That was the supreme powerhouse of the Cultivation World!
Fu Chaoqing's face turned grave. "Junior Sister, since you're already here, why not cultivate with us?"
Li Zi pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds from who knew where. "Thanks for the invitation, but I'm heading back."
She took one step backward. It was only a simple step, yet the space beneath her feet rippled like the surface of a lake, and she vanished before their eyes.
With that done, she returned to the Sect's dungeon.
She crouched outside the stone chamber and studied Fu Ruolan, who lay on the stone bed.
Only after a long while did Fu Ruolan sense someone at the doorway. She turned her head and saw the person she hated to the bone.
A scarlet gleam rose in her eyes, and she shot upright.
Chains rattled with her movement.
"What are you going to do now? You're the greatest scourge in the Cultivation World!"
Li Zi smiled radiantly. "I wanted to see how many strange ideas Si Le has planted in your head. Did he tell you that you're the most important person in the world to him, that he can't bear to see you hurt, things like that?"
At those words, Fu Ruolan's pupils trembled, and a faint blush seemed to rise on her deathly pale face.
Then something seemed to occur to her. The blush vanished, leaving her eyes full of loathing.
"You demoness! You really do know everything!"
Li Zi's eyes were wide, clear, and bright, as though she could not sense Fu Ruolan's hatred at all.
"What else did Si Le tell you to do?"
Fu Ruolan's gaze grew unfocused. Her reason was locked in a battle between heaven and man against another force.
She wrapped her arms tightly around herself, struggling