He held it clenched in his hand; it seemed he had spent a long time gazing at it before using the Sound Transmission Talisman to contact Xiao Qinghe.
Now, however, Bai Yuqing seethed with rage, veins bulging on the backs of his finely jointed hands.
Crack!
The White Jade Cup shattered, its fragments embedding themselves deep in his palm.
Blood seeped from his palm, gathering into beads before falling to the floor.
Drop after drop, so red it hurt the eyes.
"Junior Brother Bai, what are you doing? You've injured your hand!" Ouyang Chong cried in alarm.
Yet before his words had faded, a streak of white light shot toward him.
Startled, Ouyang Chong instinctively ducked his head aside.
There was a bang.
Something struck the doorframe beside his ear, shattered into pieces, and fell to the floor.
It was the remains of the White Jade Kitten.
Ouyang Chong was bewildered.
Junior Brother Bai had rejected the fine tea set he had sent, choosing instead to use the rough White Jade Cup his disciple had carved for him. He was especially fond of that ugly little Little White Cat, keeping it like a treasure and rarely allowing anyone to touch it.
And now he had smashed it himself?
That thunderous fury was nothing like his usual lofty, aloof demeanor.
"Junior Brother Bai, what on earth happened?"
"Get out."
"Junior Brother Bai?"
"Get out!"
Bai Yuqing swept his sleeve, sending a surge of true qi through the air that blasted Ouyang Chong outside.
His face icy, Bai Yuqing stared fixedly at Xie Jun's handsome, wickedly alluring face.
"Shameless Demon Clan! If you truly cherished Qinghe, how could you take advantage of him while he was out of his senses? Qinghe is upright and honorable. If he knew what you'd done, how