On the Sky Screen.
Xiao Ning'er watched the unconscious Nie Li, her heart twisting as though cut by a knife.
Her heart had always had room for very little. In the past, she had made cultivation her utmost priority so she could take control of her own fate. But that night in the Trial Grounds, she finally realized that someone else had taken a place in her heart alongside cultivation-and occupied an even greater share of it.
Ye Ziyun was right behind Xiao Ning'er. Seeing her good friend so worried about Nie Li, she simply could not understand it. Xiao Ning'er was such a wonderful person, and she liked Nie Li so much, so why did Nie Li insist on clinging to her instead?
And when she recalled the attack on the City Lord's Mansion, when Nie Li had told her to take Xiao Yu into the hidden chamber while he headed for the Taiyi Killing Array, she remembered watching his retreating figure and anxiously hoping he would be safe.
Only now did Ye Ziyun finally realize just how much she cared about Nie Li's safety.
Nie Li did not merely hold an important place in Xiao Ning'er's heart. He had also barged into Ye Ziyun's.
But that raised a problem: what were they supposed to do next?
Watching Nie Li tremble incessantly, his face contorted in pain and sweat beading on his skin, Xiao Ning'er guessed he was having a nightmare.
Yet the moment she took his hand, the name "Zi Yun" murmured from his lips nearly shattered her heart.
Ye Ziyun felt utterly numb, too. Of all the things he could say during a nightmare, why did he have to say her name just as Ning'er held his hand?
She wanted to explain, but had no idea what