Wang Yuyan held Tantai Yue tightly.
Feeling Tantai Yue tremble in her arms, she gently stroked her back with her jade-like hands.
"Tantai, it's alright, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have brought it up."
"Yuyan, it's not your fault," Tantai Yue looked up, her eyes still teary.
"This is my choice. I don't blame anyone."
"Then why, Tantai?" Wang Yuyan pursed her lips, looking at Tantai Yue with a hint of confusion.
"You..."
Tantai Yue bit her lip and took a deep breath.
"I know if I stay by his side, it will only bring him more trouble, making me his weakness. And he has his own matters to attend to. Perhaps letting me leave for now is the greatest help I can offer him."
Facing Tantai Yue's tearful question, Wang Yuyan's heart trembled, and she felt a wave of panic.
"Tantai, I..."
"Yuyan, you don't need to say more," Tantai Yue wiped away her tears, sniffled, and said with a serious expression.
"Even if you didn't say it, I would have chosen to go to the overseas branch myself."
Wang Yuyan was taken aback upon hearing this.
It seemed that Tantai Yue's concerns were different from what she had been worried about.
With her anxieties gone, Wang Yuyan naturally went along with Tantai Yue's words.
"Yuyan, what do you think I am now?"
Tantai Yue's question caught Wang Yuyan completely off guard.
"Tantai, what do you mean? You are his wife? Oh, no, ex-wife?"
Wang Yuyan realized she had said the wrong thing and stuck out her tongue, but Tantai Yue didn't seem to mind. She just shook her head.
"A... burden." After saying these two words, Tantai Yue slumped down.
"I am his biggest burden."
As Tantai Yue spoke, she lowered her head and began to sob.
"By his side, let alone helping him, I can't even take care of myself or protect myself. I still have to make him risk his life to save me. Yuyan, tell me, if I'm not his burden, what am I? If I leave, it will be less of a burden for Waiyu, and Qin Xuan will no longer have a weakness."
Wang Yuyan understood. If she hadn't become a cultivator herself, she might have thought the same way. But now that she was a cultivator like him, she was gradually beginning to understand the differences in this world.
"Tantai, have you ever considered that perhaps your presence by his side isn't what you imagine?" Wang Yuyan held Tantai Yue's shoulders, making her look at herself.
If Qin Xuan could find a way to make her a cultivator, couldn't he also find a way to make Yue'er a cultivator?
Actually, Wang Yuyan was overthinking. It wasn't difficult to become a martial artist. However, at Tantai Yue's age, even if she started practicing martial arts, it would take several years to reach the Houtian realm.
Cultivators required the opening of a Dantian and other complex processes. Forcing Dragon Power into Wang Yuyan last time was already fortunate, as one wrong move could have reduced her to ashes.
Tantai Yue took a deep breath, holding back the tears that were still welling up in her eyes.
"Yuyan, no need to say more. My mind is made up."
Tantai Yue took out a tissue and blew her nose.
"But..."
"Trust me."
As soon as Qin Xuan left home, he began to sprint.
Within his Dantian, the restless Dragon Power surged, pushing him to the brink of losing control.
Even the terrifying thought that had flashed through his mind earlier had startled even himself.
If Tantai Yue wanted to leave him, then... kill him.
What was Qin Xuan's goal in cultivation? It was nothing more than to keep the person he loved by his side and protect her.
Ying Long was like this, and so was Qin Xuan.
Now that even the person he loved was about to leave his side, what was the point of cultivation?
Qin Xuan stopped running and glanced behind him, coldly saying,
"Come out."
A rustling sound was heard, and a figure emerged from the shadows.