"Go find out who else is coming, and how many people from the Three Great Families in Ancient Ye City will attend. What, are you coming along too?"
Bai Feifei's heartbeat remained steady, and her expression was just as calm. No one could have spotted the slightest clue.
Qin Jiuge said nothing at first, but his answer soon came.
"You may go.
"But let me offer you a word of advice. Don't try any little tricks, or you'll end up making an ugly fool of yourself."
Qin Jiuge said nothing about killing her. Bai Feifei knew perfectly well that he would not kill her before he had wrung every last bit of use from her.
Repeating empty threats would only make them less effective.
"I understand."
Bai Feifei's cool voice sounded once more.
Bang.
She shut the private room's door and went out to move about freely.
Qin Jiuge went out as well.
Away from Qin Jiuge, Bai Feifei felt a lightness she had never known, as though she had come back to life in an instant.
But...
The Blood Curse Art still lodged within her, clinging like a disease sunk deep into the bone.
The slightest touch would send pain worse than death through her entire body, every limb, every bone, every inch of her, filling her with unprecedented unease.
Where on earth did this old devil come from?
Ever since I returned to this era, I haven't shown the slightest sign that anything was unusual. Even at White Bone Abbey, I managed to deceive someone like Qin Jiuge. Could this old devil know some form of the Heavenly Secrets Divination Art?
Bai Feifei could not make sense of it.
How was I exposed? She had been cautious enough on the way to the Three Kings Secret Realm, or