Xuan Su slumped on the city wall, gazing in the direction Hun Changqing had vanished, sobbing so hard she could not speak. Her anguished cries drew a crowd of onlookers.
But once the onlookers recognized the figure on the wall, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly scattered.
By now, there was scarcely anyone in Flame City who had not heard of Xuan Su.
She had reached Yuan Dan Realm Great Completion and was one of Flame City's three leading figures. Someone like her was not for ordinary people like them to gossip about.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such dense yin qi, such wicked energy. To think I would make a discovery like this just after awakening in this godforsaken backwater!"
Just as Xuan Su sank into grief and despair, an exquisitely seductive voice suddenly whispered into her ear, sending a tingling sensation through her.
"Who's there?!"
Startled, Xuan Su hurriedly stood up. Yuan Force surged around her as she warily surveyed her surroundings, ignoring the tears covering her face.
"Hehe, stop looking, little girl. I'm already inside your sea of consciousness~"
Xuan Su's face immediately turned ashen.
"Who are you, senior? Why are you toying with me?"
Something unknown had inexplicably entered her body without her noticing at all. How could she possibly look pleased?
"Toying with you? No, no, no. I'm not here to toy with you. I'm here to help. Judging by how you looked just now, you seem to have run into some trouble?"
The alluring female voice inside her spoke with a coquettish laugh.
"Help me?"
Xuan Su's expression grew dazed, but then she shook her head with a bitter smile.
"Although I don't know what you mean, senior, you cannot help me. Kill me or cut me to pieces, as you please..."
Xuan Su had