"Don't look," Mingyuan said. "These murals use special pigments that stimulate the senses."
As for precisely what kind of stimulation, Mingyuan felt it was better not to sully the young girl's ears.
Ning Xiang understood, but she couldn't let anyone think she was impure. So she blinked and said, sweet and innocent, "I understand. Will looking at them too long make my eyes hurt?"
She really was an innocent little girl who had never seen the ways of the world. Mingyuan's heart softened.
Ning Xiang put away the Recording Pearl and let out a satisfied sigh.
[When I get back, I'll sell these recordings on Heaven-Question. I'm sure to make a killing. I really am a business genius, haha.]
Crack- The little fairy filter through which Mingyuan saw Ning Xiang shattered.
Shaowei had been helping search for Ning Xiang and the others when word reached him that Lu Qingchen was injured and Tianxuan Island was under siege by demon beasts. He hurried to Tianxuan Island with his two disciples to provide support. After a fierce battle, the demon beasts retreated for the time being.
When Shaowei saw Lu Qingchen, he could scarcely believe his eyes.
There was an enormous bloody hole in the latter's chest. A little more, and his heart would have been torn out.
"Who could have been so vicious to Master?" Jiang Miaomiao couldn't bear to look.
Xia Buyan covered Jiang Miaomiao's eyes.
Jiang Miaomiao didn't know why, but seeing Lu Qingchen like this, she felt the worry and fear expected of a disciple, yet at the same time, she seemed to feel the ties binding her life loosening bit by bit.
"Can Uncle-Master Lu still be saved?" Xia Buyan asked.
He didn't remember this happening in the original novel.
Xia Buyan mulled it over. *Surely