Chapter 202

Chapter 202: Emotion-Summoning Gu

Lu Shi Qing still had Gu poison in his body. His condition was terrible, and that sudden burst of power just now had burned up the last of his strength.

With Shen Sang Ruo joining the fight, they quickly subdued him.

Bai Ruo An took advantage of the chaos to land a solid punch, so the corner of Lu Shi Qing’s mouth was bruised purple and oozing blood.

Several talismans linked into a long chain that wrapped around Lu Shi Qing, locking him in place.

Bai Ruo An had already seen how obsessive this man could be, but he hadn’t expected him to act this crazy during the team trial.

He arched a brow at him, thinking that this man’s feelings toward their Junior Sister were anything but clean.

Bai Ruo An also knew why Lu Shi Qing was so hostile to him, so he said with an easy smile that carried a hint of mockery: “So eager to swing at me? Too bad, my Junior Sister will never let you hurt me.”

As expected, a flash of vicious jealousy crossed Lu Shi Qing’s eyes. Then, as if he remembered something, his face went calm again.

He even let out a short, cold laugh.

Although he looked like a prisoner now, he didn’t seem to think he had lost.

There was a strange confidence on his face, as if he still held some hidden card.

He lifted his head to look at Shen Sang Ruo’s indifferent eyes, and there was even a trace of expectation in his gaze.

“Lu Shi Qing, are you insane?” she asked, her voice flat with disgust, then added: “Did you forget about the team trial?”

He had ignored collecting materials and came alone to make trouble with Bai Ruo An. Lu Shi Qing sneered with a stubborn look and said: “What is a team trial worth?”

Nothing could compare, in his mind, to what he was doing now. For him, entering this Secret Realm was only to find Shen Sang Ruo. He didn’t care about anything else.

“I’m not crazy. I’m very clear-headed. You’ll soon understand my purpose, Sang Ruo,” he said softly.

His eyes turned oddly gentle. That “Sang Ruo” came out filled with affection, pampering, and closeness.

Even back when they hadn’t fallen out, Lu Shi Qing had never called her like that.

Shen Sang Ruo instantly broke out in goosebumps and thought he was truly out of his mind. [He has really lost it.]

Just then Ye Huai, Song Wei Yan, and Su Xi Yu walked over.

After hearing Lu Shi Qing’s words, their fists tightened.

Their tools and spiritual power stirred, itching to strike him. [What kind of lunatic dares covet our Junior Sister?]

Shen Sang Ruo looked him over quietly. Compared to before, he was thinner, his eye sockets sunken, and his pale face looked sickly.

It was hard to imagine what he had done to himself to become like this.

The only thing unchanged was the fanatic look in his eyes, stuck to her like glue, not letting any tiny change in her expression slip by.

But minute after minute passed, and her expression stayed calm. Lu Shi Qing did not see the reaction he longed for.

The confidence on his face slowly cracked and twisted.

“Why is it like this… why is it like this?!” he growled.

That reaction was all too familiar. Shen Sang Ruo at once understood what his so-called purpose was.

“You used Seven Emotions Gu on me again,” she said. It wasn’t a question, but a statement.

Thinking back to the scene just now, she also realized when he had planted the Gu.

From start to finish, his target had been her. Picking a fight with Bai Ruo An was only his concealment method. Besides venting his anger, he meant to draw her over and use the chance to plant the Gu.

She actually let out a short laugh. When you are speechless to the limit, it does make you laugh.

Shen Sang Ruo even wondered if the Seven Emotions Gu had chewed up Lu Shi Qing’s brain and taken it over, making him so fixated on using Gu on her.

But Lu Shi Qing roared: “No, not Seven Emotions Gu! It’s something stronger, Emotion-Summoning Gu!”

Emotion-Summoning Gu was even better than Seven Emotions Gu at sensing feelings. As long as there was the faintest thread of emotion left, it would call that feeling back to its former peak.

The awakening process, however, would be as painful as the outbreak of Seven Emotions Gu.

This was Lu Shi Qing’s selfish plan. He wanted to punish Shen Sang Ruo for abandoning their past.

He meant to brand that feeling deep into her heart with pain.

Over these months, he had paid a huge price to refine the Emotion-Summoning Gu.

“I fed the Gu insect with fresh blood every day and burned through decades of lifespan, all to refine this Emotion-Summoning Gu!” he shouted.

That was why he looked like this now.

When he first succeeded, he had been so happy and excited. He felt everything he paid was worth it.

He thought he could finally awaken Shen Sang Ruo’s feelings for him, the kind of feeling that was different from what she had for the other Senior Brothers, and bring things back to how they used to be.

“But why?! Why is the result still like this?!” Lu Shi Qing’s face twisted and turned hideous as he screamed at Shen Sang Ruo.

She truly had no feeling left for him. None for the two of them at all.

His gaze fell on her cold, puzzled face, and emotions crashed out of him like an avalanche. He fell apart completely.

A wild look shot through his eyes. In the next breath he broke through the talisman chain and lunged at Shen Sang Ruo.

“Shen Sang Ruo! I won’t allow you to forget our love! Only I am allowed by your side! Do you hear me?!” he shouted.

He was jealous of everyone next to her, especially Bai Ruo An. He wanted to kill every last one of them.

Shen Sang Ruo frowned. She flicked her fingers, and a streak of fiery red spiritual power shot out. The token at Lu Shi Qing’s waist shattered, and his body vanished as he was Teleported out of the Secret Realm.

She curled her lip in disdain and said: “Makes no sense.”

The others all wore looks that said the same thing: hard to comment.

Did he really think that with that little bit of strength he could force love on their Junior Sister?

Bai Ruo An said sharply: “The most important thing for him now is to stop reading those brainless romance booklets.”

“What’s wrong with booklets?” Song Wei Yan hurried to defend fellow fans and said with a straight face: “Normal people don’t blow out their brains from reading them like he did.”

Ye Huai spoke to Shen Sang Ruo in a quiet voice and said: “People from the Flying Cloud Sect aren’t normal. Keep your distance.”

She nodded in strong agreement.

On the Fengling Terrace, the crowd had smelled fresh gossip from the scene and started chattering.

“So Lu Shi Qing left his team to look for the Ninghua Sect!”

“His target was clear. He only went after Bai Ruo An. If I remember right, Bai Ruo An is Shen Sang Ruo’s third Senior Brother. Hiss, I think I’ve uncovered something big.”

“What did they say to make Lu Shi Qing so emotional? It’s killing me not to know!”

“To me it looks like he loved but couldn’t get her, then got jealous and turned twisted.”

“These two sects have so many tangled stories.”

Their eyes turned toward the Flying Cloud Sect’s prep area. The eliminated Lu Shi Qing had already appeared there by Teleportation.

Master Ling Xiao’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. At this point, how could he not see Lu Shi Qing’s feelings for Shen Sang Ruo?

He spoke in a low, angry voice and said: “Shameful, ridiculous thing!”