Leaving

Azure Street Ancient Alley.

The feather shuttlecock fell onto the blue square bricks, the copper coin at its base striking the ground with a soft clink. A little boy with snot hanging from his nose ran over, picked up the shuttlecock, and quickly ran back.

Several children gathered together, shouting as though arguing over how many kicks they had managed just now.

Chen Luo sat on the steps, watching the children playing ahead with an unblinking gaze. He had sat here for an entire day. Even he did not know what he was watching.

Over there, the children had already settled the order.

A girl with a ponytail took the feather shuttlecock and began kicking it. She sang as she kicked, her voice gradually turning somewhat ethereal.

'Green vegetables, green and lush.'

"What is a heart demon?"

Looking at the smiles on the children's faces, a thought suddenly flashed through Chen Luo's mind.

He wondered whether these children had heart demons. If they did, what would their heart demons be? Or were heart demons things that evolved naturally along with one's growth after birth?

His thoughts drifted, and the little girl kicking the shuttlecock became blurry.

Chen Luo recalled the player he had seen at the inn. He had mastered a divine ability capable of awakening the sorrow buried deep within a person's heart, called the Sorrowful Thoughts Art. This divine ability had already been merged into the Inner Demon Art and no longer existed as an independent divine ability.

The Inner Demon Art could not have been refined to its current level without the support of these divine abilities and secret arts.

"Heading down the mountain?"

Gu He's figure suddenly appeared beside him, without alarming anyone.

Uncle and nephew sat on the roadside steps like ordinary people, watching the