Chapter 176: A Difficult Choice Between Two
In reality.
Hearing Qian Renxue's furious shouting in the group, Tang Yuehua suddenly bit down on the tip of her tongue. The sharp pain instantly brought her a bit of clarity.
She understood that in her current state of mental collapse, there was absolutely no way she could continue properly using her martial soul.
So she made a decisive move and directly cut off her soul power output, interrupting the purification process.
Tang Yuehua took a deep breath, trying her best to make her voice sound less shaky.
Forcing out a faint smile, she said to Lin Yuan, "Lin Yuan, I'm truly sorry. My soul power is a bit insufficient. The killing intent on your body is too extreme; it can't be completely purified in just a day or two."
Lowering her head, she didn't dare meet Lin Yuan's eyes.
"If it's convenient for you, you can come to Moon Pavilion more often in the future. I'll slowly help you regulate it."
After saying that, Tang Yuehua hurriedly withdrew her martial soul completely, almost as if fleeing.
Having done all this, she let out a heavy sigh of relief in her heart. Her back was already drenched in cold sweat.
"I didn't… reveal any flaws, right?" Tang Yuehua prayed inwardly.
However, seeing her flustered and panicked appearance, a playful smile curved at the corner of Lin Yuan's lips.
At this moment, inside the chat group, the spectators' enthusiasm had been completely ignited.
Everyone was frantically tagging Tang Yuehua, gossip flames burning fiercely.
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: @Elegant Noble Lady, Pavilion Master Tang, stop playing dead and come out to explain!]
[Irritable Pig-Raising Maniac: Is this forbidden juicy gossip written in Lin Yuan's diary actually true?!]
[Daughter of the Sea: Yeah, yeah! Do you really like Tang Hao?]
[Ice-Blue Feather: This is too crazy; I can't even imagine it…]
Faced with the overwhelming questioning and doubt in the group, Tang Yuehua bit her lips tightly, not daring to reply with even a single word.
At this moment, this noble and elegant master of Moon Pavilion was experiencing the greatest social death of her life!
As for the excuse Tang Yuehua gave, Lin Yuan did not expose it on the spot.
Instead, he put on a curious expression and looked at the slightly flustered beautiful woman in front of him, asking softly, "Pavilion Master Tang, I heard from His Highness the Crown Prince that when your martial soul awakened at the age of six, you already had innate rank-nine soul power."
"But it seems that due to the limitations caused by your martial soul mutation, you've been unable to continue cultivating your entire life."
"Over all these years, have you never thought of other methods?"
Lin Yuan stared at her intently. "For example, seeking or taking some legendary heavenly treasures to forcibly break through the shackles of your cultivation?"
Hearing this question that struck directly at her pain point, Tang Yuehua's heart tightened.
Lowering her gaze, she thought to herself that she had already, through the diary system's guaranteed reward, successfully broken through to rank ten.
As long as she went to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her first soul ring, she should be able to legitimately begin cultivation.
But on the surface, Tang Yuehua still put on a bitter and helpless expression, sighing as she replied, "You must be joking. How could I not have thought about it?"
"But every possible method in this world that could be tried—I have already done everything in my power to attempt it over the years. All were in vain."
She shook her head slightly and gave a wry smile. "At my age, it's time to let go of this obsession."
Hearing her words, Lin Yuan merely smiled indifferently.
"Pavilion Master Tang is really underestimating herself. What's wrong with your age?"
His gaze roamed boldly over her figure without restraint, and he praised without hesitation, "In my opinion, this is precisely the most beautiful and most charming stage in a woman's life."
After all, saying nice things was just a matter of moving his lips. It didn't require any real effort from him, so why not?
In fact, just now, Lin Yuan had also considered the plan proposed by Qian Renxue in the group.
To give Tang Yuehua's cultivation breakthrough a legitimate explanation and avoid arousing suspicion—
Should he take the initiative to give her an immortal herb, or perhaps a semi-immortal treasure?
On the surface, it would appear as helping her break through her cultivation, but in reality, it would be covering things up to prevent the diary copy from being exposed.
But after thinking it over carefully, the relationship between Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao, and Tang San was right there.
If he generously gave her an immortal herb and helped her break through, but she ultimately didn't stand on his side—
Or even turned around to help Tang San and Tang Hao deal with him, wouldn't he suffer a huge loss?
Although he was indeed somewhat interested in Tang Yuehua's mature and alluring body—
Giving away a precious semi-immortal herb for free to a potential enemy was still something he was reluctant to do.
Besides, hadn't Tang Yuehua already received the guaranteed reward from the system and broken through automatically?
And after these past few days, she should have almost finished reading the diary entries he had written over the past two-plus years.
Once she saw Tang Hao's true nature, if her feelings for Tang Hao still didn't change at all—
Then no matter how much he did now, it would all be in vain.
Therefore, it was best to observe Tang Yuehua's attitude moving forward. He absolutely couldn't act rashly; this required long-term planning.
With that thought, Lin Yuan no longer lingered and turned to leave the private room.
However, just as he reached the door and was about to step out—
He suddenly stopped, his back facing Tang Yuehua, and spoke a few words in a low tone.
"Pavilion Master Tang, to be honest, I do possess a treasure capable of defying fate."
"It can allow you to immediately break through the shackles of your martial soul and even greatly accelerate your future cultivation speed."
Lin Yuan slightly turned his head, glancing at her from the corner of his eye. "Of course, obtaining something this precious requires paying a certain price."
"Pavilion Master Tang is a smart person. You should understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world."
Hearing such blunt and explicit implications, Tang Yuehua froze slightly, her entire body stiffening in place.
She had never expected Lin Yuan's words to be so direct.
As for what "price" he meant, she could guess it even without thinking!
From head to toe, the only thing about her that could possibly attract this young man was likely just this still relatively full and mature body of hers!
Her face instantly turned pale and flushed by turns, her heart filled with both shame and an indescribable sense of humiliation.
Because of the diary copy, she already knew that Lin Yuan's physical age and mental age were completely mismatched.
This boy, who appeared to be only twelve or thirteen, was, in soul, a thoroughly grown man!
What he wanted was blatantly obvious.
And just after Lin Yuan stepped one foot out of the Moon Pavilion private room—
As if suddenly remembering something trivial, he stopped again and casually added,
"Oh, right, I almost forgot something."
End of Chapter