Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 1548

Chapter 1548

AST 1548 - The Qin Qing that Underwent a Great Personality Change, Departure

Qing Shui understood why the Leng Clan would do this to Qin Ying . Too many members of the Leng Clan had died in Qing Shui and Qin Qing’s hands . This was revenge . It was only to be expected that they would do such a thing .

Human nature would always side with one’s family instead of justice . They wouldn’t feel anything even if their clan members committed evil acts, but if their clan members were being humiliated or killed, this was simply unforgivable . There were so many from the Leng Clan that died, Qin Ying unfortunately became the sacrifice .

Thinking back to that young girl who was in her prime, the little girl who called him Brother Shui . Qing Shui was the closest, other than Qin Qing, to none other than this little lass in the Qin King Manor .

Her death made Qing Shui extremely angry and so very sad . It was an indescribable sadness . He was a doctor and as long as she had a breath of life left, he would be able to pull her back to life . But some illnesses were simply untreatable .

It was unknown what Qin Ying had experienced, enduring a sort of torture that made her lose all courage to continue leaving, choosing to escape by death .

Qin Qing’s eyes turned red from the killing . Qing Shui was blocking all attacks for her while her sword moves got sharper and sharper and was akin to an indomitable force . However, Qing Shui only grew more worried because he knew Qin Qing’s personality was changing .

She started to suffer from her heart demon, but she realised that her consciousness wasn’t blurry at all . She could recognise herself and knew what she was doing . For those who suffered from their heart demons, they wouldn’t be able to tell friend from foe and would engage in an all-out slaughter .

Rage ignited the potential of her body, and burned the power of her bloodline . Her physique originally already surpassed others and in addition to the inheritance from the phoenix battle god, she had awoken the blood of phoenix descendant of the phoenix battle god . However, her personality would grow more blood-thirsty .

She might be the successor of a battle god but it was destined that her life would be that of a demon king .

Qing Shui’s heart felt extremely complicated . As that gigantic explosion billowed, the blue small phoenixes eruption caused the old man to vanish completely, exploding into pieces . Right now, Qin Qing’s strength couldn’t be measured by logic .

Hatred and anger were able to grant overwhelming strength to people, igniting one’s potential . Qing Sha was like this as well . Qing Shui didn’t know whether these people were blessed or cursed .

Not long later, the ground was littered with corpses . Everyone from the Leng Clan had died . Qin Qing’s body was caked with blood, the baleful aura emitted by her didn’t diminish at all . She slowly walked towards Qin Ying and carried her up .

There were no tears on her face . Her cold gaze flickered with a little gentleness as she stared at Qin Ying . She knew that they had killed everyone in the Leng Clan but had sacrificed her little sister instead . Everything was her fault .

Her little sister died because of her…

Qing Shui walked over, “Be at ease, Ying`er wouldn’t have wanted to see you like this . ”

“She is my little sister . ” Qin QIng’s voice was extremely cold .

“The dead cannot return to life . These people are already dead, you don’t have to torture yourself . ” Qing Shui was feeling very sad too . Even he wanted to exterminate the entire Leng Clan .

“I want the entire Leng Clan to be buried with her . ” Qin Qing stared at the horizons and emitted a boundless killing intent .

The laws of this world stated that one mustn’t vent their anger on their enemy’s family . Although there were times people had to pull out the trouble by their roots, Qing Shui felt that in the past, Qin Qing wouldn’t have chosen to do this . She had changed now .

Qin Qing carried Qin Ying’s corpse back to the Qin King Manor, stunning everyone . The Qin King Manor might be low profile but it didn't mean that everyone could bully them, let alone killing their people . Also, Qin Ying died a terrible death, there was no way they could endure this . This was also the reason why Qin Qing was in such a rage .  

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“Let me accompany you!”

During the second day, Qin Qing wanted to leave . Despite knowing what she intended, he still chose to support her .

“I want to do this myself . I don't want anyone else to interfere . ” The gaze which Qin Qing used to look at Qing Shui, didn't contain any of her feelings of the past . There was only indifference now .

This matter was a great impact to her, she had no more confidence in men and subconsciously, she already began to distance herself from Qing Shui . He could clearly sense this .

Three days later, Qin Qing wiped out the entire Leng Clan in the Sacred Might Dynasty . Qing Shui was worried about her and followed her in the shadows, personally witnessing everything . His heart dripped with sadness when he saw what happened . Regardless of who it was, those at fault or those innocent, Qin Qing killed them . She was like a bloodthirsty demon queen .

Qing Shui thought about the Demon Lord . Tantai Lingyan had obtained the Demon King Inheritance but she didn't slaughter innocent people . To him, the actions of the Demon Lord Palace were more righteous compared to some of those from the righteous force .

Qin Qing had the inheritance of a battle god . She was a gentle and elegant fairy-like maiden yet she now became a true bloodthirsty demon . He felt as though he lost something .

That woman who stood afar wielding a bloodstained sword felt like a stranger to him . There was not a single living thing remaining around Qin Qing .

Qing Shui felt that it was about time for him to leave . When he inclined his head again, Qin Qing stood right before him . She stared at him with those beautiful yet emotionless eyes and spoke, “I can't control myself . ”

“You are not suffering from a heart demon . You knew precisely what you were doing when you slaughtered them . ” Qing Shui sighed . If she really was a victim of her heart demon, Qing Shui Shi had a method to help her . However, he could do nothing if she had a change of personality .

Qin Ying’s death was too great a shock . Qing Shui could understand and since he had no way to change anything, he could only choose to leave temporarily . Her current condition would only improve with time .

“If I don’t kill them, I would be in pain for the rest of my life . I would have no way to answer to Qin Ying . And if I spare them, I would feel as though a knife was cutting through my heart . ” Qin Qing agitatedly spoke as she looked at Qing Shui .

Qing Shui could understand . He nodded slightly, “I can understand your feelings now . I’m feeling the pain as well . It’s not too excessive to kill these people after they bullied Ying`er . But for some of the women, elderly and young children, they were truly innocent . ”

Qin Qing didn’t say anything . She turned her head away because she didn’t know what to say . She suddenly felt her heart was in chaos . Earlier when Qing Shui wanted to let go off her hand, she didn’t allow him to do so .

But now, she sensed that maybe she could no longer retain his heart . She had changed, he seemed to dislike how she was now . And in fact, she didn’t really like herself either .

She wasn’t wrong to kill those people on the Moonwolf Island . But later on, many of them were clearly innocent . When would revenge truly end? No one would want to be the first to let things go .

“Sister Qing, I think it’s time for me to leave . Qin Ying’s matter happened because of us . Now that it is concluded, I have to return . ” Qing Shui spoke with some reluctance .

Qin Qing shook as she stared at Qing Shui . Only at this moment was she certain that she was in love with him . However now, she felt the distance between them was growing further and further . Love cannot be forced and she understood this, so she nodded and sighed, “Take care then . ”

Her heart was heavy when she said this, but so was Qing Shui’s heart! He nodded his head, “You too, please take good care of yourself . ”

With misunderstandings already in the open, the best solution was to separate for a period of time . Although they might be apart for awhile, the connection between them wouldn’t be cut yet; it wasn’t so easy and might only happen after being several hundred to a thousand years apart .

Qing Shui saw Qin Qing hesitating to leave . He then spoke in a gentle tone, “I wish to see you leaving . ”

Qin Qing’s heart trembled . She contained the trembling of her heart and slowly walked away, vanishing in the distance . Qing Shui kept staring at her back until she disappeared while all the while feeling a feeling of emptiness in his heart .

Sighing a long breath, he didn’t know where should be going now . Given Qin Qing’s current strength, she wouldn’t run into any danger . It was destined that the Qin King Manor would only grow stronger and hence he wasn’t worried . But when he thought of this, he realised he couldn’t let her go in his heart .

Qing Shui had no idea what was the situation like at the Divine Might Dynasty . Would it pressure the Great Qin Dynasty? The Divine Might Dynasty couldn’t be compared to Great Qin but they were roughly about the same . If the news of the Leng Clan was leaked, he didn’t know if the Qin King Manor would encounter any trouble .

But there was one point and that is even if there’s pressure, the Great Qin Dynasty wouldn’t do anything to the Qin King Manor as it would be a sign of weakness .

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Qin Qing returned alone to the Qin King Manor . In fact, in her heart, Qin Qing didn't feel like she did anything wrong . Her personality had changed and she felt what she did was normal considering what these people did to her little sister . She was merely paying them back with the same coin so there she felt there wasn’t anything wrong with that . Since they could hurt the innocent and force her sister to commit suicide, she could do the same as well . She didn't feel she was overdoing things .

When the people of the manor saw Qin Qing returning alone . They roughly guessed what happened . Now, everyone was immersed in the pain of losing Qin Ying . A few days had already passed and everyone in the Qin King Manor was still in low spirits . Qin Qing shut herself in seclusion the instant she returned .

Qing Shui remained in the Divine Might Dynasty and didn't leave . He put himself in Qin Qing’s shoes and thought about what would he have done . Why was there a need to vent out on the innocent . . .

Qing Shui was in a state of contradiction . He didn't feel that he was right but he didn't think Qin Qing was right either . He felt that Qin Qing had changed and the distance between them grew wider .

Hatred, rage, sadness and regret filled her entire heart and there could be no space for anything else . Hence, Qing Shui decided to leave first and as time flowed, the negative feelings might fade and there would be a place for him again .

Without the Leng Clan, this meant that there were no more enemies . However the Leng Clan was a great clan and should still have many connections remaining . When they slaughtered the entire Leng Clan, Qing Shui knew that it would implicate many people . Hence, Qing Shui wanted to see what movements the royal clan of the Sacred Might Dynasty would make . These other powers would surely demand an explanation from the royal clan .   

This was the main purpose of why Qing Shui remained .

Imperial City!

Qing Shui  descended when he was at the imperial city of the Sacred Might Dynasty . He didn’t know how many people were acquainted with him here hence he changed his features to that of a middle-aged man .

“Get me a flask of wine and a few dishes to go along with it . ” After Qing Shui entered an inn and called out to a waiter .

Qing Shui randomly found a table and sat down, staring at his surroundings without paying too much attention . All of a sudden, his eyes turned to the table by the window . Over there was a female who wore a conical bamboo hat . Her figure was svelte yet seductive, causing men to be unable to shift their gazes away . However, the reason Qing Shui noticed her wasn’t because of her figure but her aura instead .

Ever since Qing Shui cultivated the Titan Ox Strength and that mysterious energy entered his body, his spiritual sense had improved by leaps and bounds . He could sense that only 90% of the aura radiated by that woman was human . . .