Su Hua could endure no longer. If she did not make a choice now, once her Heart-Mind was completely enveloped by the Star-Eroding Lust, it would be over. She would definitely be conquered by the Star-Eroding Lust and made to do things she desired.
She tried one last time to summon her Divine Sense, but it was still useless.
There was no other way.
She could only give up.
She decided to sever her Divine Sense, even though doing so would cause great damage to her Heart-Mind. But now there was no other path to take. Otherwise, what awaited her would be something terrible.
Thinking of this, Su Hua did not hesitate.
However, just as she decided to sever it, she suddenly sensed something unusual from her Divine Sense. It seemed to have touched the edge of Gu Qingfeng's Heart-Mind. The feeling was like drifting in boundless darkness for millions of years and suddenly discovering light. Without even thinking, Su Hua instantly summoned her Divine Sense back.
After her Divine Sense returned, she immediately sat cross-legged. With a thought, brilliant light erupted wildly around her. Pure and holy radiance formed a pristine white lotus around her body. As the lotus bloomed and unfurled, it was profoundly mysterious and wondrous. Solemn Sanskrit chants rang out, like the sound of Bodhi, exceedingly profound.
Seeing this scene, Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but nod inwardly, thinking to himself, *What skillful means.*
Truly, Su Hua's abilities were remarkable. In the time it took for a holy lotus to bloom, the Star-Eroding Lust in her Heart-Mind had been purified almost completely. However, after this ordeal, her essence, energy, and spirit were utterly exhausted, leaving her weary and drained. Moreover, her body had just been occupied by the Star-Eroding Lust and needed some time of regulated breathing to recover.
"Miss, your Divine Sense..."
"It's already... fine..." Su Hua's peerlessly beautiful face remained flushed and radiant. She tried to stand up but felt utterly weak. Supported by Qian Shan, she barely managed to rise. She stared at Gu Qingfeng with an extremely complex gaze—embarrassment, regret, endless confusion, and intense anger.
Just now, being consumed by the Star-Eroding Lust and losing her composure in front of so many people made her deeply embarrassed.
Rashly intruding into Gu Qingfeng's Heart-Mind made her deeply regretful.
What confused her was that even now she couldn't understand what was going on with this fellow's Heart-Mind. Why was it boundless? What was that dark red light cluster inside? Why was her Divine Sense enveloped by Harmonious Bliss? Why was her Divine Sense trapped inside? And why did it suddenly return? Also, did this fellow really not know what was going on with his own Heart-Mind?
Too many, too many questions left her bewildered.
What angered her was that she had just been consumed by the Star-Eroding Lust and nearly...
And this fellow was still sitting in his chair, eating Redleaf Monster Fruitlets and drinking Little Tipple. What was even more shameless was that this fellow wore an innocent expression, as if he truly knew nothing.
Although Su Hua didn't understand what was going on with Gu Qingfeng's Heart-Mind, one thing was certain: this fellow absolutely could not be completely ignorant about his own Heart-Mind. Absolutely not!
"Did you know all along?"
Facing Su Hua's accusation, Gu Qingfeng shook his head and replied crisply, "Big Sis, didn't I say? I don't know anything."
"Impossible!"
Su Hua rejected it without even thinking. She was certain this fellow knew. And the more she thought about it, the more something felt off. The more she pondered, the more the entire incident seemed problematic.
"Big Sis, what do you mean by that?"
Gu Qingfeng stood up, looking at Su Hua. "Can you blame me for this? Earlier, when you were probing, I clearly told you that when my Foundation Establishment failed, my Heart-Mind mutated strangely. It's very peculiar. In the past, people who probed my Heart-Mind died. I even advised you not to probe."
Gu Qingfeng picked up the Taixu Cup, drained it in one gulp, and continued, "And you? You just had to defy the odds, insisting on probing. You said you had your limits under control and told me to rest assured. So why are you blaming me now?"
"You, this tall Big Sis, also said that your Divine Sense is vast as the sea, strong as solid rock. It can peer into heavenly secrets above and discern earthly divinations below. No one in this world can shake your Divine Sense. I actually thought it was true."
"Little Sis Ouyang also said you were once a Nine-Heaven Fairy, that even mountains of blades and seas of fire couldn't harm you in the slightest."
Gu Qingfeng's words made Qian Shan embarrassed, made Ouyang Ye embarrassed, and made Su Hua herself want to cry but have no tears.
Thinking back carefully, the facts were indeed so.
This fellow had indeed said his Heart-Mind was very strange. He had indeed said people who probed his Heart-Mind ended up dead. He had indeed advised her not to probe.
It was all her own fault for being too confident, nearly causing a disaster.
*Sigh!*
Su Hua was filled with regret, regret so intense she wanted to grab her hair and scream.
But upon deeper thought, it still felt wrong. She clearly remembered when she was about to probe, this fellow kept persuading her nonstop, explicitly stating that if anything happened to her, she couldn't blame him. At the time, Su Hua had felt somewhat suspicious. Now, thinking back, she felt more and more that something was amiss.
"Did you know all along that my Divine Sense would be trapped?"
"Big Sis Su, what do you mean? You wouldn't blame me for your own stumble, would you? We agreed beforehand—if anything happened to you, you couldn't blame me. You agreed to it yourself. Moreover, Big Sis Feiyue and Master Wenzhu can both testify."
Ouyang Feiyue and Master Wenzhu looked at Gu Qingfeng, then at Su Hua. The two truly didn't know what to say.
Su Hua stared at Gu Qingfeng, feeling utterly speechless inside.
She really couldn't tell whether Gu Qingfeng was truly ignorant or just pretending to be innocent.
If he was truly ignorant, then Su Hua would accept this stumble.
But if this fellow was pretending to be innocent, then...
He was truly despicable.
Su Hua tried to reason it out. No matter how she thought about it, she felt like she had fallen into a trap this fellow had designed long ago. And it was a trap that had her completely pinned, leaving her no room to argue or even question. It was a bitter pill to swallow, an extremely bitter one.
Could it really be so?
She didn't know.
Su Hua only knew that if it really was so, then this fellow was not only despicable but also terrifying.
A boundless, infinitely extending Heart-Mind. Mysterious, sudden Harmonious Bliss without warning. Such methods were simply too bizarre.
Su Hua truly couldn't imagine what kind of existence could accomplish this.
Could he be one?
It didn't seem like it.
At least, he didn't look like one.
Someone who was neither a reincarnated soul nor blessed by heavenly fortune absolutely, absolutely could not understand such mysterious and bizarre methods.
Was he truly innocent then?
That didn't seem right either.
At least, it didn't feel like it.
What exactly was he? Su Hua truly didn't know.
And she was in no mood to consider this problem now. Giving this fellow a massage had already embarrassed her greatly. Now, being consumed by the Star-Eroding Lust and losing all composure wasn't just embarrassing—it was humiliating. Su Hua truly had no face to stay here any longer. Plus, after the ordeal of the Star-Eroding Lust's possession, she needed to find a place to regulate her breathing as soon as possible.
"During the probing just now, my Heart-Mind was affected. I must return to regulate my breathing. I'll take my leave... farewell."
As Qian Shan prepared to take Su Hua away, Gu Qingfeng's voice came.
"Big Sis, why not regulate your breathing here at Yunxia Sect? Once you've recovered, I'll let you probe again."
Su Hua was taken aback, feeling a splitting headache. She closed her eyes and shook her head slightly. "No need... I'd better return to regulate my breathing."
"Ah, that's truly a pity. I was counting on you to tell me what's going on with my Heart-Mind."
Su Hua turned around, glaring fiercely at Gu Qingfeng. Her eyes were filled with suspicion and resentment. She really wanted to point at this fellow and curse loudly: Go to hell!