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"Prophet Shu is not all-knowing Shu..." Shen Yushu murmured to herself, and followed Gu Mengyao back into the room.
Yet if Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had been a little more attentive, they would have noticed that tonight they had become the main attraction—and the eavesdroppers had become Old Man Wei and Mo Kongwu!
"Earlier you said that someone would be sacrificed—that was Tang Zhi, staying behind in the Snow Valley, correct?" asked Old Man Wei.
"More or less. Some things cannot be divined in any great detail, and this is also the best possible outcome," said Mo Kongwu.
"Old friend, it's time you were going too, isn't it?" asked Old Man Wei.
"Yes. With matters settled, I should be getting back," said Mo Kongwu.
"The mental cultivation method he left behind—have you still not fully comprehended it?" asked Old Man Wei.
"How could it be comprehended so easily?" Mo Kongwu smiled bitterly. "You know as well as I do that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is thin here... Apart from Little Yi's jade pendant—and I never went to that place back then—to break through is easier said than done."
"True enough. Let us strive together, then. I think that to leave West Star Mountain Village, I too must take that step..." Old Man Wei sighed.
On the road, Gu Mengyao wanted to contact her father, to tell him that she and Xiao Shu had returned and that Wei Zhao was out of danger, so that he could set his mind at ease. But Gu Pengzhan's phone would not connect, which struck Gu Mengyao as rather strange!
When it had failed to connect before, Gu Mengyao had thought nothing of it, assuming her father was in a meeting or in the underground parking garage with no signal. But days had passed, and once more the call to Gu Pengzhan brought only the message that the phone was off; and when she tried again a few hours later, it was still off. This began to make Gu Mengyao anxious.
So Gu Mengyao called Uncle Qing directly—and this time it connected on the first try.
"Miss Gu..." Uncle Qing answered quickly, though his voice sounded somewhat low. "Is that you?"
"It's me, Uncle Qing. What's the matter? Your voice sounds hoarse—are you ill?" Gu Mengyao was slightly taken aback, but paid it little mind and simply asked, "Where is my daddy? Why is his phone off?"
"Mr. Gu, he..." Uncle Qing hesitated. Thinking of Gu Mengyao out there all alone, he feared that telling her the bad news of Gu Pengzhan's car accident might disturb her peace of mind—and if in her alarm she ran into trouble, it would be one disaster upon another!
So Uncle Qing said, "He has been very busy these past few days, all caught up in that big project... Miss Gu, is something the matter?"