NOVEL NEXT Chapter 425
Chapter 425: The Grand Priestess’s Hands Are Not Behaving—Where Are You Reaching?
Li Mo jumped onto the palanquin and held Uya’s left hand.
As soon as he grabbed it, he felt a chill, as if he were holding a piece of millennia-old ice.
When he lifted her sleeve at the wrist, he was shocked to find that the wound not only showed no signs of healing but the black line had also grown longer than before.
It left a striking mark on her fair arm.
“The malevolent energy has seeped into her body at this rate; if she doesn’t get treatment in three months…”
Li Wu trailed off, not wanting to say more.
After all, everyone knew that according to the Book of People, Uya had only three months left to live.
And now, seven days had already passed.
“Am I… am I going to die?”
Feeling Li Mo’s presence, Uya slowly opened her eyes and managed to utter a few words.
“No, you won’t.”
“Five, six, seven…” Li Mo shook his head.
Right now, the most important thing was to relieve Uya’s condition.
Looking at her in such distress, everyone felt uneasy.
“Really… not? But… but I feel like I’m dying… I feel… so cold.”
Uya’s teeth chattered uncontrollably, and each word took her a long time to say.
Fei Yan silently stood up and indicated to the Moon Goddess with her eyes.
The Moon Goddess also got to her feet.
Li Wu, after all, had been a qualified assassin; she had a keen sense of perception.
Quietly, only Li Mo and Uya were left in the cart.
“Could you… come a bit closer?”
Uya turned her head to the side, not daring to meet Li Mo’s gaze.
“Hmm?”
Li Mo was momentarily taken aback; he didn’t expect her to say that.
Seeing him unresponsive, a faint flush appeared on Uya’s pale face.
She explained, “I… just… think it would be much more comfortable if you were closer.”
Saying such a thing seemed to use all of her courage.
It wasn’t that Uya had any ulterior motives; it was indeed true that she felt better after Li Mo walked in.
Previously, she was so uncomfortable she could barely speak.
But the moment Li Mo entered, she gradually felt her body warming up.
Although the feeling wasn’t obvious, it was undeniably real.
“Alright.”
Li Mo inched closer to her, thinking about how he could alleviate her suffering.
With Fei Yan’s internal energy and the desert’s heat doing nothing to help, what else could ease her bone-chilling cold?
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head!
A hug?
Just a simple hug!
How could he not notice Uya’s attitude towards him?
Fei Yan, notably perceptive, led the Moon Goddess and the others out.
Perhaps she had the same thought in mind.
Uya, tightly shutting her eyes, suddenly felt a pair of warm hands on her waist.
Then, her body was gently lifted into a warm embrace.
In the scorching desert, both of them were wearing remarkably thin clothes.
Even with her eyes closed, she could clearly feel those strong arms and sturdy chest.
In an instant, Uya’s face turned red all the way to her neck.
In her life, she had never been this intimate with a man!
Li Mo looked down and saw Uya’s face growing rosy in his arms, instantly feeling relieved.
It really worked; how magical!
He didn’t even think that Uya blushed due to nervousness and shyness.
The cart was quiet for a moment as Li Mo continued to think of ways to help her.
But simply holding her wasn’t going to solve anything.
As he pondered, he suddenly felt something shift in the fabric of his shirt.
It seemed like a cold hand was sneaking into his clothes.
Li Mo was momentarily dumbfounded. When did this Grand Priestess become so bold?
I understand your intentions.
But your current state can’t handle that!
Maybe it would be better to wait until you’re better?
“Don’t move.”
Li Mo softly stopped her.
Uya’s hand froze, as if she had been caught red-handed.
So embarrassed she wanted to dig a hole in the cart to hide!
She tried to pull her hand back but couldn’t bring herself to do it.
“I… I just think… there’s warmth in your clothes.”
Li Mo narrowed his eyes at her.
Of course, there’s warmth!
I have a passionate heart!
Which man wouldn’t feel ‘hot’ holding such a curvy Grand Priestess?
“I mean it!”
Uya exclaimed in a mild panic when she realized he didn’t believe her.
“I believe you; I never said I didn’t.”
Li Mo didn’t want to argue and just went along, casually brushing it off.
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something.
Looking at the beauty in his arms, he seriously asked, “Did you just say it feels warm inside my clothes?”
Uya nodded repeatedly, “It feels like there’s a furnace.”
Li Mo’s eyes brightened, freeing one hand to dig into his clothes and pulled out a jade slip.
“Is this what you mean?”
Uya stared at the softly glowing jade slip in her hands. After feeling it for a moment, she confirmed, “Yes, this is it! When you just walked in, this was the warm feeling I got.”
She clutched the Book of People Li Mo handed her closely against her chest, like someone drowning who found a lifeline.
Li Mo realized, “So it really is this thing.”
Uya had meant her arms, not her body.
Besides the eight-pack abs, the only thing he had in his clothes was this jade slip!
If this thing truly is the Book of People, then it must be a divine artifact.
With Uya suffering from malevolent energy, her pain could be alleviated by the aura emitted by the Book of People.
“Keep this by your side for now.”
Knowing the Book of People could relieve her pain, Li Mo decided to part with it generously.
“On me?”
Uya looked at him in astonishment, fully aware of the importance of the jade slip.
Li Mo nodded, “Keep it on you; it should help you along the journey.”
Uya hugged the jade slip tightly and could distinctly feel a flow of warmth radiating from it.
After a moment’s thought, she playfully said, “Aren’t you afraid I won’t return it? It’s a treasure, after all.”
“You too.”
“What?”
Uya either didn’t hear or didn’t understand.
Li Mo chuckled, “Nothing, I mean, you taking it won’t do you any good; you can’t even see it.”
Until now, aside from him, no one else could see the words on the jade slip; to others, it just looked like a blank piece of stone.
Li Mo hadn’t thought about why that was.
Although he found it strange, unusual events often happened to him.
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