Chapter 275 - 194: Lure, Trick, Act

Chapter 275: Chapter 194: Lure, Trick, Act

Yu Fei didn’t give it a second thought and downed another cup. He thought he heard a long, drawn-out dragon’s roar, carrying a strange vibration that entranced him. The faint light in his sea of consciousness expanded outward another foot. One cup of tea had calmed his restless mind, and the second had actually strengthened his spirit.

This one cup of tea alone was worth a month of cultivating the Star Soul Forging Scripture.

Yu Fei’s mind drifted, and he was completely unaware of this.

When he came to, Yu Fei felt as if he were a little drunk.

It wasn’t a physical drunkenness, but a mental one. His thoughts churned, yet he felt strangely exhilarated.

Suddenly, he recalled the sordid events of his past life. After awakening his Spiritual Acuity talent, he had instinctively walled off those memories. Now, however, they surged forth from the deepest corners of his mind. With his neural reaction speed boosted fifteenfold, negative and painful scenes from his past flashed before him.

Under the influence of the Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea, Yu Fei watched these memories unfold from a third-person perspective. As they replayed again and again, he gradually released his lingering attachments to them. A sense of peace and liberation washed over him; only now had he truly let go.

He had no idea how precious the Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea was. It was a treasure desperately sought after by Martial Artists who were unable to advance to the Grandmaster realm due to a damaged state of mind. Such individuals were often trapped by obsessions, unattainable desires, or lifelong regrets over past mistakes.

To put it bluntly, it was psychological trauma—they couldn’t get over their own hangups.

Gang Qi-level Martial Artists possess powerful spiritual wills, so each time they confronted their obsessions, the process only reinforced them. The Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea could temporarily shift a Martial Artist’s mind into a third-person perspective, allowing them to face their obsessions peacefully, diminish their hold, and finally break free from their mental impasse.

However, the tea had one "negative" effect: the more one consumed in a short time, the more open and unburdened their mind became. This created a powerful urge to confide in others, even to the point of speaking without a filter. The drinker, however, would remain unaware of this change, feeling only a sense of pleasant release. In a sense, it was more of a mental purification than a true side effect.

"Is something troubling you?"

Ye Shuping’s voice seemed to drift from afar, soft and ethereal. It reminded Yu Fei of his grandfather; in his past life, his grandfather had often spoken to him in just the same way.

He felt an overwhelming urge to curse Sima Hong’s name, to recount the dangers of his breakthrough to the Inner Qi Realm, to discuss the properties of his silver-grade talent, Infinite Sword Soul, with Ye Shuping, and even to chat about the peculiarities of the Fate-Reversing Bead.

But just as he was about to open his mouth, Yu Fei clung to a shred of reason. A golden particle began to spin rapidly within his sea of consciousness. He wasn’t completely lost to the effects of the Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea.

Normally, when a Martial Artist reaches the Inner Qi Realm, they create a flicker of Innate spiritual light out of thin air, which is considered the manifestation of the divine soul. This flicker of light continuously strengthens and grows until, upon advancing to the Grandmaster realm, it solidifies from an illusory state into a tangible Divine Soul Crystal.

Thanks to his Spiritual Acuity talent, Yu Fei had formed his Innate spiritual light much earlier than normal. Furthermore, when he advanced to the Inner Qi Realm, he received a blessing of primordial creation that caused the light to prematurely solidify. However, because it lacked sufficient mass, it collapsed into a single golden particle.

As a result, Yu Fei’s divine soul core naturally possessed a Grandmaster’s characteristics, even if its actual power was nowhere close.

Ye Shuping simply thought Yu Fei’s divine soul was exceptionally resilient; he would never have guessed the truth. Yu Fei himself was also completely unaware.

The restorative effects of the Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea worked perfectly on Yu Fei, but its side effects were greatly diminished. No matter how potent the tea was, it was only effective on Martial Artists below the Grandmaster realm. Grandmasters, possessing a true divine soul core, were completely immune to its side effects.

Yu Fei, however, was in a unique, in-between state and still retained his reason. For an ordinary Inner Qi Martial Artist, the Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea was as effective as a Truth Serum. Yet Yu Fei was only slightly tipsy. Ye Shuping had not anticipated this result in the slightest.

Hearing Ye Shuping’s gentle prompting, Yu Fei instinctively felt it would be wrong to reveal his core secrets. But the desire to unburden himself was overwhelming, so he opened his mouth and said,

"Teacher, there’s something I’ve never told anyone. It’s been weighing on me for a long time!"

A look of anticipation flashed in Ye Shuping’s eyes.

"Oh? If it’s a secret, I wouldn’t want to pry. But I’ve simply lived a bit longer and seen a few more things. Perhaps I can offer some guidance."

Yu Fei shook his head, his movements sluggish as if he were drunk.

"You don’t understand, Teacher. After the placement tournament, someone started following me. They followed me all the way to Tianning County. No one can see him; it’s like he’s a ghost. I’m the only one who can.

I’m afraid to tell anyone, in case he tries to harm my family. Teacher, can you help me investigate? You don’t know the half of it. This person goes everywhere in my house—the balcony, my bedroom... it’s so annoying...

Oh, and another thing! My deskmate from high school is here at Shenhan, too. I think she likes me. Teacher, do you think I should confess to her? And would it be possible to bring her into the Geometric Pyramid Realm...?"

Watching the rambling Yu Fei, Ye Shuping was stunned. ’This is his biggest secret?’

He already knew about this matter. Xiaoming had assigned a subordinate to protect Yu Fei in secret, especially since an Illuminati grunt had recently been spotted in Tianning County.

After drinking Long Lake Forgetfulness Tea, a Martial Artist would develop a powerful urge to confide in others, usually revealing their greatest secret. It varied from person to person—some would confess to a secret crush, others would speak of a fortuitous encounter they’d had, and so on. However, their focus would typically remain fixed on one single topic.

Only someone with an utterly pure and open heart would become a chatterbox, rambling about any topic that came to mind and flitting from one subject to the next. And Yu Fei was still rambling on.

Based on his calculations, Yu Fei should have blurted out the secret behind his unique constitution or its underlying mechanics. ’Don’t tell me this kid doesn’t even know himself?’