Inside a carriage sat two people and two divine beasts. Since they had never been to Sea God Island, and in order to conserve stamina and Soul Power against any unforeseen changes, Mo Lin rented a carriage and headed west along the official road.
Sea God Island lay west of Douluo Continent, while Soul Beast Island lay to the east, placing them on opposite sides. If Mo Lin wanted the Spirit Dolphins to help, they would have to take an extremely long sea route. Considering this, along with the fact that the Spirit Dolphins were indeed not particularly strong in combat, Mo Lin chose not to bring them along at this stage.
The situation inside the carriage was rather interesting. Qilin and Phoenix remained in their shrunken forms, lying—or standing—beside Mo Lin as they rested. Qian Renxue, meanwhile, did not sit across from Mo Lin. Instead, she sat at his other side, her head resting against him. Clearly, even though the two had yet to settle things between themselves, Qian Renxue already regarded Mo Lin as her man, and herself as his woman.
Mo Lin had not expected his relationship with Qian Renxue to develop so quickly. Although it had been quite some time since they confessed their feelings to each other, they had mostly spent that period cultivating separately and rarely did anything to deepen their bond. The only thing Mo Lin could think of was helping Qian Renxue kill Tang Hao, whom she believed to be her father's murderer. However, Mo Lin knew that Bibi Dong was the one who had truly killed Qian Xunji. He did not know whether Qian Renxue would suffer a massive emotional upheaval once she learned the truth.
"Xiao Lin, thank you." Qian Renxue, who had been leaning against Mo Lin all this