After giving it some thought, Jiang Lan lightly shook his sleeve, and a crystal-clear Moon Bright Pearl suddenly appeared in his palm.
Its soft yet bright radiance spread outward, illuminating a thirty-meter radius around him.
"Young Master Jiang?"
Xiao Yingyue's voice came from not far away.
Perhaps it was Jiang Lan's imagination, but her voice seemed to be trembling ever so slightly...
She had been bold enough to follow him down here, yet she was actually afraid?
Or was she deliberately trying to confuse him?
"I'm here," Jiang Lan replied.
After a moment's thought, he sat down cross-legged and circulated his mana. He spat out a mouthful of blood, which trickled from the corner of his lips and stained his lapel, making his complexion appear even paler.
His white robes, already stained with blood, now looked all the more bewitching.
Jiang Lan naturally could not trust Xiao Yingyue, so he intended to test her.
The fact that Xiao Yingyue had left herself a contingency while treating Lin Fan was enough to show how meticulous and cautious she was.
After witnessing his strength with her own eyes, she had still dared to follow him down. It was hard to say whether she harbored other intentions.
If she proved trustworthy, Jiang Lan naturally would not do anything to her. At most, he would place a restriction on her or have her swear a heart demon oath.
Otherwise, he would never allow someone he could not trust to know his current secrets.
Hearing his response from the distance, Xiao Yingyue's tense emotions eased slightly, and the heart hanging in her throat finally settled.
In truth, she could not see clearly whether it really was Jiang Lan over there.
The poisonous miasma was too deep and dense. She could only vaguely make out a