"How did you meet her?"
As they climbed the High Tower's spiral staircase again, Chi Xiao pulled Xu Le aside, putting some distance between them and Yu Long ahead.
"Yu Long?"
"Who else but that old hag?"
"Is that something worth paying attention to? Is it important?"
"It is rather important." Chi Xiao's expression was meaningful, as though she were asking Xu Le's opinion.
"I don't know her well. Back when I was a Night Watcher, she gave me a few pointers. Do you have something to say about that, Lady Chi Xiao?"
Xu Le briefly explained what had happened then, but Chi Xiao merely curled her lips dismissively.
Chi Xiao, who could keep her emotions steady most of the time, showed Yu Long not the slightest goodwill.
Xu Le could understand that. After all, Chi Xiao had just said that Yu Long was the mastermind behind the murder of her entire family, or at least one of them.
Chi Xiao herself had also lost her hands, feet, and eyes because of that upheaval.
Xu Le reckoned few people could let go of the slaughter of their family and the mutilation of their body. He refused to believe even a punctuation mark of Chi Xiao's earlier show of weakness.
"Nothing. I was just confirming your relationship with her."
Hearing that, Xu Le immediately began connecting the hidden implications, and his scalp started to prickle.
Was Chi Xiao planning to kill Yu Long?
He thought of the Black Card Yu Long had taken out. What had she meant by that?
A hint?
This wouldn't do. He had come here to get something done, not to fight. He hadn't finished his business yet. If a fight broke out...
"If you fought Yu Long, Lady Chi Xiao, the battle would cover a large