"What is wrong, Princess Ximing?" Master Yuantong asked.
He knew Xia Wanwan must have discovered something.
Xia Wanwan blinked. "I only saw... yellow earth... towering mountains... stones..."
That has to be Sun Wukong, right?
Haha, you stinking monkey, I've caught you!
"And a seal..." she continued, blinking.
Master Yuantong's expression changed drastically. "You mean you saw earth and mountains in his sea of consciousness? And a sealed stone?"
Xia Wanwan nodded.
Master Yuantong turned deathly pale. Suddenly, he dropped to his knees before Xia Wanwan with a thud.
"Princess Ximing, this person must not be killed by an evil spirit! You must save him!"
This turn of events.
Left everyone utterly dumbfounded.
Master Yuantong had actually knelt before Xia Wanwan!
Before this, he had only ever knelt before the sovereign. Even the sovereign could not bear receiving a bow from an enlightened monk and had his hair scorched by white lightning on the spot.
Now, he was kneeling before Xia Wanwan.
Yet Xia Wanwan remained completely unharmed.
Everyone held their breath and watched intently, eager to know why Master Yuantong would go so far as to kneel before Princess Ximing for Li Shuqi!
Xia Wanwan tilted her head in confusion. "Why?"
Why did she have to save him?
Master Yuantong knew heavenly secrets could not be revealed, so he merely asked, "Do you still remember Crown Prince Xia Qianlin?"
Xia Wanwan nodded.
When Xie Huaishan's soul had first crossed over, the first thing he had sought to absorb was the crown prince's dragon qi.
Then a seal within the crown prince's body had driven him back.
The second time, the seal had dimmed, and the Male Lead had exploited that weakness. He had nearly sucked the little crown prince into a dried corpse.
Luckily, she had been there and drawn