"If that weren't so, why would I be here?" Su Shi'er smiled calmly.
Li Piaoyue hurriedly asked, "Didn't you come to Bai Zhang Market for the auction because of Fellow Daoist Ye Qingxue's Nascent Soul, Senior Brother Su?"
"Fellow Daoist Yin, you, and Martial Sister Miaoyin all disappeared because of Bi Yun Xuan. And the Duobao Merchant Guild is where Bi Yun Xuan sends most of the Nascent Soul Cultivators and cultivators' Nascent Souls it abducts. I came to the auction to save Fellow Daoist Yin's Nascent Soul, yes, but finding clues to your whereabouts and Martial Sister Miaoyin's was just as important."
Su Shi'er continued speaking. That was the truth, and he made no attempt to hide his purpose in coming.
Meeting Su Shi'er's gaze, Li Piaoyue could clearly see the sincerity in his eyes.
They had been on good terms back in Muyun Prefecture.
After she was abducted by the people of Heavenly Capital, she had imagined countless times, through the darkness and despair, that someone would come to save her one day.
But whenever she remembered that she was in the Immortal Cultivation Holy Land, separated from her homeland by an endless starry sky, she had not dared to hope.
Now, as a cultivator of Xuan Nu Tower, she was safe.
Yet hearing that Su Shi'er had come here partly for her still filled her with emotion.
However small a part she had played in his decision, knowing someone remembered her made this unfamiliar place feel less lonely.
"Thank you for thinking of me, Senior Brother Su! No wonder... no wonder Fellow Daoist Miaoyin said back then that no matter how many years passed, someone would surely come to save us."
"Only today do I know she was right!"
Li Piaoyue smiled, tears glimmering deep in her