"You are..."
As soon as Ning Tian spoke, the phantom of the God of Love bloomed with a smile, like the first light of dawn, subtle and warm. The flush on her face was like the blooming crabapple in March, delicate and charming.
"Shouldn't you have already guessed?" The God of Love phantom did not leave the Sun and Moon Lake, only asking further, "Are you willing to inherit my divine throne?"
Such a simple and direct question caused Ning Tian to be momentarily stunned, but she quickly recovered. "I am willing."
"That's good."
In an instant, the God of Love phantom seemed to ignite with flames. Her beautiful delicate body was completely drenched in a blood-red hue.
The next moment, the blood color faded, and as the God of Love phantom completely dissipated, a brilliant golden light descended from the sky.
Under the illumination of the golden light, everything at this moment seemed to enter an absolute state of stillness; only the waves rising from the Sun and Moon Lake indicated that the stillness was merely an illusion.
This golden light was full of majesty, grandeur, and sacredness.
The moment it appeared, the entire Qiankun Wenqing Valley—whether the Sun and Moon Lake, the flower fields, the valley, or the visible sky—was completely dyed gold at this very moment, and Chen Junting and Ning Tian were no exceptions.
Immediately after, the golden light landed on Ning Tian's glabella.
In an instant, her golden hair fluttered, and the phantom of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda involuntarily reflected behind her, echoing with everything in the Qiankun Wenqing Valley, as if forming a resonant frequency.
This scene was entirely witnessed by Chen Junting.
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the feeling this remnant consciousness of the God of Love gave him was as if she was worried that Ning Tian would go back on her word or refuse, wanting to hand over the inheritance to Ning Tian at the fastest speed possible.
At this moment, Chen Junting's thoughts raced in his mind.
Could it be that because she died for love, her residual obsession still contained a trace of guilt, wanting to fulfill the duties of the previous deity after death, finding a suitable inheritor, and then quickly handing over the divine throne so the next God of Love could bear the divine duty?
Actually, this guess wasn't baseless.
It was deduced from the origin of the Qiankun Wenqing Valley, because the God of Love died not only in body but also in heart. She was first heartbroken by a scumbag god, and then died for love.
Under such paranoid circumstances, she still left behind the Qiankun Wenqing Valley and her inheritance; wasn't this continuing to fulfill her duties as a deity? Of course, it could also be because of guilt.
After all, the deities of the Douluo Divine Realm became gods through faith. Since they bore the faith, they should fulfill the corresponding duties.
Uh—at least, it should be like this.
If it was as he guessed...
Would Xiao Tian's Divine Trial be a bit simpler?
Just as Chen Junting was letting his "wild thoughts" wander, Ning Tian, accompanied by the influx of golden light, had a very strange feeling at this moment, as if something inside her body had been touched.
Immediately after, nine consecutive light screens appeared out of thin air, presenting themselves one by one before Ning Tian. Among them, the light on the first screen was the brightest, while the other eight seemed somewhat dim.
Chen Junting noticed this and focused his gaze on them. But before he could see the content clearly, these light screens had already floated into her glabella like golden meteors.
Suddenly, a massive amount of information was directly poured into her mind, but this information was blurry and unclear, with only one stream being identifiable, which made Ning Tian feel a bit dizzy.
At this moment, her mind was filled with that vast golden color. Then, a special energy fluctuation, like an enlightenment, poured through her entire body, as if she were soaked in sweet honey—not cloying, but indescribably comfortable.
Subtly, Ning Tian vaguely felt that her body had undergone some minute changes within this golden light. What exactly it was, she mostly couldn't articulate.
Except for her martial soul; she felt that her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had become even more... translucent, yes, translucent!
As for the rest, she could only say it felt wonderful, like smoothing out the functions of her body, indescribably comfortable.
Unconsciously, a mouthful of turbid qi was exhaled; this seemed to be the turbid qi forced out by the golden light from all the impurities in her body.
The golden light gradually converged, merging into her glabella. There, a heart-shaped mark shone brilliantly.
This mark gave off a feeling of both majesty and intimacy.
As time passed by the second, just as Chen Junting stepped forward and kept waving his hand in front of Ning Tian, she finally slowly opened her eyes.
Seeing her Brother Junting's actions, her originally clear eyes instantly filled with amusement.
"Pfft—" Laughter couldn't help but escape from the corners of her mouth.
"Brother Junting, what are you doing?"
Chen Junting wasn't embarrassed either, unhurriedly retracting his hand. "Nothing, just testing to see why you hadn't woken up yet."
Then he paused and asked with concern, "How's the situation?"
Hearing this, Ning Tian raised her hand and touched her smooth forehead. Recalling the warning about "love" that the God of Love had left for her at the very end, a smile couldn't help but appear on her lips.
"I won't be like you..."
Her murmured whisper was heard clearly by Chen Junting.
Instantly, a weird expression appeared on his face.
Won't be like you... who is this "you"? The God of Love?
Treating it as just a minor episode, Chen Junting didn't overthink it.
"Xiao Tian, what is your first trial of the God of Love?"
"My first trial, huh..."
At this moment, Ning Tian's eyes suddenly darted around. Clearly, she was whimsically hatching some idea.
This scene was seen clearly by Chen Junting.
He sighed somewhat helplessly, "Xiao Tian, just say it directly. Honestly, you're not really cut out for being quirky and mischievous."
"What do you mean by that?" Seeing her Brother Junting not even pretending and directly exposing her, Ning Tian pouted in slight dissatisfaction. But the next second, "Hahaha... alright." She was directly amused by her own behavior.
So, she waved at Chen Junting. "Brother Junting, come here for a second."
Chen Junting didn't doubt her and walked directly in front of Ning Tian.
The next second, Ning Tian quickly threw herself into his arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and her delicate, fragrant lips directly kissed his.
This sudden action left Chen Junting slightly stunned.
But this stun was only for a moment before it turned into speechlessness.
This God of Love... isn't the first trial a bit too simple?
But then again, doesn't this mean my guess was right?
Just as these two points crossed Chen Junting's mind, Ning Tian's right hand released his neck, kept moving downward, reached his waist, and then...
A pinch, a pull, a twist—all in one smooth motion!
This completely woke Chen Junting up.
Instantly, his line of sight met Ning Tian's gaze. "I'm kissing you and you're still thinking about other things"—this was probably the accusing meaning revealed in Ning Tian's eyes.
Chen Junting immediately felt apologetic and began to respond attentively.
A full ten minutes passed...
"Phew—"
Amidst heavy panting, a silver thread was pulled out. With a gentle tug, it was ruthlessly snapped by Ning Tian.
"Good thing you have decent lung capacity, I was almost suffocated."
Chen Junting licked his lips, not minding it at all.
After all, the two were already engaged; what did this count as? It wasn't like they hadn't done it before. At most, it was longer and more passionate this time.
"Xiao Tian, is this your first trial?"
Ning Tian didn't show any shyness either; she smoothed the hair at the corner of her lips and nodded. "This is my first trial, requiring me to passionately kiss you attentively for ten minutes, and I wasn't even breathing. And after it ended, it even increased my God of Love affinity by five percent."
It really is a bit like child's play.
Chen Junting couldn't help but think to himself.
He didn't care much about the reward; after all, that was still normal. He focused more of his attention entirely on the trial's content.
As for the content of this first trial... he remembered Bai Chenxiang's Yellow-level trial was this, right?
By the way, what tier deity was the God of Love again?
Would this difficulty be considered a violation?
"Brother Junting, what are you thinking about?"
Chen Junting shook his head and didn't answer. After all, the God of Love's consciousness should still be present; it was somewhat inappropriate to say it in front of her. Of course, he was also afraid that if he said it, she might increase the difficulty for Xiao Tian.
So, Chen Junting changed the subject.
"Xiao Tian, what is your second trial?"
"My second trial?"
Ning Tian tilted her head, and then her expression also became somewhat weird. She hesitated slightly and said, "I've already completed it too. Similarly, this increased my God of Love affinity by another five percent."
"What!?"
As soon as these words came out, Chen Junting was fiercely stunned.
Completed again!? What the hell is this!?
Harboring such thoughts, he hurriedly asked, "What was your second trial?"
This time, Ning Tian also increasingly felt it was child's play, not knowing whether to laugh or cry as she said, "To gather all six soul bones on my body. Also, my third trial's content is to break through Level 90 and obtain the ninth soul ring."
Finally, she added, "Time limit: five years."
This is really...
Hearing this, Chen Junting couldn't help but click his tongue in secret.
He didn't believe that the remnant consciousness of the God of Love didn't know about Xiao Tian possessing a full set of soul bones plus an external soul bone. And knowing this, she still made it the second trial; it was really too...
As for the third trial, although Xiao Tian wasn't a Title Douluo yet and couldn't directly complete the trial, she was currently a Soul Douluo, not far from Title Douluo at all!
Moreover, her original talent, strengthened by two top-tier immortal herbs, was already extremely formidable, plus the sect's resource allocation...
Five years?!
If she focused, she probably wouldn't even need two!
He now increasingly felt that his guess was right; this God of Love just wanted to "dump" her divine throne inheritance onto someone else.
Look at how simple this Divine Trial content was... she wasn't even pretending anymore!
However, no matter what, this content was beneficial to Xiao Tian.
After suppressing his somewhat complicated thoughts, Chen Junting looked at Ning Tian. "Xiao Tian, did the trial restrict your movements?"
Ning Tian shook her head. "No."
Hearing this, Chen Junting nodded. "In that case, let's return to the sect first, and come back after you complete the third trial."
But before Ning Tian could respond, her expression slightly changed. However, this change made her face look a bit weird.
So she gently tugged at the corner of Chen Junting's clothes. "Wait a minute."
"What's wrong?" Chen Junting stopped his footstep that was about to stride out and asked in confusion.
"Did you forget about our reward?"
"Our?"
Hearing that both of them had a reward, Chen Junting couldn't help but be stunned. But the next second, he reacted.
"Wait, you aren't talking about the reward for the Inquiry and Adventure, are you?" The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He didn't care who was giving the reward, but instead thought of a certain possibility.
This God of Love wouldn't want Xiao Tian to break through right here on the spot, would she!?
The more he thought about it, the more likely he suddenly felt it was. This was something she was probably capable of doing.
Just as the remnant consciousness of the God of Love in the Qiankun Wenqing Valley was about to bestow the reward for the earlier Inquiry and Adventure, she suddenly seemed to sense something. After a slight hesitation, she withdrew her control over this place.
Hmm... to be precise, she opened a gap.
After all, the God of Love's consciousness was awake right now.
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm.
Inside the valley where the Nine-Color Goddess and the God of Food resided,
"Eh, eh, eh—we got it, we got it! There's a signal!"
At this moment, a total of four deities were gathered around the light screen reflecting the Qiankun Wenqing Valley. Besides Ning Rongrong and Oscar, in such a short time, Tang San had also rushed over with Xiao Wu.
However, upon seeing the light screen brighten, Tang San cross-referenced the God of Love's divine throne in his hand and made a judgment in a calm tone.
"The God of Love has already selected an inheritor."
As soon as these words came out, the other three were slightly surprised.
But it was only a slight surprise.
Ning Rongrong then shifted her gaze to Ning Tian on the light screen and said, "Brother San, it's this junior of mine, right."
Tang San nodded slightly. "That's right."
Although his tone was calm, which of the other three present didn't know him well? Clearly, he was also thrilled in his heart.
So, Ning Rongrong secretly winked at Oscar.
[You guessed really accurately.]
Oscar responded with a look as well:
[Of course, look who I am!]
Rolling her eyes at Oscar, Ning Rongrong also retracted her gaze. Seeing the two about to leave on the screen, she suddenly remembered something.
"Right! I almost forgot!"
This abrupt exclamation instantly attracted the curious gazes of Tang San and Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu came to Ning Rongrong's side, wrapped her arms around Ning Rongrong's arm, and asked curiously and playfully, "Rongrong, what did you forget?"
"The reward."
So, Ning Rongrong explained her and Oscar's previous plan, which made Tang San beside her nod thoughtfully.
"...So I need to think of a new reward to give now."
"No need."
Ning Rongrong's words had just left her mouth when Tang San rejected them.
However, it wasn't that he wouldn't give a reward, but rather...
"I will provide this reward."
Saying this, he didn't give the others a chance to refute.
With a gentle flip of his palm, two pills about the size of a fingernail, entirely translucent and milky white with a hazy mist, appeared in Tang San's palm.
Seeing this, Oscar asked, "Xiao San, what are these two pills?"
"These are Qiankun Creation Pills."
The Qiankun Creation Pill was a top-tier pill recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. It could be refined using various heavenly and earthly treasures from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and possessed the ability of Qiankun Creation.
Although the Divine Realm didn't have an Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, immortal herbs were not as scarce as in the lower realm. Therefore, for a God King like Tang San, refining a pill with corresponding effects was merely a trivial effort.
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