"Will you leave with me?"
Nine Songs spoke again, a hint of expectation in her eyes. Li Su's appearance had been an accident, yet it had also set her free.
Twice, she had fallen into utter despair. Twice, it was because of him that she had found her way out.
Though they had not known each other long, there was no denying that Li Su's image had already been branded deep within Nine Songs's heart.
Faced with her invitation once more, Li Su gently shook his head.
Leaving aside everything else, his identity as a human alone meant he could never go with her.
Nine Songs drew a breath. She was somewhat disappointed, but not overly surprised.
Fei, standing nearby, directly let out a sigh of relief. Behind a prodigy like this, there was surely a corresponding clan—and likely not some weak little clan, but an exceptionally powerful one.
Even if Nine Songs possessed a future of boundless brilliance, a person like that could not possibly follow her unless he had other motives.
His refusal meant that his arrival at Peak Ascent truly had been nothing but an accident. His luck had simply been terrible, and he had happened to step straight into the one vortex that must never be touched.
"Are you planning to leave now?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Su spoke. Stepping into this vortex had been an accident, a stroke of bad luck, but meeting one another was still a kind of fate.
"Yes. But before that, there's still something I need to do."
Nine Songs did not hide it and said bluntly, "I have to take it back. If he withdrew because he couldn't withstand the pressure, then there's nothing to be done—it was his choice. But betrayal is another matter entirely."
"Father treated