An hour later, Qin Fengming returned to Lingxi Mansion. By then, Ling Yi had already woken up. After searching the entire cavern without finding Qin Fengming anywhere, she could not conceal the anxiety on her face.
Ling Yi felt an inexplicable attachment to Qin Fengming.
Naturally, Ling Yi did not know why the old woman had failed to capture her. Even less did she know that the old woman had already fled, gravely wounded.
After patrolling outside the cavern, Ling Yi did not dare enter that layer of thin mist.
Sitting cross-legged before the statue, Ling Yi's eyes flickered with confusion and anxiety, and she could not calm her mind.
"Ah, Elder Qin, it's wonderful that you're safe. You had Ling Yi worried sick. But where did that vicious-faced old man and the old woman go?" Hearing faint footsteps coming from the cavern, Ling Yi instantly became highly alert. She sprang to her feet, and when Qin Fengming suddenly appeared from the cavern passage, delight bloomed across her face.
"Princess Lingyi has awakened. That's good. Those two have already been killed by me. There shouldn't be any more dangerous or evil people here. You can resume awakening your soul, Princess."
Qin Fengming already knew that Ling Yi had regained consciousness before he even entered the cavern, so he spoke without the slightest surprise.
As for the old woman and the An siblings, he had killed them outright.
Through soul-searching, he had learned that only those five elders had been involved in Shi Chang and the old woman's affairs. The other elders of the divine hall had not participated in what had been done to the Holy Maiden. With the mastermind already executed, Ling Yi was naturally safe.
"What? Elder Qin, you killed the old woman too? How is that possible?