Seeing that the old woman had no intention of letting her meet the candidate, Xu Zhi spoke again. "I brought the person back for you, didn't I? Don't be so stingy."
"If you won't let me see him, I can destroy the heart you want anytime."
As she spoke, she lightly placed one hand on Yu Shenwei's shoulder.
Yu Shenwei's entire body stiffened, and she froze in place. To others, it looked like fear and tension after being threatened, but only Yu Shenwei herself knew that she was not all that afraid. What surprised her more was that she did not feel much disgust toward what Xu Zhi was doing.
Even the hand resting on her shoulder did not feel threatening. Instead, it gave her a faint, inexplicable sense of closeness.
That made Yu Shenwei uneasy.
As an Acolyte, the old woman clearly knew more than the other Fanatics and was more rational. She knew that trying to bargain with Xu Zhi from this distance, betting on whether she could save Yu Shenwei, carried too much risk.
Yu Shenwei was an exceptionally precious Saintess. Nothing could happen to her.
"Fine." The woman temporarily compromised. Perhaps this would also be an opportunity. Once Yu Shenwei left that girl's side, she would immediately have someone rescue the Saintess.
"Go bring A-Lin here." She turned and ordered the believer beside her. Before long, a man around forty arrived with that believer.
Xu Zhi examined the man with the [Eye of Secrets]. The red flame inside him was indeed brighter than Huo Ze's. Beyond that, Xu Zhi discovered that a thread extended from the flame around the man's heart, spreading toward his collarbone.
What was that?
Her instincts told Xu Zhi that this might be why he had been chosen while Huo Ze had