"Why?" Gusu Su froze for a moment and asked.
"No reason. My own decision." After Li Tianming spoke, he turned and left.
He blended into the crowd and swiftly vanished from Gusu Su's sight.
He had left too suddenly!
Li Tianming had made this decision because he deeply realized that before the Eight Gods, descendants of companion-star minor clans like Gusu Su were simply far too insignificant.
Once Li Tianming entered this Relic Mountain, conflict between him and the Eight Gods was inevitable.
He was not afraid, but if people saw that he and Gusu Su were close, she would surely suffer.
Since that was the case, it was better to sever their connection first. He had already asked what needed asking, anyway.
If there was a chance, Li Tianming would thank her in secret as well.
But not now.
Breaking things off now meant that his relationship with Gusu Su was limited to Chu Xuan's single introduction. No one knew she had brought Li Tianming here, so naturally, they would not seem close.
"Alas..."
Gusu Su stood rooted to the spot and shook her head.
In truth, she had wanted to forget the past and see whether she could find new feelings. Unfortunately, Li Tianming had come quickly and gone just as quickly.
"Forget it. I'll go to Relic Mountain. No need to listen to all that gossip anymore."
She entered Relic Mountain first.
Meanwhile, Li Tianming took a detour. He first returned to the Ancestral Realm Netherboat, brought Soulfiend with him, then entered Relic Mountain with the key!
"Half-step Eonic God? He really thinks his life is too long."
Those who saw him mostly shook their heads.
This realm was said to be close to Eonic Godhood, but to Eonic Gods themselves, it was not even the same