Li Mo carried the girl in white on his back when, at some point, he had a strange feeling he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
It was this particular feeling that told Li Mo that they may not know each other, but they were without a doubt not enemies.
The gang took three days to scour the lands of Heavenly Court, except the flying palace of course. The only thing they found besides broken weapons, were more broken weapons.
The girl woke somewhere around two days in. But this time she looked at Li Mo with suspicion.
She remained silent on his back, sleeping when others did, walking after them when they started going. While any question directed at her was met with utter silence.
The group left through the Western Heavenly Gate, bumping into the same storm after just half a mile.
Whitey, who was already back in her fox form, ran at Li Mo’s feet and whined.
Li Mo said, “This planet is dead. Only the lands of Heavenly Court have received some protection. Your sisters’ sole chance of surviving is if they used the top earth qi jade to return to Earth.”
“But that does no longer concern me when they have stopped being my comrades. In betrayal, one time is already more than enough leniency.”
Het went to set up a Stellar Orientation Array with earth qi jade.
This place was filled with secrets, and they hadn’t gotten to look at the floating palace yet.
Li Mo asked the girl in white, “We are returning. Do you wish to come with us?”
The girl looked back at Heavenly Court with a long look.
“You can follow if you want.”
Li Mo entered the Stellar Orientation Array first.
Hum~
The girl watched them disappear one after the other and her eyes were perplexed. She was hesitating, but still decided to go into the Stellar Orientation Array.
“Master, you’re finally back!”
Li Mo just came and the snow people came to give a warm welcome.
Despite having gone for days, there was no speck of dust around. The floor was even buffed to a shine.
There was no such thing as slacking snow people. They kept to their work even when their master was away.
Whitey went on the second floor, but could not find her sisters no matter how much she looked.
They hadn’t returned.
Hum~
A white figure appeared in the living room.
For some odd reason, Li Mo’s heart eased at the sight of her.
Ye Xiaolu scooched over, “Gorgeous, not talking is fine, but can you at least tell us your name? How will we call you then?”
“Also, it was I who found you. Without me, you’d be stuck in there forever. It’s only fitting to consider me your savior.”
The girl in white was unconcerned.
To be clear, the only one capable of getting any reaction out of her was Li Mo.
“Prettier than a fox, but dumb as wood. Boring.”
Ye Xiaolu went upstairs.
Du Fei had gone home with Madam Ning.
The panda, Su Qingyi, Mite Snow and Millie Snow minded their own business, leaving Li and the girl the only ones in the living room.
They were their first moment alone.
The girl came closer and watched his face intently before shaking her head, “You… are… not… him.”
“Him?”
The girl woke from the divine root vessel and her first words when seeing Li Mo were ‘You came.’ Now she contradicted herself, leaving Li Mo perplexed.
“He is…” The girl furrowed her brows then held her head in pain.
“How… odd. Very… odd. Why… do I… feel so ill… when I think of his name. Why… can’t I… say it…”
The girl shuddered and sweated.
Li Mo placed his hand on her head and supplied her with spiritual qi. He felt just like last time, feeding a bottomless pit. No matter how much he gave, there was no effect.
Li Mo used Fortune of Heaven and Earth Art’s body refining method to complete the Body Tempering Stage. His body was strong, and spiritual qi reserves aplenty, so much so it was inconceivable. Yet this much refining didn’t seem to hold a candle to how much this girl could take.
Li Mo shouted, “If it’s painful, then don’t say it!”
“But… I want to know… if… you are indeed him!”
“I am me and no one else!”
The girl raised her eyes at him.
“You’re called Li Mo?” The girl in white’s voice was recovering. It was so soft and enticing that ill-thoughts would brood in any who heard it.
“Yes, that is my name.”
The girl nodded.
“What about your name? It’s fine if you don’t want to say it.”
“It’s not that. Just… I… can’t recall my name.”
The girl’s cheeks flushed a hint.
“Can’t remember? Did you lose your memories?”
“Many things I can’t remember. It must be because I stayed in there for so long.”
Li Mo suddenly realized.
How would one feel being trapped for ages in a world of darkness and without room to even move? What memories were to remain after eons?
‘Forget about remaining with anything when there’s plenty of things I can’t recall in those six centuries of war.’
“You never slept inside the divine root? I heard that when strong beings seal themselves, they use some art to enter deep sleep. The only way for them to survive such endless loneliness.”
The girl grimaced, “That man who I can’t recall his name sealed me. The situation was urgent, but all that I could remember is him promising me that he will come for me no matter how long it takes.”
“You… and he look identical. Just that you don’t feel like him.” The girl was downcast.
Li Mo was also shocked.
Li Mo called for Millie Snow to settle her in the left room upstairs.
Li Mo went to his study and found his phone bombarded by a thousand missed calls.
And nine hundred were from that Yang freak.
But Yang Hongying didn’t just stop at nine hundred calls, sending dozens of messages as well.
If it wasn’t about the soul item, then it was regarding Experts Alliance. The yearly Expert Testing Grounds was fast approaching and Yang Hongying was trying to get Li Mo in.
Experts Alliance was holding a yearly Expert Testing Grounds to pick three elites from every base to compete in the capital. The final winner would enter the ruling class of the Experts Alliance, while the second and third place would return to their province base as leaders.
Expert Testing Grounds was a very important event for the organization. Li Mo saw that he only had two days left to sign up.
Di~
Li Mo’s phone rang again, Yang Hongying.
“Hey, these days…”
“Sign me up.” And hanged up.
