"What are you looking at?" Mei Chengyu replied casually, but he didn't look away.
Yu Sui walked over and crouched beside the corpse of Ji Shuyan, who had been brought back. His body had shriveled up like a mummy, only even thinner, as if his bones, flesh, and blood had all been ground together and pasted into a sheet of paper. His face was still just barely recognizable.
It was the first time she had seen a living person drained of vitality and turned into a talisman. And Ji Shuyan had been closely involved with Lady Su, not to mention that he had been ordered to kill her.
Yu Sui was examining him closely.
The room fell quiet for a moment.
Mei Chengyu looked away and went to find his Junior Martial Sister. Only when he reached her did he see Yu Sui cupping her chin in both hands, gazing intently at the Human Skin Talisman.
The Ghost Dao School's talismans killed people in a rather chilling fashion. Their appearance was bizarre and twisted; most people would feel a chill creep into their hearts after looking at one for too long.
Mei Chengyu leaned against the table and looked down at Yu Sui. "You've been staring at him for ages, and you aren't scared at all."
Yu Sui looked up at him blankly. "Why should I be scared?"
Mei Chengyu had a lot of thoughts running through his mind. For instance, You're the Delicate Young Princess. Your innocent, harmless appearance is so deceptive. Every time I look at you, you seem so delicate and weak, as if you can only think of beautiful things, completely at odds with this world soaked in blood and fire. But in the end, he only said, "As long as you aren't scared."
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