89: Chapter 89 Do You Still Have a Chance of Innocence? Xia Ling Shuang's Past

"Looking at your dejected appearance, could it be that someone ran off, and you're unwilling to let it go?"

Xia Lingshuang appeared from the side at this moment, her face frosty, and spoke abruptly.

Lin Ran curled his lips and muttered, "My innocence is gone, yet she didn't leave me anything. How could I be reconciled to that?"

Of course, Meng Qing hadn't left him with nothing; at the very least, she had left him with 35 favorability points and 8000 destiny points.

"Heh, do you still have any innocence to speak of?"

Xia Lingshuang's gaze was icy, and a cold sneer hung on the corners of her lips.

Lin Ran glanced over and noticed that there was actually some frost hanging on Xia Lingshuang's eyelashes.

He knew that the Innate Pure Yang Qi he had channeled to Xia Lingshuang last time was gone again.

Lin Ran walked forward, unleashed his Innate Pure Yang, and pulled Xia Lingshuang into his embrace.

"Don't touch me, I don't care for your Innate Pure Yang!"

Although she said that, Xia Lingshuang only struggled symbolically for a moment before obediently nestling into Lin Ran's embrace.

After the Innate Pure Yang entered the fourth turn, she felt that Lin Ran's embrace was much warmer, and the suppression of the Taiyin Origin had also significantly increased.

In Lin Ran's embrace, she only felt very much at ease, as if... she and Lin Ran were meant to be this way.

Lin Ran smiled and pinched her cheek, asking:

"Last time I channeled so much Innate Pure Yang Qi to you, how did it run out so quickly?"

Xia Lingshuang shook her head, her tone softening slightly: "I suppose it was because I got angry yesterday while killing that group of beasts from Heavenly God Mountain, which inadvertently triggered the Taiyin Origin, causing it to devour the Innate Pure Yang Qi."

Lin Ran nodded slightly: "Before the restless period of the Taiyin Origin ends, promise me not to get angry easily, okay?"

Xia Lingshuang lowered her eyes and murmured: "I cannot promise you that, because whenever I encounter people from Heavenly God Mountain, I will kill every single one I see."

"My hatred for Heavenly God Mountain is not something that will simply end with death."

"Even if it takes ten lifetimes of Reincarnation, I will kill everyone from Heavenly God Mountain! Even if in this process, I end up dying and my Dao dissipates, with no day of Reincarnation, I will not shrink back even a little!"

Hearing this, Lin Ran was shocked.

He had still underestimated Xia Lingshuang's hatred for Heavenly God Mountain.

Even if it meant endless Reincarnation, she was determined to destroy Heavenly God Mountain!

Even if it meant falling into an abyss of eternal damnation for this, she would never fear it in the slightest!

Lin Ran pondered continuously in his heart, then smiled and said: "Alright, then I will accompany you to kill the people of Heavenly God Mountain."

"You are the Master of Destiny Peak, and I, as the Saint, how could I not help you?"

Xia Lingshuang looked up at Lin Ran, her eyes filled with infinite emotion:

"Actually... you don't need to take this risk with me; it is enough for me to contend with Heavenly God Mountain alone..."

Lin Ran shook his head, interrupting her:

"Lingshuang, do you think I could bear to watch you fall into a helpless situation?"

"We are both successors of the Green Robe Lineage; if I don't help you, who will?"

Xia Lingshuang's delicate body trembled slightly, she pursed her lips, and her hands, looking slightly awkward, gently wrapped around Lin Ran's neck.

She gently rubbed against Lin Ran's chest, feeling that vigorous heartbeat, and replied in a voice as soft as a mosquito's: "Alright."

Lin Ran gently stroked Xia Lingshuang's hair, the corners of his lips curling up slightly, as he lowered his head to gaze at that face which was cold yet breathtaking.

He kissed her.

Xia Lingshuang's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she actually took the initiative to open her teeth, tangling with Lin Ran.

【Ding! Detected that Xia Lingshuang's favorability has increased by 15 points!】

【Reward: 11000 destiny points, Top-tier True Meaning — Dark True Meaning!】

【Current Xia Lingshuang favorability: 75!】

The two exchanged saliva, giving and taking, lingering and affectionate, inseparable to the bone.

After a long while, Lin Ran finally gradually parted his lips from Xia Lingshuang's.

The latter was flushed, her eyes filled with spring water, shimmering as if it were about to overflow.

Her lips were slightly swollen, and she lowered her head slightly, feeling too shy to look at Lin Ran, a faint smile hanging on the corners of her lips.

Although it was faint, it was truly there.

"Lingshuang, the way you look when you smile is truly beautiful."

Lin Ran was somewhat dazed, praising her sincerely.

"Hmph, you must have said this to that woman quite a bit last night, right?"

"You only know how to be glib and use flowery words."

Xia Lingshuang charmingly and delicately brushed the stray hair by her ear, but her heart was wrapped in a wave of sweetness.

Lin Ran gave a dry laugh and said:

"By the way, Lingshuang, that 'ominous object' you mentioned..."

Upon hearing the four words "ominous object," Xia Lingshuang's delicate body trembled noticeably, and her terror was evident.

"Lin Ran, you... what exactly are you trying to say?"

Xia Lingshuang's voice trembled, and she said with a fearful expression.

Lin Ran held her tightly in his arms and said firmly: "Lingshuang, do you trust me? Do you want to destroy Heavenly God Mountain?"

Xia Lingshuang was clearly stunned for a moment, the monstrous hatred and killing intent overriding her fear.

"I do! I dream of destroying Heavenly God Mountain!"

"I wish I could skin everyone from Heavenly God Mountain alive and tear them into ten thousand pieces!"

Xia Lingshuang was furious, her killing intent solidifying into the appearance of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

"Alright, Lingshuang, listen to me."

"The 'ominous object' you speak of is actually not a true ominous object; it is a taiyin heavenly fate stone, a taiyin heavenly fate stone that belongs only to you!"

Lin Ran took out that half of the taiyin heavenly fate stone and said solemnly.

"You didn't lose it..."

"A taiyin heavenly fate stone? But it... is clearly an ominous object; it caused my Family to be destroyed and left me homeless."

"It's it, it's all its fault that I..."

Xia Lingshuang shed ice-cold, bone-chilling tears, her expression full of pain.

"No, it's all my fault! I shouldn't have brought it back! I shouldn't have, I shouldn't have!"

She began to cry bitterly, beginning to blame herself.

Lin Ran just gently patted her back, silently comforting her.

After crying for a good while, Xia Lingshuang seemed to be explaining to him, or perhaps talking to herself.

At this point, Lin Ran finally sorted everything out.

It turned out that Xia Lingshuang had picked up half of a taiyin heavenly fate stone when she was a child.

However, she didn't know what a taiyin heavenly fate stone was at that time; she just felt a connection with it, as if there was some destined link, so on an impulse, she brought that half of the taiyin heavenly fate stone home.

But this also sowed the seeds of disaster for her Family.

The Xia Family was not strong in Yunzhou; it couldn't even be considered a third-rate force, and there were only a few hundred people in the clan.

And as those eerie, pure white petals fell from the sky unnoticed, apart from Xia Lingshuang, no one in the Xia Family survived.

And Xia Lingshuang had almost witnessed the entire process with her own eyes!

Her parents, older brother, younger brother, younger sister, and other clansmen all died tragically before her eyes.

And at that time, she was only eight or nine years old.

As for why such a tragedy occurred in her Xia Family, she knew it was because of that half of the taiyin heavenly fate stone!

The taiyin heavenly fate stone attracted people from Heavenly God Mountain, who not only destroyed her Xia Family but even wanted to kill her!

If it hadn't been for the taiyin heavenly fate stone suddenly emitting Dao light at the last moment, stimulating her Supreme Yin Divine Body and causing it to complete its Awakening, thereby freezing that group of people from Heavenly God Mountain.

Otherwise, if not for the taiyin heavenly fate stone, she would likely have died on the spot!