"Master, where are we going next?"
In the Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Gu Qingnian, bored out of his mind.
"No idea. Let's wander around." Gu Qingnian did not know where to go either. He had planned to spend this vacation looking for someone whose opportunity he could snatch, hoping to get a Soul Ring out of it.
But he had yet to find a suitable target, so he could only wander aimlessly around the academy's surroundings.
Time slipped away. Several days passed, and the curtain of night descended...
With A Wu in his arms, Gu Qingnian unknowingly arrived at a small town. The surrounding area was almost entirely deserted, with only a few empty houses letting in the wind, making the place seem especially desolate.
Gu Qingnian paused, slightly taken aback. Where had he ended up?
Suddenly, a faint fluctuation caught his attention.
Gu Qingnian frowned slightly and surveyed his surroundings with his Six Eyes. To his surprise, he actually found something and cautiously headed in that direction.
Before long, he arrived outside a small house that looked relatively intact. An extremely faint firelight flickered through the cracks. Gu Qingnian immediately grew alert, quietly concealed his presence, and carefully examined the interior with his Six Eyes.
As though cooperating with Gu Qingnian, his surroundings quietly settled into silence. Everything was utterly still... The only sound in the air was a faint rustling that seemed to come from a burning fire.
Just then, a faint voice came from inside the house.
"Mom... I'm back." The voice sounded somewhat subdued and trembled slightly.
Hearing it, Gu Qingnian thought, Why is there a woman here? A ghost??? Why does she sound a little familiar?
While Gu Qingnian was considering whether to go inside and look, the woman's voice