Chapter 337: Loose Ends!

Shen Kai clearly wanted to keep them as free labor.

"Nope." Su Mo shook his head. "Sounds troublesome."

Yang Qingxi was speechless at his blunt response. Still, she nodded.

Shen Kai sighed.

"Fine."

He reached into his Storage Ring and took out a book before throwing it toward Yang Qingxi.

"Since you two plan to leave, take this as a gift."

Yang Qingxi caught it.

"What’s this?"

"The Six Lunar Forms and the Lightning Techniques of our Shen Family."

Yang Qingxi’s eyes lit up slightly.

Su Mo immediately looked toward Shen Kai with anticipation.

"What about me?"

Shen Kai smirked.

He pointed toward Yang Qingxi.

"You already have my grandniece."

"What more do you want, brat?"

"Now get lost."

He waved his hand.

"Don’t disturb me. I have a lot of work to do."

"There’s so much mess to clean up."

Su Mo was left dumbfounded.

Although he didn’t particularly care about the reward...

This partiality was still unfair.

Outside, they met Shen Xing and Wu Yuna.

"Sister Qingxi, Su Mo."

Shen Xing looked at them.

"You two are here. Did you go to meet Dad?"

"Yeah."

Yang Qingxi nodded.

"We’re leaving."

"So soon?"

Shen Xing looked surprised.

Then, after thinking for a moment, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Well, wait a little."

"Let me get my luggage."

Yang Qingxi blinked.

"Are you coming with us?"

Su Mo also looked at Shen Xing with raised eyebrows.

"Yeah." Shen Xing nodded enthusiastically.

"I’ve had enough of staying in the sect."

"I want to see the outside world too."

She looked toward the distant mountains with anticipation in her eyes.

"I want to go on adventures like you two instead of staying trapped here."

"I want to see those legendary places Su Mo told me about."

"I want to meet those races you mentioned, like mermaids and dwarves."

"I want to experience everything you’ve experienced."

"..."

Su Mo and Yang Qingxi fell into a strange silence.

Yang Qingxi slowly turned toward Su Mo and glared at him.

Su Mo immediately felt a little guilty.

He was beginning to regret boasting so much about his adventures.

It seemed all those boasts were coming back to bite him.

"Haha..."

He laughed nervously.

Yang Qingxi sighed and turned toward Wu Yuna.

"Is it alright if she goes with us?"

Wu Yuna nodded.

"I’ll talk to Kai."

Soon afterward, Su Mo, Yang Qingxi, and Shen Xing left the White Moon Sect together.

Past the crystalline waterfall and after climbing the cliff, the group continued along the snowy path.

Yang Qingxi suddenly spoke up.

"I don’t want to walk all the way. Summon King. I want to ride him."

"King can’t carry all of us."

Su Mo gestured toward Shen Xing.

Yang Qingxi smiled brightly.

"Me and Xing will ride King. You can transform into a bird and sit on King’s head."

"...Me, a bird?"

"Exactly!"

"..."

Su Mo sighed and nodded. For some reason, Qingxi had become much more unreasonable after he stopped hiding his feelings.

"Who is King? Your mount?" Shen Xing asked curiously.

Yang Qingxi nodded with a faint smile.

"Just watch."

She looked toward Su Mo.

"Su Mo, call forth your demonic mount of hell!"

*Cough!*

Su Mo, who was about to take out the Skeletal Horse from his Storage Ring, nearly stumbled.

’That must be a coincidence, right?’

With faint redness appearing on his face, Su Mo took out King and activated his Corpse Puppet ability.

"Wow! Is this horse from the undead race Su Mo told me about?"

"...Yeah. Exactly."

Su Mo nodded before using his Transformation Technique to turn into a hummingbird and land on Yang Qingxi’s shoulder.

"Let’s go."

"Wow! Su Mo transformed into a bird? What kind of technique is that? I want to learn it!"

Shen Xing looked excited.

"Sure. It’s a Yin Element Technique. I can teach you later."

"Great!"

Yang Qingxi climbed onto King first, then helped Shen Xing up.

Soon, King began running through the snowy mountains.

With nothing much to do, Yang Qingxi suddenly remembered something.

’It seems I haven’t checked today’s intelligence.’

’System, show me today’s intelligence.’

[Today’s Intelligence:]

[Daily Intelligence (1): Wu Lao is not the biological son of the Sect Master. His wife cheated on him with the guard.]

[Daily Intelligence (2):Wu Chaochang is the child born from the affair between Wu Haruto and an elder’s secret crush. This elder is the one who adopted Wu Chaochang.]

[Daily Intelligence (3):A new Protagonist has appeared near Su Menghao and has already clashed with Yang Zhen.]

The first two pieces of gossip surprised Yang Qingxi.

’This also explains why Wu Taeyong had rushed to take over Wu Chaochang’s body.’

’He must have discovered that the body was compatible because Wu Chaochang carried his bloodline.’

’But Wu Lao wasn’t Wu Haruto’s biological son.’

’Did that mean he hadn’t been killed by Wu Taeyong’s Origin Blood Return Technique?’

’Was he still alive?’

Yang Qingxi pondered for a moment before telling Su Mo the information through their spiritual connection.

["Does it matter whether he’s alive or not? It doesn’t affect us. What you should be more concerned about is the new Protagonist who clashed with Yang Zhen."]

["You’re right."]

Although Yang Qingxi agreed with Su Mo, the information regarding Wu Lao continued bothering her.

’If this information isn’t relevant to us, then why would the system show it to me?’

’It couldn’t be just for gossip, right?’

Yang Qingxi shook her head and suppressed the thought.

’Whatever. A single Wu Lao can’t trouble us.’

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At this time, inside the ruins of the Sect Master’s residence, a detection and protection barrier was barely holding up while the rescue team excavated the rubble.

Suddenly, one of the cultivators shouted.

"Someone, hurry! We found Young Master Wu Lao!"

"Check if he’s breathing!"

"His breathing is extremely faint!"

"Call the medics!"

The cultivators hurriedly worked to rescue the injured young man.

Wu Lao remained unconscious beneath the rubble.

Yet deep within his unconscious mind, a strange voice suddenly sounded.

[...System initializing... Binding in progress...]

A moment later—

[Ding! System binding successful!]

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{End Of Volume 3: Rise Of The Exiled!}