"Eaten? Eat what? Do you want to order something?" Li Qingcheng did not quite understand what Wang Man was saying, but she, too, felt that Wang Man had changed a great deal since they had last met.
"No, nothing." Wang Man shook her head, her gaze somewhat complicated.
Lightforging's presence had vanished. This disappearance was different from the seals or even destruction of the past.
But how was that possible?
The Children of Guyinduo were immortal. They would never truly die. Even when they fell in battle during the ancient wars, they would revive after a time.
Immortality was one of their traits.
But that feeling of disappearance just now meant it was truly gone, never to exist again, never to revive, as though some power had reclaimed or absorbed it.
"Check, please."
"Hey, are you leaving already?" Li Qingcheng did not really understand what was going on with Wang Man either.
They had not seen each other in so long. When Wang Man was willing to ask her out, she had thought they could become as close as before.
But now...
"Don't overthink it, Chengcheng. I just have some work to take care of."
With that, Wang Man strode out of the café.
"Work? But your Arts Troupe is about to disband. Haven't you been on leave this whole time...?"
Li Qingcheng kept muttering, but Wang Man was already far away.
On Xu Le's end, the extraction of Lightforging's pheromones was complete.
But the enormous Left Ventricle still possessed surging vitality and energy. At the Furnace's extraction rate, Xu Le had no idea how long it would take to drain it dry.
So he did not intend to stay here any longer.
Just as he rose, the Soul Tree trembled slightly, and abundant power appeared out of thin