"Before leaving Desolate Demon Pass, he still couldn't put his mind at ease, so he went to ask Rouge Pass to help watch over it after he left."
At some point, pain had welled up in Su Mo's eyes, a pain that came from his heart.
It was the remorse of knowing he had wrongly killed someone who should never have died.
Su Mo looked up at the Divine Maiden and asked calmly, "Sister Divine Maiden, do you know how I became certain that he went to the Forbidden Land to fight for the Moon Essence for Senior Book Sage's sake?"
The Divine Maiden slowly shook her head. She truly did not know.
Su Mo had always held fast to certain things in his heart, yet his mind was not as young as he appeared...
He had experienced far too much in his life.
Su Mo tilted his head back, took a deep breath, and slowly began, "Because if he had gone to the Forbidden Land to fight for an opportunity for himself, Senior Rouge at Rouge Pass would never have agreed to help him watch over Desolate Demon Pass..."
"And on my way here, I learned something else."
"In his entire life, he only went far from the Border Pass twice."
"The first time was to obtain the Beast Taming Art, which might... permanently resolve the Demonic Beast Calamity."
"The second was this time, to fight for the Moon Essence!"
"He didn't even know who I was. He merely saw the Moon Essence in my hand and came to fight me to the death..."
Su Mo gazed at the Divine Maiden, struggling to speak in a dry voice...
A cool wind blew into the empty Desolate Demon Pass, stirring the regret in Su Mo's heart that he had never