Sword Shatters Stars

Can we leave out Chapter 89?
"Whose cousin?" Lin Xiufeng looked like he hadn't reacted yet, then suddenly realized and said, "Lin Qiru's cousin?"

"Nonsense! Whose cousin do you know?" Zhao Youyue found Lin Xiufeng increasingly suspicious.

“Friend,” Lin Xiufeng replied calmly.

"Nonsense! Is she your girlfriend?"

Zhao Youyue felt increasingly uneasy. Lin Xiufeng's reaction to Lin Qiru at first glance was unusual, indicating that they were more than just ordinary friends.

"No."

"Liar."

"If you don't believe me, why are you asking me?" Lin Xiufeng rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.

Zhao Youyue, still fuming, suddenly suppressed her emotions and continued to ask:
Is it someone you have a one-sided crush on?

"I'm sorry, but I'm naturally a bit cold-hearted, and I can change my mind faster than flipping through a book. My parents never taught me about one-sided love. Even if you, Zhao Youyue, say you don't love me anymore today, I'll stop loving you in three minutes. Do you think I could possibly be one-sided?"

"How can you be so cold-blooded! You stop loving me just because I don't love you anymore?" Zhao Youyue was furious.

"If you don't love me anymore, aren't you the cold-blooded one?" Lin Xiufeng retorted confidently.

“…Okay.” Zhao Youyue wasn’t angry anymore; most importantly, the topic had been changed! So she angrily pressed on, “Does Lin Qiru’s cousin like you?”

"I'm not her cousin, how would I know if her cousin likes me or not?" Lin Xiufei said, looking completely unreasonable.

"Just as I thought! You thought you could fool me with your clever words?"

Zhao Youyue immediately started making connections and angrily pressed for an answer:
"Tell me! Did you take advantage of her cousin and then abandon her, so you're feeling guilty?"

"Excuse me, could you use your rich imagination to think about how we should plan next? For example, how can we keep our original plans from being affected without letting Lin Qiru know about Huanshan Jinghu?"

Lin Xiufeng looked helpless.

Zhao Youyue suddenly spoke calmly and slowly:
"Lin Xiufeng, can't you be honest? If we switch places, will you come and question me? Where did your principle of equality go?"

Lin Xiufeng remained silent for a moment before speaking:

"Lin Qiru's cousin and I had mutual feelings for each other, and we should have developed into a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship."

"High school studies are already demanding, and I'm a playful person. After we got closer, I found that she was very clingy."

"Are you sick? I only cling to you because I like you, is that wrong?" Zhao Youyue was furious.

"I told you, I'm playful. After finishing all the homework and practice problems assigned by the school, I already have little time to play. Before we've even officially started dating, my time for playing games is almost gone, so I don't dare to take it any further."

"Lin Xiufeng, you're lying! Do you think I'm an idiot?" Zhao Youyue was even angrier.

Lin Xiufeng, not in a good mood, retorted:

"Believe it or not, that's the truth. I also explained my thoughts to her, admitting that I was selfish, cold, and playful, and we've remained just friends for a while now."

"...So her cousin has always liked you?"

"I never asked her or brought up the topic of relationships. Anyway, we both stayed single after that."

"Do you miss her a lot?" Zhao Youyue suddenly felt very sad, feeling that Lin Xiufeng and Lin Qiru's cousin had a deep relationship, while she herself was a latecomer.

"I've thought about it, but not really. Like I said, I'm selfish. I'm already here, why would I still think about her?"

"Instead of wasting time, you should think about my grandparents, my aunt and cousin, and my maternal grandparents..."

"I don't want to think about it anymore. In the end, all I'll think about is my enemy!"

Lin Xiufeng's eyes were red, and his barely suppressed anger made Zhao Youyue feel as if he were a completely different person!

"I don't want to think about it anymore! It was my fault; I shouldn't have made these wild guesses!"

Zhao Youyue hugged Lin Xiufei, trying to distract him.

After a while, seeing that Lin Xiufeng had calmed down, Zhao Youyue put on a charmingly ingratiating expression and said:
"Can I ask one last question? Really, the last one! I promise!" Lin Xiufeng sighed helplessly and said, "Go ahead and ask!"

"What if you meet her again after we return to Tianlan Star?"

"Go back to Tianlan Star? How long is that? Before I came here, my wish was to go back within ten or twenty years and take care of my grandparents for a few more years. Now I only dare to think about five or eight years."

"Before I came in, I felt like I was living my past life on Tianlan Star."

“In the past, I was just one step away from her. From the moment I entered the Heavenly Martial Realm, it was destined that there would be no future for us.”

"We met here and came together. We are each other's destiny in this new life, so you don't need to worry about things from your past life, okay?"

"Okay!" Zhao Youyue replied earnestly.

Zhao Youyue suddenly understood why Lin Xiufeng reacted that way when he first saw Lin Qiru.

If the girl Lin Xiufeng knew had actually entered the Heavenly Martial Realm, he would be truly dumbfounded.

It's as if someone from a past life has come to this one; it's inevitable that he'll be at a loss and find it hard to sort things out.

Lin Xiufeng continued peeling back the layers, having a frank conversation with Zhao Youyue about these matters, which made him feel much more relaxed.

Zhao Youyue was silent for a moment, then suddenly said:
"Don't you think it's terrifying how ruthless and capricious I am when I kill enemies?"

"Some people don't deserve kindness and tolerance; they only take advantage of other people's kindness and tolerance."

Lin Xiufeng felt this deeply. Did the people who caused his mother's death in the operating room and the Tianwu warriors who threatened the hospital deserve forgiveness?

"I've been learning fencing since I was little, it's really a way to vent. My family was very strict with me growing up, and all my pent-up emotions were released through fencing. Sometimes when I was feeling really pent up, I would fantasize during competition about turning my opponent into a beehive. It's pretty scary, isn't it?"

"I can understand. When I was a child, my mother forced me to study. When she pushed me too far, I even had the urge to tear up all my books. Fortunately, my father was understanding and was able to calm me down."

Lin Xiufeng didn't have many such experiences, in fact, no more than five times. They all happened when his academic performance fluctuated greatly, causing his mother to become very anxious.

But he remembered each one very clearly.

“But my parents only push me! They don’t have time to manage me, so they hired three live-in tutors to keep an eye on me. I really don’t have time to catch my breath or rest.”

"When I kill a bunch of people, I feel a great sense of satisfaction. It's like all the fantasies I've had after pent-up frustration have come true, and it's accompanied by a feeling of cathartic release."

Zhao Youyue had been holding these words in for a long time, wanting to say them but never daring to tell Lin Xiufeng.

She was afraid he would think she was perverted, terrifying, and cruel.

"If you know why you're doing this and you know what level of abnormality is abnormal, there's no need to put a psychological burden on yourself. Because when you kill the enemy, you're not doing it to experience that emotion; it's because the enemy needs to be eliminated."

Lin Xiufeng's words reassured Zhao Youyue and dispelled her previous self-doubts. She nodded happily and said:
"You're right! I can guarantee that I've never once acted out of a desire for the exhilarating feeling of emotional release!"

Suddenly, he shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Hey, it's fine for you two to be lovey-dovey, but can you please not let it affect our progress? There are still so many deaf people to deal with! Once the reinforcements from the Overturning Heaven Organization arrive, we won't be able to finish cleaning them up!"

Lin Xiufeng originally wanted to retort, but he realized that the progress was a bit slow.

Ren Xingdu had already dealt with both ends of the onion deafness, and Lin Qiru, who had just taken over, had already dealt with one end.

He and Zhao Youyue haven't even finished dealing with one of their problems yet.

Okay, the facts must be acknowledged!

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue consciously focused on their work and stopped chatting.

With the five of them working together, they finally finished dealing with everything.

The bones were pulverized into bone powder by the Heavenly Martial Force, making them easy to carry. The fur and meat were carried by one person on a carrying pole, far away from the burned ruins of the Second Elder City of Heaven.

From that day on, the Dream Continent gained a new phenomenon: the strange tale of the murderous fog.

(End of this chapter)