CHAPTER 256: CHAPTER 256: THE GODDESS OF LIFE’S CHOICE

On a nameless mountain peak.

A gentle breeze blew, carrying the unique freshness and coolness of the mountains. Qing Xuan stood alone on the peak, her gaze distant, her expression complex.

Before descending to the lower realm, she had originally only intended to test Lin Feng. She didn’t even know about the matter of the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena. But now, a series of astonishing events were impacting her mind like a great wave, making her have to re-examine her own duty and position as the Goddess of Life.

"The Asura God and the Sea God secretly harmed the first-generation Seraphim... and Lin Feng is going to make a move on them..."

"So annoying!!"

She stomped her foot in annoyance, a look of struggle and helplessness appearing on her peerlessly beautiful face. As one of the five great God-Kings of the Divine Realm, she shouldered the heavy responsibility of maintaining the order and balance of the Divine Realm. But facing this information brought by Lin Feng, she felt an unprecedented confusion and choice.

If the Asura and the Sea God had really made a move on the Angel, and the Sea God had secretly seized the power of faith, then the Divine Realm Committee would surely need to mete out punishment to them.

Not to mention her own good relationship with the first-generation Seraphim, just talking about the rules of the Divine Realm, it should be done like this.

The Sea God was a little better, but the Asura was a God-King. If the various gods knew of this matter, a bunch of things would arise in the Divine Realm Committee. Just thinking about it was very troublesome.

But if she didn’t care, and let Lin Feng be an enemy of the two gods, once the matter got out of hand, the entire Divine Realm would fall into turmoil. What’s more, although Lin Feng was strong, in the end he was just one person. How could he contend with two gods, especially the Asura God, who was a God-King?

"He is very strong, that’s true, but in the end he is still so young. I can see that he paid some price to suppress and kill the Rakshasa, whose strength had been suppressed. The two points of starlight on his back have only recently been re-dyed with brilliance."

"At most, he only has the strength of a peak second-level god. If he is given time to grow, he will surely be a God-King. But now, isn’t it a little too rushed?" Qing Xuan murmured to herself, her brow tightly furrowed.

"But if I don’t care, my heart is really uneasy. So, should I support Lin Feng?"

Qing Xuan closed her eyes and took a deep breath. If I don’t support him, what will be the consequences? Hostility? Qing Xuan’s red lips pursed. She didn’t want it to be like this.

"He is not a reckless person. Since he has chosen to do this, he must have his reasons and confidence," Qing Xuan thought to herself. "And, since he is willing to tell me these secrets, it means he trusts me, and also hopes that I can stand on his side."

Sorry, Asura, Sea God. I can only make you suffer a little. After all, you are already criminal gods. And Lin Feng, whether it’s his potential or his character, has let her see the hope of becoming a pillar of the Divine Realm in the future. Thinking of this, a decision gradually formed in Qing Xuan’s heart.

"I will help him," Qing Xuan murmured softly.

Having made up her mind, Qing Xuan only felt a great stone fall from her heart. The originally chaotic heartstrings and disturbing thoughts gradually returned to calm. A faint smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Qing Xuan."

In a flash, a familiar voice sounded in Qing Xuan’s ear. She fiercely turned around and saw a slender figure slowly stepping out from the void. It was precisely Lin Feng.

Qing Xuan’s face, which had just been a little smiling, instantly cooled down. She snorted lightly. "Quite a skill. To be able to hide from my divine sense. No wonder you dare to be an enemy of the Asura God and the Sea God. Don’t you not trust me? I ran here, and you’ve chased me quite quickly?"

Lin Feng let out a bitter laugh, helplessly shaking his head. He said, "I spoke wrongly just now. I apologize to you."

"Is an apology useful?"

Qing Xuan deliberately snorted coldly. "You’re so confident in yourself, to be able to have me stand on your side? Hmph, sorry. I just considered it carefully. I suddenly feel that for a human like you, to stand on the opposite side of the Asura and the Sea God is very irrational. I am unwilling for the Divine Realm to be in turmoil."

"What’s more, by your side there is still the Silver Dragon King, who is regarded as a great enemy by the Divine Realm. You can figure it out yourself!" Qing Xuan deliberately turned her head away and no longer looked at Lin Feng, but a faint blush appeared on her face.

Lin Feng looked at Qing Xuan’s appearance of deliberately turning her head away, as well as the blush that appeared on her face. His heart couldn’t help but be a little helpless and amused.

"Is it really so?"

"Naturally!" Qing Xuan’s reply was very straightforward, but her gaze was a little flickering. It was clear that her heart was not as firm as her surface.

"Alright, alright," Lin Feng spread his hands. "In that case, then let’s part here. I hope that when we meet again in the future, you and I will not become enemies, with blades facing each other."

As he spoke, ripples appeared in the space. Lin Feng’s figure gradually became blurry, as if he were about to disappear from this space.

One breath, two breaths passed.

Qing Xuan fiercely turned around, looking at the empty space in disbelief. The indifference on her face instantly disintegrated, replaced by a sheet of astonishment and panic.

"Lin Feng, you..."

Her words came to an abrupt end because Lin Feng’s figure had completely disappeared from the space, leaving only one after another of gradually dissipating ripples. A strange emotion welled up in Qing Xuan’s heart, like loss, and like regret.

She gritted her silver teeth. "Hateful! Detestable, loathsome little thief!" She waved her fair hand, and a gust of wind rolled up, blowing the dust from the place where Lin Feng had just stood into the sky, as if to vent all the irritability and unease in her heart.

A look of astonishment appeared on her face. She hurriedly withdrew her own power. "Why... am I so anxious? Could it be that it’s really as that Ling Yuan had said... no, impossible, absolutely impossible."

Qing Xuan continuously denied in her heart. She was unwilling to admit that she had developed a different kind of feeling for Lin Feng. However, the strange attachment and anxiety were like a weed growing wildly in the field of her heart, difficult to suppress.

Just now, although she had thrown a tantrum, she had not thought that Lin Feng would really just leave. That tone, it was as if the two of them were really going to be strangers from now on. After she had turned around and had seen no trace of him, the panic in her heart was like a surging tide.

"You don’t want me to leave?"

Suddenly, a gentle voice with a hint of a smile sounded in Qing Xuan’s ear. She fiercely raised her head and saw Lin Feng smiling and standing before her, his pair of deep eyes sparkling with a gentle light.

"You... you didn’t leave?" Qing Xuan was stunned. In an instant, the panic and anxiety in her heart turned into a pleasant surprise. She glared at Lin Feng, her voice carrying a delicate, teasing annoyance, and said, "You deliberately tricked me, didn’t you?"

"A return of the favor. How about it? Didn’t you also deliberately say those words to anger me just now? Now, we are even."

Hearing this, a blush couldn’t help but appear on Qing Xuan’s face. She snorted lightly and turned her head away, but the corner of her mouth couldn’t help but lift slightly.

Lin Feng, on his own, walked to her side and just sat down on the cliff. He stroked his chin. "It seems you have already made a decision?" He turned his head to look at Qing Xuan.

Qing Xuan looked at the Lin Feng who was sitting by the cliff, a playful smile on his face, as if he had already seen through everything. For no reason, a wave of annoyance arose. "Get lost, get lost, get lost! You’re sitting so far forward. It would be good if you fell and died."

"Fall and die?" Lin Feng was stunned for a moment and laughed loudly. "You might as well say I’ll be hit by a meteor from outside the sky. The probability of that is even greater."

"Tsk," Qing Xuan pouted. "So improper."

Lin Feng patted the position beside him, signaling for Qing Xuan to sit down.

Qing Xuan hesitated for a moment and in the end, still sat down. It was just that she was a billion points further away from Lin Feng.

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows. "What are you doing?"

"None of your business! If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have nothing, then leave quickly!"

"Alright. There was one more thing I didn’t tell you, since you left in such a hurry."

"What is it?"

Lin Feng looked at the distant horizon. His line of sight passed through layers of clouds and mist and saw the ocean. He said, "The Sea God secretly seizing the power of faith is not groundless. The current Sea God’s dojo is on Sea God Island, far from the continent."

"On Sea God Island, it is all sea soul masters and island-guarding divine beasts. All who enter Sea God Island must all go to the Sea God Hall to accept the divine trial."

"It is divided into different ranks, such as red, black, purple, and yellow. Among them, the red-level assessment is the most special. Only a successor has the qualification to accept it."

"And these assessments are in fact all for the Sea God to screen for believers with a devout faith and outstanding talent, to use their power of faith for his own use. This power of faith is transformed and stored by the Sea God in a special way, and has become the key to his secretly strengthening his own strength."

"But, with the increase of personnel and the continuous lowering of the rewards of the divine trial, even the Sea God should be a little unable to take it. But Sea God Island, until now, is still like this. Those who land on the island, and the newborns on the island, will all obtain a divine trial."

"And the Sea God’s rewards have never been cut off. You think, where did he get so much power of faith? Just by relying on the sea soul masters of Sea God Island and the soul beasts of the few ocean clans?"

Hearing this, Qing Xuan’s pretty brow furrowed tightly. After a moment of contemplation, she said, "It seems he really has taken away the power of faith that originally belonged to the first-generation Angel to maintain his seemingly endless rewards?"

"It’s possible," Lin Feng nodded. "Do you want to go and check it out?" Lin Feng asked softly.

Qing Xuan pondered for a moment, a look of determination flashing in her eyes. "Go, of course I have to go. If it is really as the Sea God has done, not only has he violated the rules of the Divine Realm, but it is also a great injustice to the believers. And..."

She looked at Lin Feng, her tone firm. "Since I have already decided to support you, I cannot just stop at words. Sea God Island, we will go together and find out the truth."

The corner of Lin Feng’s mouth hooked up. He looked at her with amusement. "Didn’t you say you wouldn’t stand with me?"

Qing Xuan’s eyes widened. "I am just going to investigate matters related to the Sea God. This is for the Divine Realm. What does it have to do with you? The two of us are innocent."

Lin Feng nodded. "That’s right. Innocent."

Looking at Lin Feng’s half-smiling expression, Qing Xuan felt a wave of annoyance in her heart, yet could not act up. She snorted lightly and turned her head away, no longer paying any attention to Lin Feng.

"What are you planning to do here with the Asura?"

Lin Feng looked in the direction of the Slaughter Town. "No hurry. The next time I come, I will have a settlement with him. I have already figured out the situation of the Slaughter City. I have also left him a little gift."

Hearing this, Qing Xuan frowned slightly. "Your so-called gift, what exactly does it refer to?"

Lin Feng, on the other hand, smiled mysteriously. "You will know when the time comes. I guarantee it will be a surprise."

Qing Xuan snorted lightly. "I hope your surprise doesn’t turn into a fright."

He stood up and stretched his back. "Going to Sea God Island?" He looked at Qing Xuan, a trace of a question in his eyes.

Qing Xuan did not reply. She supported her pretty head, looked at the horizon, and said softly, "It’s almost been a year."

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment. "What’s wrong?"

"Tsk, have you forgotten the time limit we agreed upon?"

"Could it be that you are preparing to return to the Divine Realm now?"

Qing Xuan nodded lightly, a trace of reluctance in her gaze. "Originally, yes. But... plans can never keep up with changes. Now, I will accompany you on a trip to Sea God Island first. After I have found out, I should also go back to the Divine Realm for a trip. There are already many things over there that I need to do."

Lin Feng frowned. "Many things? Don’t you just stay by the Ancient Tree of Life and sleep all the time? Where did so many things come from?"

Qing Xuan gritted her teeth. The reluctant feeling she had just risen had just been destroyed by him. This fellow is so annoying!

"What the hell do you know!" Qing Xuan stood up and glared at Lin Feng with a delicate, teasing annoyance, and then, on her own, transformed into a stream of light and went far away.

The Goddess of Life can also curse? Seeing this, the corner of Lin Feng’s mouth lifted slightly, but his heart sighed.

Immediately, he also transformed into a ray of light, closely following Qing Xuan.

Soon, he had caught up with Qing Xuan. "This goddess, please stay your steps. I wonder where the goddess is going, using the art of transforming into a rainbow, and transforming into a stream of light to fly?"

Qing Xuan shot Lin Feng a white-eyed glare. "Sea God Island."

"Oh~~ so it’s Sea God Island. Then why are you flying towards the continent?"

Qing Xuan was stunned for a moment, took a deep breath, and instantly stopped. A pair of beautiful eyes glared at Lin Feng. She really was about to be angered into a fool by him. "Then why don’t you hurry up and lead the way in front!"

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Lin Feng’s mouth. "Alright," he said softly. Immediately, his figure moved, transforming into a stream of light that flew in the opposite direction, towards the direction of Sea God Island.

"Keep up. Don’t let me not see you for a while and you disappear," Lin Feng’s voice echoed in the air, carrying a trace of amusement.

"You just fly your own way! Stop talking! Annoying person!" Qing Xuan said with a delicate, teasing annoyance.

The two of them, one in front and one behind, two brilliant rays of light cut across the horizon, rapidly approaching Sea God Island. While flying, Lin Feng would occasionally look back and could always capture Qing Xuan’s slightly annoyed yet forcefully composed expression, and his heart couldn’t help but find it amusing.

It’s unknown how long had passed. Finally, the silhouette of Sea God Island finally appeared in their field of vision, a black dot that gradually enlarged.

Qing Xuan raised her eyebrows in the air. "Those are... a group of soul beasts?"

Lin Feng nodded. "By the looks of it, it should be the island-guarding soul beast of Sea God Island, the Demon Soul Great White Shark."

The sharks were entirely a grayish-white, generally between ten and twenty meters long, which could be considered a handsome and pretty category among the sea soul beasts.

Lin Feng explained, "These Demon Soul Great White Sharks are one of the guardians of Sea God Island. But I see the clear look in these fellows’ eyes. I suppose their intelligence should not be high, haha."

Getting closer, the two finally saw clearly the appearance of Sea God Island. The ring-shaped sea island was surrounded by azure-blue sea water. The island was lush and green, a scene of vitality.

The hollow in the middle was like a giant eye, gazing at the dome of the sky. In its very center stood an island five hundred meters high. At the peak of the island was an ancient building made of white jade.