By the windowsill, pale moonlight spilled down over Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue, draping them in a thin veil of silver.
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, Qian Renxue fell silent. A long while later, she smiled and said softly, "On the day I was born, a colorless, transparent flame happened to descend from the sky. That was what caused the subtle changes in my body."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly at her words and merely raised his head to gaze at the vast, starry sky.
Xiao Yan knew perfectly well that Qian Renxue was lying. The day those twenty-two heavenly flames descended was the day he had been born.
Judging by the birthday Qian Renxue gave earlier, she was clearly younger than me. How could her birth have coincided with the descent of the heavenly flames? A colorless, transparent flame-isn't that the flame Tai Tan mentioned before? Didn't the fallen heart flame land in the Elder Hall in Spirit City? Could Qian Renxue be from Spirit Hall?
At that thought, Xiao Yan's chest rose and fell slightly, shock written across his face.
"Brother Xiao Yan, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Her expression shifted with his. After a long while, a flicker of panic crossed Qian Renxue's eyes, clear as autumn waters, and she asked softly.
"It's nothing." Xiao Yan sighed as well. Had his mother's death not potentially been connected to Spirit Hall, his emotions would never have fluctuated so violently.
"All right. If there's nothing else, you should go back and get some rest. You still have the Preliminary Tournament of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament tomorrow." Xiao Yan turned to smile at Qian Renxue, patted her head, and spoke quietly.
"Mm, it's late. You should get some rest too." Qian Renxue waved at Xiao Yan, then