He could neither understand Tianxin Yunlan's purpose in coming nor discern Nuwa's stance.
By rights, Nuwa should have favored him and harbored little ill will. Yet now she let Tianxin Yunlan do as she pleased, questioning and threatening him. Was Nuwa not curious or puzzled? Xiao Ying was not surprised that Tianxin Yunlan had sensed his relationship with Xiao Wuxian through her natal essence. But despite Nuwa's high cultivation, she should not have known; otherwise, the Heavenly Heart Sect's other Immortal Emperors would have known as well!
Unable to figure it out, Xiao Ying simply stopped trying. He looked calmly at Tianxin Yunlan and asked bluntly, "After all that talk, what exactly do you want, Yunlan Fairy? Just say it! I dislike beating around the bush and wasting time!"
"Heehee..."
Tianxin Yunlan lifted her exquisitely beautiful, holy face and cast Xiao Ying a smug sidelong glance. With a girlish laugh, she said, "Beg me! If you make me happy enough, perhaps I'll leave an opening in the net for you. I might even turn a blind eye. Otherwise... hmph! Hmph!"
"..."
With a strange look in his eyes, Xiao Ying studied Tianxin Yunlan, who looked as pleased as though she had avenged a great wrong, then turned thoughtfully toward Nuwa.
Nuwa continued watching them with a faint smile, showing no reaction at all. A trace of puzzlement rose in her beautiful eyes, but she neither asked nor interrupted. Xiao Ying began to understand.
He remembered Tianxin Yunlan saying that she was a special existence born in response to destiny: she was the Heavenly Heart Dao Canon, and the Heavenly Heart Dao Canon was her. That was why she could become Heavenheart Island's holy maiden. Put plainly, Tianxin Yunlan was an existence similar to Linglong, the artifact spirit of the Ten-Thousand