After finishing his final exchange with Gu Yuena and obtaining a few "little treasures" from her, Mo Lin led everyone away from the Star Dou Great Forest and back to Gengxin City. He felt that the gains from this trip had been fairly satisfactory, in the phrase's original sense.
After the battle with the divine officials and the subsequent "settling of accounts," Mo Lin and Gu Yuena had not developed any rift because of it. Aside from what Gu Yuena had mentioned, the way the divine officials had sought out Mo Lin was clearly not to recruit talent—they had come to demand answers. From a certain perspective, this further affirmed psychologically for both sides that they were bound to the same fate, especially for Gu Yuena's side.
Furthermore, the first joint resistance against an enemy by the dragon sons, the fierce beasts of the Far North, and the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest gave the representatives of the land soul beasts a chance to meet and fight shoulder to shoulder. With that, Mo Lin likely would not need to worry too much about matters in the soul beast world anymore.
Most unexpectedly, they had brought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm back from the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest through peaceful means. His spiritual power was astonishing, and his intelligence was almost at the highest level on the entire continent. In just one day and one night, he had mastered the transformation method. From that day onward, he had constantly clung to Ice Empress, while Ice Empress, much like in the original story, said one thing and meant another.
That peace, however, was only external. Some problems still arose internally. Yazi displayed undisguised dissatisfaction and fury toward Mo Lin's actions. If Mock Wind had not stopped