Chapter 1693 - 1692: Immortal Heart, Immortal Origin?
"Uh... why are you asking that?"
Qin Feng looked ahead as he spoke.
"I just don’t want my lady to be too heartbroken. I heard you even got married to another woman in the Mortal World, you have countless female friends, and you cultivated the Mandarin Duck Treasure Book with many people. But before all of them, it was my lady who first had feelings with you, and in the end she got nothing."
Ling’er said.
"...You don’t understand."
Qin Feng said.
"What’s there not to understand? Or is it that you never liked my lady to begin with, and back then you were just teasing her for fun?"
Ling’er frowned.
Qin Feng let out a long sigh, then said, "Forget it, I’ll just tell you straight! If I had been with her and anything happened between us, it would only harm her. Her ’Immortal Heart’ would disappear..."
The Holy Daughter was a one-in-ten-thousand-level genius.
The ’Immortal Heart’ she possessed was completely different from the ’Buddha Heart’ possessed by the little abbot Jiu Jie, the ’Soul Heart’ of Young Master Black Soul of Holy Soul Hall, the ’Dragon Heart’ owned by the Dragon King Hall Second Prince, and the ’Snake Heart’ owned by the Empress.
If these ’hearts’ could awaken, they would all definitely be figures of Great Ability Level.
At present, only Jiu Jie’s ’Buddha Heart’ had awakened to the First Realm, Young Master Black Soul’s ’Soul Heart’ had awakened to the First Realm, and the Empress’s ’Snake Heart’ had awakened to the Second Realm, becoming an Immortal.
The Holy Daughter’s ’Immortal Heart’ was different from theirs.
Back then, Shifang Taoist had once said that her ’Immortal Heart’ was no ordinary ’heart’.
It was the ’Immortal Origin’!
No one understood what that meant, no one knew what the ’Immortal Origin’ was, but just hearing the name made one feel its power.
So.
After Qin Feng learned of this, he could no longer be with her, and from then on he started deliberately avoiding her, sometimes openly, sometimes not.
He didn’t want to delay her ’Immortal Origin’ because of him.
"There’s... there’s such a thing?"
Hearing this, Ling’er blinked blankly, then said, "But because of you, my lady’s ’Immortal Heart’ is very unstable now. Everyone says so."
"Sigh, I haven’t seen her for so many years, I even went to the Mortal World and got married. One of the reasons was to make her give up on me. Only then can her ’Immortal Heart’ awaken." Qin Feng sighed.
"..."
Ling’er looked at his melancholy expression and didn’t know what to say.
So they had all misunderstood Qin Feng all these years?
Thinking about it, that did make some sense.
A girl as perfect as her lady, how could no one fall for her?
Especially someone like Qin Feng, this "philanderer scoundrel"—he should have been head over heels for her.
Yet Qin Feng chose not to seek her out.
Perhaps he really did it for her own good?
Wait!
Ling’er suddenly remembered something. She frowned and shouted at Qin Feng, "No! I remember now! The reason you were unwilling to be with my lady was because my Master said that if you kept pestering her, he’d break your legs! Only after that did you start deliberately avoiding her!"
"Come on!"
Qin Feng was utterly speechless. "Why don’t you think about why your Master didn’t want me to be with her?"
"Because you’re a womanizer! My Master thinks you’re not worthy of my lady!"
Ling’er said.
"..."
Qin Feng felt awkward. "That’s because your Master also knew that if I was with her, it would damage her ’Immortal Heart’!"
"Uh..."
Ling’er choked again.
Thinking about it that way, it did seem to make sense...
The Sea Beast had already rushed forward for four hundred kilometers and had little strength left; its speed slowed considerably.
Ling’er looked at the strong wind in the sky and said, "At this point we can only ask your Fire Cloud Bird to help again, but I don’t know if it’s had enough rest."
"No need."
Qin Feng waved his hand.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden "splash" ahead as another burst of water erupted.
Another gigantic Sea Beast appeared before them.
The difference was that this time, there were quite a few people on the Sea Beast’s back.
"Crap! Did we intrude into the Mermaid Clan’s territory?" Ling’er frowned tightly, staring at the people standing on the Sea Beast’s head, all with human upper bodies and fish tails below.
"Yes, this area should be Mermaid Clan territory."
Qin Feng admitted calmly.
Ling’er immediately drew her Dagger and said to Qin Feng, "Think of a way to escape! The Mermaid Clan has always been at odds with humans; the conflict runs very deep!"
Unexpectedly.
Just as she finished speaking, Qin Feng had already grabbed her, lightly leaped up, and headed for the back of the Sea Beast ahead.
After landing on top, Qin Feng said to Nami, who was in the lead, "You actually came in person?"
"You’re in such a hurry—how could I not come myself?" Nami said. "Don’t worry, on the way to Vine Dragon Mountain I’ve arranged Sea Beasts to carry you all the way. You should arrive before dawn."
"Thanks." Qin Feng nodded. "This is my friend, Ling’er."
He then introduced her to Ling’er, "This is Nami of the Mermaid Country."
Ling’er was completely stunned. Seeing the small crown on Nami’s head, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Y-you’re the heir of the Mermaid Kingdom?"
"Mm, just call me Nami."
Nami extended her hand in a friendly gesture.
Seeing this, Ling’er shook her hand, her mind in utter confusion.
Wasn’t it said that relations between the Mermaid Clan and humans had long since deteriorated? How come the Princess heir of the Mermaid Kingdom was actually helping him?
And she was this enthusiastic...
"I heard the situation is urgent, so let’s set off first!" Nami said.
Then.
She ordered the Sea Beast to rush forward at full speed!
At the same time, she poured the Power of Sea God into the Sea Beast’s body. Its speed became even faster than before, like a shooting star cutting through the night sky!
On the way.
Qin Feng thanked Nami, "Thanks for all that Gold, those Pearls, gemstones, and the Armor you found in the Divine Miracle."
Although the Mermaid Kingdom was not lacking in gold and jewelry, that amount was still a considerable sum.
Furthermore.
For those sets of Armor found in the Divine Miracle, just the Golden Stone used in Forging them took a hundred thousand pieces. If all of that were used to equip the Mermaid Clan’s army, it could form a considerable force, yet she hadn’t even hesitated and directly sent them all to Five Rings Mountain.
"No need to be so polite." Nami smiled, then said, "Right, we made a major discovery. In a ruined city within the Divine Miracle, we found a Barrier Layer. It seems to lead to another world, yet also looks like it’s sealing something. It hasn’t been opened yet. We’re doing our best to break the Barrier Layer."
"Mm, you must be careful!"
Qin Feng warned her. "By the way, I haven’t seen you in a while, and your strength seems to have increased a lot."
The last time he’d seen Nami, her strength was at Saint Level.
Judging from how she channeled power into the Sea Beast now, she was stronger than before!
"It’s okay. I’ve also been cultivating like crazy lately. With the Power of Sea God, cultivating is much easier than before."
Nami said.
The two chatted on and off, while Ling’er grew more and more confused. The look in her eyes as she watched them became increasingly strange.
In her impression, this lecher Qin Feng had terrible relations with women.
All the girls in Xinghua Gully hated him to the bone.
Yet now, the heir to the Mermaid Kingdom was so enthusiastically helping him...