Not long afterward, the two of them lifted a very cute little cat out of an abandoned box hidden in a corner of Torch City.
Yi Yao hugged it happily. "Be a good girl, Little Yao. Did you miss me?"
Ba Liu smiled brightly. "After you left last time, Little Yao wouldn't eat or drink for several days. I told her I'd definitely bring you here, and only then would she eat."
"Luckily, we didn't bring her along during the battle. Otherwise, she'd have died."
"I know. If it hadn't been absolutely necessary, I wouldn't have hidden her here. Once we escape to the Consciousness Universe, she'll have to fend for herself. I'm sorry to her."
Aboard the Boundless, Lu Yin watched a corner of Torch City. Was that a life-form from the Consciousness Universe?
A very tiny life-form from the Consciousness Universe.
A Spiritualized Universe cultivator had actually taken in a life-form from the Consciousness Universe. Interesting.
Xi Zu arrived and saw it too. She was surprised. "They actually took in a life-form from the Consciousness Universe."
"Is that not allowed?"
"In the Spiritualized Universe, that's taboo."
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. "Are there that many taboos in the Spiritualized Universe? You can just run into one anywhere?"
Xi Zu smiled wryly. "Once people break a taboo, they stop caring about the taboos that used to constrain them. Clearly, they've had this life-form for a while. Perhaps this was the first taboo they broke."
Lu Yin looked at Ba Liu and Yi Yao. Were they kind for taking in a life-form from the Consciousness Universe?
Da Yu Mountain Villa existed to stir up trouble, but it still wouldn't take in those who had committed every kind of evil. Ba Liu and Yi Yao seemed like a good fit. Perhaps