Chapter 343: Half-Sisters

When Lin Xun snapped out of it, he found himself already on the Sand Snake Desert.

However, Lin Xun only saw Ruo Wangchen and Bai Luoxue in front of him.

As for the others, Lin Xun felt that, barring any accidents, they had been randomly teleported to other places in the Sand Snake Desert.

In Lin Xun’s mind, the memories of the Bitter Sea were becoming increasingly blurred.

This was the world Law of the Rootless Secret Realm erasing Lin Xun’s memories.

Lin Xun felt that this was actually quite good.

If his own memories were being cleared, it meant that the memories of others were gone as well.

Otherwise, if those people left the Rootless Secret Realm and spread rumors like “Ruo Wangchen of the Bodhi Holy Land and the Saintess of the Huanxi Sect are both involved with Lin Xun,” it would be very troublesome.

For Bai Luoxue, it might not matter much.

But for Wang Chen, something would definitely go wrong.

Despite looking at the cute and dazed girl in front of him, Lin Xun knew that Wang Chen didn’t care at all.

But even if Wang Chen didn’t care, that was no reason for him to cause her trouble.

“Close your eyes and feel the process of the memories disappearing.”

Lin Xun tapped the heads of the two girls beside him who were still staring at him, telling them to close their eyes and perceive it.

While conscious, their memories were being gradually erased by the Great Dao.

This was a profound and mysterious feeling.

If one could experience this profound sense of the Great Dao…

Even a little bit would be very useful for future enlightenment.

The Bitter Sea seemed to have nothing, and even crossing it resulted in memory loss.

This seemed like a total trap.

But this final “memory erasure” could be said to be the greatest Opportunity given by the Bitter Sea to every Cultivator who crossed it!

Ten breaths later, Lin Xun and the others opened their eyes.

Lin Xun had almost completely forgotten everything that had happened in the Bitter Sea.

However, he had gained a deeper understanding of the Great Dao here.

Although the Dao of the Rootless Secret Realm was different from that of the great world…

Since it was the Dao, it had its similarities.

After leaving the Rootless Secret Realm, Lin Xun felt he could go and verify his insights.

“Do you two remember anything?” Lin Xun asked Ruo Wangchen and Bai Luoxue with a smile.

The two young girls just shook their heads as if they hadn’t fully woken up: “I don’t remember.”

Even Wang Chen and Bai Luoxue frowned slightly, seemingly trying their best to recall.

“It’s right that you don’t remember. Don’t think too much about it; this is the self-protection of the Rootless Secret Realm’s Dao.” Lin Xun gently tapped their heads again. “Let’s go.”

“Mhm.”

The two girls nodded and trotted to keep up with Lin Xun’s pace.

Since he didn’t want them to think about it, they wouldn’t.

One on the left and one on the right, the two beautiful girls walked beside Lin Xun across this desert.

Wang Chen looked at Lin Xun’s swinging right hand, then looked up at his profile.

The girl quietly reached out her small hand, her soft hands wrapping around Lin Xun’s large palm.

Bai Luoxue saw this, and her long eyelashes blinked gently, a spark of brightness appearing in her eyes, as if she had discovered a new continent.

Finally, the girl tentatively reached out her small hand and wrapped it around Lin Xun’s left hand.

Feeling the softness in his palms, Lin Xun instinctively wanted to pull his hands out of their grasp.

But just as Lin Xun was about to do so, a sense of guilt and self-reproach welled up in his heart.

This feeling of guilt was extremely profound.

So profound that Lin Xun felt if he pulled his hands out and made them sad, he might never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

“Something must have happened in the Bitter Sea to cause this mindset. Although the memories are gone, the feeling remains.”

Lin Xun sighed inwardly.

In the end, Lin Xun did not pull his hands away.

Seeing Lin Xun’s silent consent, Wang Chen’s eyes were very happy. She pushed her luck a bit more by leaning closer to Lin Xun, hugging his arm to her soft chest.

Seeing Wang Chen do this, Bai Luoxue followed suit.

Soon, Lin Xun’s arms were held on both sides as they walked through the desert.

If this were on the street, someone like Lin Xun would surely be burned at the stake.

“I need to check the map.”

An hour later, the three of them arrived under a giant cactus.

Lin Xun, who was still being tightly held, sighed.

In this vast expanse, if he didn’t look at the map, he wouldn’t even know where they were going.

“Oh.”

“Mhm.”

Wang Chen and Bai Luoxue both responded softly.

Lin Xun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Then let go, or how am I supposed to look at the map?”

Bai Luoxue and Wang Chen looked down at Lin Xun’s arms in their embrace and only then slowly let go.

Lin Xun opened the map and saw that there really was a marker for a giant cactus.

Following this giant cactus straight north, passing through an oasis and the Sand Snake Beach, they could leave the Sand Snake Desert and enter the Ice Dragon Plain.

He took out the flying Magical Artifact (the handkerchief) that Mo Wenwen had given him, pulled them onto it, and flew toward the oasis.

Although the Sand Snake Desert was huge and an ordinary person would surely die of thirst here…

For Golden Core Realm Cultivators who had long since achieved Bigu, this desert really wasn’t much; it was just a bit hot.

For Lin Xun, “a bit hot” didn’t even apply.

Because the handkerchief Mo Wenwen gave him actually came with a Magic Formation.

This Magic Formation not only shielded them from the wind during high-speed flight but also regulated the temperature, just like turning on an air conditioner!

To be honest, Lin Xun hadn’t thought much of the handkerchief Mo Wenwen gave him at first.

But he found that this handkerchief was becoming more and more practical.

“Lin Xun, do you like handkerchiefs?”

Just as Lin Xun was thinking about whether to take the hot pot out of his Storage Pouch to eat and sing while flying out of the Sand Snake Desert in two or three days…

Bai Luoxue, kneeling on the handkerchief, crawled toward Lin Xun step by step like a small cat.

Lin Xun accidentally caught a glimpse of the girl’s neckline, his face turned red, and he quickly looked away. “Sit properly.”

“Oh.”

Bai Luoxue propped her hands in front of her and sat obediently next to Lin Xun in a “duck sit” position.

“Big Brother Lin, do you like handkerchiefs? I’ll give you mine.”

Bai Luoxue took a handkerchief from her bosom and offered it to Lin Xun with both hands, the handkerchief still carrying her faint scent.

“I’ll give you mine too.” Wang Chen also offered her handkerchief with small hands, her eyes blinking.

Lin Xun realized what was going on.

It turned out Mo Wenwen’s handkerchief had caused a misunderstanding.

“Don’t overthink it.”

Lin Xun pushed back the “original flavor” handkerchiefs they used.

“I don’t have such strange hobbies. This handkerchief is a… a Magical Artifact given to me by a friend. It’s not what you think.”

“Then…” Wang Chen lowered her head and thought for a moment, then looked up and said innocently, “Then I will also refine my handkerchief into a Magical Artifact in the future. Can you use mine then, okay?”

“No, as soon as I leave the Rootless Secret Realm, I’m changing my flying artifact!”

After leaving the Rootless Secret Realm, he was going to take Qinger to the Zilin Holy Land to cultivate. It was impossible for him to take this handkerchief out again! Not even if he died!

Otherwise, he wouldn’t even know how he died.

“…” Hearing Lin Xun’s refusal, Wang Chen lowered her head slightly, looking a bit disappointed.

At that moment, Lin Xun almost softened his heart.

But he knew that if he softened his heart now…

He would receive not just Wang Chen’s handkerchief, but Luoxue’s as well.

Then he would have the handkerchiefs of three women hidden in his Storage Pouch.

Not to mention whether Qinger would find out…

He wouldn’t even be able to sleep peacefully.

But speaking of which…

Lin Xun glanced at Wang Chen beside him; she tilted her head dazedly.

Lin Xun then glanced at Bai Luoxue; she was blinking at him.

What was going on?

Lin Xun hadn’t noticed before.

But looking at it now…

Why did he feel that Bai Luoxue and Wang Chen were somewhat similar?

It was one thing for their appearances to be slightly similar, but their personalities were so alike, as if they were carved from the same mold!

What Cultivators cared about most was “karmic origins.”

Fate wasn’t set in stone, but the paths between Cultivators were faintly connected.

Was the meeting of Wang Chen and Luoxue in the Rootless Secret Realm really just a coincidence?

Wang Chen had been left in front of a Buddhist temple by her mother and picked up by the Bodhi Holy Land.

Rumor had it that Bai Luoxue was taken back by the Sect Master of the Huanxi Sect as soon as she was born. To maintain her Extreme Yin Physique, she had never seen a man from the moment of her birth until she entered the mundane world.

Their ages were similar, with their skeletal ages differing by less than a year. It was impossible for their mother to have given birth to two children in a single year.

Could it be…

Could it be that they had the same father but different mothers?

Suddenly! Lin Xun was startled by his own conjecture.

Because thinking carefully, there really was a slight possibility!

“No way? Could Wang Chen and Luoxue really be half-sisters?”

“Lin Xun, are you troubled by something?” Bai Luoxue held Lin Xun’s hand and asked softly.

“You said it yourself, you shouldn’t frown.” Wang Chen also sat up and reached out her small hand to gently smooth Lin Xun’s furrowed brow.

“It’s nothing.” Lin Xun put down Bai Luoxue and Ruo Wangchen’s small hands. “I just thought of some things, it’s fine.”

Lin Xun didn’t voice his bold conjecture.

Because it was all just his imagination and really too impractical.

Half a day later, the three of them had flown past the oasis. Lin Xun felt that there were less than two days left before they could leave the Sand Snake Desert.

Unfortunately, the three of them encountered a sandstorm.

One could only say it was truly a sandstorm of the cultivation world.

This towering sandstorm actually reached a height of five or six hundred meters!!!

What kind of concept was that?

Looking up, one couldn’t see the sun at all; it was just a vast expanse of dust!

Lin Xun felt that if this were in any mortal city, after the storm passed, absolutely nothing would be left alive!

It was impossible to travel in this weather, so the three of them found a sturdy cave and set up triple Magic Formations, waiting for the sandstorm to pass.

The cave wasn’t large; if the three of them wanted to lie down, they would have to be pressed together.

To protect their purity, Lin Xun sat in meditation to one side and drew a circle at his feet, not allowing them to approach.

But soon, Lin Xun found that the circle seemed useless.

When Lin Xun woke up in the middle of the night, Wang Chen and Luoxue were already asleep, leaning on his shoulders.

The two faint scents were constantly challenging Lin Xun’s reason!

“Sigh, forget it.”

Lin Xun pretended not to know and continued to offer his shoulders as pillows for them.

“Can I call you Luoxue?”

“Mhm, then I’ll call you Wang Chen.”

“Mhm.”

In the morning, Lin Xun vaguely heard the soft voices of the two girls beside him.

In Lin Xun’s memory, this was the first time he had heard these two girls talking to each other.

Because both Wang Chen and Luoxue were the types who didn’t like talking to others.

Lin Xun even suspected that if these two girls were together and nothing happened, they might not say a word to each other for their entire lives.

Now that they were actively talking, Lin Xun was very surprised.

“Wang Chen,” Bai Luoxue spoke softly, “can I ask what kind of girls he likes?”

Wang Chen thought for a bit. “When Big Brother Lin sees girls with big chests and long legs, he can’t even move.”

Hearing Wang Chen’s words, Bai Luoxue looked down at herself, her eyes seeming to dim slightly.

“It doesn’t matter.” Wang Chen gently held Bai Luoxue’s small hand. “Big Brother Lin likes Luoxue too.”

“Really?” Bai Luoxue blinked. “But Lin Xun said he doesn’t like me.”

Wang Chen tilted her head. “Why? Wang Chen can see Big Brother Lin’s heart. Big Brother Lin likes Luoxue, just like Luoxue likes Big Brother Lin.”

“Really?”

“Mhm, really.”

“But…” Bai Luoxue said thoughtfully, “what is ‘liking’?”

“Liking… is…” Wang Chen lowered her head to think, then looked up and gave the answer, “Liking… is just liking.”

Bai Luoxue blinked. “I don’t understand.”

“It’s okay.” Wang Chen said innocently, “Slowly, Luoxue will know. Probably.”

“Mhm.” Bai Luoxue thought and asked, “Then is ‘liking’ different?”

“Mhm, it’s different.”

Bai Luoxue: “Then he likes my Bellyband, and he also likes me wearing short skirts, preferably with over-the-knee socks. Is this the same?”

“What kind of clothes are those?” Wang Chen asked innocently.

“Do you want to wear them?”

“Can I?”

“Mhm, we’ll wear them together.” Bai Luoxue nodded. “When Lin Xun wakes up, he’ll be very happy.”

“Mhm.”

Just as the two girls got up from Lin Xun’s arms and shoulders to change clothes, Lin Xun reached out and gave each of them a flick on the head.

“Stop messing around.” Lin Xun’s expression was serious.

No kidding, how could he not be serious?

If they really did that, who knows if the Calming Heart Incantation Wang Chen taught him would still work!

And just as Lin Xun was about to scold them and tell them that no one was allowed to have such strange ideas in the future, his mind suddenly tensed.

The moment Lin Xun grabbed Wang Chen and Luoxue’s slender waists and flew out of the cave, the cavern behind him shattered instantly.