A tooth for a tooth

"What a shame," Yao Fei said regretfully.

"All right, wake up, everyone. Creating that illusion wore me out," I Ching said. Everyone present felt their consciousness spin before returning to their own bodies.

"Was that really an illusion?" Roland asked uncertainly. "Wasn't it a little too real?"

It wasn't as though he had never experienced an illusion before, but this one had felt completely different.

I Ching didn't answer him. Instead, he handed Raven a white hair.

"What is this?" Raven asked in confusion.

"A trace of pure yang power. It might come in handy someday," I Ching told Raven. "Plotting against your father caused you trouble. Consider this my apology."

"Oh..." Raven sensed a strange power in the hair. Carefully, she threaded it through her diamond-shaped pendant and hung it around her neck.

"Is K'nan all right now?" The woman who had helped Yao Fei maintain order at the airport came over.

"He's fine," Yao Fei said. "He just went through a trial—and nearly drove me up the wall."

"...Huh? His trial made you angry?"

"Don't ask..." Yao Fei shook his head. "Let me introduce you. These two are—what were your names again?"

"Roland."

"Rachel Roth."

"Hello, I'm Xiao Qing." Xiao Qing offered the two of them her hand.

I was wondering why A Thousand Years of Waiting suddenly started playing in my head when I saw her. So she really is from the Legend of the White Snake, Roland thought as he shook Xiao Qing's hand.

"I didn't expect you to deal with Trigon just like that. I was already prepared to use my true form against him," Xiao Qing said.

"When was the last time you revealed your true form?" Yao Fei asked curiously.

"Hmm... Do you know who sealed me away?"

"Of course. Fahai."

"Then why