"I'm afraid our Origins are not what you need, Senior Brother. They are what that 'Devouring Heaven Woman' needs, aren't they?"
The moment those words were spoken, the entire cliff summit fell silent.
Tan Lin looked at her. He neither denied nor admitted it, remaining silent.
After a long while, that silence was no different from an admission.
The desolation in Chi Xuan's eyes deepened. She tugged at the corner of her lips, revealing a smile uglier than tears.
"Does Senior Brother know that, back then, that woman forcibly performed a Soul Search on me? The pain and humiliation of having my Immortal Platform Primordial Spirit's Sea of Consciousness brutally rifled through by an outside force, with every memory and private secret wantonly examined?
"I have no power to avenge such hatred and enmity, but I have never forgotten it!
"Although Senior Brother once treated my injuries that day, and I endured it for your sake, how could such hatred possibly be cast aside so easily?"
As she spoke, her voice gradually rose, carrying the grievance and fury she had suppressed for centuries.
"And now, Senior Brother, you want me to damage my Origin for her? To aid her Great Dao?"
Thump...
At that, she abruptly rose to her feet. Her delicate body trembled slightly from agitation, tears welling in her eyes, yet she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
"Isn't this ridiculous?!
"Is this what I, Chi Xuan, am in your heart? Someone so cheap that, for a mere scrap of Divine Medicine, I can discard my former dignity and hatred to 'aid the enemy'?!"
"Xuan'er!"
Before she had finished speaking, Chi Yao gave a low shout from beside her, trying to steady her younger sister's emotions.
But Chi Xuan seemed determined to cast everything aside.
She had been