Jian Ruohan stood to the side, watching Lin Bai and Pei Ji fight to the death.
At once, Jian Ruohan drew the Startling Dream Sword from her Storage Bag. With a flourish of the blade and a ruthless look on her face, she thrust her sword fiercely at Lin Bai.
The sword strike was vicious and deadly, powerful beyond compare!
"Lin Bai, prepare to die!"
"Telepathic Sword Formation!"
Jian Ruohan roared.
Lin Bai looked up at Jian Ruohan, and his face immediately lit up with joy.
"Good timing."
Lin Bai let out a cold laugh and shot upward with his sword.
The Startling Dream Sword and the Azure Song Sword collided once in midair.
At that instant, Lin Bai sensed a trace of sorrow in his mind...
Sorrow?
A faint feeling of grief surfaced in Lin Bai's heart?
But this feeling had not come from Lin Bai. It had come from Jian Ruohan!
"Lin Bai, what exactly happened?"
Jian Ruohan continuously clashed swords with Lin Bai, but in her heart, she was questioning him.
With the Telepathic Sword Formation intervening, Lin Bai and Jian Ruohan's hearts and minds were connected. They could converse easily within their thoughts.
"I sensed your sorrow, your grief... Did my words just now hurt you?" Lin Bai said inwardly, somewhat ashamed and full of self-reproach.
"No."
Jian Ruohan shook her head.
Lin Bai said guiltily, "I'm sorry, Ruohan. I'm truly sorry. I didn't want to hurt you, but I really had no choice."
"I had to say those things to you, or I could never gain the Five Venoms Sect Leader's trust!"
"I truly had no choice at the time."
"This matter caught me completely off guard and left me no room to think."
Lin Bai spoke inwardly, overwhelmed by pain.
Hearing Lin Bai's apology,