At five in the morning, the eastern mountains of Tianyu City were brightly lit.
Su Mo stood at the cliff’s edge, looking down. The group of Bei Dou members behind him trembled, afraid that this Polar Star Elder wouldn’t find who he was looking for and take his anger out on them.
The crux of the matter was, this situation was somewhat related to them. If they hadn’t received the order from the commander to only pursue and not engage…
“Elder Ye… With Brother Su’s capabilities, he’s definitely fine. He might be recovering somewhere right now. What if he just comes back on his own after he’s recovered?”
Su Mo shook his head. His heart kept pounding, unable to calm down.
He knew that if things were really as they said, and Ye Qingyi was already recovering, she would have definitely sent him a message. But there had been no word at all, and all the evidence pointed to her having fallen from here.
A cliff several hundred meters high was enough to kill a person. Even a C-level superhuman, without any buffer, could easily lose their life.
“I’ll take over here. You all search downhill. Inform me the moment you find anyone.”
“Yes, sir!” The Bei Dou members acknowledged the order and departed.
Su Mo stared at the cliff for a while, muttering to himself, “You absolutely must be okay…”
As he spoke, his gaze sharpened, and he leaped over the edge.
He wasn’t jumping to his death, of course.
But by experiencing the descent from the top to the bottom himself, even if he didn’t find her, he could gather many clues.
The cliff face wasn’t perfectly smooth. With each downward jump, Su Mo found handholds.
However, after several repetitions, even he began to feel the strain.
Finally, he reached the old tree on the cliff. The bloodstains on it weren’t dry, indicating someone had been hanging there not long ago.
“Huh, this protruding thorn—” Looking at the large bloodstain on it, Su Mo felt a chill in his own groin and thought with a start, “That must be Li Kui… he fell too…”
Su Mo swallowed hard, forcing down all the unpleasant imaginations.
He firmly believed that a Child of Destiny, protected by the Great Destiny Art, wouldn’t encounter serious trouble so easily. And even if she did, she would definitely find a way to turn danger into safety.
Thinking this, he quickly began climbing down the cliff.
This cliff was locally known in Tianyu City as the “Gates of Hell.” It earned this name precisely because of its unique structure.
The cliff itself was nearly vertical, but the very bottom wasn’t in a valley. Because within the valley lay a deep, bottomless pit, right beneath Su Mo’s feet.
By daybreak, Su Mo finally reached the pit’s bottom.
Without direct sunlight, the place was gloomy. Aside from some shade-tolerant plants, little else grew there, truly giving off the vibe of the underworld’s gates.
He looked around, and a patch of blood not far away immediately caught his attention.
Since he couldn’t be sure whose blood it was, Su Mo remained on edge.
He followed the direction of the blood trail and finally spotted Ye Qingyi’s figure in front of a large rock.
She was covered in wounds, her face devoid of color, pale as paper.
Su Mo rushed over, only to find her eyes tightly shut, her brow deeply furrowed as if in great pain. When Su Mo reached out to touch her forehead, a strange force pushed him away, making it difficult to get close.
He waited anxiously by her side, feeling helpless, forced to watch her struggle in agony.
“Qingyi, can you hear me? It’s me, Su Mo!”
There was no response for a long time.
Suddenly, he remembered something. He immediately took three items from his white jade ring: the Eye, the Walnut, and the Crystal.
Sure enough, the moment the three items appeared, a strand of light emanated from Ye Qingyi’s body. The Eye shot straight towards the space between her brows, while the other two lay quietly in his palm, as if nothing had happened.
Strangely, the Eye paused abruptly upon touching Ye Qingyi, then turned and flew towards Su Mo.
Su Mo was startled and tried to dodge, but found he couldn’t move after the Eye… glared at him?
The Eye hovered near the space between his brows for a moment, then turned back again, just like before.
And so, it kept moving back and forth between the two of them, like a child unable to recognize its mother.
It moved faster and faster, until finally, it simply split into two, each part flying towards the spot between the brows of Su Mo and Ye Qingyi.
This time was different from the previous Pearl. After flying into their brows, it didn’t just stop there. It seemed intent on settling down there, like the Heavenly Eye of the Erlang True Monarch!
And both of them got one each.
The two eyes looked identical outwardly, but the one Ye Qingyi received was clearly more vibrant and spirited, while Su Mo’s seemed slightly duller.
After a wave of scalding heat, Su Mo’s mental power naturally connected with the third eye. He discovered that using it to see not only provided clearer, longer vision but also allowed him to easily capture even extremely minute details.
Looking back at Ye Qingyi, she no longer seemed to be in as much pain as before. A faint golden light continuously flowed from her third eye, treating the wounds on her body.
Seeing this, Su Mo marveled inwardly. He had thought his Yin Fire was already like having a cheat ability, but it seemed Ye Qingyi had even more. First the Pearl, now the Eye, and there were still two more dormant.
However, because of their soul exchange, he had also benefited a little. For example, with this third eye, if the Eye hadn’t been confused about who the real Ye Qingyi was, he probably wouldn’t have gotten a share.
How to describe this feeling?
It’s like when you’re reading a male-oriented novel and suddenly realize the female lead is more awesome, has more protagonist potential, and you automatically start thinking it might actually be a female-oriented novel.
Su Mo gently touched Ye Qingyi’s forehead. This time, there was no rejection. Her expression had relaxed considerably, her breathing was gradually steadying; it seemed she was asleep.
“Whew, you scared me to death,” he let out a long sigh of relief.
To let her sleep more comfortably, Su Mo slowly laid her down flat, using his own leg as her pillow.
When drool trickled from the corner of her mouth, Su Mo would gently wipe it away.
He suddenly realized that in all their time together, this might be the first time they had slept in such a manner.
A warm smile spread across his face, his dimples appearing charming and adorable.
In a daze, a wave of drowsiness hit him. Su Mo’s head started bobbing up and down like a garlic pestle.
Perhaps because his body and mind were completely relaxed, he actually started dozing off, just like he used to do in class.
Suddenly, an itchy sensation spread from his lower abdomen. His eyes snapped open, thinking it was a bug at first. But it turned out Ye Qingyi had rolled over, facing him, and the breath from her mouth was hitting exactly that spot.
It was itchy, tingly, electric… making his heart race and his face blush…
Hiss— Not gonna lie, it felt pretty good.
He couldn’t help but let out a soft hum. The Ye Qingyi in his arms suddenly smacked her lips. Not wanting to wake her, Su Mo quickly suppressed any further sounds.
Whether intentional or not, Ye Qingyi suddenly shifted her head, her face almost pressing against his clothes. Her warm breath seeped through the fabric onto his skin, and his nerves reacted intensely. Su Mo’s whole body trembled as if electrified. He could no longer hold back, letting out a heavy, ragged gasp: “Mmm~~~”