CHAPTER 676: THE TAO OF SOLVING PROBLEMS" CHAPTER 106

"This place, it was meant to be our wedding site, yet you said you sought me only because I am an Extraordinary Woman of the Ten Thousand Realms, to bear you a perfect child and pass everything onto that child—but what do you consider me to be?

Am I merely a tool for reproduction for you, Lei Yan King?

You are so great, the center of attention, yet I am not an ant, I made efforts to make you happy, but what have I sacrificed?

Yet you remain indifferent, believing that I don’t deserve it! I don’t deserve your love. You could make any woman your plaything, but you never touch me, do you know the loneliness and solitude in my heart?

Is it that someone like me is destined to be lonely for life, suffering alone for you and your child?"

"I didn’t care that you had so many women, but even if you treated me as you would other women, you could insult or humiliate me, but why did you confine me to the cold palace... Is it just because marrying me was for the sake of my bloodline to bear you a child that would satisfy you?"

"Could it be that everything is just for that one reason? Besides my bloodline, is all of me unworthy of your cherishment?’

"Since you don’t care about me, I must make you realize you were wrong..."

Mu Qingyan muttered to herself, and Zhou Yan was utterly stunned.

"This... what’s going on? Lei Yan King sought Mu Qingyan just to have Mu Qingyan bear him a child, and then abandoned her?"

"Didn’t Lei Yan King say that Mu Qingyan was his true love?"

"Could it be that Lei Yan King has untold difficulties and doesn’t want Mu Qingyan to be drawn into suffering?"

Zhou Yan was greatly shocked in his heart, this revelation from Mu Qingyan was extremely substantial, and even Mu Qingyan herself didn’t know it when she was conscious.

And Zhou Yan had a vague feeling that Lei Yan King had possibly also laid out a grand plan; the reason he didn’t involve Mu Qingyan was to manage things properly.

Perhaps even Lei Yan King didn’t anticipate that things would turn out this way, leading to complications.

Yanyan’s unknown tragic experiences, those eyes of Mu Qingyan filled with guilt and self-blame, and that excruciating remorse, were not some pretense but a living reality.

A reality so deep, it pierced the soul.

Zhou Yan felt his soul shiver and found himself speechless for a long moment.

But swiftly, Zhou Yan realized something else, his expression suddenly changed.

"Now... this will be difficult to handle."

A chill went down Zhou Yan’s spine, as he quickly realized a very serious matter—if things continued in this manner, and if Mu Qingyan truly treats this place as the Demon Soul Illusion Realm, she might ultimately kill herself within the illusion to escape and return to reality.

Mu Qingyan treated this place as her Demon Soul Heart Demon illusion, even creating a ’Lei Yan King’ figure here, who even developed some Spiritual Wisdom.

If Mu Qingyan seeks liberation, seeking what’s referred to as transcendence, she would certainly regard everything as the illusion and sever all ties with her unbearable past, the outcome is obvious.

Zhou Yan deduced this possibility, his mood immediately turning heavy.

Now, faced with this Divine-level Expert, Zhou Yan had no leeway for resistance, not to mention, he couldn’t even comprehend where exactly he was.

What lies outside this room? And what might the scene be if he stepped out of this room?

Zhou Yan’s nearly most potent ability—his heaven-defying sensing ability, couldn’t be utilized at all within this room.

This was a passive skill. If something could be sensed, he would’ve perceived everything clearly beforehand. But if nothing was sensed, no matter what measures he took, he would still detect nothing.

Exactly because of this, Zhou Yan felt even more so that this environment had pushed him to a dead end.

Though the immediate crisis hadn’t emerged, Zhou Yan could almost be certain a crisis would occur because when a person who wouldn’t normally share anything suddenly tells many secrets to another who isn’t supposed to know any of them, it signifies that the person divulging secrets might kill the listener to eliminate future troubles.

This point was undoubtedly accurate.

Now, Mu Qingyan, normally reticent about her feelings, had divulged so much, wasn’t this intending to eradicate him as her ’Heart Demon’?

Zhou Yan silently pondered and interrupted what Mu Qingyan was about to say next because if the discussion continued, once all doubts were cleared, Zhou Yan knew, he would surely die senselessly here.

Thus, the premise must be to stabilize the other party and make the other party aware that this place is not truly a Demon Soul Illusion Realm.

That could perhaps be the only way out.

Zhou Yan immediately said coldly, "Since a mistake has been made, it should be properly mended. If you cannot mend it for Lei Yan King, then mend it for the family of Lei Yan King! If the family of Lei Yan King isn’t around anymore, then make it up to Lei Yan King’s lover or friends. After all, if there’s willingness, how could there be any guilt? How could there be self-pity here? Self-pity means you can’t let go, but in reality, Lei Yan King had already let go."

"If Lei Yan King didn’t love you, he wouldn’t let you enjoy peaceful days because only those who have experienced turmoil truly understand the value of peaceful days.

But instead of recognizing your happiness, you’ve instead done things that caused him great suffering. Tell me, even if Lei Yan King still cares about you, would you feel content in your heart?"

"Furthermore, if you can’t feel Lei Yan King’s care, didn’t you notice anything unusual when you were together initially? Sometimes, true love is actually about letting go, perhaps because you lack the ability to protect this love, or maybe there’s a formidable enemy you can’t fend off, therefore you can only pretend to be indifferent. In fact, the more it’s like this, the deeper that love is."

"You never thought that maybe all you were thinking was how Lei Yan King didn’t appease you, didn’t come home, didn’t do this or that, leaving you feeling let down, right?"

Zhou Yan analyzed Lei Yan King’s character and concluded that he must be a cold and lonely man. Therefore, he would definitely take on everything all by himself.

Based on the clarifications from Wuwei, Zhou Yan expressed these inner thoughts.

Because if Mu Qingyan truly had betrayed him, the hurt to Lei Yan King would be immensely deep.

Because he cared, the pain of the hurt was even more profound.

Zhou Yan’s words left Mu Qingyan suddenly rooted to the spot.

Her beautiful lips trembled, unable to utter a single word.

The room suddenly turned very quiet. The dim environment, devoid of the glow from cultivation, appeared somewhat dark.

Darkness was just darkness; even though cultivators could see at night, the dim lights, like suppressed emotions, were still present.

Outside the room, it appeared incredibly cold and quiet, without a single sound.

It was like an abandoned station in the desolate four fields that had long been covered in spider webs, exuding a desolation that penetrated the heart.

Zhou Yan sighed softly and walked to the room’s door. He hesitated and was somewhat on guard, seemingly worried that this emotionally unstable woman might slay him with a single sword strike in the moment he opened the door!

If that were true, Zhou Yan knew he was no match for her, but being prepared was better than waiting to die.

Zhou Yan opened the door, and outside was a desolate tomb field, reminiscent of Ancient Tomb Mountain and once Ten Thousand Ghosts Sword Tomb.

This place was really desolate. Besides the quiet, there were no other sounds here.

"If this is the land of the spirit, then this heart is so barren. Is this the world of Mu Qingyan’s mental state?"

Zhou Yan muttered to himself, his emotions slightly darkened.

Zhou Yan looked up at the sky. The sky still had a few stars, like a dark curtain had covered it, and then many pearls were carved on this black curtain.

Sometimes, Zhou Yan even wondered if the dark night might be a shackling mechanism that blocked the divine mechanisms.

...

The dim environmental light, the dim night, and a dim, lonely figure.

Mu Qingyan silently watched Zhou Yan’s back, feeling a bit bewildered.

This tall and slender silhouette was like a lone wild goose that had strayed from the flock, standing there, filled with endless loneliness and desolation that perfectly matched this desolate setting.

"My heart is a barren plain, desolated the world, and also desolated myself."

Mu Qingyan muttered to herself. She silently stared at Zhou Yan’s back, somewhat entranced.

This brief distraction seemed to cause a subtle change in Mu Qingyan. During this brief distraction, Zhou Yan immediately seized the opportunity. Without thinking, he deployed the Killing Spirit Divine Dao—he had to stabilize Mu Qingyan’s spirit.

If this was the Demon Soul Transformation Illusion Realm, the Killing Spirit Divine Dao would surely free him.

If not, it could still agitate Mu Qingyan’s condition, preventing her from being foolishly infatuated, or else Zhou Yan would have no way out.

Thus, in that instant, the Killing Spirit Divine Dao was unleashed, descending upon Mu Qingyan.

Mu Qingyan showed no resistance and took the full brunt of the Killing Spirit Divine Dao’s strike.

Then, her delicate body trembled, and she fainted.

It was like a weary person had found a warm harbor and suddenly fell into a peaceful sleep.

Zhou Yan was slightly startled, also feeling a bit odd. He didn’t leave, indicating this place was not Mu Qingyan’s Demon Soul Transformation Illusion Realm but certainly some very strange environment in a forbidden land.

But where was this place? Zhou Yan couldn’t discern at all.

The fainted Mu Qingyan quickly regained consciousness. Opening her slightly bleary eyes, she looked puzzledly at Zhou Yan and said, "Mr. Zhou, I didn’t expect you to be alright. Weren’t we fighting that blood creature? How did we suddenly get here? And where is this?"

Mu Qingyan had reverted to her normal state, seemingly with no memory of the previous scene or anything that had happened, as if it had never occurred.

Zhou Yan’s face twitched a few times. He gave Mu Qingyan a bemused look and sighed softly, "I don’t know the specifics. When I woke up, I just found myself here. Seeing you fall into sleep, seemingly very peaceful and relaxed, I didn’t want to disturb you."

"Yes, worn out in body and mind, so it’s alright to be tricked by the enemy, as long as I can sleep peacefully. Luckily, the enemy didn’t kill me; otherwise, no amount of lives would suffice."

Mu Qingyan gave a wry smile, then she suddenly realized that, at some unknown point, her mysterious veil had disappeared.

Her face was fully exposed to Mr. Zhou... Mu Qingyan felt slightly alarmed inside, but seeing that Zhou Yan wasn’t overly frantic, she managed to suppress the turmoil in her heart.