"Many thanks, Young Master Xiao!" A trace of gloom flashed through Zi Ming's eyes as she said, "There is no hurry for the fifth Rejuvenation Pill! Perhaps in this life and the next... I may never need it!"
Xiao Hua comforted her, saying, "Now that Miss Zi Ming has lit the Soul Falling Lamp, you may carefully comprehend the mysteries within it in the future. With Miss Zi Ming's painstaking devotion, you will surely move heaven and earth, surely stir the compassion of Great God Houtu. Zi Ye's resurrection may not be impossible!"
Zi Ming smiled. "Thank you for your auspicious words, Young Master Xiao. If Zi Ye has a spirit, she will surely understand your sincere heart!"
At that moment, Li Zongbao, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly spoke. "Junior Brother Xiao, you gave Ji Man the Rejuvenation Pill for some other purpose as well, didn't you?"
Xiao Hua raised his brows. Looking at the somewhat baffled Zi Ming and the others, a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Senior Brother is right! But like Zi Ming, this Xiao only realized it afterward. Only after giving away the Rejuvenation Pill did I think of it: since Ji Man was so delighted upon seeing it, and even accepted Zi Ming's goodwill, that means... Ji Man never received a Rejuvenation Pill from Zi Yan! Then where did Master Ke Qin's Rejuvenation Pill... go?"
Sure enough, Zi Ming frowned as well. "Xiao Lang is right. This has also troubled me! My methods earlier were somewhat excessive... I intercepted and killed quite a few of Zi Yan's subordinates. Not many soul warriors returned, and I questioned them all. None of them had ever gone to Soul Refining Cave!"
"Of course, it would be normal for those soul warriors