Free Web NovelChapter 368: Chapter 326: I Want Both!
In that instant, countless fragments flashed through his mind.
The cold Guh Niqiang, the mad Guh Niqiang, the domineering Guh Niqiang, the dazed Guh Niqiang, the coquettish Guh Niqiang, the weak Guh Niqiang, the drunken Guh Niqiang, the confused Guh Niqiang...
Eight years of companionship, for a cultivator’s long life, is just a moment.
But it was enough to occupy a significant place in Lu Qian’s life.
There were many things he wanted to say, but ultimately they all stuck in his throat.
"Let go." Guh Niqiang said softly.
Lu Qian held tightly to Guh Niqiang’s slender hand and unabashedly acted shameless: "No."
Guh Niqiang glared at him: "I’m just leaving for a while, I’ll be back soon."
Lu Qian shook his head: "After you come back, in a few months, it might really be farewell."
Yes, Lu Qian was not losing his composure because of the current parting, but because he realized that when the time came, the two would have to embark on completely different paths.
Just like two straight lines intersecting briefly and then extending towards different directions.
He looked directly into Guh Niqiang’s somewhat evasive eyes: "I can’t bear it, I don’t want it."
Guh Niqiang’s body trembled, she turned her face away and suddenly let out a mocking laugh.
"What does your dislike have to do with me?"
Lu Qian felt Guh Niqiang’s hand heating up, and he shouted loudly: "What does it have to do with you? Then why not leave earlier or later, but just after the festival?"
"Because you know, after the festival, I’m going to form a dao couple with Senior Sister, right?"
With a whoosh, a fire of blue and white surged up, forcing Lu Qian to let go and step back a few steps, leaving a charred black line on his palm.
In the flickering flames, Guh Niqiang’s golden-red eyes were full of anger: "Lu Qian, stop being so presumptuous!"
"Whether I’m being presumptuous, you know it yourself!" The sound of waves suddenly surged around Lu Qian like a low tide, the charred marks wrapped in a clear light, rapidly healing.
He stared fearlessly into Guh Niqiang’s golden-red eyes.
Guh Niqiang was shocked, biting her red lip, and in an instant the flames vanished.
She gave Lu Qian a resentful glare.
"Lu Qian, has anyone ever told you, you’re really shameless!"
"Since you’ve already chosen Qingfeng, why bother me!"
"I’ve said it, I, Guh Niqiang, will not share with others!"
She slipped out the door, and just as the wooden door slammed shut, she heard Lu Qian shout disregarding everything from inside.
"Yes, I am shameless!"
"Only kids make choices, I want both!"
In the past, Lu Qian thought he could accept Guh Niqiang’s departure, could forget the tacit understanding and the vague ambiguity formed between them.
But now, with the real farewell right in front of him, Lu Qian gazed into his heart, and it said no.
I cultivate, I hold power.
Just so that everything I desire and seek can be achieved!
So that everything I think and wish for can come true!
If so, why pretend to be generous!
"Guh Niqiang, be my dao partner!"
In an instant, Guh Niqiang was infuriated into laughter.
With a loud bang, the wooden door turned to ashes, a flash of pale blue fire, and Guh Niqiang pointed a finger at Lu Qian’s forehead!
A vortex of flames rose, leaving a large hole in the Central High Tower.
In the fire, Lu Qian, touched on the forehead, silently dissipated into mist.
"Lu Qian, let me see how much you’ve got, daring to say such delusional words!"
On the Central High Tower, flames shot skyward, and two escape lights shot out, heading towards the Grand Arena.
The Shuangye Square’s Law Enforcement Team members shook their heads: "Another Yunshan Sect family affair?"
The law enforcement disciples of the Yunshan Sect got moving, leading by Wu Yan to blockade the Grand Arena, starting their spectator mode.
The tournament platform at Shuangye Square was still open for registration, so the Grand Arena was still empty. But the platform was already built, originally prepared for the six small platforms of the Qi Cultivation Level competition.
Looks like they’ll need to be rebuilt.
But Lu Qian had no mind to focus on this; his eyes saw only one Guh Niqiang.
What is this? A courtship battle? Utterly inexplicable.
But Lu Qian wanted to win, more than ever before.
Even if there was no hope, he wanted Guh Niqiang to acknowledge his feelings!
Five Elements Grand Array, rise!
Five-colored lights flickered, and the grand array enveloped the entire arena. In an instant, Heavenly Torrent Spiritual Mist had spread out.
The old trick? Guh Niqiang’s delicate divine sense sensed, her eyes brightened.
No, there’s a new change.
In these years, Lu Qian gained many array secret manuals from the Jichuan Profound Monarch’s collection of books, opening a vast treasury to him.
Apart from the Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Eight Trigrams, and Ten Extremes he had already encountered, there were also the "Nine Luminaries Star God Array", "Twelve Heavenly Sumeru Grand Array", "Eighteen Spirit Generals Soul Capturing Array", "Thirty-Three Layers of Heaven Punishment Array"...
But after skimming through them, Lu Qian decided to continue focusing on the Five Elements Grand Array.
The Five Elements Grand Array has three branches: Yin Yang Five Elements, Qimen Five Elements, and Anti-Five Elements. Lu Qian had entered the door for the first two, but the latter was still a new field.
The Jichuan Profound Monarch’s treasured secret manuals had supplemented all branches and transformations of the Five Elements Grand Array, including previously unacquired mantras of the Fourfold Transformation and Fivefold Transformation.
The mean attack strength of the Triple Transformation is already on par with a Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment’s full strength blow, the Fourfold Transformation and Fivefold Transformation attack strength compares with Golden Core and Nascent Soul.
From this perspective, the potential of the Five Elements Grand Array is great, its exquisite nature far surpassing expectations; Lu Qian was still far from completely mastering and understanding it.
Therefore, after completing all the essentials, Lu Qian temporarily gave up the idea of modifying to other arrays, continued to delve deeper into the Five Elements Grand Array, using other arrays as supplementary references for his Five Elements Grand Array research.
Furthermore, the "Wave Array Secret Manual" also progressed, the "Mirror Lake" and "Illusion and Reality" realms had been completely integrated, beginning the march toward the "Existence and Nonexistence" realm.
At this moment, as the Five Elements Grand Array rose, Guh Niqiang’s exceedingly sensitive divine sense detected the difference.
The entire Five Elements Grand Array, unlike previous rigid forms, had become, alive?
Not having properly fought in years, truly a surprise.
Just as she was slightly amazed, many changes came in an instant!
"Five Elements" Dao Pattern, activate!
The enveloping Heavenly Torrent Spiritual Mist directly transformed into layer upon layer of Weak Water Erosion Flows, binding Guh Niqiang’s limbs and body.
From within the erosion flows, a tendril emerged, like smoke and mist, penetrating into Guh Niqiang’s body.
In a spine-chilling buzzing, a half-human-sized Gui Water Thunder Ball suddenly condensed, directly swallowing Guh Niqiang’s head.
In just a moment, the Heavenly Torrent Spiritual Mist covering the entire arena directly transformed into the equally water element Weak Water Erosion Flow and Gui Water Divine Thunder, Weak Water Erosion Flow birthed the Purple Smoke Vine through Water Generates Wood.
The Yin Yang, Qimen, and the Combined Five Elements Array merged into one, plus Lu Qian’s Five Elements Dao Pattern, and Five Elements Reincarnation and Transformation, becoming more satisfying and divine.
Just as Guh Niqiang tried to struggle, a round mirror rose above Lu Qian’s head, a beam of golden light pierced the mist, enveloping Guh Niqiang, making her body pause.
Golden Lion Treasure Mirror!
