The Academy group's sudden departure caught Su Mo off guard.
All he could do was watch them leave. His senior brothers and sisters had their own paths to walk; he had no reason to make them stay and insist that they travel with him.
The autumn wind blew, stirring Su Mo's white hair, then drifted away again, carrying the sorrow of parting after their brief reunion...
Su Mo stood there for a long time, until the Academy group's retreating figures disappeared, until their auras faded away.
The Void Beast watched the Academy group leave, then turned to look at the silent Su Mo and leaned over to nudge his hand.
Su Mo lowered his head to look at the Void Beast, then glanced at the Phoenix Woman beside him.
"Let's go too."
The Phoenix Woman nodded. "All right."
Su Mo patted the Void Beast's back. Immediately understanding what he meant, the Void Beast abruptly grew a size larger.
Su Mo took the Phoenix Woman's hand and swung himself onto the Void Beast's back with her. Sitting astride its back, they looked into the distance.
There seemed to be extraordinary turmoil in the distance. The Demon Realm had invaded...
"Reincarnation Mirror..." Su Mo called softly.
The Reincarnation Mirror immediately flew down from his long hair and drifted before him.
Su Mo took out the Jade Pendant he had retrieved from the corpse of the woman in the Forbidden Lands-the woman he had met once, who had kept calling him "Senior"-and held it before the Reincarnation Mirror.
"Can you find the pendant owner's younger sister?"
The antique bronze radiance within the Reincarnation Mirror trembled, drawing upon the power of Reincarnation, and soon found the bond attached to the Jade Pendant.
"Big Strong, let's go."
Carrying the two of them, the Void Beast