Transmigration After Becoming Love Saint-Chapter 449 - 164: So, I Can’t Be with You, as It Would Harm You_6

Chapter 449: Chapter 164: So, I Can’t Be with You, as It Would Harm You_6

"Is this really fun for you?" Wang Mu said. "Relying on your strength to stop me from choosing others is one thing, but now you’re threatening me too? Who taught you to act like this?"

His eyes were deep with emotion.

"You did," Mu Lanxin said.

"Me?"

"’With strength, everything else is just a paper tiger,’" Mu Lanxin said with a soft smile. "Weren’t those your words?"

"..." Wang Mu.

Dammit. For a moment, he found he had no comeback.

Indeed, there was nothing wrong with what Mu Lanxin was doing. I have the power, so whatever I do is right. Just like I had been during the Immortal Cloud Competition.

"Brother Dongfang, Xin Lan just wants to be with the person in her heart. Is there anything wrong with that?" Mu Lanxin asked.

"No," Wang Mu said after a moment of silence.

"Then you..."

"Then, the promise you made—to be a pair of heroic doctor companions with me in Medicine King Valley—does that still count?" Mu Lanxin said.

"..." Wang Mu.

"You haven’t said anything, so that naturally means you acquiesce," Mu Lanxin said. "Look, I’m not wrong, and Brother Dongfang, you keep your word. So, we’re both not wrong, right? Is there any problem with that?"

It seemed like there was no problem.

"During the Immortal Cloud Competition..." Mu Lanxin said, "you also said that of three thousand streams, you would only take one ladleful. You believed all those were trials meant for you. Don’t tell me all of that was a lie?"

"Fine, I’ll ask you one question," Wang Mu said. "If you answer it, I’ll agree to your terms."

"Ask away!" Mu Lanxin exclaimed with wild joy.

"Can you beat them?" Wang Mu said. "If I were only with you, how would *you* deal with *them*?"

As soon as he spoke, Mu Lanxin was taken aback, as if she had never considered this problem.

"If you can handle them," Wang Mu continued with a resigned air, "I can be with only you."

"..." Mu Lanxin.

Could she even do that?

Obviously, I might manage a draw against one of them, but not two. If three of them attacked at once, even with Mo Xilan helping, I couldn’t hold out.

"I..." Mu Lanxin opened her mouth but found herself momentarily at a loss for words.

"It’s not that I don’t want to be with you," Wang Mu said. "It’s just that these women are too formidable. If I were only with you, it would be tantamount to harming you. You’re aware of Yan Sword Immortal’s strength, and you understand Mu Hongyuan’s temperament. Nanrong Biyou is exceptionally intelligent; even if you tried to hide me, you couldn’t escape her perspicacity."

"As for the others I haven’t encountered yet... it’s been five or six years. Back then, my strength surpassed theirs, so they would still listen to me. Now, think about it. My current strength holds no sway over them..."

Wang Mu looked at Mu Lanxin, his gaze filled with a hint of pain. "I can’t do it. If I were with you, they would definitely come after you. Can you handle them all?"

"Can I protect you?"

"I can’t!"

"So, I can’t be with you. That would be harming you."

"..." Mu Lanxin.

She took a deep breath, momentarily stunned. She found herself unable to refute him.

Dealing with Mo Xilan... clearly, that can’t be the same as with the previous few, he thought.

Silence.

"Then why, when you already had me, did you still go and provoke them?" Mu Lanxin asked through gritted teeth.

If we’re talking about the order of conquest, you’d rank quite far behind, Wang Mu thought. According to the order of who I successfully won over last, Mo Xilan was second to last, because of the Immortal Sorrow. So, before I focused on her, I had already made full progress with several others. The earliest, of course, was Yan Qingwu, during the Mid Stage.

"Because at that time..." Wang Mu said, "I had too many enemies. That Piao Miaoxu, for instance—I couldn’t defeat her with my own strength alone. I had to rely on the power of others."

"It was just that back then, I could still protect you when you were relatively weak. But now, I can’t."

Having said that, Wang Mu closed his eyes and sighed, his face showing a genuine expression of emotion.

"Then on Seven Emotions Island, why did you sever all emotions?" Mu Lanxin asked again.

"Still, to protect you," Wang Mu said. "I was trapped by you then. On the island, no matter whose emotions I severed, they would inevitably resent you, not me, first. They would pursue you relentlessly!"

"If I had severed everyone’s emotions except yours, that would have endangered you even more."

"But if I severed everyone’s emotions entirely, they would inevitably target me first, not resent you. Because even your emotions were severed, they would naturally have no grounds for complaint against you."

"..."

And indeed, that was the case.

"So, do you understand now?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Mu Lanxin’s eyes reddened as she looked at Wang Mu. "Brother Dongfang, so that’s how it was..."

"What else could it be?" Wang Mu said.

"So, these past days, you must have endured endless torment from them, right?" Mu Lanxin said in a low voice, sobbing. "To be able to get away from them must have been incredibly difficult, wasn’t it?"

To be honest, Wang Mu wasn’t quite sure if Mo Xilan was genuinely crying or feigning it. But from the looks of it, his verbal maneuvering seemed to have had some effect. As long as I can stabilize the situation, it’ll be fine.

"It’s nothing..." Wang Mu said with a touch of nonchalance. "Besides, I’m here now, aren’t I?"

"Brother Dongfang, I misunderstood you," Mu Lanxin covered her cheeks, her voice laced with a bit of guilt.

"It’s okay. I’ll try my best to prevent them from going after you..." Wang Mu said. "For the sake of the future, I can’t be with you right now. I hope you can understand..."

"No! How can I let you, Brother Dongfang, suffer this torment alone?" Mu Lanxin quickly changed her tone. "Brother Dongfang, I possess the Divine Heart Flame here, which can discern all things in the myriad realms. I will impart this flame to you. When our spirit flames connect, our hearts will become one."

"That way, any torment you endure, I will experience as if it were my own, feeling it together with you!"

Saying this, she raised a wisp of flame from her fingertip.

Wang Mu’s heart lurched, and he refused outright, "No, that’s your power! How could I take it?"

"It’s alright..." Mu Lanxin said. "Once our hearts are one, I’ll also be able to feel the torment you’ve already suffered from them... I want to remember it vividly, so when I achieve Ascension later, I can help you teach them a lesson, Brother Dongfang!"

"Come on, Brother Dongfang!"

Hearing this, Wang Mu’s mind went blank. If Mo Xilan were to find out about my experiences with Miss You and Mu Hongyuan...

"No, no, no..."

Before he could finish, the wisp of spirit flame had already entered his body...