Could it be that she coveted something of his? It definitely was not his looks. He could only be called not ugly. If he had a pretty-boy face like Tang Feng's, he might indeed have caught the eye of some powerful figure with peculiar tastes.
Mei Hongyu merely had a different temperament from hers, yet she was equally stunningly beautiful. But the newcomer was not a male cultivator. Could she perhaps prefer some special sort of flavor?
Or perhaps it was his identity as a disciple of the Five Immortals Sect, and someone had learned of it again...
In that instant, whether dark suspicions, doubts, or any other possible reasons, all kinds of thoughts flashed rapidly through Li Yan's mind.
"You... Your..."
Just as Li Yan stared at her, waiting for the woman in white to continue speaking—or preparing for her to strike suddenly so he could make a further judgment at once—
Mei Hongyu at his side suddenly spoke in shock, yet she only uttered two words.
Li Yan did not turn to look at Mei Hongyu, but a thread of his Divine Sense had already swept over her expression. One of Mei Hongyu's jade-like hands had risen to cover her red lips.
Moreover, her beautiful eyes were filled with uncertain astonishment, and her voice was likewise brimming with shock.
She had not even finished a sentence before stopping abruptly in surprise!
Li Yan also noticed that although Mei Hongyu had only spoken two words, she had first said "you," then, as her voice rose, changed it to "Your."
At that very instant, Li Yan seemed to receive a sudden divine inspiration and immediately thought of a possibility. Yet disbelief rose within him as well.
"This fellow Daoist, I bear you no ill will! Hongyu, your master has waited