The trio has already stayed inside Sky city for two weeks. Chu Lingxin has spent her time mastering her new sword art while Jiang Mang and Feng Xue went to the square to perform every day during these two weeks. Jiang Mang has understood the two emotions of worry and fear completely during these two weeks, while Feng Xue has trained her new Di tier technique completely and had comprehended the wind intent after two weeks of dancing and flying.
Feng Xue's speed now rivals that of Jiang Mang while her attack power matches that of small accomplishment sword intent if she combines the wind and scorching intent. Her attack power has grown stronger than Jiang Mang without bloodline powers.
The duo has also earned a lot of money with their daily performances. The crowd has also grown to triple the initial amount and is still growing, which has resulted in them earning 50 000 spirit coins over the two weeks. They had decided to continue their performances as both of them benefit from them in terms of gaining comprehension.
Jiang Mang had also concocted his two poisons to use with his hidden daggers. Anyone in the saint realm would start hallucinating or be drugged with an aphrodisiac if poisoned. When they are poisoned, they become very susceptible to illusions and charm techniques, which would allow him to charm or illusion anybody who he poisoned. This has made these two poisons his trump card as anybody who is poisoned could be defeated or killed by Jiang Mang.
The duo had just finished their daily performances and decided to go eat in an expensive restaurant, which they could now afford, to celebrate his new comprehensions. Jiang Mang had to comprehend only another two emotions and the six desires, which could be counted as one.
The six desires were lust, vanity, dignity, having a good life and death, pleasant sounds, and pleasant sensations. This is essentially just wanting to sense good things with the eyes, nose, mouth, ears, touch, and mind, which result in the six desires.
He had planned to understand his desires next as the last two emotions should be quite easy. He planned to indulge his every desire over the coming two weeks to comprehend them. He had even already started by indulging his desire for good food.
Jiang Mang and Feng Xue were sharing their meals in harmony and could be said to have grown to understand each other with only simple actions and words. They had grown close to the point that they didn't want to separate but share every little thing. They had unknowingly found their soulmates but remained oblivious about what these feelings were. The accompanying seniors, however, had already seen through their feeling and were happy for the little couple.
After their dinner, they returned to the inn and split unwillingly up. Feng Xue had sensed that Jiang Mang's demeanor had changed right before their dinner but didn't know what it was. She suspected that it had to do with his comprehension of the seven emotions and six desires but wasn't certain which element of it was being comprehended.
She fell asleep that night while dreaming about Jiang Mang, while he couldn't fall asleep due to having a craving for something. This was the desire of lust or possession, which he had given free rein too. He would have indulged it if he knew what he was craving for, but he didn't know.
Jiang Mang spent the whole night in unrest and couldn't even meditate. When he went out of the room and came across Feng Xue that feeling disappeared as it never existed. He was shocked but couldn't find the reason why his desire was indulged.
The duo continued their routine of performing on the square, but Jiang Mang had changed his music performances to whatever he desired to play and listen to. While he enjoyed his music and the sights his inner view brought, the crowd was surprised but welcomed the change in atmosphere and music. Many more people had decided to hear and watch the duo perform to the point where they earned more than 10 000 spirit coins each day.
This scenario had continued for an entire week. Jiang Mang indulged all of his desires and had reached a bottleneck after that week. He would become restless each time he returned to his room to rest because he craved for something. He had already determined that his comprehension would reach completion when he figured that desire out.
There was only one week remaining before they departed for the recruitment. Jiang Mang wanted to increase his comprehension of the illusion intent before the week ended. The next day, the duo continued their routine, but Jiang Mang started training in the two remaining emotions of affection and sentiment to speed his comprehension up.
Jiang Mang started playing a song that invoked the emotion of love. This emotion evoked that unknown desire in Jiang Mang again, which made him realize that he lusted for his loved one. He had to only discover who he loved before his seven emotions and six desires would reach completion.
He spent the next performances sticking to his routine trying to discover the person he loved, but he was unable to discover that person. During that time, he had comprehended the remaining two emotions, which had increased his sensitivity to emotions. He had discovered that that person was always close by, but the only person he could think of was Feng Xue, but he had only known her for a month and a half, which gave him the reason that it wasn't her.
The day of their departure had come, but Jiang Mang had been unable to comprehend either the poison intent or the six desires which dejected him. This would be the last performance of Feng Xue and him in Sky city. This left him disappointed and resulted in him pouring all of his emotions into his music. Feng Xue was also melancholic, which was enhanced by Jiang Mang's music, and she started dancing randomly like a fairy lost in love.
The dance and music had enthralled all on the square and lasted for an entire hour. Both performers were lost in their craft while the crowd was deadly silent. They were charmed and absorbed in the performance, which was only fueled by emotions and not qi. There was only one person who kept his thoughts clear, and he was the city lord, a king realm cultivator. He had observed all of their performances and seen through their love of which they were oblivious. He also saw that it bothered the young man that he didn't know who he loved.
After the performance when Jiang Mang and Feng Xue had accepted the crowd's money and praise, the city lord stopped them and spoke the following words: " The one you are looking for is the one beside you."
When these were spoken the city lord left, but Jiang Mang stopped walking as he realized what these words meant. He understood that the person he loved was Feng Xue. Why he couldn't sleep was because he desired her presence after separating and why he couldn't find the person was because he couldn't believe that it was her until he had heard these words.