"Not only could we learn news of His Majesty, we might even deal Liu Mang and the Wu Clan a crushing blow!"
Xi He showed no joy at Chang Xi's words. She merely glanced at her and said slowly, "Sister, your method must come at quite a cost, doesn't it?"
"Well... Don't worry, Sister. There is a price, but it isn't high." After a pause, Chang Xi answered with a bright smile, as if it truly were nothing.
But Xi He had already seen through her.
"Silly girl, did you know you always trace circles in the air with your left index finger when you lie?"
Chang Xi froze, then looked down at the left hand she had tucked behind her back. Her index finger was circling through the air again and again. If Xi He hadn't pointed it out, she would never have noticed.
Chang Xi's face flushed scarlet.
Then when I pretended something went wrong with my cultivation so the Heavenly Emperor would stay with me, they saw through it all along?
No wonder Di Jun and Xi He had been smiling like they knew something.
Stupid hand, stop it already!
Chang Xi was so mortified she wanted the ground to swallow her.
Xi He didn't dwell on it. She took Chang Xi's hand and said gently, "I'm not trying to expose you. But things are different now. The two of us have stood beside His Majesty through countless ages. What can't you tell me plainly?"
"You're right, Sister," Chang Xi said after a moment of silence.
Besides, she couldn't carry out her plan without Xi He's help.
"My plan is to send a wisp of my Primordial Spirit into the womb of a newly pregnant Wu woman and take the child's place."
"No! It goes against the