The beast-like man finished speaking and watched, as if enjoying a show, the expression on Xiao Xian's face.
Hmm, unexpectedly to the man, the girl's expression remained quite calm.
Or perhaps her relationship with Granny Mei wasn't that deep, as there was no hint of sorrow on her face, and her agile eyes only flickered with a moment of astonishment before quickly returning to normal.
It was instead the young man beside her who seemed slightly nervous, taking a look at her and also appearing somewhat surprised when she showed no particular reaction.
"Senior, please stop joking around. Master Mei hasn't died," Xiao Xian took out the ice blade fragment that she had been nourishing with her own Spiritual Energy recently. The piece, which was originally covered with frost, had stopped the spread of ice and snow and was not deteriorating.
The warmth pulsating like a human heartbeat had not ceased.
She believed that Mei Nian was still alive.
