Meanwhile, Baili Yu still hasnât woken up either after being brought by Lan Jia to the Saint Palace.
Lan Jia was standing right beside him and staring at him without a word. It was unknown what thoughts were going through those shallow-looking pupils of his.
Ah Yu pushed open the door to walk in. âSaint Envoy, Iâve found that woman and Mu Yeâs location.â
âKeep an eye on them for the time being. Donât let them find out,â instructed Lan Jia.
Ah Yu nodded. âUnderstood!â
Then his words took a turn. âIsnât Saint Envoy worried about attracting those peopleâs suspicions by bringing Baili gongzi back?â
Lan Jia laughed lightly. âThey can suspect all they want. After all, thatâs all they can do. Theyâd have to take into consideration a lot of factors before they could even try making any moves.â
Ah Yu didnât respond, so he asked, âI had you announce the fact that Baili Yu has come to Cerulean Mountain. Have you already done so?â
âItâs already done. The Saint Palace has decided to push off the Saint Tribes Conference until they find Baili Yu,â replied Ah Yu.
Lan Jia nodded without surprise as if he had expected this. âI got it, you can withdraw.â
âUnderstood!â
After Ah Yu left, Lan Jiaâs gaze landed on Baili Yuâs face again. He reached out and stroked that flawless face, then sighed. âAh Yu (Baili Yuâs Yu), youâre truly too similar to her. I would recall her every time I see you⦠I donât know whether this is good or not, but I always feel like she would still come back. That she would come back to take my life in order to get revenge for those tribe members. But, I still donât want to die⦠Thereâs still too many things I need to do. If I die, everything would have been pointlessâ¦â
âI had let down you two, but whenever I recall that matter, I donât feel regret. If I had succeeded, even if you guys died, I still wouldâve felt proud! I had almost been able to make such a grand miracle happen, everything was worth it!â
âAh Yu, if you knew what I was doing, youâd probably support me as well! After all, the same blood flows through our veinsâ¦â
His voice gradually became quieter until there was only silence left. The eyes of the black-robed person hiding beneath the window sharpened slightly before the person quietly left.
It was getting windy on the sea. The chilly wind blew inside Tang Doudouâs collar, causing her to shiver and wake up from the cold.
She glanced towards the campfire and saw that it had already been extinguished by the wind.
When she looked up, she saw that black clouds were completely covering the sky and they were slowly moving with the wind. Her heart immediately tightened. It was about to storm!
Storms near the sea couldnât be taken lightly. Although it was only a little windy and the surface of the sea seemed calm, this was simply the calm before the storm.
Tang Doudou didnât dare to waste anymore time and hastily nudged Lilâ Gray out from the sand with her foot before walking to Mu Ye and pushing the sand on top of him away. She put a finger in front of his nose and saw that his condition was pretty much the same as yesterday. Then she helped him up.
The moment Lilâ Gray woke up, he jumped onto Mu Yeâs shoulder and moved his hair away to take a look. When he saw that the needles had already been removed, he became confused as to why Mu Ye wasnât walking up and started crying âzhizhiâ towards Tang Doudou to ask.
Tang Doudou didnât have the time to pay attention to him. She put Mu Yeâs arm around her shoulders and started slowly moving towards the forest. âI got them out yesterday, but it didnât seem to do anything. Did you get things wrong?â
Upon hearing this, Lilâ Gray lowered his head and thought for a while before shaking his head. As he scratched his cheek, he jumped onto Tang Doudouâs shoulder and crouched there silently.
Tang Doudou glanced over and knew that he was out of ideas. She smiled helplessly and said, âItâs fine. As long as heâs still breathing, we can just bring him to a doctor!â
Lilâ Gray rolled his eyes at her, seeming to very much disagree.
Tang Doudou laughed wryly. She also understood that she was putting things too lightly. As of now, they didnât even know where they were. It was going to be difficult for them to even find their way out, much less find a doctor.
But doesnât everyone need hope in order to live?
Someone had put it pretty well. If a person lived without dreams, what difference was there between the person and a salted fish?
She didnât have some great revenge or ambition to fulfill, but she didnât want to be a salted fish either. So for the time being, she had better hurry and find a place to take shelter!
When she was gathering firewood, she had seen that there was a rock precipice in the forest, but it had been too dark for her to see whether it was large enough to shelter two people. Since she had no other place in mind right now, she decided to head over to see.
As she walked, Lilâ Gray seemed to sense something and looked behind them. However, he didnât see anything out of the ordinary. Confusion flashed through his round black eyes. Could it be that he mistook it?
Lilâ Gray still felt worried so he jumped from Tang Doudouâs shoulder onto a tree.
When Tang Doudou saw that he was going far away, she shouted, âLilâ Gray, hurry up and come back. Donât run off randomly, what if you canât find us later?â
Lilâ Gray gestured rapidly towards her, then continued running without turning back.
Tang Doudou was extremely speechless. The way he looked when he left⦠Could it be that he felt there was no benefit in staying with her and so decided to leave?
âHeartless little thing!â cursed Tang Doudou. She couldnât chase after Lilâ Gray so she could only curse about how heartless he was as she walked. It didnât seem as if anyone had been in this forest for a long time. There was a thick layer of accumulated leaves on the forest, making the path uneven and hard to walk on.
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