"Stop!"
Seeing Qinglin seized by her slender neck, Xiao Yan instinctively shouted in alarm. But then he saw that the one holding her was Karn, and the words he had been about to say caught in his throat. After a pause of two or three seconds, he could only force down his worry and say,
"Tea... Chairman, she's my younger sister. I don't know how she offended you, but please spare her this once. I'll apologize to you on her behalf!"
Xiao Yan was no longer Karn's student, so naturally, he could not call him teacher. He had once asked Xun'er what price she had paid to let him become Karn's disciple, but she had shaken her head without telling him, saying only that it involved maneuvering among the Gu Clan's higher-ups.
Beside him, Gu Xun'er opened her mouth, wanting to intercede as well, but the words would not come out.
Karn ignored Xiao Yan. A gleam flashed through his eyes as he looked into Qinglin's, and she immediately stopped struggling, her eyes going blank. Then the three distinctive green dots in her pupils slowly rotated, and a spatial passage opened beside her, releasing three people from that space.
There was a stunning beauty with a tall, graceful figure and voluptuous curves, an adorable little girl dressed in white, and finally, a sinister old man with a vicious face. All three shared one trait, however: their eyes were vacant.
Karn then gave a light cough, and the newly released Medusa and Ichikishimahime suddenly came to their senses, life gradually returning to their vacant eyes.
Gu Xun'er sighed inwardly when she saw Ichikishimahime. Had this been an ordinary matter, she could have tried to intercede, but who could have known that this young girl in green gauze would be bold enough