Xiao Yan could not help bursting into laughter at Xun'er's sudden complaint. With her intelligence, she had probably figured out what was going on with Little Scale long ago. After all, he had only been gone for about half a year. Even if he had wanted to have a child with Qing Lin, there simply had not been enough time.
"Don't worry. Qing Lin told me she'd wait until you had a child before considering it herself."
A flash of delight crossed Xun'er's eyes, but she quickly hid it from Xiao Yan. If she started preparing to have a child the moment he mentioned it, that would be far too embarrassing.
"All right, all right, Brother Xiao Yan, I'll stop teasing you. Do you know what this milky-white mist is?"
Xiao Yan shook his head honestly. "I'm not sure. I can tell the mist creates illusions, and if I'm right, the one behind it is most likely the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame!"
"Brother Xiao Yan really is clever. This mist is called Nightmare Sky Mist. Legend says it was an extremely powerful Dou Technique used by the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint."
"The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint once used Nightmare Sky Mist to make over a million people in a city live inside an illusion for centuries. Only when the mist dispersed did they discover that those hundred years had been nothing more than a dream beneath the southern bough."
Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised. "So that's how it is. The ability originally belonged to the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint, but it seems the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame learned it too?"
"Most likely. When the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame appeared a thousand years ago, it couldn't do this yet. But it's no ordinary flame. It has developed a flame spirit, so