Qiao Ranran clicked her tongue and said coldly, "Xiang Rongxi, are you really that stupid, or are you pretending? You know Demon Glow Forest is full of danger and more unstable than ever, yet you still want to venture deep inside alone? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were risking your life for Jiang Miaomiao out of noble loyalty. Anyone who did would think you were an idiot..."
Wei Huai: Hey, don't you have that backward?
Once Qiao Ranran started, even she was alarmed by what Xiang Rongxi was doing. "If you're lucky, you'll find the Tranquility Flower and bring it back. If you're not, you'll lose your own life in there!"
Xiang Rongxi had barely begun to say, "But—" when Yu Mingxuan snorted beside him. "Cultivators fight Heaven itself for their lives. If we retreat whenever we face danger, how will we ever see a wider world? How can someone as timid as a mouse attain the Great Dao?"
Qiao Ranran was amused. Rather than argue, she merely watched Yu Mingxuan with a deepening smile. Yu Mingxuan's expression abruptly changed. Her eyes darted about, then flashed with regret at some thought. Fuming, she stepped aside.
See? Yu Mingxuan understood her own role perfectly. Qiao Ranran did not need to say a word; Yu Mingxuan had filled in what she meant herself. The barbs Qiao Ranran had aimed at her years ago had left a huge shadow over her. Not long ago, when she advanced to Nascent Soul, a Heart Demon had even appeared, frightening her badly.
Yu Mingxuan herself could not understand it. Apart from a few verbal clashes over their differing views, she and Qiao Ranran had barely crossed paths. How had Qiao Ranran become her Heart Demon?
She had forgotten that she had started those