Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 73: Goodbye, Lin Yuanxi

Lin Yuanxi's feelings for Yang Ning didn't start with this memorial. Xiaohuan doesn't know exactly when it started because she only followed Lin Yuanxi into Extreme Eternal.

However, Xiaohuan is also familiar with Yang Ning because after Lin Yuanxi entered Extreme Eternal, all the news related to Yang Ning would first go through her before reaching Lin Yuanxi.

Although Xiaohuan has only met Yang Ning in person twice before, this being the third time, she doesn't feel unfamiliar with him at all because of the intelligence she has. It's like a character from a book suddenly appearing in reality.

"I don't know why Miss likes you so much. I can't understand your poems either. If it's just because you helped Miss get rid of the engagement, then compensating you later would be enough, right?" Xiaohuan said, "But since it's Miss's choice, I can only choose to support her. These materials for refining tools are not what Miss wants. She collected them for you. You can take them all when you reach the Inner Sect level!"

Yang Ning was speechless. How did I suddenly become a freeloader?

A woman in her thirties holding onto a golden brick, Lin Yuanxi is nine years older than me. Should she be holding onto three bricks?

"Why are you telling me everything? Aren't you afraid that Miss will blame you?" Yang Ning asked.

"She won't blame me. She's grateful to me!" Xiaohuan smiled. "The biggest obstacle between lovers is the inability to convey their feelings to each other, and then because of misunderstandings, they can't be together in the end. These are your words!"

"Now I have conveyed Miss's feelings to you. You can't halfway fall in love with someone else and make my Miss sad!"

This line is from "Yuejing's Love," a novel Yang Ning wrote to make money during his seven-year-old exam preparation period. After all, living in the capital city is expensive.

Afraid that others would think he's too young to understand love, Yang Ning even used the pen name Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng.

I didn't expect that the Lin family would find out about it too.

Well, I've never shown my Spirit Realm before, otherwise, wouldn't I have been exposed long ago?

"But don't get too proud!" Xiaohuan continued, "Although my Miss likes you, if you want to marry my Miss, you have to pass her brother Lin Tianheng's test first, as well as Wang Yu from the East Victory Wang family. He has also joined Extreme Eternal."

"Wasn't the engagement canceled?" Yang Ning asked.

"It was canceled, but I heard that my Miss has advanced to Qi Refining. He's even more interested now. But that person is quite foolish. He's only at the Qi Refining Third Layer now. He doesn't know my Miss's thoughts. If he finds out, he will definitely target you!"

Yang Ning fell silent. He is someone who dislikes trouble. Can't I just cultivate quietly and become an immortal?

Forget about love and jealousy.

If possible, he would rather become an immortal without anyone in the entire Extreme Eternal knowing his name.

But now that he knows, it's hard for him to ignore a girl who has done so much for him.

Regardless of whether he can be with Lin Yuanxi or not, he at least wants to become an outstanding person.

He doesn't want Lin Yuanxi to be looked down upon because she likes him. Yang Ning's heart is not dead. He dislikes the fairy-like girls in quotation marks, not True Immortal women.

Seeing Yang Ning seemingly lost in thought, Xiaohuan opened her mouth but didn't continue speaking.

She has some opinions about Yang Ning's attitude towards cultivation. Who would sacrifice cultivation for the sake of refining tools?

But Miss supports Yang Ning's hobbies, and as a maid, Xiaohuan can't say too much. She can only hint at it.

It would be best if he can understand, but if he can't, there's nothing she can do. After all, she's just a maid.

"Ah!" Xiaohuan sighed. I'm really enduring the pressure that I shouldn't be enduring at my age.

"What does she usually like to do?" Yang Ning suddenly asked, "Or what books does she like to read?"

"If it's about reading, it's mainly your poems. She says that others' writings don't have the same taste as yours!" Xiaohuan said, "But you write too little. Miss can even memorize them. She doesn't refine tools or pills. Besides pondering cultivation every day, she just takes care of flowers and plants. It's actually quite boring!"

Boredom is to be expected, after all, in this world without internet short videos and underdeveloped literature, Lin Yuanxi and Xiao Huan live in a mountain, so it must be very boring!

Yang Ning also understands why she likes herself so much. This girl rarely goes out and only interacts with poetry and her own words and actions.

Everything she can come into contact with is deliberately presented to the outside world by herself, and Yang Ning, in order to leave a mark in history, really pays attention to personal cultivation and impeccable interpersonal skills.

One side is intentionally performing, while the other side receives information and then imagines it further. Can this result be good?

I guess they both imagine themselves as saints.

But to be honest, this feeling is really good, so good that it makes people want to fall in love!

"We're here!" Xiao Huan said, took out a jade card, inputted energy and blood, and the dense clouds in front of them suddenly opened up, revealing a mountain peak.

Yang Ning looked up and saw a mountain peak standing in the sea of clouds, resembling a divine maiden. The mountain was covered with red maple leaves, and the ground beneath their feet was covered with vibrant red leaves. The color of the leaves was as intense as fire, producing a splendid glow under the sunlight. With the wind rising and falling, the maple trees danced joyfully, and the leaves created ripples, giving off a mysterious and beautiful aura from the mountain peak.

In this season, the sturdy branches and rocks rising from the mountaintop were all covered by a colorful blanket of leaves. With the cold mountain wind, the maple leaves seemed to softly tell their stories, intoxicating people. In this dense cluster of maple leaves, occasionally one or two birds could be seen chirping melancholically, adding a pleasant melody to this peaceful maple forest.

There were no large palaces on the mountain, only a few bamboo buildings hidden among the maple forest. They didn't look like immortal residences, but more like the dwellings of hermits living in the woods.

Yang Ning followed Xiao Huan and arrived directly outside a bamboo building. Xiao Huan then shouted, "Miss, I'm back!"

"Just come back if you're back, why are you yelling?" A voice as crisp as a bell echoed softly and suddenly stopped.

Yang Ning looked towards the sound and saw a girl in a white dress walking gracefully on the path amidst the green bamboo forest. Her graceful figure was like a delicate flower in the garden, instantly filling the entire path with vitality. The girl's long hair naturally cascaded down, lightly dancing with the breeze, resembling a soft ribbon, elegant and captivating.

Upon closer inspection, the girl had delicate features, fair and rosy skin, slightly parted red lips, and her watery eyes shimmered with a captivating light. Paired with the elegant long dress, she looked so graceful and noble.

She held a small hoe in her hand, sweat dripping from her forehead. It was evident that she was not an idle young lady, but deeply enamored with this garden, often wandering here. With meticulous care, she planted flowers and nurtured this tranquil beauty.

Not Lin Yuanxi, then who is it?

She glanced at Xiao Huan first, then looked at Yang Ning. In just an instant, her cheeks turned from white to red, and she whispered, "Yang, Young Master Yang? Why are you here?"

Yang Ning hadn't spoken yet, but Xiao Huan spoke first, "He has become an official disciple now, so he came to thank you. I met him on the way and conveniently brought him here!"

"Nonsense!" Lin Yuanxi rolled her eyes and said, "Young Master Yang became an official disciple solely based on his own efforts. What does it have to do with me?"

"If it weren't for Miss's Qi Heaven's Word Magic, how could I have such an opportunity?" Yang Ning hurriedly said.

"You don't have to be like this, Young Master!" Lin Yuanxi explained, "My Qi Heaven's Word Magic realm is still low, not enough to change fate completely. I can only slightly influence the trajectory of destiny. You becoming an official disciple means that you already had the potential to become one!"

Yang Ning thought for a moment and asked, "The main reason I became an official disciple is because Xun Hu caught the attention of Earth Heaven Gate. The sect usually assesses the qualifications of sixth-grade students, but Xun Hu's qualifications were tested early due to his curiosity, winning him the bid five years ahead of time. Did your Divine Ability change the timing or his qualifications?"

"Huh?" Lin Yuanxi blinked, then shook her head, "I, I don't know?"

"Then let me rephrase the question!" Yang Ning asked, "Is it easier to change a person's cultivation qualifications or to make an event that should have happened a few years later happen earlier?"

"Well," Lin Yuanxi thought for a moment and said, "Qualifications are predetermined by fate, so perhaps the second option is easier!"

"The second option involves time, but the events that should happen are not predetermined by fate!" Lin Yuanxi smiled and said, "Since it's not predetermined, of course it can be changed!"

"I see!" Yang Ning understood the effect of this Qi Heaven's Word Magic. It seemed similar to the calamity in the Primordial Era, where small matters could be changed, but major matters might not be changeable, only at a great cost.

After all, Qi Heaven's Word Magic involved luck, and Zhao used luck to subdue the ominous aura, so the position of luck was quite high.

(End of this chapter)