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Chapter 4743: Mo Lian's Heart

Why did he say that? Did he know early on that her sea of consciousness was severely shaken and that she couldn't use her divine consciousness or even talisman power for now?

A heart?

Yes, on her birthday at the Royal Academy, Mo Lian gave her a star.

Her five-pointed star necklace.

Qiao Mu reached for the silver necklace around her neck and held it in her palm.

The necklace's pendant was a pale five-pointed star, and her Soul-鎮魂寒玉 (Soul-鎮魂寒玉) was also hanging on it.

The moon-shaped jade pendant shimmered softly, reflecting the star beside it.

Star accompanying the moon, moon reflecting the star. Qiao Mu gently caressed this star and moon.

With a release of her hand, the quicksilver-colored five-pointed star sprang up before her, emitting a soft glow.

The pitch-black surroundings were instantly dispelled by the light. Tiny, mimetic star fragments leaped forth, instantly illuminating the area.

The little stoic instinctively closed her eyes briefly. When she opened them again, she could clearly see the terrain.

Indeed, she was standing on an ice prism protruding horizontally from an ice wall.

All around were ice rocks and ice walls.

Upwards, she couldn't see the end, but not far below, her path was blocked by countless old vine tendrils.

Qiao Mu's heart gave a sudden, hard thud.

She abruptly grabbed the five-pointed star beside her, leaped, and landed again on the interwoven patch of vines.

"Rotten Peach Blossom!" Qiao Mu suddenly cried out loudly, forcefully pounding the path sealed by the wood spirit a couple of times.

She couldn't go down. The path here was sealed by Immortal Lord Peach Blossom with countless layers of wood spirit seals.

Even in her prime, she couldn't break a seal laid by an Immortal Venerable, let alone in her current shaky condition.

A sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart.

The most terrifying thing was that when Mo Lian sent her up with a burst of power, she must have passed by Rotten Peach Blossom in the dark cave.

After she was propelled upwards by that force, Rotten Peach Blossom must have laid layer after layer of wood spirit seals on the path, completely blocking her way down.

Neither of them consulted her; they simply acted on their own initiative, decisively and perfectly cooperating, directly leaving her stranded in this halfway point.

Bad guys! Bad guys! Bad guys!

Qiao Mu, her eyes red, patted the seal, murmuring, "Mo Lian, Rotten Peach Blossom, where did you go?"

"Mo Lian, Rotten Peach Blossom, come back to me."

She dug at the iron-hard old vine with her finger, sat there in a daze for a while, then muttered to herself, "I need to go up now, go up and find people."

"I can't open this wood spirit seal, but Little Commander and the others should be able to."

"Right, find Little Commander and them."

Qiao Mu jumped up, holding the star in her hand, and shone it upwards.

She didn't know how long she had fallen when she first plunged into the bottomless pit of the Sacrificial Sea Abyss.

Now, looking up, she couldn't see a hint of light from the cave entrance, as if all light had vanished into the bottom of this ice cave.

...

"Damn you, Heavenly Dao. If anything happens to my disciple, I'll claim your dog life as compensation."

"You know perfectly well she won't be in any danger," the Heavenly Dao anthropomorphically rolled its eyes, put its hands on its hips, and stood in front of Xuanhuang.

Its small frame stood rigidly straight, its little face filled with seriousness. "Life requires tempering. How else can one become stronger without trials?"

"In the past, when you went out for your own trials, didn't you overcome countless hardships the same way?"