These things normally pose no danger, but when Undergoing Tribulation for Immortal Ascension, they are very likely to evolve into Heart Demons.
He came this time precisely to completely eradicate these Mortal Realm attachments.
"You… why are you back…? You… succeeded in seeking Immortality?"
Watching Ye Lin’s unchanging face and a head of silver hair, the woman immediately touched the wrinkles on her face and looked at her hands, which were full of scratches from farm work.
Decades had passed, and she, once peerless in beauty, had aged, while Ye Lin was exactly the same as when he left; his appearance hadn't changed in the slightest…
"I'm back…"
Hearing Ye Lin’s words, tears streamed uncontrollably from Qing Ling’s eyes, and Ye Lin, holding the hands of two small Boys, slowly walked towards Qing Ling.
The two small Boys’ eyes were blank and confused; clearly, they couldn't yet comprehend such complex matters…
"Why… why didn't you keep your promise? Why, oh why…?"
Qing Ling buried her face in Ye Lin’s chest and cried loudly. Back then, Ye Lin had resolutely abandoned her to seek the Dao for Immortality, and they had made a ten-year pact.
Within ten years, regardless of whether Ye Lin succeeded in seeking Immortality, he had to return, and if more than ten years passed, it meant Ye Lin had died.
The year Ye Lin left, she was in her prime, the most beautiful age of her life, and she waited bitterly for Ye Lin for ten years.
Every day and night, she stood by the stone at the village entrance, looking at the back of Ye Lin as he had left.
One year, two years, three years…
Three years passed, Ye Lin did not return.
Four years, five years, six years.
Six years passed, Ye Lin did not return.
Everyone in the village said Ye Lin was dead, but she didn't believe it; she didn't believe Ye Lin had simply died like that.
Every morning, she would dress herself beautifully and stand at the village entrance, just to wait for Ye Lin to return, to wait for that familiar figure.
But in the end, the ten-year period passed, and Ye Lin did not return.
The villagers who saw the girl waiting punctually every day thought she had gone mad.
And after ten years, her heart was already in despair.
However, the custom here in the Mortal Realm was to marry and have descendants once a certain age was reached, plus Qing Ling’s appearance was the most outstanding in the entire village.
So many people coveted her, and eventually, unable to withstand the pressure from her parents, she married someone from the village.
Now, decades had passed, and she had finally managed to forget Ye Lin's figure, finally managed to emerge from Ye Lin's shadow, and finally managed to re-immerse herself in an ordinary life.
But the person who had made her yearn day and night had returned…
"Why, why did you come back, why did you come back, ah, go die, go die…"
Qing Ling hit Ye Lin’s chest with both hands, crying loudly.
Ye Lin's return ignited the yearning she had suppressed for decades; after decades, the past yearning completely erupted at this moment.
And with the eternal separation between Immortals and Mortals, this life and forever, they both no longer had any chance…
"I broke my promise. I let you down."
Looking at the girl on his chest, Ye Lin felt a deep pain in his heart. These were the former self's obsessions, and he had underestimated the power of obsession.
It hurt, it hurt so much, for some reason, it was just heartache.
Qing Ling cried on Ye Lin's chest for a full twenty-something minutes, and for those twenty-something minutes, Ye Lin stood still, unmoving, allowing Qing Ling to hit him.
The two small Boys by Ye Lin's side sat on the ground; they were still young and couldn't stand for so long.
But seeing their mother like this, they were also at a loss, so they just sat there for twenty-something minutes, unmoving.