Chapter 1276: A Thousand Miles of Ice, Eternal Snow!

Ye Yuan's head buzzed, feeling as if it were about to explode.

The moment he saw that figure, Ye Yuan finally understood the reason for his inexplicable palpitations!

Back when Li'er was safe, a string in Ye Yuan's heart had loosened.

He had paid no further heed to that inexplicable palpitation.

But precisely because of that, his self-reproach at this moment was even more severe.

“Hahaha, what kind of expression is that? Surprised? Shocked?” Seeing Ye Yuan's expression, Kano burst into laughter.

Ye Yuan's face instantly darkened to the extreme.

His heart was bleeding!

On the cross, the limbs of a graceful figure were nailed down by four spikes.

The blood had long since dried!

Ye Yuan recognized those spikes; they were called Soul-Locking Nails, capable of pinning a person's divine soul, preventing escape.

Even a Divine King powerhouse could not break free!

The cross also faintly emanated fluctuations of laws, clearly not an ordinary object.

Ye Yuan saw at a glance that the formation was used to seal primal energy!

On the cross, that face of peerless beauty was calm, seemingly not much afraid.

On the contrary, there was even a trace of a smile on her face!

But that trace of a smile was more like a steel needle, piercing into Ye Yuan's heart.

Ye Yuan understood the meaning of that smile!

She had no blame, no resentment; she... just wanted to see his true feelings!

For her, meeting under such circumstances was instead... a situation she had longed for!

She was the most beautiful woman in the Divine Realm—Mu Lingxue!

“Hahaha... Little girl, it seems he never had you in his heart! Back then, he nearly fell into demonic obsession for that little girl from the Yue family. But he never cared about you!” Kano laughed loudly.

Mu Lingxue ignored him, looking at Ye Yuan, and said softly, “It seems you really are surprised.”

Ye Yuan's heart twitched violently!

He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

What could he say?

Could he say that he had indeed had a sudden impulse, but he never thought of her?

Mu Lingxue smiled.

The smile of the ice beauty was peerlessly enchanting, as if even heaven and earth melted.

At this moment, Mu Lingxue gave off a poignant beauty.

Below, there was dead silence.

Everyone knew that between Divine King Lingtian and Divine King Lingxue, there was an indescribable emotional entanglement.

In those days, how many brilliant geniuses had pursued Divine King Lingxue.

Yet she alone was devoted to Divine King Lingtian!

But alas, the falling flowers yearned for love, while the flowing waters were heartless; the two never ended up together.

Times changed, and the former Ji Qingyun returned in glory as Divine King Lingtian, but ended up with the proud daughter of Brightmoon City.

This was only natural, and no one dared to say much.

After all, between Ji Qingyun and Mu Lingxue, it had essentially fizzled out.

No one expected that just as the battle was about to be decided, Kano would use Divine King Lingxue as a hostage to blackmail Ye Yuan!

Clearly, it worked!

“You don't need to say anything. I only ask you one question!” Mu Lingxue said calmly.

Ye Yuan truly didn't know what words to use to describe his feelings at that moment.

If Mu Lingxue had scolded him harshly, perhaps his heart would have felt a little better.

But Mu Lingxue was too calm, calm to the point of being chilling.

Every word from Mu Lingxue was like a knife, cutting into his heart, making him wish he were dead.

At that moment, Ye Yuan realized that the Divine Realm was not omnipotent!

At this very moment, even though he had mastered the Heavenly Dao, he was still so powerless.

Did he truly not have Mu Lingxue in his heart?

No!

Humans are not made of wood or stone; who can be devoid of feelings?

In his previous life, he had been single-mindedly pursuing the Dao, considering emotions a burden.

He had been unwilling to accept Mu Lingxue's feelings.

But that didn't mean he truly had no feelings for Mu Lingxue!

If not, why would he have refined pills for Mu Lingxue and saved her life?

Later, Ye Yuan suffered a great calamity and was exiled to the Boundless Border, where he coincidentally met Yue Mengli.

That calamity had changed Ye Yuan far too much.

Not only did he embark on the path of martial arts, but he also opened his heart, allowing Yue Mengli to enter.

The two had gone through life and death together, and Yue Mengli had finally moved Ye Yuan.

And Ye Yuan, unwilling to let Yue Mengli down, forced himself to forget that past relationship.

If anyone was to blame, it was the cruel tricks of fate, the two being thrown together by chance!

Even so, she had not blamed him for anything.

She had not even troubled Yue Mengli; instead, when Ye Yuan was in danger, she had saved his life!

Then she had completely vanished from Ye Yuan's life.

From beginning to end, Ye Yuan had never seen her face, not even had time to say thank you!

A beauty's favor is the hardest to bear!

This was true for Yue Mengli, and how could it not be true for Mu Lingxue?

Mu Lingxue was the renowned ice beauty of the Divine Realm, cold to everyone.

But only when facing him did she seem to melt entirely.

No one else had ever received such treatment.

Unlike Yue Mengli's passionate love, Mu Lingxue's love was like her personality—cold and silent!

After parting at the Medicine King Hall back then, Mu Lingxue never set foot there again and went into seclusion.

Not until the upheaval at the Medicine King Hall, when news of Ji Qingyun's death spread.

She came out of seclusion!

What Ye Yuan didn't know was that Mu Lingxue had once gone alone to the Medicine King Hall, fought Ji Canglan for several days, and returned severely injured.

Later, knowing she was no match for Ji Canglan, she secretly monitored the Medicine King Hall's movements, leading to her rescue that day.

The suffering of those thirty or forty years, only Mu Lingxue herself knew!

Yet she had never complained to Ye Yuan.

She simply loved in her own way, in solitude.

“You... speak!” Ye Yuan said, his mouth dry.

Over the years, for Li'er's sake, he had almost sealed away the memory of Mu Lingxue.

Thus, even with the sudden impulse, he never thought it had anything to do with Mu Lingxue.

But seeing Mu Lingxue today, that seal shattered without resistance.

The common people, or Mu Lingxue?

This was a choice placed before Ye Yuan!

Clearly, this choice had no solution!

Even though he now mastered the Heavenly Dao, even though he now looked down upon the world, even though he had no equal in the world, he could not save Mu Lingxue from Kano's hands.

Because he knew Kano would never give him the chance.

Mu Lingxue was Kano's final trump card prepared especially for Ye Yuan, and also a winning card; how could he give him an opportunity?

Compared to Ye Yuan's inner turmoil, Mu Lingxue seemed much more at ease.

In everyone's eyes, she showed no awareness of being a hostage.

Though her appearance was pitiful, she gave off a sense of calm magnanimity.

Mu Lingxue's lips curled up; she smiled.

She parted her crimson lips and slowly recited: “A thousand miles of ice, eternal snow!”