Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Don’t Be Afraid, Disciples—Your Master Will Carry You (73)

Ye Huai Feng was still waiting to be praised, but when it didn’t come, he felt a bit disappointed.

“Senior brother, what stage are you at? I can’t feel it at all,” Ye Ci ran over and asked.

Ye Huai Feng said unhappily, “Just at the middle stage of Divine Separation.” He glanced at Qiann Yan, “Master doesn’t seem satisfied.”

Ye Ci was surprised; the master’s requirements for the senior brother are too high.

Nie Hu also felt it was very high. Is this the standard for a genius?

All the disciples looked at Qiann Yan, who said, “I am very satisfied.”

“Is Master really satisfied?” Ye Huai Feng came to Qiann Yan, looking at her intently, “I thought you weren’t satisfied.”

Qiann Yan noticed something off in Ye Huai Feng’s gaze. He felt a bit uneasy under her stare but had no intention to hide, allowing her to look.

Ye Ci glanced at Qiann Yan, then at Ye Huai Feng. She felt something was off with her senior brother.

Wux Hengyu, pondering, gently coughed, “Master, I’ll go out first to prepare the things needed for the Secret Realm.”

“Master, we’ll go down to prepare too.”

Everyone felt the atmosphere here was not quite right.

In the great hall, only Qiann Yan and Ye Huai Feng remained. Ye Huai Feng just stood there, being watched by Qiann Yan.

He clenched his fists. If she asked, he would say it.

“Huai Feng.”

“I’m here.” Ye Huai Feng’s heart was in his throat. Whenever she called him Huai Feng, he couldn’t describe the feeling in his heart.

“Do you have feelings for me?” From Ye Huai Feng’s eyes, Qiann Yan saw an all-too-familiar emotion, the emotion of liking someone.

She had seen this gaze twice before.

Incidentally, both of their names included the character Huai.

Qiann Yan pondered whether there might be some connection in this.

Regardless of the connection, she didn’t care much.

Ye Huai Feng stood frozen in place. He was waiting for her to ask why he looked at her this way, so he could express his feelings and go through the process.

And yet?

She skipped the process and directly asked the final step, leaving him no room to react.

At that moment, it was as if he were being grilled on a fire, forced to answer.

“Is it hard to answer?” Qiann Yan walked up to Ye Huai Feng, “Cultivation requires confronting one’s true heart, not evading it.”

Ye Huai Feng: He wanted to face his true heart, but why was she so calm?

No surprise?

No shyness?

No feeling of unacceptability?

Or the desire to beat him up?

He had imagined all sorts of reactions but not her facing it so calmly, which panicked him even more.

Is it because she doesn’t like him?

Ye Huai Feng’s mood sank, and he spoke in a somewhat nostalgic voice, “So what if I do? You don’t seem to have feelings for me.”

This reaction was too calm; it would be strange if she had feelings for him.

“It’s good that you know.” Qiann Yan replied, patting Ye Huai Feng’s shoulder, “Now that you know, you can use the remaining time to both cultivate and gradually forget. Cultivation is endless and timeless; eventually, some unusual thoughts will be slowly forgotten.”

Ye Huai Feng: “…”

“I feel I can’t forget.” Ye Huai Feng said a bit sadly, “If you really want me to forget and my feelings cause you trouble, I’ll try.”

Actually, he had anticipated this outcome, which is why he hadn’t expressed his feelings from the start.

Always hoping for more time together, perhaps she would feel differently about him.

“I won’t force you to do anything, nor have you caused me trouble, but it might affect your state of mind and hinder your path to becoming immortal.”

Ye Huai Feng responded, “Then can I keep liking you?”

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