Phoenix Flame Maiden stood. "Grand Elder, I'll go arrange the tribe's affairs."
Yan Pojun nodded. Phoenix Flame Maiden walked toward the door, then stopped beside Spirit Flame Maiden and said quietly, "Take good care of Young Master Xiao."
Spirit Flame Maiden nodded, and Phoenix Flame Maiden quickly left.
"Young Master Xiao, this old man won't see you out." Yan Pojun leaned against the chair back and closed his eyes. Xiao Yun turned and walked out of the Council Hall, with Spirit Flame Maiden following behind him.
After the two of them had walked for a while, Spirit Flame Maiden suddenly spoke. "Lord Xiao Yun, do you think we can win?"
Xiao Yun did not answer. "Spirit Flame Maiden, why didn't you want to become the Saintess back then?"
Spirit Flame Maiden froze for a moment. "Because... I didn't want to be bound. If I became the Saintess, I'd have to stay in the tribe and couldn't go out. I wanted to see the outside world. I didn't want to be trapped here my whole life."
"And now?"
"It's the same now. It's just that now, I have one more thought."
"What thought?"
Spirit Flame Maiden lowered her head and looked at the tips of her shoes. "I want to follow you and see how far you can go. The road senior Xiao walked—I want to try walking it too."
Xiao Yun said nothing. The two stopped in front of the Bamboo Building. Spirit Flame Maiden pushed open the door and entered the courtyard, then stood beneath the pomegranate tree and reached out to touch the green pomegranate on one of its branches. "Teacher Xiao, tell me, why does that Evil Spirit Master want to kill people?"
"I don't know. But since he's an Evil Spirit Master, killing naturally doesn't need