Chapter 496 - Nian Qi’s Background
Perhaps the sunlight was blinding, or perhaps she sensed something after Su Zimo glared at her for a long time, Nian Qi’s eyelids twitched and she opened her eyes, stirring awake.
“Ah!”
She exclaimed and blushed slightly when she saw Su Zimo looking at her from nearby with a smile on his face.
Nian Qi stood up hurriedly and patted away the dust on her body. Not daring to look at Su Zimo directly, she remarked in a shy manner, “Uh, I fell asleep by accident.”
“How long have you been here?”
Su Zimo realized that his voice had already returned to normal and was gentle and warm.
“Three days,” Nian Qi replied.
That warmed Su Zimo’s heart.
Nian Qi did not reject him because she was truly too tired and left that remark before heading into her cave abode.
“Right,”
Suddenly, Su Zimo called Nian Qi back and hesitated for a moment before asking, “How much do you remember about your childhood?”
“Ah?
A hint of panic flickered through the depths of Nian Qi’s eyes. Lowering her head, she stuttered, “I c-can’t remember. I-I’ve been wandering around t-the capital of Great Zhou the entire time u-until I met you, young master.”
Su Zimo looked at Nian Qi deeply without pursuing it further. “It’s nothing much, I was merely asking. Go on then.”
Nodding, Nian Qi did not dare to look at Su Zimo and ran along a path towards the cave abode behind her.
Su Zimo gazed at Nian Qi’s back view with deep thoughts.
Actually, Nian Qi’s background has always been mysterious.
Back in Mo Spirit Weapon Workshop, Su Zimo already knew that.
It wasn’t just because of Nian Qi’s innate divine strength and shocking cultivation speed, there was something else.
Back then, when they first met and Su Zimo handed Nian Qi some food, Night Spirit who was in his embrace had actually closed in and sniffed Nian Qi from head to toe!
There were not many things that could interest Night Spirit.
The dragon egg in the Dragon Bone Valley was one of them…
Of course, that alone was not enough to suspect that there was anything wrong with Nian Qi’s background.
The most important thing was that from the moment Su Zimo met Nian Qi, the latter was already around 15 years old.
But now that four years had passed, she still looked like a young girl!
Time seemed to have stopped on Nian Qi’s body.
This was impossible.
Unless… Nian Qi’s innate lifespan was extremely long such that four years was almost negligible compared to her total lifespan!
What sort of person, or rather, race, would possess such a long lifespan upon birth?
Su Zimo had a vague guess in his mind.
It might not be an accurate guess.
After all, there were many treasures and strange fruits on Tianhuang Mainland. It was possible that Nian Qi might have consumed some miraculous fruit or elixir in the past, resulting in her innate divine strength and extremely long lifespan.
The old immortal crane must have spotted something as well and that was why she chose to take in Nian Qi as her disciple.
Of course, it wasn’t because Su Zimo suspected Nian Qi’s intents.
Although Nian Qi hid her background intentionally, she was a simple and kind girl and harbored no evil intentions towards him or Ethereal Peak.
Who didn’t have their own secrets?
Su Zimo had his own as well.
He would definitely not tell anybody about his demonic cultivation casually!
Taking a deep breath of air, Su Zimo set the matter aside temporarily. He took a walk around and relaxed himself before returning to his new cave abode.
He was prepared to continue to form his Golden Core!
Although he had already cultivated an Inner Core and his strength had increased exponentially, he did not dare to activate the power of the Inner Core and kill his enemies in his demon form recklessly.
He could only be considered as a true Golden Core if he entered the Golden Core realm through his immortality cultivation!
Furthermore, Su Zimo was excited to see the type of Golden Core phenomenon he would create!