"Really..."
Feng Yuan covered his forehead and glanced at Yao Yin before asking,
"What’s wrong with her? Did she get hit by a special move or something else?"
"I’m not sure. I don’t know the methods of your world."
"You think I would believe that?"
"My head hurts. The White Wolf Deity doesn’t have a special move of the Life Series. Forget it, you keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn’t run into any danger. I’m going to see if the troublemaker is dead."
Feng Yuan rubbed his temples, placed the transformed Xiao Ji on his head, turned, and left. Yao Yin shouted after him, somewhat dissatisfied,
"Hey! Is that how you treat a guest?"
"Short-staffed, no choice, and besides, are you sure you can even be considered a guest?"
"Hmph!"
Turning her head away, Yao Yin looked angrily away from Feng Yuan, while Mo Ling looked at Yao Yin with envy, saying,
"Sister Yao Yin, you’re so amazing—could you teach me?"
With a sigh, Yao Yin responded helplessly,
"No, I can’t. If I dare to reveal our Xingluo Realm’s cultivation methods to you, he would definitely fall out with me."
"Why?"
"Because these are things you’re not supposed to know."
Feng Yuan came back with a stern face, followed by a Spirit Beast swathed in vines. He sat down on a bench and looked at the vine-covered Spirit Beast, saying,
"I remember the Everlasting Green Vine isn’t one to attack other beings on its own. Speak, what exactly is going on with you?"
Seeing no response from the other, Feng Yuan stared coldly at it and said,
"Previously, you attempted to lure me onto the island. Don’t pretend you can’t speak!"
"Not speaking, huh? Let’s see which Divine Beast is nearby."
As he spoke, Feng Yuan pulled out an ancient black book. Xiao Ji, now a large black bird, stood behind the Everlasting Green Vine. Its gaze was on the Everlasting Green Vine, occasionally preening its feathers. After a while, Feng Yuan produced a greenish rune in his hand which quickly disappeared. At that moment, Mo Li arrived with the Elite Squad, rushing up the hill. Upon seeing Mo Ling, Mo Li asked anxiously,
"Xiao Ling! How are you?"
"Brother—I’m fine, just a little drained," she replied.
When Mo Li looked toward him, Feng Yuan pointed at the Everlasting Green Vine and said,
"That one’s the real troublemaker, I came later and don’t have a clue about it."
Mo Li angrily grabbed the Everlasting Green Vine and demanded,
"Hand over the antidote, now!"
Feng Yuan glanced at Mo Li and retorted irritably,
"Aren’t you worried it might give you poison instead?"
"This..."
Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Mo Li hesitated. The being before him was obviously on par with a Divine Lord, and if it wanted to sabotage him covertly, he couldn’t detect it.
"Wait it out, soon someone capable of solving this will come."
"Can’t you handle it directly?"
Agunas asked with some confusion. In its view, Feng Yuan’s act of summoning a Divine Beast seemed unnecessarily complicated. Feng Yuan looked at the Everlasting Green Vine and said calmly,
"No, if I take action personally, it would affect the corrective force of history."
"Anyway, I believe Yimu Qingling will definitely resolve this matter."
Everyone waited in silent anticipation in the pavilion. After some time, Yimu Qingling’s figure appeared above them. Seeing the massive head outside the pavilion, both Mo Ling and Mo Li were slightly constrained, feeling the immense pressure emanating from Yimu Qingling.
"Who are you?"
Seeing Yimu Qingling looking somewhat puzzled, Feng Yuan pointed his finger, and a beam of black light entered Yimu Qingling’s forehead. After a while, having assimilated the information from Feng Yuan, Yimu Qingling looked at Feng Yuan with a complex expression and asked,
"Why have you summoned me here?"
"This creature attacked Mo Ling, and then she stopped it. I called you here to see how we should deal with this since I’m not all that familiar with this period in time."
"Why not let it handle things?"
Yimu Qingling looked confusedly towards Agunas’s illusion, having understood from the information sent by Feng Yuan just what kind of Divine Beast Agunas was.
Agunas replied a bit helplessly,
"Right now, the situation in Odinis is quite passive, and I can’t spare so much energy to assist him."
"Fine, how do you plan to deal with it?"
Yimu Qingling’s gaze fell on Mo Li as it asked. After a moment, Mo Li, realizing Yimu Qingling was addressing him, answered without hesitation,
"Of course, I will save Mo Ling!"
Yimu Qingling looked skeptically at Feng Yuan and said,
"I don’t think you would fail to see through the paralyzing trap."
"The problem is I don’t have a way to lift the paralysis, since none of the powers I can borrow right now include the Life Series."
Yimu Qingling closed his eyes and drew back into the air. After a while, he let out a long roar toward the sky, and a green light enveloped Mo Ling. When the light dissipated a while later, Mo Ling tried to move her body and got up. She smiled at Mo Li and said,
"I’m okay now~"
"As for the Everlasting Green Vine, leave it to Mo Li. I believe he will handle that guy properly."
When Yimu Qingling saw Feng Yuan trying to leave, he said with a full head of black lines,
"You called me here just to relieve her paralysis?"
"Not just that. In times of danger for Mo Ling, Yimu Qingling descended from the heavens to save her. The problem-causing Everlasting Green Vine was handed over by Yimu Qingling to Mo Li who arrived in time. Well, from here on out, history can take its course."
"Do you realize that I stand with Great Yan?"
"Uh..."
Feng Yuan looked at Yimu Qingling with some surprise, then suddenly realizing something, he said,
"Your Divine Pact Maker wouldn’t happen to be Luo, would he?"
Yimu Qingling looked at Feng Yuan with suspicion and said,
"How do you know his name?"
"Looks like he’s an acquaintance..."
Yimu Qingling was baffled by what Feng Yuan said since he had never heard Luo mention Feng Yuan. On the other hand, Mo Li was staring at Feng Yuan somewhat nervously. Agunas looked at Feng Yuan with some speechlessness and said,
"You’re not planning to go find him, are you?"
"Never mind. By my calculations, Luo isn’t young anymore at this time. Back in the day, we just had a brief encounter, that’s all."
Feng Yuan said, looking at Yimu Qingling,
"In the end, did he ever see it?"
Yimu Qingling looked puzzled but then suddenly realized something and looked at Feng Yuan, saying,
"Was it you who helped it leave an image?"
"Yeah, I just hoped that neither it nor he would have any regrets, considering the original ending wasn’t that great..."
Yao Yin vaguely guessed something and glanced at Feng Yuan without saying much. Agunas said somewhat helplessly,
"I feel like you’re being a bit..."
"Too saintly? I just don’t want to witness unwanted events unfolding before me... As for the consequences, do you think I would care about such minor repercussions given my strength?"
"True... You really don’t need to worry too much about such trivial matters."
Yimu Qingling was silent for a moment then said,
"May I ask a favor of you?"
"What is it?"
"A demon that devours living beings has appeared near Yuanjia Town. I hope you can help take a look."
"A demon devouring living beings? Yuanjia Town? That sounds familiar..."
Feng Yuan reminisced for a moment, remembered something, and said,
"I almost forgot, that piece of the false World Clock fragment has been reclaimed. In that case, I indeed need to make a trip there."
Saying this, Feng Yuan looked at Yao Yin and said,
"What about you..."
"Having you follow along isn’t very convenient, but letting you stay here..."
Yao Yin considerately said,
"I can stay by your friend’s side. The White Wolf Deity is with him, isn’t it? With it looking after me, what else could you worry about?"
"Okay then, I’ll be off first. Mo Li, please tell Guo Huai that I have to leave on urgent business."
Watching Feng Yuan ride Xiao Ji and disappear into the sky with Yimu Qingling, Mo Li sighed and began directing the soldiers to clean up Lake Heart Island, at the same time saving the humans trapped by the Everlasting Green Vine.
"You are not from this world, are you?"
That evening, Mo Li called Yao Yin and Guo Huai into his study and after sending everyone else out, Mo Li stared at the two, said. Guo Huai was somewhat surprised, while Yao Yin was playing with the fluff in her hand with no reaction. Noticing Guo Huai seemed to be under a lot of stress from overthinking, Yao Yin looked at Mo Li and said,
"That’s right, I’m not from this world."
"And him? I don’t believe he’s truly from Great Li."
Mo Li caught the question in Yao Yin’s statement and turned to ask Guo Huai.

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