Its muttering made A Xuan pause. He couldn't help asking softly, "Did Master used to act like this?"
Dragon Sable tilted its head and thought for a moment before shaking it. "I don't think so. But Xiao Lian and I haven't spent that much time together. This time, we only got mixed up with each other because the master wasn't around."
A Xuan couldn't help laughing. "Do you even know what 'got mixed up' means?"
Dragon Sable gave a soft snort and nodded. "Of course! It just means two people are always hanging around together. Don't think I don't know your human expressions just because I haven't spent long among you!"
A Xuan shrugged with a helpless smile and said nothing more.
He glanced toward the room, an indescribable unease stirring in his heart.
But soon, he shook his head decisively and thought, With Master's immense strength, what could possibly happen to him? Maybe I should be more worried about Big Brother instead!
The man and the sable seemed to have the same thought. They exchanged a silent glance, then turned and left.
Inside the room, Xiao Lian sat cross-legged, floating in the air. Pale golden light enveloped his entire body as he seemed to be adjusting his breathing.
His face was slightly pale, revealing that his injuries had yet to heal completely.
The storm Bi Fan had encountered in the Star Cloud River's space that day had been terrifying. Even with only a tenuous link through the Natal Scale, Xiao Lian had keenly felt that naked threat of death.
If he hadn't intervened, Bi Fan would have died there. Then all his master's painstaking efforts—and all the work Xiao Lian himself had done—would have been for nothing.
He couldn't bear to let that happen, so he had used the