33: Chapter 33 Mutual Dislike, Love and Hate Turn to Nothing

The group of four continued to head deeper.

Along the way, they often encountered attacks from demonic beasts.

But the fate of these demonic beasts was always the same; they were slapped to death by Jiang Han with a casual wave of his hand.

Throughout this journey, because Lin Tian had lost all his cultivation, he could only follow behind the group.

Half a day later.

The four of them stopped in front of a cliff face.

The cliff was covered in vines.

Jiang Han joined his fingers like a sword and slashed forward.

After severing the vines, an ancient stone door was revealed beneath them.

Array patterns were still flowing across the stone door.

"Step back," Jiang Han said.

Su Ningyu and Liu Qingcheng retreated.

Lin Tian also followed and stepped back a few paces.

Jiang Han placed his palm in the center of the stone door.

He circulated the Taixu Thousand Autumns Scripture, and spiritual energy surged into the array patterns.

The array patterns soon began to shatter inch by inch.

Jiang Han withdrew his hand and pushed the stone door open with force.

A rich fragrance of herbs rushed toward their faces.

The four of them walked into the cave dwelling.

The interior space of this cave dwelling was vast, filled with all kinds of spiritual herbs and precious medicines.

There were red Blood Ginseng, Ice Spirit Flowers emitting cold air, and Ningyuan Vines bearing purple fruits.

"Split up and harvest," Jiang Han said indifferently.

Su Ningyu immediately set off, cut off the roots of an Ice Spirit Flower, and stowed it away in her storage bag.

Liu Qingcheng walked to the left side of the cave dwelling.

She crouched down and began to carefully dig up a Red Flame Grass.

Wearing his mask, Lin Tian walked to a corner and also began to bend down to pull up a medicinal herb.

Jiang Han walked over to Liu Qingcheng and crouched beside her.

"Are these spiritual herbs of any help to you?" Jiang Han turned his head to look at Liu Qingcheng.

Liu Qingcheng stopped her digging.

She kept her head down, a blush rising on her cheeks.

"Yes... yes, they are..." Her voice was very low.

Jiang Han extended his right hand.

He did not reach for the spiritual herbs; instead, he placed his hand over the back of Liu Qingcheng's hand.

Liu Qingcheng's body trembled.

She looked at the large hand covering the back of her own, and as if possessed, she did not pull her hand away.

She simply let Jiang Han hold it like that.

The two were very close, their breaths mingling, their posture extremely intimate.

Liu Qingcheng did not dodge; instead, she kept her head lowered, her ears turning bright red.

Lin Tian happened to witness this scene, and he felt his head explode with a "buzz."

The herb in his hand was crushed into a pulp of juice by him.

He stared fixedly at the two of them.

"What is going on? Why didn't Qingcheng pull away?"

"In the past, even if those inner sect disciples came within three feet of her, they would be coldly rebuked and driven away by her."

"Now, she was actually letting a man touch her hand?"

"Even if he is the Holy Son, she shouldn't be like this!"

"Something must have happened!"

"No wonder her walking posture was so strange."

"No wonder she had that kind of reaction when she heard the Holy Son's cultivation had broken through."

"No! I can't wait any longer!"

"I must find an opportunity to reveal my identity to Qingcheng! I must ask her clearly!"

Lin Tian withdrew his gaze, forcibly suppressing the impulse to rush over and question them.

While Jiang Han was intentionally being intimate with Liu Qingcheng, his peripheral vision was also unobtrusively observing Lin Tian.

After sensing the fluctuation in Lin Tian's aura, Jiang Han chuckled secretly to himself.

And the opportunity that Lin Tian wanted did not make him wait for too long.

Soon, the precious medicines in this cave dwelling were completely looted.

Jiang Han stood up at this moment.

"Ningyu, come with me to the depths of the cave dwelling to see if there are any hidden chambers."

Su Ningyu nodded and left together with Jiang Han.

Only Liu Qingcheng and Lin Tian were left inside the cave dwelling.

Liu Qingcheng was organizing the spiritual herbs in her storage bag.

Lin Tian walked up quickly and grabbed Liu Qingcheng's wrist.

Liu Qingcheng was startled. "What are you doing?"

She wanted to shake off the other person's hand.

Lin Tian used great strength, pulling her to the shadows on the other side of the cave dwelling.

"Presumptuous!" "You, a mere attendant, how dare you..." Liu Qingcheng's words were cut short.

Lin Tian raised his other hand and hooked onto the silver mask on his face.

He pulled it off with force.

The mask fell to the ground, allowing Liu Qingcheng to see the face of the person before her clearly.

Her beautiful eyes widened, her lips parted slightly, and she froze in place.

"Tian... Brother Tian?" Liu Qingcheng's face was filled with disbelief.

She reached out her hand, wanting to touch Lin Tian's face.

"You're not dead?" "That's great, you're alright!"

Liu Qingcheng's eyes turned red, and her heart was filled with immense joy.

Lin Tian, however, avoided her hand. His face was full of anger, and he gripped Liu Qingcheng's shoulders tightly.

"Tell me!" "What exactly happened between you and the Holy Son?" Lin Tian asked through gritted teeth.

The joy on Liu Qingcheng's face instantly froze.

She looked at Lin Tian's angry face, her legs went weak, and she took half a step back.

Lin Tian was unrelenting, pressing forward step by step.

"Why didn't you dodge his hand?" "Why was your walking posture like that?" "Did you two..."

Lin Tian did not say that word out loud. He didn't dare to say it.

Liu Qingcheng had never expected Lin Tian to ask these things.

She was at a loss, her hands wringing together.

She did not know how to answer.

Tell him the truth? Tell him that in order to save him, she had given her purity to Jiang Han?

Tell him that she was toyed with at will by Jiang Han at Holy Son Peak?

She opened her mouth, but not a single word could come out.

Lin Tian looked at Liu Qingcheng's evasive manner, and the suspicion in his heart was confirmed.

The sky had collapsed.

He felt the world before him spinning.

The woman who said she would wait for him to marry her with dignity.

The woman who never left his side when he was at his lowest point.

Had betrayed him.

"Say something!" Lin Tian roared.

Liu Qingcheng shuddered in fright. Tears slid down from her eyes.

Lin Tian let go of her shoulders. He retreated backward.

The look in his eyes as he gazed at Liu Qingcheng was filled with unfamiliarity.

"You really... with him..." Lin Tian let out a miserable laugh.

"I thought you were different from those people." "I thought you understood me."

"So, you are just another woman who would throw herself into the arms of others at any time just to climb the social ladder."

Liu Qingcheng suddenly raised her head.

"It's not like that!" "Brother Tian, listen to my explanation!" "I didn't throw myself at him!"

"I did it to save you!" "If I hadn't agreed to him, you would have already been executed by slow slicing!"

Liu Qingcheng stepped forward, wanting to grab Lin Tian's hand. Lin Tian dodged to the side.

"Save me?" Lin Tian pointed at his own nose.

"Trading your purity for my life?" "Liu Qingcheng, what do you take me for!"

"Even if I, Lin Tian, were to have my soul extinguished, I would not need you to save me in such a lowly way!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue, landing heavily in Liu Qingcheng's heart.

She stared at Lin Tian with wide eyes.

"You... you called me lowly?" Liu Qingcheng was trembling all over.

To save him, she had abandoned her dignity and endured the pain of giving her purity to another.

Yet, in return, she received only his accusation of being lowly.

Liu Qingcheng lunged forward, wanting to grab Lin Tian's sleeve. Lin Tian dodged to the side.

"Don't touch me!" "I am so disappointed in you."

He turned around and strode out of the cave dwelling.

"Lin Tian!" Liu Qingcheng shouted out loud.

She wanted to chase after him, but her legs were unable to take even a single step forward.

She did not know why things had turned out like this.

She had clearly done it to save him...

Her legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the ground.

Lin Tian did not look back, his figure disappearing at the cave entrance.

Liu Qingcheng covered her face with both hands, tears flowing down between her fingers.

She curled up into a ball on the ground, her shoulders trembling uncontrollably.