During his battle with Li Wudi, the Immortal-Slaying Net that had suddenly appeared had clearly been intended to kill them both.
Li Wudi had said it was a killing move aimed at him by people from the Desolate Realm to influence the Border Pass, yet Su Mo kept feeling that the Immortal-Slaying Net had been meant for him.
And the old man behind Ji Yue had given him a deeply uncomfortable feeling.
Su Mo looked at the peacefully sleeping Ji Shuang and sighed deeply.
Ji Shuang was nothing like her older sister. She had little guile, knew nothing of the ways of the world, and lived simply.
Come to think of it, Su Mo preferred simple, pure people like her.
But had Ji Shuang's clan let her become so innocent really just so that she could live a simple, happy life...?
Su Mo thought no further. With a wave of his hand, a blue-green light appeared, slowly nourishing Ji Shuang's body.
Ji Shuang seemed to sense something in her sleep, and a little contentment showed on her face.
Su Mo also slipped Ji Shuang's ring back onto her little hand.
Watching what Su Mo did, Wu Pangzi shook his head helplessly. "She's a member of the Ji Clan. Why go to such lengths?"
Su Mo shook his head. "She's different from the others. She's just a poor, ignorant girl born into the Ji Clan."
Wu Pangzi's eyes flickered. Then he gave Ji Shuang a long look and said nothing.
The two remained silent like that as Ji Shuang slept.
Su Mo was also examining the strand of cultivation within his body, that newly born strand of cultivation.
Even now, he still could not understand everything that had happened in the Ruins...
Why had he been able to bring that peach