The world doesn't need succubi to save it.

She would still feel pain, and would still be sad and angry about Li Tiandu's deception, but she would no longer take all the blame upon herself.

Even if Ning Feng hadn't come, Jiang Wan would eventually let go, but it would take a very long time for the pain to wear off.

Even if it leaves a scar, the wound will eventually heal.

That's human nature.

They are not static.

Naive children grow into adults, impulsive people become cautious, and those things you can't let go of will one day suddenly be let go.

People call this process "growth".

Ning Feng is not the antidote; he is merely a catalyst that accelerates the process.

What he needed to do was not to comfort Jiang Wan, but to figure out how to shift her attention away from that and help her grow.

Regardless of the process, judging solely from the result, Ning Feng succeeded.

Jiang Wan has grown up.

She would no longer be affected by the departed souls, because Jiang Wan's heart had been filled with new things.

Moreover, she has also grown in another aspect.

She went from being a girl to a woman...

As for what will happen between her and Shirin in the future, we'll see.

Ning Feng gently lifted Jiang Wan out of the bathtub, dried her off, and helped her change into pajamas.

Instead of returning to the room that had been turned into a mess by the battle, he went to his own room.

After settling her in bed, Ning Feng did not lie down with her, but quietly left the room.

Despite the intense battle, he felt no fatigue; on the contrary, he was even more excited.

There's a feeling that I've reached a certain critical point.

The critical point for advancing!

Ning Feng quietly walked to the top floor of the villa and pushed open the door to the rooftop.

The pitch-black night enveloped the earth, and the sky had not yet seen the light of dawn.

The night was quiet and peaceful.

Far from people and without the twinkling lights of the city, the starry sky appears exceptionally brilliant.

Looking up at the sky, Ning Feng tried to find a constellation he was familiar with, but failed again.

No matter how familiar it is, this is the world after reincarnation, and there is no trace of the past.

He was like a lonely soul, wandering through this world.

Whether in the past or present, Ning Feng has always longed to find his place in the world.

And now, it seems he has found one...

laugh.

What is this? Is it just the sadness of hindsight?

It's like how you automatically become non-mainstream at night?

"Hahaha, really... what's going on?"

Ning Feng chuckled self-deprecatingly, feeling that this melancholic atmosphere didn't suit him, and retorted:

"I just wanted to give other girls a home, but... how come when I say that, it's like I'm asking them to give me a home?"

It's weird, I feel like I'm turning from a playboy into a gigolo...

...Could this also be a form of growth?

No!

That won't do!

Let me make this clear beforehand: I don't live off women.

I would never eat a woman's rice (livelihood money for someone else), not even if I jumped off this cliff.

He withdrew his gaze from the sky, feeling his mood improve, and casually remarked:

"Speaking of which, haven't you seen enough?"

Stop laughing to yourself and come out right now, or I'll charge you for watching the movie!

"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear~"

Ariana's teasing voice echoed in his mind, and Ning Feng could even imagine her laughing flirtatiously, revealing a charming smile.

"Who are you talking to? Is it me?"

"But why can't I understand what you're saying, sister? Who's watching?"

Whoever is being sarcastic or sarcastic here is the one who's been spying.

"Don't you dare slander someone's innocence out of thin air!"

"I'm just a cat, I don't know anything! I didn't see a single thing about your movements, postures, or timing!"

"It's even more impossible for me to secretly record it and store it in my mind!"

"real!"

Ning Feng: "…………"

Ning Feng actually felt a bit of a headache having such an unavoidable spectator by his side while he was doing things.

He doesn't currently have any particular fetish that makes him excited when people watch him fight...

Not yet, at least not yet.

If he hadn't been certain that Ariana, though a slut, was a slutty female cat, he probably wouldn't have been able to get this done today.

Ning Feng remained silent, while Ariana continued her incessant rant:

"Oh dear, how could you think like that? Do you want me to get involved too?"

"Meow meow meow~ I won't change!"

Ning Feng realized that Ariana's current tactic was that no matter what you said, she would not admit it.

Fine.

Anyway, she's my daughter, so let her see it. Consider it a favor to her.

Anyway, we're not losing out.

"Stop, stop, stop. Let's leave this topic at that. You know what I mean."

Not wanting to discuss the matter further, Ning Feng changed the subject and asked the question that had been bothering him:

"Am I now at the critical point of advancement?"

It wasn't that he wanted Ariana to join him in discussing the battle they had just fought; that was the real reason he called her out.

He felt he was about to advance to the next level.

The succubus bloodline, which had been depleted, was now unusually active, and a voice within his body was silently telling him:

Now, the time has come.

[It's time to move to a new level]

"Your feeling is right~"

Getting down to business, Ariana finally stopped joking and gracefully stepped out of the darkness beneath Ning Feng's feet.

"Just after climbing the adult ladder, you have finally met all the necessary conditions and can now advance to a second-tier Awakener!"

"See? I told you so. With this growth rate, you're very suited to the path of bloodline lineage."

To advance to the second tier in less than a week is definitely not slow.

A shimmering, translucent mass of blood flew out from the shadows behind her, like a ruby, exuding an intoxicating aura.

The concentrated succubus blood was collected by Ning Feng when he destroyed the altar, and Ariana casually collected and refined it.

"You haven't forgotten the requirements for advancing, have you?"

Smiling at Ning Feng, Ariana deliberately emphasized the word "conditions".

condition?

"I remember, it was about adapting to the succubus bloodline and..."

Ning Feng frowned, his voice slightly lowered as he said:

"Let a pure soul..."

Depravity.

Perhaps, this is also what growth is.

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Let the soul fall...

Is he implying that Jiang Wan has already been influenced by him?

Ning Feng recalled what Ariana had said before:

Succubi are masters of corrupting people; first-tier succubi primarily corrupt the physical body.

[Second-tier succubi begin to involve the modification of people's minds.]

Let your pure and innocent soul be stained with your own color and take on your own shape.

The black cat chuckled and walked to Ning Feng's feet, rubbing against his legs before leaping onto his shoulder.

She tapped Ning Feng's cheek with her tail and spoke teasingly:

"Yes, you've succeeded."