"Disciple-Nephew Yuan?" I furrowed my brow as I looked at the young woman before me. She had a head of flowing hair, a pair of bright eyes, and a melon-seed-shaped face. I had not been mistaken—she was Yuan Muying, Xia Ruize's female disciple. There was also the demon seed I had implanted in the center of her brow, which had already stored quite a substantial amount of demonic energy.
Several years had passed, and the demon seed had been filled with baleful energy to the limit. This perhaps restricted her from continuing to use the Spirit-Absorbing Art, which was why she now looked remarkably well-behaved.
"It really is you! Uncle-Master Xia!" Yuan Muying cried out in surprise. The unexpected reunion had struck her like a thunderbolt, but she quickly forced down her excitement and said, "It is me!"
"Why are you here?" I asked, even though I had already guessed the reason. Still, I could not leave everything unasked. Only what the person involved said could be taken as fact, and it would also serve as a basis for judging her condition.
"I... I was scouting the way for my master and accidentally entered this starfield. Two senior brothers came with me, but they... they wanted to go back on their own, and the black demon soldiers and black beasts killed them..." Yuan Muying said sorrowfully.
My eyes lifted slightly. Yuan Muying was clearly avoiding my gaze, so this sorrow of hers could not have been all that genuine. Since she was Xia Ruize's disciple, she ought to possess some of Xia Ruize's cunning!
Moreover, the facts proved that she was no ordinary young girl. At the very least, her intelligence could overwhelm that of many people her age.
Looking back, she had come to ask me to implant a