Only a single drop of moisture touched his heart, and then vanished without a trace.
When Shen Qian finally came to his senses, he was still standing above Jingcheng, but the illusory space around him seemed to have lost its support and began to collapse inch by inch.
Shen Qian looked around blankly, but the figure of the Word Spirit King had already disappeared.
Only his spiritual core, which had grown significantly stronger, and the even more intense colorful light surrounding it, reminded Chen Qian that what he had just witnessed was not an illusion.
This was so sudden.
Suddenly, before sinking, I didn't know what to say.
This is different from the spiritual power bestowed upon Shen Qian by the Great Yuezhi of Mangshan in ancient times. The Word Spirit King just used a different method on Shen Qian, a method that Shen Qian had experienced once before...
Souls intertwined!
When he was gathering his spiritual core before sinking, he almost lost control. At the critical moment, his second senior sister, Cheng Qingqing, merged with his soul and guided him to complete the whole process.
This is the deepest collision from the level of the soul, a naked entanglement of consciousness, and in some ways, even more shameful than physical intimacy.
Theoretically speaking, this is something that only the closest relationships would do... no, even things that might not be done.
But the King of Words simply "forced his way in".
This left Shen Qian bewildered and unable to quite understand the intentions of the Word Spirit King.
However, after this process, Shen Qian did feel an inexplicable sense of closeness to the King of Words.
Unfortunately, during that previous soul fusion with Cheng Qingqing, he saw many fragments of her memories, including the figure of the man in white. However, this time, during his soul fusion with the King of Words, perhaps because it was just a clone of her consciousness, he did not sense any of the King of Words' memories.
As for the clone of the Spirit King, it has now disappeared, meaning that Shen Qian still had a bellyful of doubts that he hadn't had a chance to ask.
He had been hoping that this time he might finally figure out the real reason why most of the original nine kings had disappeared.
"Sinking forward?"
The sudden questioning in his ear brought Shen Qian back to his senses.
The illusions around him had vanished, and he stood once again on the cloud platform where he had first met the King of Words.
Beside him, the Earl of Pingyang, who had been shielded from view, had regained consciousness and was rubbing his throbbing temples.
"What happened? My consciousness seemed to be frozen for a moment. This is something only the King of Words could do. Did you see her?"
The Earl of Pingyang frowned, clearly sensing that something was amiss.
"Principal, just now..."
Just as Shen Qian was about to explain, he suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but look embarrassed.
Goodness, judging from the previous clues, the Earl of Pingyang clearly had some kind of history with the King of Words. Although Shen Qian didn't know the specifics, the fact that the King of Words directly froze the other party's consciousness could only mean...
The King of Words did not want to see him.
However, he had an inexplicable intimate encounter with the King of Words, and he dared not gamble on whether the Earl of Pingyang would be able to accept it calmly after he revealed it.
"Um?"
When the Earl of Pingyang saw that Shen Qian stopped halfway through his sentence, he looked over in confusion.
“I did see the Word Spirit King. She taught me some methods of cultivation techniques, but after she finished teaching, her consciousness clone simply vanished.”
After thinking it over, Chen decided to tell the truth, but simply omitted the "teaching" process.
The Earl of Pingyang pressed for more details, and Shen Qian answered all of them except for the part that could not be told.
Is that so?
Although his intuition suggested something was amiss, the Earl of Pingyang didn't dwell on it. He quickly sighed and nodded, saying, "It seems the consciousness clone left here by the King of Words can't last long. It's probably just for the purpose of inheritance... Oh well."
Seeing the regretful expression on the Earl of Pingyang's face, Shen Qian could only remain silent.
Fortunately, the Earl of Pingyang's melancholy did not last long, and he quickly regained his composure. "Let's go out."
With a wave of his hand, the consciousness of both of them withdrew from the inner space of the Heavenly Spirit Stone.
Back on the rooftop of Jiangzhong Military Villa No. 7, Earl Pingyang gave Shen a few more instructions before disappearing into the night sky.
At this point, Shen Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced again at the emerald crystal in his palm, and could clearly feel a warm power constantly seeping into his body. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he felt as if the King of Words was still by his side. This warm power and the bone-chilling warmth from before seemed to have some similarity, which made Shen Qian feel a little nostalgic.
A sudden, cool night breeze swept by, jolting Shen Qian awake. He shook his head, forcibly dispelling the chaotic thoughts.
Regardless of the King of Words' motives, he decided to keep what happened today to himself.
He didn't want to become a rival for the affections of one or more princes for no reason.
After resting for a moment, Chen Qian once again immersed his consciousness deep into the depths of his mind.
Deep within his mind, illuminated by a miniature star, the spiritual core, previously only the size of an egg, had grown to the size of a fist, with layers of faintly visible tri-colored light emanating from it.
The miniature stars are formed from the condensed light of the Martial Star, a gift from the mysterious starry sky when Shen Qian became the national martial arts champion. They can accelerate Shen Qian's cultivation speed to a certain extent.
The rapid breakthrough in his cultivation realm before sinking was largely due to the Martial Starlight.
Shen Qian quickly skipped over the Wuqu Star and focused entirely on the spiritual core.
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