Host, Si Le Sneaked Away

Li Zi closed her hand around her sword hilt without betraying a thing, killing intent surging in her chest.

"Woman, were you the one who saved me?"

Si Le's face was deathly pale. His body was almost transparent, swaying gently in the air.

He looked so perfect he was almost unearthly, yet there was a captivating fragility about him.

His gaze settled on Li Zi. Then he flashed a wild, imperious smile. "Oh? So the one who saved me was a little girl."

Li Zi took a deep breath and forced down her soaring blood pressure.

"It's getting late. Go back into the hairpin and sleep."

Si Le's lips curved slightly, his gaze lingering on her. When he looked at her so intently, it was as though she were the only woman in his world.

"Do you have any more of that fruit? I'm hungry."

His voice sounded faintly aggrieved.

Li Zi turned her palm over, produced a Glazed Fruit, and tossed it straight at Si Le's face.

The Glazed Fruit passed through his phantomlike figure and fell to the ground.

Si Le looked at her reproachfully. "Girl, why are you so afraid of me? Why won't you come closer and hand it to me?"

As Si Le's soul turned to pick up the Glazed Fruit, Li Zi seized her chance to strike from behind. She brought out the Magical Treasure the Fourth Elder had given her specifically to subdue souls and knocked him unconscious.

Si Le's soul slipped feebly back into the hairpin and fell silent.

Only then did Li Zi breathe a sigh of relief.

"System, is there something wrong with Si Le's head? He actually thinks I saved his life."

The System sounded helpless. "You were the first person he saw when he woke up. Of course