Yi Yu took a minute to figure out the situation, then let go and stopped in his tracks.
"It's here for me."
"Who doesn't know it's here for you?" Panting hard, Qin Manyi grabbed him and kept running, giving him no room to argue.
"That isn't ordinary water," Yi Yu said again.
"No kidding! Of course I know that! A ghost turned into it!"
Helpless, Yi Yu pulled free of Qin Manyi's hand again and told her earnestly, "This water is here for me. Strictly speaking, it's where I was born."
"Are you still half asleep?" Qin Manyi was frantic. Why was this man so long-winded?
"Whatever you have to say, say it once we're out of here!"
"No..." Yi Yu shook his head. "It's time. I have to go back."
No sooner had he spoken than countless droplets crawled up from below, covering his entire body. They gathered into a mass of water that enveloped him completely.
Yi Yu waved to Qin Manyi from inside the water. Under her incredulous gaze, he flowed away along with that strange water...
"You know him?" Yi Lianhai asked, though he already knew the answer, then seemed to remember something. "Oh, right. His name is Xu Yi. It used to be Xu Yi. He was one of Mr. Mei's companions."
"May I ask what you're doing to him?" Mei Sijun turned to look at Yi Lianhai.
Yi Lianhai walked over to the transparent tank and pressed a hand against it, saying calmly, "This is an experiment. An experiment called Desecration (amused)."
"This test subject is responsible for a transaction. Someone came to me and said they hoped I could create a substitute, one capable of fooling the Eye Realm," Yi Lianhai told him frankly. He smiled. "It was an interesting request, so