Twenty zhang from the spirit spring on Karma Blood Peak.
Xiao Mo stood behind a tree, his figure as tall and straight as the parasol tree beside him.
He lifted his head and looked through the gaps between the leaves at the azure sky.
Because of the great battle, not a single cloud hung above Myriad Dao Sect.
The tinkling of the spring drifted leisurely from behind him, accompanied by the chirping of insects in the forest, lending the place a stillness.
After the time it took an incense stick to burn, leaves crunched beneath someone's feet behind Xiao Mo.
He turned around. Xue Kui stood before him.
After bathing in the spirit spring, she had changed into a clean red dress. Her long hair fell over her shoulders, still faintly damp from the water.
Though her complexion remained pale, she still gave off an unruly, bewitching air.
It was as if this woman was always so proud, no matter the time or place.
"What? Why have you been staring at me this whole time? Have you finally realized how pretty I am?" Seeing Xiao Mo's gaze fixed on her, Xue Kui's lips curled slightly.
"You're just okay." Xiao Mo's expression remained unchanged.
He wasn't looking at Xue Kui because of her appearance, but because her Life Fire was growing weaker and weaker, as if it might go out at any moment.
"Where are we going?"
Xiao Mo asked.
Xue Kui had said she wanted to go for a walk, so naturally Xiao Mo was accompanying her.
But before they set off, Xue Kui had gone to bathe in the spirit spring and change her clothes.
Xiao Mo had waited twenty zhang away.
"I don't know. Just wherever our feet take us."
Xue Kui clasped her hands behind her back