When Lianxi came out of her room and faced the outside peaceful night, she took a deep breath taking in the fresh air and smiled.
Ah... this is it. She thought to herself.
However, when she sensed the surrounding, she found something.
Just a few distance away from her place, on the left side, it was the guests mansion.
And in one of them was Li Shen.
At this time, she saw a figure sitting on top of a roof. It was none other than Li Shen himself.
Curious, Lianxi flew from her place and went towards the direction of Li Shen.
Because he was so deep in his thoughts, Li Shen didn't even sense when Lianxi appeared near him. He only reacted when she called out.
"Sir Li." She called out his name from the edge of the rooftop.
Li Shen instantly snapped back to reality. With a surprised tone, he said. "Ohh it's you. Why are you here?"
Lianxi was somewhat surprised that Li Shen didn't sense her presence. She wondered what kind thought was he having that he didn't even sense her.
She said. "Ohh I wanted to breath some fresh air, so I left the room."
Li Shen simply nodded. "Oh." Then, he turned away. It looked like something was on his mind.
Wanting to know, Lianxi walked near him and sat down beside him, just a few inches away from him. And she asked. "What kind of thoughts were you thinking that you didn't even notice me?" Her voice contained the curiosity she was having.
At that moment, Li Shen didn't know whether it was because he was emotional or were just feeling down, he softly explained some things to Lianxi.
"You know why I want the metal treasure?"
"The Heavenly Twin Metal?" She asked.
Nodding, he continued. "Its because I need to find my family. And just now, I was thinking of them."
"Sir, you are married already? Well, its true that although you look young you must be an old monster." Lianxi said.
Hearing that, Li Shen smiled. "Well, I'm actually young ...in human years."
"In human years? What does that mean? Sir, are you a demon or something?" Lianxi eyes widened as she looked at Li Shen.
"No.. where did that even come from? Demon? Why would I be a demon?" Li Shen looked at her like he was looking at some idiot.
"Well, I mean you said in human years, so I thought you were not human or something." Lianxi felt like she a fool.
"When I said that I mean for just the years. Tsk.. I meant I'm young if my age is counted in human years, but if it is counted in other terms like demon age, Immortal age.. I'm actually quite the middle-aged man. That's what I meant." Li Shen shook his head and smiled, explaining why he said that.
"Ohh. So, you mean you are some old monster but middle-aged monster?" She looked at Li Shen.
Amused at her words, Li Shen said laughingly. "Why do you keep saying monster?"
"Well, it just a way saying powerful." She said.
"So, why are trying to find your family? Don't you know where they are? Or are you lost or something?" She asked.
Hearing that, Li Shen fell silent. Taking a breath, he said. "Yes, I'm trying to find my way. I'm lost."
"Don't worry about it, it's very easy to find them. I'll help you." Looking at Li Shen's down expression, she said.
Then, she took out something from her spatial ring.
Whoo..
It was a silver necklace with small container.
She hold the the necklace and showed it to Li Shen. "See this? You just need to put a drop of your blood inside the container and it will show you the direction of where your kins are. And you can also control the closeness of the blood relationship. It is called Blood Tracer. Simple name, but powerful."
However, instead of a happy face or surprised face, Li Shen just smiled and said. "Thank you, but its of no use."
Thinking that he was doubting her, Lianxi said. "You don't believe me? It's all true, you can try it."
"I'm really grateful, but its actually useless to me." He said.
Before she could say another word, he said. "Instead, tell me why are you even carrying that thing?"
"I thought it might come to be useful if I were to lost my way one day." She said.
But, she didn't forget what she was about to ask. "So, tell me why is this useless to you."
Hearing that, Li Shen took out something from his pocket.
Surprisingly, it was exactly the same thing as the one in her hand. Another Blood Tracer.
Seeing that, she said. "So that's why you said that? I thought it was something else."
"Hum... that's why." Li Shen smiled and nodded. He didn't exactly tell her the reason behind why he said that.
Then, he put back the Blood Tracer into his pocket. She also did the same, putting it back to her ring.
For a while, the two sat on the rooftop and just talked about many things. During that, Li Shen also advised her about many things and also encouraged her not to lose hope about her training.
By the time the stopped talking, it was already midnight. And morning was just a few hours away.
So, the two went back to their respective rooms.
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Early morning, they carried out their training as usual.
It was the same for the next few days. Testing Lianxi's growth and fixing things.
By the 5th day, Lianxi's fear was significantly reduced to the point where she started remembering things before she arrived inside the illusion world.
It was at that point that Li Shen decided the carry out the real process of awakening.
However, before that, he need to test one more thing.
If Lianxi could pass that one, she would be ready for the real process. If not, she would have to wait for a long time. By then, she would have already left the Jade River Kingdom.
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On the 6th day, Li Shen and Lianxi stood facing eachother, at the training ground. However, today atmosphere seemed to be somewhat different from previous days.
The real process was about to start.