"

Shen Zhiyao took a close look and indeed, the remnant soul of Mr. Wuya was visible to the naked eye, about the size of a thumb.

"It is indeed condensing, and so quickly!" Shen Zhiyao shared Shen Qinghe’s joy as well.

Shen Qinghe hugged the Soul-Nourishing Device tightly and kissed it several times, ecstatic.

By the next day, Shen Qinghe’s fame had already spread throughout The Four Seas and Eight Wilds.

Everyone knew that neither Nan Sheng nor Xuantian Daozun, two cultivators at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, were a match for Shen Qinghe. Nan Sheng was seriously injured and her cultivation level had regressed several stages, and it was even more tragic for Xuantian Daozun. Being just one step away from Ascension, he died under Shen Qinghe’s sword.

In this battle, Nan Sheng brought more than a thousand Demon Cultivators and cultivators, but all were slain by Shen Qinghe’s sword. One could imagine the terrifying level that Shen Qinghe’s cultivation had reached.

Apart from Xuantian Daozun, there were actually many cultivators who wanted to obtain Shen Qinghe’s Nascent Soul, but Shen Qinghe’s cultivation was too strong. Everyone was watching and didn’t dare to act rashly.

Now that even a powerful figure like Xuantian Daozun had died under Shen Qinghe’s sword, who would dare to covet Shen Qinghe’s Nascent Soul?

With this battle, Shen Qinghe became famous in one fight, with people throughout The Four Seas and Eight Wilds saying that Shen Qinghe was the true War God of the cultivation world.

Of course, some felt it a pity.

Originally, Shen Qinghe and Dongfang Wuya were such a well-matched pair, but Dongfang Wuya died at the hands of someone from the Heaven Realm.

Some even said that Shen Qinghe’s rigorous cultivation was for the sake of avenging the wrongly deceased Dongfang Wuya. If Shen Qinghe was to take revenge, she would have to ascend.

The day when that happens would be a nightmare for all immortals in the Heaven Realm.

This news at first circulated only within the cultivation world, but a few months later, it had spread throughout The Four Seas and Eight Wilds and had even reached the Demon Realm and the Demon Realm, not to mention the Heaven Realm.