System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Clearly, Zhan Xin's divine sense was only at the initial stage of awakening, and could not be compared with Chen Xuan's powerful divine sense that could cover a radius of thousands of miles with a single thought.

Seeing Zhan Xin staggering towards him as if she had something to say, Chen Xuan's heart tightened. He quickly reached out, took two steps forward, and steadily pulled her swaying body into his arms.

At this moment, the surrounding space and time shifted, and the air currents became turbulent, as if they too were fluctuating in response to this heartwarming scene.

Zhanxin is definitely a person with a simple and straightforward heart, yet also decisive and ruthless.

It wasn't that she was heartless, aloof, or detached from worldly affairs; it was simply that when she was still an infant, her master brought her into the small world of the Taiqing Palace. From then on, she received that unique and obsessive educational method.

In such an environment, instilling extreme spiritual cultivation ideas and rigid rules for interpersonal conduct, it would be strange if one's personality did not have flaws.

At this moment, Chen Xuan held Zhan Xin in his arms, looking at her with complicated emotions. She was clearly powerless to hold on, yet she still gritted her teeth and resisted the enormous pressure brought about by the spacetime distortion. He couldn't help but ask her through telepathy, "Why did you take the initiative to say that you gave me that divine ore source stone?"

Chen Xuan looked into Zhan Xin's eyes and gently shook his head. "Even if you feel you owe me a favor, there's no need to repay it in this way. If you do this, you'll probably be hunted down by disciples from sects like the Dragon Hunter Clan and the Heavenly Jade Clan in the future."

Zhanxin lay quietly in Chen Xuan's arms. His eyes, which were no longer as cold and indifferent as they had been when facing others, now revealed a different kind of gentleness.

"This is something I owe you." Zhanxin shook his head, his eyes lost in distant memories. "Don't you think I'm unreasonable and have a strange personality?"

Chen Xuan immediately recalled the events that happened after he saved her and she woke up, and nodded slightly. "At the time, I just thought you were crazy, wasting such a good-looking face."

Zhan Xin didn't expect Chen Xuan to be so direct. She couldn't help but purse her lips and glare at Chen Xuan angrily. After taking a deep breath, she slowly explained the reason, "When I was still an infant, I was abandoned in the wilderness by my biological parents. If my master hadn't passed by and brought me back to Taiqing Palace, I would probably have become food for wild beasts long ago."

Zhan Xin stared at Chen Xuan, a hint of melancholy in his eyes. "Disciples of Taiqing Palace are never allowed to discuss matters of love between men and women. I have no tribe, and I don't even know who my parents are... But you are different; you may have all of these things."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan felt a mix of emotions, and his eyes were filled with complex feelings.

“Chen Xuan, that day you risked being corrupted by demonic energy to absorb the demonic energy from my body. After I woke up, I even wanted to kill you…” Zhan Xin said, his expression full of dejection. “Afterwards, I calmed down and began to frantically search for other cultivator teams. When I saw female cultivators, I forced them to swear an oath and told me whether what happened between you and me counted as dual cultivation.”

Chen Xuan's eyes twitched upon hearing this, and he really didn't know how to react.

"Some say it doesn't count, some say it does. I'm completely lost, feeling like something crucial is missing from my heart. If I can't break free from this inner shackle, I'm afraid my mental state will remain stuck at the Primordial Spirit Realm for the rest of my life, unable to progress any further."

Zhanxin recalled his feelings of confusion and anxiety at that time, and slowly said, "Later, the reason why I risked my life to activate multiple forbidden techniques to protect you was not just to repay your favor, but also because I felt more confused than ever about the future path. I didn't know how to walk the road ahead, or how to cultivate the path."

"I was surrounded and exhausted, almost ready to give up, when you suddenly appeared." Zhan Xin lay in Chen Xuan's arms, looking up at Chen Xuan's face. As she spoke, a slight blush rose to her pale cheeks. "After you appeared, you stood in front of me without hesitation..."

Zhan Xin paused at this point, seemingly struggling internally, but clearly she was about to express her doubts. "At that moment, my heart was deeply moved. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've always been taught that I shouldn't have any other thoughts about you, but the feeling of confusion gradually becoming clearer in my heart is so strong."

"Later, you publicly implied that I was your Daoist partner, and even pretended to be affectionate by personally feeding me medicine." Zhanxin was ultimately just a naive newbie when it came to emotions. At this point, she dared not look at Chen Xuan anymore, but turned her head away and murmured softly, "At that time, although I was furious on the surface, only I knew that beneath my instinctive resistance since childhood, my heart was actually pounding with excitement. I really don't know what's wrong with me?"

"Just now, the tower formation could not be activated because of the divine ore source stone. Only you and I were not controlled by that Daoist Siyun and had to hand over the divine ore source stone. At that moment, I immediately remembered what your senior brother Sanzang told me, that you have a tribe and relatives. My first reaction was that I must not let the hatred brought about by that battle fall on you."

At this point, Zhan Xin turned to Chen Xuan with a bewildered look and asked with utmost seriousness, "Chen Xuan, I know that compared to you, my experience is really insignificant. But can you tell me, what exactly does this mean? We've only met for the first time, and at most we've only seen each other twice and spent a few days together."

Initially, Chen Xuan casually saved Zhan Xin from the clutches of the demon, simply because he had seen that Zhan Xin possessed immense fortune through the Qi Observation Technique taught to him by his master, the Thousand Immortals. He thought it was just a small act, and saving this woman might bring him some good karma.

Even if this good deed doesn't benefit oneself, it might bring blessings to the geniuses among the descendants of Qushan in the future.

It was not lust at first sight, nor was it a deliberate encounter.

Unexpectedly, a series of subsequent developments led to this situation.

Faced with Zhan Xin's sincere and inquiring gaze, filled with helplessness, confusion, and unwavering trust, Chen Xuan simply couldn't lie.

He took a deep breath, stared at Zhanxin, and slowly nodded, saying, "Having feelings for someone isn't about how long you spend together or how many times you meet; it's mainly because the timing of our meeting was too crucial. If it weren't for those two things, you wouldn't feel this way."

Seeing Chen Xuan trying to smooth things over, Zhan Xin frowned, pursed her red lips, pinched the fat on Chen Xuan's waist, and said unhappily, "Speak like a human."

Chen Xuan glared and bared his teeth, though the pained expression was feigned. He could only plead, "Actually, it's nothing serious, it's just... it's just... you've probably fallen for me, that's why you're acting like this."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Xin was taken aback, looking into Chen Xuan's eyes as if trying to see through his heart. "If this is what love is, then isn't the love between men and women in this mortal world too frivolous? Is there no reason why one person can fall in love with another?"

Chen Xuan thought for a moment and nodded, "To hate someone, you only need to know what they did to you, and you also need the cause and process. But to like someone, you only need one glance."

Zhan Xin was greatly shocked and looked at Chen Xuan again, asking, "Does loving someone really not need a reason?"

"Do you need it?" Chen Xuan asked, looking directly into Zhan Xin's eyes.

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