Chapter 495 Alas

Dao Zong, Heavenly Palace.

On the top of the green mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, the melodious sound of the piano spread in all directions, making many disciples on the training platform in the distance intoxicated by it, while some disciples looked at the top of the mountain jealously and enviously.

As they watched, Lin Changqiang was sitting quietly, with a dreamy blue icy mist lingering around him, looking dazzling and mysterious.

Ying Huanhuan, who was standing aside, rested her chin on her hand, staring at Lin Changqiang intently. Her ice-blue eyes were like gems and stars. Her elegant figure was graceful against the backdrop of mountains and clouds. If it weren't for the guqin in front of her that was playing automatically under the control of Yuanli, it would have looked like a watercolor painting.

After a long time, the icy mist around gradually dissipated. Ying Huanhuan's breath was held, and she quickly dispersed the energy that controlled the guqin and started playing it herself. Lin Changqiang also woke up from his perception in time, and after a brief trance, he dissipated his murderous intent and stabilized his mind.

Compared with the reincarnations that Rui Sechi experienced, Ying Huanhuan's reincarnations were obviously much more monotonous. In fact, most of the reincarnations can be completely summarized in two words:

——"Refine" and "Kill".

Except for a very brief period in her childhood, she would always freeze all her emotions after the invasion of demons, and then begin endless training and killing.

During the war between heaven and earth, countless alien demons were frozen into ice sculptures and shattered. Even the Heavenly King Palace, which was second only to the Alien Demon Emperor, was severely damaged and had to flee and hide. The end of each reincarnation was that the dying Fu Zu used his last strength to send them into reincarnation. In most of the reincarnations, the only difference was the order in which the alien demons were killed...

This repetitive experience seemed much simpler than Reiser's, but when an all-out killing spree lasted for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, it would become a more terrifying torture.

"No wonder Sister Xiaoxiao said that you have been extremely talented since childhood, but you never like to practice."

Lin Changqiang looked at Ying Huanhuan with complicated eyes, with admiration and pity in his heart. Ying Huanhuan pretended to stop playing as he had played until now.

"Humph~ Is there any need to explain? I always thought that there must be a reason why I don't like practicing. She didn't believe it before and said that I must be making excuses~"

Ying Huanhuan raised her chin slightly and smiled proudly, just like the bright winter jasmine without a trace of sadness. Seeing this, Lin Changqiang couldn't help but chuckle, and tacitly stopped mentioning his experience as the Ice Lord.

After this period of time when his understanding of reincarnation continued to deepen, he felt that he should be able to touch reincarnation soon. After all, others had to accumulate their energy and spend a long time to comprehend reincarnation, but he had already reached the energy standard from the beginning, and he could refer to Rui Selchi and Ying Huanhuan for his understanding.

Although Rui Sechi's performance is average, Ying Huanhuan is different. In terms of her understanding of reincarnation, she is the best in the world.

Lin Changqiang stretched for the first time in a long time, then lay flat on the ground, quietly looking at the clouds in the sky. The cool breeze blew, making him feel comfortable and relaxed.

"Not practicing anymore?"

Ying Huanhuan put away the guqin, sat next to Lin Changqiang and looked sideways with some curiosity.

When she first received the two swords, she was very happy for a while. From the next day on, she had been expecting him to come to her. However, she waited for several days but he didn’t come. She even suspected that he had gone to Jiutian Taiqing Palace again. Finally, she couldn’t help but fly to the Deserted Palace to take a look. She found that he had started practicing as soon as he returned to Dao Sect...

"Relaxation and tension are the way of cultivation."

Lin Changqiang shook his head and quoted a sentence from the Book of Rites, then looked at Ying Huanhuan, "By the way, what level have you recovered to now?"

"The Wheel of Reincarnation."

"What a coincidence?" There was some suspicion in Lin Changqiang's eyes.

After regaining his memories from the Ice Lord period, Ying Huanhuan's cultivation began to advance by leaps and bounds, but when he thought about it now, he suddenly realized that this girl's strength never seemed to be higher than his own?
"It's a long-term plan. Breaking through too many realms at once is not good for your foundation and will easily cause your energy to become depleted."

Ying Huanhuan blinked and spoke seriously, but soon she couldn't help but smile under Lin Changqiang's teasing gaze. They both remembered that she had gone through the triple reincarnation calamity together.

After entering the Samsara Realm, there are three levels of Samsara Tribulation. Every time you pass through one level, your strength will be vastly different from the previous one. However, this tribulation is also very difficult. Many strong people in the Samsara Realm have failed and died.

Therefore, some people in the Samsara Realm will not choose to try to break through even if they have reached the point where they can impact the Samsara Tribulation, for fear that they will disappear in the endless cycle of reincarnation after failure, and even their souls and spirits will not be spared. However, it was this kind of horrible calamity that Ying Huanhuan once passed all three levels in one go. Would he be afraid of damaging his foundation and causing his energy to become depleted if he breaks through to the Wheel of Time Realm now?
No one believes it!
"It seems that I have to hurry up and break through to the Samsara Realm, otherwise, I will definitely be blamed by the other seven members of my family~"

Ying Huanhuan was a little embarrassed when she finished speaking, but she soon turned her head and looked at Lin Changqiang, her eyes were full of resentment, but her heart was filled with hope: "My family? Why, are you ready to marry me?"

"..." This time it was Lin Changqiang's turn to be silent.

In his mind, he naturally wished that all the alien demons would evaporate in an instant, and then he would not be in a hurry to ascend to the upper realm. He would first explore the mountains and rivers with Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu in the Tianxuan Continent, enjoy the world, watch the flowers wither and fade, the snow fall and melt, play the jade flute, play the long zither, and dance with the frost sword. But first...

The big problem is how to get the two of them to agree to get married at the same time.

"Humph."

Looking at Lin Changqiang who turned his head quietly, Ying Huanhuan felt angry and amused, with a slight sense of loss and regret in her heart.

I had clearly decided to sacrifice myself, burn my reincarnation, help him reach the ancestral realm, and save the Xuan Tian Continent. This was also something I had agreed with my master countless years ago. At that time, I was determined and did not hesitate at all. But now I feel a little regretful and unwilling.

Maybe some love can't be retained after all, it will dissipate like ice and snow, and bloom and wither like flowers, but as expected, I still want to be with him...

The mountain breeze blew away the last of the icy fog, and the scorching sun of the day once again shed light and heat, making Lin Changqiang feel a little irritated. He blamed himself for being too sentimental, the sun in the sky, and all the demons. But just when he was about to get up and say goodbye and leave this awkward atmosphere, a cold and delicate body suddenly lay in his arms and rested her head on his arm.

He was startled and looked beside him, only to see a hint of sadness on Ying Huanhuan's face.

"Shhh."

She placed her index finger on Lin Changqiang's lips, pleading with her eyes, "Just lie like this for a while, okay?"

"……Um."

Lin Changqiang nodded vigorously.

How could I refuse?

He closed his eyes and lay quietly. Ying Huanhuan lay on her side in his arms, curled up slightly. Soon, both of their bodies gradually relaxed. The mountain breeze brought freshness and coolness, and the sun in the sky was also exceptionally warm.

(End of this chapter)