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Chapter 5168: 5.0920 Fate

"It's like a very, very long time ago, when Ball Ball and I kept each other company in the void."

"The void is such an empty place, it's really hard to endure alone. Having a companion makes it much better." Regardless of whether it can speak or awaken, as long as there's something accompanying you, at least you'll feel that the road seems to have an end, and life still holds a little hope, doesn't it?

As Qiao Mu's voice trailed off, a small emerald green head emerged from behind her neck. Ball Ball, the little tree, with two tender leaves swaying back and forth, chirped, "Master, don't be sad, Ball Ball will always, always stay with you."

Huh? Why did Ball Ball feel like it was being held up by its head? Its two black bean-like eyes blinked upwards repeatedly. After a good while, it realized that the Crown Prince had arrived at some unknown time and was currently picking it up and tossing it behind his back.

Ball Ball quickly hooked his lapel with its two slender branches, clinging to the back of his neck, grumbling angrily, "Master, Master~" The Crown Prince was just a bad guy. Every time he saw it near its little master, he always liked to throw it out or kick it away.

Mo had already reached out and taken the aura of the small unicorn, holding it in her hands. When her blank face turned towards Qiao Mu, she struggled to force out a stiff, un-smile-like expression.

Qiao Mu said expressionlessly, "Your soul fragment is not like your main body; you don't need to force yourself to make difficult facial expressions."

Mo quickly reined in that strange little expression on her face, nodding repeatedly, and gesticulated with the small unicorn in her hands.

The little monkey said from the side, "Little sister, my sister says she also wants to give you something in return."

"No need," Qiao Mu said with a blank, expressionless face. "Your sister is penniless right now. The Sun and Moon Secret Realm she used to live in is with me now."

What else could she have? What could she give? Heh heh.

The little monkey quickly gesticulated to Mo, nodding repeatedly. "Little sister is right, my sister is a pauper now."

Qiao Mu looked at Mo, watching her hold the sealed ball of light with a silly, blank expression, and couldn't help but raise a hand to her forehead.

Mo Lian chuckled. "You give it to her, and she'll just hold it like that. Do you want her to keep holding this little unicorn like this forever?"

Qiao Mu muttered, I'm really having a hard time. I'm truly worrying myself sick over this dull little fool.

After thinking for a moment, she took out a jade token from her pocket and whoosh it flew onto Mo. A red string connected to the jade token and slowly hung around Mo's neck.

Qiao Mu breathed a slight sigh of relief, muttering to herself, "Although it's only half a wisp of a soul, it's ultimately a powerful divine soul, so it can still use storage talismans."

She guided Mo to first put the little unicorn into that storage talisman. After doing all this, Mo lowered her head and stroked the jade talisman around her neck, caressing it with endless affection.

"Why can she, a soul body, touch the storage talisman you drew?" Mo Lian couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I used to not be able to see soul bodies, but I can still touch her half-soul body. How do you explain that?" Qiao Mu pursed her small lips, saying with emotion, "Perhaps this is the case of the Three Thousand Great Daos, where there's an invisible connection guiding things."

The little monkey nodded repeatedly from the side. "What little sister means, in two words, is: fate!"

Mo Lian nodded and laughed heartily.

My dear readers, you might have some misunderstandings about this post-holiday surprise. It's not something I just cooked up on a whim, with words flowing out effortlessly... That truly can't be done, unless I were a great sage. Immediately pulling out a handful of hairs, poof... no, spitting, blowing out ten thousand of me to work together. So, I'm truly not idle staying at home, because... I! Am! Stockpiling!

Staying at home doesn't add a burden to the country! Everyone be good and obedient. Time to sleep, we'll continue tomorrow.