"This..."
Lin Mo hesitated for a moment, gazing into Mu Yu's utterly clear eyes. At last, he steeled himself and slowly spoke.
"This was originally a secret of mine, but I suppose there's no harm in telling you."
"As you said, Miss Mu Yu, I did indeed come from the outside world. But it wasn't the Other Planes. It was more like... the Divine Continent millions of years in the future!"
"What?!"
Mu Yu froze, her expression indescribably adorable.
She murmured a few words under her breath, then her voice suddenly filled with excitement. "You mean you possess a time spiritual root and have already mastered reversing time?"
"Or perhaps... you can cross the river of time, traveling freely into the past and future?"
Huh?
Lin Mo scratched his head, a wry smile covering his face.
If only I really had that ability. Unfortunately, although the Jianmu sapling was the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Woods, he knew very little about the World Tree's wondrous uses.
Once the World Tree fully returned to its original state, he might truly be able to travel through time and space. For him as he was now, however, it was nothing more than a fool's dream!
"Ah, no, that can't be..."
Before Lin Mo could speak, Mu Yu's face suddenly filled with frustration. "If you really had such abilities, why would you need to ask me for the Danqing Painting Scroll? You got my hopes up for nothing... sigh!"
She sighed softly. Much of the excitement faded from her face, and a trace of helplessness entered her voice. "Ever since the World Tree disappeared, our bloodline has grown thinner by the day."
"The Great Elder estimates that within a hundred thousand years, our bloodline will vanish completely. Unless the World Tree reappears..."
At this point,