Ever since she was injured, Su Jiu had been using spiritual qi to nourish her finger.
Yet even after some time had passed, her finger showed no sign of improvement. In the past, such a slight injury would have healed in a few breaths, but now, Su Jiu only felt the pain in her finger growing worse.
It seemed to be spreading along her meridians.
Su Jiu chose to use innate origin qi to stop the pain from spreading. Fortunately, it worked, but it only stopped the spread; the injury still would not heal.
This made Su Jiu rather curious about the grade of the magic treasure that had injured her.
What drew more of her attention, however, was the confrontation between Yun Huanling and Dao Lord Qing Ci.
An invisible haze of gunpowder hung between them. Both seemed intent on digging out the other's secrets, yet neither was willing to speak first.
Su Jiu's intuition told her that the truth Dao Lord Qing Ci was hiding might be far uglier than she imagined, and that an earth-shattering secret might be tangled up in it...
Su Jiu froze for a moment. There it was again, that inexplicable sense...
At some point, Little Pearl had emerged from the Nine-Star World-Cleansing Pearl. Little Pearl stared fixedly at Dao Lord Qing Ci, gaze unfocused and lost in thought.
"There does seem to be a way to bring someone back to life and let them live a normal life..."
"What?"
Little Pearl lowered their head slightly, seemingly recalling something. "Do you still remember Hong Ming and Ming Yun?"
Of course Su Jiu remembered. Because of that man, a whole basin of filthy accusations had once been poured over her, and she had nearly stumbled badly over the affair.
Most importantly, he had intended to