96: My lord! What...what kind of sword is this?!

This feeling was foreign, and also... terrifying, to her, who had been as calm as an ancient well for hundreds of years.

"What... is happening to me?"

A trace of confusion flashed through Bai Luoli's phoenix eyes.

She walked to the window of the great hall and pushed it open.

The cold night breeze blew against her face, cooling her burning cheeks slightly.

She looked at the cold bright moon outside the window, trying to make her heart become as cold and tranquil as the moonlight.

However, she failed.

Her heart was in chaos.

Completely in chaos.

"I am just following Revered Master's teachings, it's not that I have taken a fancy to him. Right! It's not that I have taken a fancy to him!"

A voice suddenly rang out from the bottom of her heart.

Bai Luoli's body suddenly stiffened!

Revered Master's teachings?

In her mind, uncontrollably, the final words her Revered Master, whose Lifespan was nearing its end, said to her the night before she succeeded to the position of Sect Master hundreds of years ago, surfaced.

"Luoli, remember."

"As the Sect Master of Tianxuan Sect, what you carry on your shoulders is the future of the entire Sect."

"Your Dao is destined to be lonely."

"You cannot have personal feelings, you cannot have attachments, and even more so, you cannot entrust your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness to any man."

"However..."

"Everything has an exception."

"If one day, you encounter a variable that you cannot completely control, and that might even threaten the survival of the Sect."

"Killing is the worst strategy."

"Because the more such a variable exists, the more unfathomable its Luck is. Forcibly erasing it will only invite the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, and the loss will outweigh the gain."

"The only way is... to Fusion with him."

"Become a part of him, a Child of Destiny is destined to have many women... only by integrating..."

"Use your body, use your charm, use everything you have to integrate."

"Turn that power capable of overturning the world into the sharpest sword in your hand."

"This is the true art of an emperor."

...

Revered Master's words from back then echoed in Bai Luoli's mind over and over again like the evening drum and morning bell.

Her phoenix eyes, which were originally a bit confused, gradually became clear and penetrating.

That's right!

Revered Master was right!

This Qin Feng is that greatest variable!

He carries the "Heavenly Mandate", his Luck is Heaven-Defying, he cannot be killed.

The only way is to Fusion with him!

The reason she had lost her composure just now, the reason she had developed that shameful desire.

It was definitely not because she had taken a fancy to him!

It was because her instinct as the Sect Master was reminding her!

Telling her how to deal with this greatest "variable"!

This is for the Sect!

It is for Revered Master's last wish!

It is for the eternal foundation of the Tianxuan Sect!

It is absolutely not because she craves his body!

Right!

Absolutely not!

Having figured this out, Bai Luoli's Dao Heart, which had become a mess because of Qin Feng, instantly became incomparably firm and incomparably clear!

All the confusion and shame in her heart vanished at this moment!

Replacing it was an unprecedented queenly aura, full of confidence and a sense of control!

She slowly turned around.

On that stunning face that could topple nations, that cold, ruler-of-the-world smile hung once again.

She walked to the center of the great hall and waved her hand casually.

The haotian mirror appeared before her once again.

In the mirror, that man had already soared into the sky from the abyss of the Sword Tomb.

He held the pitch-black immortal slaying sword, surrounded by sacred golden light and evil blood-colored lightning.

That appearance was like an undefeated war god who had stepped out of ancient myths!

Bai Luoli looked at him, and in those sharp phoenix eyes, there was no longer any killing intent or wariness.

Only a kind of burning and... playful gaze remained, like a hunter looking at prey.

Qin Feng.

Child of Destiny?

Very good.

This Seat wants you!

She extended her slender, jade-like index finger and gently traced the handsome, extraordinary face on the haotian mirror.

That action was filled with the anticipation of someone about to taste the most delicious food in the world.

"A great beauty like me, this kid..."

"Could he not be moved?"

The moment Qin Feng's figure soared into the sky from the Sword Tomb abyss, which was shrouded in gray Death Qi.

The entire Tianxuan Sect was shaken by it!

Countless Divine Senses gathered from every corner of the Sect, landing on his figure that was like a god or demon.

"He is out! He is out!"

"Oh my god! He actually, really, came out of the Sword Tomb alive!"

"Not only did he come out alive, look at his aura! Late Nascent Soul Stage! He actually broke through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage inside the Sword Tomb!"

"And that sword in his hand! What kind of sword is that? Such a terrifying aura! I just scanned it with my Divine Sense and felt like my Divine Soul was about to be torn apart by that aura of destruction!"

"Prodigy! This child is definitely a peerless Prodigy that our Tianxuan Sect hasn't seen in ten thousand years!"

Within the Sect, there was much discussion, and everyone was shocked beyond measure by this incredible scene before them!

And at Qingxin Peak.

Three stunningly beautiful figures turned into streams of light at the first moment and sped towards the direction of the back mountain!

"Rebellious Disciple!"

"Senior Brother!"

"Junior Brother!"

Three calls filled with worry and urgency rang out almost simultaneously.

Zhao Muxue, Lin Yao, and Ye Nianxin appeared in front of Qin Feng one after another.

When they saw that although Qin Feng's aura was a bit chaotic, he was unscathed, and his cultivation had even surged by a large margin.

Those three hearts that had been hanging for a day and a night finally settled back into their stomachs.

But immediately after, when their gazes fell upon that pitch-black iron sword held in Qin Feng's hand.

Their pretty faces all turned pale at the same time!

With their cultivation and discernment, they could naturally feel the terrifying power contained in that sword, enough to make even them tremble!

"Husband! Th-this... what kind of sword is this?!"

Zhao Muxue's face was full of gravity.

She could feel that the danger level of this sword had even surpassed her Lifebound Treasure, the ice soul sword!

"Senior Brother, hurry up and throw it away! This thing is too evil!"

Lin Yao's small face also became a bit pale, and her watery big eyes were filled with lingering fear.

Only Ye Nianxin did not speak.

But her small hands, which were tightly gripping the corner of Qin Feng's clothes, and her slightly trembling body had long since exposed the anxiety in her heart.

Qin Feng looked at their three pretty faces filled with worry, and his heart felt warm.

He smiled, reached out, and pulled them into his arms one by one.

"Rest assured."

His voice was full of power that put people at ease.

"It cannot hurt me."