After uttering these words, Huang Lu buried her head even deeper under her chin, tightened her arms around her neck, and trembled uncontrollably, as if afraid to hear the answer she dared not face.
During the month Qin Luo was away, she never had a moment of peace, constantly thinking about his deliberate distancing.
After much thought, the only explanation is that Qin Luo might have perceived her as the kind of woman who was entangled with many men.
After all, this meeting was because she asked Qin Luo to help her get rid of Li Tuo's entanglement.
However, after arriving at the fifth level of the Abyss, it must have been her presumptuous behavior that gave Qin Luo a bad impression of her, making him think that she was a wanton woman who did not know how to be reserved. That's why he disliked her so much and deliberately distanced himself from her.
Recalling the events of the past, Huang Lu was filled with regret.
At that time, the two had just gotten rid of Li Tuo. While she was filled with gratitude towards Qin Luo, she also found it difficult to suppress the feelings that were quietly growing in her heart for him. Under the entanglement of these complex emotions, she momentarily lost her composure.
In Qin Luo's eyes at the time, she had just escaped from a man's persistent pursuit, but in the blink of an eye, she made a bold and inappropriate move towards him.
Such a frivolous attitude and behavior is just like that of a woman who is unrestrained and wanton.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but hug him even tighter, hoping that Qin Luo could give her a different answer, an answer that could piece her broken heart back together.
Qin Luo was also taken aback when he heard this, clearly not expecting Huang Lu to say such a thing.
After all, who would ask someone else if they are promiscuous? It would take a lot of grievances and self-doubt to openly express such a desire for an answer.
Just as Qin Luo was feeling uneasy, the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique within his body began to operate automatically, and at the same time, the azure spiritual energy in his dantian began to flow into the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique.
As he absorbed this spiritual energy, azure, profound characters immediately appeared in his mind:
Ice Dome Illusionary Prison Seal:
The Ice Dome Illusionary Prison Seal contains four layers of seal techniques.
The first layer is a frozen river that engulfs everything; the second layer is an ice coffin that imprisons enemies and keeps them in eternal slumber; the third layer is a chain of ice shards that injure enemies and freeze their meridians; the fourth layer is an ice prison that creates an ice prison to imprison living beings. Each layer increases in power, and the ice is extremely cold and domineering.
Feeling the Ice Dome Illusionary Prison Seal appear in his mind, Qin Luo was taken aback, then breathed a sigh of relief. Previously, the Myriad Manifestations Return to One Technique had not deduced any martial arts skills again, and he thought that the newly generated spiritual energy was not to his liking.
This is likely due to the adaptation to the newly transformed spiritual energy, after all, the Ice Dome Illusionary Prison Seal that has evolved this time is more than twice as powerful as the previous martial arts techniques...
At this moment, Huang Lu did not hear Qin Luo's reply for a long time, and her heart sank to the bottom. A feeling of bitterness and grievance spread throughout her body.
It should be understood that for a woman whose cultivation level is only at the late stage of the Soul Contract Realm and who is not good at combat, it is an extremely difficult thing to continue cultivating in the Lingyuan Sect.
She lived in the lowest-class dwelling, with the lowest concentration of spiritual energy. The cost of seven thousand spiritual points was already a considerable sum for her, but it was only enough to maintain her most basic cultivation needs in the sect.
Her daily source of spiritual energy was nothing more than various time-consuming and minimally rewarding chores. Not only did they require a great deal of energy and time, but the spiritual energy she received was barely enough to make ends meet.
This Abyss Prison was originally one of the main sources of spiritual value within the Spirit Abyss Sect, but the entry permit, which required a whopping 10,000 spiritual value points, was an astronomical figure for her.
Every time she ventured in to try, she ended up with a negative return most of the time, thanks to her late-stage Soul Contract Realm cultivation. This made her life extremely difficult during her time at the Spirit Abyss Sect.
There were even times when they were at their wits' end and had to sleep outdoors, enduring the strange looks from others.
Although she knew that many people in the sect coveted her beauty, and many had explicitly or implicitly suggested that as long as she was willing to compromise herself, she could make her cultivation journey incredibly smooth with her looks.
However, she also has her own bottom line and hurdles, which is why she takes on many tasks to make ends meet. Even when life is tight, she never thinks of taking that shortcut.
However, the expenses of living and cultivating forced her to be shrewd and resourceful. For example, the task of leading the new students to visit Lingyuan Sect was given to her by others out of respect for her.
Huang Lu knew perfectly well that this so-called "face" was nothing more than people coveting her beauty and wanting to use it to get closer to her.
But what could she do? In order to have the spiritual energy to support her cultivation, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and accept these "kind offers" that came with ulterior motives.
This is precisely why more and more people are relentlessly pursuing her and surrounding her.
So later, unable to bear it any longer, she decided to spend a considerable amount of ten thousand spirit points to enter the Abyss, just to escape the entanglement of these people.
Even in a place like the Abyss, Li Tuo still didn't restrain himself and continued to harass her, which led to the scene where he met Qin Luo.
Over the years, Huang Lu has developed a remarkable temperament, and she can grit her teeth and endure the sarcastic remarks and frivolous words of those who covet her beauty.
But Qin Luo's silence now felt like a sharp blade, piercing straight into her heart.
"Does he really think of himself as such a dissolute person?"
The thought spread wildly through her mind, accompanied by waves of intense pain in her heart. The pain spread from her chest, along her blood vessels, throughout her body, making every inch of her skin feel as if it were being burned by fire.
After a long pause, Huang Lu finally raised her head to look at Qin Luo, her eyes filled with brokenness. Several gasps rose in her throat before she managed to squeeze out a voice brimming with endless sorrow:
"Could it be... could it be that in your eyes I really am that kind of person?"
Hearing that desolate voice, Qin Luo finally came to his senses. Seeing her heartbroken appearance, he felt a sudden headache coming on. He was at a loss, not knowing where to begin.
He could only gently pry open the jade-like hands that were wrapped around his neck.
While gently prying her hands open, he said in the gentlest possible tone:
"Senior, don't think like that. I've never seen you that way."
"I was just distracted for a moment and didn't respond to you in time. It's really not what you think."
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