"Please, Young Master Xiao~" Zi Ming lowered her head, her ears burning slightly as she hurried ahead. What she felt for Xiao Hua could not really be called affection. It was only because no one had ever caught her eye before, while Xiao Hua's bearing was utterly unlike that of the Mengshan Soul Masters, and he did not have the slightest trace of fawning. That was why he had suddenly entered her heart. Their not-quite-tender, soul-stirring experience had now deepened that impression, turning it into something hazy. This vague emotion had always been secret, and she had never wanted Fairy Hongxia to know. Yet Ji Man had pointed it out, and now that Fairy Hongxia had become alert to it, Zi Ming naturally felt embarrassed.
"By the way, Zi Ming, there is still something this Xiao finds strange and wishes to ask a few more questions about!" Xiao Hua spoke again at the most inappropriate moment, making even Fairy Hongxia glare at him in embarrassed irritation.
"Please ask, Young Master Xiao!" Zi Ming kept her head slightly lowered, raising her gaze just a little as she asked softly.
"Regarding Zi Yan, there is something this Xiao does not understand. I have wanted to ask about it all along." Xiao Hua paid no heed to any of this and voiced the doubt in his heart. "Zi Yan was possessed by a Demonic being, so naturally he did not perish before, and his Life Spirit Tablet might not have shattered. But the drought demon killed Zi Yan, and Miss Zi Ming even collected the remnant soul of that Demonic being. Does that mean the Life Spirit Tablet will not shatter as long as the soul has not been annihilated? Why did Elder Ji Man never know? Why did she only lash out