Yanqing's voice trembled. She was utterly shocked, and kept stumbling backward, so frightened she could barely stay on her feet.
She had never imagined that the one who had come looking for her wasn't Bu Chenggong at all, but Xia Qiuer!
"It's over..." Yanqing murmured, her pupils quivering as boundless fear surged through her heart.
She knew all too well what the consequences would be if the truth about the Imperial Court were exposed in front of Xia Qiuer.
The Emperor Lord would never forgive her!
"Saintess Qiu'er, why did you disguise yourself as Bu Chenggong? Why?!" Yanqing cried, her expression changing completely as panic seized her.
"Yanqing... you... all of you... what kind of people are you, really?"
Xia Qiuer lay in Hua Yunfei's arms, her face deathly pale. Her long eyelashes quivered, and her eyes showed signs of opening.
As she began to open those eyes that had been sealed for so long, the state of mind she had held to for years—a towering mountain—began to crumble amid violent tremors!
Crack!
Her Dao, everything she had believed in, began to fracture and fall to pieces.
The people she had tried so hard to protect were capable of hurting their companions without a second thought.
Suddenly, she felt so lost...
Lost over what she had been pursuing all these years.
"Fairy Xia, you have to stay calm!"
Hua Yunfei hurriedly pressed his index finger to Xia Qiuer's brow. Magic Power surged into her body as he tried to force her to calm down.
At the same time, he held Xia Qiuer's eyes shut, not letting her open them. Once she did, her state of mind would be utterly destroyed.
But no matter how hard he tried, Xia Qiuer's state of mind and Dao continued to crumble. Her faith collapsed,