Bi Ji's sudden appearance made Ya Li frown slightly.
She had never expected to see this woman, whose bearing was so remarkably like her own, again inside the Spirit Pagoda.
If Leng Yaozhu had not looked just as puzzled, Ya Li might have suspected that Leng Yaozhu had deliberately found a stand-in modeled after her.
"Little Leng, is she with the Spirit Pagoda?"
Ya Li turned to Leng Yaozhu.
"That's Ran Qing, and the woman beside her is Zi Yun. They're both from Gu Yue's clan!"
"For various reasons, they're staying at the Spirit Pagoda for now."
Leng Yaozhu introduced Bi Ji and Zi JI to Ya Li without betraying anything in her expression.
Of course, Leng Yaozhu did not tell Ya Li that Bi Ji and Zi JI were helping the Spirit Pagoda research Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits.
After hearing the introductions, Ya Li narrowed her eyes slightly. Wariness and scrutiny entered her gaze as she looked at Bi Ji.
A woman's sixth sense told her that this Ran Qing would be her greatest rival.
While Ya Li studied Bi Ji, Bi Ji was studying her in turn.
She and Zi JI had only been passing by, but before they had gone far, they heard this explosive news.
Bi Ji did not know how Ya Li had persuaded Su Mo, but the thought that Su Mo might one day call Ya Li "Mom" made her feel sick.
She had been there first. She had raised Su Mo with her own hands.
Yet even she had never heard Su Mo call her "Mom." What right did Ya Li, a latecomer, have?
The instant their gazes met in midair, the temperature around them seemed to plunge several degrees.
They stared at each other, neither willing to look away first.
After all, looking