"Qiu, you... you actually, actually want to kill me..."
Phoenix stared blankly at Ye Qiu, her eyes full of disbelief.
At this moment, blood flowed out of her wound, dyeing her clothes, the ground, and Ye Qiu's arm red.
In that instant, Ye Qiu's heart twitched violently twice.
His heart really, really hurt.
Even though he had confirmed that the Phoenix in front of him was just an illusion, he still felt heartache.
For him, no matter what, it was as if he had killed Phoenix with his own hands.
Killed the person he loved most in his life!
"Phoenix..." Ye Qiu looked deeply at Phoenix, with guilt in his eyes and a strong sense of reluctance, "I can't bear it, really can't bear to lose you. Everything that happened today, all of it made me feel like you're the real Phoenix.
But you're not, from the beginning, I knew you weren't. No matter what you said, it was enough to prove you were real, but I always couldn't figure out why you knew about that power inside me."
"Even Du Ren and Zhao Chunxue didn't know, Bai Lan didn't know either. Why do you know?"
"So from the start, I knew everything I saw was just an illusion. You, the so-called Phoenix, were merely my heart demon. The reason I struck the door of the Scripture Pavilion was because I couldn't bear it, couldn't bear you leaving me like this.
Because all of this was truly too real, it was like I was experiencing it genuinely."
"You… were possessed, you actually killed me, killed me... Ye Qiu, you're truly possessed now. My heart aches a lot. I never thought you would do such a thing, my heart really aches, how could you bear to do this?"
Phoenix choked, her tears streaming down her cheeks.
"You wouldn't feel heartache." Ye Qiu's expression gradually became calm; he said indifferently, "Stop lying to me, you wouldn't feel heartache because I pierced through your heart..."
Thud!
Phoenix stopped speaking, just fell backward with despair, collapsing to the ground.
The blood was still flowing.
Everything, just like it happened in reality.
"Phoenix..." Ye Qiu sighed deeply, staring at Phoenix's "corpse" for a long while, finally speaking deeply, "I, Ye Qiu, will never forget you, won't let you go, won't let you disappear from my life.
But I will see through, I will forever remember, one cannot be revived after death, always remember what you told me, to live well."
After speaking, Ye Qiu bit his teeth hard, suddenly lifted his head, and walked towards the stairs leading to the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion!
Upon reaching the second floor, his steps still did not stop.
The Scripture Pavilion had a total of seven floors.
Ye Qiu went directly to the seventh floor!
Not deliberately doing so, purely guided by his intuition.
At the moment Ye Qiu stepped into the seventh floor, outside the Scripture Pavilion!
Shua!!!
In an instant, the entire Scripture Pavilion burst out with Buddha's Light, becoming even more intense, more dazzling!
As if reaching its peak!
Almost at the same time!
Outside the Scripture Pavilion.
"It's over! Buddha's Light has fully erupted, this time it's really over!" Great Success Abbot shook his head repeatedly in complete despair.
Monk Duren also remained silent, just stood there with regret written all over his face.
Great Success Abbot sighed and continued, "Buddha's Light will last for seven days, after seven days we can enter the Scripture Pavilion again. We don't know if Ye Qiu will leave a whole corpse."
"Abbot can go rest, I will continue to wait here." Monk Duren spoke indifferently, even though the outcome was certain, he still didn't want his newly made friend to just disappear, extremely unwilling, naturally hoping for a miracle.
Not far away, Monk Zhi Cheng was so happy his face was blooming.
Seeing the full eruption of Buddha's Light from the Scripture Pavilion, everyone thought Ye Qiu had been destroyed by the powerful force of Buddha's Light.
At this moment, none of these people knew that inside the Scripture Pavilion, Ye Qiu was undergoing a remarkable transformation!
After entering the top floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Ye Qiu, guided by intuition, went to the very center and sat down on the ground!
The next moment, in just an instant, his expression became even more serene!
His eyes also became unprecedentedly clear!
His entire body glowed with a faint golden light, enveloping Ye Qiu entirely!
"I understand now!" Ye Qiu's lips curled into a faint smile, murmuring to himself, "Recently, I always felt just one step away from a breakthrough, to break into Divinity Transformation.
But it was not like this. All of this was because my heart's knot turned into a heart demon, the heart demon causing my hostility to grow, making me more eager to step into Divinity Transformation quickly.
Today's events were thanks to Great Success Abbot and Duren. If it weren't for them, as I continued to develop, sooner or later I would be completely devoured by the heart demon, turning into an irrational killing machine!"
"Hehe, I never thought the thin paper that I was about to break through into Divinity Transformation Realm was actually the critical point of the outbreak of hostility within me. Fortunately, now I understand."
As Ye Qiu murmured to himself, the golden light radiating from him also gradually grew stronger, blending with the surrounding Buddha's Light!
The aura inside him began to become harmonious!
If someone were here, they would surely feel that Ye Qiu had become much more ethereal.
Like a hermit master, facing all things in the world so calmly, indifferent to worldly matters, without desires or demands.
At this moment, within Ye Qiu, an earth-shattering transformation was also taking place!
Buddha's Light, through his skin, entered Ye Qiu's body, surprisingly merging with the Dragon Heart within him.
This feeling made Ye Qiu feel very comfortable.
Like after winter, the sunlight shining on the earth, shining on a person's body, that warm feeling!
"The power within me seems to be transforming. If the transformation is complete and the hostility completely dissipates, my strength will definitely become stronger!" Ye Qiu continued murmuring to himself, the smile on his face growing more radiant.
Then, he stopped thinking and completely immersed himself in that peculiar state!
In the following seven days.
Every day, Monk Duren stood at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, waiting for the Buddha's Light to disperse, eager to see whether Ye Qiu would create a miracle.
Great Success Abbot also, with guilt in his heart, waited alongside Duren.
Zhi Cheng, however, couldn't always wait, but, every time after completing his sweeping duties, he rushed over.
He wanted to confirm Ye Qiu's death with his own eyes!
As time ticked by, finally, the seventh day also passed!
The Buddha's Light also disappeared!
"Sigh, let's go take a look." Great Success Abbot sighed heavily, walking towards the Scripture Pavilion.