Heavenly Palace went against the River of Time, resolutely tracing its current upstream.
Li Wei nestled in Gu Jinzhi's arms.
The two of them sat side by side atop the lofty ridge of Ling Xiao Palace, watching together as the blue-green divine radiance downstream of the river drifted farther and farther away.
Until that streak of blue-green completely vanished at the edge of his Field of Vision.
After a while, Li Wei spoke in a distant voice.
"Old Gu, when I first learned there was an 'Old Grandpa' inside Li Cheng, I was worried..."
"I wondered if that kid might get his body taken over."
As she spoke, a bitter smile surfaced on her face.
"Thinking about it now, it really is laughable... Someone like Old Grandpa Tongtian probably... wouldn't stoop to taking over someone else's body..."
Gu Jinzhi said nothing. He merely raised a hand and gently stroked her sideburns.
The warmth of his fingertips passed through her hair, silently comforting the girl.
That tingling, ticklish sensation relaxed Li Wei's taut nerves considerably.
She narrowed her eyes like a cat being petted, enjoying this rare moment of peace.
After a while, her slow-to-react mind made a full turn, and she suddenly asked:
"Old Gu, you're so clever. How come you didn't think of 'driving' Heavenly Palace upstream?"
"We foolishly held out there, wasting the divine thunder as a barrier for nothing..."
Gu Jinzhi's hand, stroking her hair, stiffened, and he was instantly left speechless.
His cool, handsome face flushed faintly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Could he say that, at the time, he had been lost in a tender paradise, with nothing but thoughts of "rolling around in bed" filling his mind, so his brain had short-circuited and he hadn't thought of this at all?
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