Then, Li Zimo gently held Yan Ruyu as the two of them sat on the ground. He began slowly telling her everything that had happened after he met Huáng Shīyùn.
As Yan Ruyu listened, tears welled up in her eyes. She could not imagine that in order to save her, her mother had actually been willing to betray a friend; she could only imagine how agonizing the struggle must have been for her mother at the time. When she heard that Huáng Shīyùn had willingly become Li Zimo's maid to save her, her tears finally fell uncontrollably. Afterwards, learning that Huáng Shīyùn had sneaked into Li Zimo's tent in the middle of the night left her feeling a complex mixture of emotions and deep heartache, realizing how much her mother had sacrificed for her.
And when Li Zimo mentioned that they had obtained a Martial Emperor-grade Technique after entering the secret realm, Yan Ruyu's eyes instantly lit up with surprise and astonishment. However, when Li Zimo mentioned that after engaging in Dual Cultivation with him, Huáng Shīyùn's cultivation had skyrocketed all the way from the Martial Master (Rank 3) to the Martial Emperor Ninth Stage, Yan Ruyu became so agitated that she sat straight up from Li Zimo's embrace, her voice trembling slightly:
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