Chapter 1743 A Touch of Genuine Feeling Mixed with Pretense

"A heart-protecting stone?" Mu Liuqing immediately flew over and ripped open Fang Yuan's outer garment, revealing a round, protruding hard object pressed against Fang Yuan's chest.

Mu Liuqing laughed: "Didn't you say that the Heart-Protecting Stone had already shattered? You lied to me again."

Her smile was full of bitterness and despair.

She finally placed her hopes on one person, but the person, like Wan Qianqiu, hurt her.

"Liu Qing... let me explain." Fang Yuan opened his mouth as if to say something, but no words came out.

No amount of explanation can change the truth; it will only seem weaker and more powerless.

"I...I'm sorry. I lied to you, but I really just wanted to win your favor and make you like me." Fang Yuan still wanted to make one last effort: "Liu Qing, believe me, I didn't mean any harm."

"I'm giving you the Heart-Protecting Stone. From now on, we'll go our separate ways!" Mu Liuqing took a deep breath and flew back to Ruan Yu's side.

Through this incident, she finally saw Fang Yuan's true colors.

There's no need to continue this so-called emotional connection.

Perhaps he never loved her from beginning to end, but only coveted the benefits she offered.

However, the truth is no longer important.

Fang Yuan: "Liu Qing! Are you really going to give up on our relationship because of this little lie?"

He caught up with me, shaking his head and saying, "I lied and said the heart-protecting stone was broken so you would feel more sorry for me."

"No, this will only make me hate you more." Mu Liuqing's face was devoid of any smile: "Stop talking, let's just leave it at that."

She thought Fang Yuan was suffering from the corrosive evil energy day and night because he lacked a protective stone. Out of pity, she condensed her purest ghostly power to protect Fang Yuan.

This has resulted in her cultivation level remaining stagnant for so many years.

Fang Yuan, however, made rapid progress...

She should have realized it sooner.

It was love, that ridiculous emotion, that controlled her mood.

Is this really just a small lie? No, it's an act of taking advantage of someone's kindness!

"Liu Qing..." Witnessing Mu Liu Qing and Ruan Yu leave with his own eyes, Fang Yuan's heart felt like it was being pricked by needles, a dense and subtle pain that was hard to bear.

When he sensed that the ghostly aura in the academy had completely dissipated, Fang Yuan looked up and a smug smile appeared on his lips.

"All these years of enduring humiliation and hardship have not been in vain. Not only have I obtained the innate divine artifact, the Heart-Protecting Stone, but with Mu Liuqing's help, my cultivation has also advanced by leaps and bounds. It won't be long before I break through!"

He happily took out the heart-protecting stone and held it above his head.

Sunlight shines on the heart-protecting stone, making it sparkle with dazzling light.

The body, which should have been weak and ill, will soon be fully recovered.

Fang Yuanman's eyes were filled with excitement, eagerly anticipating that day.

"Ugh!" A sudden pain shot through his abdomen, and Fang Yuan's body lurched forward.

He looked down at the longsword piercing his body, then turned his head in disbelief: "It's you..."

Ruan Yu left and then returned.

"You don't deserve to take her things." As the heart-protecting stone fell, Ruan Yu reached out and caught it.

He then drew his sword and kicked Fang Yuan away, saying, "I won't kill you, but you should remain the same as you were before."

Fang Yuan fell to the ground and rolled two or three times before stopping, leaving a large pool of blood on the ground.

shocking!

"The Heart-Protecting Stone...give it back to me!" Fang Yuan reached out his hand to Ruan Yu.

His eyes were filled with jealousy and hatred: "Those are mine!"

"Mu Liuqing's things were lent to you, how did they become yours?" Ruan Yu didn't want to waste words with this kind of person: "If you say another word I don't like, I'll send you to hell immediately!"

Fang Yuan gritted his teeth, not daring to utter a sound: "..."

"Deception, exploitation, and concealment—you destroyed your relationship with your own hands." With those last words, Ruan Yu flew away.

She came back only to seek justice for Mu Liuqing!

After all, Mu Liuqing is her person now, how can she let him be bullied for nothing?

Fang Yuan struggled to stop the bleeding. He climbed to the wall and sat up, leaning against it: "I did nothing wrong! Humans and ghosts are different. She happened to have something I needed. In order to get the Heart-Protecting Stone, I pretended to love her. What did I do wrong?"

"It's not like I didn't help her! If it weren't for me, she would still be suppressed under the magic array!"

Fang Yuan continued talking to himself, but Ruan Yu and Mu Liuqing had already walked far away and couldn't hear what he was saying at all.

Even if she heard it, it would only add to Mu Liuqing's sadness.

"Liu Qing..." Fang Yuan said, tears streaming down her face.

I feel empty inside.

The woman who always revolved around him, whose heart and eyes were filled with him, is gone...

Fang Yuan did love Mu Liuqing, but he was unwilling to admit that he had fallen in love with someone who was already dead! At first, he approached her with feigned affection, trying to warm her heart, but as they spent more time together, a genuine affection developed that he himself was unaware of!

"Master, is Fang Yuan... alright?" Mu Liuqing asked anxiously when she saw Ruan Yu return.

Ruan Yu placed the heart-protecting stone in her hand: "It's alright, he was only stabbed once, he won't die."

Mu Liuqing: "!!!"

Was it just a stab?

Fang Yuan is physically weak and his heart ailment has not yet healed, how could he...

She wanted to go back and visit, but she didn't dare to voice this thought.

"Concerned about him? Why don't you go back?" Ruan Yu glanced at Mu Liuqing.

"I'm not going back." Mu Liuqing shook her head firmly: "It's all in the past. This relationship, which started with deception, should have ended long ago."

She handed the Heart-Protecting Stone to Ruan Yu: "You should keep this Heart-Protecting Stone, Master. I am now just a member of the Underworld Clan and cannot use the magical artifacts controlled by humans."

Ruan Yu didn't stand on ceremony with her and accepted the money without saying a word.

Fang Yuan is truly foolish; he's worn the Heart-Protecting Stone on his body for so long without refining it. Otherwise, he would have already achieved physical godhood!

However, she has already broken through to the divine level and refined the Heart-Protecting Stone, which will only make her body even stronger. In addition, her heart may also undergo a transformation.

The specifics of the transformation will only be known after the process is completed.

The matter at the All Souls Academy has temporarily come to an end.

Ruan Yu sent Mu Liuqing into the Hundred Ghosts Banner and returned to Qingyong City.

On the Beast Mountain.

"The mark of the Sacrifice Killing Array has really disappeared!" Gongsun Yihua made a huge fuss as soon as she came out.

Having narrowly escaped death, she was incredibly grateful to Ruan Yu! She even idolized her!

"How on earth did you do that?"

"It's simple, just kill the person who set up the formation." To be honest, Ruan Yu didn't expect to break the great threat of the Sacrifice Killing Formation so quickly.

Gongsun Yihua's eyes lit up with hearts: "Wow! If only you were a man!"

She clenched her fists and rested them on her chin.

Ruan Yu coldly replied, "Stop! No man would marry you."

"Waaaaah, even though I know, it's still heartbreaking to hear you say it so bluntly!"

"Don't talk, we've got work to do."