"Say, don't you think I look a lot like someone you know?"
This was not actually the first time Su Jiu had seen this man's face. She had already seen it once after leaving the Vermilion Bird Sacred Hall.
Back then, she had only found him familiar, but because of Little Green, she had had no time to dwell on someone's appearance.
Now, that sense of familiarity had surfaced again, especially when he smiled...
Senior Brother!!!
Su Jiu shook her head, looking somewhat horrified. What on earth was she thinking? How could he possibly resemble Senior Brother!
They were clearly different. Only the contours of their faces bore a slight resemblance. She must have spent so long in the Demon-Subduing Land that her head had become muddled.
"What exactly are you trying to say?" A sharp glint flashed through Su Jiu's eyes.
The Gray-Clothed Man's lips curved slightly. "Haven't you always been curious about who I am? Why not take a guess?"
Although Su Jiu's expression barely changed, her mind had long since become a tangled mess, because she truly could not tell whether this was another trap...
The Gray-Clothed Man's face was far too misleading. What exactly was he hinting at? That he had some connection to Senior Brother? Or had he used some advanced disguise technique to deliberately lead her astray?
Su Jiu pressed her lips together without a word, and for a while, the Gray-Clothed Man said nothing either.
It was a silent confrontation, as though whoever spoke first would lose.
Time ticked by, little by little. After an unknown length of time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the courtyard.
"That's about enough from you..."
At that instant, it felt as though a wound had split open inside Su Jiu, raw and bleeding. She turned in