On one hand, there was the curiosity toward the idol she worshiped; on the other hand, it was a kind of intuition and guess deep in Xu Nan's heart. If he really was that legendary Chu Mo, she wanted to offer him some help.

Because in the face of her continuous moves, the other party had never taken her seriously. In fact, thinking about it carefully, Xu Nan also felt somewhat frightened afterward. The opponent was unfathomable, and killing her would have been too easy.

Therefore, she was not afraid to face that person again.

This was the kind of person she was. Towards enemies, towards targets, her heart was ruthless, her schemes profound, but towards those she took a liking to, she protected them in every possible way. She wouldn't tolerate anyone harming them even the slightest bit.

From a young age, the only person who truly touched Xu Nan was an old drunkard. Chu Mo counted as half, belonging to her circle of admirers, and was a pillar for her spiritually.

Now these two people, as if by fate, had astonishingly crossed paths in the trajectory of her life for a brief moment.

Xu Nan decided that she wanted to get things clear.

This little girl, only twelve years old, had already seen the vicissitudes of life. She didn't think of herself as a good person, and she also knew how to protect herself. The harsh reality forced her to become this "Brother Nan," but deep inside, she too had her own softness.

The old drunkard and this stranger, Chu Mo, were the only two beams of light capable of illuminating the softness within her heart.

...

As the head of the underground power of the entire Ninth City, even if only a puppet, wanting to find out about someone wasn't very difficult. Especially since Chu Mo wasn't deliberately hiding anything.

Chu Mo was still searching for the drunkards in this city.

Regarding "Brother Nan's" sudden invitation, Chu Mo hesitated only for a moment before accepting it.

That tomboy had clearly sought him out because she had something to say.

Perhaps, there was another hidden story behind the events of the past?

This was also a point that Chu Mo hadn't clarified, whether it was truly the old drunkard who had saved her. Since that tomboy took the initiative to come forward, taking the opportunity to clear things up could also relieve a bit of Chu Mo's own doubt.

Chu Mo didn't think that the bean sprout's invitation was a trap, either. A person who could become the head of an underground power in a city at the age of a teenager wasn't an idiot.

So, he came.

The place Xu Nan found wasn't a big restaurant, but an inconspicuous little tavern. When Chu Mo arrived, Xu Nan was the only one in the tavern.

As the head of an underground power, she had the ability to do that much. Privatizing a small tavern was no big deal.

Seeing Chu Mo, Xu Nan nodded slightly at him and then said, "I'm quite happy that you could come."

"Tell me what it is," Chu Mo sat opposite Xu Nan, not intentionally releasing any aura to intimidate, merely looking at the tomboy calmly.

"Are you that Chu Mo? You know who I am talking about," Xu Nan didn't beat around the bush, staring into Chu Mo's eyes as she asked.

"What does that have to do with you?" Chu Mo looked back at Xu Nan and asked lightly.

"Of course it's related," Xu Nan looked back with a serious gaze, "If you really are that Chu Mo, then no matter why you've come to the Ninth City, I will help you wholeheartedly. If you are not, then the conversation that follows is unnecessary. If you are displeased, you can beat me up. Just please do not kill me. Anyway, you haven't wanted to kill me today."

... Chu Mo stared at the tomboy, speechless and with a full head of black lines.

Wasn't she being too direct?

Xu Nan continued, "The Chu Mo, Young Master Chu, who climbed up step by step in the Mortal Realm and then made a great splash in the Heavenly Realm, is the only person I admire. So, if you are him, I will help you."

Chu Mo looked at Xu Nan somewhat helplessly, "How am I supposed to prove such a thing?"

"Simple, show me your message plate. I know your name is Qing Tian Ru Mo, and you have another message plate named Lin Bai. You should be the only one in the entire Fantasy God Realm with two message plates. Everyone says you have some kind of mystical connection with the Realm Spirit of the Fantasy God Realm," Xu Nan stated.

... Chu Mo looked at the tomboy, and now he was starting to believe her words a bit.

He took out a message plate directly from his person, activated it, and then handed it over to Xu Nan.

Xu Nan took it, her eyes suddenly widened, and her mouth opened as if she wanted to let out a scream.

"Brother Nan, can you stay calm?" Chu Mo reminded her.

"I can't stay calm, you, you, you... are you really Chu Mo?" Xu Nan clutched that message board, speaking with a stutter, her whole body trembling with excitement.

"If even this doesn't prove it, then I don't know how else to make you believe," Chu Mo said.

"I, I believe, I believe, I believe!" Xu Nan quickly said, "It's just, I could never have dreamed that one day, I would actually meet the person I admire the most."

Having said that, Xu Nan returned the message board to Chu Mo and then stood up, bowing respectfully to Chu Mo: "I was out of line during the day, my apologies for any offense caused, and I hope Young Master Chu will be magnanimous and not take it to heart."

"Sit down," Chu Mo gestured with his hand. He truly had never thought of taking issue with this feisty girl, because she wasn't evil to that extent. In the end, she used all means possible just to protect the old drunkard.

Otherwise, even if it were just a child, Chu Mo would absolutely have given her a harsh lesson.

Xu Nan sat there with an excited face, now certain that the person in front of her was the young colossus shining in the entire Heavenly Realm; suddenly, she felt nervous and uneasy, as if she had lost the ability to speak.

If those who knew her saw this, their jaws would surely drop. Was this the same Brother Nan who could talk to anyone, ruthless and daring?

"Tell me about your dealings with that old drunkard," Chu Mo spoke gently.

"He... saved me," Xu Nan calmed herself and then said faintly: "You're so smart, you probably guessed that the incident might have been a ruse I staged to climb the ranks."

Before Chu Mo could answer, she continued: "In fact, many people have speculated as much. After all, to anyone, I was the ultimate beneficiary of that incident. In these matters, the one who benefits most is the prime suspect. Even the City Lord of the Ninth City probably thought so initially. He even secretly investigated for a long time—investigating me, and also my father. But in the end, it led nowhere. And it's precisely for this reason that I've always felt my father was not an ordinary person. Otherwise, with the City Lord's ruthlessness, he definitely wouldn't have let my father off. As for me... I couldn't protect my dad."

As Xu Nan spoke faintly, she then looked at Chu Mo: "That incident was the biggest crisis I've had in these years. At that time..."

Xu Nan recounted the whole affair to Chu Mo without omitting any detail, including the young cultivator's panic-stricken expression as he fled, which she remembered very clearly.

"That person was definitely scared off! He initially wanted to defile me," Xu Nan's voice was low and her face turned slightly red, but she was firm as she looked at Chu Mo: "The ferocity and twisted expression on that man's face were clearly that of a pervert! That kind of look, I've seen plenty more of it in Ninth City later on. Of course, those people were all killed by me! They were scum, degenerates, they all deserved to die!"

Chu Mo listened quietly, not interrupting Xu Nan's tale.

By the end, Chu Mo also arrived at a judgment very similar to Xu Nan's: that old drunkard was certainly no ordinary person!

But here arose a bigger mystery. The Divine Sky Mirror was a true divine artifact. It could even clearly reveal the realm of a Quasi-Supreme, and even indicate the varying degrees of strength within the Quasi-Supreme Realm!

Even Quasi-Supremes who surpassed the Domain Lords had differences in strength. The Divine Sky Mirror could analyze these power disparities with clarity and precision. Then how could it fail to see the old drunkard's true realm?

Or was it that his own realm wasn't sufficient to see through the disguise of a Supreme?

Chu Mo thought to himself and directly communicated with the Divine Sky Mirror: Can you see through the disguise of a Supreme?

The Divine Sky Mirror directly gave Chu Mo a response: With your current realm, it's difficult to see through.

Chu Mo's spirit was instantly shocked, and he even felt as if he had reached a turning point, where darkness turned to light!

Waves surged in his heart: Could it be that this old drunkard was really the Chu Family elder that the Long Family's ancestor mentioned? His father... Chu Tianji?

The words of the Long Family's ancestor, so sincerely spoken at the time, still echoed in his ears. He was confident that the drunkard was indeed the Chu Tianji of years past. But for some reason, there was no trace of divine aura in him. He seemed utterly mortal.

Of course, in Chu Mo's presence, the Long Family's ancestor probably didn't have the nerve to use another term.

That term was 'cripple.'

For a once young Supreme, a truly dazzling presence, to suddenly lose all his power and become a mortal was indeed no different from being a cripple.

But the question remained: how did a crippled man scare away a young cultivator with such a high realm?

Chu Mo frowned, feeling that his powerful analytical abilities were suddenly stuck. He was baffled.

At this moment, Xu Nan, sitting across from him, spoke softly: "All these years, everyone outside thought that I was the one protecting my dad, but I've always had this feeling that it's actually dad protecting me. Although I have no evidence to prove this, it's just how I feel."

Chu Mo nodded, "So, does he do anything unusual? Or are there... taboo topics?"

The word 'taboo' caused a slight pain in Chu Mo's heart.

"Unusual behavior?" Xu Nan frowned, no, he just drank every day, as if aside from drinking, there was nothing else for my father to do. So, Xu Nan shook her head: "Nothing unusual, just drinking, during the day, at night, as long as he's awake... it's just drinking."

"As for taboo topics..." Xu Nan's eyebrows knitted tightly, then suddenly she said: "I remember now!"

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