I didn't expect...
Things had unfolded far more interestingly than Xiao Xiao had anticipated.
"Your aura?"
Xiao Xiao confirmed, "Only your aura?"
If Plum Blossom Woman's aura was only one of them, then it was understandable that the other party had come into contact with her.
Perhaps they were even an "acquaintance" of Plum Blossom Woman.
But if it was only... Plum Blossom Woman's aura...
Then that was strange.
"It's my aura..."
Plum Blossom Woman murmured.
"I didn't even notice it right away..."
"That's because the aura has been tainted."
"Something unpleasant has mixed into it..."
"Something unpleasant?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"Lord Xiao Xiao, where did you find it?"
Plum Blossom Woman looked up at Xiao Xiao.
"It's a bit of a long story."
Xiao Xiao smiled faintly.
He slowly recounted how Zhuge Yun had smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms, how they had followed the scent, and how they had eventually found the little plum tree in the old man's courtyard.
As Xiao Xiao spoke, a thoughtful expression gradually appeared on Plum Blossom Woman's face.
It was only after Xiao Xiao had fallen silent for several seconds that she came back to herself.
"I'm sorry."
Plum Blossom Woman lowered her head slightly.
She had been distracted.
Xiao Xiao shook his head.
"You realized something, didn't you?"
"Mm."
Plum Blossom Woman nodded.
"That branch should have been part of my former body."
Xiao Xiao's eyes widened for a moment.
"Part of your former body?"
"Yes."
After her initial surprise, the complicated look on Plum Blossom Woman's face gradually gave way to her usual cool detachment.
"When you found me, Lord Xiao Xiao, I had only one branch left."
"I thought the rest had shattered and vanished in the