At this moment, a group of Divine Martial Guards surrounded Gongsun Ying. Lin Qianxuan raised his hand, and the rushing water forced them back. He then used his body technique to reach her side directly.

“Young Master Lin, why has your cultivation changed so much?” Gongsun Ying asked in confusion.

She could clearly sense that the ample divine energy within Lin Qianxuan had undergone subtle changes, especially compared to his previous battle with Xiong De, where there was a qualitative transformation.

Could it be that he was hiding his strength before?

Risking his life to hide his strength?

“Miss Ying, my changes are because of you,” Lin Qianxuan replied with a smile.

As for the specific reasons, he temporarily did not explain.

Now is not the time for explanations either.

“Expel the invaders and protect the people!!”

The Divine Martial Guards formed a battle formation again, approaching Lin Qianxuan and Gongsun Ying.

Slightly concentrating his spirit, the divine energy within Lin Qianxuan condensed. The water flowed around him, transforming into one water sword after another, and Lin Qianxuan’s crimson divine energy also adhered to them.

The water swords, imbued with divine energy, were regarded as divine energy martial arts and naturally received the blessing of the Sound of Destiny.

Lin Qianxuan looked at the group of Divine Martial Guards and said, “It’s time to let you rest in peace.”

Swish swish swish swish~!

The water swords shot out in an instant, each aiming for the locations marked as death marks.

Within the scope of Lin Qianxuan’s spirit, in a radius of eight kilometers, the Divine Martial Guards quickly fell one by one.

In just a few minutes, not a single Divine Martial Guard was left standing among the tens of thousands.

Lin Qianxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Miss Ying, shall we go?” Lin Qianxuan said.

“Oh, um… alright!”

Gongsun Ying snapped out of her shock, not knowing how to respond to Lin Qianxuan.

They flew here, but on the way back, they walked slowly.

Lin Qianxuan hoped to take this time to communicate with each other.

He moved his right arm slightly; his injuries from the previous battle with Xiong De were already healing. The bleeding had stopped, and the pain was not as apparent—was the self-healing ability of the Dragon Bloodline really that strong?

This was the first time he got injured in a battle after acquiring the Dragon Bloodline, which made him realize one thing.

He was still quite unskilled and needed more practice.

“Young Master Lin, can you not tell Yue’Er what you just said to me?” Gongsun Ying suddenly asked.

“What?” Lin Qianxuan was stunned, but then he quickly realized and said, “Miss Ying, you are somewhat mistaken.”

“Is it a misunderstanding?” Gongsun Ying appeared slightly disappointed but forced a smile and said, “As long as it’s a misunderstanding…..”

“What are you thinking? I mean, I like both you and Yue’Er,” Lin Qianxuan said frankly, “and I also have another beloved lover.”

Having truly faced the fear of life and death, Lin Qianxuan finally understood himself.

In terms of feelings, he was a greedy person.

He had been from the very beginning.

And to some extent, this greed surpassed his fear of life and death.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have risked it all to go to Chao Li Country to court Chen Long’Er back then.

“Huh?”

Gongsun Ying was startled by Lin Qianxuan’s candor, standing dumbfounded on the spot.

Lin Qianxuan halted, then took Gongsun Ying’s hand directly.

Gongsun Ying tried to pull away but didn’t use much force, just feeling slightly awkward before letting it happen.

“Miss Ying, didn’t you want to know why my power has changed? I’ll tell you!” Lin Qianxuan said, “We haven’t met for the first time; I can’t even count how many times. I’m familiar with you, Yue’Er, Zhang City, everything here because I’ve experienced it many times… many times….”

“Is that why you can easily convince Young Master Guan Hao and others?” Gongsun Ying looked enlightened but then asked in confusion, “But why is that?”

“I don’t know. I’m aware of everything that will happen and have died many times at the hands of the enemy,” Lin Qianxuan said. “During this process, I discovered something, that if my relationship with you and Yue’Er is closer, I can gain your abilities, and if our feelings reach a certain level, I can even enhance them.”

“Died many times….”

Gongsun Ying focused on this.

She couldn’t understand how Lin Qianxuan could speak of it so lightly.

She somewhat wanted to reach out and touch Lin Qianxuan’s cheek, to share some of his pain.

However, before she could act, Lin Qianxuan had already placed her hand on his face.

“I’m sorry, I cannot give you my heart wholly, but I promise, at least when I’m with you, it won’t think of others,” Lin Qianxuan said.

“Is it just for Yue’Er’s and my abilities?” Gongsun Ying asked.

“Partly, but not entirely…. Besides our appearances and personalities, is it not allowed to appreciate other things about someone? Apart from your good looks, I admire your talents!” Lin Qianxuan said candidly.

“Can it end this time?” Gongsun Ying asked.

Her hand lightly and tenderly caressed Lin Qianxuan’s cheek; she just wanted to no longer see Lin Qianxuan die.

“We will win; we just need to fully obtain Yue’Er’s abilities,” Lin Qianxuan said.

This was the main purpose of the conversation between him and Gongsun Ying there. He hoped Gongsun Ying would not stop him from pursuing Gongsun Yue, and ideally, she would even assist him.

“Yue’Er is very smart; she probably already figured it out,” Gongsun Ying said.

“I know,” Lin Qianxuan said. “I told you in advance just to prevent you from overthinking; I don’t want to see you upset.”

“As long as Young Master Lin doesn’t bully Yue’Er, it’s fine.” Gongsun Ying said.

“If I don’t bully her, I’ll have to bully you then.” Lin Qianxuan said with a smile.

As he spoke, his face moved closer to Gongsun Ying.

Gongsun Ying blushed slightly and closed her eyes.

A moment later, they parted their heads. Lin Qianxuan pursed his lips. Gongsun Ying had just coughed up blood, so there was a salty taste to it. He shouldn’t have used his tongue; she didn’t know how, and bit him several times. Starting off with such a high-level technique was a bit too much.

“Let’s go and meet up with everyone else, we shouldn’t keep them worried for too long.” Lin Qianxuan said.

“Okay.” Gongsun Ying nodded with a flushed face.

Now, she had completely lost her assertiveness in front of Lin Qianxuan, no longer as valiant as before.

Lin Qianxuan felt inexplicably charmed by this contrast.

Unfortunately, now wasn’t the time, otherwise, he would have surely engaged in a battle.

……

When the members of the Rebel Army saw Lin Qianxuan returning, holding the hand of a bashful-looking Gongsun Ying, their expressions changed.

They were surprised that Lin Qianxuan managed to rescue Gongsun Ying and also surprised at their intimate display.

Gongsun Yue quickly stepped forward and hugged Gongsun Ying tightly.

No one understood the feeling of regaining a beloved family member better than she did.

Gongsun Ying released Lin Qianxuan’s hand and gently stroked Gongsun Yue’s back, comforting her younger sister.

Lin Qianxuan intuitively stepped aside, leaving space for the sisters.

The others noticed Lin Qianxuan’s right arm, stained with the crimson Dragon Blood. The medical team of the Rebel Army quickly approached to inquire about his condition, offering him a healing Divine Machine.

“I’m fine, no need for bandaging, just a couple sips of Spiritual Liquid will do.” Lin Qianxuan said.

In fact, even without the Spiritual Liquid, his injury would heal in a matter of minutes.

His body’s self-recovery ability was already strong, and with Divine Energy nourishing him constantly, his recovery speed was much faster.

Lin Qianxuan found that his efficiency in practicing “Immortal Divine Body Skill” was now far greater than tenfold compared to before.

It was far beyond a tenfold increase.

How to describe it?

Simply put, his body’s absorption of Divine Energy previously had a limit, a gradual process.

But after receiving the blessing of the Sound of Destiny, that limit was forcibly broken.

The surplus beyond the limit was converted into “true damage.”

It’s like attacking a creature with ten attack power against nine defense, causing one damage.

But now your attack power has increased tenfold to a hundred, but the defense of the creature is still nine, so how much damage do you cause now?

This is reality.

Not the fixed data in a game.

Claiming a tenfold effect means simply increasing the original data tenfold.

Therefore, Lin Qianxuan now somewhat understood why before obtaining the Sound of Destiny in the game, it took almost a day to condense a Spirit Sword; afterwards, it took just a second.

He thought, how could a tenfold efficiency increase be so exaggerated in terms of pure data?

This also explained why he could never accurately calculate the Dragon Bloodline’s boost.

The real situation couldn’t be compared to the simple game data.

It simply couldn’t be calculated.

Even doubling it would be enough to make one’s head spin.

“Young Master Lin, should we head directly to the Imperial Palace now, or…?” Lou Zheng suddenly asked Lin Qianxuan.

Lin Qianxuan’s expression was a bit odd. Why not ask Gongsun Ying? Why ask me?

But when he looked over, Gongsun Ying seemed uninterested in managing the Rebel Army, solely chatting with her sister.

Alright, the words said while wooing her earlier had been taken seriously by her.

The responsibility had now shifted from her shoulders to him entirely.

“Everyone is a bit tired too. We’ve used up too much Divine Energy on the way here. Let’s rest here for a while and recover some Divine Energy, so we aren’t tainted by excessive consumption of it. We’ll set out again in two hours.” Lin Qianxuan said.

This was a plan from the game, and he just applied it here.

“Yes!”

Lou Zheng acknowledged and conveyed Lin Qianxuan’s orders.

Seeing this, Lin Qianxuan also prepared to handle his affairs.

Two tasks, the first is to win over Gongsun Yue, and the second is to activate Vientiane.

Winning over Gongsun Yue should be prioritized, because obtaining her blessing from the Sound of Destiny would give a tenfold boost to the Divine Machine effect of using Vientiane.

When driving Vientiane later, the result would be exponentially better.

After everyone had rested, Lin Qianxuan found where Gongsun Ying and Gongsun Yue were and said to Gongsun Yue, “Yue’Er, can you come with me? I have something to discuss with you.”

Gongsun Yue glanced at her sister, and Gongsun Ying nodded, smiling, “Yue’Er, go ahead.”

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Yue nodded and got up to leave with Lin Qianxuan.

Lin Qianxuan nodded to Gongsun Ying, showing a reassuring smile.

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