"No!" Xiao Yan's eyes burned as he looked at Xiao Yi Xian. "Don't forget that when you were with the Han Family, you saved just as many people!"
"I believe that whether it was your parents or the elders of the Chuyun Empire, they would absolutely want you to keep living well!"
Xiao Yan tightly held Xiao Yi Xian's hands. "Don't drown yourself in guilt. I promised that once everything settled down, I would marry you. Then you would be my wife. No matter how grave you think your sins are, count me in as well. You are not alone!"
"If you think you have hurt too many people, then we will travel across the entire continent from now on. I'll accompany you and save everyone who needs help! Until you can truly lay down the burden in your heart, I will help you bear all of this!" Xiao Yan spoke with mounting emotion. Before he realized it, he had risen from the fox-fur chair, tightly clasping Xiao Yi Xian's hands as he stared intensely at her.
Xiao Yi Xian's shattered heart was moved by Xiao Yan's words. She stared blankly at him. "But after meeting me, you encountered the Soul Hall, and you nearly never woke up again..."
That night at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yi Xian had already bravely taken that step and poured all her feelings out to Xiao Yan. Yet immediately afterward came Tang Qiying's assassination attempt and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's siege. If Xun Er had not arrived in time, Xiao Yan truly might have perished on the spot. The scene had struck Xiao Yi Xian as though she had been given a ray of hope, only for it to be cruelly taken away again. When she saw Xiao Yan lying weakly in Xun Er's