The girl paused, her eyes shifting as if asking him a question.
Seeing her hesitate, Su Luoheng smiled and explained, "I noticed you kept looking at it earlier, so I'll give you one before we part ways~"
"..."
At that, she gave a slight nod and reached out with her slender, pale fingers to take the candied hawthorn skewer.
"Well, goodbye."
Su Luoheng flashed a bright smile, then headed off into the distance.
Before he could reach the town, a cool voice suddenly rang out behind him.
"Wait."
Su Luoheng's steps faltered. He stopped and turned around.
"You—you—you can talk?!"
Su Luoheng stared at the girl in astonishment.
"First, I'm not mute."
"Second, thank you for your help."
The girl remained cool and aloof, but when her ice-blue eyes fell on the Storage Soul Tool on Su Luoheng's wrist, a faint smile touched her lips.
"Third, the candied hawthorn tastes quite good. Thank you for the treat."
"You..."
Su Luoheng hadn't even had a chance to speak.
A breathtaking smile bloomed across the girl's lips, then vanished in an instant.
For that single moment, everything in the world seemed to pale before her.
"Little one, I hope we meet again. My name is Xue—"
Before she could finish, she flitted away like a butterfly, flying off in another direction. In the blink of an eye, she had disappeared, as though she had never been there at all.
Su Luoheng hadn't heard the final syllable.
"Xue?"
"She isn't an ordinary person..."
Su Luoheng murmured under his breath, a flicker of understanding in his eyes.
The mysterious girl wasn't an ordinary person.
Her strength was far beyond his own.
That was why he hadn't encountered any powerful Soul Beasts along the way. It had never been because he was lucky; her presence