Nie Wushang looked very calm, as if she wasn't worried about being captured by Tianyan Sect at all.
Mo Tiange stared at her for a while then suddenly asked, "Did you notice me that day in Jade Qilin Pavilion?"
The smile on Nie Wushang's face froze and she stared at her. "Do you want to ask if I led them to chase you?"
"You can say that," Mo Tiange admitted frankly.
She was naturally suspicious. Since she wasn't going to be enemies with Nie Wushang, it would always be a thorn in her heart if she didn't clarify this matter.
"No."
Mo Tiange breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Nie Wushang's answer. She then asked, "Then when did you notice me?"
"It was also around that time."
Nie Wushang said, "That day, I left the Jade Qilin Pavilion and hid my tracks. Who would've thought those Tianyan Sect cultivators would chase after you? I followed them out of curiosity and found out it was actually you. Furthermore, you're also living here, just like me."
Nie Wushang also felt this matter was inconceivable.
She originally thought she and Mo Tiange walked two completely different paths. Now that Mo Tiange had a Dao companion to accompany her in her cultivation, she should be proud of herself in the Celestial Pole. She didn't expect Mo Tiange would escape in a sorry state just like her and arrive in Yunzhong thousands of miles away.
Mo Tiange stared at her for a long time, making Nie Wushang feel strange. She then asked, "Why are you pestering me?
With Fellow Daoist Nie's personality, don't you prefer to be alone? "
The smile on Nie Wushang's face suddenly disappeared. She stared at Mo Tiange silently for a long time before she said, "Can I not answer?"
"…" Mo Tiange gave her a deep look then nodded. "Up to you."
She straightened her body, brushed her sleeves, then sat down on her praying mat. "If you want to stay here, I won't drive you away. You can do as you please."
Nie Wushang watched as Mo Tiange closed her eyes and began to meditate, no longer prepared to pay attention to her. She then looked down at her gloved hands and suddenly felt very confused.
After so many years, she finally escaped. But how could she continue on this path?
She couldn't help but look at Mo Tiange, who was meditating with her eyes closed and seemed completely defenseless against her.
Could this person give her an answer?
Mo Tiange opened her eyes and stared at Nie Wushang, who was cultivating "freely" in the corner. She couldn't help but smirk.
The reason she let Nie Wushang stay here without worry was naturally because she had confidence in her unique formation. As long as Nie Wushang made any strange movements, she could instantly kill her.
However, from the looks of it now, Nie Wushang really didn't have any hostility towards her. In fact, it could even be said that she was a bit too close to her.
How could ordinary people cultivate in the same room as other cultivators?
Even if they were friends, it was rare for them to be so close!
Unless it was a matter of life and death, cultivators would never be willing to let others see them while they were cultivating.
Because she had the formation to rely on, Nie Wushang's life and death were basically in her hands, which was why she dared to cultivate in front of her without any scruples.
What was the reason for Nie Wushang's death?
He dared to enter her heavily restricted cultivation room, dared to drink her tea, and even dared to cultivate in front of her.
She was Master Song Feng's disciple, so she should be very vigilant. Why did she trust her so much?
This kind of feeling made Mo Tiange feel very strange.
It wasn't that she didn't have friends. Xuanqing School's Luo Fengxue, Ye Jingwen, and the others could all be considered her good friends for many years. However, they were fellow disciples of the same sect, so their temperaments could also be considered congenial. But what about Nie Wushang?
Nie Wushang's character and experience were worlds apart from hers; there was practically no similarity between them.
She was Master Song Feng's disciple, so presumably, she never lacked spirit stones or medicinal pills. However, she was casually beaten and scolded by her own master, so she almost had no self-respect at all.
Would a person like her easily trust others?
As for Mo Tiange herself, although she wandered from place to place when she was young and lacked medicinal pills and medicinal pills, Second Uncle still gave her meticulous care.
After losing Second Uncle, she got her master, Qin Xi, and some friends.
It was precisely because of this kind of experience that although she developed a suspicious and cautious personality, she would also trust others and believe in the truth.
She and Nie Wushang were basically two different kinds of people.
What was even more strange was that, according to reason, she didn't reject trusting others, and Nie Wushang had saved her before, so it was normal for her to have a certain amount of goodwill towards Nie Wushang.
However, based on Nie Wushang's experience growing up, she should be wary of her. Why did she seem more at ease than Mo Tiange?
Mo Tiange felt she couldn't guess Nie Wushang's thoughts at all. She had never met someone like Nie Wushang, but this Nie Wushang couldn't be deduced with common sense.
"Why are you looking at me?" Nie Wushang suddenly opened her eyes.
Mo Tiange showed a faint smile and said calmly, "I'm wondering what you're thinking in the end."
Nie Wushang was stunned, but she soon revealed a faint smile and said, "Then why don't you just ask?"
"But you didn't answer me before." Mo Tiange stared at her and said, "I really don't understand why you trust me so much."
"…" Nie Wushang hung her head and was silent for a long time before she finally said, "I don't know. Maybe after leaving master, I just want to try living another kind of life."
"Even if that's the case, why did it have to be me?
Aren't you afraid I'll attack you for cultivating in my place without any vigilance? "
Nie Wushang chuckled at this question and raised her head to look at Mo Tiange. "Just take it as my intuition that you can trust me."
"…" Mo Tiange was silent and didn't say anything else.
Nie Wushang sighed softly then closed her eyes again, hiding the loneliness in them.
In fact, she still didn't say the real reason.
Ever since she was a child, she had always dreamed of escaping that terrifying master and living a new life. But when she realized her dream, she found herself at a loss.
How could she be considered a person if she lived like a person?
She wanted to walk under the sun, talk and laugh with others, have a strong heart, and be willing to trust others.
But now, her Primordial Devil Aura was hidden deep in her meridians, so she still couldn't be considered a person.
In the past year, she restrained her spiritual breath and hid in this inn, looking for a way to dissolve the Primordial Devil Aura while thinking about what she should do next.
After so many years, she already didn't know how to interact with people. How could she start the life she wanted?
At this time, she saw Mo Tiange again, the person she envied and felt ashamed of. She suddenly thought that maybe this was her beginning.
This was a rare "old friend" who knew her background and didn't need to explain anything.
Most importantly, Mo Tiange saved her, so she could gamble on whether there was goodwill between them, or even whether a friendship could be established.
What if Mo Tiange didn't trust her?
She thought about this problem. At that time, a deep sense of fatigue welled up in her heart.
If that was the case, then … just disappear.
She laughed at herself for having such a world-hating idea. She escaped from the Celestial Pole with untold hardships and narrowly escaped death, but in the end, she put her life in someone else's hands.
However, she didn't want to change her decision.
For so many years, she had never controlled her own fate, so she was still at a loss even after breaking free from the shackles.
That being the case, what if she let someone else decide for once?
Now it seemed she had won the gamble.
Mo Tiange didn't want to be her enemy.
This made her feel a little meaning in life. Her life wasn't a failure. At least there was someone willing to accept her trust.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little hope in her loneliness.
This kind of new beginning wasn't bad.
Three days later, Nie Wushang stopped cultivating and looked at the bright window.
"You're leaving?" Mo Tiange opened her eyes and looked at her.
"En." Nie Wushang didn't turn her head and just answered, "It's time."
Mo Tiange thought for a while and finally asked, "Do you have a sure-fire way to leave?"
Nie Wushang turned to look at her and said, "Are you leaving or not?"
Mo Tiange was stunned for a moment, then she said with a smile, "If I go with you, does that mean I'm really your accomplice?"
Nie Wushang shrugged and said indifferently, "Are you still worried about being implicated by me?"
"I can't afford to provoke two Nascent Soul cultivators," Mo Tiange said faintly.
"But I can't escape responsibility for this matter, so I'd better leave North Pole Island as soon as possible."
Nie Wushang smiled. "So, you also plan to leave today?"
Mo Tiange smiled without answering.
Nie Wushang didn't say much. She began to disguise herself in front of Mo Tiange.
She took out a bunch of strange things from her Qiankun Bag and started to wipe her face.
All kinds of powdery things were smeared on her face. Some were red, some were yellow, and some were yellow. When she finished, her face became a strange waxy yellow.
Then she added a mole, trimmed her eyebrows, and stuck a beard on her face.
When she finished, she tied up her hair again, changed her clothes, and immediately turned into a skinny man.
Mo Tiange saw her transformation with her own eyes, so she was very curious. "You're …"
"The secular world's Disguise Technique." Nie Wushang put away the things on the table, picked up a powder box, and shook it in front of her. "Do you want it?"
Mo Tiange shook her head and looked at her carefully. She couldn't see any flaws, so she couldn't help but sigh. "This is a good method. High-level cultivators can easily see through Disguise Technique, but the secular world's Disguise Technique can only be distinguished by eyesight. It's useless no matter how high your cultivation level is."
It was also because of this reason that she disguised herself as a man when she entered Yunwu Sect.
Cultivators possessed magic power, so they often relied on their divine sense and neglected the most fundamental problem of disguise.
However, Nie Wushang's methods were much more brilliant than hers. She almost became a different person.
"I'm leaving." After putting away the things, Nie Wushang looked up at her. "Thank you for taking me in this time."
Mo Tiange smiled and didn't stand on ceremony. She asked, "What's your plan after leaving North Pole Island?"
"Naturally, I'm going to Yunzhong's inland," Nie Wushang said.
"North Pole Island's Transporting Formation has something to do with Tianyan Sect, so it's not convenient for me to use it. I can only disguise myself as a cultivator going out to sea and fly there directly.
I'll probably go to Eastern Tang first. At that time, I hope we'll be fated to meet again. "
Mo Tiange nodded.
Since she crossed the South Sea and came to Yunzhong, she could naturally fly directly from North Pole Island to Yunzhong's inland. She didn't need to worry about this at all.
"Alright, we'll meet again in the future."
Nie Wushang sighed then smiled. She took out a bamboo hat from inside her robe and put it on her head. After Mo Tiange opened the restriction, she pushed the door open and walked out. Soon, she disappeared without a sound.
Mo Tiange stared at the place she left, silent for a long time.