How can you say such heart-fluttering words

The aura descending from the sky was as vast as the ocean and as deep as an abyss. The moment he arrived, the heaven and earth of the entire North Xuan City began to tremble violently.

The sky instantly darkened. It wasn't because clouds were obscuring the sun, but rather because the aura was so overwhelmingly powerful that it even distorted the light itself.

The citizens of the city, regardless of their cultivation levels, all froze in place at this moment.

That oppressive pressure, striking straight into the depths of their souls, caused those with weaker cultivation to collapse limply to the ground, with some even fainting outright.

An Immortal King! An Immortal King had descended upon North Xuan City!

"What a terrifying pressure. Is this the might of an Immortal King?"

In the main hall of the City Lord's Estate, Xu Guang felt the pressure radiating from the sky. His face instantly turned deathly pale, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

He had lived for thousands of years, and the strongest cultivator he had ever seen was merely an Immortal. An Immortal King, to him, was a legend among legends.

Now, a mighty Immortal King had actually descended upon their tiny North Xuan City.

"Could it be that the item the almighty figures of the Upper Three Heavens are searching for is in my North Xuan City? Otherwise, why would an Immortal King come in person?"

"I only hope that after this mighty Immortal King finds what he wants, he will leave and not bring utter destruction to my North Xuan City."

Xu Guang's voice was shaking. Although he was the lord of a city with a Tribulation Transcendence realm cultivation, making him a figure of importance in North Xuan City, in front of an Immortal King, his mere Tribulation Transcendence cultivation was worse than an ant.

Xu Guang took a deep breath, forcing himself to stay standing. He looked up at the sky, where a figure was slowly materializing.

It was a middle-aged man dressed in a dark robe, standing with his hands behind his back. He just stood there without making any movement, yet the entire North Xuan City felt as if it were gripped by an invisible giant hand, leaving everyone breathless.

Xu Guang's knees were going weak.

It was a sense of submission originating from the depths of his bloodline, an irresistible instinct when a low-level cultivator faced a high-level one.

Xu Siya, who was with Qin Hao, fared even worse. When Qin Zhongtian descended upon North Xuan City, her legs gave way, and she collapsed directly to the ground, her face as pale as paper.

"An Immortal King... It really is an Immortal King!"

Xu Siya knelt on the ground, not even daring to lift her head. In all her years of life, the strongest cultivator she had ever seen was her father, a Tribulation Transcendence realm cultivator.

An Immortal King was a realm she wouldn't even dare to dream of, yet now one had truly descended right before her.

Just as Xu Siya felt her consciousness gradually blurring, a hand rested on her shoulder.

That hand was warm and strong, and Xu Siya felt as if she had drawn an immense amount of strength from it.

She slowly turned her head, only to see Qin Hao standing beside her, looking down at her.

Xu Siya's face was full of surprise:

"Ah Cheng? You? Don't you feel anything?"

Qin Hao frowned in confusion:

"Feel? Feel what? What about you, why did you suddenly kneel down when you were perfectly fine? Isn't it just a person appearing in the sky?"

Qin Hao's words made Xu Siya's lips twitch uncontrollably. What did he mean by 'just a person appearing in the sky'? Was that an ordinary person? That was a bona fide, almighty Immortal King!

"Can you really not feel it? That powerful oppressive aura."

Qin Hao closed his eyes and earnestly tried to feel it, then shook his head:

"I can't feel it."

Saying that, Qin Hao nodded toward the sky. "Look, he's still looking our way."

Hearing this, Xu Siya's heart suddenly clenched. Looking our way? Could it be that my guess was right? Those big shots from the Upper Three Heavens really came for Ah Cheng?

Thinking of this, Xu Siya struggled to raise her head and followed Qin Hao's gaze.

In the sky, the dark-robed figure stood with his hands behind his back. His gaze was indeed fixed on this side. Fixed on Ah Cheng.

Xu Siya's breathing stopped. She opened her mouth and shouted to Qin Hao:

"Run! Ah Cheng, run quickly, he must be here to kill you."

Up in the sky, Qin Zhongtian stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze falling upon the two figures below.

Upon seeing Qin Hao, the corner of Qin Zhongtian's mouth twitched uncontrollably:

"You really are my good uncle! You went missing during your tribulation, and the entire Qin family has been turned upside down."

"One hundred and eight ancestors came out in full force, and countless Qin family disciples are searching for you like crazy across the Three Realms and Nine Heavens."

"And look at you! Acting like nothing happened, flirting with a woman down here!"

"What a pity for my good disciple, Qingyue!"

Qin Zhongtian shook his head and then vanished from his spot.

The terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire North Xuan City dissipated along with Qin Zhongtian's disappearance.

The sunlight spilled down once again, warm and bright, and the breeze blew once more, gentle and genial.

It was as if the terrifying pressure from earlier, strong enough to crush souls, was merely an illusion.

"Huh? He just left like that?"

Xu Siya let out a soft gasp of surprise. Had she guessed wrong? These mighty figures from the Upper Three Heavens didn't come for Ah Cheng?

"What? Are you unhappy that he left?"

"How could I be? I couldn't be happier that he left. His departure means you aren't their target, which means you won't be in danger."

As Xu Siya spoke, she breathed a sigh of relief. She patted her chest, a smile appearing on her face:

"I was scared to death just now. I thought you were a fugitive from some major faction and those people were here to hunt you down."

"But looking at it now, I guessed wrong. Yet, this makes me even more curious. Ah Cheng, what kind of person were you before you lost your memory? Where did you come from? Why did you come to North Xuan City?"

Qin Hao looked at Xu Siya's face, which was brimming with curiosity, and suddenly smiled. The smile was faint, but it was inexplicably reassuring.

"No matter who I was before," Qin Hao said with a serious expression, "right now, I am your Ah Cheng."

Xu Siya froze.

She looked into Qin Hao's clear eyes, finding not a hint of a joke in them.

Xu Siya's face instantly flushed red, from her cheeks all the way to the roots of her ears. She opened her mouth to say something, only to find her mind completely blank.

"You, you, you..."

Xu Siya turned her face away, not daring to look at Qin Hao. It felt as if a little deer was trapped in her chest, thumping wildly.

"How could he say such heart-racing things? Hmph, he must have said this to plenty of girls before he lost his memory. Ah Cheng is a bad man!"

After those words were spoken, not only Xu Siya but even Qin Hao himself was taken aback.

How could he say such a thing so naturally? It was as if he had frequently spoken such sweet words in the past.

"Crack."

The sound of a shattering crack echoed in his mind, and immediately after, a flood of images surged into Qin Hao's brain.

"Who are these people? And what is my relationship with them?"

Qin Hao looked bewildered. Several breathtakingly beautiful women had suddenly appeared in his mind. Within his memories, it seemed he had quite a good relationship with all of them.