Dawn slipped through a gap in the curtains and fell across Sutier's forehead.
Li Moran, already awake, silently went to the window and pulled the curtains tighter.
In the dim, quiet room, a faint light glowed on the girl's forehead.
It was the Ice Lotus Mark Li Moran had left during the first playthrough.
Li Moran had already passed the early part of the story. The plot had just reached the stage where Sutier became her disciple and began honing her skills.
This was every cultivator's favorite stage. Some even deliberately slowed their cultivation, putting off Sutier's entry into the Qi Refining stage for as long as possible.
In a way, it resembled how many players of Red Dead Redemption 2 in her previous life kept Arthur in Valentine forever after finishing the game.
Li Moran had not deliberately dragged things out.
In truth, she could hardly have done so even if she wanted to.
The boosts granted by the Ice Lotus Mark were so absurd that Sutier gained experience every day just by sleeping and breathing...
So Li Moran eased up on the cultivation schedule instead. Taking a leaf from Zhou Qiaoling's book, she often took Sutier to do things besides cultivate.
The difference was that Zhou Qiaoling took Sutier along to swindle people, while Li Moran preferred taking her sightseeing through mountains and rivers.
Now, as she watched the icy-blue glow of the mark on the girl's forehead, Li Moran could not help frowning.
Sutier's level had risen again.
That also meant the final ending was one step closer.
The kindness she had given with such high hopes in the first playthrough had, in the second, become a curse of sorts.
Li Moran sighed softly, a rare tenderness appearing on her face.
She had only just reached the