Li Mo deliberately refined a batch of mid-to-lower-grade Magic Artifact Embryos before leaving Duozhi Mountain.
Zhao Zhu had yet to exit seclusion. The erosion caused by the Childhood Death Disease was dire, and whether he could survive depended entirely on the strength of his willpower.
Li Mo had no better solution but had Jin Li look after Zhao Zhu in his stead.
As soon as he stepped onto the official road, he noticed that the traces of carts and horses were sparse, indicating that a long time had passed without the appearance of any large merchant caravans.
Here and there, he could still see skeletons along the way, their death likely caused by wild beasts. On surrounding tree trunks, claw marks were also scattered everywhere.
Li Mo glanced towards the depths of the forest from the corner of his eye. Within, countless wild beasts lurked, staring at him with eerie and inexplicable gazes.
