"Big Sister!"
Just as Xiao Qing was anxiously looking around in front of the courtyard, her sister's figure appeared on the path in the distance.
Xiao Qing's eyes lit up. She breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over.
"Big Sister, you scared Xiao Qing to death. What would Xiao Qing do if something happened to you?"
Xiao Qing looked as though she was about to cry.
It wasn't that she hadn't gone looking for her sister.
But Bai Ruxue's cultivation was higher than Xiao Qing's. Even though Bai Ruxue had lost her memories, some of the Demon Race's inherited abilities remained. Concealing one's form and aura was one of the Snake Race's Innate Spiritual Powers.
So after Bai Ruxue concealed her form and aura, Xiao Qing couldn't find her at all.
"Xiao Qing." Bai Ruxue raised her head, and a thin veil of mist clouded her clear black-and-white eyes. "How many years have I been asleep?"
"Huh?" Xiao Qing stared blankly into her sister's eyes. Only then did she notice that the confusion in them was gone. "Big Sister, could it be that you've..."
"I remember everything." Tears began to slide from the corners of Bai Ruxue's eyes.
Bai Ruxue reached out and gripped her younger sister's wrist tightly. "Xiao Qing, just how long have I been asleep? Tell me."
Xiao Qing lowered her head, her eyes filled with dejection.
"Forty-eight years."
After a long while, Xiao Qing's voice reached Bai Ruxue's ears.
"Big Sister, you've been asleep for forty-eight years."
"Forty-eight years." Bai Ruxue took two steps back, her eyes full of astonishment.
She knew what forty-eight years meant for an ordinary person.
"Has Xiao Mo already..." Bai Ruxue stared blankly at her younger sister.
"No, he hasn't." Xiao Qing hurriedly shook her head. "Big Sister, Brother Xiao