Half a day ago, in a cave somewhere outside the secret realm.

The cave is rich in aura and filled with green light. Occasionally, water stains drip from the emerald green milkstone. When the water blooms, it also makes an ethereal sound.

Deep inside the cave.

Gu Wanqing closed her beautiful eyes tightly and crossed her legs on a jade stone.

Auras of spiritual light came out of her body, dotted into stars, and swam, floating slowly with her as the center.

The spiritual light illuminated her cheeks, adding a touch of weakness to her already pale complexion. It also made the remaining blood stains at the corners of her mouth more eye-catching.

Lean slightly.

The aura dissipated, and Gu Wanqing's complexion turned rosy.

She slowly opened her eyes, first exhaled a breath of turbidity, and then couldn't help feeling excited.

This cave was originally the lair of a seventh-level monster beast comparable to a monk in the Creation Realm.

If it were other people, they would definitely choose to run away the moment they encountered a monster that was several realms higher than themselves.

But Gu Wanqing is different.

She has a devilish talent. Whether it is skills, secrets, weapons, or trump cards, she is definitely not comparable to ordinary monks.

Therefore, she chose to fight the monster.

The result is obvious, she won.

Although the monster's dying counterattack caused her some injuries, it was not a serious problem.

Then Gu Wanqing discovered that the jade stone she was sitting cross-legged at this time was actually the condensed form of "Xuanrong Jade Liquid" with a ninth-grade French level!

Sitting cross-legged and meditating on the jade stone not only allowed her to break through from the peak of Yuan Dan to the Dao Palace in one fell swoop! It even allowed her injuries to heal quickly!

"Sure enough, my choice was right." Gu Wanqing murmured.

Although even without this jade stone, she could still break through to the Dao Palace realm in a short period of time, but she would never be able to do it so quickly and naturally!

And all this is because she chose to ignore the danger and enter the secret realm of Dao!

Then, Gu Wanqing's mind moved, and a green and gray fruit appeared in her hand.

The fruit of life and death!

The purpose of her coming to this cave was to find a quiet place to take this medicine.

Originally, she had already achieved a breakthrough at this time, and there was no need to take the risk of taking this life-and-death fruit with great disadvantages.

But she felt it was not enough.

Her own cultivation is not enough! Not enough for her to regain her pride, not enough to impress Xu Ze!

So, she decided to take it as planned.

Even after taking this fruit of life and death, she would have to go through the pain of life and death, and even risk being unable to resurrect!

But she still chose this way!

Everything is just to prove yourself!

And at the moment when the Tao Fruit appeared.

[Tao-level items detected, does the host recharge?]

The system prompt text appears again.

"No recharge! Definitely no recharge!" Gu Wanqing blurted out.

Again, she would never watch Xu Ze's memories again and have her thoughts affected by it no matter what!

As early as when Xu Ze said "It's easy to get together and get together," she had already decided to let go completely!

Worried about an accident, Gu Wanqing no longer dared to hesitate and immediately put the Fruit of Life and Death into her mouth.

Taoguo is sweet in the mouth, but it is mixed with a little bitterness when chewed carefully.

This made Gu Wanqing frown slightly.

Resisting the discomfort in her mouth, she finally swallowed all the Dao Fruit. Then, she soon discovered something strange!

After the Dao Fruit entered the abdomen, it turned into a breath that was sometimes hot and sometimes cold!

As the breath moved along the veins and dantian of her body, it was gradually cutting off her vitality!

Gu Wanqing instinctively resisted this, but it was useless.

Soon.

As her vitality gradually disappeared, her eyes became blurred, and her breathing and heartbeat gradually became weaker.

At this moment, a sense of fear of death enveloped her instantly.

She couldn't help but trembled all over her body and showed panic in her eyes. But all of this disappeared in an instant.

Instead, there is an expectation.

Not bad, just looking forward to it.

Rumors.

A monk who has taken the fruit of life and death will see his true heart, his reluctance and obsession when his consciousness is dying.

"Others say I'm wrong, but I think I'm right."

"But if it's true, then how could Xu Ze and I get to this point?"

"If it's true, why do I feel guilty and blame myself every time I see Xu Ze and see those memories?"

"Maybe..."

"Perhaps at the moment of death, I can really see my true heart."

In a daze of consciousness, Gu Wanqing murmured.

Her voice became softer and softer, and her breath became weaker and weaker.

Driven by instinct, no matter how hard she tried to open her eyes and brace herself, she still inevitably fell into darkness.

Immediately, pictures appeared in front of her eyes like a horse watching a lantern.

Gu Wanqing knows.

She is not looking at Xu Ze's memories, but looking back on her own past.

"Have you heard? Xu Ze of the Xu family and Gu Wanqing of the Gu family have made an engagement!"

"Really? Gu Wanqing is a famous ugly girl."

"Not only is he ugly, it is said that he is unable to practice cultivation and will only be a mortal for the rest of his life."

"Tsk, tsk, then Xu Ze's appetite is too heavy, right?"

"Even if you give this kind of woman to me, I won't want it!"

"..."

Noisy and harsh words continued to pour into Gu Wanqing's mind.

In this regard, she could only grit her teeth and endure it all silently.

She obviously wants to refute.

She obviously wants to scold him back!

Obviously she wants to tell everyone that she and Xu Ze truly love each other!

But...

She can't do it.

Because everything the people around me say is true.

She was really not worthy of Xu Ze.

"Have you heard? Xu Ze and Gu Wanqing seem to be getting married."

"Then Xu Ze is really stupid, he is really willing to marry an ugly girl."

"That's right! I am opposed to this marriage! Only a better woman can match a dedicated man like Xu Ze!"

"You are the only one who objects? Everyone is opposed! It is said that in order to avoid making the marriage ugly, Xu Ze and Gu Wanqing plan to get married quietly!"

"Tsk, tsk, marriage matters need to be kept secret? This Gu Wanqing has really caused Xu Ze a lot of trouble."

"Who says it's not?"

"..."

More discussions started.

The words were full of praise for Xu Ze and mockery of Gu Wanqing.
To be continued...