Gu Yu narrowed her eyes. An unreadable glint flashed through those crescent-moon eyes as she continued, "That day, this junior used the Formless Sword to ambush Terrifying Phoenix. After he discovered me, he used a magic treasure to sever this junior's right arm!"
"Oh?" Everyone's gazes fell upon Gu Yu's perfectly intact right arm, and they were all aghast!
"Alas~" Gu Yu sighed. "This junior was utterly despairing at the time. I knew I had encountered my nemesis and would surely perish! Yet just as this junior cried out in agony and revealed myself, that man actually returned the Formless Sword and my severed arm to me. He even took advantage of this junior's unpreparedness to place some unknown spirit pill into my mouth!"
"Hehe~ Terrifying Phoenix... does he know you?" Yun Bai sneered.
Gu Yu shook her head. "Of course this junior does not know him! It was only after I escaped and carefully considered his appearance, along with the news from the Swift Wind Snowfield, that I learned he was Terrifying Phoenix!"
"Then why did he spare you? Why did he give you a spirit pill? Without his pill, your right arm might not have been saved, would it?" Yun Bai pressed.
Gu Yu remained silent, but her eyes were unyielding!
"Hehe, Gu Yu, if your right arm had been severed, even I would have pitied you at the sight. Let alone Terrifying Phoenix, a male cultivator!" Yun Bai relentlessly named the matter outright.
"This junior's mind was in utter turmoil then. I thought only of fleeing and did not think much else of it!" Gu Yu replied. "However, in this junior's opinion, Terrifying Phoenix may not have thought that way!"
"Then what did he think?" Even Ruo Si grew somewhat curious and questioned her further.
"This junior