"Alright, you know the general plan now. Just relax and enjoy yourself for the next two or three days, and try to recover quickly! Those two, Que Xinyan and Wan Xuegui, were so worried about you they nearly made themselves sick. They didn’t hesitate to use their Essence Blood to summon Wan Jimie and ."
Que De chortled, glancing at Lin Yuchan. "Yuchan Fairy, the rest is up to you."
"Hmph. Seeing as you were well-behaved outside the Array this ti and didn’t try to sneak a peek, I’ll let our past squabbles slide."
Lin Yuchan seed quite satisfied, nodding lightly.
"AHEM. We’re not the real Ye Tianling, so how could we be as shaless and lewd as him? Anyway, you two carry on. We’ll stand watch and make so preparations. The Teleportation Array is already built. As long as we leave at this sa ti three days from now, everything will be fine."
Que De said nonchalantly.
It seed he considered it a great insult to be lumped in with ’Ye Tianling’ as the sa kind of shaless scoundrel.
Ye Tianling couldn’t even be bothered to respond to them. ’These two old coots are just too shaless and disgraceful.’
"Hey, kid, three days should be plenty of ti for your Yin Yang Harmony, right? You better give it your all. Don’t dawdle like so broad."
Wan Jimie couldn’t resist adding.
"Heh heh, three days might be too generous. The kid’s Primordial Qi has taken a huge hit. I’m afraid he ’can’t perform.’"
Que De said with a dirty grin.
"How would you know he ’can’t perform’? You make it sound like you’ve tried him out. Still, looking at the kid’s sorry state, he probably really is useless in that departnt."
Wan Jimie and Que De began debating the ’performance’ issue as they quickly departed, taking the sowhat bewildered ’Ancient Fairy’ with them.
After Que De—disguised as ’Ye Tianling’—and the Ancient Fairy had left, Ye Yueling finally let her confusion show and questioned Lin Yuchan.
"Master, didn’t you tell I had to sever my emotions and abandon love to attain the Supre Dao? Why are you now... telling to... perform Yin Yang Harmony with him? To have love in my heart? Do you see as nothing more than a tool for his Cultivation?"
Ye Yueling felt a bitter taste in her mouth, a sorrow that felt like betrayal.
In truth, she had felt this way for a long ti; she simply hadn’t let it show.
She couldn’t believe that her Master, who had treated her like her own kin, could have such ulterior motives.
"Yueling, do you wish to be with Ye Cangqian?"
Lin Yuchan asked, her gaze calm as she looked deeply at Ye Yueling.
"I—Of course I don’t!"
Ye Yueling was taken aback, but her response was imdiate.
Her reply was decisive, her tone firm.
"I see. Then have you succeeded in severing your emotions and abandoning love?"
Lin Yuchan asked.
Ye Yueling shook her head. "I am trying my best, but... it’s proven difficult. Still, I’m... I’m almost there."
Lin Yuchan sighed. "Correct. You’re ’almost there.’ That delusion will persist indefinitely, and you will never, ever succeed."
Ye Yueling was startled. "Ah—Master, but... why?"
Lin Yuchan smiled radiantly. "Because you are cultivating the Path of Supre Emotion and Nature, not the Path of Absolute Love. Using the Emotionless Technique to cultivate the Emotional Technique is simply the fastest way to do so. My original plan was to use ’Ye Tianling’ to temper you. When the ti was right, I would have had you sever your ties with him. If you could, fine. If you couldn’t, then staying together would have been perfectly acceptable as well.
It was only after learning Ye Tianling’s true identity that I ca to this decision.
As things stand, the truth of the matter is clear. Ye Tianling is at a low point in his life, and we are in a position to truly help him. Of course, while I have made a decision on your behalf, in the end, you must be the one to consider it.
Whether you agree to help him or not, I will not force you.
But regardless of your choice, after this is over, you will no longer be my Disciple, and I will no longer be your Master.
After this, I will leave the Cyan Moon Sword Sect and devote myself to following my Young Master, ’Ye Tianling’."
Ye Yueling was stunned. Tears welled in her eyes. "Master, you... you don’t want as your Disciple anymore?"
"It’s not that I don’t want you. It’s that we will no longer be bound by the titles of Master and Disciple. We can be sisters... if you are willing, of course."
Lin Yuchan’s aning was obvious.
A blush crept onto Ye Yueling’s face. She pursed her lips, her gaze turning pensively toward Ye Tianling.
"I... may I ask him a few questions, Master? I can only make my decision after I have his answers."
Ye Yueling said, hesitating slightly.
"Yes, please do. I trust that Ye Tianling will answer you honestly now."
Lin Yuchan said gently.
Ye Yueling nodded lightly, then looked Ye Tianling straight in the eye. "Can you tell , were your feelings for real back then? You treated so well before, but why did you suddenly turn on ? Was it truly for the sa reason as Ye Tianyun... just to possess ?"
Ye Tianling recalled the past. Those days felt like only yesterday, yet they now sparked a lancholic feeling that while the world remained, the people in it had irrevocably changed.
"Real or fake... don’t you know the answer to that in your own heart?"
Ye Tianling replied calmly.
Ye Yueling’s heart trembled. "Yes... The deeper the love, the harsher the rebuke. So, for how you... you violated ... I don’t bla you anymore."
"Of course you don’t bla . Your Talent had a wonderful transformation, and you got all the glory and status you ever wanted, right?"
A wave of resentnt washed over Ye Tianling, and he snorted.
"You’re angry, aren’t you? Is it because my Master attacked you and I didn’t say anything to stop her? I was so hesitant, and it all happened so fast... Besides, I truly thought that if everyone was turned against you, perhaps death would have been a release.
A release for you, and even more so for . Because I’ve also been living in one long nightmare, and I can’t seem to pull myself out."
Ye Yueling explained, biting her lip.
At her words, Ye Tianling just gave a cold laugh and said nothing.
"I have my answer now. Master, I am willing. I’m willing to perform Yin Yang Harmony with him... alongside you."
A look of bliss appeared on Ye Yueling’s pretty face. It felt as if the obsession that had gripped her heart had mostly vanished.
’Ye Tianling’s anger, his disappointnt, his resentnt... it all proves that he truly does have a place for in his heart.’
’Otherwise, if he were truly indifferent, why would he be so angry?’
"Good, Yueling, thank you! Truly, even if you had refused, I would have understood!"
Lin Yuchan was pleasantly surprised and gratified.
"You two might be willing, but I haven’t said I am! Do you think I, Ye Tianling, am soone you can just sleep with whenever you feel like it? I’m not that kind of easy man!"
Ye Tianling huffed, his voice full of indignation.
"You... aren’t willing?"
Lin Yuchan shuddered, almost suspecting she was hearing things.
Ye Yueling was also dumbfounded.
’Now *he’s* the one who’s unwilling? What is going on?’
"That’s right. I’m not willing!"
Ye Tianling said sternly, not looking at all like he was joking.
"Brother Tianling... I... I was wrong... I’ll listen to you from now on, I promise. Please forgive . I was truly wrong."
A strange light flickered in Ye Yueling’s eyes. With the knot in her heart largely untangled, she instantly realized that Ye Tianling’s anger stemd from his complete despair over her past actions. She imdiately began to apologize.
This was the second ti Ye Yueling had admitted she was wrong. The first ti, she had been forced by the circumstances, afraid that Ye Tianling would take her innocence.
This ti, however, she was exceptionally sincere and exceptionally gentle.
Ye Tianling hadn’t expected Ye Yueling to admit her mistake—this was beyond his calculations.
"Ye Tianling, are you a man or not? Or is it really as Que De said—you can’t perform anymore? We’ve taken the initiative, and now you’re putting on airs? Don’t you realize this is the fastest way for you to recover? Don’t you want to save your mother? I heard from Que De that you also want to rescue Tianyu and Tianmo?
If that’s the case, then you should be getting stronger by any ans necessary! What are you hesitating for?"
Lin Yuchan’s pretty face turned cold, and she berated him sharply.
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