Chapter 331 Ziling and Qing Xiao (1/2)

As Shen Lian looked at Qing Xiao, he could feel her gaze.

Her gaze was special. It was cold and detached, and she seemed to look down on everyone as though they were no more than ants.

Such gaze was supposed to make someone uncomfortable, as most would not like to be seen as mere ants. However, most would not find Qing Xiao's gaze repulsive, as she clearly saw everyone as ants; it showed that what she saw did not make any difference in her heart.

An impartial heart; this was considered as an advanced state of attainment in both Daoism and Buddhism.

He remained silent, and he finally spoke, ”Master Qing Xiao, Daoist Dengfeng's Taiyue Real Shape Incantation is not the only reason behind your injuries.”

A hint of shock flashed past Qing Xiao's face, but it was a fleeting emotion. She replied coldly, ”Why, you want to help me heal?”

Shen Lian seemed to be in a complicated mood. He bowed respectfully as he said, ”I shall excuse myself now.”

Qing Xiao's cold glare fell onto Shen Lian like daggers. For normal humans, facing against the intensity of her gaze was comparable to being cut by daggers.

Shen Lian did not dare to engage even the slightest bit of his mana. The metaphorical daggers made a few cuts on his Daoist vestment.

He remained calm and excused himself.

The following took place after Shen Lian had left.

Qing Xiao spoke, ”Do you know why he left so suddenly? Because he did not want to help me. The price for helping me would be to do harm to you.”

The green clothing shifted into purple. The cold expression melted away like that of snow and ice.

She became Ziling again, ”But I would never do harm to you, and he would not too,” she replied. The breeze caressed her clothes, and they fluttered like waves in response. At that split moment, one could not help but feel melancholic.

Shen Lian left suddenly because he realized that there was no way that he could help his founding master out. If it was just any other injury, he could utilize their combined mana and speed up her recovery process.

However, the injuries that she sustained were not as simple as they seemed.

Perhaps, one could even say that her injuries were not an urgent matter.

What Shen Lian had discovered was the true problematic issue. Ziling and Qing Xiao were not just two different personalities. To be precise, they were two different entities altogether, but their natural divine aura was one and the same.

If it was not for Shen Lian's prior cultivation of the Mastery of Senses, which led to his spirit being significantly stronger than most immortal Zhenrens', and the fact that he was cultivating Taixu Strategy just as Fairy Ziling did, which led to the resonance of their divine Qi, he would not have realised this.

They were two different people, and yet they shared the same spirit. This was as ridiculous as it could get; and yet, this was precisely what happened right before his eyes.

To a certain extent, this changed everything that Shen Lian thought he knew about cultivation.

It was as though someone had lived her life, and was then turned into a blank sheet of paper. Subsequently, she was sent away to experience another life again.

Hence, she now had two different set of personality.

To outsiders, these two might look exactly the same, and there might not even be any differences in their spirit. However, they were indeed, two different people.

Unlike a paper, a spirit was not something that one could doodle on and turned into a blank state once again.

This was so as even after the memories were erased, there were still some marks that were ingrained deep in one's soul.

Just as how some experts in Buddhism could recall the memories of their past life once they were at the pinnacle of cultivation. Even if he had been reincarnated plenty of times, but certain experiences had been ingrained into him through the passing of time.