212: Attack

Shen Lian and Shen Chuyun stood two steps apart, looking at each other in silence, the atmosphere slightly awkward.

After a long while, Shen Lian finally spoke: "Now that the seven bitches are dead and the Heavenly Feather Sect has been completely destroyed, what are your plans?"

Shen Chuyun replied without hesitation: "I will listen to you. Whatever you tell me to do, I will do."

Hearing this, Shen Lian turned his back: "Do you not have your own ideas?"

Shen Chuyun smiled faintly: "The wife follows the husband's lead. After all, I am your wife."

Shen Lian suddenly turned around: "Su Luoyan, can you stop being unreasonable!"

"Yes, I am being unreasonable, so what? In my heart, you are my husband, and always the only one. I don't believe you truly don't care about our past at all."

"In Shen Lian's heart, there is only the meaning of exploring the great Dao; everything else fails to capture Shen Lian's interest!"

"Is that so?" A cunning smile appeared on Shen Chuyun's lips. "Then what did you just call me?"

"Hmm?"

Shen Lian groaned softly, lowering his eyes into contemplation.

Shen Chuyun continued: "Shen Lian, dare you say you truly have no feelings for me? If not, why did you call me by my name from our previous life just now?"

"Hmph." Shen Lian snorted coldly, opened his Folding Fan, and replied, "That was merely a slip of the tongue."

"Haha, the Human Emperor who made the Nine Provinces and Ten Thousand Realms tremble in fear in his previous life, is actually so duplicitous? Is it really that hard for you to admit your true feelings?"

Shen Chuyun took a step closer and continued: "If you truly didn't care about me, why would you, after I was captured by Xu Feifei,

make such a decisive choice to exchange hostages? And why would you set up a Water Spirit Array during the battle with the Seven Sages, fearing I might get hurt?

I know you too well. If it were someone unimportant to you, you wouldn't be so thoughtful and meticulous."

Shen Lian: "I am a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and grievance, and I always act according to my conscience, not consequence. As long as I desire it,

let alone you, even an ant could survive the catastrophe of the War Between Gods and Demons. Saving you was merely a matter of convenience!"

Just as he finished speaking, Shen Chuyun suddenly grabbed Shen Lian's hand.

"What are you doing? Let go!"

Shen Lian had not expected Shen Chuyun to suddenly act this way, and he immediately became furious.

"Must you provoke..."

The next moment, Shen Lian felt his mind go blank.

Because Shen Chuyun had pressed her burning lips against his own.

His opened arms hung awkwardly in the air, unable to embrace or push her away.

Shen Chuyun's exquisite and graceful figure pressed tightly against Shen Lian.

The two figures clung together, and time seemed to stand still at that moment.

After a long time, Shen Chuyun finally parted her lips, looked up at the bewildered Shen Lian, and a faint curve appeared on her mouth.

"Shen Lian, do you remember now? When was the first time we kissed?"

That single sentence awakened Shen Lian's sealed memories.

In that lifetime, that year, within the Jade Void Holy Pool, Shen Lian and Su Luoyan sealed their lifelong commitment with a passionate kiss.

Her cool palms gently stroked his hot, robust body.

Her skin, fairer than frost and snow, was slightly flushed, wrapped tightly around his waist.

Wheat-colored sunlight spilled onto the Holy Pool, reflecting two perfect silhouettes.

Only when they were nearly breathless did the two reluctantly separate.

Their burning gaze held only each other; their fingers intertwined as they gasped for breath.

"Diminutive for Su Luoyan, I..."

"Shen Lian, today I give myself completely to you. You must not let me down, and never abandon me, alright?"

"Diminutive for Su Luoyan, you..."

"Don't reject me, I will be heartbroken, truly. I'm afraid that one day you will leave me, truly so afraid."

Su Luoyan tightly hugged Shen Lian's neck, and two streams of clear tears gradually fell from her shining eyes, fiercely dripping onto Shen Lian's heart.

In a trance, the face of Shen Chuyun before Shen Lian overlapped with the face of Su Luoyan in his memory.

Coming back to reality, a line of clear tears also slipped from the corner of Shen Chuyun's eye.

"Enough!"

Shen Lian roared and violently pushed Shen Chuyun away.

"It's been so long, why can't you let go!"

Shen Chuyun steadied herself: "Let go? How can you expect me to let go! You promised me that no matter what happened, you would never abandon me,

but you have broken your promise once already, Shen Lian. This is what you owe me. Whether you admit it or not, this is the truth!"

Shen Lian clenched his fists, remaining silent for a long time.

After a long while, he finally replied, "I must be allowed to think about this matter thoroughly."

Hearing signs of compromise from Shen Lian, Shen Chuyun couldn't help but smile through her tears.

But she did not press him further. For matters like this, Shen Lian needed some time to adjust.

After composing herself, she pursed her lips and replied, "Shen Lian, I will wait for you, until the day you can accept it."

"Hmph."

Shen Lian turned and walked toward the outside of the Heavenly Feather Sect.

Watching his slightly flustered figure, Shen Chuyun felt as if she had recaptured the feeling of their seven years together.

"It's a pity that day in the Holy Pool, we didn't take that final step, and we were interrupted by the nearby Demon Tide."

A trace of regret flashed in her eyes.

Shen Chuyun knew Shen Lian was outwardly cold but inwardly passionate; once he confirmed something, he would definitely shoulder the responsibility.

If they had become intimate back then, would Shen Lian not have abandoned her?

She could not determine this answer... Outside the Heavenly Feather Sect, Shen Lian strolled through a small bamboo grove.

Recalling the scene of Shen Chuyun lightly kissing him just now, his hand involuntarily traced his own lips.

He was not annoyed by that feeling; in fact, there was a trace of inexplicable anticipation.

At that moment, he even had the thought of letting go of everything and spending the rest of his life with Shen Chuyun.

"Damn it!"

Thinking of this, Shen Lian couldn't help but shout in anger, raising his hand and slamming the bamboo in front of him into two halves.

"Why would I have such shameful thoughts?"

"Why didn't I just slap her away then!"

"That feeling truly makes me furious!"

With clenched fists, Shen Lian's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

After a long time, he tried hard to convince himself: "Forget it. Let's just consider it repaying the favor of these five hundred years. When my strength recovers, I will open up a world for her as repayment."

Once his mind was set, Shen Lian's composure immediately returned.

But just as he was about to return to the Heavenly Feather Sect to instruct Su Mengyao... a chill suddenly swept through the bamboo grove.

"Hmm, Killing Intent?"

Shen Lian reacted swiftly. The instant he felt the chill, he immediately stood up and avoided the incoming Saber Qi.

Boom—

After an explosion of Qi, the ground in front of Shen Lian sank seven chi.

Where the saber mark passed, a sharp character for "person" ( people) was etched.

"The Person Character Saber Technique of the Sacred Origin Immortal Realm?"

He recognized immediately that it was the Person Character Saber Technique Ren Tianxing had used, but this strike was dozens of times stronger than Ren Tianxing's.

"Did you come seeking revenge for Ren Tianxing, or do you have another plan?"

Shen Lian did not even turn around, merely placing one hand behind his back, preparing to meet the new challenge.