"Couldn't enjoy her??"
Li Tianming nearly coughed up blood. "What do you mean? She turned into a man?"
"A man wouldn't necessarily be a problem..." Yinghuo coughed.
"No."
Wu You looked weighed down. She even avoided Li Tianming's gaze.
"Then what happened to her? Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me."
Since Wu You still had the heart to joke, Li Tianming figured it couldn't be too serious. He relaxed a little.
"She's dead."
Wu You lowered her head, her voice trembling.
"What?"
Li Tianming's mind went blank. He stood there stunned for a long moment.
He must have heard wrong!
Hadn't they just been talking about the seventh astral organ?
How had the conversation suddenly jumped to death?
"Stop joking! It isn't funny." Li Tianming's expression was grave.
"I'm not joking! It's true! She's gone!" Wu You suddenly roared at him, the force of her voice driving him back several steps.
"Wu You! Don't start acting crazy!" Li Tianming's face changed completely. He lunged forward, seized the Primordial Evil Demon's horn, and stared into her scarlet eyes. "If the two of you have a problem, find a way to settle it. Don't joke about life and death. It's childish."
"Li Tianming..." Wu You's eyes quivered, and her voice finally broke with grief. She silently pointed behind her. "If you don't believe me, go look. Her remains are still there."
Her expression, her words—they struck Li Tianming like five thunderbolts at once!
His head felt ready to split open, filled with images of Lin Xiaoxiao as she had been. She had left during their time on Ebonia, and only Myriadpath Valley and the Upper Star Ruins lay between then and now. How could she be gone?
There was too much Li Tianming couldn't believe!
Hadn't she been fine when