The moment she heard that voice, Xiao Yi Xian felt all the strength drain from her body. She only wanted to collapse into the embrace behind her and forget everything else.
"Xiao Yi Xian!" The one who had come was Xiao Yan. Yet even he had not expected her injuries to be this severe. Her external wounds were secondary; during the earlier battle, much hidden force had entered her body, and there had been no time to expel it. Her body was already a complete mess, while the auras of Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring continued to ravage her from within.
Moreover, without suppression, the Woeful Poison Body had erupted inside Xiao Yi Xian once more and was about to spiral out of control. Although Xiao Yan could use the Heavenly Flames to suppress it now, Xiao Yi Xian was far too weak to endure the violent power of the Heavenly Flames within her body.
Fortunately, after Xiao Yan arrived, Xiao Yi Xian no longer intended to abandon herself and make a desperate final stand. She had held firmly onto the last shred of her consciousness and had not fallen under the control of the Woeful Poison Body again. Xiao Yan used the gentlest method possible to control the Heavenly Flames and help her hold it back temporarily. In the current situation, he had no time to help her eradicate it completely.
Xiao Yan held Xiao Yi Xian with one arm, his heart aching as he looked at her heavily injured state. "Why didn't you leave?"
Xiao Yi Xian only had enough strength left to control her own body. She simply curled into Xiao Yan's embrace, feeling his powerful heartbeat at close range, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "You said you liked