Yan Xiao straightened up, emotions like anxiety and fear actually appearing in his eyes.
He had never been like this before.
"You remember, don't you? You took Xu Yi's body away too, and handed it over to Yi Lianhai." Qin Manjiang slowly spoke that name.
Yan Xiao's pupils trembled as he stared fixedly at Qin Manjiang. "You saw Xu Yi? Has Xu Yi come back to life too?"
Qin Manjiang fell silent for a moment.
It was almost eleven. The near-noon sun shone on him without the slightest warmth, just like the words he had just read.
His face was expressionless. "You could say that."
Yet surprise and disbelief appeared in Yan Xiao's eyes. He murmured, "It really is possible... Can the dead really come back to life...?"
"Yan Xiao!" Qin Manjiang shouted.
Startled by Qin Manjiang's sudden shout, Yan Xiao looked up, only to see something exceedingly rare: Qin Manjiang's anger.
"Yes, I saw Xu Yi!"
"Not just me. All of you have seen him too!"
"His name is Yi Yu now. Before he got that name, he was the one who replaced me... Abyss!"
Qin Manjiang held back his anger, his chest heaving.
"This is what you call resurrection? That Yi Lianhai not only desecrated Xu Yi's remains, he also insulted a newborn soul!" Qin Manjiang seized Yan Xiao's shoulders. "Your father's remains have been rotting for so many years. Even if Yi Lianhai found some way to reuse them, do you think that would still be your father?"
"And why would Yi Lianhai go to such lengths to help you?"
Yan Xiao looked utterly lost, as though the breath that had sustained him all this time had suddenly dissipated.
"Because he wants information about Fu City's [Eye Realm]. He wants the Spirit Pupils! He was never a