Chapter 190: Your Responsibility

In the lounge next door, Lartus and Elham were shamelessly wiping away all their ugliness and shifting all the blame onto two women. They found a perfect excuse to evade all responsibility and were now discussing how to further cooperate and form a solid, unbreakable alliance.

It was a blatant exchange of benefits. Because of the deaths of Ya and Ling, these proud men suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The Dawn Temple and the Temple of Blazing Flame could no longer hold them accountable. Now, what they had to do was exchange interests—what Lartus could give Elham and what Elham could offer Lartus.

In the room next to the lounge, Long Cheng was panting heavily as he moved his finger away from Lin Qi’s forehead.

He had just exhausted his last bit of energy to unlock the memories he had sealed in Lin Qi the previous night, removing the false memories he had implanted in Lin Qi’s mind. Covered in cold sweat, Long Cheng lay weakly on the sofa, groaning in pain. “Next time, I won’t do something like this again. I just wanted to see some action, but altering so many people’s memories all at once has worn me out!”

Even as he said he would never do such a thing again, Long Cheng’s face was brimming with a smug smile. Causing so many people trouble and making them suffer—the pain of others was Long Cheng’s joy! Especially seeing Lin Qi’s troubled expression at that moment filled Long Cheng with immense delight.

Lin Qi narrowed his eyes, the flesh on his face almost twisting into a knot.

Tender, pale bodies, soft and lingering moans, his own vigorous assault like a tiger, the overwhelming flames, the surging heat, and the strange Divine Script laws. All his memories had returned. The memories sealed by Long Cheng were unlocked, the false memories vanished, and Lin Qi remembered everything from the previous night.

This damn bastard!

Lin Qi clenched his fists until they made cracking sounds. If he weren’t completely outmatched by Long Cheng, Lin Qi would have definitely given him a good beating!

There was no denying it—the taste of Ya and Ling… was indescribably wonderful. That supreme pleasure was etched deep into Lin Qi’s soul. To have taken the bodies of Ya and Ling, to have possessed their perfection—to be honest, Lin Qi felt as if he were floating on clouds. For the first time in his life, he experienced a sensation more exquisite than Gold Coins.

If a billion Gold Coins were placed before Lin Qi, he might still choose the billion Gold Coins. But if it were only a “mere” few million Gold Coins, then perhaps Lin Qi would choose those two marvelous individuals? That soul-consuming, bone-melting wondrous sensation, that fiery tightness, that strange impulse that made Lin Qi’s soul feel as if it were about to explode—the incredible flavor of supreme enjoyment for both body and soul.

Frustrated, Lin Qi thumped his forehead and angrily complained, “I used to be such a pure, straightforward person! I had only simple, unadorned desires. I just wanted a few Gold Coins, nothing more. I never had any other thoughts. But you… Good heavens, they really were two Fairies!”

Long Cheng sat up straight on the sofa, cupping his chin in his hands, a smug smile curling at the corners of his mouth. “They were indeed two soul-stealing little Fairies. Originally, I wanted to enjoy them myself, but heavens above, these two little Fairies truly moved my heart.”

Long Cheng confessed to Lin Qi, “If I had enjoyed them, perhaps I wouldn’t have been able to bear leaving them here. I would have taken them back to The East. But the journey is fraught with dangers, and I might not have been able to take good care of them. So, I chose to let you have them!”

Spreading his hands, Long Cheng reluctantly shared his fears with Lin Qi.

By letting Lin Qi enjoy those two marvelous individuals, Long Cheng wanted to see how Lin Qi would handle the situation. At the same time, he was curious about who had instructed Fat Bird Kirk to commit such an audacious act. But he never dreamed that Ya and Ling had Divinity hidden within them—and a kind of Divinity that benefited others.

Ya and Ling’s backgrounds were too significant. Long Cheng didn’t dare take the risk to continue watching the spectacle as originally planned. He could only laboriously use incense to knock out Lartus and the others, then rely on his powerful mental strength to fabricate memories and pin the blame on Tixiang.

“But now, those two girls chose to purify their bodies with Divine Flame, condensing their Divine Souls into Nirvana Crystals!” Long Cheng looked helplessly at Lin Qi. “I can tell you the truth of the matter. After all, you’re not stupid enough to go around shouting that you were the one who had relations with them, right?”

Lin Qi stared gloomily at Long Cheng, while the thick-skinned Long Cheng felt no shame at all. “So, this is your responsibility. You must bear this responsibility. Before the Divine Souls forming the Nirvana Crystals dissipate, you must break through to the Saint Realm, master the Divinity you absorbed within your body, and use your own power to melt the Nirvana Crystals. Then, you can rebuild their bodies and bring them back to life!”

Lin Qi stared blankly at Long Cheng. How had this become his responsibility?

He was a victim too. He had no idea what had happened when he ended up involved with those two sisters. The problem was, he was entirely passive in all of this—he was a victim as well! Why should he be responsible for this? Why should he be the one to resurrect the two girls?

“Damn it, what is the Saint Realm? What are Nirvana Crystals?” Lin Qi’s right hand slipped into his boot, wanting to pull out an axe and give Long Cheng a chop.

Seeing Lin Qi on the verge of losing it, Long Cheng shifted, causing the entire sofa to slide backward several meters. He chuckled and waved his hands repeatedly, explaining to Lin Qi what the Saint Realm and Nirvana Crystals were.

The so-called Saint Realm refers to the realm beyond that of a Grand Celestial Knight.

In the eyes of the true powerhouses of this world, the so-called Celestial Knight, Earth Rank, and Human Rank—three positions with nine tiers—are all foundational stages. Whether Warriors or mages within these realms, those true powerhouses refer to them as being in the ‘Mortal Realm’!

The Mortal Realm is the state of ordinary humans. Warriors at this stage can indeed break mountains and shatter rocks, and mages can freeze areas of a hundred meters, but their power still belongs to that of mortals. Only by breaking through the Grand Celestial Knight level, undergoing the cleansing of heaven and earth’s energy, and surviving the terrible trial of thunder and storm can one be considered a true powerhouse.

When the body and Soul are cleansed by the energy of heaven and earth, and the flesh and spirit are tempered by thunder and fire, this process is called transcending the mortal and entering the saint.

The Mortal Realm has nine tiers, and the Saint Realm also has nine tiers, divided into Saint Disciple (three tiers), Saint Adept (three tiers), and Saint Master (three tiers). The strength difference between each tier is enormous. However, even the weakest third-tier Saint Disciple can easily kill a Grand Celestial Knight. As for the strongest first-tier Saint Master, they even possess the terrifying power to destroy a mountain with a raise of their hand, reverse the flow of a great river, or shatter a falling meteor from the sky.

As for the so-called Nirvana Crystals, ordinary humans cannot condense such a miraculous existence.

Only those Divine Descendants with Deity bloodlines have Souls naturally stronger than those of mortals. Their spirits are called ‘Divine Souls’. At birth, any Divine Descendant’s Divine Soul strength is at least a hundred times that of an ordinary mortal. Only such a powerful and pure Soul could possibly, after burning their own body, merge all their life essence with their Divine Soul and transform into a Nirvana Crystal.

Generally, only the proudest and most arrogant Divine Descendants, at critical moments of life and death, would use Divine Power to burn their bodies and generate Nirvana Crystals. Moreover, this is an extremely dangerous process. The slightest carelessness could attract too much Divine Power, burning their Divine Soul to ashes.

Therefore, it was their luck that Ya and Ling could form Nirvana Crystals.

Once Lin Qi cultivated to the Saint Realm and possessed at least the strength of a third-tier Saint Master, he could gather some rare materials. Using his own power as a foundation, he could melt the Nirvana Crystals and, based on pure energy and those rare materials, recast the physical bodies for the two girls and bring them back to the world.

Looking at the stunned Lin Qi, Long Cheng said with a lewd tone, “Recasting their bodies—do you know what that means? It means that after their bodies are recast, they become virgins again. Moreover, their Divine Souls will be blank, pure and flawless. They will regard you as their closest person. You’ve scored, kid, you’ve scored!”

Lin Qi suddenly pounced, thrusting his knee forcefully into Long Cheng’s face.

Lin Qi used all his strength in this strike. Even with Long Cheng’s power, he was sent reeling, his vision darkening. Lin Qi gripped Long Cheng’s neck tightly, punching his annoyingly handsome face again and again. Long Cheng flailed and struggled, but the enraged Lin Qi possessed terrifying brute force. In terms of pure strength, Long Cheng was completely suppressed by Lin Qi!

Punch after punch landed squarely, and Lin Qi could even feel the strange sensation of his bones colliding with Long Cheng’s cheekbones. A faint layer of Purple Qi appeared on Long Cheng’s face, but Lin Qi’s fists were as heavy as mountains, smashing the Combat Qi Long Cheng used to protect his face.

“Don’t hit the face!” Long Cheng finally couldn’t endure Lin Qi’s beating and let out a low wail. His face—Long Cheng’s handsome face—he still relied on it to get by. Without this face, those pretty girls on the Beauty Ranking Scroll who only liked pretty boys—where would they pay any attention to him, Long Cheng?

But Lin Qi kept hitting his face. He roared in a low voice, “Saint Master? Damn it, I’ve never even heard of it. What rare materials? Hell, I haven’t heard of any of them! Bringing the dead back to life? Are you telling me a fairy tale? And now this has all become my responsibility?”

Not satisfied with just using his fists, Lin Qi simply jumped up and delivered a fierce kick to Long Cheng’s body.

Long Cheng was beaten into a sorry state. Covering his head, he rolled off the sofa onto the floor, shouting hoarsely, “Hey, no matter what, you’re the one who got the benefits! You’ve landed a few punches, you should have vented your anger. If you keep hitting me, I’ll really fight back!”

Lin Qi gritted his teeth in frustration. He was about to curse a few more times when suddenly, from outside the lounge, came the startled cries of a group of guards.

“Poisonous Snake, Poisonous Snake! The Earl has been bitten by a Poisonous Snake!”

“Gods, someone help, come quickly! The Earl has been bitten by a Poisonous Snake—a very venomous snake!”

“Help! Kill the snake! Save him! Kill this beast!”