Lin Yi weighed his options while preparing for the worst.
If this girl wanted to silence him...
Then he would have no choice but to pull out the Sun God Spear and fight her head-on.
He slightly spread open his left hand, then spoke slowly after a moment. "If you have something to say, why not just say it?"
Qian Renxue looked at him for a long while, then suddenly let out a soft sigh.
"You're right. I should be straightforward."
She turned around and walked a few steps toward the traces of battle, speaking with her back to Lin Yi. "Xue Qinghe is already dead."
She said it quietly, so quietly that it seemed she was only speaking to herself.
Lin Yi raised his eyes to look at her, but did not interrupt.
Qian Renxue paused, turned back around, and continued, "From this day onward, there is no longer anyone named Xue Qinghe in this world. All that remains is the Spirit Hall Saintess, Qian Renxue."
Lin Yi's pupils contracted slightly.
[This girl...]
[Wasn't that the same as completely tearing away the last veil?]
[She hadn't explicitly said that she was Xue Qinghe and Xue Qinghe was her, but at this point, there was no need to say it outright.]
[She hadn't come to test me, nor had she come to silence me. She had come to lay everything on the table?]
Lin Yi opened his mouth, but for a moment, he had no idea what to say.
Yet when Qian Renxue saw his expression, she smiled again. "What? Surprised?"
[I really am surprised.]
[I thought you would keep testing me, or simply choose not to say it outright.]
Lin Yi fell silent for a moment, slowly withdrew his left hand, and looked up at her. "When did you