Chu Li’s footsteps faltered as he looked down at Mu Yunjin with questioning eyes. “What’s wrong?”
“Put me down first.” Mu Yunjin patted his arm, her gaze fixed intently on the wall nearby.
Following her line of sight, Chu Li’s eyes paused momentarily before he slowly walked toward the wall.
Upon reaching it, Chu Li set Mu Yunjin down.
Holding a torch made from thornless vines, Mu Yunjin moved it closer to the wall after being set down.
Unlike the previous caves, this one’s walls were covered with strings of characters.
Mu Yunjin examined these characters, which appeared to be ancient script.
After looking for a long while, she realized she couldn’t recognize these ancient characters, so she turned to look at Chu Li.
“Chu Li, can you understand the characters on the wall?” Mu Yunjin asked.
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…
Chu Li took the torch from Mu Yunjin’s hand and illuminated the surrounding walls. After seeing the characters clearly, his brows furrowed tightly.
Seeing this, Mu Yunjin looked at Chu Li with a questioning expression.
Chu Li remained silent for a moment. After a while, seeming to have processed the information he’d just obtained, he turned to look at Mu Yunjin.
“The characters mention that a hundred years ago, this world was divided into the Canghua Continent and the Tiansheng Continent…” Chu Li’s voice was cold and flat.
Hearing this, Mu Yunjin was stunned and slightly furrowed her brows. “Two continents, so that means there exists another continent in this world?”
But since she had come to this otherworld, the information she had always received was that there was only one Canghua Continent in the world, divided into four countries—east, south, west, and north.
Now suddenly another continent had emerged…
After these thoughts, Mu Yunjin stepped back a few paces, trying to see the characters on the entire wall.
“There’s more…” Chu Li spoke again.
“Hmm? What is it?” Hearing his voice, Mu Yunjin looked at Chu Li.
Chu Li pressed his lips together, raised an eyebrow, and pointed to a nearby string of characters. “This mentions that only on the Tiansheng Continent is there a method to activate the Heavenly God Command!”
“In other words, to summon the dead spirits and corpse soldiers, one must first know the location of the Tiansheng Continent,” Chu Li added.
Mu Yunjin pursed her lips, frowning in contemplation for a moment before speaking softly, “But the people of the Canghua Continent have lived for so many years without anyone discovering the location of the Tiansheng Continent. Whether this Tiansheng Continent exists in this world is still unknown.”
“What kind of place is this Thorny Cliff anyway? To have such records.” Finally, Mu Yunjin remarked with a sigh.
Chu Li shook his head, and upon noticing the wound on Mu Yunjin’s face, his expression paused. He was unwilling to continue dwelling on the content of the characters.
“Let’s not worry about these things for now. Let’s leave first,” Chu Li said.
Mu Yunjin nodded in agreement. As she swept her sleeve and prepared to walk closer to Chu Li, something fell out of her sleeve and dropped to the ground with a crisp sound.
“Eh?”
Seeing the object on the ground, Mu Yunjin was surprised and bent down to pick it up.
When had the small Heavenly God Command returned to her?
Mu Yunjin held the Heavenly God Command in her palm, examining it carefully. After some thought, she guessed that it must have slipped into her sleeve when she met with the black-robed Qiuye earlier.
With that in mind, Mu Yunjin kept the Heavenly God Command in her palm.
The moment she closed her hand, a sudden golden light burst forth, shining through the gaps between her fingers…
Mu Yunjin was startled and reopened her palm, looking at the Heavenly God Command in confusion.
Chu Li came closer, his gaze lowered, also falling on the Heavenly God Command.
The Heavenly God Command slowly rose from Mu Yunjin’s palm, and after reaching a certain height, the light around it expanded many times, illuminating the entire Thorny Cliff.
The most intense beam of light fell upon Mu Yunjin’s body.
When that beam touched Mu Yunjin’s body, she felt the wound on her face become itchy and warm, and gradually the pain began to disappear.
Seeing this, Chu Li gently pressed his lips together, the corner of his mouth revealing a faint curve.
When Mu Yunjin felt the pain on her face disappear, she tentatively reached up to touch it. Not feeling the expected scar, her eyes suddenly brightened.
“Chu Li, has my face healed?” Mu Yunjin covered her cheek and asked excitedly.
“Yes.” Chu Li nodded with a smile.
Mu Yunjin looked excitedly at the Heavenly God Command. So its sudden appearance was to help heal her wound.
This little thing was becoming more and more likable!
After healing Mu Yunjin, the Heavenly God Command flew close to the wall with the characters. When the golden light shone on the wall, all the characters suddenly disappeared.
In that instant, looking at the smooth wall, Mu Yunjin thought she had imagined those characters.
After dealing with the characters, the Heavenly God Command’s golden light disappeared, and it flew back into Mu Yunjin’s sleeve.
This small incident had made Mu Yunjin’s wound disappear, and now she felt completely relaxed. She raised an eyebrow at Chu Li. “There seem to be quite a few secrets here. Should we explore further or go back?”
“Knowing too many secrets is not necessarily a good thing.” With those words, Chu Li put his arm around her, and they leapt away.
As they headed towards the exit, footsteps approached from the front. Mu Yunjin initially thought it might be another ambush set by Qiuye and his people, and her heart tensed, but then she saw Huang Yan and Hua Ying hurriedly running into Thorny Cliff.
“Your Highness…”
“Master…”
The two called out almost simultaneously.
“Thank goodness you’re both alright! We had already found the entrance when that damned Qin Muyue rushed in ahead of us and set up a formation at the entrance. It took us a great deal of effort to break through that formation!” Huang Yan began talking upon seeing the two.
After a pause, he glanced behind Chu Li and Mu Yunjin. “Did you encounter Qin Muyue? Or have you already eliminated her?”
At the mention of Qin Muyue, Mu Yunjin shrugged. “She’s probably still somewhere in Thorny Cliff.”
“What?” Huang Yan was surprised.
“Let’s not linger here. We can talk after we get out,” Hua Ying spoke up.
Everyone nodded.
Huang Yan led the way and quickly brought Mu Yunjin and Chu Li out of Thorny Cliff to a dense forest below.
Mu Yunjin stood still and looked up at the top of Thorny Cliff. From her current angle, the cliff seemed to rise almost into the clouds with no end in sight.
Had she jumped down from there?
Thankfully, the Ink Qilin had carried her, otherwise, she would have died from the fall!
“Hahaha, you can’t kill me, hahaha…” A shrill laugh approached the exit of Thorny Cliff.
Chu Li and Mu Yunjin’s eyes darkened simultaneously as they said in unison, “Let’s go, quickly!”
With that, the four figures swiftly flew away.
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Back at the top of Thorny Cliff, Ding Xian breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw the four figures emerge.
“Thank goodness you’re all safe!” Ding Xian sighed deeply. Several times he had been so anxious that he almost jumped down, but feared that if he left, they wouldn’t be able to find him when they returned.
After standing still, Chu Li cast a casual glance down the cliff and smiled faintly. “This trip to Thorny Cliff was quite rewarding.”
“Did you find the Danshu herb?” Ding Xian picked up the conversation.
Chu Li shook his head. “There’s no need to look for that anymore.”
“Down in Thorny Cliff, we cut off Qiuye’s right arm, drove Qin Muyue mad, and even wounded the black-robed figure with ice needles…” Mu Yunjin’s lips curled upward as she thought of those scenes, still feeling greatly satisfied.
Hearing this, the three companions widened their eyes in astonishment, staring at the couple before them. “Are you talking nonsense?”
“Not at all, everything we’ve said is true! And there’s an even more important matter!” Mentioning this, Mu Yunjin’s eyes brightened considerably.
Chu Li had recovered his memories! How important was that!
The three stared at Mu Yunjin, waiting for her to continue.
“Ahem…” Chu Li cleared his throat lightly, putting his arm around Mu Yunjin’s waist and saying gently, “Let’s go back first.”
Mu Yunjin pressed her lips together and nodded.
With that, Chu Li summoned the Ink Qilin, and soon the two were sitting on its back as they quickly disappeared.
“Does His Highness seem a bit different to you?” Ding Xian stood in place, scratching his head.
Huang Yan twisted his mouth. “I noticed it too. His eyes were so tender they could drip water…”
After speaking, the group recalled the important matter Mu Yunjin had mentioned and paused slightly, almost saying in unison, “Could it be… he’s recovered his memories?”
At that moment, another figure flashed into view, and as soon as she steadied herself, she anxiously spoke out, “Oh my, I’ve been running around frantically, worried to death. Where is my master?”
The three looked at Qiqi with sympathetic expressions.
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By the time they returned to Fengyu Pavilion, it was already the midnight hour.
As soon as Mu Yunjin entered the room, she was pulled into an embrace, her lips firmly sealed by a kiss.
Only when Mu Yunjin felt she couldn’t breathe did Chu Li release her, but as soon as he did, upon seeing the blush on her face, he lowered his head and kissed her again.
After a long while, Chu Li reluctantly left her lips.
Holding her, Chu Li’s hand slowly moved down, gently resting on her abdomen, the corner of his lips curling upward.
“Is This Prince about to have a daughter?” Chu Li looked at her with a smile.
Mu Yunjin leaned against Chu Li’s chest. “Didn’t you already know?”
“It’s different now.” After speaking, Chu Li lowered his head and kissed her lips again. “When This Prince had lost his memories, even though he liked you, his feelings were still somewhat reserved, not deeply engraved in the heart as they are now.”
Hearing these words from Chu Li, the smile in Mu Yunjin’s eyes deepened. She had never known that Chu Li could speak such romantic words.
Deeply engraved in the heart.
These words truly touched her.
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That night, Chu Li held Mu Yunjin, kissing her again and again, reluctant to let her go. It wasn’t until after Chu Li had taken two cold baths that he finally let her sleep.
Before sleeping, Mu Yunjin felt Chu Li’s body beside her, burning hot and tense.
“Chu Li, what’s wrong?” Mu Yunjin reached out, instinctively touching Chu Li’s forehead.
Chu Li gripped her wrist, his voice slightly hoarse and his tone somewhat unnatural. “It’s nothing. Go to sleep!”
Mu Yunjin twisted her mouth, hearing this, and nodded.
Then she turned over, and just as her hand was about to embrace Chu Li, she accidentally brushed against a certain hard object. Her face suddenly burned like fire, and she immediately withdrew her hand.
Chu Li silently sighed in his heart. Ten months of being able to look but not touch would be too difficult to endure.
Suddenly, he felt like he didn’t want a daughter anymore!