Chapter 136: So, It Was Me Who Was Wrong All Along…

Inside the cave, there was a deathly silence; the night outside was already half over.

Aside from Zhu Ling’s steady breathing (having been knocked unconscious by Lin Xun with a pebble), there was only the crackling sound of the burning firewood.

Lin Xun had now completely understood the so-called “Qingtian Xuannü Technique.”

In summary, the Qingtian Xuannü Technique did not make a man and a woman fall in love by influencing their minds, but rather through the Karma of the Great Dao.

Karma is a very mysterious thing; it is an intangible force!

The simplest example would be you going to watch a baseball game.

Then, this baseball game becomes a catalyst, and your childhood friend asks you to meet on a park bench to confess.

However, your childhood friend didn’t like you because of that baseball game, but rather liked your best friend… Of course, the above is just an example of Karma.

And the Qingtian Xuannü Technique amplifies this kind of Karma.

When a man and a woman cross paths over some minor matter, if affection then arises, the Qingtian Xuannü Technique will use that spark of affection to create even greater points of intersection for you.

This continues until the more the two interact, the deeper their feelings become, eventually leading them to fall in love.

In short, the Qingtian Xuannü Technique is a wingman.

This Technique involves the Great Dao and is of an extremely high specification; it must be activated using a Spirit Bead left behind by the Clear Heaven Mystic Maiden, and it can only be used three times.

This final time was used on Lin Xun and Sikong Wangxing.

As for how to break it.

It’s very simple. It will be broken after a hundred years.

A hundred years… for a moment, Lin Xun didn’t know what to say.

To Lin Xun, a hundred years was but a mere flick of a finger, but in that fleeting moment, no one could say for sure what might happen… However, there was another way: if the two parties did not develop even a hint of affection after several interactions, the Technique would break on its own without needing to wait a hundred years.

Yes, Lin Xun had made up his mind; he had to keep his distance from Sikong Wangxing!

He absolutely could not develop any feelings for her!

Otherwise, with just a bit of emotion as a primer, all sorts of events would come surging in like a torrential river. What would he do if he really fell for Sikong Wangxing then?

Would he really have to cling to Qinger’s leg and kneel on a washboard to beg Qinger to let him marry a Secondary Wife?

Moreover, as the sole Saintess of Tianji City, how could she possibly marry someone as a Secondary Wife?

But then again.

Lin Xun had already felt there was something fishy about his engagement to Sikong Wangxing, and now it seemed even more so.

Tianji City did not hesitate to waste the final use of the Qingtian Xuannü Technique just to unite Sikong Wangxing and him in marriage; there must be a reason behind this!

Could that Old City Lord of Tianji City and his own family’s Old Man have calculated something?

Lin Xun felt that he needed to find an opportunity one day to return to the Sect and ask the Old Man about the specific situation.

As for now, he had to hurry and rescue Jiang Qingshang and the others! Then, leave this place!

In any case, he couldn’t stay with Sikong Wangxing for long! Every extra minute spent together was an extra minute of danger!

He would set out as soon as it got light. Once he dealt with Fang Jianqiu and those monks from the Great Joy Temple and rescued Zhu Ling’s grandfather, it would basically be fine, and he could take his leave.

After knowing what to do, Lin Xun suddenly felt much more at ease.

Turning his head, Lin Xun looked at Sikong Wangxing sitting at the cave entrance. The young girl had her knees bent, and her small hands held the lower part of her thighs through the gauze of her skirt, very close to the back of her knees.

A cool breeze blew, pressing the dress against the girl’s hem. The firelight reflected off the girl’s graceful body, and her gentle curves were truly beautiful.

Lin Xun, who had held and carried Sikong Wangxing on his back, knew that she was not as exaggerated as Nong Qin, and had not even reached Qinger’s level.

However, her waist was truly thin, and so slender that there was no sense of disharmony; accentuated by her waist, her already excellent curves were perfect.

Lin Xun had heard before that Sikong Wangxing had been practicing her Standing Posture and Feminine Gait since she was a child; it was likely the result of the girl’s long-term persistence in body sculpting.

But Lin Xun didn’t quite understand why she would practice Standing Posture and Feminine Gait when her body was so frail.

Lin Xun didn’t ask; after all, it was her private business.

At this moment, the girl was raising her head, gazing up at the sky.

“Miss Sikong should go back inside and rest for a bit. The wind in this Secret Realm is somewhat cold and damp; it’s not good for your health.”

Lin Xun walked to Sikong Wangxing’s side and looked up, but the sky was pitch black with nothing to see.

“Young Master Lin probably can’t see them, right?” Seeing Lin Xun’s furrowed brows, Sikong Wangxing’s eyes curved in a smile, though it was a smile that made one’s heart ache for her.

Even though Lin Xun had given Sikong Wangxing quite a shock, and she had also struggled with Life Qi while in Lin Xun’s arms when she first woke up.

But after her emotions settled, everything became much calmer.

Especially after learning that her grandfather had used the Qingtian Xuannü Technique on him without Lin Xun’s consent, the girl even felt a bit of guilt toward Lin Xun.

“Did Miss Sikong’s Star Eyes see something?” Lin Xun asked.

“Yes, I saw some stars.”

Sikong Wangxing stretched out her small hand, and her sleeve slid effortlessly over her fair, slender arm, its delicateness visible.

“That is the Big Dipper, those are Altair and Vega, and over there is the Mystic Maiden Star…” The girl spoke the names of the stars one by one as Lin Xun listened quietly.

And when Sikong Wangxing pointed to a certain spot, her eyelids lowered slightly, and a flash of sadness crossed her eyes:

“There is the brightest star, which I discovered on the day my grandfather passed away. Grandfather said he would turn into the brightest star in the sky to watch over me.”

“I see…” Lin Xun pulled out a small blanket that Yaya had been holding from his Storage Pouch and draped it over Sikong Wangxing’s shoulders, then looked up at the sky and nodded, even though he saw nothing.

“Thank you.” Taking the blanket from Lin Xun, the girl did not act coy and voiced her thanks.

“It’s nothing.” Lin Xun also simply sat down beside her.

“Young Master Lin, about my grandfather’s matter… I’m sorry…”

Sikong Wangxing had learned from Lin Xun that he only found out after the engagement was set; in fact, he had been opposed to the engagement with her from the very beginning.

Sikong Wangxing knew that if there was a true victim, it was actually Lin Xun.

Lin Xun didn’t want to break the engagement out of spite.

Rather, when this engagement was set, he actually had no idea at all, and had even been mysteriously targeted by a Technique by her grandfather.

But she had been being unreasonable and even threw a small tantrum at him.

After knowing the cause and effect, the girl also realized that so, it was me who was wrong all along…

And as Lin Xun heard Sikong Wangxing change from calling him “Lin Xun” to “Young Master Lin.”

He felt a bit unaccustomed for a moment.

One was calling him directly by name, and the other was using an honorific.

Clearly, the latter was more polite and more formal.

But correspondingly.

It was that distant… and yet deliberate distance…