Chapter 54: Qing Ning's Hidden Trait: Love-Struck Fool

Chapter 54: Qing Ning's Hidden Trait: Love-Struck Fool

Inside the ancient prison-suppressing tower, power from the Divine Soul hung down like tassels from above the heads of Qin Xuan and Qing Ning.

It was like a pale golden net, shrouding the two of them within.

Qin Xuan could have easily repaired Qing Ning's incomplete Divine Soul within a quarter of an hour, but he chose not to.

He was deliberately dragging his feet, reducing the repair efficiency to less than one or two percent.

It was the same old principle: the more easily he repaired the damaged Divine Soul, the more Qing Ning and Elder Qingxin would feel he was extorting them.

That he was taking the opportunity to demand benefits.

Even if that was indeed the case, he still had to pretend to be troubled.

He had to act as if he were at a great disadvantage.

Otherwise, how could he make Qing Ning feel indebted?

Come on, he used to be on Qing Ning's must-kill list; he was a mortal enemy.

Yet now, this mortal enemy of hers was risking his life to save her.

Only this stark contrast between his situation and his actions could accelerate the process of Qing Ning, this Daughter of Luck, mentally self-indoctrinating.

Regardless, Qing Ning was a Daughter of Luck.

He wouldn't pass up any opportunity to squeeze out Villain Points.

As time passed, Qing Ning felt her Divine Soul gradually stabilizing, and the tingling sensation of pleasure made her unable to resist opening her eyes.

Seeing Qin Xuan before her, Qing Ning hurriedly closed her eyes again.

Only after confirming that Qin Xuan had no intention of waking up did she muster the courage to examine him carefully.

She had never paid him any attention before, but at this moment, she harbored no more hatred or desire to kill Qin Xuan, only endless guilt and self-reproach.

As she scrutinized Qin Xuan's face, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "He really is a handsome man; with sword-like brows and starry eyes, a straight nose, and lips as if chiseled by a blade, he's much more handsome than that unscrupulous bastard Ye Feng!"

"I must have been blind before to think that Ye Feng was a good person."

"Compared to Qin Xuan, who was willing to die for Mu Qingxue, Ye Feng is just scum!"

A sense of resentment rose unbidden in Qing Ning's heart.

She had repeatedly stood up for Ye Feng, disregarding the laws of Thunder Prison Peak.

She had even been willing to die to avenge Ye Feng.

In the end, she had merely become a tool in Ye Feng's hands to kill others.

She had considered others at every turn, while they had been calculating against her with sinister intentions!

If only she could be like Mu Qingxue.

If someone were willing to die for her, she, Qing Ning, would willingly offer her entire heart to them!

"Forget it, what's so good about stinky men? If I could live another life, I, Qing Ning, would swear to the heavens never to be moved by romantic feelings again."

"In this life, I will focus heart and soul only on becoming a Saint!"

"Even if I, Qing Ning, were to die, I would never again consider a man!"

Qing Ning hardened her heart and made a great vow.

Ugh!

Before her, Qin Xuan, who had been sitting upright the whole time, suddenly flushed, and immediately after, he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

His aura began to wither rapidly.

It plummeted all the way from the fourth level of the Supernatural Realm to the first level of the Supernatural Realm.

His Realm barrier was teetering, and it seemed he couldn't even maintain his status in the Supernatural Realm!

"Qin Xuan!" Qing Ning rushed forward in a panic, supporting the collapsing Qin Xuan, her eyes filled with fear as she said, "What happened to you? Why did your Realm drop?"

With his head resting on Qing Ning's soft chest, Qin Xuan knew full well that this was the effect of the yin-yang nirvana pill, which was suppressing his Realm and causing some backlash.

Yet, with eyes full of pain, he coughed up blood and said, "It's just a little backlash, not worth mentioning!"

Qing Ning scolded him loudly, "Your Realm has fallen to the first level of the Supernatural Realm, dropping three levels in a row, and you're about to fall out of the Supernatural Realm entirely, and you still call this 'a little backlash'?"

A flash of inspiration struck her.

She remembered that outside Yaoshan County, Qin Xuan had said he could only preserve her Divine Soul until she could testify against Ye Feng.

He was indeed not lying, because repairing her Divine Soul required an unspeakable price.

Enough to make someone in the Supernatural Realm lose their cultivation!

She knew it; how could a mere Supernatural Realm cultivator like Qin Xuan easily heal a damaged Divine Soul that even the Saint Master couldn't repair?

It must have come at a huge cost!

And it was irreversible!

"To save me, is it worth it?"

Qing Ning looked at Qin Xuan's withered and pale face, feeling pained and guilty, and said, "Before this, I tried every possible way to kill you, even going so far as to hire someone from the Heavenly Human Realm to ambush and eliminate you."

"Why would you pay such a high price to save me, your enemy?!"

Bean-sized teardrops rolled continuously down Qing Ning's cheeks, pattering onto Qin Xuan's face.

Qin Xuan looked at Qing Ning, who was unable to control her pain, and was somewhat dumbfounded.

No, was it really necessary?

She wanted to kill him before, and now that he had saved her, feeling guilty was enough.

Why was she crying like someone had died?

As if Elder Qingxin had been beaten to dust?

"Could she be a love-struck fool?"

Qin Xuan felt Qing Ning's trembling body and the hot tears splashing on his face.

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case.

With a thought, he played hard to get.

The two left the ancient prison-suppressing tower and returned to the room.

Qin Xuan forced himself to stand and pushed Qing Ning away, saying to Elder Qingxin, who had been waiting for a long time, "The Divine Soul has been repaired; take her and leave."

Elder Qingxin looked at his daughter, whose Divine Soul had condensed into substance, his eyes filled with wild joy, and he hurriedly took out the Physical Body that the Saint Master had refined for him.

It was exactly the same as the previous Qing Ning, and he said with a trembling voice, "Ninger, quickly fuse with the Physical Body."

Qing Ning's beautiful eyes filled with tears, and she looked back at Qin Xuan with reluctance before stepping into the Physical Body.

Within ten breaths, Qing Ning's Divine Soul and the Physical Body merged perfectly into one.

Wearing a green lotus-leaf dress, Qing Ning slowly opened her eyes, looked at her father before her, reached out, took his hand, and called out softly, "Father."

Elder Qingxin's tiger eyes filled with tears, "Good, good, good, Ninger, I will take you to thank the Saint Master. If not for the Saint Master, Father could not have refined this body that perfectly fits your Divine Soul!"

"I'm not leaving."

Qing Ning broke free from his hand and shook her head stubbornly, "I will stay here, I'm not going anywhere!"

Elder Qingxin frowned.

Qing Ning's dress fluttered as she walked to the side of the pale and withered Qin Xuan, supported him, and said, "Qin Xuan suffered a severe backlash to save me. He is all alone in this large mansion with no one to care for him; I'm worried! Until Qin Xuan recovers, I won't go anywhere; I will stay here and take care of him!"

"He is fine!" Elder Qingxin said in a deep voice.

Even he, a Saint, had become Qin Xuan's future servant.

What did paying a little price matter?

He certainly didn't want his daughter to be deceived by a man again.

Qing Ning stamped her feet in anxiety, "Father, how can you be like this? We wanted to kill Qin Xuan before, and now he has let bygones be bygones and repaired my damaged Divine Soul. Now that he is suffering from backlash, are we to ignore him?"

"I cannot do something so ungrateful!"

Qin Xuan waved his hand, playing hard to get, "I haven't reached the point where I can't take care of myself yet, you should go."

Qing Ning pushed her father toward the door, "Father, you should go; Qin Xuan is already starting to ask us to leave."

Elder Qingxin opened his mouth, thinking to himself, it seems like Qin Xuan is trying to drive you away when he says that.

Looking at his daughter, who was acting completely out of character, Elder Qingxin's heart sank.

Could it be that his daughter, like her mother, was a stubborn person willing to die for her true love?

"By the way, Father, that other shore mandara flower you begged for on my behalf earlier has a miraculous effect on repairing the Divine Soul; it would be perfect for Qin Xuan to take!"

Before driving her father away, Qing Ning did not forget to ask for the great medicine to repair the Divine Soul for Qin Xuan.

Elder Qingxin became even more certain of his guess and said with a bitter face, "That is a great medicine I begged from the Peak Master; it is extremely valuable!"

Qing Ning retorted, "The more valuable it is, the more miraculous its effect on repairing the Divine Soul!"

After getting the other shore mandara flower, Qing Ning hurriedly drove her father away.

Qin Xuan watched Qing Ning, who had closed the door tightly, and feigned driving her away, "I told you to leave."

Qing Ning turned a deaf ear, stepped forward without avoiding suspicion, supported Qin Xuan, and walked into the inner room to sit down.

She walked out of the inner room on her own, turned back to Qin Xuan, and said, "I'm going to stew the medicine for you; don't move around, hurry up and regulate your breathing."

With that, she swayed her slender waist, her plump buttocks swaying with every step, and walked toward the kitchen.

Qin Xuan slapped his forehead and concluded, "The love-struck fool of Thunder Prison Peak, there is no doubt about it!"