Suddenly, there was a knock on the tightly closed palace door. Liuli snapped out of her reverie, turned around, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Li Molin." Li Molin's voice came from outside, sounding slightly tired.
Liuli waved away the mirror in front of her and walked over to open the door.
As soon as the two palace doors opened, Li Molin saw her appearance, his gaze shifting with longing.
She was dressed in a thin white robe, her black hair damp in clumps, with tiny water droplets still dripping from the ends, wetting her clothes. Her face was fair and radiant, her expression gentle, and her eyes, unlike their usual cold and indifferent state, had softened somewhat.
Li Molin stood frozen outside the palace gate, momentarily mistaking the person standing before him for the Liuli he once knew.
Liuli turned and walked towards the chair, saying casually as she went, "Did you want to see me about something?"
Li Molin finally came to his senses. He went into the hall, where Liuli sat in the main seat. He then sat down next to Liuli and said with a smile, "It's nothing. I just heard you were back when I came back, so I wanted to come and see you."
When she opened the palace door, Liuli glanced at him, noticing his exhaustion and bloodstains, indicating he had likely just returned from attacking a righteous sect's mountain gate. She paused for a moment, then asked, "Where did you attack? Did you conquer it?"
Li Molin shook his head, annoyed, and said, "I attacked the Xuan Yi Sect. Just when I was about to take it down, the righteous dogs came to the rescue, so I failed."
"There's no rush," Liuli said calmly, changing the subject. "Speaking of which, it's been seven days already. Why hasn't your father come out of seclusion yet? If all eighty-one demon spirits from Chiyou's banner were to emerge, the righteous path of the Central Plains could be overthrown in an instant. Why would we need to go through all this trouble?"
Li Molin replied, "Before Father went into seclusion, he said that there was a shocking secret on the Chi You Banner. However, the great god Chi You only told him about the secret, but did not teach him the corresponding incantation or method. Father said that if he could understand the secret, our demon race would surely win, and the Central Plains would be ours!"
Liuli frowned slightly, and asked in confusion, "What secret is it?"
Li Molin shook his head and said, "I asked my father, but he didn't answer me. He only said that I would know after he figured it out."
"Oh." Liuli didn't ask any more questions. She took out two teacups, poured two cups of warm tea, handed one to Li Molin, and took a sip of tea from the other cup herself.
Li Molin picked up the teacup that Liuli handed him and took a sip. He said with concern, "What I'm most worried about now is the Xuanyuan Sword. If the Xuanyuan Sword doesn't appear, the Chiyou Banner will be invincible. But if the Xuanyuan Sword does appear, it's hard to say."
Liuli's finger, which was wearing the storage ring, suddenly curled. She looked down at the storage ring and remembered the seven-colored bead inside. She secretly wondered if she should go to the palace again to look for the palace's collection of books to see if there were any ancient books that recorded the matter of the Imperial Seal of the State, so that she could find some clues and find out what connection this bead had with the Xuanyuan Sword.
Liuli remained silent for a long time. Li Molin turned to look at her in confusion, only to see her looking down at her hands, her brows furrowed in deep thought. He couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about, Liuli?"
“Uh…” Liuli came back to her senses, looked up at him, and said calmly, “It’s nothing.”
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