I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 55

The people who ventured here were basically groups traveling together. As long as one person survived, they could pull all their companions out of the snow and help them restore body temperature.

With a cultivator’s physique, most people buried in the snow for a day or two would not face major problems. Only after exceeding twenty hours would they start suffering from frost-related ailments.

“I just asked. If we head straight for the center, it will take about thirty hours to reach the next inn. The time seems very sufficient,” Yun He said.

“Good. Then let’s continue on our way,” Yun Yu roughly scanned the surrounding snow accumulation. After confirming that all the buried people had been dug out, she withdrew her attention.

After Mo Xiao and the four others left the inn, they noticed a few small tails behind them—about three teams, fourteen people in total, following them.

“Those are the teams that were outside the inn just now,” Mo Xiao looked back and easily recognized them.

“They probably saw how effortlessly we handled the snowstorm and think we’re quite formidable,” Yun Yu speculated. “As long as they don’t actively approach us, let them follow.”

Mo Xiao nodded, but still paid some attention to the teams behind them, simultaneously speeding up her pace slightly.

If they were simply following, Mo Xiao wouldn’t mind. But Mo Xiao felt these people were definitely aiming to latch onto the strong. If they encountered trouble on the road, they would likely seek their help.

She and Zuo Wuyi might ignore them, but Yun He, Qiu Wu, and Eldest Senior Sister were all inherently kind. Given enough time, they would most likely help them.

It wasn’t that Mo Xiao was heartless. If she occasionally encountered someone in distress and they actively sought her help, she would generally assist if possible. But with the people behind them, if they ran into trouble and asked for help, Mo Xiao would feel calculated against, which made her uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Mo Xiao didn’t dwell on it for too long. After all, she had a person on her back. A moment of distraction led to Zuo Wuyi pinching her ear. “What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing much. I just don’t like having people behind me,” Mo Xiao said casually.

Zuo Wuyi raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean by that? You don’t like me being on your back?”

“Huh?” Mo Xiao was startled, then realized her previous statement was ambiguous and quickly re-explained. “I don’t like those cultivators following us. I wasn’t talking about you. I really like carrying you on my back.”

“Oh, those people. Just ignore them,” Zuo Wuyi said, resting her chin on Mo Xiao’s neck. “Why do you like carrying me?”

“Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?” Mo Xiao asked.

“I want to hear both!” Zuo Wuyi insisted.

Mo Xiao chuckled softly. “The lie is: I like you, so I like carrying you and being close to you.”

“And the truth?” Zuo Wuyi was quite dissatisfied and bit Mo Xiao’s ear. Was liking her a lie?

Mo Xiao tilted her head slightly. “The truth is, I really like hearing your heartbeat. This close distance makes me feel very secure.”

Zuo Wuyi was wearing a heavy cloak, but Mo Xiao’s clothes were relatively thin. When Zuo Wuyi lay on her back, her chest was pressed tightly against Mo Xiao’s back.

Coupled with their often synchronized heartbeats, it gave Mo Xiao a feeling as if the two of them had become one.

Heartbeat, Zuo Wuyi immediately quieted down and began to feel it carefully. When she heard their heartbeats begin to synchronize, a smile involuntarily appeared on her lips.

“Alright. Since you’re telling the absolute truth, I forgive you,” After saying that, Zuo Wuyi stopped making a fuss, lying obediently on Mo Xiao’s back, watching her take step after step, and listening to their synchronized thump-thump heartbeats.

Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi walked at the back of the group, while Yun Yu, the Eldest Senior Sister, walked at the very front, with a distance of about ten meters between them.

This distance was not short for ordinary people, but in the eyes of cultivators, it was practically face-to-face. Furthermore, their voices were only slightly lowered and not concealed at all, making it impossible for Yun Yu to pretend she couldn’t hear.

This is nauseatingly mushy! Yun Yu couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy. Such obvious declarations of affection were being thrown around. It was impossible to even misinterpret this feeling as mere sisterly affection!

Yun He’s reactions were always slow. When she first saw Mo Xiao carrying Zuo Wuyi, she simply thought their relationship was close. It wasn’t until she clearly heard their conversation that she fully understood.

“Qiu Wu, what do you think of the relationship between my Senior Sister and Junior Sister?” Yun He leaned toward Qiu Wu and asked conspiratorially.

Qiu Wu looked at Yun He with some confusion. “The relationship between the two Fellow Daoists is naturally very good. They will probably formally become Dao Companions once Fellow Daoist Zuo breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage.”

Yun He blinked. “Qiu Wu, aren’t you surprised at all?” It was embarrassing. She grew up with her Senior Sister and Junior Sister, yet she hadn’t even noticed something so obvious!

“Should I be surprised?” Qiu Wu tilted her head. To her, Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi had been very affectionate from the start, so a Dao Companion relationship was perfectly normal.

Yun He shook her head. “No, no need to be surprised. It’s me being inexperienced.”

As she spoke, Yun He secretly glanced back again. Seeing the two figures that were practically melded into one, she suddenly felt a little envious.

If I had a Dao Companion, I would probably be very happy too, right?

As time passed, Mo Xiao and the group gradually moved closer to the center of the extreme northern region. The surrounding wind slowly increased in intensity, and the temperature dropped little by little.

By the third day, Qiu Wu also started to feel the cold, so she took out thick clothes from her spatial storage and put them on. She also thoughtfully gave an extra piece of clothing to Yun He beside her, lest the Golden Core stage cultivator freeze.

As for Mo Xiao, she was constantly carrying Zuo Wuyi. Both their bodies were mostly covered by the large cloak, so the decreasing temperature had little effect on them.

Oh, no, to be precise, there was still an effect: at the very least, it made the two of them snuggle even closer.