Yun Qianxue walked up to Ye Kong and said, "Young master, let me take this young lady."
"All right."
Ye Kong nodded, then lifted Ye Qingci and handed her to Yun Qianxue.
Holding Ye Qingci, Yun Qianxue walked toward the Glazed House. As she reached the entrance, its doors opened on their own, then closed immediately behind her.
Fang Chen and the others watched the shut doors and waited quietly outside.
Half an hour later, the doors opened, and Yun Qianxue's voice came from within. "Everyone, come in! I'm finished!"
Fang Chen's eyes brightened, and he went straight inside.
The Glazed House was far more spacious inside than it appeared. Ye Qingci lay on a Jade Bed beneath a soft Silk Quilt. Her long, smooth black hair spilled across the pillow, her cheeks were rosy, and her eyes rested gently shut. She had a beauty all her own.
Seeing her like that, Fang Chen bowed slightly to Yun Qianxue. "Elder Qianxue, thank you."
Yun Qianxue smiled faintly. "No need for thanks. What happened to her eyes?"
Fang Chen frowned. "Someone gouged them out."
"Gouged them out?"
Yun Qianxue froze. Anger flashed in her eyes. "Who could be so cruel?"
"People from her own lineage," Fang Chen said.
"Her own lineage?"
Yun Qianxue grew angrier still. She had never imagined that members of a lineage could do something so vicious to one of their own.
Fang Chen nodded. "Her name is Ye Qingci. She's from the Ye Family of Youzhou, and it was the Ye Family who gouged out her eyes."
Fang Chen did not hide Ye Qingci's identity. He trusted Yun Qianxue, a descendant of Great Emperor Glazed Glass and a core member of the Glazed Sword Sect. But he did not reveal too much; there was no need.
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