From the Heavens Descended an Immortal Sister

Chapter 205: Chapter 202: Tiandao Disciple Begins_1

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Fang Ren looked at her emotional outburst, his heart conflicted, and said, "Actually, you have no need to care about how I feel. Except when we were both crying at birth, meeting for the first time without any memory, the time we've spent together from when we met to now is less than a month. Our current relationship is merely that of fiancés in name, without any real emotions invested.

We've also said that we wouldn't interfere with each other's choice of whom to like. Since we've agreed on that, why would you still feel aggrieved and impose upon yourself these meaningless considerations?"

Bai Qi immediately retorted, "First of all, I don't think the relationship between us is as simple as being unmarried fiancés only in name. Deep down in our hearts, we both have a strong sense of kinship towards each other. I have let go of all my guard against you just because of this familiar feeling!

It is precisely because of this sensation that I never want to hurt you in a fog, without fully realizing it! That's why I have been honest with you about everything, about what I want to do, my wilfulness, everything—I've told you! Yet now, with you knowing everything, the truth is that you are the one who has felt aggrieved first!"

Fang Ren turned away, avoiding her earnest eyes.

The root of the issue was his certain actions, which had misled the girl into thinking he liked her.

She kept saying she liked Song Mobei, but her actions constantly took into consideration his supposed "affectionate feelings" for her, Fang Ren thought, and perhaps it was because of that familiar feeling between them after all.

That sense of affinity, as far as his own most genuine feelings were concerned, manifested in not being guarded against Bai Qi and having no ill-intentions towards her, feeling that it was natural to treat her better and make her happy.

This was his "sense of affinity," but now, he suddenly realized a very important issue that he had never noticed before.

That was whether Bai Qi's "sense of affinity" towards him in her heart was stronger than his feelings? Could it be different from what he felt for her to the extent that it made her start to think more?

She said that before the engagement was dissolved, she felt like seeing Song Mobei was a betrayal to him.

Fang Ren did not share this sentiment; he thought that even without dissolving the engagement, it would be proper for him to share a bed with Mu Huanqing behind Bai Qi's back.

Suddenly aware of this, Fang Ren realized his previous thoughts might have been very wrong.

Bai Qi... perhaps she wasn't a girl fond of daydreams.

Only that the feeling she harbored for him in her heart was very strong.

To Fang Ren, being engaged was but a dispensable thing, carrying no real commitment.

But perhaps for Bai Qi, coupled with that strong sentiment she felt towards him, it represented a moral bind, where any divergence would amount to betrayal.

She was born into the great Bai Family, where her values should be upright. She shouldn't have regarded a marriage without affection so seriously or have resorted to wishful thinking, ideally.

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All of this was because the feeling for him in Bai Qi's heart might not be just fondness, but a very complex form of loyalty that was intertwined with various personal emotions.

A tangle of thoughts suddenly left Fang Ren feeling powerless, and at that moment, he really wanted to tell Bai Qi everything about himself.

He wanted to say that a marriage between two people with no feelings was just a blank paper, that liking the person one should like during the existence of that paper wasn't betrayal.

He wanted to confess that he truly did not like her, and she did not need to concern herself with him—he and her Sister Hui Qing already had a child and even during the period when they had agreed not to betray each other, he had shared a bed with her Sister Hui Qing.

Fang Ren held back what he wanted to say and softly began, "You're mistaken."

"What's going to happen tomorrow or the day after?" Bai Qi asked.

Fang Ren stood up and withdrew his soundproofing True Qi, "Who knows."

Having said that, Fang Ren directly headed toward the spectator stands below, while Bai Qi remained seated, not intending to follow him down and meet that Brother Song.

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"Princess Fulan must certainly be able to achieve an excellent result in the final," the Seventh Elder mentioned as he chatted with several Tiandao Sword Sect juniors, inevitably flattering the princess of the Tiandao Sword Sect.

Upon hearing this, a Tiandao disciple laughed and said, "Seventh Elder's words are actually a bit inappropriate."

"Oh?" the Seventh Elder looked puzzled, "Is it because..."

That disciple laughed and amplified his voice, "Just yesterday, junior Fulan successfully refined a Three-level pill! In this alchemy competition, junior Fulan is bound to win the crown!"

"Brother Sen Mo's words are not right. That was but a fluke and shouldn't be taken seriously and spread as truth," Xia Fulan immediately said with a smile when she heard her senior brother's words, "Besides, this alchemy competition has many hidden dragons and crouching tigers; my abilities are perhaps just mediocre."

Although she said this, in her heart, she couldn't help but want her senior brother to boast about her talent to others.

The voice of the disciple who shouted was very loud, attracting not only the law enforcement officials in the center of the venue but also the spectators in the stands discussing among themselves.

After hearing the disciple's words, the flattery on the Seventh Elder's face began to stiffen, and he couldn't help but break out in large beads of sweat on his forehead.

Still, with a smile, he said, "I didn't expect Princess Fulan, at only 25 years old, to be able to refine a Three-level pill. Truly astonishing. Congratulations, Princess Fulan."

The expressions on the faces of the spectators, upon hearing the shouting disciple's words, also became a bit stiff.

Winning the crown?

Where do you think you are, bragging like this?

You probably don't know what kind of monster has appeared in this competition segment, do you? Three-level pill? What's that? How long did it take to refine?

Have you ever seen a Fourth-level advanced pill refined in fourteen minutes and thirty-six seconds?

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While the people in the stands had various comments they wanted to criticize with, the Tiandao Sword Sect members had ears too. Even if they whispered in the venue, they would be overheard.

"Er... Princess Fulan really is extraordinarily fortunate in the field of alchemy," one of the aristocrats managed to say with a forced smile, suppressing the awkwardness.

"Yes, yes, being able to refine a Three-level pill at only 25 years old, her talent is just too great!"

"This talent has already surpassed the achievements of that distinguished person from the past!"

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The crowd continued their astonished chatter, with no choice but to play along with her bragging given her status and her theatrics.