Devour: Can you also draw entries from clone projection worlds?

Something happened suddenly, but you had expected it.

Yue Lingshan died, killed by Lin Pingzhi's sword.

When the news reached Mount Hua, the entire sect was in an uproar.

Yue Lingshan is the only daughter of Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, and is the beloved junior sister of the Huashan Sect.

But... later she married Lin Pingzhi, apparently to avenge her father, and then she never came back.

Some say Lin Pingzhi went mad, and after killing Yue Lingshan, he didn't know where he went.

Some say Lin Pingzhi wasn't crazy; he killed Yue Lingshan because he hated Yue Buqun, hated that Yue Buqun stole their Lin family's Evil-Repelling Sword Manual, and hated that Yue Buqun destroyed their Lin family.

Some people say that Yue Lingshan died in place of Yue Buqun. Lin Pingzhi wanted to kill Yue Buqun, but Yue Lingshan stood in front of him and took a sword for him.

You do know a little bit of the truth. Lin Pingzhi is indeed insane, but not in terms of martial arts; he's insane psychologically, a true madman.

He watched his parents being tortured to death by the Qingcheng Sect, watched his family's sword manual being stolen by Yue Buqun, and watched his trusted master turn into a treacherous villain.

His world collapsed, his life was ruined, and his only remaining obsession was revenge.

As for Yue Lingshan… alas, fate is cruel. She may very well have become a stumbling block on his path of revenge, which is why he killed her.

Standing in the crowd, listening to the discussions of your fellow disciples, you naturally activate the "Knowing People's Hearts • Initial Understanding" ability, sensing the true emotions of each person.

Some were angry, some were sad, some were shocked, and some were gloating.

Ning Zhongze stood at the very front, her face as pale as a sheet of paper. She didn't cry or speak; she just stood there, like an old tree bent by the wind.

As you watched Ning Zhongze's retreating figure, a particularly complex emotion welled up inside you.

This woman's husband was a hypocrite, her daughter was killed by her son-in-law, her disciple was expelled from the sect by her husband, and the entire Huashan Sect fell apart.

She did nothing wrong, yet she inexplicably bore all the bitter consequences.

Perhaps... that's just how the world is. It's not always the case that doing something right guarantees a good outcome; sometimes, even if you do nothing wrong, you can still die.

That night, you lay in bed, reflecting on the discussions you had heard during the day.

You find yourself making a little progress in perceiving other people's emotions.

Previously, I could only perceive strong emotions like "anger," "sadness," and "shock," but now I can perceive much more subtle things.

For example, is the "anger" real or fake, and who is it directed at? Is the "sadness" genuine or feigned? Is the "gloating" a secret rejoice or a desire for the whole world to know?

These subtle differences, which you might not have been able to distinguish before, are now easy to spot.

"Knowing People's Hearts • Initial" is gradually being upgraded, or rather, you are becoming more proficient in using it. It's not an upgrade that happens with a "ding," but a subtle and gradual change.

You feel your heart becoming more and more "calm," not indifferent, but calm.

In the past, when you heard this kind of news, you might have felt angry, sad, or at least had some emotional fluctuations.

Right now, you have no emotions; you're just calmly analyzing, calmly perceiving, and calmly recording.

This is not something that can be achieved by simply being "heartless"; it is the result of combining "understanding people's hearts and their initial intentions" with "heartlessness."

The effect of stacking ten white entries together is not addition, but multiplication.

You feel that your whole being is changing, not physically, but psychologically.

You become calmer, more rational, and less easily swayed by emotions.

In your view, this change is more important than any martial art in the treacherous world of *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer*.

Not long after Yue Lingshan's death, news of Lin Pingzhi also arrived.

Because of Yue Lingshan, he was stabbed by Linghu Chong, but he didn't die. He was just crippled in martial arts and imprisoned in the dungeon at the bottom of West Lake, the same place where Ren Woxing was imprisoned back then.

When you heard the news, you were practicing your swordplay on the back mountain. You stopped what you were doing and thought about it for a long time.

Lin Pingzhi was indeed a pitiful person. His parents were killed, his family property was seized, his sword manual was stolen, his trusted master was a fraud, and he married the daughter of his enemy.

His life was essentially a tragedy from the very beginning, a complete and utter tragedy.

But if you say he's hateful, then he truly is. He killed Yue Lingshan, a woman who genuinely loved him and was willing to die for him. He ruined himself and others.

You shook your head, raised your longsword, and continued practicing your swordsmanship.

You don't want to think about Lin Pingzhi anymore. His fate was sealed from the very beginning. From the moment he entered the Huashan Sect, from the moment he became Yue Buqun's disciple, and from the moment he married Yue Lingshan, he embarked on this path of no return.

No one could save him, and no one wanted to save him.

Linghu Chong, on the other hand, seems to have changed completely since he became the head of the Hengshan Sect.

The news finally reached Mount Hua, and all the fellow disciples were stunned when they heard it.

"Our senior brother became the head of that group of nuns?" A junior brother's eyes widened. "This...this is too outrageous!"

"The Hengshan Sect is entirely composed of nuns, and the eldest brother, a grown man, becomes the sect leader? What kind of logic is that?"

"What's so outrageous about it? With Senior Brother's martial arts skills, character, and status in the martial arts world, he's more than qualified to be the head of the Hengshan Sect."

You listened to these discussions without saying a word, knowing that Linghu Chong's position as the head of the Hengshan Sect was temporary, and that his true destiny was to roam the martial world with Ren Yingying.

But at this moment, you are still happy for Linghu Chong. It is not easy for a disciple who was expelled from the sect to get to where he is today.

You really want to go to Hengshan, not to participate in the plot, but to see Linghu Chong as the sect leader in person.

That would be a very interesting scene: a group of nuns respectfully bowing to a grown man and calling him "Senior Brother Headmaster." Just thinking about it is fascinating.

But Mount Heng is too far away. It takes at least a month to travel from Mount Hua to Mount Heng. As an ordinary outer disciple, you have no reason to leave Mount Hua for so long.

Moreover, the Hengshan Sect is entirely composed of nuns; it would be too conspicuous for a grown man like you to suddenly appear there.

If someone recognizes them as members of the Huashan Sect, the consequences will be extremely dire.

You've given up on the idea of ​​going to Mount Heng to cultivate. Oh well, we'll talk about it another time.

Anyway, Linghu Chong becoming the head of the Hengshan Sect isn't a crucial plot point in the original story, so if you miss it, you miss it.

Another winter has come. You sit in the old spot on the back mountain, watching the distant mountains covered in white snow. This is the ninth time you have spent winter in this world.

In nine years, you have gained a lot: first-class early-stage peak skills, two green attributes, and twelve white attributes.

Your swordsmanship has improved by leaps and bounds under the blessing of "Sword Heart Clarity • Beginning", and you have already reached the threshold of the early peak of first-class level.

Your lightness skill has developed quite a few tricks on your own based on the "oil-slipping" technique. Although you can't compare to those top masters who are famous for their lightness skills, you are definitely considered fast among people of the same level.

Your internal strength has also been steadily improving with the help of "perseverance at the beginning". Although it is still not as good as those geniuses who have been cultivating since childhood, it is no worse than ordinary geniuses.

More importantly, your entries: twelve white entries and two green entries.

Each of these entries, taken individually, is unremarkable, but when twelve are stacked together, the effect is quite impressive.