Free Web NovelThe battle not far away was a one-sided affair.
Shocking! The dignified Abbot Huai Kong, a Seventh Realm Controlling Mystery expert who wielded a Great Dao, needed only to make a slight move to send the Yao Race of the Southern Borders trembling in fear. Yet, at this moment, he was suppressed by the demoness, utterly powerless to retaliate!
To be honest,
Xiao Li was feeling very awkward right now. He had just used his Tianming Divine Eye to observe and could understand the uncontrollable passion of two people who had suppressed their feelings for over a thousand years. He wanted to leave, but he was afraid that the sound of him getting up would disturb the two opposite him.
He looked at Ice Cube and noticed a strand of her hair, playfully blown by the breeze, resting on the corner of her lips.
So, he casually brushed it behind her ear.
"Ice Cube, your ear is a little hot."
Ying Bing lowered her gaze and took his hand, which had brushed her lips and was now on her ear, away:
"The weather's getting cold; I might have caught a chill."
"A chill?"
Xiao Li really wanted to believe her.
But he still remembered how Ice Cube's room used to be cold enough to freeze popsicles. If she could catch a cold, that would truly be a ghost's tale.
Looking at her slightly parted, moist lips, Li Mo felt that his own ears must be burning hot right now.
It seemed he had caught the same chill as her.
"Ice Cube..."
Xiao Li's gaze was as resolute as Murong Xiao saying he would abstain from lust.
"Hmm?"
Ying Bing's beautiful eyes widened slightly, her frosty jade-like face frozen in surprise. freeweɓnøvel.com
At this moment, all the Supreme martial art and paths to Immortal Ascension in the Phoenix Heavenly Empress's mind seemed to transform into pink bubbles, popping into thin air without a trace.
She could move with fleeting speed in an instant.
But watching the young man close his eyes and lean in,
she only had time to close her own eyes...
Thud—
A very clear sound.
"Hiss..."
Their foreheads had a close encounter.
Li Mo covered the spot where they had collided. He had a hard head, so it didn't hurt at all, but why was his heart aching so much that he couldn't breathe?!
Especially when he saw the girl opposite him, her fair forehead flushed red, her eyes unfocused, looking less cold and more somewhat dazed...
"Should we try again...?"
"No."
"......"
Xiao Li regretted reading so many novels now. If he hadn't read so many, wouldn't his first kiss have been given away?
Who said you had to close your eyes when kissing?!
Those rotten novelists misled me!
"It must have hurt a lot."
"It's fine."
"Really?"
Ice Cube was expressionless now, not smiling, which didn't look like she was fine at all!
Well...
Actually, Ying Bing was expressionless, initially because she was a bit dazed, and then because her thoughts were in a chaotic mess. She had already recalled the sensation of their lips touching that split second last time.
Just recalling it made her feel...
If it had really happened just now, would she still need to activate the System's next ranking?
Facing him, she probably wouldn't even be able to lift her sword. According to the System's comprehensive combat power comparison, could she win?
Ying Bing suddenly understood.
Why Abbot Huai Kong, a dignified Controlling Mystery Saint, was so severely suppressed by Shang Qinqing, who had fallen from the Seventh Realm.
A difference of an entire realm, yet no chance of winning!
The 'thud' just now was particularly jarring.
Now, Abbot Huai Kong and Shang Qinqing couldn't pretend they hadn't noticed the two, treating them as if they were air.
"The little ones are watching."
Shang Qinqing rolled her pretty eyes at Huaikong, reluctantly letting go of him.
Abbot Huai Kong: "......"
You clearly knew early on; are you shy now?
Amitābha, what a sin, what a sin.
"This old monk doesn't remember what just happened..."
"Hmm?"
"Qinqing, I'm still the abbot."
Huaikong sighed heavily.
As long as no one took over his burden, he could not return to secular life.
"I'll wait for you; I've waited a thousand years."
"This karmic connection, perhaps... won't take too long."
Abbot Huai Kong said with a complicated expression.
Every corner of the Hanging Temple, even if he didn't deliberately investigate, whatever happened was all in his heart.
He knew Murong Xiao gave Li Mo the prayer beads, and he also knew about the Buddhist scripture Li Mo gave Murong Xiao.
A moment later, Huaikong took off his gauze hat and turned to leave.
It was unclear how many glances the two exchanged. Shang Qinqing hid the tenderness in her eyes and reverted to her cynical demeanor.
When she approached, she saw a little silence between the young man and woman. She couldn't hide the smile on her lips, probably because they weren't hungry, not even taking out melon seeds to eat. She said with a beaming smile:
"Oh, little Bing'er, why are you two here?"
"We just arrived, planning to say goodbye to you. We're figuring out which path is faster."
Li Mo said with a normal expression.
It wasn't that he was good at pretending nothing happened; mainly, he saw what he shouldn't have, and he probably guessed that his and Ice Cube's 'close contact' was also seen by others.
Those who know, know. It's an unspoken understanding.
"Tsk tsk, it's rare that Shang Wu could teach a disciple like you."
Shang Qinqing sized him up, clicking her tongue in wonder.
"Does Clan Chief Shang know Master?"
"More than just know. Back then, I was only a seventh-grade and hadn't even transformed yet, and she almost plucked my fur to stew me."
"......"
Xiao Li was speechless for a moment.
And decided that from now on, when traveling, he would mention his Master less. His Master's acquaintances might not only be powerful, but their way of knowing her might not be so pleasant.
"You don't need to overthink it. With her temperament, it's not entirely incomprehensible..."
Shang Qinqing shook her head, not delving deeper into the topic.
She stretched out her hand, pointed at the map, and drew a line.
"You two should take this path back to Nanguan (Southern Pass) City."
"Wouldn't this be... a very long detour?" freёweɓnovel.com
Li Mo followed her refer to-pointed route with his eyes, somewhat puzzled. This was twice as far as the path he took to come, because it wasn't a straight line but made several large turns.
But Xiao Li had always been smart.
After a slight thought, he blurted out:
"Because of the jade phoenix god?"
Brother Murong had also reminded him.
This return journey was destined to be turbulent.
"It's not just the jade phoenix god; you two yourselves are also a reason."
"At that time, it won't be convenient for me to openly help you, but I can guarantee that those who come after you will not be Fourth Grade Yao King-level Disaster Beasts."
Shang Qinqing smiled, her words quite domineering.
"Thank you, Clan Chief Shang."
Li Mo understood her hidden meaning.
That is, there might be encounters with Great Yao?
The Yao Race considers First Grade supreme, while Human Race Martial Artists consider the Ninth Realm supreme; the two are opposite.
A Great Yao is equivalent to a Human Race Inner Scenery, and a Fifth Grade Disaster Beast is usually stronger than an Inner Scenery.
But she had ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) already helped; he couldn't ask for too much more.
Moreover,
how can a Martial Artist not experience trials?
A 'thank you' hung in the air for a long time without a response.
When Li Mo looked up again, he found that not only Shang Qinqing was gone, but also the Marriage Tree, the Buddhist halls, Buddhist temples, ancient temples, and treasure pagodas in the distance had all vanished.
Only a bare mountain peak remained, as if it had all been a grand dream.
He quickly looked sideways, and his mind instantly calmed.
"Ice Cube, we're going home."
Li Mo's fingers twitched. He wanted to reach out but remembered the awkwardness from earlier.
"Mm."
A cool, soft small hand inexplicably appeared in his palm, and he instinctively tightened his grip.
He looked at the strange and beautiful landscapes of the Southern Borders, all worries and distracting thoughts gone, feeling only that the world was vast and profound.
The journey home was long.
Fortunately, he didn't have to go alone.
Ying Bing gazed at the young man's profile, seemingly...
thinking the same thing?
