Chapter 667: Chapter 13: The Girl’s Curiosity

"Eh? Are names like that really that nice?"

The silver-haired girl tilted her head, as if seriously pondering something.

"Of course, don’t you think just hearing the name has an indescribable beauty?" Gu Mo nodded repeatedly, still putting on a serious facade, speaking in a serious tone.

"Tch, what strange names... you’ll definitely regret it in the future."

The blonde loli beside couldn’t help but curl her lips, speaking with an expression full of disbelief and certainty.

This person doesn’t understand how much help a simple and intuitive name and concept can be in collecting Power of Faith. Now he wants to gather Power of Faith, but insists on saying that such strange names have soul, what is he thinking.

"How could I? I would never regret something like this..."

The young man in a moon-white Daoist robe smiled carefreely, not caring at all. Although he did want to gather Power of Faith, it wasn’t an absolute necessity, so he naturally didn’t mind too much.

At this moment, Miss Shenqi beside them held a bowl of wine, took a gentle sip of the strong liquor, and instantly her brows furrowed tightly, and she squinted slightly.

The silver-haired, silver-eyed girl first frowned, as if doubting she had made some mistake, or perhaps felt she hadn’t drunk enough, she tilted her head back and drank all the strong liquor in the bowl, then gently wiped her mouth, tasted carefully for a while, and said with a face full of disdain:

"Ugh! Is this what’s called alcohol? Why do I feel... it doesn’t taste good at all."

"Well... that’s quite normal, actually I’m not too fond of it either, I just can drink it..."

Gu Mo’s eyebrows twitched, his expression becoming a bit peculiar, he was just about to suggest that if she couldn’t get used to it, she shouldn’t force it, but then saw her defiantly drink the entire bowl of strong liquor in one go.

Truly bold.

But thinking carefully, it doesn’t seem to be too much of an issue...

It seems her disdainful expression simply indicates that she finds it unpalatable, not understanding what makes "alcohol" good.

"Not getting used to it is like that... but drinking alcohol requires understanding its flavor." Kanako looked at the silver-haired girl who casually set down the empty bowl, slightly pained. "You’re really wasting it this way."

"It’s not about waste or not, I have plenty over there, just drink as much as you like..." Gu Mo shook his head and looked at Shenqi, "But if you can’t adapt, don’t force yourself, it’s not particularly delicious anyway, I’ll get you something else to drink, maybe more to your taste."

"Okay!"

The silver-haired girl nodded without hesitation and immediately smiled, glancing around the scene intentionally or unintentionally.

Great, those two demons are not around, they’ve already left...

It seems they really don’t have much of a connection, only having met today.

"Then I’ll go get it now... both of you, please excuse me for a moment, I’ll be right back." Unaware of the strange thoughts the silver-haired girl was pondering, Gu Mo looked at Suwako and Kanako opposite, took a sip from his drink, signaling them.

"Oh, go ahead, go ahead, let me see what might taste better than this..."

Kanako didn’t mind, just waved repeatedly, feeling slightly curious.

She glanced at the bowl in her hand, the clear strong liquor exuding a rich, robust aroma, it was simply the best alcohol she’d ever had, what could taste better than this—at least from an ordinary perspective, that’s how it was, supposedly the result of ordinary materials and common brewing techniques.

Unless what they’re bringing is some kind of immortal brew.

The materials would have to be unusual, and the conditions for making it very strict, almost something that would transform a mortal with just a sip, like a Treasure Medicine.

"Well, you’ll be disappointed, it’s just something like juice, maybe not to your taste..." Gu Mo lightly chuckled, shook his head, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

The silver-haired girl quickly followed, the two of them chatting intermittently, heading towards the large mountain over there.

It was currently nightfall.

The night was deep and heavy like thick ink.

On the plains at the mountain’s base, bonfires burned brightly everywhere, the firelight illuminated the night, dispelling the darkness and creating wide areas of light, with people chatting, laughing, singing, and dancing around the flames, excitedly praising, or drunkenly hands and feet dancing.

But compared to this lively scene, the mountain over there was pitch black, with the distant forests silent and soundless.

One could even vaguely see a huge, strange, long shadow gradually rising and falling, twisting on the mountain, the distant shot of this background scene was extremely terrifying...

Paired with the two speaking casually and walking alone towards the mountain—in such a background shot, it seemed somewhat creepy.

Like in a horror movie, the characters first leave the bustling, crowded place to specifically head to remote, quiet areas, then encounter terrible stories or incidents...

Of course—

Neither the individuals involved nor those watching behind had any such connections in mind. It’s not that they didn’t see or were unaware of what was on the mountain, they simply paid no attention to it.

"Quite an interesting person... By the way, are you sure he’s an Immortal from over there?" Kanako withdrew her gaze from the distant, massive, eerie shadow on the mountain, paying it no further mind, knowing it was merely the true form of the curse god under Suwako’s command, namely the Shrine Master.

This is a curse god with a body resembling a stone snake, wherever it passed, crops would grow, and with its mouth aglow in red, its breath could turn the land into a barren wasteland. The people of this primordial kingdom had a fear and reverence for it that ran deep in their bones. Therefore, Suwako who had dominion over this terrifying curse god, had such a remarkable power of faith.

"Not sure, but that’s probably the case..."

The blonde Lolita, Suwako, said nonchalantly, "Aside from those strange puppet techniques, many of the spells he’s recently used have traces of the magic from over there, usually, they are Alchemists... Moreover, he should just be a clone now, supposedly a division from the original Divine Thought."

That guy didn’t deliberately hide this fact, yet neither did he explicitly explain it. It was mentioned by Miss Shenqi when she was talking to him, overheard unintentionally by Suwako.

— It should be quite credible.

"A clone divided from the Divine Thought..." Kanako nodded slightly, taking another sip of strong liquor from her hand. "Then it probably is so, but this duo is indeed strange, that Miss Shenqi... is not simple either."

The blonde Lolita remained silent.

After a long while, she said flatly, "She’s different from us."

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In the Realm of Light and Darkness.

Gloomy, profound, boundless, like a grand chaotic void where all phenomena seem nonexistent.

Up and down, left and right, everywhere is indistinct and uncertain, reality and fantasy all fall into nothingness.

"He truly is a strange person, yet don’t the people of the moon detest the earth? Why did he willingly come to this land, isn’t he afraid of being tainted by what they call ’defilement’..."

An ancient house exuded a heavy sense of history, a blonde monster maiden leaned on her window, resting her chin on one hand, gazing at the scenery outside. The view displayed outside the window was the distant landscape of the plain, where roaring flames burned everywhere, giving off a grand festival’s lively atmosphere that could be felt from afar.

However, she merely watched from afar, not zooming in closer, obviously learning from the lesson not long ago.

By watching from a distance, one could say she was just observing the lively scene, like someone living far away viewing the distant scenery from their house through the window, purely admiring the view... No one could say anything. But if one zooms in directly, observing in secret, closely following every move...

Who would believe it wasn’t spying?

Behind her, the Fox Demon Maiden, Yakumo Lan, opened her mouth but then looked at the scenes displayed outside the window, thought for a moment, and still didn’t say anything.

"By the way, Lan, what do you think of this person?"

Yakumo Zi, at this moment, turned around to actively inquire of her shikigami.

"Lord Zi, this... I cannot say." The Fox Demon Maiden hesitated slightly, seeming to ponder seriously, then said uncertainly, "The information is still too little to determine anything, but... but, I feel he has a kind of... familiar feeling..."

She too seemed troubled, furrowing her brows for a while, using several uncertain words to express herself, unsure of how to articulate her feeling.

"Familiar...?!"

The voice slightly increased in volume, the golden-haired monster maiden looked at her shikigami with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"No, no, no! Not that, Lord Zi!" The Fox Demon Maiden was startled and hurriedly explained, "I just felt... um, how should I say this, anyway, there’s a familiar sense about him, like the aura left by a clan member, or like he himself is another Nine-tailed Fox..."

"That’s the feeling I had at the time, but it could just be an illusion, because once trying to discern or pay attention earnestly, it all feels like there’s nothing there, it’s not about an aura, and he doesn’t have Demon Qi, I... Overall, I can’t make sense of it, it’s a very peculiar feeling..."

As she explained urgently, towards the end, the Fox Demon Maiden also appeared quite conflicted.

She couldn’t clarify her own feelings, finding it difficult to describe this subtle and enigmatic situation.

"It’s okay, I can understand a little..." Yakumo Zi sorted out her thoughts, tilting her head, unconsciously smoothing her silky, satin-like golden hair, her eyes filled with increasing curiosity, "It seems this person has many secrets."

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Creak...

The heavy door was pushed open, returning to his residence, Gu Mo casually turned on the light switch next to the corridor inside.

With a click, the house was brightly lit, fully equipped with electrical appliances. Judging just by the first floor, it was a very modern home... Gu Mo stepped aside, gesturing with his hand as an invitation, the silver-haired girl grinned and was about to walk in.

Yet at that moment, she saw the young man in the moonlight suddenly sway as if he was unsteady, almost as if he might fall.