So much had happened that day that even now, when Zuo Shu told him that the herb was Xi Yan and that it was a setup, he wasn't surprised; he just felt it was a bit absurd.
"Since there's no way to save him, why bother taking him back?" Qin Moyu laughed self-deprecatingly. The feeling of being schemed against was unpleasant, especially when someone schemed against him and killed the person most important to him.
Upon learning of Shen Yebai's inevitable death, Qin Moyu even contemplated suicide.
A kite with a broken string has no reason to continue soaring in the sky.
Qin Moyu lowered her eyes, not wanting to expose her vulnerability to others.
Zuo Shu sighed softly.
Although she was involved in the entire plan from beginning to end, it doesn't mean she wouldn't feel guilty when she saw Qin Moyu's reaction.
After all, Qin Moyu was the most innocent person in this whole affair. He did nothing, yet he suffered the most harm.
"It's not that there's no chance of things turning around..."
Zuo Shu eventually told Qin Moyu the whole story about how Shen Yebai was a split soul of Shen Mo.
On one hand, she didn't want Qin Moyu to be so sad, and on the other hand, she thought about how much Shen Yebai liked Qin Moyu before. If Shen Mo merged with him, would he also want to see Qin Moyu?
To prevent any possible accidents, Zuo Shu must make preparations in advance.
Soul splitting?
Qin Moyu was stunned. He looked down at Shen Yebai and remembered the scene he had seen while drunk.
The two "Mo Yuan"s who look almost identical are not brothers, but the same person...
Qin Moyu faced two paths: either not to go to the Southern Kingdom, in which case Zuo Shu would bring Shen Yebai back no matter what, but from then on, Shen Yebai would have nothing to do with her; or to go back with Zuo Shu and find out all the doubts.
Rather than die in obscurity, it's better to try again and find the truth.
so--
Qin Moyu gave Zuo Shu a deep look and said, "Okay."
…………
On the other side, in the distant south.
"You don't seem to have made any breakthroughs over the years."
Shen Mo easily dodged Zhou Donghan's attack. Looking down at the panting Zhou Donghan, he murmured thoughtfully, "To risk one's life for Him without giving any reward is rather stingy."
Zhou Donghan clutched his aching chest, cold sweat pouring down his face. He cursed Fen Qi and the others in his heart for being so unreliable. They had clearly said that Shen Mo would be mentally disturbed and his cultivation level would drop drastically, but Shen Mo not only looked energetic and vigorous, but also showed no signs of emotional turmoil.
No... if this continues, we'll really die here...
Zhou Donghan knew he was no match for Shen Mo. Since the plan had failed, there was no need for him to risk his life so much. He immediately turned around and ran away.
However, there are some places he can't just go wherever he wants.
Shen Mo didn't expect Zhou Donghan to answer his question, so he muttered to himself:
"Or perhaps..."
With a wave of his right hand, a formation appeared beneath Zhou Donghan's feet.
Although the formation only has a simple blocking function, it is terrifying because the person who set it up is Shen Mo.
"This is the interest He collected."
Shen Mo smiled slightly and raised his hand.
"Wait—you can't—"
Zhou Donghan, sensing Shen Mo's increasingly powerful aura, panicked completely and shouted incredulously, "How is this possible?! Didn't you split your soul? How could this be—"
He didn't have time to finish his sentence because Shen Mo had already teleported in front of him.
Raise your hand, then lower it.
Despite Zhou Donghan's countless tricks, he couldn't use them against such overwhelming power. The last thing he saw was a headless corpse...
"How could it be possible to break through the third level of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, right?"
Shen Mo finished Zhou Donghan's sentence, then wiped the blood off his hands and, without hesitation, stabbed Zhou Donghan's corpse until he was absolutely certain that she was dead.
He stood outside the cave, looking up at the sky, and muttered to himself, "If I weren't absolutely certain, why would I have left the cave?"
Zhou Donghan's arrival made Shen Mo realize that the faceless man's plan had begun, but after receiving Zuo Shu's definite reply, the roles of hunter and prey had already been reversed.
The faceless man wanted to manipulate Shen Yebai and Qin Moyu through his plan, and then eliminate Shen Mo, a major threat. Little did he know that Shen Mo had already discovered his plan and devised a scheme within a scheme.
Shen Mo first devised a plan to let Qin Moyu obtain Xi Yan in order to prevent Shen Yebai's death on the spot from affecting him. Then, he deliberately pretended not to notice that Zhou Donghan was lying in wait outside. After Zuo Shu's message arrived, he pretended to leave the cave in a hurry to attract Zhou Donghan, and then turned around and killed Zhou Donghan.
After learning the truth about the Extreme Cold Land from his father's remnant soul on the day he broke through the Tribulation stage, Shen Mo sealed himself in his cave and endured every single day, all to minimize the attention of the Faceless Man, who still had the authority of the Heavenly Dao at the time. By the time the Faceless Man realized something was wrong, he would no longer be able to force his way into the cave and would have to find another way to kill him.
He had endured so many years of solitary cultivation, so many years of diligent study of formations, and so many years of remembering the blood and tears of the Southern Kingdom and the hatred for his father's murder. Only today could he finally step out of his cave and begin his counterattack!
"The Way of Heaven..."
Shen Mo sneered and flicked his sleeves, heading towards the Southern Kingdom's Imperial Palace.
Once he merges with Shen Yebai, he can attempt to break through to the fourth level of the Tribulation Transcending stage.
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